It has begun I am sure the CountDown to a new Year and a NewMylot month.

@Hatley (163781)
Garden Grove, California
December 30, 2011 5:53pm CST
I had not thought much of it til I was trying to find a topic for a discussons and realized we all have two coumt downs going on. As human beings we are all counting down to 2012 an some are scared of the phrophesies but as I have seen these over and over in my own life I am not scared. anyway what the heck could I do about it? but we mylotters, at least the ones really wanting to make a bit of money are counting down for today and tomorow then its cut off time.I confess I get a little excited at this double count down. your take fellow mylotters?
12 people like this
42 responses
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
31 Dec 11
I suspect I'm not going to make the 61 cents I need to to make pay out... unless I try a bit harder than I have been... However, I'm already hearing fireworks...
3 people like this
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
31 Dec 11
Oh, I need way more than that. I am not sure if we have fireworks or not scheduled here.
3 people like this
@ElicBxn (63235)
• United States
31 Dec 11
because, Hatley, there are STILL some people fooled by that lack of a penny!
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi ElicBxn and Garden Gerty I was just thinking of the first year I was here. our room backs onto the back of a huge Vietnamese store. and all of a sudden we kept hearing these huge explosions of fire works, Vietnamese new year and Chinese new year. they kept firing off fireworks for several hours. I don't know if anything is scheduled around here. I have made 22 dollars and o1 cent so am hoping to add two dollars so I have more than half my cable net bill of 40.99 cents why on earth don't they just call it 41 dollars? lol lol Happy New Year to you bo th
2 people like this
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
30 Dec 11
Thanks Hatley, I didn't think of that..Yes it is a double count down and thankfully I will make it this month, so it will be exciting seeing how much I am going to get next month..
• United States
31 Dec 11
Oh, if anyone wants to know about the ending of the world, they should watch Israel and not the news...
3 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi carm yes indeed. You know I have always wanted to visit Israel. well tonight is the night and my son said he wou ld come visit'me.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi carm y es me too as I was fighting the flu so was not as active as I wanted to be as I slept in a lot of mornings., but if I make half of my cable bill it will be a big help to me. I am also excited but not because of the silly idead of the world ending this coming year., as if it did theres not a bloody thing I could do and if it does not well goody goody.
2 people like this
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
31 Dec 11
I am looking forward to the new year because I have a job now. Of course, I would like to be online more, and will get to be as my schedule settles in. I will be shadowing people for about another week learning about different clients, etc. I fell far too short this month to be overly excited about the end of the MyLot month, but I am enjoying myself anyway. I like to be able to read everything, and answer just what I choose. I want to wish you a great New Year in advance, Hatley. I am unsure about how much I will be online the next two days. Hard to fit the computer around twelve hour shifts.
3 people like this
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
31 Dec 11
That will be my boat next month. I am not tired either. I am just getting used to working full time again. Plus all the holiday stuff, of course.
3 people like this
@GardenGerty (157551)
• United States
31 Dec 11
Yes, you have it right. I work with adult disabled clients in a residential setting. On my weekends I work two twelve hour shifts. During the week I work eight hour evening shifts. The clients go to Day Services away from their homes either in job enclaves at local companies or they work at the McPherson Industries, a sheltered workshop that takes contracts for things or provides a chance for piecework for clients who cannot handle stress of a fast factory line. In their homes I help with cleaning and cooking and making sure they have their medicines. This agency has some aging clients, and in fact my oldest client I have met so far was born in 1927, I believe. It is not hard work, but it is away from my home and my computer.
3 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi Garden gerty twelve hour shifts wow You are working with clients, disabled or what? I remember vaguely but had such a cold for awhile my forgettery worked overtime. at least I am still with it. Kathy asked me tonight if this was 2004 and I was startled but told her no its 2011 still with tonight and tomorrow to before the New year.
3 people like this
@nanajanet (4436)
• United States
31 Dec 11
I stopped counting when I turned fifty! LOL I sort of feel let down, after Christmas, maybe because the worst of winter is yet to come and I am ready for spring. Happy new year, Hatley!
