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Healing

I'm just checking in for a second to say that the surgery went well and, as far as I know, I no longer have a gallbladder.  Thanks to everyone for your good thoughts and prayers--I firmly believe that they help!  I am still pretty sleepy and a little sore, but otherwise well.  I'm also learning that I'd make a lousy painkiller addict, because the oxycodone just makes me feel gross.

And bag pictured above?  Oma made it for me.

She filled it with little stones, in case I start missing my gallbladder!

News: Maclaren Recall Affects Strollers Sold Since 1999

**A little boy from India's pre-K actually lost part of his finger this way!

News: Maclaren Recall Affects Strollers Sold Since 1999

Stroller industry giant Maclaren announced this morning a massive voluntary recall affecting every stroller they've made since 1999 - that's over one million. The stroller hinges "pose a fingertip amputation and laceration hazard to the child when the consumer is unfolding/opening the stroller."

The CPSC reports that fifteen children have been injured in the U.S. including twelve incidents of fingertip amputation. To address the safety issue Maclaren is issuing hinge cover kits to all consumers.

If you own a Maclaren, you should contact them via the web or phone (toll free, 877-688-2326 9am – 5pm EST) to receive the repair kit.

It's unclear to us how distribution of the repair kits is being handled outside of the U.S. so we'd advise those customers to find contact info for Maclaren in their country at their global website.

Press release from U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission

via www.ohdeedoh.com

Tasty

I'm having my gallbladder out tomorrow morning, so, in an effort to keep positive thoughts, I'm only going to share tasty things.

Tasty

--Please give a warm blogosphere welcome to new blogger, Jen Cook!

--Nine ways to embrace slow food. (Zen Habits) (via Casual Kitchen)

--100 Best Book Blogs for kids, teens and tweens. (via The Presurfer)

--Let Them Sing It For You (via Swallowfield)

--My lovely Fall Swap package from Sol (thanks to The Claw for hosting!)

 

It's A Red Halloween

Today is Halloween, holiday of orange pumpkins and black witches, white cobwebs and green ghoblins, but I find myself hypnotized and overwhelmed by the red leaves of our Japanese Maple tree.

 

Happy Halloween from the Knot Sew Crafties!

A Little Office Joy for Halloween

Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you for your viewing pleasure, Subtle Sexuality:

I Was Wrong

...THIS is the worst Beatle's cover ever...

"From Hungary, a choir of ventriloquistic monstrosity." 

via presurfer.blogspot.com

(via Boing Boing)

via presurfer.blogspot.com

I Want To Go To There

I don't know who made this, but it took a special kind of brilliance.  Enjoy!

via Ze Frank

And a little more Ze:

On Perfection

~~~~~~~~~~

Ring the bells that still can ring

Forget your perfect offering.

There is a crack in everything,

That's how the light gets in.

~Leonard Cohen

If you have a moment, go visit Amy of A Commonplace Life and read these two lovely posts about perfection as it relates to blogging.  I wish I had Amy's gift for expressing my feelings so clearly and beautifully.

Tasty or Tedious?

Tasty

--I want it! from chez-sucre-chez

--FREE Printable chore chart from ModEco Kids

--Lots of Bean Recipes from Cheap Healthy Good

Tedious

--Christmas music playing at Target.  I actually quite like Christmas music--at Christmastime, but I'm afraid I really must draw the line at "Silver Bells" before Halloween.

--Gallstones.  Yup, I've got 'em, and a lovely surgeon is going to take out my gallbladder in a few weeks.  Aside from the fact that I have to have surgery, the most alarming thing is that I cannot eat ANY fat at all until then!  I'm trying to imagine how I will get through Halloween without even one little tiny Reese's Peanut Butter Cup...  

If you have any beloved non-fat recipes of any kind, please send them along, and let me know what's tasty or tedious for you this week!

Tasty or Tedious?

Tasty:

--Willa discovering the joys of photography and taking cute pictures of her sister:

--Getting your picture taken with Taylor Swift and discovering that Daniel Craig was lurking in the background: (via Vulture)

 

--Calendars galore at Decor 8

--People doing good work.  My college friend Janet runs a program in Oregon that is doing amazing things for kids and families.  If you happen to have extra money lying around, you might consider giving them a donation, or if you live in the area, maybe you could volunteer...

--William Kamkwamba

Tedious:

--Waking up Monday morning with a headache--and not even because you had a wild weekend!

--People using their children and rescue resources to get themselves on TV.  I think Mom-101 said it best.

--Brrrr!  Having to turn the heat on in October.  Maybe we'll join the Crunchy Chicken and Freeze Our Buns this year...