Amid other running round today, an act of hope. But first: our first brown egg! One of the jungle fowl pullets is laying! The little cockerel is frankly a rooster, asserting his spousal rights all over the place. The white hens don't seem to mind, but the Black Minorcas flee him ( Read more... )

Two hours and forty-five minutes in the dentist's chair today. Two new temporary crowns on teeth 18 and 20, to be covered in two weeks with gold and porcelain, respectively. One thousand sixty-three dollars for MY share.

Had my teeth cleaned on Tuesday, and forgot to mention that the dentist came in after the cleaning and examined me. He said, "You've really been working on caring for your gums, and it shows. Most people never change their habits, and they wonder why their gums don't get any better."

Another crazed busy day at work -- not that it was that busy, but that more than half my crew is laid off. Makes for one jumpin' chef ( Read more... )

Went to the root-canal specialist on my dentist's referral, but the bad news is that tooth #14 is cracked and not repairable, it will have to be pulled. We'll see if my dentist wants to pull it or send me to an oral surgeon.

The good news is that I qualify, on my own assets, to get a mortgage up to at least $125K.

Now I get to shop for houses for

That wasn't a particularly crunchy sesame stick. That was a piece of my tooth.

Just Water-Pikked out a filling that has been bothering me for a while. Temparin to the rescue! Good thing I am going to the dentist anyway in ten days.

Now that I have these lovely state benefits, I went to the dentist this morning. I had called them two weeks ago when my sinus infection was making my tooth hurt, so after the course of amoxicillin, I was ready for the bad news ( Read more... )

I was flossing my teeth before work today and pulled out a filling. Shows what good oral hygiene is really worth. *grin*

I went into Spokane this morning. Graham asked me on my way out, "Where are you off to?" I said, "Away from here ( Read more... )