Thursday Thirteen #15

Thirteen Things....I'm Thankful For I'm thankful tomorrow I get to go out and spend $2500.  Could it be a diamond ring I'm spending that kind of money on?  Nah.  I'm not a big jewelery fan although I do love a good watch.  So is it a watch I'm spending that kind of money on you ask?  No.  How about a small used car?  No.  No used car.  I know.  You're thinking since Joy will do naughty things for those great big Blow Pop suckers, it's 4592 of them she will be buying with her $2500.  But you would be wrong.  All wrong guesses.  For I will be spending $2500 on yet more dental bills.  Yes.  My youngest goes in tomorrow to have three wisdom teeth removed and one baby tooth removed.  That's right a baby tooth.  She's too old to have a baby tooth still in her mouth, but that's what makes her and approximately 1% of the population unique.  A baby tooth with no adult tooth under it.  And the damn thing is fused to her jawbone.  Which is why it hasn't fallen out like all her other baby teeth did years ago.  But it's finally to the point of needing to come out so while we're in there we may as well look after those three wisdom teeth that are going to cause problems in the next little while.  Yes.  Only three wisdom teeth.  Which makes her and approximately 5% of the population unique.  "Dad I'm unique" Samantha says to her father.  "No you're not.  You're expensive!" her father replies back. I'm thankful I'm a nice person.  I am too!  And I'll prove it.  My doctor's receptionist (aka lady from hell) was extremely rude to me last week.  I won't get into it because this is already a long Thursday Thirteen but let's just say she was really not nice....to the point I got off the phone fuming mad....and kicked the dog.  Ok I didn't kick the dog because I love my dog but that's how mad I was.  So I take my daughter in today and my doctor's receptionist (aka lady from hell) is all oozy nice to me.  Saying things like "Isn't it great your doctor actually did take your daughter on as a patient?  I couldn't make that decision and it probably sounded like I was being rude but Dr. So and So just isn't taking new patients and you're pretty lucky....." And I stood there.  And here's the nice part.   I just smiled.  What?!  That's being nice.  Believe you me.  Because the way she talked to me over the phone the week before, anyone else would have given her a piece of their mind.  Maybe even slapped her a bit. I'm thankful for apple pie.  I haven't had a really good apple pie in years.  But I remember it.  And I'm thankful for a good apple pie. I'm thankful for Second Cup's Green Tea Chillers.  I have no idea how many calories are in the things but let's face it.  I wouldn't look like I do if I counted calories.  But they're green, they're icy cool and they're very refreshing.  And I'm thankful to whoever invented them. I'm thankful I don't get things.  And I'm ok with not getting things.  Like writing to a list and telling them I'm not receiving emails to the list because Yahoo sucks the big one.  No emails.  None.  Not one.  If there was a fire on the list.  I wouldn't know about it.  Because Yahoo refuses to send me notice of the fire.  No emails.  But I get a private email this morning from someone on the list saying.....people are answering my email...about not getting emails to the list...and sending the emails to the list.  You see what I mean?  I wrote I'm not getting any of the emails from the list.  And they're replying to me and sending the emails.....to the list.  I mean.  Ya.  There's really not much to say right. I'm thankful there's a plumber coming on friday.  LordyB a PLUMBER'S coming!  I'm going to try and act all non-chalant that there's a plumber coming on friday but inside I'm doing one mean funky happy dance.  Because after the weekend we had at the T house.  Hell I'll give the plumber twice what he's worth just to fix things. I'm thankful my son is going in to get his cast changed again today because he's already had a blue cast, then a green cast and I'm thinking this time a nice red cast would be good.  You see.  I'm taking pictures of all the different casts he's had since breaking his scaphoid (wrist bone) while being a buttoid and showing off on his quad.  And I think a nice variety of colors makes for a nicer page in the scrapbook.  Even though I have to chase him down and knock him out to get the damn picture.  But you know.  A mother's love, shown throughout the pages of a scrapbook, brings a real lump to one's throat while flipping through it. I'm thankful I've decided not to write what I actually thought of the total meltdown of The View on wednesday.  I mean really, split-screen?  I think perhaps the producers of that show are the ones sinking to new lows.  But you know.  I love Rosie.  But I won't write about it because not only would Not-So-Naughty Voyeur kick my ass....snicker....but I feel it would be giving Ms. PrissyAssElizabethStupidFace more attention then she deserves.  Which is no attention at all.  Because I can't stand to look at her face and her voice reminds me of a cat in heat. I'm thankful Gregg and I decided to take friends up on going with them to their summer home in BC at the end of June.  Because I really need a break.  And not the Kit Kat kind of break.  A ceasar by the pool kind of break. *hic* I'm thankful I didn't fall off my chair dying of laughter when I received an email on this post I wrote.  In part the email read "I noticed you said you weren't an alcoholic but you didn't say you didn't have a mental illness.  Do you suffer with a mental illness?"  Ho HO HEE.  K wait a minute.  HA!  Give me a MINUTE!  Ahem.  K.  Snort.  WAIT!  K.  No I do not suffer from a mental illness.  Although if you ask the three other people living in this house, it might be debateable.  But what do they know.  Two of them are my offspring and one I swear is slightly mentally challenged himself. I'm thankful for Site Meter.  Because I have spent more hours on there than I know what to do with.  I don't know why I spend hours on there.  I think it's because I'm easily amused. I'm thankful I'm thankful I forgot what I was going to write in number 12. (leave your link in comments, I’ll add you here!) Christine d'Abo From My Brain to Yours Single Parents Unite The Quiet Spot Thomma Lyn Simple Dreams Simple Life Susan Helene Gottfried - West of Mars The Splintered Mind Tea Time Ramblings

