JenInTN

@JenInTN (27514)

United States • Age 51

Joined myLot 16 years ago

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Ever had life change as you knew it?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 24 Jan 13

That one day when it happened. Life changed as you knew it. Maybe it was for the good, maybe it was for the bad...momentary bad..I can't bear to think that anything is without purpose. Too many things have happened to me with...

bad

change

changed as you knew it

good

life

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Suggestions for Something Great?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 20 Jan 13

I felt like last year I missed out. I never have time to do anything different and responsibilities at work are crazy. This year my resolution was to do some new and different things. I know I want to do a few more things for...

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I saw a ton of great discussions!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 31 Dec 12

I take my friends here very seriously and when I have made a new friend here or been away for a while, I check their profile to see what I have missed. I went to this profile and guess what??? They had been active for quite some...

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Your favorite Christmas

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 25 Dec 12

My favorite Christmas was one of my earliest as a child and, at the same time, a day of realization. When I found the presents, I knew it was my grandparents all along..but the caliber of it was amazing. They wanted more for me...

christmas memory

favorite

holiday

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Lies Just to be Doing it!! Wow.

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 24 Dec 12

Have you ever known anyone that just lies to be doing it? No real reason..just lies as if it is part of who they are? I can't stand that. My grandfather used to say that the two people he just could not bear to be around were...

compulsive liar

lies

people

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Weird Medicine Suggestions That Worked

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 22 Dec 12

My b/f has had a stomach virus. I have locked him away in a room and enter only with Lysol...but anyway..when the onslaught of his illness happened, I went to the pharmacy here to get something to help. There is a pharmacist there...

stomach virus

weird medicine suggestion

worked

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Giving the best response to a member that doesn't agree with your view

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 12 Dec 12

The best response may not always be what we expect it to be when we start the discussion. It is great when you start a discussion and everyone agrees with your view but it is even better when the there is a fresh perspective...

appreciating spice

best response

different views

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Two Truths and a Lie

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 2 Dec 12

As an introduction method in a class forum, the instructor had us all list two truths and lie about ourselves. Everyone then tried to guess which one was the lie. It really was a relaxed and funny way to get to know each other a...

fun

getting to know people

two truths and a lie

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Choosing priorities when everything is important!!!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 1 Dec 12

It's hard. I know that over the past few months I have struggled with a schedule where everything is important and nothing can be put off. I think that today's society has put so much pressure on people to succeed that we barely...

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Have you ever been volunteered by someone else?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 22 Nov 12

I was participating in a discussion that reminded me of a time when I was volunteered for a task by my daughter. She was always participating in sports. Gymnastics, basketball, cheerleading, etc. One time I had watched this show...

task

volunteered by someone else

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How many times do I have to be saved?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 18 Nov 12

There was a couple of years ago when I had someone show up in my life and save me from a terrible mistake where buying a car was concerned. Some of you may remember that but anyway..my daughter blew a head gasket in her little car...

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I may have to go to the Antique Road Show just to find out!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 10 Nov 12

My little neighbor woman sent over a gift for the new addition that visits me now quite often. When I got home from work, her gift was sitting in the corner of the livingroom. I stared at it and thought...wow...it looks kind of...

gift

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The mysterious "Moon Flower"

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 7 Oct 12

SO a few months ago, my b/f's brother-in law sends us some seeds for Moon Flowers. How neat it would be to have them and how anxious we are to see how they look. So we plant them in our flower bed in front of the house. They start...

planting

surprise

unexpected

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Starting discussions when myLot is messing up

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 22 Sep 12

It has been over a week now since my notifications have worked and I am quite irritated about it. I know it has been pretty common that myLot has been wigging out, but I have kind of a routine when myLotting. I have been coming to...

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Just thinking and had an interesting thought, all opinions welcome!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 31 Aug 12

OK..I had this Hebrew Christian Tradition class and had to write a paper on a theological book of my choice so I decided to read one that attempted to explain some of the behaviors exhibited by God in the Old Testament....

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If I develop them to be better than me, I am doing my job.

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 3 Aug 12

I take my job very seriously and one of the aspects of my job is developing people to their full potential. Not my idea of potential, which is where I feel like some managers tend to get confused. Listening to what people tell me...

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Is 18 really old enough to choose a life path?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 29 Jul 12

I guess I was thinking about this the other day...just thinking about how many paths my own life has taken I guess. Going to the orientation to highschool with my youngest daughter where they want her to choose a specific...

career

life

path

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Random Drug Testing in Highschool

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 26 Jul 12

I took my daughter tonight for her Freshman Orientation. They separated kids from parents and gave the parents a power point presentation on what to expect for the upcoming year. Now I have been through this a couple of times now,...

high school

random drug tests

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Barcodes On Grave Stones!?! Wow!

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 18 Jul 12

I was watching the news last night and they were talking about this new thing that people are doing. There is a guy that develops a website based on a person and their life. There are audio options where a person can leave...

barcodes

cellphone

life history

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How could I not be offended?

JenInTN @JenInTN (27514) • United States 6 Jul 12

Maybe I am wrong to be offended, but the more I think about it, the more it bothers me. I may be reading a little more in to this but I really can't help it. I know that my daughter's b/f is young and I try to remind myself of...

personal questions

rude

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