The Heinz 57 Bullet

We have an older refrigerator (see this post)  with the shelving in the door that just has the bar across to hold things in and is open at the bottom.   For some reason when they manufactured these fridges they decided to round the edge of the shelf as well making it virtually impossible for condiments to stay where they are placed.

Last Friday, Peter and I were making pasta salad and breakfast casserole for the Saturday garage sale.  It was a little later than we intended  because we had been setting up for the sale.  So we were bustling around each other getting things done.  Peter went to help Carter with something and I started cleaning up. 

Somehow in the process of putting the mustard bottle back into the refrigerator I jostled the full glass Heinz 57 sauce bottle from its respective position on the shelf.  It came shooting out the bottom of the shelving like a bullet and hit directly on my big toe.

The profanities that spewed from my mouth I must have picked up from a sailor in a previous life.  

 It turned black and blue and swelled immediately and I was pretty sure that I could have possibly cracked the bone. But I pressed on and hobbled around finishing the breakfast casserole.

The next day at the sale putting pressure on it was excruciating.

A week later it is still pretty colors and wearing a tennis shoe is a little painful.

Now I will show you a picture.

Please forgive how funny looking my feet are.