BOOKS I HAVE READ

I listen to many inspirational books on tape which I get from the state library. I am going to list some on the ones that are worth reading whether you are blind, low vision, or sighted. The first is Touch the top of the world a blind man's journey to climb farther than the eye can see by Erik Weihenmayer. There was a movie by the same name several years ago. I have listed his website above. He has never let his sight hold him back from living life to the fullest.

EYE APPOINTMENT

I went for my four month check up for my eyes. I was so ready to throw my glasses in the trash. I can't see out of them. The wonderful staff in the glasses shop helped me out. They said to wash my lens with cloth and rubbing alcohol. They gave them a tune-up too. When I saw the doctor he said all the fancy films they put on glasses now are more trouble to see with, at least in my case. I have 20/150 corrected. I can't see much past 20 feet. They also had a great selection of reading glasses. I wear a 3.00 and the have up to a 3.50 which I have never seen in person before. Thank you so much to the staff at Eye Physician & Surgeons of Augusta.

STAIRS

This weekend we went to Savannah GA. It's a beautiful old city. I the last time we went to the river front I hadn't lost my sight. It was the summer of 2001. It must have been funny seeing me "walk down" the stairs to the river front. I had to hold on to the handrail with both hands ,stand sideways, and step one foot and a time. It was about a fifty-foot ladder shaped stairs. The streets are brick and stone. In some areas the spots around the stone was warn away and the stone stuck out. I felt like I was hiking. On the way up we took a different route. I always say going down is harder but I'm glad we skipped the stairs. I got my exercise in Savannah.

LAUNDRY

This morning as I started my laundry I noticed something I never saw before. I had to get a new washer as I mention earlier so I changed laundry detergents. I'm not using All he. It comes with a clear plastic top / measuring cup. I have used these for about 10 years. My last bottle had a yellow top / cup. I looked closer to see if it had lines for load sizes. There were four different load sizes to let you know how my liquid to use so with marker in hard I drew over each line. Now I want wast money on putting too much detergent in my laundry. Yeah!

MAGNIFIERS

I'm not sure if I wrote about this but it is worth repeating.I bought a magnifier in a shop downtown. It is the best I have ever found. It's a Walyex #7562 with 7X and 12X. It is about three inches big. It's listed on my favorites. I gave one to my brother-in-law for his baseball card selling business. I paid $6 for mine at Sassey Pony.

LIPSTICK

The other night I went through all my lipstick tubes. I threw out a few that were colors I needed need or old. The rest I went through them and took a marker and coded them. N for Neutral, P for Pink, and R for Red. This has made a big difference when I get dressed in the morning. I'm also using the ones that were just sitting in the drawer. I also realized I had two of the same one. The print was so small I used my magnifier to look at the color names. I put a pink and neutral in my purse.

CURB

When I'm out shopping or going to sporting events I have to walk over several type of surfaces. Most of the time I'm ok but I have fallen a few times. Once I missed a step going down. My family and friends always say "watch your step...." or "Do you see that curb?". This is a big help. Some friends have said they tell other people they are with to watch the step whether they are blind or not. It became a habit for them. For some reason my husband wants to go to the highest point in each state so I do hike some. Going up is fine but coming down is a problem. I'm much slower on the way down.

FONT SIZE

You have heard the phrase "Size Matters" Below are the font sizes offered by blogspot. The first row is normal print and the second in BOLD. It matters what font you type, read, look at ext.... Play around with you text size on you email. I always send emails in 18 or above. Fonts range from 8 to 72. Check out to see which one you like. Most children's books are in larger fonts.

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EMAIL

I have set up a new email if anyone needs to email me info...

howtoseewithlowvision@gmail.com

LAUNDRY MAT

This is a tip I read in Women's Weekly today. I wish I knew this a few weeks ago when my washing machine broke and had to go to the laundry mat for three weeks. It was a cute idea. Put magnets on the washer and dryers you are using to know which one has your cloths in them. I used a post-it note when I went the first time. Also when you go to the laundry mat the larger more expensive machines are in the front so check out which one you need before you put your money in. Don't leave your thing unattended.