3 people like this
@ajithlal (14716)
• India
11 Sep 12
I think lots of people loves you Hatley and lots of friends do care for you. I hope you get good gifts during birthdays and Christmas.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi nanajanet oh me too bu t I did get myself a birthday present as nobody else gave me a gift but one friend here at Gold C rest.here in southern california the weather has been chilly in the nmornings but warmed up to 70 so we cannot complain herel.happy New Year Nanajanet
2 people like this
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
30 Dec 11
Just another day, makes me no nevermind at all
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi fwidman laid back and relaxed sounds good to me, not wo rrying 'about anything unless some pretty shoes. hope you have a wonderful New Year and am not one who thinks we are all going to evaporate because its 2012 lol lol
@fwidman (11514)
• United States
31 Dec 11
Happy New year Hatley I wasn't planning on going anywhere in 2012 but if we do, I am definitely taking all my shoes with me
3 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi fwidman I envy you. I alw ays loved pretty shoes and u sed t o buy new ones then I injured my left foot and I had a quack for a doctor who did not know a ruptured tendon from a sprained ankle so my foot was not treated surgically to put it back where it belonged by the time I got referred to a podiatrist he told me I had ruptured a tendon and too much time had gone by so it was not repairable surgically. so they put me in orthopedic clodhoppers with a brace to keep my left foot from rolling to the inside.I will have this for life now,. I still love pretty shoes. lol lol
3 people like this
@MaryLynn321 (2680)
• United States
30 Dec 11
So what you are saying is we have to make a said amount of money by the end of the each month in order to get paid monthly. I was going to look up the date, but you saved me from having to do that. Thank you.
3 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi MaryLynn as long as you have made the minimum of ten dollard by tomorrow evening you will get paid arou nd Jan 15th always so not to worry. you are welcome and I am sure you will make it you seem active lol
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
thats a good way of looking at things and it will never stress'you out that way. I have been surprissed at how much more I earn commebting back to my responses I get. cannot complain. lol
2 people like this
• United States
31 Dec 11
I don't think I will make it this month. Right now I am at 8.75. I could make it to 9.00 by tomorrow. I have written some really long comments. But, I don't think I will make $10. Would be nice. Oh, well. It will just be that much more made for next month. Thank you Hatley. Have a wonderful weekend.
3 people like this
@kimbers867 (2539)
• United States
31 Dec 11
I have to work at the grocery store tomorrow from 10 - 5, then home to celebrate my teen's birthday. She is turning 15 at 8:46 p.m. on New Year's Eve. I for one will not be hitting my $10 this month, I kinda of pushed mylot to the side because I was so hooked on Farmville for about a year. I quit cold turkey on Christmas day and haven't looked back. With working two pt jobs (one can be full time depending on my daughter's school needing substitutes), I haven't had much time on mylot but am trying to get back into it. Happy New Year Everyone!
2 people like this
• United States
31 Dec 11
I got the second job to help cover the expenses of high school for my daughter! She goes to a public school but between cheerleading and then her junior and senior years coming I wanted to be a head of the game. A friend told me that once they are in high school just keep your checkbook open! LOL I am glad that your son is working, it is really tough out there. I was lucky and fell into this job, at the right place at the right time! Luckily both my jobs are within 10 minutes of my house so there is not a lot of wear and tear and gas on our car. So sorry to hear about your hubby! Yeah I knew the entire time I was carrying my baby that she was going to be born on New Year's Eve, she was due on 1/7 but no one would listen. Told my mom not to get a dress for the evening- she did but everyone got to go out and celebrate after April was born at 8:46 p.m., even the doctor. Yeah, don't start playing FV highly addictive but then the past six months they really started to change it because they got money hungry and when I finished I had four farms and there were so many quests to do that it felt like work! Happy new year to you to!
