Lena Kovadlo

@lovebuglena (45745)

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.

Discussions (2013)

Lena Kovadlo's Discussions

Why do they make things complicated?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 25 Mar

My mom is going to Florida in May. She already booked her flight there and back. She is flying there with my brother's in-laws. They called her to let her know that the flight there has been changed to a later time. They decided...

jetblue

changing flights

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Tonight’s dinner

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 24 Mar

I usually make corned beef around the time of St. Patrick’s Day. That’s when it’s at a big sale. I finally made it today. To go along with the corned beef I sautéed some cabbage and baked some sweet potatoes, which I diced. And...

dinner

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7 people

Had to return my sneakers

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 23 Mar

I was very excited to wear my new On Cloud 5 sneakers yesterday. When I took them out of the box I noticed that they were not in perfect condition. The material must not have been stitched properly or something because some of...

on sneakers

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10 people

Went to the dentist yesterday

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 18 Mar

Went to the dentist yesterday. It was a routine cleaning. I have to do it every four months because of the black stains on my teeth. The walk to the bus from my house takes about twenty minutes. The bus ride is a little less...

dentist

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6 people

Weird voicemail transcription

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 14 Mar

Not sure about other phones but iPhones have a feature that transcribes voicemail messages. Without playing the message you can see what the person said. That’s a nice feature to have, however, what’s transcribed isn’t necessarily...

iphone

voicemail transcription

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3 people

Cannot get sneakers I wanted

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 13 Mar

I wanted to buy myself another pair of On sneakers. I already have a black/white pair and I wanted something light that can go with anything. It was selling for $140 at Bloomingdale’s so I didn’t buy it. Decided to wait and see if...

bloomingdales

on sneakers

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8 people

Can’t believe some people

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 12 Mar

I just saw a post in my FB feed having to do with Carrie Underwood performing at Trump’s Inauguration. I decided to take a peek at the comments and this is what I found. Some people said they will not be watching American Idol...

carrie underwood

trump inauguration

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6 people

Hubby’s Birthday Dinner

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 9 Mar

It was hubby’s birthday today so we went out with our parents, his grandma, and his cousin to a Turkish restaurant near us. The food was really good and so was the atmosphere. For a party of nine people we ended up spending under...

birthday dinner

restaurant

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9 people

New books delivered

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 9 Mar

I had some money left on my Amazon gift card that I received for my birthday and I decided to get myself some books. The Ragpicker King by Cassandra Clare Sync by Ellen Hopkins Greenlights by Matthew...

books

reading

amazon

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5 people

Tonight’s dinner

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 6 Mar

I have lots of pasta at home and turkey bacon that needs to be consumed so I decided that tonight’s dinner will pasta. I will boil the pasta and then put it in the skillet with some Rao’s marinara sauce. To that I will add fried...

pasta

dinner

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6 people

Lucked out on eggs

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 6 Mar

I scored a dozen large organic free range brown eggs at Lidl for $6.05. Grabbed a carton for my mom as well. Not bad considering the current prices. And I got the last two. Lucky me. Seems they also had eggs for five bucks and...

eggs

lidl

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11 people

Going to see a Cirque du Soleil show

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 4 Mar

My in-laws decided to have a family outing so they got tickets to Cirque du Soleil: Luzia for this Wednesday. It’s gonna be them, hubby and I, and his brother and girlfriend. I’m excited about the show. The seats are in the...

cirque du soleil

luzia

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5 people

Short of free shipping minimum

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 3 Mar

I wanted to buy two books on Amazon. To my luck I end up being a few bucks short of the $35 minimum to qualify for free shipping. I have to pay $6.99 for delivery. Since one of the books is 49% off I should just pay the $6.99 but...

amazon

books

shipping

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5 people

Alone today

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 2 Mar

Hubby went to the Russian bathhouse today so that leaves me alone for the day. Even though I’m used to being alone I don’t want to be. And I don’t want to be stuck at home by myself either. Maybe I will go to the mall or...

alone

sunday

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Going to a Broadway show

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 28 Feb

I’m going to a Broadway show with my mom Saturday. We are doing to see Sunset Blvd. I’ve wanted to see this show for a while and I finally get to do it. I’m very excited especially since Nicole Scherzinger is playing the lead...

sunset blvd

broadway show

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Thinking of giving this a try

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 27 Feb

For my mom’s birthday I bought her a greeting card from Blue Mountain Arts. I love their cards because the greetings inside are not generic. The words are those that seem more personal. And sometimes it feels as if you could’ve...

greeting cards

poetry

blue mountain arts

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5 people

What should I have done?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 26 Feb

My mom bought stuff from Bloomingdale’s but then returned some of it. The returns didn’t make it into the same monthly billing cycle as the purchases, so the bill that was generated still has all those items. I wasn’t sure if I...

credit card

balance

payment

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5 people

$700 toaster

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 25 Feb

SMEG is a company that makes retro style appliances for the home. I saw a picture of a really cool looking SMEG toaster being sold at Bloomingdales. Went to their site to check it out. It is SMEG Dolce & Gabbana toaster and it's...

smeg

toaster

appliances

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Ridiculous prices

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 24 Feb

Stopped by an Asian supermarket yesterday with my mom. She asked me to look at eggs for her. The store was selling a dozen eggs for $11.99 and 18 eggs for $17.99. I don’t think they were cage free or organic....

eggs

prices

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Do you tip on tax?

Lena Kovadlo @lovebuglena (45745) • Staten Island, New York 24 Feb

The restaurant we went to Saturday, it seemed like the suggested tip on the receipt was for the total amount after tax. I found that weird. It’s usually not. I never leave a tip on the total. I always calculate it based on the...

tip

tax

restaurants

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5 people