Wet and numb

Icky awful dreary rainy cold Tuesday... I guess I should be fortunate it never became snow.

I spent the morning being tortured by my lovely dentist. They needed several attempts to get the correct impressions from my tiny little mouth and then they fitted me with my temporary crowns, after drilling the front teeth almost back to their baby roots. It was rather distressing to run my tongue over that spot and feel nearly nothing there! Fortunately I was numbed hideous amounts so I couldn't feel a thing. I go back in three weeks for the actual porcelain caps to be fitted on. In the meantime, I need to be careful of what I eat using my front teeth. Oh joy.

Alas I will not be joining Melissa at Great Big Sea concert, because they had sold out by the time I tried. I still haven't found their new album yet either. Oh, well, I spent part of the bus trip listening to the Natalie MacMaster cd I bought awhile back. Nice lively jigs and reels, ah me...

Boiling water

You know the jokes about people who can't even boil water?

*sheepishly raises her hand*

I'm embarrassed to admit that I would be one of those people. I can use a microwave and toaster oven, although maybe not for others. I just never learned or I made do with prepared foods.

So I delved into unknown territory yesterday when I tried to cook pasta. I was so utterly clueless about measurements for how much water per pasta. Cooking for one versus cooking for four is a big difference. I was so used to thinking of thinking in terms of preheating temperatures on the toaster oven that I stared at the knob for the burner.

After two attempts with flat noodles and penne, I think I can call my first cooking attempts a success. Mostly. Cooking has the fuzziest math on earth with a pinch of this and a little of that. I'll figure it out. I won't be kicking Emeril out anytime soon.