Pressing On

Last week  I went to the dentist. As the hygienist was cleaning my teeth she suggested I not scrub so hard when I brush. It was causing my gums to recede. As she was telling me this I thought,  "Shoot, that's what the Dr. told me six months ago at my last appointment."  I tried to lightening up on the pressure I was applying to my brushing habit but truthfully had forgotten about it after, I don't know, maybe a week or two? I told the hygienist that I had been brushing my teeth like this for years and it's just such a hard habit to break. She suggested I try using my less dominate hand or a soft electric tooth brush. So I vowed to attempt to break this old habit. I have plenty of other bad habits too. Some I have managed to break while others I still struggle with. Some are fairly new, they snuck up on me. I didn't even realize it had become a habit until it was brought to my attention. My phone for instance. It's a wonderful device that I have become very...

When we moved into our house nearly a year ago, we knew we had some things we would need to repair. Our driveway, for one, had a few dips and cracks that we thought we could just fill in with some asphalt. We ( by we I mean Jim) bought bags of gooey tar like stuff he poured into those dips to attempt to level it out. The dips continued to sink in. The rainy season and the winter storms came and they got worse. Forget bringing a cup of coffee to go, I would  be wearing it before I hit the street.  So we had it looked at by an asphalt company thinking they could just put a layer on top to fix the problem. They informed us that, although that would temporarily fix the problem; we would most likely have to do it again in another year or so. The best solution would be to rip it all up and start over. Super!    A few weeks ago we made the decision to bite the bullet as they say and have it replaced. The pavement people showed up with a dump truck and a large size bobcat tr...