Bee Sting

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I let Flower go potty in the back yard and I came back in and watched Big Brother on the computer and I left her out there for a good 40 minutes. When I came back out there to go get her, she was limping and whimpering.

We looked at her foot and her pad was red on her front left foot. We immediately took her to the vet and they took out the bee sting and gave her a shot of Benadryl. She will be sleeping for a while (let’s hope hehe) so hopefully she can sleep it off and not keep licking it. Give it time to heal you know?

Rental

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Well our tenant Arlene moved out on April 1st and that same day that they were getting the rest of their stuff this guy named Justin called and said he was interested in renting the house. He had to go to work then came back just an hour later with his mom to look at it and basically rented it right away.

We normally have like at least a month to get the house all painted and cleaned up and ready to be rented but this time we had 48 hours. Of course we couldn’t find the right shade of white to do touch ups on the walls so Darrin ended up getting a whole new color, Antique white which meant blocking and straight lines which took way more time. We were up until 3am working then had to wake up at like 8am to go finish it all up. What a chore but it’s all done and the place has a tenant which is the most important thing.

Web Design

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I just finished a new website yesterday. I was asked way before Christmas time if I would design more websites for Chips brother and his son (Chips nephew) and I’ve been saying yes for a long time but never got any info on it.

So Darrin told me that David called again and left another message and told me “would you please call him?” So I did then as Darrin was giggling he told me that it was an old message. Well, that’s ok because it got me to call him and remind him that I still wanted to do it.

So I got the information and pictures and stuff and made the website. It’s at www.superlodgeelpaso.com.  I think I did a pretty good job if I do say so myself.

New Blog

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I know it’s been awhile since I blogged here. Ever since I found out that I can’t type that much anymore because of my carpal tunnel I just decided not to blog as often. I hate using voice recognition because I can’t write a private email or blog without the world knowing what I’m saying. I do still like my privacy.

Ok now that I just had to dry my desk off I will end this blog. I took a drink from a 1 liter bottle of Lipton Green Tea and went to set it on the desk and it decided it wanted to jump out of the bottle since I put it down to hard on the desk hehe.

Yarn

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A few months ago Chips moms friend Julia passed away. Darrin sort of latched onto Julia after his mom passed away and so when Julia passed away her niece Noretta “Jean” Cade gave us some of Julia’s things. Julia was a hoarder, she had a lot of everything and she loved to do crafts. All this yarn is what Jean gave me because she didn’t want to throw it all away, she wanted it to go to someone who can use it. There is also a lot of cross stitch projects, project books, plastic canvas and knitting needles and Cro-Hooks (a long knitting needle with a crochet hook on the end).

It’s very ironic too because I can’t crochet anymore because today I was diagnosed officially with Carpel Tunnel Syndrome. I need surgery to fix it which can take a while. I have to go to a neurologist to get the diagnosis so my insurance will pay for the surgery.

Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

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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

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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

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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. Patrick’s Day I will put a picture on this blog plus in the crafts section.

New Name for Our Dog

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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. Darrin 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

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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. Darrin called his aunt Lavaugn (sp?) up yesterday and told her that he is naming her Lavaugn 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.