RasmaSandra

@RasmaSandra (81653)

Daytona Beach, Florida • Age 67

Joined myLot 10 years ago

New York City is my hometown. I have now relocated from Riga, Latvia to Daytona Beach, Florida along with my cat Sid. I am passionate about poetry and writing.

nothingbutpoetry.wordpress.com

RasmaSandra's Activity

Do you check the price of things you need?

Always smiling @allknowing (138978) • India 17 Jan

If I need something I will buy no matter how much it costs But not if I want something. One can do away with wants if the price is more than what one can afford to buy When a need is felt there is no point in finding out how...

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RasmaSandra @allknowing nope if the amount of the groceries comes to a price that is too much for my budget I will look over and take out some items I can do without for a while,

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Getting ready for snow, but hopefully no ice

Vicki, #1 Creek Girl @1creekgirl (42012) • United States 17h

I know many of you are having much colder weather than us, but here in eastern NC, these temps in the 20s and 30s are awful. This week is looking to be worse. We're hoping to go to Raleigh Tuesday (a hundred miles) to pick up eye...

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RasmaSandra The weather is making my head feel like I have rocks in it, There was some warmer air today and then the nights are going to be back in the 40s again, I will put you in my prayers and hope all will be well,

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It must be true - it was in the newspaper.

Fiacre Banks @xFiacre (13297) • Ireland 16h

A discussion this afternoon about how reliable the press is brought to my mind a newspaper article I read a few years ago concerning a man I knew. He was in the papers because of some nefarious activity of which he was rightly...

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RasmaSandra Nope, I certainly don't, and if I choose to write about something I check the details even as much as three times if necessary before I commit my name to the story,

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An Eyeglass And Jewelry Washing Machine in the Airport

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (61) • United States 16h

I snapped this photo in the Houston (TX) Intercontinental Airport the other day. I hadn't seen a gadget like this before. You can put your eyeglasses or jewelry in the machine (for a fee) and it cleans them for you. Have you...

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RasmaSandra I doubt I would trust that machine with my stuff but it is interesting, I have never heard of such a thing,

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18 January - What I'm Thankful for Today

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (318388) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 10h

Good evening from another cold night and getting colder in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA. Temps begin plunging tonight. They're talking -34 F windchill overnight and through Monday, possibly longer. I didn't see temps warm up before...

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RasmaSandra I am thankful for another day of writing on my PC and for the day being a bit warmer than usual, Best of luck to you with your book,

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How Do You Trademark a Smell?

celticeagle @celticeagle (169875) • Boise, Idaho 10h

Play-Doh has an distinctive scent that is recognized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. It is a registered trademark of the brand. But how do you trademark a smell? First, you must describe it and send it off to the...

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RasmaSandra Yup, I always wondered why Play-Doh was salty but don't remember how it smelled,

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Soggy Saturday

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (51967) • Canada 18h

Good morning myLot friends. We woke to rain this morning. It is a mild, for the season that we are in, rain. It is melting much of the snow and making the piles of it smaller. The weather is...

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RasmaSandra I hope you got your package and had a good day, Have a nice evening, In this cold weather I mostly stay at home and work on my PC,

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Happy Saturday

Marie @Tampa_girl7 (50938) • United States 16h

I hope that you are all doing good. I haven’t done much today. My husband is home and I made us some breakfast. He and our son requested some blueberry muffins. I made some eggs and sausage to go with them. I made the muffins low...

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RasmaSandra As usual keeping warm and working on my PC, I rarely go out in the cold here,

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We've Got Eggs...Again! Yay!

Kareng @kareng (64550) • United States 17 Jan

Yes, the chickens are coming out of their molt and we have eggs again, finally! This year the molt ended earlier than usual for my flock. They usually don't start laying again until March and one year it was April before they...

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RasmaSandra Last time I ordered groceries I didn't buy eggs since I like to get 18 and those cost $6 but next month I'll take another look,

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Do you check the price of things you need?

