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Pupppies: So, the co-worker with the Yorkiepoo mix says I'm like #3 on the list and wants $100. Number 3!?! Can you believe it? After I told both of those to my husband, we're not going to get a fence and look around at lots of other dogs. That being said, today in the local paper I found some basset puppies. Bassets have my heart so I've got a call out to the people and I'm hoping to stop by tonight to check them out.

Eyeglasses: So, yesterday we go to pick up hubby's glasses since they called and said they were ready. Hubby called and asked a few questions to make sure they were the actual glasses and not just the clip on sunglasses. Each time he asked a question he was put on hold forever, but eventually told the info he wanted to hear. Do I need to mention it was too good to be true?

We get there, they take the glasses. Hubby's been wearing glasses since he was a toddler and now needs bifocials. His persciption is pretty think as it is. So he says "that doesn't look right. Why is the right lense so much bigger than the left?" "oh, sometimes that's how it is. It's ok" Hubby tries again and is shot down and told to put the glasses on, so he does. "Ok. I can't see anything out of the left side." "No?" "No." He takes them off, and the kid--a guy who looks like he's maybe 15--looks at them and checks the paper work and says something like ".01. Yep, that's what the paper says. This should be right." "No, that's not right" says hubby. What's the other side say?" Some much higher number is said. Hubby says, "the numbers aren't that far off from each other. You need to check the computer." Eventually, after I ask to speak with the office manager, he walks off and starts talking to someone else. He comes back to tell us that somehow, the place they sent them to did them wrong and it'll be another 7 days to fix it. Again, I ask for a manger. Finally someone comes over who's a supervisor in her 20s. We tell her the problem they seem to have with customer service, and also mention, my husband was only supposed to get lenses, not glasses. After several minutes, she's trying to convince us that if you order the clip on sunglasses, the frames come with it (but they're not sold at the same price. We were only paying $62 for the clip and the glasses themselves were a few hundred dollars. Also, the glasses were an exact match for the ones hubby is already wearing). Anyway, after several minutes of trying to tell her, we didn't want the glasses, even if we weren't being charged for them, we just wanted them to know they had a few issues with staff they needed to work on, she says "Ok. I don't know what you want me to do. I'm already trying to give you the frames for free." I finally had to give up and stop saying anything to let hubby deal with it.

Puppy Update

So, last week I got excited because the co-worker who thought her dog was preggers said the dog had suddenly put on a bunch of weight, almost as if it happened overnight. YAY! The bad news? I just found out I'm actually number three on the list. The dog needs to have at least three puppies so I could have one. Most dogs this wouldn't be a problem, however this dog is a Yorkipoo. It seems Yorkies range in litters from 1-8 but the average seems to be right around 3. Things are going to have to go just right for me to get one at this rate.

Skin deep

The past few months I've been having issues with my skin. I don't know exactly what the deal is, but my face has broken out with some sort of acne type thing. I get several little pimples with white heads on them, that sometimes just seem to pop up out of no place. It seems sometimes like I won't have one and a few hours later, I've suddenly got several, any time, day or night.

I thought maybe I was getting them from the mask to my cpap unit, but I've been using Dawn to clean it and that doesn't seem to be helping. I've tried Stridex with some success but apparently, not enough. This week I've also started some sort of cream stuff that I think has hormones in it. I'm not sure what kind or what exactly it is, but I have a friend who's into Living Young and she's got me trying it. While I've been happy to see the severity of the pimples decrease, it seems my co-workers have now decided to make comments about my face. First off, why are they making comments now when it's been going on since about Christmas? Secondly, do they not think I get enough questions/comments/suggestions from family? Thirdly, is it just me, or do we think people in authority really shouldn't say "what happened to your face?" I don't like people.

Eyeglasses

Yesterday I went to pick up my very first set of eyeglasses. Everyone in my family wears them and I was told more than 10 years ago that I'd need them, but in the past few months I discovered the time had come. Monday after work my husband and I went to one of the local doctors that has late hours. Sure enough within a matter of minutes the doctor declared I needed them. Even though I wasn't looking forward to it, I did know it was coming. At my husband's suggestion, I'd asked my older sister to join us so she could help me pick out the right pair of frames as she's worn glasses for many years.

"Remember, the larger your lense is around, the bigger your field of vision will be. That's very important." She said this to me numerous times before the search even officially began so once it was underway, I tried my best to keep that in mind. Numerous times I resisted the urge to ask someone to lead me to the pink glasses. This being my first pair, I wanted to make sure the decision was what was best for me. Finally I'd managed to find two pairs that weren't too bad. One gold with nice round lenses and the other burgandy with smaller lenses. I really wanted the second pair, but having lived with my sister for the majority of my life I decided it would be best to get both pairs so down the road she woulnd't be able to say "see, you should have gotten the other ones". I showed them both to my husband who seems to think they're ok, and while not totally thrilled with getting 2 pairs, he lives with it because they're my first pairs and we'd just gotten our tax refund a few days before.

So, yesterday my husband says he's called to make sure the gold ones are ready. Since they're a spare pair, I decided not to have anything at all done to them, not even scratch guard. The other pair wouldn't be ready for at least a week as they were having a few things done to them. So, my husband then proceeds to tell me the office people had gotten confused thinking my glasses were his since they were "male" glasses. "Huh?" I asked. "You know, glasses for guys. I had a pair like them once. I thought you knew that." Ummm......no. So, my husband as well as the goober who took my order at the glass place knew they were glasses for men, but no one bothers to tell me. I go to pick them up and the girl behind the counter doesn't mention it to me either, not even after I've mentioned to her I've never had glasses.

The fact that I've now got a pair of men's glasses, isn't an issue for me. I don't really care one way or the other. I saw lots of horrible glasses I wouldn't be caught dead in, including a pair by Prada. I wear men's tennies a lot, my current Dumbo watch is the men's style and I like both men's flannel shirts and thermal underwear better than women's because they're warmer. So, what's my point? Couldn't someone have at least said something to me so I'd know before I paid for them? After that point, if I still wanted them, fine, but since I had never had glasses before, couldn't someone have said something? Just at least as an FYI?