Crutches, Magpies, and Tomatoes Oh My!
- September 20, 2008 by Fox | Comments: 11
I survived my knee surgery. Yay! Whew! I’ve spent the last few days icing, elevating, sleeping, medicating, and healing. If you ever need knee surgery then I highly recommend taking the prescription meds as part of the deal. There’s nothing quite like a pain free “holiday” to go with some surgical intervention. Smile.
While I survived my knee surgery, I am saddened to say my tomatoes did not. It seems the local area magpies caught wind of my hospital stay and decided to peck the heck out of my ripening fruits. Upon my hazy (and slightly drugged) return from hospital, I couldn’t help but notice the tomato damage. The peckered picture above shows the tomatoey damage. Crazy week.
It’s time for me to take another nap. In my sleepy slumber please enjoy these wonderful articles.
Homemaking
- Green is Frugal : SimpleMom
- How to Eat Healthy and Cheap Traveling Europe : soultravelers3
- Keep the Clutter from Returning : On Simplicity
- Find the Perfect Sofa in 8 Easy Steps : Almost Frugal
Investing
- The MER on Group Scholarship Plans : Canadian Capitalist
- Switching to RBC Direct Discount Brokerage : Quest for Four Pillars
Careers
- Feminism is Actually Quite Important to Me : Plonkee Money
- 5 Steps to Find Freelance Work in your Free Time : Mrs Micah
- Escaping the Cubicle : Persistent Illusion
Spenders & Savers
- In the Land of $1000 Televisions : Clever Dude
- Life Without Cable TV : Remodeling This Life
- 45 Jars of Spaghetti Sauce Later : Blunt Money
- Fixing True Life Finances : Money Ning
- 6 Tips to Detour Around Car Loan Problems : The Frugal Duchess
- Travel Tips for College Students : Broke Grad Student
Carnivals
- Carnival of Personal Finance : Banker Girl
- Festival of Frugality : Frugal Babe
Time for some serious knee healing. Let’s hope the magpies stay far far away!
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Comments:
Thanks so much for the link! Hope you have a good weekend.
Hope your knee heals quickly. Thanks for the mention.
Happy to hear that your knee is getting better
Cheers
Thanks for the mention! Here’s to a speedy recovery.
Thanks for the mention! I hope your recovery goes quickly and smoothly.
Glad you’re back up and running
(almost)
About those tomatoes - I seriously recommend bird netting.
We share the rest!
A 14 x 14 piece is about $7 here - but can be cut to size and
used year after year. I keep it over my blueberries - as they are the one thing I don’t feel I have enough of to share with the birds
Glad you fared better than your tomatoes, and thanks for the mention.
Sending healing vibes your way! I have BTDT with the knee surgery ( and spent more time on crutches & in wheel chairs than I ever wanted). I crushed my knee and broke my femur years ago & it still gives me pain! Be very diligent with your therapy post surgery…that is key and worth the effort!!
Thanks so much for the link!
Oh, I don’t know if you need to feel badly about the tomatoes … isn’t there a certain element of charm to them, now? and it looks like they took care to leave large sections of the tomatoes for your own eating enjoyment
Too bad about your tomatoes. Hope you are up and running soon. Thanks for the link!