Like having teeth pulled!!!

Growing up,

I had THE meanest pediatric dentist around!!!

Unfortunately for me, 

my teeth needed some attention...

and that meant teeth extractions by the dentist
13 in total!!!!

And that doesn't include the 4 wisdom teeth I had removed under general anesthesia!

Anyway, I will never forget the time

I whimpered (okay, probably cried out)

when I got a shot of numbing novocaine in my gums

in preparation for teeth pulling.

The guy told me that I would scare the kids in the waiting room

if I kept crying!!!! Really!

Another time, he told us that I would probably have a couple teeth removed

at my next visit...

and when the procedure was done

he had taken out SIX baby teeth, 3 on each side of my lower gums!!!

So, why do I tell you this?!

Cuz the past 18 hours was one of those awful days that reminded me of 

having my teeth pulled!

Yesterday afternoon,
I went to update my iPhone
and when I was done,
it looked like this....

Definitely not a good sign. 

 Even worse, 

when I tried to follow some troubleshooting directions,

I inadvertently disabled many (I mean many)

of our computer applications!!!

So, after some attempts last night to resolve the problem,
I was a mess
and

I figured I would give it some time to fester and

work on this...

 laying out two hundred and forty-three (243!!!) 5 1/2-inch squares!!!

I don't know which is worse?!!!

It's like having your teeth pulled!!!!!!!!

This is a queen size quilt for Teen with Lots of Stuff

(it's a birthday present for her birthday which happened to be

July 27th- of 2011!!! Yeah, so I am little behind).

I thought she would go for that modern quilt look

or the wonky piecing

but she went for the billion little pieces traditional quilt!

Good thing is...

after speaking to Fuad from Dell Computers for about 1 1/2 hours

followed by a pleasant 2 hour conversation with Andrew in Arizona of Apple

the computer is working
and so is my iPhone!!!

But this is still on my floor....

Some tortures are physical 

And some are mental, 

But the one that is both 

Is dental. ~Ogden Nash 

(possibly followed by piecing a billion little pieces of fabric together)