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Lillian, FL
03-05-2012
01:18 PM ET (US)
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I have no idea! It just popped up here and by e-mail notification. No one that I know, from here or anywhere, is connected to eye care or glasses.
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ELYSES
03-05-2012
12:56 PM ET (US)
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interesting info, who is eye?
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eye
03-04-2012
06:26 PM ET (US)
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Polycarbonate and Trivex lenses are thinner, lighter and up to 10 times more impact-resistant than regular plastic lenses, making them the perfect choice for safety glasses, sports eyewear and eyeglasses for children and active adults.
Photochromic lenses have chemical coatings or special internal changes allowing them to quickly darken in bright conditions, and quickly return to normal in ordinary indoor lighting or at night.
Polarized lenses diminish glare from flat, reflective surfaces (like water) and also reduce eye fatigue.
Anti-reflective coating is a popular add-on for eyeglasses lenses. AR (anti-reflective) coating can dramatically improve the look and comfort of your glasses by reducing distracting lens reflections that interfere with eye contact and make your lenses look thicker. AR-coated lenses also reduce glare and allow more light into your eyes for better night vision.
Other eyeglasses lens coatings include scratch-resistant coating, anti-fog coating and UV-blocking lens treatments.
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Presbyopia is a special challenge for people 40 or older, because the eye's natural lens and internal focusing muscles become less flexible with aging and no longer can accommodate vision at all distance ranges. Presbyopia typically is noticed when print begins to blur, even if you never wore eyeglasses before.
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Bernice
01-04-2012
05:13 PM ET (US)
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It is very cold here today, also, but we don't have to worry about any strawberry crops. Isn't it something that (winter) pansies can survive when they look so delicate.
Maggie left here New Years Day and at supper that night, she lost her first tooth (bottom) Can't wait to see what she looks like now.
I had to go to the doctor this morning for routine prescription updates. The doctor asked if the ER had discussed my CAT scan with me--the one taken when I went Christmas night for the kidney stone. No. It seems that I have a cyst on my adrenal gland which is on top of my right kidney. I have an appointment Jan. 19 with a Urologist. According to Web MD, this is rare, mostly benign, mostly occurs in women and one of the symptoms is sweating, which I do on a regular basis! The adrenal gland has to do with hormones, which my cancer medication is blocking. I don't know if the two are related. I won't have my 5 year cancer free anniversary until June. Start sending up the prayers. I'm growing things again! If I have to have surgery, removal can be done with a scope, which is good.
Most of our decorations are down except for the outside. Brian said he would come over tomorrow and help his Dad. It is also supposed to be warmer here. Brian has been working on Signal Mountain this week and it is always 10 to 20 degrees colder up there. That is great in summer but bad in the winter. Cold weather or not, he is just glad to be working.
Every take care, Love, Bernice
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Lillian, FL
01-04-2012
12:39 AM ET (US)
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Tonight is supposed to go down to 25º and I think that it is near that now. Actually, on the 11:00 news, it said that it was 27 here. Plants are either inside or covered. Last year, and the previous year, even covering them did not prevent freezing and we lost most of the shrubbery and plants outside. Even that big (ugly) palm tree in the front yard suffered and only one living frond was hanging from up there. How weird that thing looked when Bill trimmed away the brown fronds hanging there. It looked like a big stick with one long lock of hair on it.
I am not able to lie down and not hurt, so here I am. I am getting anxious to see that back doctor and have this thing fixed up in some way; also the pinched nerve running from the hip down to the foot. That thing is causing so much pain and trouble and I am ready to scream. Falling apart is not fun!
Our tree is still up, along with inside decorations. Leslie and Diana will be here this month and she has asked if we could leave the tree up. Such a small request. We are hoping to get up to see them in May and I hope that it works out. Much depends on how well I can travel; right now, it is hard to even ride to Susan's.
We have been enjoying watching the little ones grow. Oh, how clever babies are now. It seems that they can learn so many things so quickly. Watching Jhacob, who will be 2 on the 17th of this month, as he figures out how to climb into the back of the truck, as he figures out a cell phone or a computer keyboard is amazing. Calvin is now up on his hands and knees and so he will be moving faster now, too.
Not much other news right now. I hope that this new year treats everyone kindly and brings us peace. Take care and God bless.
