reading: Death of a Butterfly, by Margaret Maron.
Finished last night: Skipping Towards Gomorrah, by Dan Savage. It started out good, got a little boring in the middle, and finished off strong. Definitely worth a read, but I wouldn’t run right out and buy it, unless (like us) you like to throw your money away on books you’ll only read once and then give away.
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Okay, those of you who clicked on the “movie” link yesterday and ended up with the movie of Tubby, the direct link to the Booger movie is
here. I changed the name, so y’all should have no problem seeing it now.
Of course, when I put a new movie up, that link will give you a 404 error, so if you want to see it, check it out soon!
And I expect to put up a new movie next week. I got some great footage of Spot that I HAVE to share.
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I was folding laundry this morning, and I had CMT (Country Music Television) on in the background. Commercials were on, so I was only half paying attention, but when a woman started talking about her busy, busy life and how hard it was to take a pill every day, I looked at the TV. It was a commercial for the birth control patch – how convenient! You put the patch on, leave it on all week, and replace it with another patch after the week is up – and the busy busy woman with the busy busy life seemed inordinately thrilled at the idea that she wouldn’t have to take a pill every day.
Now, I don’t know. I think that if your life is SO BUSY that taking the time to put a little pill in your mouth throws your entire schedule off, then perhaps it’s time to reorganize your life. Maybe do a little less house-cleaning or ferrying the kids to soccer games? I’ve been on the pill for almost 9 years now (yes, Fred is vasectomized, but a man isn’t immediately sterile once he’s had a vasectomy, and if I went off the pill and got accidentally pregnant while he still had sperm roaming around in his system, I’d have to throw myself off the nearest cliff) and never once have the words “Oh, CRAP! I spent so much time cleaning and driving and working that I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO TAKE MY BIRTH CONTROL PILL!” come out of my mouth.
Okay, okay, I jest. I know her issue isn’t really not having time to take the pill – even though she IMPLIED that it was – her issue is really that she has a hard time REMEMBERING to take the pill every day. And, really, I’ve gotta ask: if you can’t remember to take a pill every day, what are the chances that you’ll remember to replace the patch every week?
And for the record, I
have forgotten to take a pill once or twice, but for the most part I have such an established pattern at bedtime – take the pill, brush my teeth, take out my contacts – that I almost never forget.
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I had a dental appointment this morning, to have scaling and root planing done on the other half of my mouth (the left half. The right half was done at the
end of April, in case you’re curious). The hygienist took a look at my gums and declared that they were already much better, even the side that she hadn’t scaled and planed, due to my rigorous use of the
Rota-Dent. I’m really getting the hang of using the Rota-Dent, by the way. When I first started using it, it took me about ten minutes to clean my teeth at night. Now, it’s more like five minutes, which is a lot better. Because who the hell wants to spend ten minutes cleaning your teeth every night? NOT ME.
(Thus, the reason I developed periodontal disease, I’m sure. Damn my laziness!)
The hygienist scraped around for a little while, took some gum measurements, and then commenced to scaling and planing. MY GOD was it uncomfortable. I wouldn’t call it painful, but it was certainly uncomfortable right up to the line of pain, and I was seriously glad when it was over.
I guess the left side of my mouth is more sensitive than the right.
I go back in another couple of weeks so she can check my gums and polish the dinginess off my teeth (the medicine I use with the Rota-Dent makes my teeth dingy). I’d complain about having to go to the dentist all the time, but as it’s MY OWN DAMN FAULT, I won’t.
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There was a woman on Oprah last week who has 81 cats. EIGHTY-ONE cats. Fred wandered by while I was watching it, and said “That’s how many cats YOU’d have if I’d let you!”
I don’t know – sometimes I feel like we already have too many cats. I can’t turn over at night without dislodging either Miz Poo, who sleeps on a pillow next to me, or Mister Boogers, who likes to sleep pressed against my leg and gets all pissy if I have the nerve to move. With one on each side of me, it’s generally a five-minute effort to extract myself from under the covers when I need to get up and pee.
I can’t imagine having 81 cats in this house. I’d probably have twenty cats on the bed, pinning me down, and I’d have to become a bed person to avoid displeasing them.
81 cats? No. But I could go for another couple of kittens. Mister Boogers needs some kittens to keep him on his toes, don’t you think?
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Hey, look!
