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Yay for youngest son Tabitha! I can imagine the angst of wanting to know the result & being scared at the same time.
Good idea Beloved re possible re-do in future.
 
I had a long day at work today - mainly spent sitting at my desk, and that's unusual. I've been for a short walk tonight, but still feeling the effects of too much sitting. I might have to push myself to do some stretches tonight!
 
Basement is kicking my ass. It's taking me forever to fur out these windows. I'm too much of a perfectionist.

Edit: 16'x10' yoga studio complete, ready for electrical inspection and drywall:

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I think they're going to love the look of that huge glass area. Picked up three sheets of 6' high x 4' wide x 1/2" thick tempered glass for that space.
 
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Clear, so the kids can be watched mid-workout. Might put up window coverings on the inside, but that's later. She's a big yoga and workout nut. It's prewired for in-ceiling speakers and a TV on the left side of the picture there.
 
Holy crap! I thought mine were bad (badly myopic + progressives for reading) but I've never had to pay that much (though I often go over what my insurance covers).

My son saw a documentary a couple years ago about how one company (Luxottica) pretty much controls the major part of the business (including Lenscrafters) which is why it has gotten so expensive. Walmart is one of the few places that isn't under their thumb and even they are by no means cheap.
 
Mendalla said:
Holy crap! I thought mine were bad (badly myopic + progressives for reading) but I've never had to pay that much (though I often go over what my insurance covers).

My son saw a documentary a couple years ago about how one company (Luxottica) pretty much controls the major part of the business (including Lenscrafters) which is why it has gotten so expensive. Walmart is one of the few places that isn't under their thumb and even they are by no means cheap.
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I have a very high prescription - and need progressive lenses to boot. Next time I will go elsewhere. My wife has a friend who's an optician.
 
Badly myopic (something like 925 in each eye), some astigmatism, progressive - with the recommendation that I have ultra-thin (which in this prescription would be pretty thick) and anti-glare - my glasses were in the $600-$700 range - and that picking economical frames.
Since I had cataract surgery a few years ago, I no longer need to correct myopia (the artifical lens does that), but it seems my astigmatism is more noticeable and I need reading glasses. So I have progressives with anti-glare that I wear most of the time - and glasses with the bottom half of the lens for reading if I am reading fine print or for long periods of time. So I am still paying a lot for glasses.
 
Seeler said:
Badly myopic (something like 925 in each eye), some astigmatism, progressive - with the recommendation that I have ultra-thin (which in this prescription would be pretty thick) and anti-glare - my glasses were in the $600-$700 range - and that picking economical frames.
Since I had cataract surgery a few years ago, I no longer need to correct myopia (the artifical lens does that), but it seems my astigmatism is more noticeable and I need reading glasses. So I have progressives with anti-glare that I wear most of the time - and glasses with the bottom half of the lens for reading if I am reading fine print or for long periods of time. So I am still paying a lot for glasses.
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My myopia is higher than yours, and I'll be getting ultrathin - antiglare - progressive lenses. The frames were $275. - the protection plan $25. - and the lenses around $500.
 
My left eye is up around 12 now (it's quite a bit worse than my right), so my glasses exorbitant as well. Also, have to have two pairs now, one for computer work, one for distant, both bifocals, although I've only got the more expensive progressive lens in one pair; I live with a bifocal line in my computer glasses. Insurance compensation for this level of correction is laughable. Covered $300 out of $1100 last year. And I buy cheap frames, and re-use them as possible.
 
chansen said:
Clear, so the kids can be watched mid-workout. Might put up window coverings on the inside, but that's later. She's a big yoga and workout nut. It's prewired for in-ceiling speakers and a TV on the left side of the picture there.
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Wow!
 
Good morning everyone! How is everyone this fine January weekend? Any exciting plans.

Right now I am still in my jammies, sipping on hot water, reading, and playing on Wondercafe2.

We are having such crazy weather here these days. Thursday is warmed up to around -2 - which brought freezing rain. Friday morning it was around the same temperature, it started cooling off as the day went on - around -8 in the late afternoon and then -17 overnight. Which means everything wet has frozen. There is a fine layer of crusty ice on the snow, and the sidewalks are slippery. We are supposed to get snow later today.

I have four projects on the go . . . a worship service to prepare for in early February, a package to prepare and mail, some pictures to edit, work on, and print for a friend, and Valentine's cards to make.

How about you . . . anything exciting on the go?
 
BetteTheRed said:
My left eye is up around 12 now (it's quite a bit worse than my right), so my glasses exorbitant as well. Also, have to have two pairs now, one for computer work, one for distant, both bifocals, although I've only got the more expensive progressive lens in one pair; I live with a bifocal line in my computer glasses. Insurance compensation for this level of correction is laughable. Covered $300 out of $1100 last year. And I buy cheap frames, and re-use them as possible.
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I can really empathize with you here Bette. My eyes are around 12. One is about 11.5 and the other 12.5. My insurance will pay only $200. Of the cost. Still - that's better than nothing.
 
Pr. Jae said:
The frames were $275.
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This is one area where I've kind of lucked out. A couple pairs back, I found a relatively inexpensive (by Lenscrafter's standards) frame that I like and that looks decent on me (I'm no fashion plate so not fussy about these things) and it was still available when I bought my last pair so I now have two pairs of the same frame. Next time, I'll see if they can just change out the lenses in one of them. I think it was one of their $99 frames or some such sub-$200 figure.
 
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