Last Friday I had a total right hip replacement. I have a lovely row of 29 staples holding the skin together until next Friday when they will actually get removed. The staples made me begin to think why do they no longer use stitches? It would seem to me that the stitches that dissolve would make more sense but then again that is why I am the patient and not the doctor.
However, the whole thing did remind me of one Easter morning when I had Mary's dress and bonnet completed and both of the boys had vests to match and new slacks and dress shirts. I totally ran out of time to hem their slacks so ...I stapled them. Yeap, just took the desk stapler and nicely laid a few staples in the side seams. I worried on the entire ride to church that someone would know or worse yet, the boys would tell on me. No one was the wiser and the pant legs stayed up until I had time later in the week to properly hem them. It is amazing what we can do when pushed for time and also when we look at a tool that we have purchased for one purpose and realize there are many other uses.
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