Smart and Sassy is a year old today! Happy birthday to us!
Has it really been a year? My, how time flies.
Now, where the hell’s my birthday cake?
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Such a pretty boy. I have no idea what he’s looking at, but he sure is pretty, isn’t he?
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I totally understand the cats sleeping with you. On any given night, I usually have three–one ON my feet, one up against the small of my back and one ON TOP of me. It makes it very difficult to move around. I usually end up kicking at least one of them every night. I wonder why I’m so tired all the time? Hmmm…
No mention of The Amazing Race???
“if you can’t remember to take a pill every day, what are the chances that you’ll remember to replace the patch every week?”
That is EXACTLY what I want to know. I would forget my head if it weren’t attached to me, yet I’m supposed to be able to remember to change a patch when I only have to do it once a week?
81 cats–unless that woman spends her entire day wandering from litter box to litter box, scooping endlessly, the house has got to smell pretty awful…
Bonnie: Tomorrow, I promise!
Stacey: They said she spends several hours cleaning litter boxes and cleaning her house, but that it still reeks. She said that she has to do laundry constantly so she won’t smell like cat pee. What’s worse is that she has a 12 year-old daughter, who just basically spent the entire segment crying because she was so embarrassed by the whole thing. Oh, and at the end of the segment, Oprah announced that the Humane Society in this woman’s area had agreed to take all the cats and find homes for them. Of course, my first thought was “Wait. They’re going to take ALL of them? She doesn’t get to just keep a couple?”
I guess with hoarders, it’s all or nothin’.
In defense of the pill takers that have a hard time remembering, I’m one of them. I don’t have a set schedule (especially being a college student with friends who like to take road trips to ancient lakes in the middle of the night) so having a set time to take it is the problem, not remembering to take it every day. I’m not too worried about it though, I’m not currently sexually active so getting knocked up isn’t much of a concern for me right now.
The patch really appeals to me because I do have that problem with the pill, but I love what the pill does for my skin.
And am I the only one who thinks Roto-Rooter when you mention the Rota-Dent?
Delusive: Hmm. I hadn’t thought about the lack of a set schedule, but I guess I can understand it. You crazy college kids!
I wasn’t thinking Roto-Rooter when I think of the Rota-Dent, but I’m sure I will now. 🙂
I’m in love with all of your cats, but Spanky sure is a beautiful little guy.
Very pretty indeed.
And no, I can’t imagine eighty-one; ONE is more than enough to keep me on my toes.
Just in case you might want to know, my stepdaughter tried out the patch and she is now 4 months pregnant after just having a baby 8 months ago. I say, stick with the pill!
Yep. If you do something every day you are more likely to remember it but every week? Oh God I would have multiple babies..ACCCKKK!!!
I understand about the deep root planing…I had that done like 10 years ago…went to the Paradontist and the regular dentist for about a year and got sick and tired of none of my cleanings getting handled by insurance…you know the whole 6 mos. apart deal….so I stopped going to the Paradontist and it was a little pricey as well to get it all done. Speaking of pricing, can I ask how much the Rota-Dent was? It doesn’t say anything about the price and if it’s that good I’d really like to pick it up, but it has to be reasonable….
“if you can’t remember to take a pill every day, what are the chances that you’ll remember to replace the patch every week?”
Oh, you’ll remember. At least I always do, because if I forget, it itches madly because my skin gets irritated if it’s there longer than 7 days. I had no problem remembering the pill every day (I’m on other daily meds too for my asthma), but every formulation of the pill I tried upset my stomach something awful. I tried about five different kinds before giving up and just going on the patch. Putting up with a little skin irritation is much easier than being constantly nauseous.
Robyn,
I had a new Diet Coke with Splenda today and it’s GREAT !!
Cheryl – yikes!
ms7168 – I’ve heard that it’s really good – I need to look and see if I can find it around here!
Yay Spanky!!!
“Speaking of pricing, can I ask how much the Rota-Dent was?” Donna I’ve looked around cause I was curious about it as well, and I have seen it around $114!! Maybe there are some cheaper, but I haven’t seen any.
Donna – Sorry about that, I forgot to answer your question! I don’t know how much the Rota-Dent is, ’cause they charged me a flat price for all the periodontal stuff, and the Rota-Dent was included in that. I think Daftgirl is probably right, they’re probably around $100, though you might get them for less directly through your dentist.