My DIY Computer Glare Reading Glasses!

My eyes are fried lots of times from the glare of the computer screen. I realize many of you have fancy monitors that you can adjust but a lot of us do not have that option. I will eventually buy a pair of "real" reading glasses that are properly tinted to alleviate the dry eyes and tired feeling of the computer screens, but I need something now. It also aggravates that gray blur in the middle of the one wonky eye with the dry macular degeneration.

SO, I first tried just putting a pair of sunglasses right over my readers at the computer. Very clumsy. Did NOT work. BUT it made me quickly realize I liked the way my eyes felt right away. Sunglasses are also darker than what the "real" special glasses are tinted with.

Next, I tried putting those wraparound humongous sunglasses over my readers, the kind you get after cataract surgery. Way too dark, way too dark...

THEN, I spotted a curled up piece of brown plastic that I kept meaning to throw away. There is a reason, my friends, a reason why we do not toss some things - just sayin' -  It was the throw-away roll-up plastic sunglasses a lot of opticians and specialists offer folks when they are leaving the office after eye dilation, until eyes are normal again. Hmmm, says I.

I took my hole punch and punched a hole on each side. I found 3 green twist ties (I always get a few extra when I'm at the produce area getting them for the plastic produce bags), and tied one in the center, then on the two sides. Voila! It worked just fine for the computer. They're not as dark as real sunglasses. My eyes love the rest.

You should really put the center twist tie on first to hold the silly frisky rolling thingie in place, then do the sides. I had to poke a second hole on one side, further in from the edge, to make it fit nicely over the readers.

These work just fine for now. I am ever so happy... once in a while I do something smart and really surprise myself!

Rolling along...