What's on your agenda for today?

Georgia and Shali, I'll be joining you in hell! Party! Jujube, have fun! Our climate is similar to Seattle I think. It's only water!

Lots of laundry today. No workouts. Need to figure out a river cruise for next summer with sister. She's dead set on one after seeing all the Viking cruise ads on TV.
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
I've had those glasses, Ameriscot, and didn't like them because I thought I looked like I always had black circles around my eyes. Probably didn't, but I thought so.

Neighborhood yard sale. Um. What can I say? The rain cleared out and then came back, cleared out, came back again. Grrr. We all went ahead anyway and even had some pretty good traffic in the spells between sprinkles, but it got to be a real pain to tote the tables from the driveway to the shelter of the garage and back out again. We didn't get rid of as much as we hoped...only about half....so we're going to do the unthinkable and do it again tomorrow starting at 10. On a Sunday morning in the Bible Belt. Horrors! We're going to do it anyway and take our chances on burning in the fires of hell forever:)
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Georgia, did you like the glasses aside from how they looked? My sister has some and likes them but I noticed when we went indoors she would change to her regular glasses. The point of getting them is to not have to change them. I'm thinking about how convenient they would be in Thailand with the bright sun and going in and out of buildings often. Last time I got regular glasses and dark prescription sunglasses as my second pair. Makes me nervous not to have a second pair of regular glasses.
 
Ameriscot, on the subject of sun glasses, the best ones I've had are the ones I have now. I've kept the same frames for years and years and just changed the lenses because the frames are whatever kind of metal that's magnetic. The sunglass part? That's magnetic, too, and just snap onto the frame...no clips or anything, I just slap 'em on, take them off and put them in my pocket when I go indoors. Perfect because the prescription is in the lenses of my glasses. I hope I explained that right:)

Gotta get a wiggle on. We're going to open at 10. The sun is supposed to be out ALL day. Woohoo!
 

GeorgiaXplant said:
Ameriscot, on the subject of sun glasses, the best ones I've had are the ones I have now. I've kept the same frames for years and years and just changed the lenses because the frames are whatever kind of metal that's magnetic. The sunglass part? That's magnetic, too, and just snap onto the frame...no clips or anything, I just slap 'em on, take them off and put them in my pocket when I go indoors. Perfect because the prescription is in the lenses of my glasses. I hope I explained that right:)

Gotta get a wiggle on. We're going to open at 10. The sun is supposed to be out ALL day. Woohoo!
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That sounds good. Haven't seen those. They stay on pretty well then? I'll check amazon.
 
Ooooh goood luck Georgia..glad the sun is on your side today..have fun!!

I wear prescription sunglasses...I'd be lost without them best thing I ever bought all those years ago, and I get them regularly updated.

Talking of specs I have to pick up my new readers tomorrow..£500 for one pair..so they better be comfortable..LOL

Sun is out here, glorious day...was going out for lunch, but hubs has worked an incredible exhausting 85 hours this last week and his cold is still hanging on poor soul, and he only has today off, so I'm just letting him relax in front of his favourite formula one motor racing, and just get some much needed R&R..no biggie that we don't go anywhere today..we're off in 2 weeks to the continent anyway :D:cool:
 
I also would like to know what those magnetic sunglass covers are called. I finally got my eye glasses a few days ago. I always get the transition lenses but they don't work as well as dark sunglasses so I like to have something else too.

Yesterday and today have been into the 90s here so we've ran the a/c. They are saying we will get a real wet winter so maybe our drought will be over.

I'm just staying home and cleaning house today because it looks like this next week will be busy with various appts. Dr for my husband tomorrow, they always make us back to back appts but I canceled mine. I'll be there in the waiting room and they'll come drag me back there anyway so I can talk to them without having it be a regular doctor visit. The medical assistant usually comes and tells me to go back there with my husband and the one time I said WHY?? She said "Because he's your husband", so I've never asked her since. As I've said before she's real nice and caring but also very pushy and bossy. Then Tuesday we are taking my brother for his colonoscopy and Weds we have to run errands. I really appreciate staying home more now than I did when I was younger.

Hollydolly, I don't see how your husband can stand to work 85 hours in one week. The most my husband ever worked in one week was 70 hours and he's still talking about it years later. :) They were trying to get some store in NYC ready for opening. He said at one point he found something to lay down on and slept for a couple hours.


 
I've had them so long that I don't remember what they're called. Ack! I do remember that they were specific to the brand of frames. I can't take the frame off to look because I can't see what it says without my glasses on. I'll ask my daughter later if she'll try to make out the brand. I wouldn't swear to it, but I do think that the metal is titanium.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
I've had them so long that I don't remember what they're called. Ack! I do remember that they were specific to the brand of frames. I can't take the frame off to look because I can't see what it says without my glasses on. I'll ask my daughter later if she'll try to make out the brand. I wouldn't swear to it, but I do think that the metal is titanium.
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Thanks, Georgia!
 
Oct11-2015 006.jpgI used to use clip on sun glasses over my regular pair but they were scratching the frames. Now I wear these ugly things over my glasses but they are a little uncomfortable. I like how they don't let sun light come in the side. Thank you GeorgiaXplant. How did the mini cheesecakes go? I love cheesecake! Did you have any left over?
 
Linda said:
View attachment 22683I used to use clip on sun glasses over my regular pair but they were scratching the frames. Now I wear these ugly things over my glasses but they are a little uncomfortable. I like how they don't let sun light come in the side. Thank you GeorgiaXplant.
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That's the kind I always used back when I wore glasses. SolarShields is the brand - $20 at Walmart or you can order them on the net. There are different sizes so you can usually find one to fit over any kind of glasses. I used to ride my bicycle a lot and I liked that they fit close to my face all around and kept the wind from drying my eyes out.
 
