Saturday, February 11, 2012
Wednesday, February 8, 2012
Personal Best
Ok. First let me preface this by saying that I have NOT been a runner since....hmmm...2005? Maybe 2004, but certainly not any more recent than that. This year I started on the treadmill, and I have slowly been getting better and better!! Today I hit my personal best for this year. I ran the first mile in 10:45 and the average for two miles was 11:45!! I know this may not sound amazing to all you seasoned athletes out there, but on January 1, 2012, when I started this endeavor, it was quite the accomplishment to walk one mile in twenty minutes, nevermind running TWO in the same amount of time like I nearly did today!! Now if only the scale would cooperate.........
Thursday, January 26, 2012
If You Asked Me...
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I am really depressed about my job.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I love Molly more than Deuce.
If you asked me, I would tell you. ... that I am scared to take Molly to get spayed on Monday, because they want her to stay overnight, and I want her home with me.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I struggle with my weight.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I am ready and really want to have kids, but that hasn't happened yet, and that saddens me.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that at one time, I needed antidepressants to make my life normal, and sometimes I think I may be headed in that direction again.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I really love applesauce and Mountain Dew Live Wire.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I have the best husband in the world, and I love him with all my heart.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I often regret going back to Dental Hygiene school.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I am working very hard to find the good in life, and trying to be more positive, despite the negative I seem to attract.
If you asked me, I would tell you.......the first thing I notice about people is their smile.
If you asked me, I would tell you........the best job I ever had was working at a sno cone shack.
If you asked me, I would tell you........I love my twelve year old car, even though it has tons of quirks and often breaks down and leaks water on me every time it rains or snows.
If you asked me, I would tell you........that I was born and raised in Idaho, and that's the only place I want to be.
If you asked me, I would tell you........that I love listening to Tim McGraw.
If you asked me, I would tell you.........that even though I have a tattoo and I like to drink and I seem hard core, I am very fragile, and my feelings get hurt pretty easily.
If you asked me, I would tell you.........that I cry at movies a lot. Even if I have seen them a hundred times.
If you asked me..................................
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I love Molly more than Deuce.
If you asked me, I would tell you. ... that I am scared to take Molly to get spayed on Monday, because they want her to stay overnight, and I want her home with me.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I struggle with my weight.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I am ready and really want to have kids, but that hasn't happened yet, and that saddens me.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that at one time, I needed antidepressants to make my life normal, and sometimes I think I may be headed in that direction again.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I really love applesauce and Mountain Dew Live Wire.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I have the best husband in the world, and I love him with all my heart.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I often regret going back to Dental Hygiene school.
If you asked me, I would tell you......that I am working very hard to find the good in life, and trying to be more positive, despite the negative I seem to attract.
If you asked me, I would tell you.......the first thing I notice about people is their smile.
If you asked me, I would tell you........the best job I ever had was working at a sno cone shack.
If you asked me, I would tell you........I love my twelve year old car, even though it has tons of quirks and often breaks down and leaks water on me every time it rains or snows.
If you asked me, I would tell you........that I was born and raised in Idaho, and that's the only place I want to be.
If you asked me, I would tell you........that I love listening to Tim McGraw.
If you asked me, I would tell you.........that even though I have a tattoo and I like to drink and I seem hard core, I am very fragile, and my feelings get hurt pretty easily.
If you asked me, I would tell you.........that I cry at movies a lot. Even if I have seen them a hundred times.
If you asked me..................................
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Bye Puppies!
Yesterday the last of the puppies went to their new homes!! I took pics of each of them on their last days with us. Goodbye, babies!!!
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| Baby Red |
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| Me with my favorite, the baby of the bunch, Baby Orange |
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| Molly with Red Stripe |
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| Baby Blue |
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| Baby Black, on the left, and Camo on the right. These two boys were lucky enough to both go to the same home, so they will always have each other. |
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| Just for fun, this is a pic of Molly at about the same age |
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| And of course, Deuce at about the same age. |
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Sunday, December 11, 2011
It's Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas..
...at our house!! Today Jake and I set up the Christmas tree and the stockings. We put the little knick knacks around the house that remind us of the season (santa, a little elf, a holiday penguin, cinnamon-scented pinecones, etc.). This year we bought some new LED lights to go across the big window in the living room. They look like big icicles slowly dripping. I love them!!
Puppy update: All of the puppies have grown so fast!!! We have been weaning them and they seem to be doing great. They like to run around and bark and wrestle one another. They are the cutest little things!! We bought them little collars at the dollar store, and since I don't feel like we should really name them ourselves, we just refer to them by the color of their collar. So we have Red, Red Stripe, Orange, Blue, Black, and Camo. Camo has figured out how to escape from the whelping box even though Jake has built add-ons to make the entry into the box taller twice already. Little stinker. :) We have homes for Camo and Black, but we are still looking for the perfect homes for the others. Blue is so mellow and a great cuddler. He is a little black boy. And all three girls still need great homes too. Orange loves to cuddle too, and Red and Red Stripe like to bark at shadows and roll and tumble. We want to give them to homes where they will be treated like a part of the family, so INSIDE dogs ONLY. If you know of someone who would like to add a puppy to their family, they will be ready to go on Dec. 30. If Santa forgot to bring you a puppy, it's probably at our house!! Let me know if you are interested.
