Update: Kevin's Hand, & A Button Fairy Mermaid

Well, my youngest son visited the hand specialist today with Double BB. Turns out young son made quite an unexpectedly large mess of his pinkie finger. Tomorrow he'll have to have surgery -- and the breaks are bad enough that the surgeon can't tell until he gets inside if pins will be sufficient, or if the bones will require screws. [Kev's finger, it seems, is hanging by a tendon & an ace-bandage wrapping. Oh holy ooogers & how-to-gag-your-mother, Kid!] After surgery, Kevin will have a big gauze cartoon bubble hand for two weeks, which must remain elevated above the level of his heart (we're currently on a mission to collect old pillows - got any?)-- followed by 4-6 weeks in either a cast, or a specialized glove/wrap thingie. And a sling, either way. Then physical therapy looms. NO USE OF LEFT HAND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, so the poor kid doesn't even get to drive my truck (stick shift) ... he's trying to build up his driving time hours toward getting his license. Not only that, Double BB stopped by Urgent Care for himself, for this wicked cough he's had now for a few days, fever, chills ... he has bronchitis and an infection, so he's drugged up but good and down for the count. My poor fellas. My poor poor fellas.

Sigh.

Meanwhile, back at The Crafting Ranch: Miss V proposed a wee challenge, and I sorely needed a break from paper. My button fairy is a mermaid (big surprise) -- but I didn't like a single thing I tried for her fins, so instead she & I are in agreement that the fins had to go to the dry cleaners after a busy party weekend!