2 people like this
• United States
1 Jan 12
before I started playing FV I blocked it because of all the requests. Then when my friend got me hooked two summers ago, it started out fun but Greedy Zynga went overboard. To be honest, I don't even miss it at all. I miss the people that I played with but not the actual game.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
yes indeed you were lucky to have jobs close to your home. When I wor ked at the library I lived a half block away so just walked it mornibng and evening I had part mornings and part eves covering fot people on vacation and some who were fired too . they drove me nuts on facebook wanting me to give them tools and I was not even playing the game either., I was heavy into mylot and still am for that matter.its no fun when a game you like becomes like work at all.
1 person likes this
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
31 Dec 11
Yes I Am counting on that! I think from now on I will be posting more often as I need to bust up my savings...wishing you the best for 2012.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi saphy and alottodo Happy New Year and pass'the ] champagne to me and /saphy lol
1 person likes this
@alottodo (3056)
• Australia
31 Dec 11
Oops I meant boost up my savings! I think the champagne is getting to my head already.
2 people like this
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
31 Dec 11
wheres mine sweetie?
2 people like this
@myfb2009 (8296)
• Malaysia
31 Dec 11
Hi Hatley, i only do countdown to wish all my friends and family a happy new year celebration. Since i am still a few dollars away from the minimum payout this month, so i don't put any countdown on receiving earning from Mylot. But, i am welcoming the year of 2012 with an open-minded head. I don't feel scared by the prediction saying that the world will end in year 2012. I just hope that everyone of us will be having a positive way to solve all our money matters in this new year 2012. So, Happy new year 2012 to you and all in Mylot.
2 people like this
@sabado_dc (1001)
• Philippines
1 Jan 12
Wish with me that all the prices of prime commodities as well will not boom, instead, it will decrease.. No more wars and conflicts between people. No more starvation. We should start living like we are in a paradise... LOL
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi myfb and sabado Happy New year lets all hope no moretyphoons h it 'the Phillipine islands and no more disasters around the world.I am hoping in my US that we will have a lot more jobs for the jobless and our economy will pull up out of the toilet.
1 person likes this
@sabado_dc (1001)
• Philippines
31 Dec 11
Happy new year to you too Friend Yep, I will be working hand in hand with my Family too to make every thing at its best this 2012. We'll hope that no more big calamities to happen in our region and to the other parts of the globe....
2 people like this
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
31 Dec 11
Hello Hatley. Let me see here. I am horrible with all this time differences. I get lost, i think. As for all those predictions, hell i can predict better than that, don't ya think? Have a great new year sweetie.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hugs you are most welcome Saphy lol
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi saphy have a wonderful New Year and yes me too I predict w e will'have a better, happier, and greater new Year than ev er before. Happy Mylotting t oo
1 person likes this
@saphrina (31552)
• South Africa
31 Dec 11
Thank you sweetie.
1 person likes this
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
31 Dec 11
Hi Hatley I am excited counting down and welcoming the New Year 2012. I am not scared at all those prophecies, I still believe that those are just mere prophecies and that we should not think about it too much. And yes, how many times it has been said that the world will end and it didn't happen. We all just have to live our life and make the best out of it. As for my earnings, I have reached and surpassed the minimum payout already but because I was so so busy this month and not so active lately I still won't reach $20/. Now this time it's myself to blame But it's okay I am still happy that I am earning from myLot despite being busy. Happy New Year Hatley. Wish you all the best in the coming 2012.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi enelym wow already over 2000 for a newcomer you are really cooking.I have made 23.12 up to today so am happy as it will really'cut down on my cable bill too. I am so looking forward to my son coming tonight and to a great New Year. Happy New Year to your family.
1 person likes this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 12
hi enely the blasted flu bu g hit me twice and my son was illon Newyearsa so was just I and Kathy and I was too sick to care. he did spend Sunday ever with me and brought me some decongestant for my cough. its helping but wish it would work faster. lol
@enelym001 (8322)
• Philippines
1 Jan 12
Hi again Hatley, Oh yeah I've crossed 2000 I noticed it just now We really enjoyed it last night 'though only 4 of us are celebrating the New Year. I am sure you have enjoyed celebrating it too with your son. Happy New Year! First morning of 2012 today
1 person likes this
@Mashnn (4501)
31 Dec 11
I look forward to facing the coming year with God help and hope to enjoy Mylotting. I have not been paid in Mylot. My payment balance is $25, so no payment Iam looking forward to get from Mylot. Wonderful new year to all.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
Hi Mashnn if you made ten dollars and over before cut off tonight you will be paid by the fifteenth of January so be happy. unless the set your balance to be higher than twenty five? happy New Y ear and God bless you and yours.
