Both the ophthalmologist and Zenni were most helpful with Mom’s glasses. The Ophthalmologist confirmed the glasses were made to his prescription. He noted that one eye had a significant difference between his prescription and Mom’s old backup glasses. He suggested we try getting glasses half way between the old and new. I returned the glasses to Zenni, who gave us a full credit towards a new pair of glasses. We ordered new glasses yesterday before her retina specialist’s appointment. They should arrive in a couple of weeks.

Work on our house is continuing. The upper wall and deck are done. The lower back wall of our house was stone. The new stone is up. This is faux stone that has no structural function. The faux stone is made from spun cement, shaped and colored to look like stone. There are several layers involved in the stone wall. They start with a cement and chicken wire layer (just like ferrocement). After that sets for a couple of weeks, they glue each stone to the wall with more cement. After the cement sets, they come back and put in the mortar. The next step for our unit is to put up the mortar. It feels like we’re coming to the end of the construction on our unit. They still think they will be done with the entire neighborhood this spring.

We have a very steep hill behind our house. It’s on the north side, so the house blocks the sun. It’s extremely muddy and slippery. The construction crew has a hard time moving themselves and their material to the back of the house. Several of our neighbor “lookey loos” walked behind the house only to fall in the mud. The board felt compelled to issue a warning. Whatever “they” say about old people being wise is continuously being proved wrong by example. It’s going to be a tough job restoring the grass when construction is done.

That’s in for this week. I hope this finds everybody doing well.