Friday, October 31, 2008

My Fancy Boot

Last April I went to the doctor complaining about my foot hurting and discovered that I had indeed, broken my foot. When he saw both of my feet, he informed me that my right foot was in worse shape than my left (the broken one) and that I would someday need to have surgery on it.
Well, about a month ago I had that surgery. Later that day I wondered what I had done. During surgery the doctor cleaned up some spurs and while doing so discovered that I had a chunk of bone, in a horse-shoe shape, wedged in between my big joint. Once he removed the bone, I had much more mobility in the joint. I have been wearing this fancy boot for 4 weeks and still another 2 weeks to go. the question is, how nuts do I have to be to have my left foot operated on at the end of the year now I have met my deductible?

Thursday, October 30, 2008

Carving Pumpkins


Last night I sat down for a while ans started to carve pumpkins with some of my family. I haven't carved one for many years, and now I understand why. I don't have much patience for the detail work. I started one and Courtney had to finish it for me. It was an interesting picture of a vampire getting ready to suck the blood of an innocent victim. With help form Courtney, it turned out pretty nicely.