My New Eyes!!

I now have a card that says I can legally drive without glasses!! And because I've learned that this post would be worthless without pictures, here's the best I could do taking my own picture. And check out my new do, although it needs a tune up :)

Islands

I love my island, I really do but no matter how hard I try, I cannot for the life of me keep it clutter free for long. There's always too many things I need to attend to or remember that I'd ignore if I took them into the computer room where they should belong.

Like the quote for new great room blinds, my reading glasses so I can see the quote, an invitation I need to RSVP to after calling Mom and asking if she'll babysit Stella so I can go, batteries so I remember to ask Karter to change the batteries on the smoke detectors when he's here on Sunday, my phone in case anyone needs me and my list of things I need to do tomorrow. Oh and my passport case and the delivery confirmation receipt for my passport that I sent in for renewal which I'll need when I make my final payment on the Jamaica trip. And the purple lizard from a Lesmann party a couple years ago. He's lived on that saucer ever since I got him.

Ugh, off to whiddle down the pile.

P.S. If you look in the top right hand side of that picture you'll see the color of turquoise I had my great room painted. You definately know a woman lives here when you walk in my door :)

It's Ugly Out There!

I decided to brave the snow and did a couple errands before meeting Joe for lunch. Thankfully I live close to a major road through town. The roads were very icy with some pretty big drifts in them but I made it around and back home. I was very thankful I have a double garage because there was a 2 foot drift in the middle of my driveway when I got home. I put the pedal to the metal and flew into the garage. I'm parked in the other stall but at least I'm home and the car is in the garage.

I took these pictures standing on my front porch looking out.

SNOW!!

We're having a blizzard! I hate snow and am a chicken about driving in it for the first few days. Can't decide if I should just ignore it and get out there anyway or stay home today. UGH! It looks like it's going to be a LONG winter!

YeeHaw!!

I'm leaving for Fargo tomorrow morning and am going to see George Strait tomorrow night!!

Legally Blind

I've been legally blind without glasses for 50 years. I had my second cataract surgery yesterday and the bandages came off this morning. My doctor's goal is for me to be able to pass a driver's test without glasses in two weeks! I am totally thrilled and amazed at how wonderful it is to actually see!! I can get out of bed in the middle of the night to go to the bathroom without putting my glasses on first!! It's like having permanent contact lenses and I am overjoyed!! I think I'm in love with my eye surgeon!! He's my new hero!!

Wonky Eyes

I'm still trying to get used to having one eye see perfectly. The surgery was a success but it's hard to operate with just one eye. I use magnifiers to read, my old prescription glasses to work on the computer and I watch TV without any glasses at all. I can't wait to have my other eye done so I can get by with just readers.

Cataracts

I went to see the eye doctor on Tuesday. He noticed a big change in my cataracts. I didn't even know I had them, however, it would explain my wonky eyesight lately.
The eye doc sent me to the eye surgeon and I'm going to have the left one removed tomorrow. The good news is that they replace the clouded lens with a new lens corrected to your eyes. So if all goes right, in about three weeks after I have my right eye done, I should be able to see without glasses!!! Of course I'll need readers for fine print but being able to see when I wake up in the morning has always been just a dream for me.

Apple Turnovers

It's that time of year again and my friend, Maria gave me a bag of apples yesterday. I chopped and cooked them all and made dough yesterday afternoon. Today I made 50 apple turnovers for my freezer. They're so nice to have on hand and go from frozen to hot and ready to eat in about 20 minutes or so. Yay me!!

Runza

I've heard of them, wondered about them and finally got to taste them when I was in Nebraska. Yummy! I plan to try my hand at making them seeing as how all the recipes I've found so far say they freeze well. Wouldn't these be handy to have in the freezer? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Runza

Rico

Stella and Rico got along beautifully. He wanted to play a little more than she did but she ignored him when she wasn't in the mood. Typical female with attitude.

Rico is a one year old Coton de Tulear, the royal dog of Madagascar. He just thinks he's a dog :)

Long Haul!

Mom, Stella and I drove to Fremont, Nebraska on Thursday to visit my sister, Mary and her husband, Jeff. We stopped only for gas and potty breaks and it took 11-1/2 hours.
We drove home yesterday and it took about 12 hours. I am driven out!