Rachel

@RachelleDD (823)

Canada

Joined myLot 18 years ago

I live in Newfoundland, Canada, love music of all kinds. Always appreciated the advice I've gotten from MyLot. :)

Rachel's Discussions

Where is the most beautiful place you've ever been?

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 16 Mar 21

I live in Newfoundland, Canada. An island in the middle of the Atlantic. I've done some traveling, but truly the most beautiful place I've ever been is the little town I grew up in. Population 300, related to mostly everyone...

most beautiful place home

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Meals you remember as a kid.

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 12 Mar 21

What meal did your family serve you when you were a kid that you absolutely hated, and you’ve never eaten it since you’ve grown up? My family didn’t serve this but my in-laws did, it was bologna hash, bologna slices and potatoes...

food pizza

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5 people

Gallbaldder Attack!!

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 10 Mar 21

A really good friend of mine just got diagnosed with multiple gallstones after she suffered her first gallbladder attack. She didn't know what was happening to her at first. The crushing belly cramps lasted four days! She lost...

pain gallbladder attack

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7 people

Why So Much Hate on TikTok?

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 5 Mar 21

So I recently downloaded the app TikTok to follow a friends son who has basically gone viral on there. He is one funny dude, and has over 500,000 followers. That is like almost the population of ALL Newfoundland!! In Canada there...

keyboard warriors hate on tictok just scroll

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Things to Do in Isolation

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 20 Feb 21

I am not restricted to self-isolation, I'm an essential worker in a hospital. But our province is basically on lock-down. Not allow off your property unless it's for essentials, you can't go to the grocery store with your spouse,...

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Two truths - One Lie

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 16 Feb 21

Had an icebreaker meeting a while ago, the speaker had us all to write on paper two truths and one lie about ourselves and have the rest of the attendees guess which one was the truth, and which one was the lie. My truths and...

which one is the lie icebreaker

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Refusing to wear a mask

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 15 Feb 21

I'm a front line worker, and I mean as close on the front line as a person can get during this pandemic, of course like everywhere there are many protocols in place to keep the public safe. I don't question the policies, I listen...

front line worker refusing to wear a mask

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8 people

Need advice -- He slept with my daughter

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 15 Feb 21

This past weekend I found out my husbands best friend of 30+ years slept with our daughter, our daughter is my husbands "stepdaughter", but daughter just the same. I first met "Fred" a month or so after I met my husband, he was...

slept with daughter friendship advice needed

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5 people

Toxic family

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 12 Nov 19

My husband is a wonderful man, kind, loving, devoted. We have been together for 20 years and our love for each other has only deepened. However, he has a very toxic family. His brother was convicted of child molestation a couple...

toxic family

cutting family out of your life

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When Emotions Run High

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 8 Nov 19

My brother was transported to hospital by ambulance last night, he collapsed in his washroom. He is severely dehydrated and blood counts are really low. He is now scared to return home, and cried that he doesn't want to burden...

cancer sucks

emotional time

losing a loved one

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4 people

Jake - fixed

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 7 Nov 19

Monday I took my little dog to the vet to be neutered. This is the third day post-surgery. Luckily he hasn't had to wear the dreaded "cone of shame" as he is not really bothered with the incision. He is back to his ole playful...

neutering

pain

i love my puppy

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4 people

Christmas Vs Remembrance Day

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 6 Nov 19

Remembrance Day is November 11th, my social media is swamped with post of how folks are disrespecting veterans if they decorate for Christmas before Remembrance Day has passed. I read a post from a veteran himself, he said he...

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2 people

Scamming Innocent People

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 6 Nov 19

So yesterday I got a message from a good friend of mine, she asked how I was doing, and I told her I was good. She asked me if I "had heard the news about the Snow Grant Foundation". I knew as soon as she asked this that someone...

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2 people

End of Life Care

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 3 Nov 19

My brother is terminally ill, cancer is slowing consuming him. It's breaking his bones, and making him weak with every step. Diagnosed in July, it's been a horrible four months watching the life slowly slip away from his eyes....

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6 people

When is Helping Your Kids Too Much??

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 24 Sep 16

I have two adult kids, they both live four hours away from me. Both have struggled with getting a foothold in this world. My daughter suffers from bouts of depression, BPD. She struggles holding down a job but is currently...

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1 person

The Healing of Music

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 21 May 16

Today a friend of mine was buried. He passed away this week surrounded by his friends and family. His daughter asked if I could sing a reflection hymn at his service. How can you possibly say no? So I sang a song I thought...

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3 people

Searching For Love When Single

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 26 May 09

I have a good friend who recently divorced, seems to me she is on the prowl, out to prove to herself in one way or another that she is still attractive, still desirable...which she very much is, but hearing it from me doesnt...

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1 person

How Dirty Is Your Mind???

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 26 May 09

My user name is RachelleDD, the DD represents my last name, when I first joined I had lots of messages left wondering if it was the size of my bra? The size of my bra???? Then i realized that all the friend request i was...

dirty mind dd

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They are out to get me at work!!!

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 16 Sep 07

UPDATE TO THIS POST: So my computer had been hacked, by the site manager, my email was gone through, as well as messenger. This happened a long time ago, the business has since folded. Before the two weeks were up, I contacted...

bullied at work

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Looking for More Hours In the Day!!!

Rachel @RachelleDD (823) • Canada 18 Jun 07

Got a new job, got two promotions since I started. Now I am a supervisor with over 30 people under me per shift, and a mountain of paper work both on the job and even taking it home with me. I have never had this much...

hours

time

work

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