Somthing I Cannot Live Without:`

My glasses.

I have worn contacts for years. Until recently, I was not in a position financially to purchase glasses because the glasses I did *find and like* were ridiculously expensive.

In the past year, I have had two bouts of pink eye. Don't ask me how I got pink eye because I don't know. No one I had contact with had pink eye. But pink eye means you cannot wear contacts until it clears up -- along with looking mighty gross.

So, during the second bout, I searched for coupons for a local frame shop and found a great deal - 2 pairs for $150. I had money in my HSA account and I was off! I also bought contacts at that time (enough for six months).

However, I love my glasses so much and really feel that they represent my personal style so well that I have not been in contacts for a year now.

I cannot live without my glasses.

ON THE NEEDLES: the second Give a Hoot mitten and the Hanami
ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Graveyard Book by Gaiman
ON THE iPOD: Weight Loss and the Mind podcast
ON THE TABLE: Sliced hardboiled eggs, cheese and butter on Wheaty Rolls

Something I Cannot Live Without....

Something I cannot live without....

My French Press. Brewed coffee tastes like muddy dirt now. Gas station coffee is rancid and I would rather have a migraine from lack of caffeine than drink that junk. I am ruined.

I drink a fairly decadent cup of coffee, especially when low carbing. I throw 1/3 cup of heavy cream into a cup with two Splendas. I then add coffee to the mix until it is just the right color. It is amazing that I can drink such a rich cup of coffee and lose weight.

Yesterday, I couldn't find my French Press when I got up. Grace had put the dishes away and she must have put the press away somewhere strange because it was nowhere to be seen. I *almost* went in and woke her up at 5:00 a.m. on a Saturday morning to tell me where she hid it. But then I found it. My precious.

Yep, I cannot live without it.

ON THE NEEDLES: Baby Daddy's Has Cold Feet and
ON THE BOOKSHELF: The Graveyard Book by Gaiman
ON THE iPOD: Sweaters for Dragons podcast
ON THE TABLE: Shrimp (done up the Splendid Table way - absolutely AMAZING - the recipe for freshening up frozen shrimp is worth the price of the book alone!), broccoli and pasta for the family.