tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post6286812769567013300..comments2023-07-22T04:25:04.122-05:00Comments on Not Quite What I Had Planned: Splutter! Cough! Gag! Hwaaaack! Wow!!!Kristiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18325715096763265816noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-52544628683687349132009-03-06T15:52:00.000-05:002009-03-06T15:52:00.000-05:00Hi, KristieWOW! Thanks for mentioning my books aga...Hi, Kristie<BR/>WOW! Thanks for mentioning my books again--I really appreciate that! Actually, I used stories to talk to my kids (and now my grandkids) the same way you're doing with your kids. Stories are a great way to get kids thinking and talking about specific issues and life in general. I really do feel for your daughter--I think I mentioned before that I wore braces for many years, but they never pulled any teeth, so I still have what I like to affectionately call the "Eleanor Roosevelt overbite." P.S. I LOVE your blog!!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-83698218536731401842009-01-08T09:32:00.000-05:002009-01-08T09:32:00.000-05:00I feel for your daughter, and for your wallet. I d...I feel for your daughter, and for your wallet. I don't have children, yet the orthodontist loves me. I'm on my third set of braces (once in middle and high school, again when I was 25 and now a third time...I'm 30.) My husband teaches 7th graders and likes to tell the ones with braces that they have something in common with his wife.jaimehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16902474020422194392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-58704438571973410602009-01-07T19:45:00.000-05:002009-01-07T19:45:00.000-05:00AAACK! Kathy...You should have warned with a **SPO...AAACK! Kathy...You should have warned with a **SPOILER ALERT** at the beginning of your comment...about Marley being put to sleep. Darn! Oh well..I'll go watch it (and sob) anyway! :-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-43668215841100479312009-01-07T12:30:00.000-05:002009-01-07T12:30:00.000-05:00Totally unrelated to today's post, well sort of, m...Totally unrelated to today's post, well sort of, maybe...You decide.<BR/><BR/>I was looking at your list of recently read or reading books and noticed your movie listing. I went to see Marley and Me. I understand the movie was based on a book. Even knowing that, could you not have picked at least 5 other spots they could have stopped the movie that didn't entail us having to watch the dog being put to sleep? (Sorry for the long, drawn out sentance.)<BR/><BR/>That is the second movie that I have taken one of my kids to that I got the comment afterward of "You are the Mom!! You're supposed to know better! I'm just a kid!" I guess the cute funny parts were shown as trailors. It was a great movie with an even greater message, especially as a dog owner. However, I really didn't want to bawl like a baby on Christmas Day.<BR/><BR/>I love your blog. I love your personality. I don't think I've commented before (except when I nominated you for Sonic's customer of the year) so I am pretty much a stalker!<BR/><BR/>Hope Blaine is doing well. As well as you can with the crap he's had to go through. Thanks for sharing your life with us through your blog.<BR/><BR/>Kathy PereyoKathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11717068654030092645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-49021551095976239012009-01-06T20:06:00.000-05:002009-01-06T20:06:00.000-05:00Was it kind of like sitting at the "cool" table in...Was it kind of like sitting at the "cool" table in high school?? We all think your cool out here in blogger land.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08649972438464690228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-52625860006796955492009-01-06T19:12:00.000-05:002009-01-06T19:12:00.000-05:00I just saw a jaw doctor today who is treating me f...I just saw a jaw doctor today who is treating me for tmj pain and problems caused by my underbite, crossbite, and too small palate. I won't have a headgear, but I'll have 2 splints that will make me drool. I'm sure my third grade students will enjoy that a lot. Kendrie, baby, if you don't get it fixed now, you'll have to get it fixed later...and at least now it's your parents' money!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-56637741536349214422009-01-06T14:45:00.000-05:002009-01-06T14:45:00.000-05:00Hey, while passing time in the carpool line (rain)...Hey, while passing time in the carpool line (rain), I entertain myself by reading your blog. Does that make me the coolest mom in the carpool line? Any whoo thanks for the laugh. JenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-62419829648467919112009-01-06T11:50:00.000-05:002009-01-06T11:50:00.000-05:00Wow...surely headgear would have become less medie...Wow...surely headgear would have become less medieval-ish by the 21st century! I, too, feel bad for Kendrie.<BR/>My son had to have an expander on his upper teeth for two weeks. The second night, I was using that sharp, pointy, tool thing and accidentally stabbed the roof of his mouth! I got fired and dad had to finish out the next 12 <BR/>nights. <BR/>...good thing I didn't go into orthodontics...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-21162670960174955352009-01-06T11:44:00.000-05:002009-01-06T11:44:00.000-05:00Wow, you might become famous too....How awesome fo...Wow, you might become famous too....How awesome for you....<BR/><BR/>I feel horrible for Kendrie having to wear that but I know that it will pay off for her in the long run, or in the bankrupt of you..LOL...<BR/><BR/>Love, MarciAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-44421224467317264802009-01-06T11:38:00.000-05:002009-01-06T11:38:00.000-05:00Those books sound awesome! I am going to get one....Those books sound awesome! I am going to get one.Heatherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00249312171218434127noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-57360815208210310982009-01-06T11:04:00.000-05:002009-01-06T11:04:00.000-05:00Super cool about the author. Love it.Oh yeah. Th...Super cool about the author. Love it.