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Teething problems & surround sound

One of the disadvantages of living on an island is that the one dental practice here, itself fifty miles away, is heavily oversubscribed. It’s virtually impossible to get an appointment. Our next nearest dentist and all the specialistsp are in Inverness, 130 miles away.

So when an accident several years ago recently flared up and started to cause tooth problems at the trauma site it has meant a number of trips to Inverness for X-rays, investigation, and now treatment. I’ve had to have a tooth extracted, a bone graft in my jaw and a temporary crown put in waiting for it to heal sufficiently for an implant.

Feeling very tender, I’ve been cooking soft foods for the last week so that I don’t need to chew heavily. Slow cooked stews, soups, soft noodles, yoghurt, that sort of thing. Luckily autumnal foods lend themselves to this type of cooking so it’s not too restrictive. But this must be what age feels like – being scared to bite into a hard apple. Oh dear.

Orzo with roasted squash & spinach. Nice and soft

I’ve made something that I haven’t made for years for husbands supper tonight, as it’s his birthday. A cassoulet. It’s an instant reminder of my 14 years in France and the endless debates about the proper way to make it. Needless to say the version in this house probably breaks most of the rules, but there you go. I did manage to source some good tins of confit duck just for this from a French online supermarket so it will taste deliciously and duckily French.

Instead of taking a day off, husband is installing wall speakers, amp and something called a sub woofer in the lounge so that we can enjoy good audio in this cavernous space. Six metres up to the ceiling tends to swallow sound.

I know nothing of electronics. The speakers seem impossibly small, the amp and sub woofer unfeasibly large. At the moment there is much muttering about shielded cables and modern electronics from my electronics engineer husband, but it’s sounding good already despite having to send off to Mr Amazon for extra parts or some such.

Progress. Projection system in next, I’m hoping.

4 Replies to “Teething problems & surround sound”

  2. I am so sorry to hear about all the problems with your teeth. If it is any consolation Dentists are hard to find here too – 3 months wait for an appointment unless you are in pain and that is if you are already registered with the practice and paying as a private patient. I am glad you have now found help and are getting the care you need but it also sounds very uncomfortable. Sending hugs.

    What a clever husband you have – able to do so much of the build on the house and now installing all these extras! I’m sure that after all the insulating and such like which are fairly tedious this is great fun.

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