My mother sent me an email to tell me that her good friend Ms Jenn is having eyelid surgery tomorrow.  For the past fifteen years Ms. Jenn has complained that the skin above her eyes has been steadily falling further and further down over her eyes.  At first she was just complaining about it because she thought it made her look old and tired.  (Well, she IS old, but doesn’t want to LOOK old!)  Recently she went to have her vision checked and she was complaining to her eye doctor that her glasses just weren’t helping her to see as well as she thought she should be able to see.  He referred her to a Detroit eyelid surgery clinic called Accents.

He told her that he felt that what she probably needed to have done was called a Blepharoplasty procedure.  That’s an eyelid rejuvenation surgery that will lift her eyelids up and improve her vision and her appearance.  The procedure should be able to be completed in only about ninety minutes, and her recovery should be fairly short.  She was told that afterwards she would only need to apply ice to the area and take Tylenol for the pain.  I don’t know why Tylenol (that stuff doesn’t work for me) and not ibuprofen, but that is what they told her.  I hope she is happy with the results!

Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Business, Friends, Health, Internet, Life, Shopping, Technology, Travel.
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I saw on the today show (I think it was yesterday) a story about how the price of gasoline continuing to rise is going to be causing the price of milk to jump to $6.00 a gallon in very short order! I hope that they are mistaken, milk is already more expensive than soda! It is hard enough to get kids to drink milk INSTEAD of soda because kids prefer the sweetened drinks. But if the price of milk continues to increase, I’m concerned that for economical reasons the parents will be encouraging the kids to be drinking sweetened drinks in place of milk, which could lead to health problems down the road such as obesity and diabetes.

As part of the news story they were showing some new milk cartons that they say will start to show up on the store shelves soon. I’ve already seen them at Costco; they are squarish and a little bit awkward to handle. The newscasters reported that the reason for the switch to the different jugs is because they can stack them tighter in the truck, which reduces the transportation costs. Well, I’m all about reducing costs!

Posted: July 2nd, 2008 under Business, Finances/Money, Food and Beverage, Health, Issues, Life, News, Parenting, Shopping.
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My hubby has decided that he wants to look into treadmills and cardio machines.  Living in Northern New England has its disadvantages sometimes - we have long cold winters and that is not very conducive to getting outside to exercise.  Since my hubby is diabetic and has high cholesterol, his doctor has been encouraging him to get more exercise.  I’ve suggested that he start his search by checking out the treadmillsguru.com webpage for reviews on treadmills.

Posted: July 1st, 2008 under Blogs, Business, Family, Health, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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Well, this weekend was an overcast, damp, rainy weekend.  We had thought about going to camp, but it just is not very much fun when the weather is bad, so we decided to stay home instead.  So it was a rather lazy weekend, but we did go to the State Museum on Saturday.  We were thinking about going to the movies on Sunday, but my hubby developed a migraine headache so we ended up staying home and just spending a quiet day with the shades drawn and the noise level as low as we could keep it.

So while my hubby was recovering from his migraine I popped some microwave popcorn and watched The Princess Bride tape that I got as a gift years ago.  That is one of my favorite movies, I don’t think I’ll ever get tired of it!

Posted: June 30th, 2008 under Blogs, Entertainment/Fun, Family, Health, Life, Travel.
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My hubby wears soft contact lenses, has been wearing them for many years.  Recently he has been complaining that they are not very comfortable; his eyes have been feeling dry and itchy.  At first he thought it might be spring allergies, but he went to an allergist and the allergist said it was not allergies.  With that in mind he went to see the eye doctor last week.  His doctor suggested that he switch to the acuvue oasys lens.  The acuvue lens is supposedly the most comfortable lens on the market; it does not dry out your eyes like the other types/brands do.  In order to save time and money we will be ordering his acuvue oasys contact lenses over the internet from The Lens.com website.

Posted: June 22nd, 2008 under Business, Computers / Software, Family, Finances/Money, Health, Internet, Life, Online, Shopping, Technology.
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