<BR/><BR/>Oh yeah. The expander. I had that, too. Before the headgear. Also I had front tooth that wouldn't come down on its own and had to have that little guy surgically brought down. Poor Kendrie. She has my sympathy. When I was pregnant with my first I was terrified that she would get that underbite and I was always watching her bite as her little teeth came in. She seems to have escaped it. Here's hoping we are as lucky with number 2!M&J Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07700906330029073450noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-69429813343846254952009-01-06T09:37:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:37:00.000-05:00I had that happen on my blog, too! I had done a g...I had that happen on my blog, too! I had done a giveaway of a book of winter time activities for kids and the author appreciated it and even sent me a copy of another of her books! <BR/><BR/>I wonder what other authors I should mention... hmmm...Eternal Lizdomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12436844959718198383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-69240989416457964922009-01-06T09:05:00.000-05:002009-01-06T09:05:00.000-05:00My daughter had the same awful head thingy for awh...My daughter had the same awful head thingy for awhile. I hated it and so did she. This was 4-5 years ago and it was still on the new side but our doc convinced us to try it. After a year or so she went back to the doc and he told his nurse to get the right chart there was no way this child had a bad underbite. She will still need braces but not the surgery for the underbite. So stick with it! Thanks for the book suggestions I plan to check them out right after my milk duds!Jennifer DelaCourthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07530739999533695321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-8527792987256265772009-01-06T06:14:00.000-05:002009-01-06T06:14:00.000-05:00Hey, Fergus has that crossbite/narrow palate thing...Hey, Fergus has that crossbite/narrow palate thing too, but without the underbite. They've been talking expander for him too, but so far are sparing our wallets because they say he still "orally guards" too much. In other words, even when they clean his teeth, his tongue frantically fights them all the way. He is overall cooperative, but anxious, yet he can't keep his tongue from blocking them. Our dentist is pretty clear that he'll have to be more ready before we can do the expander. And now that we are paying for a small private school, I'm not sure who would pay for the orthodontist anyway...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-51618933691622738552009-01-06T02:16:00.000-05:002009-01-06T02:16:00.000-05:00Wow Kristie, how cool is that! I'm going to have t...Wow Kristie, how cool is that! I'm going to have to check out those books. I like your idea of dinner reading, but I'm thinking they would be awesome bedtime reading with my 8 year old. I don't think Nate (6) will quite get it. And the older boys? Honestly, I don't want the little boys hearing their answers, lol. They are good kids. But, even good kids, when they are teenage boys, will say the thing you don't want impressionable little boys to even consider.<BR/><BR/>Sheri in CANate's Momhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18188484239439144124noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-65806901959076933632009-01-06T00:19:00.000-05:002009-01-06T00:19:00.000-05:00Oh wait, the best part: during one of the oral sur...Oh wait, the best part: during one of the oral surgeries they put a bracket on my tooth (the one that hadden't grown in, up in my gums) and linked it to my braces wire WITH A GOLD CHAIN. I had a dangly gold chain hanging down out of my gums where my front tooth should have been.<BR/><BR/>This was supposed to help my tooth come down and possibly be pulled on...but I didn't care about the reason, I cared about the mortification.rachelopolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937319639446085936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-66753728994060225852009-01-06T00:12:00.000-05:002009-01-06T00:12:00.000-05:00I feel so bad for Kendrie. I was my orthodontist's...I feel so bad for Kendrie. I was my orthodontist's worst nightmare/jackpot as well. Get this: I had 7 extra teeth PLUS all 4 wisdom teeth. The extra teeth were taken out with 3 oral surgeries but they impeded the progress of my front left tooth. I HAD ONE FRONT TOOTH UNTIL I WAS 11.5. Oh wait, I capitalized too early BECAUSE I ALSO HAD BRACES. BRACES AND ONE FRONT TOOTH IN MIDDLE SCHOOL. Plus I was already 5'7" so I had no chance of blending in. I also rocked some headgear for awhile. Just hang in there Kendrie, it happens to the best of us!rachelopolyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17937319639446085936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-82741713594034972442009-01-05T23:13:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:13:00.000-05:00I saw that comment, and thought "Wow, THAT'S cool!...I saw that comment, and thought "Wow, THAT'S cool!" But, I'm not surprised, cause you are a blogging goddess, Kristie. Thanks for the review of the books.. I think I may just have to look into them. And once again, I'm REALLY sorry, Kendrie... ugh. One day, you'll thank your parents.. really.Pam Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15681029046120784248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-34500434959474941612009-01-05T23:06:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:06:00.000-05:00I thought braces were bad enough... I feel bad for...I thought braces were bad enough... I feel bad for your daughter. Damn, I could read your stuff over and over again. Impressive...Coachdadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18439827912381254789noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36095574.post-80329866715341284322009-01-05T23:01:00.000-05:002009-01-05T23:01:00.000-05:00Oh my gosh. It's a brush with fame. How cool! I...Oh my gosh. It's a brush with fame. How cool! I'm going to check on those books--they sound great.<BR/><BR/>And, my wallet is crying with your wallet. We are in the "maintainer" phase of Declan's orthodontics. Phase 1 is paid off and now we're sitting and waiting for more baby teeth to fall out so we can move on to Phase 2. Which I'm sure is more expensive than Phase 1.Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10504057828175813981noreply@blogger.com