Into the Loop

Since I haven't been blogging over at wwjblog for a while, I've been feeling so out of the loop. So, this week I decided to jump back in to this little corner of the web and start yet another blog. So much has been going on around our place that I just get a hankering to write about it sometime.

Like yesterday--I wondered, Am I a bad mom? Or is it just that I'm having trouble keeping up with this new fangled world.

I was at the vet getting our he dog turned into an it dog (another new fangled thing) when the vet asks me how often he eats.

"I just put the food down and let him eat when he wants," I answer.

"Is he a grazer, or does he eat a whole meal at a time?" she asks.

"Oh, he's pretty much a grazer," I say, "is that ok?"

"Yeah, as long as your brushing his teeth regularly--"

Hello? Did I hear that correctly? As long as I'm brushing his teeth? Yep, that's what she said. And not just once in a while either. Apparently if I'm not brushing his teeth at least three times a week, there is really no point in doing it at all.

If I had time to brush the dog's teeth I'd be brushing my teenager's teeth, or my own! I could use and extra brush three times a week, why would I waste is on someone who's been licking his stitches since he waddled through the door yesterday, and I won't even mention what else he's licked since he moved in last summer. Yuck. No thanks.

I'll keep my toothbrush to myself, and pay for braces when and if the time comes.

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