don't stop me now...

tonight was the mystery sock group (which this month was the mystery mitten group -- they're doing this fun "christmas in July" thing at that knitting shop) --- and it was a blast. I usually do have a good time at those because a lot of my knitting friends go and I have made some new friends too and also my Mom goes to it and we have a good time together!

Tonight we were learning how to make mittens (for many of us the first time)...

IT WAS GREAT!! She taught us how to do a basic cable -- and let me tell you I was so excited to learn this!! I'll post a pic of the mittens when I can -- need new batteries for the camera!

funny story as we were leaving -- Mom and Kay and I were standing up getting ready to leave when suddenly someone's car alarm starts going off in the parking lot beside the shop...

My mom says "who's alarm is that??" and we have this lil discussion about car alarms etc. and how she is no stranger to accidentally setting hers off by pressing the panic button.

We step outside the shop and the alarm is still going off... we round the corner as Mom is saying "Who's car is that!?!??!" and Kay says "It's yours you big goof!" and we all laugh because somehow (THRU THE WALL no less!) Mom had set off her car alarm with the panic button... yet again...

toooo funny.

eyeball update...

Hey gang ... just thought I'd fill you in on the latest and greatest news on my eyeball...

(to recap -- lost about 40% vision in my right eye around valentines day, they did this laser treatment in april -- today was the followup to that treatment)

The eye doc said that my eye looked good -- that the hemmorhaging had gone away and that my vision was back up to 20/20 (with glasses) even though I still have the web of slight blurriness at all times. He said I'm lucky b/c a lot of people who have this happen (retinal occlusion) don't have such a good recovery -- many lose their sight fully and permanently. So that's the good news... the so/so news is that it sounds like this web of blurriness is here to stay -- unless my brain kind of fixes it over time by getting more and more used to it.

So after I finished with the exam I talked to him about possibly getting prescription sunglasses... because my current glasses don't have any kind of clip or anything (like my last pair did) -- and boyyyy howdy are those puppies expensive!! I'm realizing more and more how much I need them (i.e. while driving and sunlight shines in my eyes, my instinct is to squint my good eye shut... leaving me to drive only under the guidance of my bad eye...)

So in a couple weeks they'll arrive...