1 person likes this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 12
hi mashon if you have 25 dollars at cutoff you will get it on the fifteenth if you do not you will get it next month Feg. fifteebteenth with whatever else you earned
@Mashnn (4501)
3 Jan 12
I set my balance at $25. Do you mean that they will pay me this January or they have to wait until my balance is $25. Do they carry forward balances for the past years to new years?
2 people like this
@sabado_dc (1001)
• Philippines
31 Dec 11
Here, it is exactly 12 midnight and Mom is calling us for a prayer. My other siblings are outside doing fireworks.. Got to post this now as my other siblings are here already... I'll pray for you too Hatley... Happy New Year!
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
Happy New Year sabado I am here in 'c a and its a little after 8 am and foggy so tonight here we count down at Midnight to a great new year. Ha ppy New year Sabado and go do your prayer,God be with you always.
1 person likes this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi sabado sounds like you have the best of two worlds going'on I love checking here on holidays too
1 person likes this
@sabado_dc (1001)
• Philippines
31 Dec 11
Thank you so much Hatley! Still we're currently holding a small family program and from time to time, I come to my desk and check what is going on here...
2 people like this
• India
31 Dec 11
hey, countdown is just began 3, 2,1.. we all are here to celebrate this new year with the full zest of life.this is the last day of 2011, celebrate this day like never before and make this day count in your memories...cheers happy new year
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi jaihobalodiji and the wonderboy you got to see the old year out long before I will here in the US tonight is our night to watch the clock count down to a Happy New Year to you both. May our heavenly father bless you both.
1 person likes this
• India
31 Dec 11
Happy new year dear. May god bless you dear !
1 person likes this
• India
31 Dec 11
pleasure is same here too.
1 person likes this
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
31 Dec 11
Come 31st December, we face a bigger challenge in trying to reach the finishing line in the midst of our welcoming a brand new year. To those who have made it to the cut off time in mylot then they have reasons to smile as they have managed to finish off their tasks in mylot and looking forward in getting a reward in the new year. Happy New Year.
2 people like this
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
31 Dec 11
We will be stepping earlier to the new year when the clock strikes 12.00 midnight tonight and it will be a tearful farewell for 2011 that has left many in sorrows following the many disastrous calamities that claimed thousands of lives in many parts of this world. Let us hope and pray that history won't repeat itself in this new year and that the world economic situation will improve. See you next year Hatley.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi zandi yes tomorrow here in the US is the last day of the old year.I have doubled the minimum so am happy about that but wou ld love to add two more dollars just to make a big dent in my cable internet bill .lol Happy New Year Zandi I am smiling tonight too.
1 person likes this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi zandi we are behind you as we will count down tonight. yes this past years has seen so many disasters it unbelievable. so hope] this coming year brings some peace and tranquility to us all'all over this old world of ours. The Philippines seems to have been 'badly hit too but also Japan and other counties with earthquakes and that tsunami winds.
1 person likes this
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
3 Jan 12
Well, I looked a lot more forward to the beginning of the new year than I looked forward to the start of the new month on mylot. The reason that I looked so forward to the beginning of the new year is because of the fact that last year was a really bad year for our family. With the start of this new year, I hope that we will find health that is a lot better and more prosperity as well.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 12
hi dorannnmwin me too I am battling the flu and I did have a flu shot.lol I also wish this New Year to bring us all better health and better earnings,, more prosperity really for all of us in this weary old world.
