After a fun evening of seniors and teens, the crokinole tournament ended with:
Lots of fun, loud cheering and great dessert prepared by the youth. Something we could do again!!
I did not know.
My knee replacements affect the cleaning of my teeth.
You see, up until two years after the replacements possible infection can be expected when teeth are cleaned. I presume open cuts and bleeding which result from the cleaning can create open access to bad bacteria.
I was literally sitting in the chair when the dental hygienist interrupted my expectations. She had the dentist prescribe a drug to stave off infection. I had to go, get the drug prescription filled, and return no sooner than one hour later.
Meanwhile, I took a liter of milk to be sure the pills did not disturb my stomach. OK, maybe I could have taken less but I didn’t want to waste all that good milk.
Back in the chair an ultrasound tool loosened up the buildup on my teeth. Then some scrapping and finally the polishing. As I view my mouth, I’m now in much better shape than before, although my tongue finds it a little different feel to the landscape of the inner world of my mouth!!
We have a great time together. Senior Pastors of churches in the region meet three times a year.
We laugh and cry, pray and eat, and generally walk away refreshed.
This time around, Blaine carried two knives with him. Both would be considered “switchblades” back in my day! He showed us how they worked. He carries them as his “tool-of-choice.” When he flicks them out, I’m always amazed at how effortless it is.
In the end, the trip home saw less than clean roads. Even saw a few patches of highway in the midst of the snow.
And as I arrived home, I ate and headed out to our children’s program. Somehow God provided me strength for the day and a great group of kids for the evening!
And now, the rest for the evening is coming up! See you tomorrow.
I guess dictionaries are somewhat like laws. Often they just document what is already happening in society.
Here’s one of the latest — a definition of "marriage," from the Online Dictionary of Miriam Webster.
- Main Entry:
- mar·riage
- Pronunciation:
- \?mer-ij, ?ma-rij\
- Function:
- noun
- Etymology:
- Middle English mariage, from Anglo-French, from marier to marry
- Date:
- 14th century
1 a (1): the state of being united to a person of the opposite sex as husband or wife in a consensual and contractual relationship recognized by law (2): the state of being united to a person of the same sex in a relationship like that of a traditional marriage <same-sex marriage> b: the mutual relation of married persons : wedlock c: the institution whereby individuals are joined in a marriage
2: an act of marrying or the rite by which the married status is effected ; especially : the wedding ceremony and attendant festivities or formalities
3: an intimate or close union <the marriage of painting and poetry — J. T. Shawcross>
So, we can have debates over whether there is legal or moral precedence for same-sex marriage, but at this point there is a now officially a definition (although somewhat ambiguous by saying it is "like a traditional marriage" — got to love those adjectives!!).