Braces, Maybe?

For the past eighteen months, my dentist has been telling me that I should have my crossbite corrected. My jaw has been clicking for years, but it's clicking more now, and hurts when I bite down. Dr. Rosa says that the hinge may be deteriorating, and it is always progressive - the only way to halt the damage, if that is possible, is to correct my bite.

Here's a pretty good description of TMJ .

Next Tuesday, when I go back to have a cavity filled, he is going to take a panoramic x-ray of my mouth and make a more informed recommendation. So I may have to get braces - at my age!

Sticker Shock

I received my cell phone bill the other day, wherein were detailed the charges for posting all those exciting D.C. and NYC photos here. Next time, we're going to do it differently: photos get sent to my e-mail address, from which I can forward to Blogger. Then each photo will cost 25 cents. The way we did it, each photo cost 25 cents to send, 25 to receive on my phone, and another 25 to forward to blogger. Think I'll ever have the foresight to think things through before the fact?

Jan and George

Last Sunday we had a very nice visit with my friends Jan and George, who were in Sacramento to visit George's brother. We don't entertain very much, so it was a treat to be able to have them over for dinner.

Because they live in Saipan, we only get to see them when they're in town. The weather cooperated fairly well, so we took a walk up on the levee to see how high the river was. In Hawaii, where we grew up, and in Saipan, there are no rivers, so it was fun to see their reaction to the width and speed of our Sacramento River. It is high and wide at the moment, because of recent storms and snow melt.

They're on their way now to visit family and friends in Nevada, Arizona, Oregon and Washington before returning to Saipan.