I spent the morning getting some new headshots taken. With my drastic hair difference, I could not get away with the same headshot as last year. Recently in my dental office, I met Nel, she is a photographer with Pushnik Photo here in Philadelphia. I love my job for many reasons one of them being the wondefully talented patients that come into my life every day. I looked into the studio, and found out that Jon Pushnik is an amazingly talented fashion/celebrity photographer right under my nose here in philadelphia, how exciting!! If I win Mrs. pennsylvania, I will return for some fun crown & banner shots in the city. Check out their work at Pushnik www.pushnikphoto.net .

Sealant Saturday

As President of the Philadelphia Dental Hygienists' Association, I will be volunteering with Sealant Saturday again this year. February is National children's Dental Health Month, on Feb 7th the PDHA and CCP students will be providing free dental sealants to children in need. Please contact me at E-mail address found on this blog if you want more information about this event.

I recently judged the R-Phils Dance Team final audition. This is a wonderful opportunity for me to be around that dance element again, catch up with some friends and meet new people. You might remember from a post last year, this is where I first met little Jerzi Schur. Through the year we have kept in touch and I have helped mentor and sponsor her through her first pageant competition. I truly enjoyed being a part of a team with these ladies, it's like having another family. I am so glad to keep in touch with them and hear about all the exciting things they are up to. Pictured are Vi (current Philadelphia Sixers dancer/former Reading Express), Brianna (former R-Phils/former Reading Express), Heather (former Philadelphia Eagles Cheerleader/former R-Phils & Reading Express Director), Jennifer (former Philadelphia Sixers Dancer/former reading Express Director/current R-Phils Director), and myself.

Carson Elementary School

Today, I visited Carson Elementary School to provide an oral health presentation to their children, grades pre K - 4th were present(375 children.) The children were so thankful for their toothbrushes and all the information they received. I really enjoyed my visit, they were so well behaved and really had an interest. A special thanks to the school nurse Meg Snyder for inviting me out, she really loves her job and is concerned about keeping her children healthy. She has a chart in her room with the names of children that lost teeth during a school day. Last year they lost a total of 76 teeth during school time, let's see how they do this year. Love that idea!!

Miss New Jersey Outstanding Teen

I attended the Miss New Jersey outstanding Teen pageant tonight with my friends, Susan and Heather. it was a good show, and a close call in my eyes. I could not get over the voices on some of the girls, like Savannah for example. New Jersey should be proud. Sitting in the audience, I had picked Brenna to win, she was absolutely adorable, and I loved her talent, it was unique and impressionable. All the contestants did a great job. Best wishes to Brenna this year. I did not get pictures after the pageant, we were ready for bed. It was nice spending the night with you both!!