Michelle

@Ponder243 (197)

United States

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Taking a new turn in life... Lover of all things vintage. Passionate about writing, photography, my family and travel. (Not necessarily in that order!)

Michelle's Discussions

Small Spaces

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 9 Jan 16

The cabin where Henley and I live was only intended to be a weekend home. But after our son went off to live in town, we decided that we would move out here permanently. We (foolishly) thought that with it being just the two of...

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Saturday Morning

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 9 Jan 16

Good morning my MyLot friends! I hope to spend a good portion of the day visiting with you here! Time management has never been my strong suit, and it has always been one of those "goals" to manage my time better. It's just so...

time

management

planner

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Coldest Night of Winter Thus Far

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 5 Jan 16

Yesterday we had our first snowfall of this winter. It was followed up with last night being the coldest night we have had thus far! I'm not complaining about the weather. I'm very blessed to live where we get all four seasons...

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Back In The Swing of Things

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 5 Jan 16

I'm finally getting back on track after the holidays! We had a really good holiday season this year. I had Thanksgiving dinner with all of my brothers and sisters for the first time since my mother passed away. It was so...

holiday

home

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This Week

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 27 Dec 15

This week I'm going to be concentrating on some projects that I want to get underway at the beginning of the new year and preparing for those. One of those projects is a cooking blog that I'm going to be doing with my sister,...

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Glad to Be Home

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 26 Dec 15

As much as I love spending time with my family, I am so glad to be back home! Henley and I got home in the early afternoon and the first thing I saw was a big doe feeding on the hill across the creek behind the house....

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Christmas Plans

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 22 Dec 15

I will be going into town on Thursday for the holiday with my sister, brother, son and daughter-in-law. Henley will be coming up Friday after spending Christmas Eve with his parents. We will have Christmas dinner and exchange...

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Somethings Just Aren't Fair

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 21 Dec 15

I am furious right now. I recently shipped out an item that I sold through a well known site. It was a vintage pottery item. It was wrapped correctly and securely, marked correctly by the post office and shipped with tracking...

selling

online

auction

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Anniversary

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 5 Dec 15

Yesterday Henley and I celebrated our wedding anniversary. By celebrating I mean we didn't do anything or go anywhere. Henley did go out and pick up a pizza for dinner from our favorite place. Other than that we just stayed at...

marriage

family

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Happy Birthday Henley!

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 2 Dec 15

Tomorrow is my beloved Henley's birthday! I haven't bought him a gift yet. I don't even have anything special to make him for dinner. Right now I'm wracking my brain trying to think of something that I can do to make it a good...

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Christmas Movies

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 29 Nov 15

Henley and I have agreed that we are going to watch a Christmas movie every evening between now and Christmas. We will watch some of our old favorites, "A Christmas Story", and "Miracle on 34th St." as well as some of the newer...

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Rewind

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 29 Nov 15

Now that my posting seems to be working again, I will go back and post my discussions from earlier that did not post. To recap, I wrote about our Thanksgiving in town and that the whole family was together after 4 years and the...

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Error Messages

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 29 Nov 15

I keep getting a time out message when I try to post a discussion. It tells me that if it keeps occurring that I should contact support. I was curious if anyone else was being affected by this, or if anyone knew what may cause...

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Getting Ready

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 26 Nov 15

We will be having dinner at my sisters tomorrow so we will be doing a lot of the prep work today. Our meal will consist of turkey and dressing, ham, mashed potatoes with gravy, green bean casserole (a new recipe), homemade mac...

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A Trip To Town

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 25 Nov 15

Today I will be going into town to my sister's house. Everyone will be gathering there on Friday for our Thanksgiving dinner so we will be shopping and baking and cooking and getting everything ready. I love my sister so dearly...

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It's Late For Me

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 25 Nov 15

It's late for me to be online. I am usually in bed by now. I just looked at the clock and I can't believe it's 1:30 am. My mother in law fell tonight and I'm waiting for word from my husband on how she is. She fell and broke a...

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Happy Anniversary, Deer!

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 23 Nov 15

Before the grammar police pounce, let me say, that is the way I intended to write it. Yesterday was my son and his wife's first anniversary. They went out and had a nice evening out. But the evening didn't end up so great as...

anniversary

deer

hunting

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Making Plans

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 22 Nov 15

We have a full week ahead of us, so we've been finalizing our plans. There's a lot to be done here. My sister and I will be driving up to Ohio and back on Tuesday. It will be a short trip, but it will be a fun girl day....

thanksgiving

dinner

recipe

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It's Cold in Kentucky

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 22 Nov 15

I live in Kentucky (USA) and it is so cold today! I think that is the coldest that it has been so far this year. Weather forecasts say that this will be the most frigid winter that we have seen in years! I talked to my sister...

weather

seasons

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1st Post

Michelle @Ponder243 (197) • United States 22 Nov 15

Hello everyone! My name is Ponder and this is my first post here at myLot. Not sure how it really works yet, but excited about learning. Any advice for beginners?

hello

beginner

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