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Bernice
12-28-2011
07:27 PM ET (US)
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We had a wonderful Christmas. Don and I went to a candlelight service at church on Christmas Eve. The same service was held on Christmas Day at 10 a.m. so many families (especially with the younger ones) came on Christmas Eve. Very crowded. Brian got Maggie on Christmas Day. When asked what her favorite thing was that she got for Christmas, she said, Everything. She did get most everything! Her favorite, even if she won't admit it, was a camera. Brian tried finding the Fisher-Price camera and everyone was sold out. He found a "real" camera on sale, cheaper than the Fisher Price. Maggie learned how to use it quickly and it's great that she can see her pictures immediatly. About ten o'clock on Christmas night I started throwing up. After about two hours of nausa, I had a pain in my right back that moved to my right front side. I had Don put on his pants about 1:30--he helped me dress and off we went to the ER. Don was moving along pretty good but at times I thought I should get out and push the car. We got to the ER at 2 a.m. There were no other patients there although they did say that they had had a busy day. I put my trashcan (I was afraid that I would throw up in the car) and handtowel on the counter and the nurse said, nausa and throwing up, what else! They ruled out food poison and started an IV with medicine for pain and nausa. Once that kicked in I was fine. I was lucky that I had clothes on to make the trip to the hospital. I did not take the time to put on makeup. The doctor
mentioned that I didn't look good. I had a cat scan. Finally about 4 or so they decided that I had a kidney stone. I was sent home with pain and nausa medication. Don stopped at Walgreens to get the prescriptions filled. We got home about 6. I took a pill each, went to bed and lost Monday. Somewhere along the line I must have passed the stone. I have felt fine since.
Brian worked today so we had Maggie. She came over last night and spent the night so we all wouldn't have to get up early. We will have her again tomorrow. She left some of her Christmas presents over here so she entertained herself. She did want to play Barbie. I hate playing Barbie. It is probably because I didn't grow up with that particular doll. I like baby dolls. Feed them, rock them and put them to bed. With Barbie she has so many places she can go, with so many friends (other Barbies). Maggie has a "script" in her mind but I can't read her mind and Maggie gets upset with me when I don't follow her line of thinking! I am not 6. I was talking to my friend LaRue and she said that she doesn't like playing Barbie with her granddaughter either. LaRue said that she always has to be the mean Barbie. Thank
goodness Maggie doesn't have a mean doll!
Everyone take care, Love, Bernice
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Lillian, FL
12-21-2011
12:33 AM ET (US)
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Bernice, thank you for the info about the dipping bar. Our grandkids love the choc. covered peanut butter balls and you are right about the wax thing. It can be tiresome and a mess.
I'm doing better now but know that another hospital stay will be looming in another 3-4 months. That's the way it will be from now on, it seems. I wish some researcher would come up with something that I could take/have that I am not allergic to or resistant to. Ah, well, dream on.
I have not baked one cookie this year; usually I have about 20 or more kinds in the freezer,along with nut breads and sticky buns. I do have the sticky buns in there now and will make a cheesecake late Friday, the grape salad on Friday and get everything ready for the broccoli salad. On Saturday, I have to make the chocolate cake that is a favorite with the family and some pies, pumpkin and pecan. Susan is making the mince and cherry pies. I also will take roast beef as our second entree. I just hope that I can keep going long enough. The cane that I use slows me down, but I can't walk much without it.
Hope to get on here more often. We just had a hard few months here with the bronchitis, the asthma and the hospital stay.
To all, Merry Christmas and may your new year be blessed with good health, good fortune and the blessings of the Lord.
Lillian
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Bernice
12-19-2011
01:15 PM ET (US)
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The white and dark chocolate flavor dipping bar from Sams:
Ghirardelli, microwaveable, candy making and dipping bar. It weights 2.5 lbs. and runs about $6.95. i buy it and put it in the freezer for use year round.
This is what I dip the ritz cracker in, my butter creams, peanut butter balls.
I am sure you can find something at your local Sugar Shop/candy supplier. I find this so much easier than the old days of adding wax.
Love, Bernice
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Bernice
12-19-2011
01:09 PM ET (US)
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Hi: If some of you need somthing quick and easy to give the paperboy, mailman, garbage man, or just want something to munch on, try the following:
2 cups of captain crunch--(regular captain, not the berry or peanut
butter)
2 cups of rice krispies
2 cups dry roasted peanuts
1 lb. of white chocolate.
Put your cups of crunch, krispies, and peanuts in a bowl. Melt your white chocolate in the microwave. Pour the chocolate over the cereal. Mix to coat. have a parchment paper lined cookie sheet ready for you to dump this and spread to your desired thickness. Put in the freezer for about 5 minutes (or put it in the frig) for the chocolate to set and then break into pieces into a pretty bag.
