Mary Ellen

@Ciclis (252)

Age 59

Joined myLot 3 months ago

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WHAT THE WHAT????!!!!!

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 15 Jun

Australian officials recently made their largest-ever seizure of illegal exotic insects when they confiscated more than 100,000 cockroaches from a breeder in New South Wales. The collection included Madagascar hissing cockroaches,...

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I'm just so exhausted.

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 11 Jun

I went to my bedroom around 6 pm to read one of Lisa Wingates. I do this about every evening. My chores are done, dishes are clean, floors are swept and my husband is in front of the tv watching shows that I have no interest in...

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Breaking the prankster

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 10 Jun

Early in our marriage my husband decided he was a prankster, and I will admit, I enjoy pranking also. But there was this thing he would do that just irritated the heck out of me. His job required a lot of traveling and if he...

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Another chuckle

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 9 Jun

This wasn't a question I was asked, it was just a statement to be sure I was paying attention. I ride all the wild animals at the zoo. Well, of course, don't we all? I see a lot of statements like that and I usually just roll...

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Questions I'm asked

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 8 Jun

So, another question has been asked that made me have to really think closely about it. The question is: The human species is without a doubt the most advanced form of life on earth. I mean we are the only species that we know...

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Siblings

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 4 Jun

Oh, how I love my siblings so much!! Yes, we've had cross words, bickered and even tusseled a bit. But no tusseling lately because there's no way my old bones could take that. I have 2 full siblings and 5 half siblings, even...

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Well that made me chuckle!

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 4 Jun

I was asked online, "Does the thought of getting older scare you?" Well honey, I"m almost 63 so seriously, I better not be scared!! But, if I were asked this question when I was, say, 35, I think it may have frightened me, at...

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Questions I'm asking 1

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 28 May

So, I may get beat up over this question but here is goes. Do you feel that women possess a quality of pureness that most men do not? And here was my reply: Yes, I believe that women possess a quality of pureness that most men...

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I'm so bored!

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 26 May

I generally only spend an hour or so online but I managed to get my completed my house work yesterday, so except for a light sweeping and loading the dishwasher I don't have anything to do today. So, today I seem to be browsing...

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My birthday month is almost here!

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 25 May

My birthday is in june and I always celebrate the entire month instead of just on my birthday. It aggravates my husband even though I also celebrate his birthday month and treat him like a king, although his queen also gets...

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Goodness Gracious!

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 18 May

So, last week I was an absolute basket case. Generally I don't have depression but goodness asI said, last week I was definitely having depression. Let me give you a little bit of information. Husband and I have 5 kids, 4 boys...

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The meeting

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 6 May

My parents met as lonely single people, each carrying more weight than they were ever meant to bear so young. My mother, Norma Jean—always known simply as Jean—was walking through the rain toward the motel where she was staying, a...

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Mama

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 5 May

My mother had also been married before, to a man named Eddie. I don’t know much about him—she rarely spoke to or about him, which was often how she moved through life with my father as well. My mother was quiet in that way,...

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Daddy

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 4 May

My parents were both divorced when they met, each carrying the quiet weight of a life that hadn’t turned out the way they’d imagined. My father had been married before, to a sweet woman named Marily—someone he was still, in many...

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My Life

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 4 May

So, I have been writing a memoir of sorts. I've been working on this for a couple of years. I'll be posting snippets of my memoir here. I hope you guys enjoy it. When I do begin telling you guys about my life I would love...

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Good morning, slow day today

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 30 Apr

Today will be one of those slow, easy days and I'm happy to have it. The last few weeks have been so hectic. I don't think I will even cook today. Cereal for breakfast, sandwich for lunch and canned soup for supper. Yep, it's...

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Ride on buggy or buggy cart?

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 29 Apr

With my husbands health problems when we go to Walmart he uses those ride on buggys. There is absolutely no way he could walk around that store. With my knee issues he always tells me to get one to use and I always told him, "huh...

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4th of July, already?

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 28 Apr

I was at walmart yesterday picking up some things that I have ran out of. As I came down that first aisle it was spilling over with 4th of July things. I just shook my head. I can understand a month to 6 weeks ahead of time...

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Giving a talk

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 27 Apr

Either Wendsday or Thursday my bishop called me and asked if I would give my testimony on what the temple means to me. I hesitated because I don't do well speaking to an audience of any sort, even if I've known the people for a...

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Test for Neurology,

Mary Ellen @Ciclis (252) 21 Apr

I've had an issue with my toes feeling like theyre asleep. It doesn't exactly hurt, but it is bothersome. So, I spoke with my primary care physician and he gave me a referral to a neurologist. Yesterday was my appointment with...

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