@KarenLO on myLot

jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 22 Aug 08

I have a very dear friend who is also a mylot member. Every Thursday night we get together after she goes to her Gamblers Anonymous meetings. I am so very proud of her that she has taken steps to overcome her addiction! Last night...

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KarenLO Hi Everyone, I am Karen, the ex-gambler, and I am still attending my meetings every Thursday night and also visiting my friend, JillHill afterwards. I have only had one relapse and that was after 1 year and 11 months. I was very disgusted with myself but I...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 14 Apr 11

Yup! Got up on St. Patricks day and quit...The thing that bothers me the most is that it hasn't bothered me that much to quit! I mean I thought it would be harder! I have smoked for 42 years and maybe I just got plain sick of the...

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KarenLO Congratulations Linda...good job. I know it is a hard addiction to cure but I knew you could do it if you wanted to. I am so happy that you have taken this step. I smoked for many years, quit, started again and have been free of the cigarette for over 20 years...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 3 Apr 11

A friend of min sent me a link to a site that is capturing the hatching of three Eagles eggs! On Sat. the first egg hatched and as luck would have it my two youngest granddaughters were here visiting and got to see the eaglette...

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KarenLO The second egg hatched in the night. I have watched them being fed by the mother or father (can't tell) and it is really facinating. If you are interested in taking a photo of them...press Alt and Print Screen...then open up Accessories in your Program file...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 20 Sep 08

My daughter in law and I scrapped last night until this evening when she went home. We had to get some supplies at the scrapping stores and she has been looking for the cropadial big bite since she had heard of it....well we found...

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KarenLO Yes, I agree with you on the cropadial...big bite. It is wonderful and fun to use. I took an embellishment class at the local scrapbooking store and we used on on the layout that I picked. I bought one and think it is so nice because of the ability to use...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 22 Aug 08

I have a very dear friend who is also a mylot member. Every Thursday night we get together after she goes to her Gamblers Anonymous meetings. I am so very proud of her that she has taken steps to overcome her addiction! Last night...

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KarenLO Thank you all for your comments on my fight with a gamblind addiction. I have just about made it for 6 months now and I am having a really hard time right now. all of your word are really helpful and give me more strenght to keep on as I have been doing. I am...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 22 Aug 08

I have a very dear friend who is also a mylot member. Every Thursday night we get together after she goes to her Gamblers Anonymous meetings. I am so very proud of her that she has taken steps to overcome her addiction! Last night...

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KarenLO Thanks for caring JillHill my friend. Yes I am having a hard time with my gambling. Today another friend brought me a very nice crockpot that she got as a prize at the Casino. My friends are thinking about me but it's very hard when I am surrounded by...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 15 Aug 08

To still have contact with someone that is your sibling's ex? My brother was married to a woman for 20 years...had his children with her and then got a divorce. He has been married to my current sister-in-law for 20 years now and...

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KarenLO I think it is nice to have a relationship with your former sister in law after all of these years. She was in your life for twenty years and she was a member of your family...you didn't divorce her...your brother divorced her. I would be very nice if you...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 15 Aug 08

I wasn't aware that anyone did this until two weeks ago with my neice and her friend were sitting at my other nieces birthday party and were discussing getting ready for the event....I don't shave the hair off my toes! This must...

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KarenLO I guess, everyone doesn't shave their toes but occasionally darker haired womehave to do this once in a while. I am sure that "blondes" don't have to do it at all. I have very dark hair (which are mixed into my gray hairs now) and I used to have to but since I...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 16 Jul 08

I went to the grocery store last night and wanted to get some fruit. I am not a big fruit eater and walked up and down looking for something that would be good for me and I don't like buying a big bag or bunch as I live by myself...

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KarenLO I like fruit so I usually have bananas on hand to put on my cereal and lately have been buying bing cherries. (I bought a cherry pitter that works great) I have had "gout" which is a hereditary problem and is the body's lack of an enzyme that breaks up uric...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 2 Jul 08

I found this cute little denture and spec holder at a garage sale a couple of weeks back. She is soooo cute! It's an Enesco piece imported from Japan. I don't have dentures but wear specs. I am thinking of listing it on ebay...

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KarenLO My house is full of garage sale finds. I have found a pretty quilt and pillow shams at one sale, 2 sets of sheets and pillow cases to match, the curtains at another sale, throw pillows at another, lamps with the same rose at another and then two pictures at...