Always smiling @allknowing (138978) • India 17 Jan

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RasmaSandra I carefully explore the Walmart site I order from before it is time to put in an order and make up a list so that I know just how much everything will cost,

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People who don't know how to spell your name or location

snowy @snowy22315 (183690) • United States 18h

For those of you who don't know my first name is Karen.with a K. I seem to invariably run into people I need to give my name to that want to know if it is with a C or a K. In all my years of being a Karen, and knowing Karen's I...

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RasmaSandra I gave up a long time ago to explain my first name Rasma a typical Latvian name so when I started writing and blogging a lot online I chose to put my first and second name together RasmaSandra so that everyone would know that it was me,

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To house-sit or not to house-sit

Judy Evans @JudyEv (343679) • Rockingham, Australia 17 Jan

When we first moved from our country property to the city, we did quite a lot of house-sitting in various places around the countryside. Then Vince needed several major operations so in 2024 we didn’t do any. Now, the people who...

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RasmaSandra Best of luck with the house sitting you'll do and I think it's great that you can find some time for yourself to do some traveling,

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Fireplaces Are Good For Drying Things

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (61) • United States 15h

The podiatrist told me on Monday that I need to wear compression socks all the time now. I told him I wore them when on flights but he alluded to the fact that I was "of an age" where compression socks were necessary all the time...

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RasmaSandra I know what they are but have never worn any,

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An unusual story from Mount Juliet Tennessee

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (105349) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 12h

This story is kind of unusual since the Mount Juliet Police Department when the officers pulled over a pizza delivery driver on Wednesday evening when one of their license plate reading cameras identified an auto that was driven...

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RasmaSandra Well, that was mighty kind and thoughtful of him,

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What Will President Biden Do After Leaving The White House?

celticeagle @celticeagle (169875) • Boise, Idaho 11h

President Biden, 82, and his wife, Dr. Jill Biden,73, will be leaving the White House on January 20th. Biden wants to continue his work in foreign policy at the Biden Institute Penn which is a think tank and, in domestic policy at...

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RasmaSandra I hope they have a long and productive life ahead of them,

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American as Apple Pie?

celticeagle @celticeagle (169875) • Boise, Idaho 10h

Apple pie has been associated with American patriotism for as long as we can remember. But actually, it originated in England before the United States ever existed. An apple pie recipe first appeared in a 14th-century English...

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RasmaSandra I've always been an apple pie fan but now if I want some I purchase the Little Debbie kind,

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Spring Cleaning

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (122206) • Gainesville, Florida 11h

Today was forecast to be a gloomy, dreary and rainy day as the Polar Vortex starts making its way down into the Deep South, so I didn't really make any plans to do anything today. But I did wake up feeling energetic and motivated,...

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RasmaSandra Best of luck with your spring cleaning, I only have two rooms, and what I have are the last of my memories which one day as I get older will have to be just tossed since there is no one to leave them to,

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A missing dog found by a thermal drone in Illinois

George B Vieto @Deepizzaguy (105349) • Lake Charles, Louisiana 11h

Crystal Lake Illinois residents Kate Belmonte and her fiance David Nowak were sad to learn that their dog Charlie went missing from their home on Monday December 30 after the dog left his home during a foggy morning. The couple...

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RasmaSandra So glad they could find Charlie, Poor doggy,

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A decent afternoon.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (73526) • Daytona Beach, Florida 16h

Today is supposed to be unseasonably warm, although George acts like it's freezing out. He's either not feeling well, or the blood thinners are messing with him. Not sure which. Well, George seems comfortable enough, although he...

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RasmaSandra I hope you both had a good day and will have a relaxing evening, I felt those warm winds blow in but hen next week the nights are down in the 40s again, My head feels like it has rocks in it, Once the weather settles I will feel much better.

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Remembering 2024’s Losses: James B. Sikking

Four Walls @FourWalls (70090) • United States 15h

This is one of the folks on the list of entertainment/well-known individuals not related to music who got bumped from the top ten. This man brought back some good memories, and I was truly sad to see that he passed away in 2024....

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RasmaSandra Yup, I remember the man,

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