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Comments

[rhian]

some of these were pretty funny, like thankful for the memory of apple pie. That had me snickering loudly!

[Emily]

Man, I missed the meltdown on the View. Well, I never watch the View, so that could explain it. But I usually hear about this kind of stuff on celebrity gossip websites. I hate being left out of the juicy stuff!

[Lori]

Its so nice that we all have things to be thankful for..

[Karmyn R]

I'm thankful that I got a good giggle out of your list today!

[NaughtyVoyeur]

Oh, and Rosie's voice sounds like an angel sent from Heaven :) Egads, woman! And a kit kat break sounds good right now :)

I'll kick yer ass later, I'm tired right now :)

[Samantha Lucas]

I have the exact same problem with my youngest son, only this baby tooth is right in the front. ugh. And he of course is freaked out about the whole precess and my oldest just found out he needs a root canal! =O Which of course they scheduled for the day before he leaves for his summer trip with his youth group.

Kids and teeth. sigh

[Christine d'Abo]

Okay I didn't mean to but I was laughing at your number one. I'm not looking forward to having to go through that with my girls. Daughter 1 will be fine, daughter 2 will need work. I don't watch The View, but I'd love to know what happened. I may have to go look it up.

[TeaMouseT]

I'm glad to see I'm not the only one with yahoo email who doesn't actually get any mail! I've sent numerous 'test' emails and nada! Completely and totally frustratingly unreliable!

[Heather]

I'm curious about what happened on the View too! More details!!!!

Your #1 is scaring me...I need to take Tanner in for a "free consultation" with the orthodontist soon....$2500 yikes woman!

[NaughtyVoyeur]

If you guys visit dlisted.com, a gossip blog, they have the youtube videos of the scuffle :) Today they posted the 1st guest snubbing Elizabeth, which I think was rude. But, whatever. Alicia Silverstone, that's her name. I keep forgetting.

..still working up energy to kick yer ass :)..

[Thomma Lyn]

You've reminded me -- I've got to check my Yahoo email! But I doubt there's much mail there -- just bulk mail that isn't very interesting, LOL.

So much to be thankful for -- thanks for sharing!

Happy TT, and thanks for visiting my blog!

[Joyce]

wow great things you are thankful for...and the $2500 worth of dental bills..yikes! I had those too so I can relate.

[Beckie]

Good list! I totally agree with you on number eight - I saw the whole thing....split screen and all. I also really like Rosie.

Have a Thankful Thursday!

[Susan Helene Gottfried]

The longer this list went on, the harder I laughed. Thanks, Joy. I LOVE to laugh (bet you couldn't tell that from my blog, huh?) and I love T13s that make me laugh.

Thanks for stopping over for the tour of Trevor's kitchen today. Scary place, huh?

[Debbie]

Now I'm annoyed I missed the View! I never watch the show, but did catch it on Monday (So I guess never isn't the right word). Rosie and and Elizabeth were going at it then. Then I've since forgotten to check in again to see what happened. Soooo, what happened?!

[Debbie]

I forgot to mention that I love the froggy!

[Douglas Cootey]

I'm thankful for Apple Pie, too. I can't wait to tell my wife what she's baking for me tonight!

Ha. Like that'll ever happen. :) I NEVER make unrealistic demands on her. Honest.

I don't know if I'd be thankful for spending $2500 on dental bills, however. I'm all for being thankful for the experiences that life throws our way, but I wouldn't be happy about that one, unless you were being sarcastic... :)

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~Douglas
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[Sirdar]

Sorry to hear about your daughters teeth and the cost to fix them. I thought the $4000 for braces was high...until I talked to a few other people...I think I got off lucky (I think)

I knew you were nice, if not a bit prudish...after the comment you left on my post about the Taliban :-)

I loved your plumber story. I need to go back and see it again!

Have a great Friday!

[Emma]

Oh, the view. That was classic.

And the doctor's office..is this the same doctor that we share? I used to hate one of her secreatry's but I didn't see her the last few times I was pregnant so just assumed she had been fired for being a rude cow, was it her?

[Miss Frou Frou]

I really enjoyed your list... particularly number 12 and 13... thanks for stopping by mine

[Michelle]

My hubby has broken his scaphoid bone too - expect he should know better at his age. He fell off a pogo stick doh! :-0

I hope your daughter got on ok at the dentist??

Interesting list of things to be thankful for.