Without my contacts I am blind as a bat. Literally!
I can't see the numbers on the alarm clock if it's a foot in front of my face. So naturally, I've been considering Lasik/PRK/IOLs for quite a number of years now, I've just been waiting for my eyes to stop changing.
Well, low and behold, I went for an eye checkup yesterday and my eyes have stabilized! The OD's only concern prior to sending me for a Lasik consultation was the thickness of my cornea.
WOW, am I excited now!! And, as is my luck, the darn machine that takes the measurement wasn't and wouldn't hold a charge, GRRR!
So, now I will stop back in this Thursday and have my corneas measured, still excited!!
I also found out that prior to the consult you cannot wear contacts for 14 days to let your eyes regain their normal shape. This is horrible for me in that I despise glasses, don't own glasses, and constantly feel as though I am walking in a hampster ball when wearing glasses.
....This morning, I go to get glasses.
I hope, hope, hope that I am a candidate for vision correction of some sort! Preferable some sort that won't cost me $4000 an eye though!
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
.oOo..HaLLoWeeN..oOo.
So Halloween is this weekend and the hubby and I are going to a friends costume party/cookout.
Luckily for me, I picked up a little bit of sewing a while back and was able to construct parts of my costume for MUCH less than I would have had to pay in store. And hubbys accessories I borrowed from my work.
I will be gracing the party as the H1N1 virus, A.K.A. "Swine 'Flew'". I've got a baby pink velour track suit from Old Navy that I will be wearing with some pink house slippers and a set of angel wings (to represent the 'flew', get it?). My sewing skills came in hand with making a piggy tail, piggy ears, and a piggy nose out of shades of pink fleece, which I glued on to a surgical mask for a slightly greater flu effect. The nostrils for the piggy nose were made from black duct tape, very simple!
DH will be going as, okay, to not be grossed out you will have to understand DH. He has a huge sense of humor and a strong affinity for telling jokes that get (somewhat mixed) reactions. Thus his costume, DH will be going as................a proctologist.
I work in a chemical laboratory from which I borrowed a white lab coat and a pair of blue nitril gloves. We also went to Wal-Mart and bought some name tags. The rest of his costume will consist of an old pair of docker slacks, a button up shirt, and an old brown pair of tennis shoes.
Next, I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a single brown Sharpie. The tip of a finger (or two, for effect) will be colored brown.
His name tag will read the classic, "Ben Dover".
Perhaps I will post some photos after the party. HaPPy HaLLoWeeN, Y'ALL!!
Luckily for me, I picked up a little bit of sewing a while back and was able to construct parts of my costume for MUCH less than I would have had to pay in store. And hubbys accessories I borrowed from my work.
I will be gracing the party as the H1N1 virus, A.K.A. "Swine 'Flew'". I've got a baby pink velour track suit from Old Navy that I will be wearing with some pink house slippers and a set of angel wings (to represent the 'flew', get it?). My sewing skills came in hand with making a piggy tail, piggy ears, and a piggy nose out of shades of pink fleece, which I glued on to a surgical mask for a slightly greater flu effect. The nostrils for the piggy nose were made from black duct tape, very simple!
DH will be going as, okay, to not be grossed out you will have to understand DH. He has a huge sense of humor and a strong affinity for telling jokes that get (somewhat mixed) reactions. Thus his costume, DH will be going as................a proctologist.
I work in a chemical laboratory from which I borrowed a white lab coat and a pair of blue nitril gloves. We also went to Wal-Mart and bought some name tags. The rest of his costume will consist of an old pair of docker slacks, a button up shirt, and an old brown pair of tennis shoes.
Next, I went to Hobby Lobby and bought a single brown Sharpie. The tip of a finger (or two, for effect) will be colored brown.
His name tag will read the classic, "Ben Dover".
Perhaps I will post some photos after the party. HaPPy HaLLoWeeN, Y'ALL!!
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Perhaps I need a new hobby?
About a month ago upon becoming discouraged with home renovations (i.e. sick to death of painting!), I decided I wanted to learn how to quilt.
My grandmother quilted, my great grandmother quilted, my co-worker quilts, and I had this grandious impression that I could make the most beautiful things ever seen! I've always been artsy so this shouldn't be hard at all! And how lovely to have a CHEAP hobby for once, right?
WRONG-O!! You would never think it, or at least I didn't, that sewing would be so EXPENSIVE! Once you buy the thread, pins, measuring tape, washable pens for tracing patterns, scissors (yes, you need 'special' scissors), needles, rotary cutter if like me you are unable to cut a straight line, rotary cutting board (didn't think you could just use it on a table, did ya?), material, and pray to God that you can talk someone out of an old sewing machine - you will be BROKE!
To date, I have made one baby blanked sized quilt TOP. I need to buy flannel to use for the batting and some other matchy-matchy material for the backing. Flannel isn't cheap and quite frankly I believe I've lost interest all together.
Just having the knowledge that IF I ever wanted to make a quilt, I COULD leaves me satisfied with myself. See, old dogs and new tricks can go hand in hand!
