Just needed to be heard for a little while

Pyxis

whitewing wrote: »

I am also excited about your cupboard of doom. I think you will have to tell us the story of every item there is in there so we can roar 'stash it!' or 'trash it!

Just what I was going to suggest! Would it help you to dispose of things if we give validation to you doing so for various items?
A lot of things can possibly be recycled or freecycled or charity-shopped?

katsu

WaS - you can get opticians that come to your house. A relative of mine can't get out and had an optician come to the house to do the eye test and then offer a limited choice of frames. Not as cheap as the high street deals but great if you can't get there.

I can't remember if it was a national thing or what it was called - ring any bells for anyone?

whitewing

It won't feel abandoned.It will be excited that it gets its own adventure.

First 'cupboard of doom' challenge for you is to let your partner choose 1 item that he can take out with him when he next leaves the flat. This will help you to trust - trust us that we can help improve your life, and trust him that he knows you well enough to choose appropriately.

Pyxis

katsu wrote: »

WaS - you can get opticians that come to your house. A relative of mine can't get out and had an optician come to the house to do the eye test and then offer a limited choice of frames. Not as cheap as the high street deals but great if you can't get there.

I can't remember if it was a national thing or what it was called - ring any bells for anyone?

Yes you can do this, I was going to mention that as well! I think it's just a question of ringing round opticians to find one who does home visits.

Pyxis

This is a specsavers site:


Your free home eye test explained
You can be sure that with Specsavers Healthcall, your eye test will be thorough and will be carried out with all the care and attention you’d expect. All our visiting opticians are fully qualified and are experienced in conducting eye tests at home. We are proud of our high standards of service and will do everything we can to make our visit as straightforward as possible.

Request a home visit


You can either request a home visit online or by phone.
We’ll take a few details to ensure that you are eligible for a free home eye test and then arrange a convenient time to visit.
Call us on
0800 198 1132
request a home visit online
Optician conducts an eye test at home


Your optician will visit your home at the pre-arranged time and will call an hour before the appointment to check that it is still convenient. During the visit they will ask you about your eyecare history and any problems you may be having. They will then conduct an eye test, using equipment specially designed for use in the home.
Choose your glasses


If your eye test shows that you need glasses there are hundreds to choose from, in price ranges from £25 to £149. We can help find the most suitable ones for you. If you qualify for NHS funding towards the cost of glasses, you may be eligible for a free pair.
New glasses delivered to your home


We’ll deliver your new glasses within 14 days of our visit. However, as your glasses are individually made to your prescription, it may take a little longer, if this is the case, we will let you know.
You will also receive a written record of the outcome of your eye test and of the glasses you have chosen.
If you have any concerns about your glasses within three months of the date of purchase, get in touch and we will put it right. No quibble, no fuss.
Find out if you qualify
for free glasses
Find out if you qualify
for a free home eye test

elsien

Specsavers do it, so I would imagine some of the other nationals do as well.
http://www.specsavers.co.uk/home-eye-tests/eligibility

Edit - first time I have something useful to say on this thread which I've been lurking on for a while as it's so interesting, and I get pipped at the post!

whitewing

Just mind you don't get confused and think the optician's there to do your smear test. That'll be a shock for him.

I love this sight (typo- site) - I never knew they'd come out to people's homes. Seems the sort of thing that is useful to know.

ETA: You do realise that you have to be our eye test guinea pig, if you feel strong enough.

Pyxis

elsien wrote: »

Edit - first time I have something useful to say on this thread which I've been lurking on for a while as it's so interesting, and I get pipped at the post!

Don't worry! Whitewing had just pipped me twice!


Haha Whitewing! Confusing eye and smear tests would be a shock for someone! Made me giggle!:)

whitewing

Now I want to make a joke about curly hair but that would be going too far.

jobbingmusician

OK, I'm back. Sorry, been running from pillar to post all day.

Now, I've made some progress about the mystery post whateverthenumberwas. But I need some help. So the next bit is in white so WaS can keep it as a surprise for as long as she likes. Read it by highlighting it.

I've done WaS a certificate which lists all the qualities we love about her, from Team WaS. It's in Word, but I simply can't work out how to post it on here so it shows. I have tried:

copying and pasting into here (only the text copies, not the border. Or only the border, not the text)
taking a screenshot and pasting into paint, then cropping. My problem with that is that as far as I've ever been able to work out, you can only crop what you can see. So the whole certificate has to be on one screen. So I reduced the size. But then you can't read the writing

I think what it needs is to be saved from Word into a pdf. But I can't do this on my home computer OR work computer. Although I could do it on one of the Admin computers at work if I had time. Do any of you have the ability to do this on your computer, as I could email you the file????? Or any ideas about how to upload a word document to a file sharing site? (I might be able to save it as a Google doc, for example?)

WaS, has anyone ever shown you how to brush your hair? I ask because no-one ever taught me, and I didn't learn until I was an adult! (And I have straight hair, which is MUCH easier!!!!) Until I was an adult I assumed that you start at the parting and brush to the ends. Of course this means that your hair gets pulled. If you brush the bottom two inches first, and move upwards a couple of inches at a time, it means you are only untangling two inches of hair at a time, then moving the brush through already untangled hair. Why did no-one ever tell me this!

Ha ha, the preview looks so funny, because all you can see in the white bit are the emoticons! :rotfl:

Also - I'm completely blown away by that lovely set of targets! What a strong and determined person you are, WaS! And also by all the new, useful information on the thread today. Home eye tests - wow! I'm learning such a lot.