ycswid

@ycswid (279)

Canada • Age 65

Joined myLot 18 years ago

"I've been there before and I'm locking the door and I'm not going back again" - Melissa Etheridge (I'm The Only One)

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Discussions (17)

ycswid's Discussions

Ginger Root - How to store/cook/use and recipes

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 11 Jun 07

I very much enjoy adding ginger root to my stir-fry however too often when I go to use the piece that I have previously purchased I find it unusable mostly due to mold. How much ginger root do you purchase? How do you store...

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Overeating - Variety of your food.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 19 Mar 07

I found a very interesting article today. It stated something that I had never heard. You are less likely to overeat if you eat the same thing at one meal. I know that I eat the same breakfast at least 5 days a week but didn't...

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What do you think of how the Toyotas are doing in Nextel?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 17 Mar 07

With this week's qualifying in Atlanta there are only 3 Toyotas in the field. Two of them made it in on time and Jarrett took another (limited) past champions provisional. There were 3 Toyotas that went home including owner...

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How do you feel about gas prices? Want to do something?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 14 Mar 07

I've just been made aware of a new website http://boycottgas.ca The premise is to boycott one of the five major Canadian gas companies for 30 days straight and rotate that each month. On the website they have an indepth...

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Do comments count towards posts?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 10 Mar 07

I'm fairly new to mylot, having only been here for just over 2 weeks. Just yesterday I noticed that when I comment on a response I don't get an increase to my post count. I didn't notice that when I started commenting on...

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Is Frugal living simplifying your life?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 7 Mar 07

I am working on simplifying my life and trying to be frugal at the same time. I have been decluttering, and buying less. Cooking from scratch to have a healthier eating habits and spend less. Getting exercise to have a healthier...

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Scooter Libby convicted on 4 of 5 counts in CIA leak case.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 6 Mar 07

I just saw this on the CBC homepage and wondered what mylotters thought of this outcome. http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/03/-6/libby-verdict.html Is it what you expected? What does a guilty verdict say about this...

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Looking for inspiration...

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 6 Mar 07

Well it's after 10:30am and I still haven't decided what to pull out for dinner this evening. I was extremely busy with family business over the weekend and didn't do my weekly menu. Now we're just winging it for the week. I'm...

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How might you handle this?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 5 Mar 07

My husband has 2 children from his previous marriage. They are with their mother and the youngest (M17) told us about his stepfather and him coming to blows last week. Enough so that the eldest (F21) called 911. When the police...

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Upcoming race in Vegas.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 2 Mar 07

I'm in the fantasy pool at Yahoo with a small group of my husband's co-workers. With the next race being at a completely reconfigured Vegas I have nothing to base my choices for the driver picks for this race. As a general rule...

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How do you get out of a blue mood.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 1 Mar 07

Today I'm feeling blue. It's snowing outside, on it's way to freezing rain they're saying so I'm stuck inside. I'm just not in a very good mood and I am having a hard time getting myself out of it. What do you do when you're...

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Do you see evidence that people care about one another.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 1 Mar 07

I was in the grocery store the other day and the cashier and an elderly woman (I'd say close to 80) were having a conversation about people not caring about one another. They said that young people are just interested in...

Reuniting with absent parent.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 27 Feb 07

I have recently reunited with my father. He left when I was about 6 or 7 years old. I had little contact with him other than when I would visit my grandmother (his mother). I would run into him there or occasionally around town....

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What's your weather like today?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 26 Feb 07

Here in Southern Ontario (Canada) we're getting another storm to add to the whacking we took last week. Although I love to look at snow it certainly isn't nice when you have traveling to do. I also don't participate in any snow...

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Introduce yourself and tell us about your children

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 25 Feb 07

I'm new to mylot and have just added Mother as one of roles in my life. I'd love to meet others so I thought this may help us to get to know one another a little better. I'm Tricia, from Hamilton, ON, Canada. I have 2 grown...

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What are you doing to try to eat healthy.

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 25 Feb 07

As I am getting older I'm becoming more interested in being sure to eat healthy. The Canadian government has just come out with the new food guide and I see that they are getting very specific about portion sizes. It seems like we...

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Why are you here?

ycswid @ycswid (279) • Canada 25 Feb 07

I found out about mylot.com from another website that I frequent prairiehomemaker.com. Mylot was listed in the section that pertains to making money from home. The person listed their referral and noted that they had already...

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