Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

sometime last year I was diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome. up until now I have been OK with crocheting and typing but I have to start using a voice recognition software and a microphone to type with. I had to stop crocheting completely because my hands get numb and my right hand feels like there something pinching in there. I have to say that it's really not fair because I really enjoyed crocheting. I enjoyed typing too but I do love being able to talk into a microphone and have all my words come up as typed words. it does make a few mistakes here and there but I really don't mind. for example the first word in each sentence is not capitalized. but that's quite all right I really don't care.

New Glasses

February 23 2006 is the last time I had an eye exam and a new pair of glasses. So this year was the year that I could finally get a new pair of glasses on medi-cal. You can only get a new pair of glasses every two years. I picked out a nice pair I guess and my eye exam proved that my prescription has changed a lot. They said it would take about three weeks for the glasses to come and I ordered them on March 05, 2008.

Toy Chihuahua Sweaters

Well I tried making some sweaters for our little doggy with the Knifty Knitter blue loom but it just didn't work out too well. First off it's too hard to put on her because you have to put it on over her head then you have to put her front feet in the holes then pull it down and the bottom of it was too tight to be able to do that because of the way I had to end the sweater. The neck was too big and the waist was too tight lol. The sweater stretched too much too so it just didn't look good at all. I'm doing it as granny squares now which will make it much easier to do different color themes for the holidays so it works out. And doing it with crochet with squares it doesn't pull over, it just sits on top of her and holds on with velcro in the front and underneath. As soon as I finish the first one which will be for St. Patricks Day I will put a picture on this blog plus in the crafts section.

New Name For Our Dog

Well, we finally decided on a name for our dog. Since she is a Toy Chihuahua, when she is sitting up she kinda looks like a meerkat. Chip went onto the website for Meerkat Manor to look at the names for their characters and the female Meerkats name was Flower so that is our dogs new name. Taco didn't suit her, Flower is better.

Chihuahua

Well, it's day 2 of having this very hyper/needy dog. Her name was Taco but we don't want to keep that name and we can't think of a good name to give her. Chip called his aunt Lavagne (sp?) up yesterday and told her that he is naming her Lavagne which made her giggle but he has since changed his mind and can't think of a name for her. It's not quite the name for a mexican dog hehe. In the meantime I'm calling her TBD. That's "To Be Determined" hehe.

New Dog

We just got a new dog. Her name is Taco but were not sure if we want to keep that name. She is a year old and she is a Toy Chihuahua. Here are a couple of pictures that we took of her. Click the thumbnail to get the full size.

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