Shannon

@fawkes62 (1276)

United States

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I'm a mother of 3 children, ages 7, 11, and 13. We also have two cats, a dog, and one fish tank with guppies.

Discussions (69)

Shannon's Discussions

Changing some of the flower beds

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 8 Jul 16

I have several flower beds around my house but there's a few that my husband and I weren't happy with. One of them we changed last week and thankfully that change was easy. We had one bed that was mostly day lilies with a few...

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It's so quiet here

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 1 Jul 16

I enjoy my alone time, really I do, but I've had enough for now. My husband and kids went to his parents' place Wednesday after lunch and they are still gone. They are coming home today sometime and I'm ready for them to be back....

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Kid's and money

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 24 Jun 16

We've been giving our kids an allowance tied to their chores for quite a while now but we were having problems with the system we had. There were many days where our kids would just skip their chores. We would take the skipped...

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Over a month

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 10 Jun 16

That's how long it's been since I've been here. I miss the people, but I've enjoyed the extra time I've had offline. I tend to spend too much time here between writing a post, replaying to comments, reading posts and commenting on...

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Doctor's Advice Causing Stress

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 26 Apr 16

I had an appointment with my doctor today to discuss my heartburn medications. I had come across an article that talked about some pretty nasty long term side effects of one of the medications I take and I wanted to find out if...

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We got the fence removed

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 24 Apr 16

We decided to just take our fence out ourselves instead of paying someone to remove it. Taking the chain link part down was time consuming but fairly easy. The hard part was the posts. There were two posts in our way for some...

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Trying Not To Worry

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 22 Apr 16

My older cat, Allie (she's 7), has been occasionally peeing on the bathroom rugs in one of the two bathrooms in my house. It's always the same bathroom and typically on the rug closest to the toilet, but can be anything on the...

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The Little Turd

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 20 Apr 16

I swear, that's what I should have named him instead of Captain. I do occasionally call him Captain Crazy, but Little Turd (or when my kids aren't around a different four letter word) would have been a better name. He just gets...

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Fence Removal Options

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 18 Apr 16

We have a 4 foot tall chain link fence in our back yard that came with the house. I enjoy having a fence to keep the dog in the yard for those occasions when someone can't (or doesn't want to) go outside with her but that doesn't...

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A little good news

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 12 Apr 16

We were planning on replacing our deck this year because it has been slowly tipping for the last few years. It's fairly noticeable that one corner is lower than the other. We priced it out at one of the local home centers and for...

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My fairy garden

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 7 Apr 16

I decided to go ahead and make a simple fairy garden. I already had the pail and pot to put it in, but needed to have the pot cut down to size. Hubby cut the pot and after I sanded off the rough edges I was ready to plant. I...

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Waiting for phone calls

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 4 Apr 16

I absolutely hate waiting for a phone call. It seems like it never fails that I receive the phone call at the worst possible time. Today I'm waiting for two phone calls and I have another to make. The two I'm waiting for I called...

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Fairy Garden or Mini Garden

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 3 Apr 16

I've seen several people posting pictures of their fairy gardens and I think they're cute. It's gotten me interested in making one myself, or with my kids (maybe one by myself and have them make one too). I started looking at...

fairy garden

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Braces Day Today

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 22 Mar 16

My oldest is not happy that today is here. She is not looking forward to getting her braces on today. To be honest, I'm not thrilled either, but that's because I'm not looking forward to the $6500 we are spending to straighten her...

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Procrastinating again

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 4 Mar 16

We do our shopping once a week, other than the occasional item that was forgotten. I don't mind doing the shopping weekly, but what I hate is trying to figure out what we are going to eat for the week so I can write the grocery...

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Bad news today

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 3 Mar 16

I got a call from the orthodontist about my daughter who is supposed to be getting braces in a few weeks. There was something on her X-ray that he was a little concerned about at the time but didn't think it would be a big issue...

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It's been 10 months

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 25 Feb 16

I was curious the other day about how long it has been since my van died so I looked it up on Facebook. I posted last April that my van died and we were down to one vehicle. It's hard to believe that it's already been close to a...

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She's finally ready!

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 24 Feb 16

I'm happy, and a little stressed, to say that my oldest is finally ready for her braces to be put on. She's 13, will be 14 in a few months, and we've been waiting for her to be ready for her braces. She, unfortunately, inherited...

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Been away for a while

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 24 Feb 16

I've been gone a while, a few weeks I think, and I come back to a much different looking site. From what I've seen it looks good, but I haven't played around much yet. Is everything still the same, with just the updated look, or...

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Meditation or yoga, or both?

Shannon @fawkes62 (1276) • United States 1 Feb 16

I've been struggling with an increase in my anxiety recently and I've been trying to find ways to curb that anxiety without having to ask my doctor for medication for it. I've tried that route before and didn't have much success,...

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