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!