:::Nuts and Bolts:::

I forgot to mention that Sweet Annette, the sweet materfamilias, has had her sweet knee replaced with an even sweeter new knee. What have you had replaced lately? Nothing so impressive as a knee. Slacker.

I am in California nursing her back to her prime.

:::We Are Just Like Pigs:::

Yesterday Annette had the staples removed from her knee. Part of the incision split open as the nurse swiftly moved up her leg snapping out the staples. I couldn't help but scream, 'THE SCAR IS SPLITTING OPEN!' as I watched. Annette's reaction was, 'Ssh, no it's not!' Then she actually looked at what was going on and said, 'Oh my gosh, THE SCAR IS SPLITTING OPEN!'

It looked just like someone scoring the top of a slipper, wet ham, or like folds of bologna peeling away from a deli slicer.

Lunch time!