• Pamplona, Spain
1 Jan 12
Hiya Hatley, For me I just see it as another new Year I don´t believe all those predictions and all that stuff at all. We let the New Year in here and we all eat twelve grapes and you are supposed to be making a wish or several wishes all at the same time. I did´nt buy any Champas as I did not want my youngest to put the half filled Bottle in his Car as he has gone out for the Night and if the Police stopped him he would be heavily fined and lose a lot of points too. Hugs many and lots of good wishes for the New Year I don´t know if I have said that already lol.xxx
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 12
happy newyear lovingangelsinstead21 hope things are going better for you this new year. I still have the flu but have been taking medication for it now so am hoping I will soon feel much bet lol
1 person likes this
• Pamplona, Spain
11 Jan 12
Hiya Hatley, So far nothing really drastic has happened has it? Should we wait a bit longer I ask myself and see what happens? Day before yesterday in the Night I was watching the Moon it was really low in the Sky really lovely to watch then all of a sudden it seemed to shoot up high in the Sky I don´t know if anyone ever notices that at all. I have taken two lovely photos of the Moon as she was as it was really cloudy, murky and very cold too oh yes it gets really cold in Spain lol. Same back to you Hats hope your New Year is a very good one indeed. Things will get better for all of us the New Year is just taking its first steps into the unknown so to speak.xxx
@megamatt (14292)
• United States
1 Jan 12
After a few days to recharge my myLot batteries(have to do that every now and then after all) and also to recover from holiday insanity, I'm back. And rather glad that a new month and a new year. Almost a new week as well, but we quite did not hit that trifecta. So it is not a completely new start, but only mostly. Still it is a day that is full with much promise. Sunday January 1st 2012, a day where I start rolling towards a new month and a new year. One day where I am really going to be happy to accomplish a lot. I remain positive and refreshed. So naturally I am at a really good place with my mindset right at the moment. As the clock strikes January 2nd, it is time to start writing. Let's get starting.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
10 Jan 12
hi megamatt oh I sure hope my year does not go like these first few days as I ha ve the flu with bronchitis and coughing my lungs out. I had almost got over my virus when my roommate came down with it badly now I am sick all over again and think I got her virus. its really' the old flu bug.
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
31 Dec 11
Hi Hatley, I feel excited for such a annual countdown many years ago, but now, it has not much meaning for me, it is just another day for me. When people are still young, they will find such a occasion are interesting and feel excited about it, and look forward for it. But when come to money, I think everyone will be excited and look toward the day to come.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi yes as I see so m any younger than me who have had strokedand also became senile. I read about a test done on a large group of women in their eighties who drank four to five cups of coffee a day. seventy percent of those who drank that much coffee per'day kept their minds healthy and did not become senile of get 'Alzheimer disease.So I kept up my habit of drinking five cups of coffee a day Happy New year to you too.l.
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi this is a bit funny as now in my old age I am excited again both with my mylot earnings and with the old year going out too Hope I am not coming into my second child hood., no I do not think so as I am lucky to have entered old age with my mental faculties intact. good thing for my roomie as I have to look after her.,lol I am 85 to her 81 . ..
@yspmyl (3435)
• Malaysia
31 Dec 11
That is really good when you are still healthy especially mentally at the age of 85!
2 people like this
• China
31 Dec 11
The days went quickly. New Year's Day comes around.Now I am happy and relaxed and everyone is jubilant here.I have never believed in prophesies which is nothing but talking nonsense. I have been here on mylot for more than one year.I enjoy mylot,even though I have made a very small amount of money.
2 people like this
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
31 Dec 11
hi chang I think I know what you mean,its more thn earning some nmoney its friendships with hands across many borders, our keyboards allow us to have friends all over the world.its caring and sharing,k helping and earning a little money too. Happy New Years to you and yours.
1 person likes this
• China
1 Jan 12
Thank you very much! Happy New Years to you and yours too!You are right,I am glad to have made so many friends here, they have taught so much idiomatic English to me .Even though I have been retired, that is perhaps no use for me,but I enjoy that and it is what is important most.When it comes to make money,I don't know if you have learnt that paypal charges us $ 35 once here ,if we take money from it.
1 person likes this