This and that -- and Exciting News --

My last post, I was heading out to a Jewelry Party -- of course, I gave in to temptation and bought something -- necklace and earrings. I do think I mentioned I was a jewelry junkie.

What started out to be a calm, quiet week turned chaotic when our dog, Quincy, started showing some strange symptoms. He had some trouble standing up and getting down the back stairs of our deck -- then he started staggering around the back yard. That passed, but returned a couple of days later, with the symptoms being much worse, including falling down. When I got home from work on Wednesday, I realized he had to go to the vet. I really thought he'd had a stroke and, given his age, that we'd have to put him to sleep. I really lost it when my son carried Quincy to the car.

The vet said he has old dog vestibular disease, which causes vertigo. Could be caused by an ear infection, so he's on antibiotics and bonine for the dizziness. It cleared up in a little over a week, so she's sure it's not any kind of brain lesion. Thank goodness -- none of us are ready to lose him.

I had to go to the doctor -- was diagnosed with carpal tunnel. Ridiculous. I've been wearing wrist splint at night all week and it's pretty annoying. It makes knitting kind of difficult. I started seeing a physical therapist which really seems to have helped pretty quickly. He does say I shouldn't be knitting. But I told him that's not going to happen. So, we'll do the therapy and all the excercises and hope for the best.

Yesterday I went with my daughter and her husband to the ultrasound for their first baby! She's about 5 months pregnant. What a wonderful experience. They asked the technician to write down the sex of the baby and insert it into an envelope -- which they'll open on Christmas morning. What a great Christmas gift to each other. Now I can't wait for Christmas!

I was working on a sweater for my daughter -- and had to unknit a bit, which I completed. Then I began again -- and made the same darn mistake all over again! I had to put it down. So I made a scarf for my husband, and started one for my son, which I'm half way through. Once that's done, I'll go back to the sweater with fresh eyes -- and hope I won't make the same silly mistake all over again!

Blogging?

Well, I've never done this before, but if you're not learning new things you might as well just give up. I'm not quite old enough for social security and I work full time. I have 2 grown children, a girl and a boy, and my daughter is expecting her first child in April.

I started knitting about a year and a half ago, but it took me a while to really get going. The past few months, I've finished up a couple of projects that sat around for nearly a year and I'm very happy with the way they've come out. Right now, I'm working on a sweater for my daughter. I don't plan on making anything for the baby until we know the sex (December), and then I'll make something for next fall.

I commute about two and a half hours each day to and from work. I've pretty much given up cooking during the week, but do try to cook on the week-end. I try to knit a little each evening for relaxation. I had a day alone last Sunday, and spent most of the afternoon knitting my daughter's sweater. Unfortunately, at the end of the day, I realized I had made a mistake about 6 rows up and spent 3 nights this week unknitting. In the past year, I've come to realize that if I'm going to knit, I'll probably have to unknit. I've come to grips with it.

So I have a jewelry party to go to this afternoon and I'm looking forward to it, because I am a jewelry junkie.