Marie

@Tampa_girl7 (52185)

United States • Age 62

Joined myLot 10 years ago

I have been married for 35 years. We have one son and live in Mississippi. I am an Air Force Brat originally from Tampa, Florida.

Marie 's Responses

I'm Having Corn Grits for the First Time in my Life

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (93151) • United States 28 Mar

Is that funny to you? They are so tasty!! But much like cream of wheat really. I put butter and salt but no milk, just the boiling water. Course the package has to say may have GMO..well what about it? Grits ya'll. These seem to...

grits

hot

tasty

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Marie I grew up eating grits. The white ones made from hominy are the kind we mostly make. We love them. The instant grits are horrid.

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Getting Big

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (113722) • Marion, Ohio 28 Mar

This is a good picture of them. They have grown really fast. They are pretty girls. They were not under the light this morning. But I will leave it there as it's supposed to get colder again. Today we are supposed to get to 70...

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Marie They are getting to be big girls.

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Dear God Rental Adventures

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (93151) • United States 28 Mar

What in the world? Every dang place I look at has either washer and dryer in units, or wood burning fire places. I am talking about stacked on top of one another apartments. So dangerous. It is maddening!! Are people too lazy to...

amenities

not needed

washer dryer in unit

wood burning fireplace in unit

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Marie Sorry that you are encountering so my obstacles in your search.

28 Mar

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Strong wind here today.

Judy Story @jstory07 (142807) • Roseburg, Oregon 27 Mar

The wind was really strong and it blew everything chair and table off of the porch across the street. Than after the wind was going really good the rain started to fall really fast and heavy. Than the wind stopped and the rain...

wind rain

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Marie We have had a lot of strong wind and rain lately and more on the way.

28 Mar

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Dried Strawberries.

rakski @rakski (135025) • Philippines 27 Mar

I know that almost all fruit and some veggies can be dried. But this is the first time actually saw dried strawberries in a store. I think I will buy this to know how this will taste. Do you have a favorite dried...

dried strawberries

dried fruits

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Marie I enjoy most all of them.

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Did I write about this restoration project?

The Horse @TheHorse (224837) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Mar

Sometimes I run out of speakers and receiver cabinets to restore. That's when I get to work on stuff in my own house. This is a photo of my desk as I was working on it. It i made of pine, and I will not stain it. But I will oil...

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Marie Your desk is a similar style to mine. The top of mine needs to be restored.

28 Mar

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The widening gap between juniors and seniors

Always smiling @allknowing (143038) • India 27 Mar

Gone are the days when kids would worry their grand parents to tell them stories Gone are the days when both these generations played together whether indoors or outdoors Gone are the days when they ate at the table together....

seniors

widening gap

juniors

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Marie I adored my grandparents. This generation is really missing out. How sad.

28 Mar

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Comfortable in my own skin!

Baconstripsxxx @BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899) • Torrington, Connecticut 28 Mar

Crazy how times have changed, I remember seeing adults with tattoo’s when I was a child and the stigma was that they were bad people, or at least society made it feel that way. I was always self-conscious of how people were to...

stigma

tattoos

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Marie What images are on your arm ? I think I see faces.

28 Mar

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Cheat Meal for the Win!

Baconstripsxxx @BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899) • Torrington, Connecticut 12 Mar

After a good three weeks of clean eating my wife decided to fry us up some wings with a spring salad mix. The wings were fried to perfection and then tossed in Sweet baby rays buffalo sauce. The whole meal was on point and worth...

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Marie Your meal looks delicious.

28 Mar

It’s the people that make all the difference

Fleur @Fleura (31371) • United Kingdom 27 Mar

As I’ve mentioned before I sometimes do events work, generally as waiting staff or stewarding. Some of the events are fun or interesting, and some are more mundane, but I still enjoy going as I only do one or two shifts a week and...

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Marie I so agree.

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Murphy in Missouri Dies

OceanTiara @RebeccasFarm (93151) • United States 27 Mar

The bald eagle that went viral for incubating a rock like it was offspring, has died after the intense damaging storms there. He was 33. Had you heard about this bald eagle Murphy? Have you ever seen the bald eagle? We have them...

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Marie I haven’t seen one in many years.

27 Mar

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Skincare I wanted to share

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (7500) • Calcutta, India 27 Mar

I have oily skin and struggled with comedones and inflamed acne last year. After seeing a dermatologist, I started using a salicylic acid facewash on his recommendation, which has significantly improved my skin. I no longer...

skincare

daily routine

mylotters

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Marie It’s good that you found something that works for you.

27 Mar

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Ding dong

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (63385) • Centralia, Washington 26 Mar

Two story house and a shed fifty feet down property. Add in one mostly deaf person and you get dynamite. Wife tries to call hubby from bottom floor. Can't hear. Needs help from the shed. Same story. Daughter loves to be a...

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Marie I need to get a doorbell for our home in West Virginia. Glad you found one.

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1955 Top Ten Songs: Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (72870) • United States 27 Mar

In looking at the top five of the songs that are now 70 years old, I see a lot of things that were also on the 100 favorites lists. In fact, all five of the top five were on those two lists. A little spoiler: three country, two...

classic country music

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Marie I like her well enough. Just not a big fan of most country music.

27 Mar

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This stuff is actually quite good!

The Horse @TheHorse (224837) • Walnut Creek, California 27 Mar

As you know, I work late until the evening several days of the week at Guitar Center. When I get home, I just want something easy to make for dinner before I head to bed. Some of my default quick meals include Stouffer's turkey...

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Marie My husband really enjoys this brand.

27 Mar

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It Wasn't Terrible News

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (52724) • Canada 27 Mar

As those of you who know me and read my posts, you know that I have been feeling rotten this week. I worked part of the day on Monday and haven't worked since then. I worried, so terribly, that I had pneumonia. You see the...

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Marie I hope that it passes soon.

27 Mar

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1985 Top Ten Songs: Rock and Roll Girls (#5)

Four Walls @FourWalls (72870) • United States 27 Mar

Wow, this restaurant is awful! Oh, wait, I’m home. Yes, I’m cleaning things (garbage pickup is tomorrow, so it’s a good day to fill the garbage cans), pausing to watch the weather blog and give you another song from...

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Marie Good song.

27 Mar

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Good earliy-ish morning.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (76397) • Daytona Beach, Florida 27 Mar

Well, in a few minutes it'll be 11 Am, and George and I are both up for the third day in a row. I don't know how long this trend will last, so I'm keeping the appoitments later in the afternoon, which. works out fine in my...

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Marie I hope that you get the van going.

27 Mar

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Happy Thursday Everyone!

Kareng @kareng (71352) • United States 27 Mar

Good late morning everyone. I have caught up on my notifications and about to go get dressed and start my day! I have gotten behind on a few things with the lost phone and looking for it so much, so starting to catch up today....

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Marie I am doing last minute things for our trip.

27 Mar

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Increasing Prices but not Pay..

Baconstripsxxx @BACONSTRIPSXXX (14899) • Torrington, Connecticut 27 Mar

The cost for everything in the last 2-3 years has gone up soo much that even with my yearly raise and bonuses I can barely save any money. This winter alone with heating oil I spent well over $2,500 dollars to heat my home. Not...

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Marie The cost of everything is getting ridiculous.

27 Mar

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