The lovely smell of homemade bread.

Firstly thanks to all who responded to my bread maker discussion as it was very useful in the decision of whether to buy one or not. I think the deciding factor was that breadmakers also make jam....

i'm going to be a soccer gramdma, yippee.

My favorite grandson is going to start playing soccer & i'm so excited about it. I am a firm believer in kids playing sports. I think it can keep them out of alot things they don't need to be into ....

Lonesome Train Whistles.

IN 1961[going back aways] my husband's young nephew died in Chicago & his body was shipped back to Tennessee by train, I was expecting our child & i guess i was emotional anyway but we met the train...

What is something you own, that most people don't?

I have a pink flamingo lamp with neon green yarn for hair. Yep, it is as weird as it sounds. It's in my closet, not being used at the moment (at the time I bought it, I had a certain kind of "theme"...

Has any of your family, past or present served in the military?

Maybe you have served in the military, or maybe your spouse is currently in the military. Past or present, I'd like to hear about the people in your family who have served in the military. One of my...

a sign - rated means read

hiya My_Lotters I go through reading responses and comments and rate them as I go, which served as a marker for me that I had already read it. But since the change of the amount we can rate I find...

if you are a smoker/ know some-one whom is!!

hi there YES i am a smoker but want to give up. down to bizness now. my mum's friend had a fire 2 nights ago & OMG the mess caused by 1 cigarette. the tenant not a smoker himself nor his son...

Will this really do everything except the washing up?

Apart from weighing the ingredients in the first place I've been led to believe that a breadmaker will do all the work for me, no kneading, no rolling dough, just pop the ingredients in and a nice...

I heard something on the news that rattled my cage

As everyone here in Canada must already know a native couple won the Canadaian Lotto Max lottery of fifty million. These people are living on the reserve in a trailer and have had nothing for...

Language and grammar

Recently I did a task in the administrator myLot reject, because of language and grammar. I almost despair of the English language. Am I too stupid to use the English language? In fact, here I want...