Thumbie Boo Boo

PITTSBURGH -- Happy New Year! In preparation for our New Year's Eve party yesterday, my thumb ended up with a boo boo. It was because of a new mandolin. Not the kind that plays music, although ironically, I plan to get one of those soon. But this mandolin was for slicing, and it worked really well. It took a slice right off my thumb. Sponge Bob Square Thumb. I'm smiling in this picture after a completely successful trip to Med First and in anticipation of one of my friend Cheryl's famous margaritas.

This is me after two of those famous margaritas:

My beautiful family, who love me even if I'm a klutz: