Thursday 6-1 Summer is here

Relax and enjoy yourself

We officially started our summertime yesterday by going to the lake. Today we didn't go to the lake because we had other things we needed to do.

For the last week or so we have been having fun playing with our Echo Dot and we wanted it to do more tasks. One task we want it to do is turn on the kitchen light but in order for that to work we needed a compatible switch, Larry ordered one and it came in yesterday so this morning he installed it. Now the Echo Dot can turn on the kitchen light by simply saying "Alexa, Turn on the kitchen light". The new switch requires a different switch plate that we will purchase locally.  

The second thing we did was go to the Endodontist so he could look at Larry's tooth. Our assumption was that he would evaluate what needed done, give us an estimate and we would return later to have the work done. The Endodontist told him that he needed a root canal and it would cost $1600 dollars plus our dentist will have to put a crown on tooth for another $800, he also said it might not work and the tooth may have to be pulled. Larry told him that he wasn't willing to spend that kind of money and possibly lose the tooth, instead he would go ahead and spend the extra money to have a oral surgeon put in an implant. The Endodontist made him a deal and said he would do half of the root canal today for $400 dollars and over the next week we will know if the tooth will have to be removed or not, if not he will complete the root canal and we will pay him the rest of the $1600, if the tooth has to come out we won't owe him any more. Larry agreed so now he has to go back next week to complete the job.

Visiting the dentist

On the way home from the dentist we swung by The Home Depot and picked up a cover for the new switch. Next up was Walmart to exchange a couple of empty propane containers with full ones. While there we had a couple of prescriptions for Larry filled. The other day our shredder would not work and Larry discovered the extension cord it was plugged into had failed so while we were waiting for the prescriptions we bought a power strip. 

When we got home we vacuumed out the car and Larry blew out the garage. When we finished I vacuumed the house.

In the evening Larry and Patrica came to the house to ride with us to Sun City for the Sundancers Thursday A dancing. We had two squares plus two extra couples. The dancing was very challenging, they used some really challenging recordings. It was a lot of fun. 

Having fun square dancing