Wednesday, February 11, 2009

I will start with the excuses first, and move on to the actual reason for the post. I know I have been absent from blogging for a while, and the last post wasn't even written by me. But the above picture and following explanation are an attempt at deriving understanding, if not pity (ok maybe not pity). Anyway, it was 5 weeks ago that I took my favorite pair of shoes to the repair shop to get some stitching repaired (did I mention these are my all time favorite shoes). As usual, I was in a rush and told the boys to sit tight while I dropped them off. But as I was rounding the corner I tripped over what I later found to be an uneven sidewalk, and was on the ground before I even knew what had happened. All I knew was that my fingers hurt like crazy. Then I looked at them....you guessed it....dislocated.....not a pretty site!! Now, I can handle alot of medical emergencies, and gross stuff, but orthopedics is the one thing I CANNOT HANDLE. For what ever reason I am not equiped to deal well with broken bones and dislocated joints! Especially when they are mine! Needless to say I was left with 2 options: 1. Drive myself to a hospital and let someone else fix it (knowing that I would have to look at it the whole way), or 2. Pop it back in myself. I quickly picked 2 and thankfully it was fixed in a split second. But it has been the sorest, and most swollen injury I have ever encountered. The above picture was taken 5 weeks after the "incident" and they are still sausages!! (middle and ring fingers on the right). Not a great excuse, but it's what I've got. It was 2 weeks before I had the courage to return to the "scene of the accident and retrieve my shoes (did I mention they are my favorite). The thing that really had me miffed was that I had just chopped my hair off short that same day, and I couldn't "do it up cute" until just recently. (sorry no photo, I am sick with a head cold today, and not feeling photogenic). At this point they still don't bend very well, and are pretty crooked, but I am still hopeful of a full recovery. If not I will definitely need to come up with a better story than "I tripped" to go along with my crooked fingers.


Now for the reall reason for my post. It is a rare thing that I have anything crafty to share, but I was just so darn proud of how Emily's school valentines turned out that I had to share. I got the idea from Family Fun website (so who knows, there may be a million of these passed out on Friday) and I thought they were both adorable and easy peasy to make. You just wrap a candy heart box (4 for a $1) in colored paper cut to size, and add the ipod cut out that you down load from the site. Genius!

Blake even had me take a picture in a docking station to show how "realistic" they look.

8 comments:

Amy said...

What a great idea! Happy Valentine's Day... and I hope your fingers get well soon!

Holly said...

How crafty! I am impressed :)

SKH said...

Those are soooo cute! I am so sorry about your fingers, they look very painful. I bet they would feel alot better if you stuck them in the snow for a little while....The snow in Island Park....Are you sure you aren't going to come up for presidents day weekend...??? Please think about it :)

Laurie said...

That is such a cute idea for valentines! Sorry about your fingers...ouch! Glad you thought quickly in that moment, I probably would have stood there swearing and then explained to the kids later why we shouldn't say things like that! YOUCH!!

Arizona Manwarings said...

so sorry to hear about your poor hand. Way cute valentines.

Cheryl said...

You put your dislocated joints back in??? Wow! I, like Laurie would have stood there. Maybe not swearing, but not fixing myself! You are amazing!

I love the valentines! Very cute!

Emily Oman said...

Wow! That sucks about your fingers. That totally sounds like something I would do! I can't wait to see your haircut! Nice work with the Valentines...they are so cute!! I bet they were a hit! Love ya!

Kristy said...

Wow! I'm speechless....about both the fingers and the dang cute valentines! I stopped getting Family Fun because it was making me feel like the loser mom because I never did any of the fun activities with my kids! I need to repent! I hope your fingers are better by now. What a nightmare!