Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (169479)

United States • Age 72

Joined myLot 20 years ago

I work with special children in a school setting. Hubby is retired, I am not. I spend a lot of time online and I love myLot.

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Heather Echola's Responses

6/11/26 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222476) • United States 12 Jun

The guy that took a look at the deck said that the reason the boards are so spongy is because the joists are too far apart. Joists need to be added all around the deck. I have a very large wrap-around deck. I think it will be...

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Heather Echola Of course it will be expensive. You are a widow. You must have inherited a ton of insurance. (not). That is what happened to my former boss when she lost her husband unexpectedly. Of course new joists might make the deck feel really special.Strong and...

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Someone else will have to throw this out

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382216) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jun

I’ve been going through some plastic tubs and checking for more things to donate. I won’t be donating this but I’m also not allowed to throw it out. It’s a jumper from when we were part-owners of a machinery business called Ramac,...

western australia

ravensthorpe

ravensthorpe machinery

keepsakes

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Heather Echola Sometimes it is difficult to let go of tangible memories.

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Do you eat Oranges? ( Tangerines etc)

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (34718) 11 Jun

Do you eat Oranges? Oranges are a strange one for me. I used to like them when I was a child Even into my teens I quite liked peeking an Orange Then something happened when I was older I had an Orange flavoured Gin and...

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Heather Echola I love oranges and all other citrus fruits. I would likely not like orange gin, though. I do not drink at all. Isn't gin flavored with juniper berries? That would be quite the combination.

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Got a coverage today

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127153) • United States 11 Jun

I haven't had many since I've been back to work. One interesting change is the rate we are paid for duty coverages. For class coverages we are paid $45.53 for 40 minutes. Teachers usually leave assignments for the students so the...

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Heather Echola Sounds like doing it was well worthwhile.

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Do you have any magazines you never ordered show up at your house?

snowy @snowy22315 (208971) • United States 11 Jun

I never ordered Southern Living magazine, and it has been showing up at my house for about a year. I did order a magazine once which may have been one of their partners .and maybe I got some free ones because of that, but I am not...

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Heather Echola I get Architectural Digest, which I did not order. I do not get a bill. I was told that they stopped but they did not. Not my kind of magazine. I would like to be organized enough to donate them somewhere.

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The dress code is out the window as of yesterday

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127153) • United States 11 Jun

Okay so there isn't an official dress code at work. They try to claim there is at the start of each school year but there isn't. They try to claim that we can't wear jeans except on certain Fridays. Not true. I normally don't...

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Heather Echola At our school the dress code was pretty well anything goes, as long as you cannot see "down it, up it, or through it". Pretty liberal for Kansas. I remember when all female teachers were required to wear dresses, even if you had kids that required physical...

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Crazy what not having a couple of little pills (for over a month) can do...

Stacey @xstitcher (39035) • Petaluma, California 10 Jun

Hello, myLot! Recently (like, last Wednesday) I discovered that I hadn't been taking one of my medications--I'm guessing for over a month, and there were two pills left in the bottle, which I took. That Friday I went to a...

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Heather Echola It is easy to get "off" with meds. I take better care of Bob than I do of me in that department. I hope you level up soon and feel better.

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Good night and good news.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (84815) • Daytona Beach, Florida 10 Jun

Popping on to say good night, and post about an old habbit I saw happen. Let me be clear, George's had poor eating habbits for as long as I've known him. He had always been maintaining a weight below where it should be. Until...

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Heather Echola Very nice. Bob will not do the shakes because he believes they cause him to have diarrhea. TMI I know. We had some testing done but have not heard back.

11 Jun

Everything hurts. I have oral surgery today.

The Horse @TheHorse (238317) • Walnut Creek, California 11 Jun

A week after my knee surgery, I have oral surgery. A crown came off, and my dentist said they can't put it back on. Next will be a lens replacement in my right eye. To quote Rico Rizzo from Midnight Cowboy, "I'm fallin'...

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Heather Echola You seem to be getting it all done at once.

