I have no ability or patience to do such decorating but really love to look at them. I'm sorry you get the headaches Michelle but what a lovely 'recovery' idea. One hint I'll add that I got from a professional baker... roll your cookie dough out on parchement paper or the rimless sheets they used. Cut your cookies out ON this and just pick up the scraps, rather than try and lift cut out cookies ONTO a sheet. Of course they also were uber-efficient in making use of all the space of the rolled cookie dough and did not have many scaps at all. I have a zillion cookie cutters but never make rolled cookies. It figures, doesn't it !?!?!?!! I must need camp again. Maureen

bnice - it seems like some parents have more faith in their children's judgement than others but sometimes... and i don't mean all the time... they may be misguided. And putting the child's welfare aside, it's just plain rude in my book leaving a kid on someone else's doorstep IMO. ((see paragraph below)) dances - yes, they went to another kids house.. without calling. But, it's across the street and I can open my front door and call for her. Is there a difference here? It is from my perspective but these are my views. I wonder if another parent may think it rude though. Food for thought. I'm 49, and also would be upset at being abandoned, which is what it is. And you're right.. no payphone around here. He didn't have a cellphone so he would have had to use someone elses phone to call. coolmama - My DD catches the bus down on the corner, by herself. I don't like that so I don't leave for work until the bus has come, which puts me running late a few minutes. Luckily I have a boss that understands. And, I really don't care if people think I'm paranoid, either. Just want to make sure that my DD is fairly treated and I'm not holding on too tightly.

Raven, I still have the temporaries. I put off getting the permanent ones, and now I can't remember why. Then I wasn't happy with the perms, and even though I had signed off on them, they are making them over. There were a few little tweaks, and my knee surgery was coming up. I told the girl in the office to make my appointment any time, but I was having surgery around Feb. 10. So she called me the weekend before to say she had an appointment for me on Feb. 10th. I told her, I couldn't do it then....going in hospital. I told her I would get back with her once I got the PT schedules worked out. I have been going to PT twice a week, plus I fractured my arm....seeing one doctor for that, going back to see the knee doctor and my regular doctor and then the last two weeks I have just been absolutely worn out. The knee surgery left me anemic, so I had two units of blood and I haven't been able to bounce back. I understand this is common. Add to that, I have been unable to sleep for the past two weeks. I might get to sleep an hour...if that. So, I have been worn out. I told her yesterday I would call the first of the week and make an appointment. I think the all on four covers everything...including pulling teeth and I doubt if that would diminish the cost. It is pretty much a set price. Although insurance would probably cover that....I don't think it would make a difference in how much Brueggen charges. I could be wrong....but I think that is correct. I don't believe insurance covers any of it, as far as what Brueggen goes. I remember him saying on one of his videos that insurance doesn't cover it, but they have ways of financing it. I couldn't afford to finance it, and wouldn't have been able to have it done, but Jody got an insurance settlement from being hurt on the job, and that is where the money came from. I hate having my picture taken....but here is a picture that shows my teeth a little bit. I bent down to take a pic of me and my dog. Well.....at least I got the teeth in the pic.

Borage well for attracting pollinators also. It tends to broadcast seed though, so it will come up all over the place.