Kristie Benjamin

@Novelangel (394)

United States • Age 55

Joined myLot 13 years ago

I'm a photographer and professional writer who is taking a break from the stresses of article writing and trying to get a start in the world of blogging.

www.imxprs.com/free/novelangel/the-photography-of-kristie-and-paul-benjamin

Discussions (22)

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Kristie Benjamin's Discussions

Are You a Big Tipper?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 22 Apr

Tipping is kind of a controversial topic in some venues. People have differing opinions on the subject, some reasoning that the perfect tip amount is 30%, while others prefer 20%, 15%, or even !0%. I tend to tip at 20% in...

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Bizarre weather and Viruses

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 19 Apr 23

So where I live the temperature keeps going up and down. One day it's 30 degrees and the next it's tee short and shorts weather. The day after that another ice age begins and ends by noon. Welcome to the wild and wooly midwest....

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Eggs or Chicken?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 9 Feb 23

So now eggs are so expensive there are entrepreneurs out there who are renting out laying hens to people who can't afford to buy eggs. As goofy as that sounds, it's definitely a thing. At the same time, we can go in the store and...

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Can You Hear Me Now? Is the Smart Phone All That Smart?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 6 Apr 16

I just got my first smart phone... (yeah, I'm a bit of a tightwad...LOL) and it brought back to my mind a problem I've noticed for a while now when trying to call people who only use smart phones. Namely this... it's really hard...

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If You Built it...What Would it Be?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 25 Sep 15

I'm talking about a restaurant, actually. In a recent discussion about people's dreams I mentioned my on-again, off-again fantasy about running a fast food joint that only sells healthy, well-cooked menus for an...

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Are You a Dog Person or Cat Person....Or....

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 23 Sep 15

Me? I'm cat people myself. Have raised cats my whole life, or should I say I have been raised by cats my whole life. I like the interior "plumbing" feature that cats have...they use a litterbox indoors and all I...

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Do You Have a GPS in Your Head?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 21 Sep 15

I, unfortunately, do not. I have always maintained that I could easily get lost in a walk-in closet, but my hubby has this weird power over the universe where he knows exactly where he is no matter what. On our honeymoon he was...

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Do You Have a Long Drive to Visit Family?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 20 Sep 15

Three hours! That's how long we have to drive when we visit my parents. We only do that drive once a month but we stay all day and have a real good time. When you visit family is it a long trip? Do you drive? Fly? Take a bus or...

visiting family

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Okay...Admit it. You Do it All The Time....

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 18 Sep 15

Eat fast food, that is. Do you? I know a lot of people who refuse to admit that they have ever darkened the door of a fast food joint. (What a shock it must be to them when they first discover that nobody really cares. LOL) My...

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What Would You Do....?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 17 Sep 15

You buy a family member a nice gift for Christmas. They open it and they say something sarcastic like, "oh, just what we need, more knick-knacks to dust", or something like that. Then, six months later they invite you over to...

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A Penny Saved...You Know What They Say.

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 17 Sep 15

I found a penny on the sidewalk today. Yes, it came home to live with me. I always try to pick up coins that I spot when I'm out and about. Sometimes it's just a penny, other times a dime or a quarter or a nickel. Do you pick up...

saving found coins

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Issue with My Activities in myLot

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 16 Sep 15

Hmmm. I seem to have vanished. Someone mentioned that my list of activities is gone, and when I try to see it for myself I get a timeout, please refresh error message. I refreshed, same result. I...

clearing cookies

refreshing the page

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Have You Ever Gone to a Foreign Country?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 16 Sep 15

In 2009 I spent three weeks in the Philippines where I hung out with a bunch of my Filipina friends. I encountered the differences in culture, and thoroughly enjoyed it! I spent a few days in Dumaguete City where I spent a lot of...

foreign country

flower festival

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6 people

Slow Keyboard Issues in myLot

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 16 Sep 15

Yesterday as I was posting in here, I suddenly noticed that I had forgotten how to spell... Or at least that's what it looked like. I would type something and the keyboard wasn't keeping up with me at all....

keyboard issues

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Did You Ever Learn Anything Useful From the Internet?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 15 Sep 15

I visit YouTube a lot and there are tons of tutorials in there that teach you everything from how to do dance steps to how to make wire wrap jewelry...a skill I've dabbled in for a while now myself. I learned how to do a knitting...

teaching online

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Do You Ever Dial a Helpline Number and Grow Old Listening to Muzak?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 15 Sep 15

My poor hubby. We had a question about our insurance so we called our agent...no answer but she left a fine recording stating she'd be out of the office for three weeks. Wow. I wish we had that much vacation time....

helpline numbers

phone recordings

Heeeere She Comes, Miss America!...

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 14 Sep 15

(As my mom always says...she's my ordeal.) Last night I caught the first half of the Miss America Pageant. Don't know who won as of this writing, but a couple things popped out of the TV at me last night, that I...

miss america pageant

swimsuit competition

vanessa williams

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Divorce and Petty Behavior

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 13 Sep 15

No, I'm not the one getting a divorce, but a member of my family is, and his wife either stole or destroyed most of his clothing while he was at work one day, leaving him with almost nothing to wear and winter on its way. Now the...

pettiness in divorce

bad divorce situations

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Gooooooooooooooooood Happy Sunday to Everyone!!

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 13 Sep 15

I am off to start my lovely day. Going out to eat for lunch and then a nice stay-at-home day with my hubby. We will watch some movies, do some internet stuff, hang out with our kitty...maybe take a walk...it's nice to have a day...

relaxing at home

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Do You REALLY Marry Your Inlaws When You Tie the Knot?

Kristie Benjamin @Novelangel (394) • United States 12 Sep 15

I've always heard that when you get married you also marry the family of your spouse...meaning that they are ALL now a large part of your life. But how true is this, really? When you marry into a family where everyone is vastly...

getting married

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