Chit Chat Thread for the week of March 14th, 2011

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Hi guys,

I think it is time to let you guys know what is happening in my life right now.

Jon and I are in the middle of getting divorced. We are having a "Good Divorce" and planning on continuing to work together here at POI-Factory.

I have put some aspects of my job on hold for now while we focus on this event in our lives. I am still doing camera updates and new files. I am not doing updates to existing projects or loading icons and sounds right now. I will still be doing the COW awards and my regular Chit Chat thread every Monday.

I am going to need to go get a full time job outside of this company to help pay my bills. I will still be keeping up with my regular responsibilities here on the site. My response time might be a bit delayed in some cases but I am still watching every move you make;)

Thank you all for all of your support over the years, it has meant a lot to me. I also appreciate your understanding during this stressful time in my life.

Sincerely,

Miss POI

Take care this week. What a nice upcoming weekend.

Keeping it alive

Corpus Christi, Tx. to be adding more Red light cameras in the very near future. They are still trying to figure out a way to enforce payments from the over 25,000 unpaid tickets from the existing cameras!

As a golfer daylight savings time means I can play after work!

Best wishes as you move forward!

Hope everything works out on the eye surgery for you today.I will need to do the same thing down the road.

Sorry to hear that your vows have become a statistic to today's broken family list, be decent in dissolving the marriage because your children have the most to lose.

As for the POIFactory will see what happens! just maybe it's time for some moderators to help with your load.

Good luck

So sorry to see you go through this ordeal.Take your time.

Yup, same thing happened to me. My old prescription glasses actually made my vision worse. My distance vision had improved to 20-20 and the old glasses now had too much correction. I waited a week until I had the second eye done and went out and bought a pair of drugstore reading glasses (1.75) for reading books, newspapers, etc. The final follow-up appointment (1 month after surgery) is in about 2 weeks. Right now I need no correction for distance vision (I can wear plain sunglasses for driving and see fine... even the numbers on the car's instrument panel).

The eyes are still changing as they heal so don't be too quick to spend a lot of money on new prescription glasses. I may not get any at all. So far, the drug store glasses are fine for reading.

I did have to get a second (less strong) pair of drug store readers (1.00) for the PC screen, which I am wearing now.

It always saddens me to hear this, whatever the reason. I hope you and Jon continue to have a "good divorce." I've been there and know how stressful it can be.

My best wishes to both of you during this difficult time.

Anything you need, any help I can provide, I will be glad to do.

Hopefully this one isn't in poor taste (apologies if it is taken that way) but ...

Q: Do you know why 50% of today's marriages end in divorce?

A: The bride doesn't marry the best man!

. . .sad news ^^^ when it comes along, nonetheless. Best wishes going forward.

Best wishes Miss Poi

I am so sorry to hear this news. My best wishes for stability and hapiness in your lives to both of you. Be well, be kind.

Good Luck to you both! Thanks for finding time to keep, "watching every move [we] make". Again, we wish you well.

V/R,

sewisdom

As my old boss said once everything you do is a memory, wheather it is good or bad. Hope everything works out for you and Jon and the kids. We are here for support if needed.

That is so sad. I went through it myself and it is such a hard and upsetting time in ones life. My heart goes out to you both.

in Tampa.

Large glass of very cold milk and some Girl Scout cookies... and the house to myself for the next 2 hours....

Thinking of You and Jon and the Kids. Take all the time you need. We can wait and ready to help if you need us.

and then "life" steps in". A quote from my old (previous)pastor, and it is so, so true.

You have literally thousands of people pulling for you as you go through this, and I am amongst them, best of luck!

Our thoughts are with all of you during this difficult period of time. Remain strong, your children need both of you. 

in Sonoma this week using my garmin.

tomorrow in Dogtown for all members of the POI-Factory. This is the greatest Irish celebration in MO, and probably the Midwest. Since I am mostly German, I am only I.B.M, (Irish By Marriage).

Tomorrow is St Patrick's Day. Don't forget to wear your green.

By the time you read this, it may already be St Patrick's Day. You can buy some simple green beads at WalMart or Walgreen's or CVS - just case you are already dressed and out and about.

Happy St Patrick's Day!!!

Heck no! I like getting pinched by the gals!

St Patrick's Day is here.Going out for lunch and have Corn Beef and Cabbage.

The best of wishes.

Happy St Patrick's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day

Got a Corned Beef & Cabbage Stew going in the slow cooker... smells really good.

I had cataract surgery to implant an IOL, artificial lens. About a week later I had a Retinal Detachment in the same eye. More surgery, tougher than the first, that changed my vision. The lens had me right on the money at 20/20, but the scleral buckle changes the shape of the eye and hence the vision needed to be corrected with a contact lens.

Waiting for the surgery on the "good" eye as the cataract worsens. but all in all I am very thankful to have vision. I wore glasses for nearly 35 years and don't wear them anymore except cheap readers.

Good luck to both of you with your vision situations.

wishing you the best of you all move forward.

One more day before the weekend.

I am getting better in the left eye as I can read the pc screen and some mail. I get the other one done on the 5th of april. will wait until after that before getting anything as every day gets better. Hope everyone is doing good with their operation and thanks for the pep talk and support.

Hello all.

Hi

Glad to hear you are doing well, John. What you describe sounds pretty much like my first few days. Try to be patient (I had a hard time with that). It gets better day by day.

The one thing I noticed in between having the eyes done was how much whiter & brighter everything looked through the first eye as compared to the not-yet-done eye. I would look at something, cover one eye with my hand and then switch my hand to the other eye. The same scene seen through the one eye that had been done, was so much whiter & brighter. Do you notice that difference?

My Best wishes to you Miss POI and Jon and the kids.

Miss Poi, & Mr. John, I am truly sorry that you great folks are separating. Good Luck!!

Happy Thursday

Happy Friday.

Have a good day everyone.

Gary yes I have tried that and there is a big difference. I am now seeing the computor without and glasses at all just not staying on it very long. I am driving the wife nuts with all the bright things I can see.

I use to have a theme song that was "on the road again" by Willie Nelson now it is "I can see clearly now the fog has gone" Can't remember the full name but it sounds good.

Sad to say that we only have two more weeks here in Florida and then we head back up north to Canada. What a bummer.

Hello all!

I did the same thing with my wife. lol! Drove her nuts, too. The difference was just so dramatic. You don't realize how your eyes slooowly deteriorate over the years.

Are you thinking of the Johnny Nash song
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HagzTRmUBIE