I'd like to start out by apologizing. I've been reading a lot of diaries but not commenting too much because things have been somewhere North of the crazy divider around here lately.

I'm sorry your foot is broken but I'm not surprised. I broke an ankle and a long bone in the other foot withing 6 months of each other. It sucked.

High tops are The Bomb. I discovered them in my youth. I had bad knees and the ankle support corrected that nicely. All of my Spring/Fall/Winter boots are ankle high. Doc Marten's are my boot of choice but I've got a 20 year old pair of K-Swiss that I'm not givin' up for nobody ;)

Love the purple.

Heal well. That's an order. Don't make me hop my broom out there and make sure of it.....

I'm tickled pink you got your wish for a purple cast! If you're going to have to wear something like that it should be stylish. And make you smile when you look at the darn thing.
Heal fast!!
{{{HUGS}}}

Glad you got it looked at. Rock that purple cast!

I'm sorry its broke........total bummer!

But the bright side is that fetching purple cast! And just look how it compliments your screen picture. I hope MAC appreciates your efforts to keep things well coordinated. ;)

Well, for Pete's sake! My mother broke her ankle when she was walking her dog many years ago. When you get your cast taken off don't hesitate to go to physical therapy if your doctor wants you to go. My Mom didn't and she limped around for a couple of years and ended up hurting her back because of her limp before she finally went. It really helped her.

P.S. Love the purple cast!

I am truly sorry I was right. I am really relieved you got it checked out, though. And the purple wrap is awesome. If it's the same stuff we use in veterinary medicine, it should also come in *very* hot pink and electric blue (in case you want to switch off in a week or so!).

Glad you like the snake/worm/thing. I make those to use up the last bits of glass or when I need to amuse myself. He does have a slightly flatted bottom, so he could also sit on a window sill. He's been annealed, but because of his structure I can't guarantee he'll be as strong as the other beads.

RYC: Tornadoes did touch down, but they were 20-30 miles away, so we are fine. Thank you very much for your concern.

RYC: "I think you live in Tornado Alley don't you?

Seems like if something nasty is going to go down in the thunderstorm or tornado department, that area is the preferred spot. Wonder why??"

I guess I do live in CA's version of Tornado Alley, but I never thought about it that way before.

The weather around here has definitely changed since I was a kid. Tornadoes were all but unheard of and I was always told there were none here. My great-grandmother was born 30 miles from this spot. (We used to get a lot more hard freezes in winter, too.) She remembered exactly one tornado that did any damage in her lifetime, and it tore the roof off a barn-- no big deal, really. Yesterday's four or five tornadoes (it's in dispute if one became two, or maybe "jumped" a few miles) took out a few outbuildings, a garage and a big chunk of almond orchard. The closest one was around 15 miles away, as the crow flies.

We had a small one out in the yard once. It really did sound like a freight train. It ripped the insulation out of the neighbor's wall while the siding was off during some restoration work. The contractor came to work the next morning, looked at his project and then down into my yard where the big, pink fiberglass puffs had fallen. I went out and told him what had happened so he didn't think there were vandals or that I had stolen the insulation, for some strange reason.