ladyljs

@ladyljs (1303)

United States • Age 63

Joined myLot 17 years ago

Live each day as if it were your last

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Please Please Please Prayers for Gabs

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 25 Mar 09

Hello Friends I again come to you to ask for prayers. Our own Mylot friend Gabs has been very ill all winter and is suffer extremely at this time. Please say prayers, light a candles, send possitive thoughts to our...

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ladyljs Hello dear! I am not on this site as often as I used to be, and just happened to see this. Prayer works.....sometimes not as quickly as we would like, but it works! We will keep Gabs in our prayers! Hugs to you!L

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Would like some Advice please......

Modestah @Modestah (11179) • United States 4 Dec 08

My beloved husband had a doctor appt. today and the doc told him that if he does not quit smoking he will have a heartattack within five years. DH is still young in his mid-40s. The advice I am looking for is: How can I...

smoking ceasation quitting help health heart di

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ladyljs Hi friend! I can only be as blunt as it needs to be. I lost my husband 3 years ago to lung cancer. The worst part is the doctors never diagnosed it! He would go into a doctors office and they would listen to his lungs and say....you have never smoked!...

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Why do we always have to DO something

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 9 Oct 08

Good morning All, I keep reading we need to do something about.... Why do we feel like we must control, change, or fix everything? There once was a child that traveled the world looking for importance..Finally arriving at the...

being kind

kindness

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ladyljs Hi Ray!What a wonderful world it would be. In my little way, I try to live by these standards...letting folks ahead of me in line, plugging a meter that is about to expire, holding the door open for people with their hand full. It all adds up. Maybe someday, I...

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Do you believe in God

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 8 Oct 08

Hello All Do you believe in God? Yes I do. What religion are you? I'm Bahai for nearly 30 years. " It's too bad the Americal Civil Liberties Union can't read this or maybe they did and are trying to figure out how to sue Mr...

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ladyljs I have seen this before, and thought it was great! It is amazing that we can all come from the same country, yet barely tolerate each other. Thanks for sharing friend!

8 Oct 08

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My old friend is nearing the end!

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 23 Jun 08

Hello Friends I have an old gal that has wandered my house and lawns for many years and I fear her days are getting closer to the end. Shunk Skouii is a golden retriever that will be 16 years old July 7th if she...

aging

golden retriever

old animals

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ladyljs Oh my dear, This made me so sad...it is so very hard to see our faithful pets pass, and though we know that there time on this earth is not long, they give us great times and wonderful memories for all of our lives. I lost my "baby" just before the twins...

23 Jun 08

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Bats and global warming

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 22 Jun 08

Hello Friends I have this idea that by placing batboxes if you are not lucky enough to have caves in the cliffs in your area and letting them naturally take care of the mosquitos,flies,etc and not having to use the...

bats

bats are good

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ladyljs We have too many bats here!!! Just paid an exterminator $400 to rid my attic of the pesty creatures! LOL! Sad thing is...we have our share of mosquitos too!!! Maybe my bats are vegetarians...hehe

22 Jun 08

Can a few words change your day?

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 19 Jun 08

How many times have you taken a minute to say a word or two to someone to change their day? You know the words: Get out of the way! That top is a great color for you! Can't you do anything right? Isn't it a great...

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ladyljs I try to see the good in everyone...even if I struggle at it with some! LOL! Like my daddy used to say, " you get more flies with honey than you do with vinegar ". Have a wonderful day sweetie!

19 Jun 08

Have you given someone the gift of listening?

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 19 Jun 08

Have you given the 'Gift of Listening' ? We think we do but usually don't really listen. In order to be a good listener you really have to listen. No interrupting! No planning your response! Just...

good listener

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ladyljs I have to say that I am guilty of daydreaming when certain people talk....it's usually because I have heard that same story 4 times before!!! LOL. No seriously, listening is a skill that takes concentration, and is not easy if done correctly! Thanks for...

19 Jun 08

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Nothing can compare to a MAN COLD!

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 19 Jun 08

Hi All When I was with the x it seemed that if he had a cold he was such a baby while here I am disabled due to a back degenation and FM, CFS, IBS, etc but had to feel his head to see if it was 'hot' ! Check this...

funny

humor

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ladyljs That was great! Some men can be such babies, living in their own little world and expecting everyone to drop everything and coddle them. I was very lucky to be married to a man that just wouldn't stop. Even with diabetes, 2 heart attacks and cancer, he...

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Home Sweet Home

Modestah @Modestah (11179) • United States 16 Jun 08

I spent the last three weeks in deep south Texas - about as far south as you can go in the Rio Grande Valley. It was a great visit which I am glad I made because with fuel costs I may just not get down there to visit my mother...