Once a year Sam has dark chocolate and white chocolate that is melted and used as a coating. You have probably missed it by this time. At Food Lion, almond bark is on the aisle with sugar, baking chips, etc. The almond bark is on the shelf below the baking chips.
2 cups of dry roasted peanute
3 cups of broken pretzels
Cover with almond bark (white), let set up on a lined cookie sheet and then break into pieces.
Enjoy. Both of the above recipes are addictive.
Love, Bernice
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Loretta Kirke
12-16-2011
07:40 PM ET (US)
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Merry Christmas Bernice.&#A0;&#A0; Hope you and yours have a wonderful&#A0; Christmas.
Hugs
Loretta
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Bernice
12-16-2011
03:25 PM ET (US)
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I know this will find most of you baking and cooking. I've tried to make something everyday. Today, it will be peanut butter fudge. I have frozen Lillian's (recipe) molasses-ginger cookie (can't remember the true name), peanut butter cookies, oatmeal cookies. I have dipped, with Don's help, ritz peanut butter crackers, butter mints, and coconut. We are on the second recipe of white trash. Tomorrow I will make some fudge, I use Don's mothers' recipe called Million Dollar Fudge. Most of the sweets are done. I have our ham in the frig. ready to fix. The tree and the house are decorated. shopping is all done but I have to wrap. Santa will be visiting Maggie here so that will be wonderful for me and Don.
Last week Don and I went with the church seniors to Nashville. We stayed at Opryland which was a treat in itself. The place is decorated beautifully, both inside and out. First night we saw the Radio City Rocketts. Beautiful show at the Grand Old Opry House. Second day we were on our own after a character breakfast buffet at the hotel (Shrek). We saw Holly Jolly Christmas (lots of decorated trees) there was a craft show, and we had tickets to Ice. Beautiful ice carvings in a 9 degree setting. They give you parkas to help with the cold. That night we saw a dinner theatre at the hotel. Third day, we toured the governors mansion before returning home. A great trip.
Maggie had a throw up virus last weekend. It hit her Sunday and she was not able to go to school on Monday. Found out later that there were a lot of kids out of her class that missed Monday, also. Bad thing about it though, she was supposed to be in her ballet recital on Monday night. I was more disappointed than she was!
We picked Maggie up from school one day and she asked if we had been to any garage sales that day. I told her that it was too cold now for many garage sale. Her solution,"Tell them to put on a coat."
I hope all of you stay well and healthy and have a blessed Christmas. Love, Bernice
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Bernice
11-12-2011
03:53 PM ET (US)
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Don and I decided that we had better go to Virginia to see relatives before the snow started flying. We left last Sunday after church and went partway. We decided to break up the trip going and coming back so it wouldn't be so hard on Don. We saw relatives and brought back some cabbage, apples and potatoes. The potatoes just can be beat. I also bought some white sweet potatoes (Yams are not sweet potatoes to anyone who has had the white sweet potato) I will sent some of the sweet potatoes to my last remaining Aunt in Pa. and I will still have enough to make a couple of pies. We prefer sweet potatoes to pumpkin pie. We left Thursday and drove a couple of hours. They were expecting snow flurries in Hillsville! Don had to get to his leaves today. He did rest between the front and back yards. Brian and Maggie are without heat. They woke up cold this morning. The landlord called her regular repairman and he was out of town and when I talked to Brian last, he was waiting for the landlord to find and sent someone out. They may have to spent the night over here--Maggie will, heat or not, since she goes to church with us in the morning. Don and I need to get our flu shots sometime this week. Also we need to get the winter pansies in. I hope everyone is well. Love, Bernice Edited 11-12-2011 03:54 PM
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Bernice
11-03-2011
02:52 PM ET (US)
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I had my colon check on Tuesday. I had to start drinking "the stuff" at 6 p.m. so I did not even turn on the porch light for the children to Trick or Treat. I felt so guilty. Maggie was at her mothers but I have not heard if she had a good time. I am sure that she did. Brian took her to two fall festivals on Sat. One she had a lot of fun but one was "lame". Our church had a festival last Wed. I sent a cake for the cake walk and Don went over and help make and package 2,500 corn dogs. They had only 60 dogs left so I guess the festival was a success. I'm sorry that Maggie couldn't go to that one but Karen wouln't make the effort to take her. Back to my colon, I had two polyps that went to the lab. Those results will be back in 10 days and I will also find out if I go back in 3 or 5 years. I sure did miss eating Halloween candy!
