JoyfulOne

@JoyfulOne (6232)

United States • Age 75

Joined myLot 18 years ago

Happiness is a choice

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JoyfulOne's Responses

My Confusion

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (160626) • United States 6 Mar 16

One of my connections posted to an old discussion of mine. I thought it was a recent old discussion, because I had posted to a same topic lately. It was about Robins. It was nice to see the discussion awoken, but it also was kind...

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JoyfulOne Hi Gerty! Blast from the past lol. I had to quit MyLot back during the year I had cataracts, couldn't see a danged thing on the computer! Then I've been swamped with a whole slew of other health issues, all of them permanent unfortunately. I'll be 70 in a...

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Chiropractors in the Services of Back Pain Patients

Ram Bansal @rambansal (574) • India 15 Jan 12

Chiropractor is a new profession to treat patients with lower back pain which is often caused by injuries in Spine, its joints and related soft tissues. The treatment includes principally spinal manipulation along with therapeutic...

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JoyfulOne Very true! I've gone to a chiropractor (on and off) for at least 20-25 years. The first time, my back was so far out of whack that I could only crawl. A relative suggested this one their friend went to, and I found much relief after the very first visit. Two...

15 Jan 12

would you take them home?

Cutie18f @Cutie18f (9551) • Philippines 23 Dec 11

When we eat at fast food restaurants usually we are given sachets of tomato sauce or if it is coffee or "halo-halo" sachets of sugar. However, very often we do not use them. Do you bring them home with you? To be honest, if it is...

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JoyfulOne Hi cutie! Yes, I do take them home. Actually, I keep a packet of different ones in a zip-lock bag in the glove compartment of my car. Sometimes when getting fast foods in the drive-through window, they forget to put them in, and it's handy to have some to use....

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How to reach the high note?

szz1990602 @szz1990602 (188) • China 23 Dec 11

I like singing very much, but it's always a problem that I can't reach the high note. I know the music teacher can solve it, but because of lack of enough time and money, I want to practice by myself. So are there any good ways to...

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JoyfulOne I had singing lessons many years ago, so maybe this might help. One thing to do is practice the scales...do-re-me-fa-so-la-ti-do. While you're practicing, do the scales at your normal pitch, then raise your pitch by a half (or whole) note and do them again....

23 Dec 11

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Sewing from fabric cut from clothes ...have you?

coffeebreak @coffeebreak (17798) • United States 21 Dec 11

Fabric is so expensive these days! I swear...30 years ago it was dollar a yard or so! Now it is $10 a yard! I just don't know how people can afford to sew anymore! But, I keep looking and watch for sales and things like that....

fabric

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where to get fabric

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JoyfulOne Isn't it just incredible what fabric costs anymore?! Yes, I have done that kind of thing before. More when my girls were little, and less now that they're adults with their own homes. I've also bought long dresses, and skirts, and then used that fabric to make...

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I am starting a new job

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (160626) • United States 17 Dec 11

I spend a lot of time yesterday filling out a lot of new hire paperwork for my new job. I am going back into the same type of job I used to have, but I will work for a different agency. I will work in the homes of adult disabled...

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JoyfulOne Good luck!! I hope this turns out to be the perfect job (well, as far as a job can be perfect anyways:-) I'm sure you won't be on as much with the new job, but we'll be thinking of you and missing you when you're not here! I just got 'officially retired' a...

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Ways I've used to help my back. What ways have you tried to take care of yours?

writersedge @writersedge (22563) • United States 17 Dec 11

I've had all of these: hot showers, cold packs, hot water bottle to sleep on, tylenol PM, sleeping in a sleeping bag, massage and the other day, my friend tried craniosacral therapy on me. Someone else I know is going to someone...

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JoyfulOne I've had a bad back since my teens when a horse I was breaking to ride stomped on my back! I do all kinds of things when it bothers me. I do gentle stretching exercizes to try and keep it limber. When it really nags me, I use a product called Theragesic. Lots...

