random thoughts – Day 2,208 (Friday) – crown and chips

The delivery and installation of the crown was scheduled for 9:00 this morning, which meant getting up, showering, caffeinating, and being out the door around the time I’m usually barely out of bed still in pajamas and on the couch drinking coffee. The traffic was reasonable, and the dentist office was quiet.

This appointment was the rescheduling from the first crown that was supposed to be delivered (official dental term) a couple weeks ago. That visit involved two full hours of torture in the dental chair and in the end it didn’t fit correctly and had to be remade. Fortunately, today’s appointment went like it was supposed to and I was in the chair for about 15 minutes of minimal fuss. We were all relieved to be spared another dental horror show consuming a chunk of the day. 

The afternoon included a chat with a contractor that involved pointing at parts of the house for ideas on mixing siding textures and highlighting areas with vinyl cedar shake or board and batten and using regular horizontal siding on the sides and back. Of course, the dollars that appear in the estimate will dictate the final direction taken. 

We looked at the issues with the current siding (circa 1988/89). The saying may be that "vinyl is final," but "final" in this case seems to be only about 35 years. The current siding has areas of of buckling and has come away from the house in spots. There are places where reattachment was attempted with packing tape (now peeling off) and what looks like glue.

It took me about three seconds to spot two colors of siding I liked in the samples, but I've been thinking about it for months already and have a solid idea of what I like. The boards with little sample chips will be here hogging the kitchen counter until Monday, providing me ample time to change my mind 100 times

More pita chips.

After the meeting with the contractor I got busy in the kitchen making more pita chips to take to a couple events this weekend. Baking sheets of chips coated with olive oil and garlic salt and one of sea salt, and others with butter and cinnamon sugar were placed in the oven. The oven temp was set lower than the other day and the chips came out less dark. 

Now the challenge is to not eat all the pita chips before the events. The batch made on Wednesday was eaten by me within 24 hours. To pace my consumption, I filled up on a supper of lobster cake and roasted asparagus.