My grandmother quilted, my great grandmother quilted, my co-worker quilts, and I had this grandious impression that I could make the most beautiful things ever seen! I've always been artsy so this shouldn't be hard at all! And how lovely to have a CHEAP hobby for once, right?
WRONG-O!! You would never think it, or at least I didn't, that sewing would be so EXPENSIVE! Once you buy the thread, pins, measuring tape, washable pens for tracing patterns, scissors (yes, you need 'special' scissors), needles, rotary cutter if like me you are unable to cut a straight line, rotary cutting board (didn't think you could just use it on a table, did ya?), material, and pray to God that you can talk someone out of an old sewing machine - you will be BROKE!
To date, I have made one baby blanked sized quilt TOP. I need to buy flannel to use for the batting and some other matchy-matchy material for the backing. Flannel isn't cheap and quite frankly I believe I've lost interest all together.
Just having the knowledge that IF I ever wanted to make a quilt, I COULD leaves me satisfied with myself. See, old dogs and new tricks can go hand in hand!
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Let me bring you up to speed on my life...
So, in June of 2007 I took an internship with a company 3 hours from where I lived.
I've owned my own home since my Sophomore year in college and since it was only a three month internship, I decided to keep my house and get a short term lease on an apartment in the new town. Just so happens rent is ridiculous in said new town and to top it off there isn't many options. I wound up with a 400sq.ft. efficiency for $730/mo.; my three bedroom house payment 3 hours away was only $684(which I was still paying as well!)!
Well, when the three months were up I was extended a job offer to stay on and keep working for the company. Now the hard part, sell a house that I haven't lived in for three months while living three hours away. This was necessary before I could move out of the apartment and buy a home in my new city.
I wound up staying for an extra 3 months in the efficiency apartment. My fiancee had come to live with me at the end of August and brought our Boston Terrier, General Lee, so it was getting cramped!
On November 26 we closed on a home. A gorgeous home! Full of character and charm, original hardwoods throughout, beautiful moldings, and a large backyard for General Lee. We could't have found a more perfect home.
On December 5 our basement started leaking. Tremendously! We would spend countless hours removing water from the basement with a shop vac. We would spend even more countless hours removing water from the sunken windows at ground level, most of the time in the pouring rain. Most of the time below 50 F.
Come April I'd had enough. I called my realtor and said, "Get me outta here!" Our house sold after three weeks, a new roof, and the threat of a law suit. We were all set to move into a new home (sans basement!).
On June 7, 2008, Josh and I tied the knot! We had been dating since 2002 so instead of "Congratulations!", we received "It's about time!"
On June 16, we moved into our 2nd home in our new town. Built in 1965 and I swear it hasn't been updated since construction.
I've now lived here for 1 year 5 days and in three different dwellings! And have gotten married in the mean time. And have obtained a new puppy, Bella Bella Baci!
So now the real fun begins. I personally am in charge of updating a 54 year old home. 90% with my own two hands. You see, hubby is completely incapable of painting, is afraid of heights, electricity, and basically, work that deals with renovating a home.
Its awful convenient if you ask me.
I've owned my own home since my Sophomore year in college and since it was only a three month internship, I decided to keep my house and get a short term lease on an apartment in the new town. Just so happens rent is ridiculous in said new town and to top it off there isn't many options. I wound up with a 400sq.ft. efficiency for $730/mo.; my three bedroom house payment 3 hours away was only $684(which I was still paying as well!)!
Well, when the three months were up I was extended a job offer to stay on and keep working for the company. Now the hard part, sell a house that I haven't lived in for three months while living three hours away. This was necessary before I could move out of the apartment and buy a home in my new city.
I wound up staying for an extra 3 months in the efficiency apartment. My fiancee had come to live with me at the end of August and brought our Boston Terrier, General Lee, so it was getting cramped!
On November 26 we closed on a home. A gorgeous home! Full of character and charm, original hardwoods throughout, beautiful moldings, and a large backyard for General Lee. We could't have found a more perfect home.
On December 5 our basement started leaking. Tremendously! We would spend countless hours removing water from the basement with a shop vac. We would spend even more countless hours removing water from the sunken windows at ground level, most of the time in the pouring rain. Most of the time below 50 F.
Come April I'd had enough. I called my realtor and said, "Get me outta here!" Our house sold after three weeks, a new roof, and the threat of a law suit. We were all set to move into a new home (sans basement!).
On June 7, 2008, Josh and I tied the knot! We had been dating since 2002 so instead of "Congratulations!", we received "It's about time!"
On June 16, we moved into our 2nd home in our new town. Built in 1965 and I swear it hasn't been updated since construction.
I've now lived here for 1 year 5 days and in three different dwellings! And have gotten married in the mean time. And have obtained a new puppy, Bella Bella Baci!
So now the real fun begins. I personally am in charge of updating a 54 year old home. 90% with my own two hands. You see, hubby is completely incapable of painting, is afraid of heights, electricity, and basically, work that deals with renovating a home.
Its awful convenient if you ask me.
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