I have made several apple crumbles this fall. Don loves ice cream with his but I don't. Easy to make and so good.
Last thing about the trip: Into the second week, the oil light came on. I called to see what to do about it and we were told to go to the nearest big airport and either change cars or get the oil changed. None of us wanted to switch cars. We ended up at the airport in Albeque. that had a huge Budget lot at the airport. Betty and I waited in the terminal and people watched while Don went with the guy to the garage. It only took a half hour and we were on the road again. They even ran the car through the car wash. At the end of the trip, I would have hated to clean that grill. We hit every bug out there coming and going.
We have ended up with a pretty fall. The trees are beautiful. I am so glad it is cooler. It is snowing where we were last month and I can't get over the show that hit New England and the east coast. I wonder if we will get snow this winter. The snow we had on Christmas Eve and Day last year was beautiful.
Brian helped his Dad get the porch and deck furniture put up last week and Brian put my amarillas's in the basement after I cut them back. Let the snow come!
Maggie loves her ballet class that she has after school on Tuesday and she started cheer leading classes this last Monday. That will be right up her alley since she is always bouncing around wanting to be the center of attention! She did well on her first report card and Brian has talked to her teacher. So far, so good. Maggie was ready to go back to school after fall break. She said that she was tired of Mom and Mackenzie telling her what to do. Maggie needs and likes structure, which she gets at school.
It has started raining here. I put on a pot of pinto beans this morning. I've got to make a couple pans of corn bread. I will have Don take a couple of meals on wheels out later this afternoon. The older ones at church loves this type of food. Most of them were raised on it!! (Don and I were, also)
I hope everyone is well. Love, Bernice
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Bernice
10-22-2011
12:04 AM ET (US)
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Diners, Drive Ins and Dives: I don't if any of you watch the DDD on Food Network but Don and I do. On previous trips we have found some of the DDD and this trip was no exception. In Albeq. we found the Monte Carlo SteakHouse. On the show you entered the dining room from the front liquor store. Doors have been changed and you now enter from the side. The steaks were good. Talking to the waiter: the locals are mad at the show cause tourists are taking up space that they once used. Business really boomed once the show aired. We found Gus's Famous Fried Chicken. Very good. The eatery is now in a strip mall but we passed the old Gus's. It was indeed a dive. The place that I liked the best was from the Food Network and I don't remember the show that it was featured. Lamberts is in Sikeston, Mo. and it is the home of the hand thrown rolls. It is really good home cooking. Servers go around serving fried okra, potatoes and onions, white beans and blackeyed peas. This is in addition to your entree that comes with one or two sides. I got chicken and there was enough to feed all three of us. Don got the pot roast and it was more than enough for four people. (Can't remember what Betty got) It was a shame to waste so much food but it is hard to ask for a take home box when you are on the road. Betty didn't want rolls thrown at her so we had some brought to the table. We ran out so I asked Don to catch me one. The guy at the table in front of us missed catching four of the rolls. Don couldn't understand this since this was not a baseball game. When he tried to catch my roll he found that once the roll is thrown, you look up and the lights blind you and you can't see the roll. He missed one, got me one and hurt his shoulder. He tells me all the time that his baseball career is over and then I asked him to catch for me. I felt bad. In Little Rock we had a great seafood meal near some lake. Don got the frog legs and I got parmasean crusted broiled talapia; both delicious. In Cody, we ate in a saloon that advertised that they had the best hamburgers in the west. We all had one. Once we got to Jackson/Jackson Hole, we ate at the Cadallic Grill. A young man came into Betty's business and told her about the place. He was visiting friends out there and he enjoyed eating there. Don and Betty got their hamburger and decided that the place in Cody had the best one. We got some really good cobbler in Hot Springs. Some places offered homemade desserts but most times we were disappointed. There is a big difference from their homemade and what comes out of my kitchen.
Don had his colon test today and everything turned out fine. He did not have any polyps. Because of his family history he has to repeat the test in 3 years. Don says that he is going to stretch it out to five. Drinking the stuff made him sick to his stomach. Maybe in three years, he will forget about last night and this morning.
Love, Bernice
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Bernice
10-20-2011
04:46 PM ET (US)
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Just got Brian's chocolate pound cake in the oven so I'll write while it is baking. I will be making another one next week to send to church for the Fall Festival. I signed up to bring a cake for the cake walk.
