SketcherD

@SketcherD (1114)

Canada • Age 59

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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I am back from my trip from Arizona. What is your favourite vacation spot?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 11 Feb 09

I am finally home from my wonderful trip. I was gone for 5 weeks. I have a nice tan. I have missed the wonderful discussions here on mylot as I was only able to go on the internet for very breif periods while I was away. How...

family

vacation

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The night out at the Nutcracker Suite Ballet.

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 17 Dec 08

Well it was everything we had hoped for seeing the ballet. My husband, our daughter and I got dressed up pretty fancy. I guess we each do not clean up too badly because there is a picture below of us. I hope that...

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Do you have any suggestions for things to see near Yuma Arizona?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 8 Dec 08

I am going to go for a vacation for a month or so and would love to know some things and places to go see near there. I will be near the California and Mexico border as well. I am going with my elderly...

I have never been to a ballet what should I expect?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 30 Nov 08

We are going to see the Nutcracker Suite at 7pm next Saturday night. I am so excited. It is something I have always wanted to do. I am slowly going deaf and I really want to enjoy this before I can't hear anymore. I...

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Did you see the movie Twilight today?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 21 Nov 08

Today was the release of the movie Twilight. It was first a book written by Stephenie Meyer. If you are 16ish years old and live in North America you would have read the 4 books by now and are in love with the male lead in the...

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Do you have a friend like this.....?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 21 Nov 08

I have a friend that has lent me money in the past and when I don't get the money back to her/him they ask for it back within a week or so. YET when I have lent them money they forget about it for months on end....

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My daughter is on the honour roll! I just had to brag!

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 19 Nov 08

My daughter brought home her report card and is on the honour roll so far this semester. We are so proud of her!! We took her out to dinner to celebrate. She is in grade 11 in high...

high school

honour roll

proud parent

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I am going to see the Nutcracker Suite Ballet in December for the first time!

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 19 Nov 08

I have never seen a ballet before. My husband, daughter and I are going to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, Canada on December 6th to see the Ballet! I can hardly wait. I have the perfect...

Have you caught someone here lying and called them on it?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 19 Nov 08

I just responded to a discussion and then I delved into some more and found out the person is lying in their discussion. This person is sure to know who she/he is!! This person in my friends list and I am seriously...

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Have you had a friend or family member tell a secret on you? What did you do?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 18 Nov 08

I had secrets that I thought were safe with a friend/family member. I told this person please don't tell anyone especially my Mom. This person went to my mother within a couple of months and told my mother...

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What position do you sleep in? Left side, right side, front or your back?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 12 Nov 08

I almost always sleep in my sides. Mostly my right. So much so that my shoulder is sore in the morning. What do you sleep on your back, front or sides? I read somewhere that sleeping on your front is hard on...

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It is Remeberance Day here in Canada! I want to pay tribute to those that died!

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 11 Nov 08

It is November 11th and in Canada it is the day we pay tribute to all of those that have died in wars! Whether they be the current wars or past wars. I hope I will not have this discussion deleted because I would also like to...

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Do you answer the responses people make to your discussions?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 7 Nov 08

I have endeavoured to answer every single post I get to a discussion I have started. I see that when I response to others discussions that many people do not take the time to response to others posts....

discussions

respond to peoples posts

responses

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How many meals a week do you eat together as a family?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 7 Nov 08

I try to make it about 4-6 times a week. But that doesn't always work when you have a teenager in the home. When our son still lived at home we were lucky if we could get 1-2 meals together in a week. Now that it is just our...

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Here is a pattern for really cute Christmas Stockings about 3 inches in height.

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 7 Nov 08

I have been making these stockings for many decades. A neighbour taught me how to make them when I was 9. I have been making them every year for Christmas ever since. I thought that my knitting friends on myLot may enjoy this...

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What is the most amount of responses you have had here at myLot?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 7 Nov 08

The most I have had so far is 32. I am just wondering how others have been making out with there discussions. What do you find is the key to having many responses? Or is it just a great topic that seems to work at the time?...

respond

responses

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Mixed feelings about being put on Long Term Disability.

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 5 Nov 08

I was told yesterday that I have been approved to go onto Long Term Disability for suspected Meniere's Disease. But I have mixed feelings now about this. I am glad I don't have to worry about going back to work...

disability

long term disability

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I didn't make the payout amount of $10 this month but I will next month.......

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 3 Nov 08

Does this mean I will only get the $10 which is my minimum or will I get the total amount I make between now and the end of the month? Let's just say for arguements sake I make about $12 and change. Will I get the...

money

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Have you ever put together one of those Microwave Stands together alone?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 3 Nov 08

Wow these things are confusing!! There are so many parts and little bity pieces! I can't figure out if they mean one piece or another is a part #51 or #53. I had to take a break and come to myLot to take a...

build it yourself

one piece

overwhelmed

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Do you have a neighbour that watches everything you do from their window?

SketcherD @SketcherD (1114) • Canada 3 Nov 08

I do! He watches my daughter to the point that she gets a very bad feeling from him. I've told him to back off and leave her alone or I would call the cops. Actually I screamed it at him!! Oh well I am a Mom after...

mean

nasty

neighbour

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