Yesterday was Thanksgiving, of course, so the family got together at Mom & Dad's. At one point or another, Lex's dad, Dave, told us that Lex could burp his alphabet. Neither parent would take the credit for teaching him how to do this. Finally, everyone point blank asked Lex where he learned it ( Read more... )

This is primarily for Denise, but also for anyone else who needs a home phone line and doesn't want to pay the phone company, there's Skype. You can get a monthly subscription at $3/month and call anywhere in the USA. Or if you want to makeunlimited world-wide calls, it's $10/month.

To get an online number so that people can call you, it's $60 ( Read more... )

( Look! A picture post! )

Edited to add the photos from my Aug 19th entry so that the review is complete. ~Jay

So, I mentioned a website for glasses last week, in which I stated I ordered two pairs of glasses. They came yesterday. The prescription is spot on, and I was pretty sure it would be. Be sure you have your complete prescription and read the site's directions ( Read more... )

So, thanks to the blog of the wife of one of my co-workers from my old job, I found out about a very, very inexpensive site to get glasses called Zenni Optical. Like, the cheapest pair you can buy off the site, for a full pair of glasses (lenses, frames, etc), is $8.

Yes. EIGHT DOLLARSAll you need is a copy of your prescription - the whole thing ( Read more... )