Puppy update: All of the puppies have grown so fast!!! We have been weaning them and they seem to be doing great. They like to run around and bark and wrestle one another. They are the cutest little things!! We bought them little collars at the dollar store, and since I don't feel like we should really name them ourselves, we just refer to them by the color of their collar. So we have Red, Red Stripe, Orange, Blue, Black, and Camo. Camo has figured out how to escape from the whelping box even though Jake has built add-ons to make the entry into the box taller twice already. Little stinker. :) We have homes for Camo and Black, but we are still looking for the perfect homes for the others. Blue is so mellow and a great cuddler. He is a little black boy. And all three girls still need great homes too. Orange loves to cuddle too, and Red and Red Stripe like to bark at shadows and roll and tumble. We want to give them to homes where they will be treated like a part of the family, so INSIDE dogs ONLY. If you know of someone who would like to add a puppy to their family, they will be ready to go on Dec. 30. If Santa forgot to bring you a puppy, it's probably at our house!! Let me know if you are interested.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
10 Reasons Your Dentist Probably Hates You Too
Some of you might have seen this online here: http://lolabees.wordpress.com/2011/11/28/10-reasons-your-dentist-probably-hates-you-too/ And it was too hilarious to just let it go without letting more people enjoy so I re-posted it here. Then I will always have the link to it as well!! I hear the same complaints in my chair!
2. You come to your appointment, and it’s obvious you haven’t brushed your teeth in days. I’ve had some people with great hygiene come in and apologize because they’ve just eaten lunch and couldn’t brush. This is not what I’m talking about. I mean food and thick plaque everywhere. After 10 years of seeing blood and rotten teeth and some really nasty things, this is still the 1 thing that makes me dry heave. You know when you come to us that we have to be in your mouth. Would you clean your home before having company? Additionally, I have spent hours literally bending over backwards repairing your teeth. Could you at least pretend that you are caring for the work that I have struggled to complete for you?
3. After we have spent hours of meticulously repairing your teeth, you complain about the bill. Would you walk out of the grocery store with a bag full of groceries and expect not to pay? I’ve just helped you to continue to smile and eat comfortably, two pretty valuable things that help your quality of life.
4. I tell you that you have a cavity and you need a filling, and you wait months or even years to get the necessary work done. Eventually the tooth starts hurting. Two weeks of pain go by, and you call me on a Saturday night while I am at dinner with friends because your tooth that needed a filling a year ago and that started hurting 2 weeks ago is suddenly an emergency.
5. You come to me so I can help you, but you make it hard for me to do a good job. You wince and make faces when it’s not hurting. The idea that I’m hurting you makes me just as uncomfortable and stressed as you are. If it hurts, please tell me, and I can help you with that. But if it’s because you don’t like the whole experience, you are only causing me to work in undesirable conditions, making it harder to do my best. And when you push your tongue in the way, or you don’t open wide enough, it makes it physically impossible to get my work done. Don’t you want it to be easy for me to do the best job for you?
6. You call and say, “my tooth didn’t hurt before you worked on it.” You came to me with a cavity. I did not put it there. You did. I am simply fixing a rotten hole that was in your tooth. To do so, I must use a tiny drill to cut the rot out of your tooth. If I took a drill, cut a hole in your femur bone, and then filled it in with a foreign material, don’t you think it might be sore for a while? Same concept.
7. When we try to take an x-ray, you won’t bite down on it. We have to do this to see what is going on with your tooth. Without knowing the problem, we can’t properly treat you. I know, in some cases some people really can’t do it; but some people could and won’t just suck it up for 15 seconds. I’ve had x-rays too, and they hurt and dig into my gums, but I just do it.
8. You tell me that you bought my car for me after having a crown done. Contrary to how it seems, you actually didn’t buy me a car. You bought yourself a crown. I have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on an education, and have spent hours making this crown fit precisely in your mouth, so maybe you helped me make a portion of a student loan payment. But you certainly didn’t buy my car.
9. You no-show an appointment or cancel last-minute. Some things are unavoidable, but when it’s because your hairdresser got a last-minute cancellation and you had to take that appointment instead, this is just rude. Not only am I unable to fill the 2 hours of my schedule that I reserved specifically for you, but someone else who wanted to get in had to wait 2 weeks for his/her appointment. And on that note, when you have the first appointment of the day, and you show up late for your appointment, I am late for every other patient the rest of the day.
10. When I tell you that you grind your teeth, you deny it, as if I am accusing you of having a horrible disease or being a baby murderer. It’s not that bad to be a tooth grinder. I’m just pointing something out and maybe offering a way to prevent more problems in the future. This observation is concluded from signs or symptoms that are based on real science, not myth.
