tax time

It's that time of year again! If you get a refund, you are probably getting excited for some extra money. If you pay in, probably not...... Do you do your taxes yourself or pay somebody? I have...

What do you do when you cannot pay people who have a high regard for you?

Right now I'm in a real cash slump. In the past four weeks about three sources of income have systematically failed me and I cannot pay people who have great respect for me and upon whom I depend for...

My Cat's a TV Junkie

I awoke to a house full of strange sounds this morning. I identified the rain coming in spasms, the drip drip drip of the little leak in my furnace vent pipe, and finally that irritating hummmmm....

Catching up with family

I have not seen most of my dad's family in the last few years since I moved to a different state. One of my cousins in particular was excited to spend some time catching up, so the kids and I stayed...

My car had smoke billowing out from under the hood

and it was making a horrible noise this afternoon when I was on my way to my sisters house. I popped the hood and there was antifreeze all over everything under the hood. My brother came to my aid...

Chain letter/e-mail: how do you respond to it.?

I often receive such emails but my first response is to delete it not even bothering to read, or if I read, I'm not giving attention to details. This one however was different, I read it carefully...

To all white males out there....do you feel abused?

I have discussed this in several places here in Mylot and it always gets sidelined and ignored so I decided to bring it to the forefront.... When people of color look at a white male what do you...

i really believe i am destined to be sad for my entire life.....

sorry to start the day off on a depressing note. it seems to be this way for me all the time now. recently i quit my job. ever since life has been extremely difficult. anything and everything is...

Little Heroes!!

I'm telling everyone in the world that I will be forever grateful to 3 of the children that go to school with mine. Kodi (11), Eric (9), & Jessica (9) are heroes in my eyes and when i'm doing my...

Have you ever been caught carrying something that is prohibited in the terminal?

There was this unforgivable experience of mine while going to travel to a distant place. We were on the terminal and fell in line in order for the guards to start checking our baggage for things that...