Valerie J. Routhieaux

@just4him (317238)

Green Bay, Wisconsin • Age 71

Joined myLot 9 years ago

I am a born-again Christian, author, mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother. I have nine published books.

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Valerie J. Routhieaux's Responses

Weel, today has been interesting so far.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (71804) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Dec

This morning was anything but boring. I no sooner get George's meds down him then I'm met at the door by my next door neighbor. On Saturday his mailbox broke when the carrier put a package that should've taken to the front door,...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm sorry the mailman broke your neighbor's mailbox putting a package into it.

17 Dec

Did you get paid by MyLot on Sunday?

The Horse @TheHorse (220275) • Walnut Creek, California 17 Dec

I usually forget that payout is coming. I don't even notice the dollar signs. I just notice that I got paid when the total in the upper right drops. Oh yeah. I got paid! But this month I was aware that it was the 15th. I went off...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm optimistic that I'll make a payout by the end of the month. I have a long way to go to make it happen.

17 Dec

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Holiday in the Park: Dairy Festival Exhibit and Full Moon

Kareng @kareng (61855) • United States 17 Dec

I told you about the Holiday in the Park light festival at Holmes Water Park in Tylertown, MS the in the wee hours of the morning. Today, I am sharing with you one of my favorite exhibits. The photo plays tribute to the local...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux It's a beautiful picture.

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United States Coast Guard rescues three people aboard a vessel in North Carolina

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (104192) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 16 Dec

Three mariners who were aboard a 59 foot vessel that was in the Atlantic Ocean approximately 154 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras North Carolina on Thursday. The mariners called the United States Coast Guard (USCG) that is...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm glad the Coast Guard came to their rescue.

17 Dec

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Christmas Prep & Tuesday Notes - 12/17/24

Courtney Dutton @MommyOfEli2013 (84229) • Rupert, Idaho 17 Dec

Hello everyone, how are you all doing? It's December 17th already - can you believe that? A week and a day till Christmas now. Are you all ready for the day? I think I am mostly ready for the holiday. We got our tree and...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I think I'm finished shopping. I only have my son and his girlfriend. Everyone else is out of state. I love the Christmas tree.

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Placing Bets

much2say @much2say (56087) • Los Angeles, California 9 Dec

No, I'm not a gambler . But we are jokingly "betting" that a good friend of mine will cancel our coffee get together this week, AGAIN . She does this ALL the time - ask any of our mutual...

ill bet she will cancel again

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I hope she can make it to your next coffee date.

17 Dec

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The first flowering of my frangipani

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342175) • Rockingham, Australia 16 Dec

We have friends who introduced us to the village and were really responsible for us moving here. They now live nine houses away from us. We have been friends for over 30 years. When we lived several hours’ drive away, we would...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux It's beautiful! I'm glad you're close neighbors now.

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Bloodthirsty Mosquito.

rakski @rakski (126037) • Philippines 17 Dec

I am a mosquito magnet and I hate those ruthless bloodthirsty mosquitoes to the bones. I only went out for not more than 5 minutes and viola, 5 to 6 mosquito bites all over or more. And to think I am wearing...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm sorry you're inundated by mosquitos. We don't have them at this time of year.

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12/16/24 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (181821) • United States 17 Dec

94 days until spring. It's going to be in the teens later this week. Brrrrr. Spent about 3 hours making phone calls...I have about a dozen to make. Mainly just got aggravated because Spectrum refuses to reverse the $29.99...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm sure I know what service you're talking about. They promised me a gift card too. I never got it, and I never moved. They had no excuse. They gave me all kinds of excuses about the gift card on the many calls I made them. On the last phone call, they said...

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Tudum!

Bojel @jobelbojel (36025) • Philippines 17 Dec

Yup, you are correct. That's Netflix sound. I wanted to watch the Carry On that I learned about from Yumeko. I have not opened my Netflix since last week as I am not in the mood of watching while I am playing Mobile games. But...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I hope you enjoy the movie.

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Have you heard about the Amazon strikes?

snowy @snowy22315 (182217) • United States 17 Dec

I was wondering why they didn't discuss this on the news last last night but apparently only a few facilities are striking (how kind of them to do this just when people are looking forward to sending and receiving Christmas gifts)...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I hadn't heard. Not a good time for them to go on strike.

17 Dec

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The Key To Living In Space? Bat Blood ?

Kandase @Kandae11 (55164) 13 Dec

Bat blood! would you drink it?. Scientists have long been trying to figure out how human bodies can adapt to living in space. Now they suspect the answer lies in - drinking bat blood. Well, speaking for myself l have never felt...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'll give the bat blood a pass.

17 Dec

I’ve not quite got the hang of this yet.

Fleur @Fleura (30541) • United Kingdom 16 Dec

We have a friend of a friend, and his wife, lodging with us at the moment and she has coeliac disease. Most of the time they cook their own meals but it’s nice to be able to share things now and then. I actually had a bag of...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I hope it still tastes good.

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My Door Project

Marie @Tampa_girl7 (50524) • United States 15 Dec

My husband painted our front door maybe 15 years ago. We have lived here since 1996. The front of our home has the sun hitting it directly and it gets pretty hot. This causes the paint to eventually weather and get cracky and...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux It should look pretty when it's done.

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Prayers Needed

MARILYN @Marilynda1225 (83103) • United States 17 Dec

Happy Tuesday Everyone! the rain is leaving (for awhile) and the sun looks like its trying to make an appearance. The temperatures have gotten warmer but will take a plunge once again in the next day or two. The temperatures have...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux My prayers are with you.

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Winter 2024-25 Tales: Wide difference in Day & Night temperatures making things difficult

Ptrikha_2 @ptrikha_2 (47077) • India 12 Dec

Winters are about cold, very cold or icy weather. Occasionally mild cold. Yet some days, vast difference in day and night or we can say Maximum and Minimum temperatures can test a lot. Here, we are having the same challenge with a...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux 23 C calculates out to 73 F. That's not cold. That's summer weather. 5C calculates out to 41 F. I agree it's a huge difference in temperature. Today it is 33 F or 0 C. That's our high for today.

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The Cell 2

Jessica @JESSY3236 (20039) • United States 17 Dec

I watched The Cell 2. It is the sequel to The Cell (the movie made in 2000). It has Tessie Santiago, Chris Bruno, Bart Johnson, Frank Whaley, Charles Halford, and Amee Walden in it. Big Warning: there is some violence and bad...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux Not my kind of movie. I'm glad you liked it.

17 Dec

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A last gathering before Christmas

Judy Evans @JudyEv (342175) • Rockingham, Australia 15 Dec

We have a barbecue area opposite our house in the lifestyle village and yesterday we had a gathering there in the afternoon. People started arriving at around 2pm and some stayed on for a barbecue dinner but most went home before...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm glad you had a fun afternoon.

16 Dec

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I did some editing on my book this morning!

The Horse @TheHorse (220275) • Walnut Creek, California 15 Dec

After a brief "comments conversation" with a MyLot member this morning, I went to fetch little anecdote about street life in Oakland CA. It's from the "Street Life" chapter of my (forthcoming, I hope) book about working with...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux It's a good thing you caught those typos, so I wouldn't need to bring out the prod.

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soaking it up

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (61643) • Centralia, Washington 15 Dec

Sister and her husband delivered the box of Mom's stuff yesterday. The husband deposited the box right in side of my front gate. I did not go out to them. They drove off. I sit here looking at the cardboard box. I just read...

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Valerie J. Routhieaux I'm sure there are a lot of teary memories in the box. Happy Anniversary.

16 Dec