cynthiann

@cynthiann (18602)

Jamaica

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Discussions (397)

cynthiann's Discussions

Cynthiann is Back!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 26 Oct 17

I am trying to find my way around Mylot again after being absent for several years. So much to learn. I am so hoping that I will find my old friends again and make new friends too. Remember me? I am the older lady who lives in...

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Wished for a gun today. . . .

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 20 Oct 15

Not that I know how to use a gun or really have the desire a pull a trigger or whatever you do to make it shoot. Some awful hawks have killed off two fan tailed Doves on the grounds where I am working today. They swooped down and...

guns doves hawks cynthies slices of life

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You're Black, she said and laughed out loud!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 29 Aug 15

I went to a photo shop today to take photos for a new passport. I was horrified to see that it had expired and my sister is in hospital again in the U.K. I wish that I hadn't bothered to go to the hairdressers as my hair was...

passport photos

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travelling

being black

laughter

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Jamaica held its breath! Traffic came to a standstill as we watched.

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 27 Aug 15

Of course you may have guessed what we were watching. Sorry citizens of the USA but Justin Gatlin got thrashed by Usain Bolt in both the 100 and 200 hundred metres. Seriously, traffic lights turned green and not a car moved as...

world championships

beijing

fastest man and woman

jamaica

usain bolt

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Oh Go Away Danny! Blow Off!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 18 Aug 15

Two years of drought and look what has happened? A tropical storm called Danny is out there (points to the left of Jamaica) gathering strength and may become a hurricane. Not a threat to us as yet. . . but. .. . always the...

weather

climate

hurricane

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Something Strange is Falling From the Sky

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 9 Aug 15

I have just heard a few loud bangs and then a pitter patter of rain. Gentle soft rain. Readers - this isn't Jamaican rain as Jamaican rain is loud, noisy, brash, in-you-face-stingy rain! For the past five minutes it droppeth...

rain

drought

jamaica

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My Love letters

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 7 Aug 15

Over two years ago I wrote a post on myLot wondering what to do with my husband's love letters to me before and after we were married. The earliest was 1967 complete with envelope and stamp. Well, I decided last year to have one...

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A Lady Can Change Her Mind!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 7 Aug 15

Having stated quite firmly yesterday that I would never use the suggest button I have since changed mymind. I wrote a post a few moments ago and one friend in particular I felt would enjoy it and so I suggested it to him; so it...

people

changing my mind

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So why Salt Fish?

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 7 Aug 15

The national dish of Jamaica is Ackee and Salt fish. Yellow ackee pods are picked boiled and then added to the fried salt fish with lots of onions, garlic and peppers. Ackees taste like scrambled eggs. But why Salt fish? As the...

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Now Stop It, I yelled

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 6 Aug 15

Not sure if I should post this as it says a lot about me as a mother. Not good either! I was silently yelling at myself and with good reason too as I had been so stupid. My second son is home from N.C.as his wife wants a divorce...

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Anyone Know the time of the Debate tonight?

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 6 Aug 15

I get CNN and went through the guide and there is no indication of what time the debate will be on. We are the same time as Miami (I think ). It may seem odd to follow your politics but we follow it very carefully in Jamaica as...

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Made a Big Pot of Soup!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 6 Aug 15

It is a red peas soup or kidney beans soup. I soaked the peas from last night and now the soup is made so with sons coming in and out today they can help themselves to a bowl of it. Apart from the usual potatoes, carrots and...

cooking

soup

family

53 Years old Today!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 6 Aug 15

No - not me - you all know that I am older. It is Jamaica - 53 years old today and today in Independence Day. A public holiday and all over the Island there will be community events and this afternoon a Grand Gala at the...

birthdays

jamaica

family

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We Need Rain!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 5 Aug 15

Last year we experienced a severe drought but this year is much worse. It affects everyone from farmers to just people not having water to bathe - or just a limited supply. Now we have been informed that next year will be even...

water

drought

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Lots of Peacock Poop!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 4 Aug 15

Mind you, there are lots of peacocks; about 35 I think. I am at my two-day-a-week job and the owner and his son are due to arrive here in about two hours. The staff are busy shovelling up the poop. It would not be so bad if they...

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peacocks

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Jack and Jill

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 8 May 13

Went up the hill And as far as I know They are up there still. Just testing. Just testing

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Day 3 Without a Car. Feel like a Prisoner

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 24 Apr 13

Monday morning, my mechanic took my car and diagnosed a blown head gasket (and no, I have no idea what this is) and it should have come back Monday evening but it wasn't ready. As he was driving back to me yesterday he...

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Don't show Mylot!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 24 Apr 13

I was emailing a mylot friend yesterday and showed her my new arrangement of using decorative plates (some antique) in my little dining room. Well, it then got to my sending her photos of my antique blue and white collection of...

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Why Don't they Divorce?

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 22 Apr 13

I have some friends who over the years, have often wished that they could have divorced their husbands but for many reasons were too scared or afraid to do so. You probably know people like this too. I wished that my parents...

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Seriously Mother? Serioulsy? That is so Sad! And then he Laughed!

cynthiann @cynthiann (18602) • Jamaica 22 Apr 13

I mentioned before that I am going through boxes of personal papers and letters and hundreds of photos. I am making a collage of family photos to frame. So I picked out one and took it to my son to show him. Look at this I...

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