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ladyljs SOunds like you had a wonderful time! I am so glad that you had the opportunity to do it! We are going on a road trip next week. GOing to visit my sister and her family in Missouri. She has plans for us to go to Branson and watch a couple of shows....and...

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Some like it Hot! superb appetizers

Modestah @Modestah (11179) • United States 16 Jun 08

Take yourself some fresh Jalepeno peppers wash them and slice them lengthwise - now get a spoon and scrape out the seeds and all membranes (leave some of the membranes -those little white ridges- attached if you like it real...

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ladyljs All I can say is MMMMMMMM! I am going to the kitchen to check and see if I have the ingrediants right now! I know that they don't sound like a breakfast meal...but, I find myself eating weird stuff at all times of the day anyway! So, breakfast, here I come!

17 Jun 08

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I just found out that ciggs went up $1.25 more a pack

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 14 Jun 08

I don't smoke so I didn't realize how much it cost to buy a pack of 20 but I was just in the line behind a very young girl that bought a pack and almost fell down dead! I said " How can you afford them?" She...

smoking taxes

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ladyljs Hi friend! I don't smoke either, but my late husband did. 3 years ago, we were shelling out $160 a month and it was literally going up in smoke. He tried to quit several times, but never could. In the end, it was ciggarettes that were the cause of his...

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Turning "Notify" on

danishcanadian @danishcanadian (28955) • Canada 12 Jun 08

I would like to be able to click on somehing that says "turn all friend notifications on" because if I had a notification each time one of my nearly 1,000 MyLot friends started a discussion, sorted into a separate in-box folder of...

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ladyljs That is a wonderful idea! I don't get to the computer that often, and to trying to catch my "friends" discussions by clicking on the link, really inhibits my ability to answer many more of my friends that haven't posted in the last few minutes. I have...

13 Jun 08

Hospital Flowers

lilaclady @lilaclady (28207) • Australia 13 Jun 08

I went to visit a friend in hospital yesterday but when I first heard she was in there I sent her an arrangement of flowers, so when I got to the hospital, she thanked me for the flowers but said they don't really allow them in...

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ladyljs WOW! As a florist for over 25 years, I can surely tell you that a cut flower does not TAKE UP OXYGEN!!! A live plant/flower produces oxygen and breathes in carbon dioxide...what we exhale. That is why people say talking to your plants helps...it is actually...

13 Jun 08

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Peeing in public

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 12 Jun 08

Have you ever seen anyone pee in public? I have actually a couple of times. The first time I saw this was on the subway in NYC in 1970's. These two guys were having a disagreement and one just whipped it out and...

quotes

urinate in public

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ladyljs I live on a country road, and once and a while there will be a car...more likely a truck pulled over with one passenger door opened. Yup, I know what they are up to, and it's not looking for deer! On the reverse side, when my little boy can't stand it any...

13 Jun 08

Baldness..What do you think?

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 13 Jun 08

Hello Friends My X was going bald and I used to joke about leaving him when he lost his hair.. Little did I know I would be kicking him to the curb!!! I seriously don't have an issues with baldness. What do...

quotes

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ladyljs Simply taller than my hair...still laughing!!!! Baldness is simply a fact of nature. Some people are lucky to have a full head of hair, others tend to loose it as they age. Is hair important? Not really...it really doesn't do anything other than cover our...

13 Jun 08

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Do you believe that if you believe that others will believe what you believe....

raydene @raydene (9871) • United States 13 Jun 08

I believe I believe click click of the red shoes! lol Seriously Friends I do believe in the power of belief Do you? I like who I am as a person. And because I believe that there's much more to me than my looks,...

belief

i believe

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ladyljs I believe! I believe! I believe! I think that the enthusiasm and self confidence that one shows, sends a message to the recipient that this person is indeed enthusiastic and self confident. Hey girl, I haven't heard from you in a while...you doing ok?

13 Jun 08

Does Having a Lot of Friends Improve Your Star Rating in Mylot?

fortknox75 @fortknox75 (842) • Philippines 11 Jun 08

Does having a lot of friends in mylot improves your star rating or reputation? If so, in what way? And I would want all of you then to invite you and be my friends.

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ladyljs Most of this has already been stated, but it is true. The number of friends doesn't improve your rating...but having lots of friends, particularly ones that will mark that plus sign does. Every time I start a discussion, whether I agree with the responder...

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Would You Rate a Person If You Had to Explain Your Rating?

ShealM @ShealM (388) • Canada 11 Jun 08

I am all for accountability and owning my words and actions. My sister (meisse) explained to me this Star thing and reputations and how some people negative rate because they are angry with the person. Now I understand that the...

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ladyljs I think that mylot should take this very seriously! Hopefully someone is monitoring this discussion and will try to incorporate it into the next change. Having one be accountable would put lots of us on board for rating people. I truly think that some...

11 Jun 08

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