And along those lines… bonus #11. You tell me a diagnosis I make is simply wrong without listening to me. If you know so much, why are you coming to me? You do the filling or root canal yourself. You obviously don’t need me.
10 Reasons Your Dentist Probably Hates You Too
Now that I’ve left my career and cut some dead weight out of my life, I feel ready to look back and have a laugh– or just finally be able openly bitch about it. So here’s my confession: I am a dentist who really didn’t love the dentist either being a dentist. A few months ago I came across a funny post titled, “10 Reasons I Hate The Dentist.“ It appeared right when I was in the thick of my career transition. It inspired me to write this, so, RedHead Chronicles, thank you for the inspiration.
10 Reasons Your Dentist Probably Hates You Too
1. The first thing you say when you sit down in my chair is, “I hate the dentist.” Really?!? Did your parents teach you any manners? Did they ever teach you that it is impolite to tell someone you hate them the moment you greet them? What I really want to say back is, “aww, I hate you too.”2. You come to your appointment, and it’s obvious you haven’t brushed your teeth in days. I’ve had some people with great hygiene come in and apologize because they’ve just eaten lunch and couldn’t brush. This is not what I’m talking about. I mean food and thick plaque everywhere. After 10 years of seeing blood and rotten teeth and some really nasty things, this is still the 1 thing that makes me dry heave. You know when you come to us that we have to be in your mouth. Would you clean your home before having company? Additionally, I have spent hours literally bending over backwards repairing your teeth. Could you at least pretend that you are caring for the work that I have struggled to complete for you?
3. After we have spent hours of meticulously repairing your teeth, you complain about the bill. Would you walk out of the grocery store with a bag full of groceries and expect not to pay? I’ve just helped you to continue to smile and eat comfortably, two pretty valuable things that help your quality of life.
4. I tell you that you have a cavity and you need a filling, and you wait months or even years to get the necessary work done. Eventually the tooth starts hurting. Two weeks of pain go by, and you call me on a Saturday night while I am at dinner with friends because your tooth that needed a filling a year ago and that started hurting 2 weeks ago is suddenly an emergency.
5. You come to me so I can help you, but you make it hard for me to do a good job. You wince and make faces when it’s not hurting. The idea that I’m hurting you makes me just as uncomfortable and stressed as you are. If it hurts, please tell me, and I can help you with that. But if it’s because you don’t like the whole experience, you are only causing me to work in undesirable conditions, making it harder to do my best. And when you push your tongue in the way, or you don’t open wide enough, it makes it physically impossible to get my work done. Don’t you want it to be easy for me to do the best job for you?
6. You call and say, “my tooth didn’t hurt before you worked on it.” You came to me with a cavity. I did not put it there. You did. I am simply fixing a rotten hole that was in your tooth. To do so, I must use a tiny drill to cut the rot out of your tooth. If I took a drill, cut a hole in your femur bone, and then filled it in with a foreign material, don’t you think it might be sore for a while? Same concept.
7. When we try to take an x-ray, you won’t bite down on it. We have to do this to see what is going on with your tooth. Without knowing the problem, we can’t properly treat you. I know, in some cases some people really can’t do it; but some people could and won’t just suck it up for 15 seconds. I’ve had x-rays too, and they hurt and dig into my gums, but I just do it.
8. You tell me that you bought my car for me after having a crown done. Contrary to how it seems, you actually didn’t buy me a car. You bought yourself a crown. I have spent hundreds of thousands of dollars on an education, and have spent hours making this crown fit precisely in your mouth, so maybe you helped me make a portion of a student loan payment. But you certainly didn’t buy my car.
9. You no-show an appointment or cancel last-minute. Some things are unavoidable, but when it’s because your hairdresser got a last-minute cancellation and you had to take that appointment instead, this is just rude. Not only am I unable to fill the 2 hours of my schedule that I reserved specifically for you, but someone else who wanted to get in had to wait 2 weeks for his/her appointment. And on that note, when you have the first appointment of the day, and you show up late for your appointment, I am late for every other patient the rest of the day.
10. When I tell you that you grind your teeth, you deny it, as if I am accusing you of having a horrible disease or being a baby murderer. It’s not that bad to be a tooth grinder. I’m just pointing something out and maybe offering a way to prevent more problems in the future. This observation is concluded from signs or symptoms that are based on real science, not myth.
And along those lines… bonus #11. You tell me a diagnosis I make is simply wrong without listening to me. If you know so much, why are you coming to me? You do the filling or root canal yourself. You obviously don’t need me.
Aaahhh… I feel much better now.
If this isn’t you, I am sure your dentist loves you. You are probably the bright spot of his/her day. But it makes you wonder, how do you behave when you go to the dentist? And most importantly, are you making it easy for your dentist to give you the kind of care you want and deserve?
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