Mr. Duke: We were in Hot Springs Ark. (which we really enjoyed) We had stopped at the water stations on Main Street and filled every bottle that we had with the mineral water. It was very hot. Once we got home I drank my water with my pills. The mineral water did not cure me or Don of anything except thirst. People were there with containers of all sizes. One guy from out of state makes the trip twice a year to get water. You could buy gallon jugs but we didn't. After visiting downtown for lunch, museums, etc. we were on our second leg of the drive through the park. We drove in to a scenic overlook and stopped as one car left. Back comes the car. Mr. Duke, as he turned out to be, noticed our license plate(--right state but wrong county.) Anyway, he asked if we could get Duke mayonnaise in our area. Since his last name was Duke, he had studied about the mayonnaise (a grandmother cooked up the first in her kitchen) and he had come south to find some but he hadn't found it in Ark. yet. He was willing to keep driving until he found a jar. None of us thought to ask him where he was from. Just a minute, I said. I went into the cooler and by gosh, the mayo that I had brought to make tomato sandwiches was Duke. It was the smallest jar that I could buy at Food Lion but that man was so happy when I gave him the remainer of it. He thanked us and left us smiling, holding the jar of Dukes. It doesn't take much to make some people happy!
Medicine: I took Don out to the airport to get the rental car on the morning that we left. Before we leave town we always stop for breakfast. That morning Don had made coffee and he wanted to take a cup with him to the airport and to take his meds. He got his cup and when he was putting the lid on, the cup slipped and coffee was everywhere. We all three hussled and got it up, thankful that he doesn't take sugar. Don took his meds with some water and off we go to get the car and pack up. Before any trip, we fix our medicines in those week long containers and I had enough pills packed away for week 2 and 3. When we got around to taking medicines that first night, I couldn't find his medicine container in the bag where we usually keep the meds. I don't remember putting it in the bag after I took my medicine this morning; so much was going on. I bet the container is still on the kitchen table, says Don. (Brian confirmed this the next day) I got into the luggage and Don took his meds from week 2 container. The next night Don gets on the motel computer and locates a CVS in Albuquerque.We knew that we would be going through there just before he needed his medicine. Of course, Don was saying that he could do without. Sure. Traveling with two women and he was going to forego his blood pressure meds! to say nothing about his Celebrex. The day before we figured Don would need the medicine, I called his doctor and explained the situation to his nurse and they called it in to the CVS in Albuq. We arrived there the next day and got there about 10:30. When we asked for the prescriptions, they said that they were working on the prescriptions then! so we had to wait for about 15 minutes. Got Don all fixed up and drugged!
More tomorrow. Love, Bernice
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Bernice
10-19-2011
05:12 PM ET (US)
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Don and I just finished putting the photos together and labeling them to send copies to Betty. She is running behind 'cause we haven't gotten her photos either. Both of us have gotten our credit card bills!! Don got me a very pretty pair of earrings (turquoise) that he put back for Christmas. We got them at a regular jewelry store. We went to old town Albuquerque and enjoyed seeing that area but we had been warned not to buy from the people who put out their wares on the sidewalk. I don't know turq. from squat so we had to have someone we could trust.
In Douglas, Wy. we went to the Pioneer Museum and I loved it. Being an ex-teacher, I was interested in the 1872 Rules for Teachers. l. Teachers each day will fill lamps, clean chimney. 2. Each teacher will being a bucket of water and a scuttle of coal for the day's session. 3. Make your pens carefully, you may whittle nibs to the individual taste of the pupils. 4. Men teachers may take one evening each week for courting purposes, or two evenings a week if they go to church regularly. 5. After ten hours in school, the teachers may spend the remaining time reading the Bible or other good books. 6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct will be dismissed. 7. Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum of his earnings for his benefit during his declining years that he will not become a burden on society. 8. Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form, frequents pool or public halls, or gets shaved in a barber shop will give good reason to suspect his worth, intention, integrity and honesty. 9. The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without fault for five years will be given an increase of twenty five cents per week in his pay, providing the board of education approves. If these rules were still in effect, we wouldn't have any teachers. The museaum is on the grounds of the permanent fairgrounds. We missed the State Fair and rodeos. The state fair was going on in Albuquerque when we were there but we didn't go.
Coming: Medicine, oil change, Diners, Drive ins and Dives.
Love, Bernice
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