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I have a dentist appointment on Wednesday for cleaning. My enamel keeps leaving my teeth reminding me of some type of mass exodus. I had to cancel my last appointment due to some conflicts in scheduling (we were on vacation) and hadn't rescheduled. They called tonight to do just that. That just pretty much blew my chances of putting it off. I took it as a sign. You should be proud of me. I didn't back out or make excuses. Just get it over with already Moogie!

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Recently, I've joined Meelie on Webkinz. It's something she has been wanting me to do for a long time, so a couple of weeks ago, I "adopted" a pet and am now the proud Mommy of Pudge. He's a cute little buckaroo, with his squished in nose, looking much like you would think a stuffed Pug would look like.

Oh, the responsibilities! I must keep him happy, healthy and fed! To do this I play a variety of games, take any number of tests, and perform different jobs to earn my Kinzcash so I can pay for it all. For any of you that have younger children (I would say grade school age) this is a great way to get involved in something your child loves. It teaches them about responsibility, but also teaches them about earning, and then spending money (they have to save up), and making sure that you have enough money (Kinzcash) to purchase food. There are a wide variety of "jobs" that you can perform for the extra Kinzcash, and in order to move up the ladder, you have to take quite a few tests. Each level you master yields you a higher "salary."

The stuffed animals which you can buy at various stores, range anywhere from about $8 (babies), to $15. I would recommend staying away from Hallmark because they tend to charge more than your smaller stores. It doesn't cost anything to join (other than buying your Webkinz), and the adoption is good for a year. I haven't looked at what happens after that, but even if we had to buy another one in a year (provided Meelie is still into it), it's not a huge investment. The payoffs are really worth it.

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It's been wicked hot here the last couple of weeks. The temperatures range from around the mid 90's to the low 100's, complete with a heat index that really makes being outside intolerable. You know it's going to be a hot one when you climb into your car at 5:30 am and the temperature reads at a cool 86 degrees. That is life in the south, and thankfully, these types of days don't last really long. The upside of the whole thing is that the bugs pretty much disappear. On the flip side, they come into your house looking for water. On a side note, so do the snakes.

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Between helping with probabilities, trying but failing to avoid making a dentist appointment, talking about Webkinz and complaining about the weather, I have completely exhausted my repertoire for today. In other words, when I sat down at the computer I had nothing to say, and in taking a look at what I just wrote, I should have just left it at that.