victoriasews Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 This bruise is a week old and looking lots better. It was a beautiful night after a wonderful snow and my DD, SIL, husband and other daughter plus 2 crazy dogs came over to go sledding on our hill. The big goal was to go down the hill, across the drive, into the woods all the way to the picnic table. SIL was the closest to the goal. You were supposed to bail if you got too close to the swingset or killer sycamore tree, but I just had to beat him and pretended the swingset wasn\'t there. Guess what, it WAS there. So this is what happens when a 54 year old woman tries to out best a 30 old guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Grammie Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 OUCH!!! Hope it heals soon. Bless ya. Grammie Tammie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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DB Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 That looks like it really hurts. Thank goodness you didn\'t break anything and end up in a cast. Just one question... did you beat the 30 year old? DB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Oh my gosh...is that leg broke or is that just a goose egg?? Holy cow that looks painful... Ya know, my first thought when you said going through the woods was "hello, Sonny Bono"! Trees girl...weren\'t you thinking about doing a Wylie Coyote into a tree?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 By the way, those are cute little toes....Mine look like they could grip a tree limb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
calicokat Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 You poor little pumpkin! Do tell us nothing is broken. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kellysuequilter Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Oh! Did you have fun though? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bonnie Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 LOL...Mary Beth I too have monkey toes...I can pinch people and pick up pencils.....Do you do trick as well. Victoria....Oh so Ouch....you are very lucky you didn\'t hit harder than you did, it would have snapped. BUt I\'m sure it was well worth the victory in beating your SIL, way to go girl, us 50+\'s have to make sure they do know who\'s still the boss. We really haven\'t been able to do much sleding here, snow only lasts about 2 days and I personally see no need to go down by myself, wheres the fun in that, but I do put on my snow suit to snow blow the .10 mile drive way.:cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quilting Heidi Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Ouch! That hurts to look at! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sheri Butler Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 LMAO@ Mary Beth w/the Sonny Bono thought! Victoria: I hope you are OK. That REALLY looks like it hurts B AAAAAD! 50 yr old here went sledding last year with hubby, son, son\'s GF, daughter and future son-in-law. Huge Huge dam we have at one of our lakes. Dumb me. I hadn\'t gone sledding in 20 yrs. I really didn\'t want to sled to the bottom and "keep going another 100 yds" so i\'d have to walk all that way, so I took the "bail out" at the bottom of the dam. Remained nice and wet for the next 2hrs we stayed at the lake. LOL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Nothing was broken. I haven\'t laughed so hard for a long time. My daughter and I have both put on about 20 pounds since we last wore out snow pants but we crammed ourselves into them, her asking if they made her butt look fat. I looked like a Victoria Secret woman with my boobs crammed in and squishing out the top. The overalls were so tight we couldn\'t bend our knees to get into the sleds so we had to drop in. My other daughter, 5\' 5" and 100 pounds was laughing so hard the tears were running. What a fun night. (and no, I didn\'t beat him, but all I need is one more snow. lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 OMG! Ouch.... that looks like it really hurt! I am so glad you did not break your ankle. It\'s wonderful to have fun and be silly but be careful in the future, you crazy woman!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
veg-girl Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 OUCH! The most important question is, can you still stand up to quilt?- or do you have a stool you can sit on? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
junebug_one Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 WOW, Victoria that looks painful. Sure glad you didn\'t break something. I bet it will take a while before they let you live that one down. Next year you can laugh about it. Just remember those thirty yr. old SIL\'s will get every time.LOL Take care of that leg and the rest of rest of the parts that go with it. Carolj. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smd719 Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Hi Victoria: That really looks painful. You should send a picture to Superior Threads and maybe they could make a new variegated thread from all those beautiful colors!! Sprained Ankle Green or Big Bruise Blue! Heal fast and stay off of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ffq-lar Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Owweee, owweee! Yikes--you are a tornado, woman. Rest, recuperate, and plan for the re-match! Old age and treachery will overcome youth and skill!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted February 29, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 You guys are so funny. Actually, it hardly hurts at all. It is starting to itch as it heals and scratching is a no no. Owie! But, the only real pain was upon impact. I thought it was broken but managed to stand up and believe it or not, we continued sledding for another hour. It wasn\'t until the next morning I realized how ugly it was. I\'ve been quilting like nothing happened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Victoria, that bruised foot looks very painful. I hope that the bruise is gone for sandal weather!! BUT - YEA for all the 50+ women who still think AND ACT like they are 30. Like falling into the lake off a personal water craft!!! (In front of the whole family reunion of about 40 people) My only problem is that I will soon be going over the 59 and into the 60\'s - YIKES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 Patty Jo, looks like you will need to do a "repeat performance" of your watercraft stunt dive at your next family reunion. :cool: I am sure the kids and grand kids would love to see grandma do it again! (why not!) ...I\'m not joking. That\'s what it\'s all about, right? Except, next time, rather than ACCIDENTALLY falling off...Stop and stand, take a bow for the "crowd" while on the water craft and then do an elegant dive right off the the back end. You could make it the highlight event at all future family reunions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mary Beth Posted February 29, 2008 Report Share Posted February 29, 2008 I didn\'t want to mention age...but when we were all yacking about the Karen McTavish thing and reliving our past...didn\'t want to tell some of them that I remember most of that stuff from my childhood....I had an older sister Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PattyJo Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Shana, I suppose that I could try to do all of that ON PURPOSE, but the elegant dive???? Maybe I should buy everyone water pistols and I\'\'ll buy me a super soaker and then have an all out water fight with all the grand kids, cousins, & the in-laws!! That may be safer. And shouldn\'t result in bruising as poor Victoria experienced with her sledding. Unless my elegant self falls over a tree root or something! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiltmonkey Posted March 1, 2008 Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 A super soaker water pistol fight with grandma sounds like a fun time to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victoriasews Posted March 1, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 1, 2008 Oh, yeah, did the squirt gun thing last summer! I burst out of the house, threw a dozen filled guns on the table and shouted " Choose your weapons!" and started squirting. Even my 73 year old mom grabbed a gun. We were shooting from behind trees, doing run by shootings, and by the end of a half hour everyone was soaked and laughing so hard. Even the little 3 year old was soaked and laughing and he wasn\'t even sure what was happening. What a great way to break up the boredom after a big meal on the porch on a very hot summer day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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