Saturday, November 14, 2015

Little Things, Bigger Things, And Loose Ends

On our way home yesterday we saw this placed on the shelf next to the door to our lobby. DD and her friend made me take a photo of it as it was so lovely. I said we should make some but we probably won't.



The college course that I tried to close a few weeks ago, of course has been re-opened. I even opened it voluntarily, after some of the students went to the top and complained bitterly. In fairness, 'the top' backed me up and only asked me very nicely if I might reconsider for select students. I had to admit to myself that I'd rather the students who'd almost finished just finished rather than have them back next year to do the whole thing again. As there's no point giving them extra time (again) unless they can use it, I've given them until after Hanuka to finish. And then I'm really really definitely and finally closing the Summer Course! We'll see. On the flip side, those students love me now. *sigh*

My friend Stephanie has a great attitude to money. 'Money comes and money goes.' There was a delay (no one's fault) in paying me the full remuneration for the Summer Course and I'm finally getting the last installment at the end of this month. I had earmarked that money for a year of Building Committee dues, the yearly payment to DD's school, and possibly my new dining table. Then DD ate a large chunk of it by needing two crowns on her teeth. Pun intended. *sighs again*

About the crowns on DDs teeth. I take full responsibility. Over the years we've had too much sugar and not enough supervised brushing. We don't have flouride added to the water here so the flouride comes only from the toothpaste. We have been lax. Another problem is that when you open a bag of sweets for an only child - all the sweets are for her. I try put a few sweets in a bowl and the rest away for another day but that's much harder to impose than when you divide the bag between a number of children and the sweets are gone. I've fallen into the defeatest attitude of, 'when it's gone its gone.' Not anymore though. After two crowns and a significant amount of money we are brushing for Europe and restricting sugary foods considerably. Luckily we get a second chance as we've only messed up with the milk teeth.

I need to clear our balcony and plant some winter greenery. Maybe we will make some shell plants after all.



6 comments:

  1. The shell plants are quite cute! Hopefully they don't go grow too big.... or do you just get bigger shells?! At least you made a stand on your 'summer' course and some good may still come out of it, especially for next year's course. You now have a reputation to live up to!
    It is so easy to get lax about teeth brushing. Especially when they're teenagers. I dread a dentist's trip here as real crowns may be needed for sure.... xx

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    1. I don't know what happens when the shell plants grow - they probably just die.

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  2. It's a bt eye opened when your child needs dental work isn't it. I recall when JJ needed a filling as I had not been nagging enough and felt very bad but it spurred us all into action. Thank the Lord for the NHS though and no cost. Mich x

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    1. I know, it was a complete shock. I thought we were clean and responsible people wo looked after ourselves.

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  3. I had the same sense of guilt when my kids had to have teeth pulled when they were little. I wasn't one of 'those' mums who filled their lunchboxes with chocolate biscuits or sweets. We didn't drink cordials or Coke. In the end I let it go. After all, just because I wasn't letting them pig out on sweets didn't mean they didn't swap their healthy lunches for other kids' not-so-healthy ones.

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    1. The guilt is tremendous isn't it? I've paid for it though in hard earned money. The money and the guilt akes sure those teeth are cleaned thoroughly from now on.

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