3 Jul 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 24 May 08

I will be flying to Arizona on Tuesday and plan to purchase some new magazines and bring with a word search book. What do you do to entertain yourself on a flight? Or do you sleep while you are flying through the air?

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KarenLO I have only flown twice in my life...I am 65...but when I did, I was so facinated with the scenery...I had a window seat both times, I watched the tops of the clouds and whatever I could see. The other times that I have flown...I am too busy trying to steer my...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 21 May 08

I picked up some up at walmart and are they ever good. There are two kinds in a package....lemon and strawberry and they are not only less calories then ice cream they are very refreshing. Have you tried the Italian ices?

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KarenLO Italian Ice sounds good. Is it a dairy product? I am looking for something cold and delicious for summer...I am allergic to anything with dairy in it. It sounds very good. If anyone knows of similar products that are non-dairy...write in.

21 May 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 8 May 08

I think that is one of my most favorites of cheese is the velveeta and it makes a wonderful grilled cheese and also sauces for veggies etc. Which cheese do you like the best? Do you like velveeta?

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KarenLO I love Velveeta cheese toasted sandwiches but had to give them up when I became allergic to dairy products. I went for about 5 years without cheese but did find a substitute which will work good on my grilled cheese sandwiches. It is called Smart Beat and it...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 8 May 08

ON the front page of one of our state's(Minnesota) bigger papers there was an article this morning about all the song birds that are missing. They figure alot of them died. Why? The spring was so cold that there were not insects...

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KarenLO Yes, I feed the birds. I hadn't fed them all winter because I was having big problems with squirrels getting on top of my house and chewing up my soffits. Got the soffits fixed, having the trees trimmed and again feeding them. The second day after I filled my...

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 6 May 08

About an hour ago a storm passed through here. The first sign I have besides my windows rattling are my neighbors wind chimes. Now I don't mind them at all. I think they have their own kind of music. My sister however thinks they...

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KarenLO I think that wind chimes are very soothing. Also, I am a sound sleeper...and if I have my windows open at night, the wind chimes making lots of "tinkles" means that a storm is coming and I should shut my windows. I suppose sometimes if you are sitting right...

6 May 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 5 May 08

That was the snack I just thad to tide me over until supper. I really enjoy them. Have you ever had a peanut butter and banana sandwich or what it your favorite combo in a sandwich?

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KarenLO Yes, I have had banana and peanut butter sandwiches. Another sandwich is peanut butter and sliced thin dill pickles...very good. I also like minced ham with mustard on it. Makes me hungry for one just talking about it.

5 May 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 4 May 08

When you have lemonade how do you make it or what do you use? Do you use frozen, a powdered mix or fresh lemons. I prefer the frozen. The powdered is okay but when I have had lemonade made from fresh lemons I think it's hard to...

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KarenLO I like the frozen lemonade. I make lemon iced tea from the powder. I love to slice fresh lemons into my lemonade or tea when I put it into the frig in a pitcher...then I sometimes add a slice to each glass when I serve it. It is getting to be that time of the...

4 May 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 4 May 08

My sister in law made a gourmet meal for our sibling supper we have every two months. She grilled veggies...peppers, potatoes, onion, okra and beets. I like everything but the beets. To me they taste like dirt unless they are...

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KarenLO I don't think I would like beets grilled but they are delicious when they are cooked with salt and pepper and lots of butter. It seems that they would be like dried bark if they were grilled. Just my opinion.

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 26 Apr 08

It's cold and wintery here in Minnesota and we even had a little snow this morning!! It's almost May and we can't get rid of the winter. But when the weather is miserable outside I love making it warm inside by baking. Tonight for...

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KarenLO Yes, isn't this winter weather the pits. I am ready for spring but that white stuff keeps showing up on my lawn. It went away by this afternoon but it's still a little nippy outside. Corn muffins sound so good...I love them I haven't made them for a long time....

26 Apr 08

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jillhill @jillhill (37354) • United States 14 Apr 08

Happy Monday everyone! I just go a couple of jobs done already this morning and when I finish this post I'll start spring cleaning the kitchen! The first job I got done was to put the stuff on the curb that I am donating to the...

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KarenLO The first thing I did today was make my bed, then took a shower and then washed a load of clothes...which was my first job of the day. I then went to coffee, the grocery store, the post office and then worked in my upholstery shop all day until about 15...

14 Apr 08

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