I got LASIK in my right eye in 2001 and my final follow-up appointment for that was in 2002. But since then I haven't had my eyes examined. For several years I found reading to be very difficult and worked with audio books instead of written ones, but when I got my bifocals I read more, and when I got my NookColor I was back to my normal ( Read more... )

 So my father-by-marriage has eye surgery tomorrow and my DH and I have flipped days off this week.

( Calm pic and text below the cut... )

 Today is March 1st and it is my father's birthday. He died many years ago from cancer, but he was a pretty fantastic guy. Dad was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia in the early part of last century as the youngest child in a family of three - one older brother and one older sister.

( Remembering Dad below the cut. )

Wait....just a minute here....isn't this supposed to be TGIF? Thank Goodness It's Friday is a part of the vernacular of the US. But Friday is just another work day for me. Nothing special. Saturday, on the other hand, is the end of my work week, a day when the shop closes an hour earlier, and my Italian day - time for Bascali's "Smoked Sausage ( Read more... )

 So, my Father-by-Marriage managed to get through his surgery quite easily and my DH spent time with him until late yesterday night. Since the two of them often butt heads, I'm quite sure that being there would have been interesting for a fly on the wall.

( Why am I frustrated? More below the cut... )

 Today will be a tough day for my DH. My Father-by-marriage is scheduled to have cataract surgery on one eye early this morning. We have no idea if he did the pre-op eye drops regime properly. We wrote him a chart etc for when to take what for him to check off as he went. But who knows if he really did it properly?

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 The notice is sparse:

Irby Leroy Hand

PINE RIDGE - Irby Leroy Hand, 62, Pine Ridge, died Sunday, Dec. 5, 2010, at Rapid City Regional Hospital in Rapid City.

Arrangements are pending with Sioux Funeral Home.

I assume...indeed I know, that more information will be available closer to the date of the memorial and funeral. Irby, a giant of a man ( Read more... )

 It's frightening to be a retailer in these days. Although retail sales are up nationwide, our sales are down. That means that we either don't have the product that people want, or that we, as a store, are not the store that people think of when they are thinking about buying products that we carry. Either way, we've had a year that has been ( Read more... )

 I hate telephones. Im my working life I have spent WAY too much time on telephones, and I have learned over the years how very easy it is to misunderstand someone while just talking with them over electronic equipment. I find that I prefer the use of Email; at least then things are in writing and any misunderstandings can be pinned down and ( Read more... )