PVD update/Purse inventory

• Sorry if I've been absent from your blogs lately (although I seem to have been able to write a decent number of posts on my own blog...!).  
• Floaters & flashes from my PVD (more than a week ago now) continue, albeit I only really notice the flashes in the dark as I'm getting into bed. 
• Went back to the optometrist yesterday. He says things continue to look good, but he wants me back in another two weeks to check things out again. Meanwhile, the restrictions on heavy lifting/straining continue. 
• Dh, of course, is the ultimate enforcer!! He won't let me do much of ANYTHING... & while it sounds nice in theory, in practice, it can be frustrating.  
• He doesn't like me sitting on the couch with the laptop -- and leaning over to set it on the floor, and then pick it up again... so he's set it up on the desk in the office and decreed if I want to use the laptop while my eye is healing, I need to use it in there.  Which is OK, except it's nowhere near as comfortable as the couch, the office chair keeps sllllloooowwwwwly lowering itself  (& then I need to jack it back up again!), and the screen is a little too low for comfort. I may have to get some books or photo albums to raise it to a more comfortable height. 
• I do most of my blog reading & commenting on my laptop;  hence, another reason why I've been absent lately... 
• I do have my blog reader app (Bloglovin) on my phone... and had to install it on my new phone this week. Unfortunately, whenever I open it, it won't take me to my feed. It makes me create a NEW feed with their recommendations first before it takes me to my own feed -- and then I have to delete all the crap they added. This happens EVERY TIME I try to open it. (It's fine on my laptop.) I seem to remember a similar issue when I put it on my old phone too, but it eventually started working OK.  I checked out the reviews on the app store & there were a lot of complaints along the same lines, so I'm obviously not the only one who finds this incredibly annoying...!  
• Dh was also eyeing my purse (which I carry on my right shoulder -- the right eye is the one that's bothering me).  I've already pared it down a fair bit from what I used to carry.... but yes, it still weighs a fair bit...! (Men, of course, never have to worry about these things, do they?)(In part, because all the stuff we haul around tends to benefit them too!)   
• The two weightiest items are my wallet and a smaller wallet/organizer that holds the loyalty/membership cards that don't fit in my regular wallet &/or that I don't use as often. I still always carry some cash (which I know marks me as a dinosaur in some quarters...), although I try to empty out most of my change after every outing -- those one & two-dollar coins really add up fast & add to the wallet weight! 
• I've pared my cards down quite a bit, discarding cards that I no longer use or that came from companies that no longer exist, etc... but there's still quite a bundle of them! I'm thinking about getting an app for at least some of my loyalty cards... a couple of my friends use & recommend Stocard. How about you? 
• Other stuff in my purse:  
• a stash of Lifesavers breath mints
• a pen
• condo & car keys/fob (pared down considerably from the keychain I used to carry around previously)
• a small makeup bag that holds a small container of cotton swabs, lip balm, emery board, small pair of folding scissors and a small bottle of lubricating eye drops
• another small makeup bag with a small tube of ibuprofen and a few packets of both Benadryl & Claritin
• a Ziploc bag containing two epi-pens
• a small package of Kleenex
• a small bottle of Purell hand sanitizer 
• a Ziploc bag with a couple of sanitary napkins & pantiliners (something men NEVER have to worry about...!)(& which I refuse to abandon until I'm firmly into menopause territory...!)
• a Ziploc bag with some restaurant coupons inside 
• glasses case with sunglasses & cleaning cloth inside
• I still carry around a small notebook with a key & quarter taped to the cover, and a a dog-earred, hilarious (to me) note that a high school friend gave to me as a joke gift for Christmas more than 40 (!) years ago -- it's been in my purse ever since then. :) 
• Oh yes, and my cellphone. :)  
• I could relate to this recent article in the Globe & Mail...! 
• For comparison's sake, here's a "what's in your purse?" post I did back in 2010!  
• My current purse is a black Baci bag, with lots of pockets & compartments. :) I think I got it for about $70-80, some years ago. It's starting to get rather worn, though, so I'm thinking I'll probably get rid of it when I switch purses soon for spring. :) 

(P.S.  After I wrote this post, dh came in & said, "I just finished looking through your purse... I have to say, I can't really find much that I think you can do without!"  HA!!) (But, he added, "It's still too heavy!"  I know. SIGH.)