Agreed about unnecessary surgery. Yesterday when speaking with my GP I realized I was a great case for why elective procedures like knee (or hip, etc.) replacement can make an incredible improvement in quality of life. The loose skin, not so much.

I fear, though, that my eyelids will be on the block one of these days - the weight loss did nothing to improve the droop and weight of my lids (you can't see my eyelashes unless I raise my eyebrows and look really surprised.) The drooping lids also allow those hard white nodules to form because despite a scrub with a rough washcloth because the pores clog. Sometimes those are painful. But enough info on that.

Jon, we saw some activity from you on one of the tech threads this week - but how is it going with everyone at the house? Are you making any modifications or repairs these days? I still haven't installed my wired doorbell, but soon I'll have an electrician over to change out the transformer for the doorbell and then I'll get to it. (This means moving the contents out of that hall closet, where the top shelf holds all of the boxed games.)

A second batch of green tomato relish is underway this afternoon, then I'll see about letting the rest of the tomatoes ripen, give them away, or toss into the compost. The year was hard on the plants and a lot of these tomatoes spoil before they're ripe. Once this is finished, I'll begin the process of organizing the 7' tall rolling wire rack pantry shelves to help prevent the possible lost of contents when I move them for the heat pump work on Monday. A lot of the filled canning jars are on the floor under those shelves.