elizabethprata posted: " By Elizabeth Prata In May, I had some floaters and wisps appear in one of my eyes. These are part of the gel at the back of the eyeball that, when one ages, (ahem!) some of it slips loose of their pocket and then floats around the eyeball. They become" http://elizabethprata.wordpress.com
In May, I had some floaters and wisps appear in one of my eyes. These are part of the gel at the back of the eyeball that, when one ages, (ahem!) some of it slips loose of their pocket and then floats around the eyeball. They become visible since now they are at the front of the eyeball and not at the back. Hence, the name 'floater'. It's a black dot. LOL, if you try to look right at a floater it scoots to the side. But when I read, it hovers in front, aggravatingly.
Seriously though, they could indicate a retinal tear or an imminent detachment. I hurried to the Opthamologist in May then to my regular optometrist in June, since I was due for an annual checkup anyway. All was well. But she still had me come back in a month, so this was that follow-up visit. All is still well.
Gas is pricey so I combined errands. I'd invited a friend to meet me after my eye doctor visit to the women's shelter thrift store. (Project Safe). Their store is for the women who come through, who have a voucher and can choose any clothing, books, décor, or furniture to start their lives over again. As for the rest of the shopping public, the store is open to anyone and prices are amazing. The people that work there are volunteers and they have a real commitment to getting items back into the community. The manager woman I spoke with was excited that my friend and I were buying kids' books for our respective classrooms.
Kids' books are a quarter.
I need to re-stock my school library since this year I have my own classroom and my day is no longer split between classroom parapro and school interventionist. Now I'm 100% school literacy interventionist. The literacy interventionist should have books in her room, no? But they are so expensive!
Not at Project Safe. So that was where I headed after the doctor, and we had a good time. I also needed a new table for my front entry. I'd gotten one about 5 years ago for $5 and that is about the price I wanted to spend again. Voila! I found one, along with some summer décor. I have 2 bins of Christmas, a whole shelf for Thanksgiving, another for Valentines. Nothing for summer. One must not have a bare doorstoop!
Here is my haul:
The decor: the round tray is metal and was 50 cents. The framed flower was $1, as was the box of hanging signs 'for every season'.
Inside the box were 5 wooden signs with chains to hang them. I put the flower basket outside, the flag in the shelf for next 4th of July, and the pumpkin, rabbit, and snowman will come to school to be used in my classroom.
Here's how it looks
I scored some theology books. One of my favorite themes of the Bible is the 6-day creation, so when I saw Ken Ham's book, I nabbed it for 50 cents. Commentaries from solid resources are always welcome. The Our Home in Heaven is by WA Criswell of the First Baptist Church of Dallas and a two-term elected president of the Southern Baptist Convention from 1968 to 1970. He was an important part of the Conservative Resurgence.
Here are the kids' books I got for my classroom
I then did some run of the mill errands, and came home and took a nap. Shopping is tiring!
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