dhouston
@dhouston (417)
United States • Age 73
Joined myLot 17 years ago
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
15 Oct 07
We all have a certain dish that we enjoy that brings us that warm fuzzy feeling. Often these foods revolve around fond memories of days gone by. Whenever my kids are coming to dinner I will make a roast chicken, gravy, mashed...
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
2 Oct 07
I posted a discussion about the use of a folding shopping cart to carry groceries for my clients. It would ease the stress on my joints and arms. It is gone. Was there something wrong with this discussion?
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dhouston I read it in my email and saved it to answer later. I didn't see aanything wrong with it. I was going to comment that urban dwellers have always used them and they are used all over Europe as well. It's because we don't use cars and either walk to the market...
3 Oct 07
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
6 Sep 07
I have begun the search for bargain gifts to give for Christmas. This search usually begins in January, but due to my being unemployed at that time, I have had to postpone my search until recently.
On September 4th I purchased...
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dhouston But how many people actually want yet another salt and pepper set???
6 Sep 07
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
21 Aug 07
The topic of discussion at the office was the end of summer. Many believe that summer ends with the last week of August. Not for me! I stated that I believe that summer goes on through mid-October and sometimes beyond. When do you...
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dhouston Sideriologically, summer ends about September 21. Culturally in the US, it ends on Labor Day, whereas in Europe, it goes to the end of September. I think it's summer whenever (ugh!) the temperature exceeds (loathing!) 80 F. I love going to the shore in mid and...
21 Aug 07
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
10 Aug 07
Here is a picture I recently found of myself that was taken in 1966, I was nine years-old. I tried to reflect on my being nine. Nothing significant came to mind. I was in the 4th grade. The teacher's name doesn't come to mind....
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dhouston I see crayons in one pic and a heart thing in another Where is the picture?
10 Aug 07
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
17 Jul 07
According to the US Food and Drug Administration one in five women have depression in the United States. To me, that sounds like a lot of women, not to mention the men who are depressed.
Depression can be scary. It can be...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
17 Jul 07
Have you heard the new report that the U.S. News & World Report has published a 2007 list of America's best hospitals? They are listed in the order they were chosen. In some cases there was a tie between two hospitals. In this...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
14 Jul 07
Our entire family are the biggest pet lovers in the world. We have bunnies, birds, a puppy, cats and we feed too many wildlife animals to keep count of.
Both our daughters were away at college. We had rented an apartment for them...
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dhouston No. I don't like them. I am allergic to dogs, cats and other hairy animals.
14 Jul 07
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
12 Jul 07
As many of you know, I will be celebrating my 50th birthday on July 30th. I have decided to get a tattoo of a small butterfly on my right leg just above my ankle bone. My hubby is 100% against this idea. We had a heated discussion...
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dhouston I really think that if you value your marriage at all, if you have any respect for the relationship or your marriage, you will skip the tattoo. Or at least try to discuss it sanely. You haven't mentioned why he objects. Have you asked him? Have you asked if...
12 Jul 07
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I just received a link to a short movie about a lady who lives on a ranch in Utah who paints paintings of soldiers who have been killed and sends them to their family. It is a very short video and I thought you may want to view...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
8 Jul 07
I am wanting a new clothes line in my back yard. I have one in my hallway to use in winter and one on my back porch to use in summer. Until we moved into this house, we always had a clothes line outside in the sun. The sun has a...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
4 Jul 07
In West Virginia, we do have a 6% tax on food.I am not talking about restaurants. I understand why they must charge taxes on restaurant food. My daughter just told me that they have just changed that in South Carolina and they...
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
28 Jun 07
When you arrive home to find an empty house do you look for a note that would explain where the people are that should be there? I have been home for over an hour and thought that maybe my hubby and our roomie were off to fetch...
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
18 Jun 07
Lately I have been very weepy. My heart feels so sad. Although I have had many wonderful and joyous moments, there are just as many sad ones that stand by their side. I do not want to go back on anti-depressants. But, maybe I may...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
24 Jun 07
We live in an area where there is lots of wildlife. My brother called me the other morning at about 3 AM and said “ I just saw a coyote crossing the road and coming down your way. We own the land nearly up to the road he was...
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
24 Jun 07
What is your preference real or artificial vanilla? I prefer real vanilla. The flavor is so much better than artificial.
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
24 Jun 07
We visited a local farm today where we picked strawberries. My daughter had given me a huge bunch of rhubarb a couple of weeks ago. It had been waiting patiently to join some strawberries to make a strawberry-rhubarb pie. The wait...
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villageanne
@villageanne (8553)
• United States
22 Jun 07
I had a friend who was a “sampler”. The company she worked for sent her to stores to give samples of their products. These products were food. She had to go through training to be able to do this. In the course of her training,...
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ElusiveButterfly
@ElusiveButterfly (45940)
• United States
22 Jun 07
Here is a photo of the wedding cake I made for my son's wedding. I am not a professional baker by any sense of the word, but I get by. There are many flaws in the cake, but everyone thought it was great. The cake was yellow with...
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