New Jersey Baby Boomer

As members of the Baby Boomer generation, most of us are finding our eyesight isn’t what it used to be.  In spite of the fact that there are surgeries to improve site, or contacts, I prefer wearing eyeglasses.

There was an article written at examiner.com that made me think about our own experience purchasing glasses online…you can read the post about eyeglasses right here, written by a man who lived in Brooklyn, NY.

This was an honest review sharing how he was able to get glasses at a low price, was pleased with the glasses, and shared honestly why the glasses could be obtained at great discounts.

We have purchased glasses from the same source, and the prices are great…the fact that there aren’t designer frames, which there aren’t…but they are very fashionable, does not matter to us…in the present economy, getting glasses at somewhere between $8 and $50 dollars without insurance is amazing.

We did find that when we made our first purchase, we forgot to give proper measurements for the glasses, and had to send them back and get another pair, working out a fair arrangment with the seller. It’s important to provide your PD (pupilary distance) number…something you have to obtain from an optometrist.

You pick your frames and arrange everything online, it takes a couple weeks for your glasses to arrive by mail. For more information, you may want to stop by and take a look at holiday eyeglasses and then browse about the site and see for yourself what you can get for a great price.

You may or may not have heard of Squidoo, they’ve been around for 3-4 years.  It’s a fun place for writing single page web sites about…anything…and I love it!

Just recently I did one about making Cranberry Sauce that won lens of the day, and because of it, $1000 was given to a charity I chose, in my case, Soldiars Angels, and on the same week as Veterans Day which was a nice coincidence.  Stop by and visit if you like, Cranberry Sauce – from Bog to Table.  It takes you from the Cranberry Bog where we got the berries, to home where they are made into delicious whole berry sauce using ingredients from 2 vacation locations.

I also did one that’s about our town here in New Jersey, West Milford, NJ Quiz – What Do You Know?  And the one I think I told you about before, Weird New Jersey.

In fact, if you want to stop by and see how this NJ native spends some of her time, here’s my profile page on Squidoo with all of my lenses listed…they call a web page a “lens”:-)

In New Jersey, Auto Insurance is required, and according to New Jersey’s “Dept. of Banking and Insurance” site “the type and cost of that coverage can vary significantly. Every day, consumers are finding that there are options available to make it easier to comply with the law. The Automobile Insurance Cost Reduction Act mandated that a Basic Policy be available to all drivers.” Because of this, it’s not a bad idea to look into auto insurance quote for your own State to see what’s available.

While the rates you pay may be competitive, the penalties for driving without insurance are very severe…not only because of fines you pay, but because of the potential of losing your drivers license and not being able to drive to your place of employment, or the possibility of having your car empounded.

For more information on what to consider when getting a basic policy, click the “live link” above, and also visit the state.nj.us website and search “basic auto insurance policy” for our State guidelines.

How much do you know about me, the blogger? I do have an “about me” page you can visit to get to know me better. Do you know that even though I’m a nutritionist, I love a good cup of Arabaca Bean coffee? My husband tends to be the tea drinker in the house. He works with a gentleman from China who has introduced him to green tea, and how to drink it the way they do in china. I was recently introduced to white tea, which is also a healthy tea, and will have to tell him about this one, and see if his friend has heard of it. So there’s just a little tidbit about me, and a wish for you that you have a wonderful day!

Just down the road from me a few houses, a former neighbor of mine went through an experience that is becoming more and more common, and more and more public…identity theft. It had such an impact on her that she was unable to access her bank accounts, or use credit cards until matters were cleared up, and that doesn’t happen overnight. Ultimately, it upset the finances so much, that she never quite got back on her feet, at least in our neighborhood…and eventually sold her home and moved out of the area. While not everyone may experience such a dramatic affect, this is something we should be taking seriously.

Thankfully, we have many things available to us to protect us from these predators, and whether we take advantage of them or not is determined by how seriously we take the problem. I have been doing some things, like shredding or burning (in our woodstove) papers with personal info on them, being careful about giving out my social security number, and using care when I make a Credit Card Payment online.

People who research identity theft that takes place when you make a purchase online are finding that often employees at the place where you shop online are the guilty parties in stealing identity. This means you need some form of protection when you shop online, something to think seriously about as we approach the holiday season (I do all my Christmas shopping online!).

I visited a very helpful site today, you can get to it through the earlier “live link”, the site is called Shop Shield®, and offers protection by completely hiding your identity when you make a purchase with your credit card online. Your name, address, phone number, credit card numbers, passwords and email addresses are protected through their unique way of replacing that info with anonymous info. Your personal information is never made available to the website where you are shopping.

I’d suggest you visit the site to find out how this works. A few more thoughts:

- Service is FREE when you pay with a checking account.
- Secure Site Registration included with each transaction.
- Shop Shield® is Guaranteed 100% Secure!

The fall colors are beautiful right now…but many were surprised by the snow yesterday, that continues to fall very lightly this morning. Acorns and the clumps of wet snow falling from the leaves onto our cabin-home roof were an odd mix of sounds to listen to throughout the evening last night.

But it was enough to take me outside with my camera to try and capture a few pictures. I’m not really ready for snow, but better to enjoy it a bit than complain.

Happy fall? winter? to you.