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chocomouse.Glad all went well. Now time to rest.
Glad you're doing well Mike,take care!
Glad that all is well, Mike.
Glad to hear you're on the mend!
They took the patch off today and the left eye is SO much better. I can actually see fine print on the computer screen and on the TV. The colors are brighter, too.
I get the other eye done in two weeks.
That's exciting, Mike!
That's great, Mike! For me, the big deal was getting rid of the magnifying glass I carried in my bag, mostly to read ingredient and nutrition labels at the grocery store.
On Saturday, I baked my Rye-Barley Crispbread. I wanted a cracker that would be around for me for a while. My husband usually avoids them due to the sesame seed. The recipe works so much better for me now that I just knead the dough by hand for 15 minutes after letting the stand mixer combine it.
I also baked my version of King Arthur’s Pompanoosuc Porridge Bread, once again baking it in the uncovered Emile Henry long baker. My version includes replacing 1 cup of water with a cup of buttermilk, which I stir into the cooked porridge (use 1 cup water and ½ cup of the dry porridge). I cut the salt to 1 ½ tsp. and the yeast to 1 ¾ tsp. I replace the sugar with 1 ½ Tbs. maple syrup and the butter with 1 ½ Tbs. olive oil. I let the Zo do the kneading.
By the way, King Arthur has the Pompanoosuc porridge back in stock.
So happy you can see better Mike!
I hadn't quite gotten to the point where I was carrying around a magnifying glass, but I have used my iPhone to take pictures of some product labels and blow them up to the point where I could see them. That's a combination of the eyes and the tiny print on some labels. And the ones with black ink on a red background are almost unreadable no matter what you do.
I won't know until after the 2nd surgery but there's a good chance I might not have to wear glasses all the time, possibly not even for driving.
I've wondered if advertisers, etc, realize that putting black ink on many colored backgrounds renders the ad impossible for lots of us to read? I suppose they think it's showing their technical talent.
