Oh dear.........guess I didn't splain very well.
It would take me buying NEW Glasses every year for 7 years to 'pay' for the
surgery.
I've been wearing glasses since I was 3-really do NOT remember wearing them
until I got into the 4th grade--spelled a word incorrectly on a spelling
test---teacher had me come up to the blackboard and 'read' the
letters-----then I knew it was suppose to be "mad instead of mud-or was it
mud instead of mad"
THEN she went upstairs (2 story school building--phone was upstairs in the
hall--and EVERYONE heard the phone calls) and called my Mom-----I KNEW I was
really really in trouble --((no one called home unless you were in BAD BAD
trouble)).... she only wanted mom to know I needed new glasses. (I thought I
had had it for 'arguing' with the teacher! Didn't KNOW she and Mom were good
friends)
So I got NEW glasses-white 'cat eye' frames that I had to wear forever cause
you did NOT get new frames until the old ones fell apart.......or you got
your Bro to inadvertently 'smash em' or got hit with a baseball........got
new glasses that year, too.....
Butterfly (tripping down glasses memory lane---never DID get red frame
glasses only white /brown /blue/ brown --cheapest you know)

" Ellison" wrote in message
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Howdy!
Newbie! Glasses for 7 years? Hah! I started wearing
glasses when I was 7 yrs. old!! Only thing offered for little girls
at that time were the pink cat eyes; I was soooo lucky, they had
just started adding little sparklies to the mix; not much sparkle really,
but boy could I see!!! g
We've had this discussion before about progressive bifocals; *sigh*
I keep putting it off; I just take off my glasses to quilt, or keep
looking
over the top of them to quilt while watching t.v.. g
Congrats to you on the new specs. Maybe some kind-hearted
soul(s) will squish you as compensation after you get the new $$$ glasses.
Ragmop/Sandy
"Butterfly" wrote in message
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Went 'shopping' today. Bought my new glasses---full size frames (he felt
'sorry' for me and only charged 1/2 price for the frames
$60.00)--beveled
edges---glare reduction tinted--not the 'from sun to shade
thingie'--progressive bifocals. They should be ready in 2 to 3 weeks.
NO fabric shopping for this gal for many moons......left $459.00 behind.
90
day warranty.
Nice thing--the frames FIT with a very MINOR adjustment : ) Now if we
are
LUCKY the lenses will 'fit' the first time round, too ; )
Bad part---the New Ins doesn't COVER vision : (
And we talked extensively about Lasix eye surgery for next year for
me.......$3000.00 for both eyes and I might end up with reading
glasses----who knows what they will be able to do by next year : )

Butterfly (7 years of glasses )