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Bake or Buy?

anne25penn @anne25penn (3305) • Philippines 17 Dec 11

Every year I have been buying the cake for Christmas for our annual Christmas lunch which also serves as a family reunion. But with my mom gone and most of my family living abroad I will be spending Christmas with just my hubby. I...

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JoyfulOne I almost never buy baked goods, whether it's a cake, brownies, cookies, or whatever. Right now I'm making pumpkin rolls. We grow pumpkins, so it's truly homemade (I love pumpkin roll with it's cream cheese filling!! People love getting it for a gift too.) I'd...

17 Dec 11

Christmas Gift ?

Bitanur @Bitanur (14) 16 Dec 11

What will be best thing that I can present as a gift to my office friends..? Any suggestion

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JoyfulOne It would be hard to think of a gift not knowing what the kind of office is, or your office mates likes and dislikes. If your office has a coffee machine (where you get your own cup of coffee) then I'd probably get a coffee mug with a design that represents...

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Do you have enough silence in your life?

incredibleDNA @incredibleDNA (1742) • Philippines 15 Dec 11

I'm starting to think I'm lacking.

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JoyfulOne Well, since you have a little one, I'm positive you'd be wanting that lol! Actually, for me anyways, I have too much silence every day. I live on a farm in the middle of no-wheres-ville, and I'm home-bound for the past 10 years, so I look forwards to noise...

15 Dec 11

Spices.

hvedra @hvedra (1619) 15 Dec 11

Do you have a spice rack or, like me, an entire shelf in a cupboard of spices? I like spicy food, especially Indian food, and I'm lucky enough to have a good Indian supermarket nearby where the spices are cheap but very good so...

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JoyfulOne Like you, I have a whole shelf (or maybe two lol) devoted to spices & flavorings. I get my spices from different places, depending on what it is, and how hard they are to find. Simple spices I usually get from the supermarket, but others I have to sometimes go...

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Those who Served.

Viniox @Viniox (7) • United States 15 Dec 11

I just recently returned from Baghdad Iraq with the US Army. If you know anyone who has served or have served yourself I would like to hear your story and share my own.

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JoyfulOne I haven't served, but my nephew was in Iraq when he was an Army Ranger. I just wanted to say I'm glad you're home safe with your family again. And also to say thank you for serving our country, as well as to benefit other countries. When my nephew was in, I...

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Are gifts for teachers bribes?

incredibleDNA @incredibleDNA (1742) • Philippines 15 Dec 11

I just found this article and it says that they are making a law that teachers could be in jail, and pay $6000 fine for receiving gifts. I don't think this is appropriate as Christmas is a time for gift and love giving. I think...

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JoyfulOne I was just reading about that yesterday. I think it was in Alabama? I don't think a small reasonable gift would be considered a bribe, but just a momento of appreciation. I got my grandsons teacher a few rolls of 'awesome' & 'good job' stickers. She uses...

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Homemade Rice Krispie Treats

courtknee525 @courtknee525 (3742) • United States 15 Dec 11

I've always loved Rice Krispie cereal as well as the Rice Krispie treats they make. But, the homemade ones have always been my favorite. For some reason they just taste so much fresher and less sugary and processed than the ones...

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JoyfulOne Good for you making them yourself! We don't like the store bought ones either. I think the biggest difference is that they add preservatives so they can stay on the grocers shelf longer, and that changes the taste some. My grandson is always asking me to make...

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Do you think it´s fair to impose your way of eating to someone else?

marguicha @marguicha (222844) • Chile 13 Dec 11

Two of my grandsons decided to be vegetarians (I think one of them is vegan). My daughter and her youngest son love meat, yet food is done to meet the expectations of the older boys. I told my daughter that it wasn´t fair and the...

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JoyfulOne I know exactly what you're talking about. We've been through similar on both sides of my family too. What our family did was we made our meals just like we always did (meat included) but there was also a dish or two that would fit into a vegetarian meal. One...

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