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I had my 3-month dental cleaning and check up this afternoon, and I'm pleased to say everything looked good. Well, almost everything. Apparently I've been sloppy with my cleaning behind the lower teeth on both sides - the hygienist got blood. Bummer. But, I guess I really haven't been too diligent back there, so I suppose I'd better start paying closer attention to them.

In other news, I made the most delicious lamb stew ever last night! I had been planning on making lamb stew since receiving the stew meat in our Free Meat last summer, but the lingering malady, the earthquake, and my trying to break my leg pretty much shot our winter all to hell. We never made oatmeal for breakfast, I never made chili in the crock pot, nor did I get around to baking game hens or chickens or pot roast in the oven. We didn't use the oven hardly enough while it was cold, and now that it's warming up, and we won't be able to use it much at all. And making homemade soup, having the large stock pot up and boiling on the stove for two hours or so, it's just not going to happen much longer.

Last night, however, I pulled the lamb stew meat out of the freezer, cooked it up, and added it to the barley and beef broth I'd had simmering on the stove for about an hour, then added a packed of frozen vegetables to the mix, and let it boil for another half an hour. I dished it up with a couple slices of sourdough bread, and that was dinner. It was fantastic!