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Raine38 @Raine38 (12387) • United States 24 Jan 21

This past week we have been getting spoiled with 40 to 50 degree weather. It is still cold, but just enough to fend it off with a light jacket. We also have lots of sun, so it wasn't that bad. Being in the middle of January in the...

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Run For The Basements!

angel_smiles @Lolaze (5092) • St. Louis, Missouri 23 May 19

A good part of Tuesday night was spent hiding in the basement due to tornado warnings. This involves me, my elderly mother, and a grand total of 14 pets. Including the four boy rats who were chewing multiple holes in their...

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Watched Fargo for the first time

maezee @maezee (41985) • United States 13 Feb 19

I made up some plantain-black bean tacos for my sister and brother in law yesterday and we thought it would be a good idea to go through HBO Go and see if there were any decent movies to watch. (They have quite a few good ones on...

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Old summer house

Michele @Aquitaine24 (12000) • San Jose, California 9 Aug 18

This may be in Minnesota or Montana.it could even be in nebraska,ot is a vintage photograph scanned from a slide of an old family house.it is a farmhouse--I think with forest around it.There is a classic lawn chair in front of it...

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I propose a renaming

rebelann1949 @rebelann (117220) • El Paso, Texas 16 Jul 18

Yes, I do. For so many years I've heard the term "midwestern states" or s/he is from the midwest but I am still confused about how states clearly in the easterly part...

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Winter, Cold, and Ice

celticeagle @celticeagle (189838) • Boise, Idaho 8 Dec 16

Chili cheese dogs for dinner. Great for this time of year. Has been snowing for several hours now and the weather man just said that it will continue until about 8p.m. this evening. Supposed to get two or three more inches and...

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Memories in a photograph

The Horse @TheHorse (238298) • Walnut Creek, California 4 Jun 16

I recently scanned this photograph, taken back when I lived in Iowa. Wherever I live, I like to have a place where I go to unwind and spend some alone time. In Santa Barbara, it was a walk/run on the beach. Here's it's cycling. In...

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Passion Anyone?

cassandra @Castlerock34 (2255) • Minneapolis, Minnesota 7 Apr 16

While in Costa Rica I decided to pick up some flower seeds and TRY to start my own tropical flower right at home in the Midwest, crazy right? After reading many blogs and endless You tube watching, I figured I would just go for...

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Yesterday was Warm...and Today....

Kathy @kamel622 (310) • United States 28 Feb 16

.....and today it is snowing! Ahh You've got to love living in the midwest of the United States. You just never know from day to day what the weather will be. One of the things that has taught me is to appreciate each days...

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The misery of the "pretty" snow

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 19 Jan 11

People always talk about how picture postcard and tranquil snow is, and how nice it is. I don't know why people want to promote that pastoral image, unless like married people do to their single friends, they are trying to suck in...

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Oh good grief! Yet another disaster associated with me.

mentalward @mentalward (14690) • United States 21 Jul 10

Well, not me, specifically, but my birthday. I'm watching a History Channel special about the dust bowl in the midwest US. On April 14th in 1935, a huge black dust storm hit and engulfed everything in it's path....

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Move to higher ground

sharone74 @sharone74 (4837) • United States 1 Apr 10

I see pictures of all these flooded towns and homes with people displaced and everything. It is a real mess on the other side of the country right now. Not that it wasn't expected with the record snowfalls that they had all winter...

Having Fun in the Sheboygan Sun... Wish you all were here!

ParaTed2k @ParaTed2k (22940) • Sheboygan, Wisconsin 14 Jan 09

To celebrate the Sun and Fun we are all experiencing here in the Midwest, I decided to post these sunny pics. I wouldn't want to keep all this Sheboygan Sunshine to myself!-25f!!!! Just think how much colder it would be without...

what am i doing living in this cold cold place

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you are my sunshine

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When is the worst time to post a discussion on mylot in the US midwest?

Rocketj1 @rocketj1 (6955) • United States 3 Oct 08

I haven't been here that long and I was wondering when the worst time is to post a discussion? I live in the US midwest. It's hit or miss as to when I get a chance to get on here and I was wondering if there are days which I...

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Midwest

trieschman @trieschman (272) • United States 28 Aug 08

I was wondering if anyone here was from the midwest? And where specifically? I am from Indiana. I've moved around a bit but moved back to Indiana with my husband from the DC area since it was more cost effective here. So, where...

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How Did You?

carolbee @carolbee (16230) • United States 6 Aug 08

How did you end up living in the city where you live now? I was born and raised in St. Louis so it's the only home I know. My parents were from Maine and Illinois and moved here after they met in Atlanta in show business. Decided...

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How fresh is Red Lobster their food?

ottster @ottster (93) • United States 12 Jun 08

I have never work in the restaurant industry in my life, not even McDonald or any fast food. I've worked in a grocery store for 5 years. Anyway, I lived in the midwest and I've dine at Red Lobster but how fresh are their food?...

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Earthquakes in Saint Louis

renestl @renestl (99) • United States 18 Apr 08

Has anyone ever felt an earthquake before, especially in the midwest area? We just had an earthquake in IL. I live in Saint Louis over 100 miles away and was just awakened by the earthquake. It's my first and even though there was...

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Spiders in the Midwest

LRB1111 @LRB1111 (356) • United States 3 Oct 07

Hi everyone! I'm wondering, are there any type of deadly spiders in Illinois? I have a friend who says there are Black Widow Spiders in Illinois, but I'm not sure. Does anyone know what, if any, deadly or poisonous spiders...

Where to live after retirement?

speedy1279 @speedy1279 (2665) • United States 11 Apr 07

As we all know, sometimes we come face to face with the fact that it may be time to retire and we think about relocating. Stop here if you don't have a sense of humor. But if you do, the big question is: Where to? You may already...

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