Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (45072)

Staten Island, New York • Age 42

Joined myLot 10 years ago

Originally from Minsk, Belarus. Published 12 books and 2 poetry anthologies. Content writer for HubPages. Also help authors publish books.

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Lena Kovadlo's Discussions

Progress on Anna Karenina

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 19h

I borrowed Anna Karenina from the library on January 2nd. It is due January 23rd. According to Goodreads I’ve read 71% of the book. I have about 218 pages left to read. I’m not sure if I will be able to do that by the...

books

library

anna karenina

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Libraries temporarily closing

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 20 Jan

The library near my house temporarily closed after Election Day for renovations. It will reopen November 2025. Since then I’ve been going to the next closest library. However, on January 6th, it also closed for renovations. I...

library

library closing

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Hubby didn’t get into the rally

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 19 Jan

Hubby traveled to Washington DC last night for the Trump rally at Capital One Arena this Sunday. The trip was about three-and-a-half hours. He stood in line for about six hours in bad weather and he still didn’t get in. What a...

trump rally

presidential inauguration

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Hotel prices are through the roof

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 16 Jan

Trump is having a rally in DC on Sunday at the Capital One Arena. And Monday is his inauguration on Monday. Hubby and I wanted to go to both. If we do that, we need to book a hotel for two nights. So far what we’ve looked at for...

hotels

prices

washington dc

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Taking a while to read Anna Karenina

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 13 Jan

It’s taking a long time to read Anna Karenina. I’m currently on page 335 and according to Goodreads I’ve read only 39%. I thought I’d be at least halfway done. I have until January 23rd to finish it. Hopefully, I will make...

reading

books

anna karenina

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Where are the sliced potatoes?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 12 Jan

Saw a post on Facebook. Someone bought three cans of sliced potatoes at Aldi. They opened one can to find corn. Opened the second to find corn. Third one had corn as well. Probably the whole batch was like that. Could there have...

canned vegetables

aldi

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Tipping 30%?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 11 Jan

I just saw a post on Facebook that said how to tip a server. They showed a total amount, said to move the decimal point one to the left (that’s 10%) and then multiply by three. That comes out to a 30% tip. This followed by the...

dining out

tips

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Big sale at the supermarket

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 8 Jan

Was looking through the supermarket circulars. There seems to be a big sale this week. Bumble Bee solid tuna is 12/$12. Hellman’s mayo is $2.99 for a 30 oz. jar. Haagen-Dazs ice cream (14 oz.) is 2/$7. Cracker Barrel...

big sale

supermarket

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Missing eggs

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 7 Jan

I was with my mom at Lidl a few weeks ago. We were looking at eggs. I picked up a carton of a dozen brown eggs and gave it to her. When she opened it up there were only ten eggs inside instead of twelve. She put the carton back...

eggs

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Has this happened before?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 6 Jan

Kamala Harris is the first woman to become the VP of the United States. She is also the first woman to certify the presidential election results, a race which she ended up losing. Has this ever happened before where a VP ran for...

presidential election

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A waste of $100

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 4 Jan

My mom had a rattling noise when her central heat turned on. Her friend said there may be something wrong with the motor. She called someone to come and take a look. Turned out there was a piece of paper stuck in the unit and it...

central heat

noise

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New year, new books

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 3 Jan

New year. New books to read. I’m about to dive into a translation of a Russian classic: Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy. The novel is 817 pages long. How long will it take me to read this book? Hopefully no more than...

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New reading goal for 2025

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 2 Jan

So last year my reading goal was 75 books. I ended up reading 76. Now that it’s 2025 it’s time to set a new reading goal. How much should I increase it by? What should it be? Potentially, I’d love to get to 80. But I may...

goodreads reading challenge

2025 reading goal

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Not what I ordered

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 1 Jan

There’s an option to do order pickup at our Walgreens/Duane Reade pharmacy chain. I sometimes do that if it turns out it will cost me less to buy the items online than at my local store. I sometimes also do pickup if what I want...

walgreens

order pickup

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I did it!

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 29 Dec

I reached my reading goal for 2024. And I even surpassed it by one book. My goal was to read 75 books and I read 76. I actually didn’t think I’d make it but reading poetry books certainly helped. These books take less time to...

reading goal

goodreads reading challenge

books

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How I celebrated my birthday

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 25 Dec

My birthday started off with breakfast at Cafe Juliet. I had a Juliet breakfast brioche sandwich (custard style eggs, cheddar cheese, mayo, beef bacon, brioche bun), a coconut croissant, and rose petal latte (rose petal syrup,...

birthday celebration

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What I want to do for my birthday

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 23 Dec

I just checked my weather app and I see a snowflake for December 24th. Hope it won’t change and I will have a white birthday. It is my wish every year for it to snow on my birthday but more often than not it doesn’t happen. I...

birthday

atlantic city

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Not sure where to go away for vacation

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 17 Dec

Hubby was thinking of possibly taking off next week from the 24th to the end of the year and going somewhere. Not sure where to go or what to do. I am not great at planning vacations. I know I want to stay in the...

travel

vacation

getaway

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Not enough iCloud storage

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 16 Dec

My iPhone hasn’t been backed up in weeks because I don’t have enough iCloud storage. I’m told to upgrade iCloud for 99¢ per month or get rid of stuff to free up space. I know it’s not expensive to pay that much a month but I still...

apple

icloud storage

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Hope to get to my reading goal this year

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45072) • Staten Island, New York 12 Dec

I’ve read 68 books so far this year. Once I finish three more books I borrowed from the library I’ll be at 71 books. My goal was to read 75 books by the end of the year. I hope I can do it as I’m so close. It will be a bummer...

books

reading

reading challenge

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