I've always been short, 4'11 in my youth and I've shrunk as I've aged.
I met up with my oldest grandson on Thursday, he was highly amused when he realised I only came half way up his chest!
I'm also losing my sight along with my hearing. I wear hearing aids but nothing can be done about my eyesight. I had surgery but it failed, in fact it made it worse.
I'm having to give up my kindle as I can no longer see stuff on it, so I decided to fire up my laptop to see if I can use that.
The problem with the laptop is that it's big and heavy, I can't sit with it on my knee as it soon gets too hot.
I decided to look into buying a small table, one where the legs will go under the sofa. At this point Steve decided to take over the buying decision.
He decided to fit wooden blocks to lift the sofa so the large castors on the table he chose will slide under the sofa. He did this before the table arrived and once it did arrive he realised the blocks supporting the table need to be bigger!
The second blocks have now been made and fitted, the sofa is raised up and the table slides underneath.
Steve's next job is to make a ladder so Beano and I can access the sofa!
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These men are a pain in the ass sometimes, aren't they?! Mine has made a few careless mistakes lately. Oh, and I was weighed/measured at the GP surgery the other day, seems I've also lost 1" in height.
Good idea switching to your laptop for reading! A friend of mine uses hers for the option of greatly enlarging the size of fonts.
I hope that I can help.
My husband works from home and uses a laptop on his lap. (A reclining position helps his back)
He uses a laptop cooling fan. They work, which is the most important thing, are light to handle and about £20 from the large American river company!
Oh dear, another table would have been easier..
Being only 5'2" in a family of giants - I can sympathize. As for the table - I am typing on the exact one you need - it's called a C table and I got it from IKEA - I can't believe how complicated your husband makes everything!
Hester, I use a bean bag tray to hold my laptop as I sit in my armchair. It stops the heat transference and I find it to be just the right height to see the screen. The bean bag tray is also regularly in use when I'm enjoying a meal whilst watching TV!!
I'm now three inches shorter than I was, which was five feet ten and a half inches. Now I'm half an inch shorter than I was at age eleven! and I felt like a midget giving my six foot something son a hug. But we now live in Wales where a lot of people are much shorter than I am.
Gosh that did make me laugh ... briefly. What a right royal pain in the arse men can be. I am also shorter than I used to be 5'3" instead of my old 5'6". Three inches lost and sadly my BMI went up accordingly.
Hope all is well in your little corner of the world. I can't imagine the patience you must have with Steve, he would be dead and buried in the garden with a nice hydrangea bush planted above him.
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