Went to the dentist yesterday, I’m in really bad shape. Need an implant, a root canal (or two), and a crown and probably half a dozen fillings.

I also got the best cleaning I’ve ever had.

As I was leaving the dental office, the dentist nudged me, and asked “How long’s it been?” I said “excuse me?” “How long’s it been since you’ve seen a dentist?” When I told him last October, he seemed surprised.

But I got a very good vibe. Their checkup was very very thorough. For years, I’ve had “reactive” dentistry. The dentist never finds a problem until I go in and tell them there’s a problem. I told my new dentist precisely that, and told him I wanted “Proactive Dentistry”

When I was a wee schoolboy, one of my best friends dad was my dentist for years and years and years. At checkups, he’d find and fix problems before I knew they were there. He’s a very good dentist. I haven’t seen him since probably 1977. According to the internet, from what I can understand, (and I DON’T claim to understand) he developed a procedure that can practically replace a persons whole lower jaw, when dental problems create a catastophy that requires this. But like I said, it’s over my head. The point is, he has always been a frikkin awesome dentist. No dentist I’ve ever had has measured up to him, and for some inexplicable reason, I consider myself a pretty good judge of dentist quality.

The dentists today are getting younger and younger. (EVERYONE is getting younger and younger) My new dentist looks like a teenager or early twenties, I got the impression he is a very good dentist though. He reminded of one of those intense videogame players who takes his gaming very seriously.

Like I said, good vibe.

He also let me try on his glasses

They are cool, and now I want a pair, nay, I NEED a pair!

AND! (Wait for it….)

They have a television mounted on the ceiling, so that when you’re laying in the chair, you can watch TV!!! I swear, I have told each and every dentist my whole life that they should do that! Finally! Someone listened!

So, finally, I’m going to get the lower half of my head whipped back in shape.

Hava Happy Humpday!

When I got home from work yesterday, Lenny was like a different dog. He wanted to be petted, and he wanted to play, and he didn’t seem too shy in the yard. When we got back inside, he was more like his scardey-cat self, but not as bad.

Running super late this morning, I was on Facebook when I should have been posting. I saw this:

Got a dentist appointment this morning. A new dentist. I was never too happy with my last dentist.

Scooter day today. Hope it doesn’t rain!

Have a great day!

Lenny’s been here the whole weekend now. By last night, I was getting pretty annoyed, overall. I feel a refreshed attittude this morning.

The dog is afraid of everything, the cats. The wife and I. everything except Sheba.We call him, treat in hand, and he stands there, looking at us, tail wagging. Then he runs away. Call Sheba, treat in hand, they both come. (Only Sheba gets the treat when that happens.)

You can sometimes pet his head, but he keeps his body away, and he runs if you try to scratch his back. He won’t go through a door, untill finally, he goes screetching past, can’t stop, and crashes into the wall. And you can’t wipe his muddy feet before he goes upstairs. If we’re all sitting in the living room, and you get up, he gets up too and runs to the far side of the room.

I rekkon he was abused somewhere along the line, and he’s gonna be a tough nut to crack.

One thing he does love, is walks. Hold open the leash, and he puts his head right through.

He crapped on the porch once over the weekend, and I saw that he’s full of worms. And he has a problem with his right rar leg, which we haven’t been able to check out.

It rained all weekend, cold rain. Should be clearing up for the work week, of course!

Have a wonderful first full week of the year!

Lenny got here yesterday, he’s a very nice dawgie. very very timid and shy. I’m thinking he must be the runt of the litter. I bought him a collar and tag yesterday morning, and picked him up yesterday afternoon.

He hasn’t had a problem with the cats, but they’re still wary of him. Hasn’t had a problem with Sheba. Caught him getting ready to pee on the back porch, a stern “NO!” and an immediate take-outside hopefuly is all it takes to get him house trained. He’s sleeping in his kennel the first few nights so he gets used to it as his home, but he’ll spend the days while we’re working in there for quite a while.

He did fine on a long walk this morning, less pulling on the leash than Sheba!

So far, so good. Everybody seems happy.

Have a great weekend!

Today I’m picking up Lenny the new dog! We had the home inspection yesterday. We passed! With 5 cats and one dog, we are pretty much able to meet the Humane Society’s stringent requirements for animal living conditions.

I’m glad it’s Friday. I think it’s a good idea to start the year with a short week. Should be mandatory.

Have a good weekend!

Well, it’s Thursday. Yesterday and today I have that vague blank feeling of emptiness when I start my post. I’m wondering if another topic recession is coming my way.

I doubt it, ‘because tomorrow we’re getting another dawg! This morning, I was looking at our furniture, thinking “wonder if the dog’s gonna chew that up?” and “wonder if he’ll wreck this rug?”

Animal pictures always cure a blog-post-lack-of-topic-stretch.

Today the humane society is supposed to do the home inspection, to determine if our house is suitable for dogs, tomorrow I should be picking up Lenny!

Have a great day!

My clockwork morning routine seemed a little rusty this morning. Seems like a long time since I was last there, which is good.

It’s supposed to be a nice day, and I’d love to take the scooter, but I need the cargo capacity of the van. Need gas grill fuel and a few other things.

Also the Humane Society is coming to do a home inspection, to see it our place is luxurious for Lenny. That will be fun for me! No house is a better dog house than our house!

Have a great first-week-of-2019!

Last night we went to some 9:00 PM fireworks and were home by 10:30. It was usual fireworks, like you’ve seen a quadrazillion bajillion times, so this year, instead of videoing the fireworks, I videoed the guy shooting off the fireworks.

Although we got home early, we ended up staying up till midnight, and watched the main fireworks from our roof. (I made the GIF at the top of this post from a telephone video)

Also, we’re getting a new dog probably this Friday! His name is Lenny, formerly known as Boots.

Happy 2019 from our house to yours!