Well, this has been an exciting day! We were going to go to my brother's place a couple of hours driving away to visit and work over some of the problems my sister has left.

So we had lunch and on the way back to the car -- Pat took a tumble. A ride in an ambulance ensued, as did four and half hours in the emergency room.

Dislocated left index finger and a banged up knee. The dislocation has been reduced and she's sitting across the room with ice on her knee.

I do hope that this is a foreshadowing of a really good year. You know, get the bad out of the way early....