Most if not all of you have heard the phrase, "purring like a kitten," right? Typically, it is used in reference to engines in that the running engine sounds like a kitten purring.

Well, I'm here today to tell you that Cleo, our cat, purs like an engine.

I think she even revs her purring at times, too.

And I'm not wearing contacts or glasses!  I love it! 

I had LASIK surgery Friday and it was the best experience I could have asked for.  There was no pain, and it was all over in less than 20 minutes.  I told David afterward that the most discomfort I felt was when they put numbing drops in my eyes-it stung a little-sort of like having soap in my eyes.  After that, the hardest part was convincing myself I really needed to take it easy the rest of the day-and try to keep my eyes closed as much as possible like the doctor recommended even though I felt fine.  

I went for my check-up one day after surgery and read the eye chart-20/20 vision!  Hooray!

Soon we'll post pictures-the before and after-and one of me in my stylish sleeping goggles.  :)

~Cara

So, I went to our eye doctor today for a regularly scheduled appointment. It was a fairly standard appointment, but I did notice something that I think warrants a small change...

You know how, when visiting an optometrist, they ask you to read the lowest line possible on the eye chart? And they ask you to do it for each eye?

What's to prevent someone from MEMORIZING the line for the first eye and just spouting it off for the next eye?!? Or even memorize it from the last time?!?

That's why I propose that eye charts use random numbers and letters. I predict that it will make the test much more accurate.

But then again, maybe I'm crazy for having noticing little things like this.

David

Note - my eyes actually have different prescriptions so the eye chart actually DOES look different between my right eye to my left eye. I'm not completely crazy.

In planning the surprise party for Cara's Mom, emails to discuss details were labeled with the subject line: "Top Secret Mission." Now that the mission has been accomplished, we've posted the evidence for you to see. Birthday party pictures can be seen be clicking here.