The surgery on my right hand was almost month ago. The purpose was to help straighten my fingers, which were afflicted with arthritis. Yesterday markedl my first sighting of the results. I won’t show you a picture. The hand is very swollen but the prognosis is good – I hope! At least I don’t have to do everything left handed now. Pictures will be posted in due course.

I don’t know. It used to be simple to make an appointment to see a doctor. Ha. Today I called the clinic and I was put on hold by their new automated system. The recording told me I had to wait approximately 7 minutes. I duly waited and waited – I now was told I only had to wait 4 minutes. A click or 2 and I was thrown out of the system and was at the end of the queue with 7 calls ahead of me. I gave up!!

My ancestor count now is standing tall at 21,570 people. New information keeps coming. And my ethnicity based on my DNA keeps getting tweeked as advances are made in DNA analysis. The latest breakdown is as follows: England and Northwest Europe 49%, Scotland 24%, Sweden 9%, Germanic Europe 7%, Norway 3 %, Wales. 1%