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A day of strange weather here.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59250) 10 Jun

What a weird day it was. We started out hot and foggy and very humid. Had off and on storms all day long--some dumped rain, some were mostly wind and a bit of rain, and one was what I call a gullywasher. It has thundered off and...

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Heather Echola A lot of wind the last two days. Thunder and lightning and huge clouds but no rain for a day or two. I guess it is weird, but maybe it is just Kansas.

11 Jun

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It has been 5 months ago....

rsa101 @rsa101 (40987) • Philippines 11 Jun

I informally started dieting in the week of January this year, and I never thought I would be able to stick to it, but I’ve made substantial changes to my and overall health. I decided to embrace a healthier lifestyle by counting...

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Heather Echola You have done especially well. Congratulations.

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My Tiny Buds

Juliaacv @Juliaacv (56292) • Canada 11 Jun

Last year the petunias and marigolds that I had decided to reseed themselves. They are starting up quite slowly. I am trying to give them just partial sun as they seemed to grow better after I moved them. The small little...

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Heather Echola I love it when they persist. Petunias are excellent at that. They smell good too if there are enough of them in bloom.

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A bonus harvest!

Fleur @Fleura (35049) • United Kingdom 11 Jun

The day before yesterday we realised we had run our of garlic, so had to beg a spare clove from our lodgers, and put it on the shopping list. Then yesterday I was weeding a corner of the veg plot, and among a clump of grass I...

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Heather Echola What a great discovery. Very useful.

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Good morning June 11

snowy @snowy22315 (208971) • United States 11 Jun

Spoke to my mom yesterday sis and bro in law were up there and they were having a little bday, Father's day celebration for my dad. They are going to be busy on the actual days. They had seen a steam train crossing the country for...

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Heather Echola Coffee and a protein bar. I know, I have plenty of eggs on hand but it seems a bother to make them.

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Celebrating Sir Paul: Letting Go

Four Walls @FourWalls (86740) • United States 11 Jun

One week until Sir Paul’s big day. He’ll be 84! I’m significantly younger, but after you start getting Medicare 84 doesn’t look that old. You’re getting a varied look at his long and varied career, and that...

music

top ten lists

favorite paul mccartney songs

paul mccartney

wings

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Heather Echola Yeah, takes me back a bit to my younger years.

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The Swiss roll that wasn’t

Judy Evans @JudyEv (382216) • Rockingham, Australia 11 Jun

Yesterday evening, a couple from the village visited. Vince decided to make a cake in their honour and decided on a Swiss roll. It was his first attempt but, although he followed all the instructions, when he unrolled it to add...

western australia

swiss roll

cream

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Heather Echola I have never tried to make one, as I know I would fail. It sounds absolutely delicious, though and that is what counts.

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Eat it all, and it’s free.

Amber @AmbiePam (120844) • United States 11 Jun

There is a restaurant in Oklahoma called Kendall’s that has a chicken fried steak dinner challenge. You can see in the picture what it is: a huge chicken friend steak with grace, mashed potatoes and gravy, green beans, a biscuit,...

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Heather Echola None that I know of. And although I almost always have a pretty good appetite, that would be beyond me.

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Scientists Have Found a Way to Lengthen the Life Span of Cats

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (73) • United States 10 Jun

Researchers in Japan have created a treatment that could double the average lifespan of the domestic house cat from 15 years to 30 years. They say the treatment could be ready to the public starting in 2027. No more details at...

cat life span

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Heather Echola At this rate they might outlive me.

11 Jun

Why Don't People Just Do What They Say They Are Going To Do?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (73) • United States 11 Jun

I got a bill from my allergist earlier this week and it was incorrect. It showed all of the charges but none of my payments. So I called their billing department (handled in another state) and they said they would email me a...

customer service

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Heather Echola That is so frustrating all the way around.

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We have to take care of our wildlife friends in this heat

snowy @snowy22315 (208971) • United States 11 Jun

I just put out some water for the resident squirrels I hope they find it. If I wasn't so lazy I would actually go fill up the bird bath with water back there. However, I did just put out a small trough of water. When it is too hot...

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Heather Echola It is funny to see when that happens. Not happening much here. Most of the time I have water someplace in my yard.

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