The Margot Tenenbaum Club
Well, yesterday was interesting — interesting but not for the squeamish. So, if you’re squeamish, please visit again tomorrow and by all means don’t keep reading.
What this is is a tale of stupidity. Yesterday, I was using my food processor to shred up some cabbage to make a coleslaw salad. Food processors are usually a safe way to cut things up. Not my food processor. Years ago, the safety features broke and I asked my techy husband to wire it so that I could use it anyway. All this worked fine until I sliced into my index finger yesterday.
No worries, y’all. I’m okay, although I did come very close to fainting 3 times yesterday — and that’s something new for me. It is kind of a funny feeling, though. Also, I think that I might not be wired up normally because, the finger that was injured didn’t hurt much but the neighboring finger that had no injury did. Isn’t that weird?
There are some really cool bandages for fingers now, y’all. Should you ever need them, my Margot finger has prepared a little show for you….
Sorry for the blurriness of the images…my left hand offers y’all its apologies. And I offer my apologies to all southern mothers for this next image of me sans lipstick. I really should know better about the lipstick.
I’m okay. Now if the accident could cure my stupidity problem it would all be worth it. Unfortunately, I don’t think that problem will ever be truly defeated. I am, however, not stupid enough to change the bandage without Jon around in case the wooziness comes back. I suppose that is a step in the right direction.



August 18, 2008 at 7:51 pm
Is the cut that big? Yikes, I am glad you are okay. And I love the bandage, whose handiwork is it?
August 18, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Jessie, i took the top of my finger off. Yick, right? They have tubular gauze now and these things called finger cots that fit over the gauze. It works well.
I’m taking the first one off tonight — so we shall see.
August 18, 2008 at 10:57 pm
You’re not stupid, just not cautious when it comes to your own safety.
I stupidly wore no sunscreen on Saturday while monitoring the girls at a pool party. Now I could be used as a radioactive power source and I have lovely blisters on my skin. I am also not cautious about my own safety.
I hope the finger heals well.
August 19, 2008 at 7:20 am
What a lush and dense turf your lawn has!
August 19, 2008 at 8:17 pm
Sorry to hear about your finger. It doesn’t make any difference what the age is, one can still get hurt by not being as careful as one should. I should know. Just this year I cut my finger and had to have stitches–I was cleaning my stove–something I won’t ever do again. PS I like your freckles.
September 11, 2008 at 12:53 am
Annie!
No, no, no. Any kind of slicing story makes me want to faint too. I just about didn’t make it through this post. You poor thing.