Linda...with regard my husband his regular hours are 12 hour days usually 6 days a week which is a 72 hour week ( although occasionally he does have a day off midweek or a whole weekend off) .. but he generally always does work around 70 hours most weeks..but this last week he's been working 15 hour days..including travel (30 minutes each way)..I have absolutely no idea how he does it, and I would be a liar to say he's not shattered at the end of the day..it;s home, very quick high protein snack shower and bed...he has very little life outside of work and even on his precious day off (usually a Sunday) he's taking constant calls and emails from his staff and working on his computer arranging meetings etc..

He hadn't even realised until I pointed out to him today that he'd worked so many hours this week...and he simply wearily said..''Oh, well no wonder I feel tired!!

I certainly couldn't do it..and I have more energy than him generally speaking..but his work ethic is enormous, so he will always keep working as long as he can.

I do worry about him doing way too much and it potentially affecting his health, but he just shrugs it off and carries on.

This is why we have to take a trip abroad a couple of times a year otherwise he'd never get a complete break from it
 
I fly for a leasing company and today I am flying the President of the large local company that I fly exclusively for to Chicago and then to Milwaukee for him to attend meetings. We were given a new plane last week and I spent this past weekend with the manufacture that came in locally to teach us (4 pilots) the intricacies of the new plane. The plane has bigger engines, meaning more thrust and a few new buttons and whistles. But, a plane is a plane and the important stuff is where it is supposed to be. I do love this new flying machine. Be back tomorrow sometime, but flying out about 10:00 this morning.
 
Oldman you always sound like you adore your job, and what a fascinating job it must be, especially now your flying private planes..what a great life it must be !! :D

Today I've sepnt half the morning on the phone and emailing..work related..and also finalising our trip for later this month.

Going out soon to collect my new reading specs, and I have to go and pay custom postal charges at the collecting office for an item my o/h had ordered from Korea...he gets so mad at this because often the custom charge can be as much if not more than the original price of the item, but they are specialist items for his car which are just not available in the UK unfortunately

Sun is coming and going here, but it's quite cold outside so I'll have to wear a woolly pulley when I go out... :D
 
Yes, Oldman, you do sound like you love your job! Holly, did I read that you paid £500 for reading glasses?!

Been to the gym and grocery shopping. Having my skinny cappuccino now and about to do my muscle workout before lunch. It's a gorgeous sunny day here - about 60 degrees.

I will ask at my eye appt tomorrow about those magnetic shades.
 
Linda said:
View attachment 22683I used to use clip on sun glasses over my regular pair but they were scratching the frames. Now I wear these ugly things over my glasses but they are a little uncomfortable. I like how they don't let sun light come in the side. Thank you GeorgiaXplant. How did the mini cheesecakes go? I love cheesecake! Did you have any left over?
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I don't think I'd like those. My cousin's wife was using those but it seems it would be uncomfortable and bulky.
 
Ameriscot said:
Yes, Oldman, you do sound like you love your job! Holly, did I read that you paid £500 for reading glasses?!
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Yep Annie you read that right. Usually I get 2 for one for a similar price from Specsavers (readers and prescription sunglasses), but lately the quality I've been getting from SS have been quite poor, and so I decided to go to Boots instead. They're not doing any deals..so with the Gucci frames at £130.( quite cheap I thought for designer frames)...then because I am longsighted and have a high prescription I have to pay for 60% thinning of the ,lenses ..and also non scratch coating etc..the price comes to just under £500 quid!! Very high just for one pair of specs I agree..but hopefully they'll be better quality than Specsavers!
 
hollydolly said:
Yep Annie you read that right. Usually I get 2 for one for a similar price from Specsavers (readers and prescription sunglasses), but lately the quality I've been getting from SS have been quite poor, and so I decided to go to Boots instead. They're not doing any deals..so with the Gucci frames at £130.( quite cheap I thought for designer frames)...then because I am longsighted and have a high prescription I have to pay for 60% thinning of the ,lenses ..and also non scratch coating etc..the price comes to just under £500 quid!! Very high just for one pair of specs I agree..but hopefully they'll be better quality than Specsavers!
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Yikes! I used to go to a local shop here for glasses which was expensive with not much variety in frames, but went to Specsavers last time and have an appt with them tomorrow. Always get the 2 for 1. The prescription sunglasses I got last time (varifocal) were too dark, so not sure what I'll do this time.
 
Unfortunately, my frames are so old and so worn that the printing inside the stems is no longer legible:( I Googled titanium eye glass frames but didn't find much. I got these from LensCrafters (for those of you outside the US, it's a chain). The magnetized part is what adheres to the hinge between the frame around the lenses and the stems.

This time I'm going to get my frames and lenses from Walmart. Yes, Walmart. I've already inquired and the lenses will be $49 for bifocals and $58 for the frames I like. There won't be any extras added to the lenses because I just don't think it's necessary. I didn't have to pay for my eye exam because the eye surgeon's technician did my exam and it was included in the follow-up after my eye surgery. Yay.

It's a nice day so I've been cleaning up the flower garden and getting it ready to put to bed for the season. Now I'm trying to convince myself to go out and do a little more.

Did well selling the mini cheesecakes and when I went down to visit my son yesterday afternoon, I took him one of each of the three kinds I made. He's not much of a fan of sweets but told me this morning that they were delicious. When I asked which he liked best, he said they were all "best". LOL That's high praise coming from him.
 

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