Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (167123)

United States • Age 72

Joined myLot 20 years ago

I work with special children in a school setting. Hubby is retired, I am not. I spend a lot of time online and I love myLot.

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What's for breakfast on this partially sunny and cool Monday?

The Horse @TheHorse (233547) • Walnut Creek, California 5 Jan

The rain has stopped for now. I think we are supposed to have more tonight, and then a break for a few days. Temperatures have been within a narrow range, from the low 40s at night to the to the low 50s F during the day, and will...

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Heather Echola Your temperatures are lower than ours. We do have high thirties at night, but we may hit 70 today. I had egg casserole with cheese, mushrooms, peppers, and onions. Slice ham, a very small piece of foccacia bread and a can of V8.

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Two o clock...

Stacey @xstitcher (37369) • Petaluma, California 5 Jan

and I still need to have lunch of some sort. After lunch I'll do some Bible study, and after that...something else. It's raining pretty good out there. I went to the office and paid my rent, so that deed is done...

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Heather Echola First day back at work after Christmas break.

5 Jan

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1/4/26 - Meals

LindaOH @LindaOHio (210113) • United States 5 Jan

74 days until spring. Today (1/5) is the day that cousin #2 and I will celebrate New Year's Day. She will pick up groceries and my prescriptions, make sandwiches, take out the trash; and then we will eat! I plan on going into a...

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Heather Echola Bob wanted to go to Wendy's for a burger for his birthday, so we did.

5 Jan

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New evidence suggests domestic violence could be contributing to brain trauma

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368681) • Rockingham, Australia 5 Jan

Concussion in sports players has been getting more and more attention lately. Australian Rules football is very much a contact sport and dementia among older players is quite common. The concussion and head bumps they endured over...

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Heather Echola It makes a lot of sense. Frequently the medical field does not look at women's issues and health as readily as they do for same symptoms in men.

5 Jan

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I'm dehydrated

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (125852) • United States 5 Jan

It has not been a good day for me in terms of eating or keeping any fluids down. Ugh. I keep trying with the Gatorade but so far no luck. I've alternated between being freezing and being hot. I woke up, felt terrible, called out...

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Heather Echola Do you have anyone you can call if you need help? You can get so dehydrated that even ice chips do not stay down. Home remedies I have heard, and sometimes used are to dilute Jello with extra water and sip slowly. Do not do red as it tends to look like blood...

5 Jan

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The 3rd Amendment is trending on Twitter

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (125852) • United States 5 Jan

So of course I had to look to see why. In his ongoing racist and ignorant tirades about the Somali population in Minneapolis, MN Trump announced today that he was sending 2000 ICE agents there to combat immigration. They booked...

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Heather Echola Yay!! People standing up for principles.

5 Jan

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Have you ever stayed in a hotel in the city you live?

Amber @AmbiePam (109561) • United States 5 Jan

I don’t know if I put that coherently. I’ll give an example. Decades ago, when I was still living at home and had been so sick, my parents one day decided to get rid of their carpet and put down laminate flooring (a wise thing...

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Heather Echola I have not, but I understand why you did.

5 Jan

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Do you blame yourself when you get your feelings hurt?

Amber @AmbiePam (109561) • United States 5 Jan

I get so annoyed with myself when I get my feelings hurt. So I just try to get over it as quickly as possible. It never does any good to dwell, and at least as an adult your feelings are less likely to be hurt (at least for me)....

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Heather Echola I get hurt over the wrong things, and should not. Often, I have learned, it is a miscommunication or something of the like.

5 Jan

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Finally, a complaint works!

Amber @AmbiePam (109561) • United States 5 Jan

So, if you remember, my local post office is, well, there are no words. Anyway, I had a package coming December 31st, a shirt and socks (I got for free), and unfortunately, it had been sent by USPS. I got a notice my mailbox was...

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Heather Echola Besides that, even poor people need shirts and socks, so judgy people can keep their opinions to themself. I am lucky in the mail carriers we have.

5 Jan

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A hide-and-seek puzzle for you

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368681) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jan

I bought a new tomato plant a few weeks back. My first one has a second crop of fruit with about 9 more tomatoes just starting to ripen. This bush is a different variety but now has two tiny tomatoes on it. One is near the bottom...

western australia

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Heather Echola I did find your tomatoes. Yes, the awful heat causes fires and then makes it very hard to fight them.

4 Jan

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Anybody Else Get Frustrated With the Scale?

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (65) • United States 4 Jan

I am weighing daily and it fluctuates a little bit each day. I know I couldn't have gained weight in a day, not like that anyway, so it is disappointing. But I read an article that said, "Daily fluctuations of 2 to 5 pounds are...

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Heather Echola I am in the same boat with you, with daily weights. However I was mentally remarking to myself that I was not going over a certain point this week and that was fine with me. The weight loss clinical trial weighs in kilograms and that is a little harder for me...

4 Jan

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The wolf moon as it was in Western Australia

Judy Evans @JudyEv (368681) • Rockingham, Australia 3 Jan

The photo is Vince’s. My camera couldn’t compete with the street lights but Vin managed to dodge them somehow. As Amber (@AmbiePam) stated, it’s called a ‘wolf moon’. It seems this name is given to the full first moon of the year...

western australia

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Heather Echola It was gorgeous when we were driving last night. Anna's infor (@LadyDuck) matches what I have found, and I agree that some of the names could not have started in Europe. What types of wolves do you have in Australia?

4 Jan

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I can only laugh

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (125852) • United States 3 Jan

Yeah I can only laugh at what the MAGA cult members think of science. They are against vaccinations. They love RFK Jr. who is unfortunately the Secretary of Health. and who has said that he had a worm that ate part of his brain....

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Heather Echola I even know people who are absolutely NOT Maga who get Kooky about supplements and weird internet potions, self diagnose and refuse standard medical protocol. Anti vax, petrified of blood tests, etc.

3 Jan

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2025 began and ended in a few days.

marguicha @marguicha (229667) • Chile 3 Jan

And here we are, starting 2026. Happy New Year, friends. I´m back at home from my New Year with Dixie. When I came back the house was scorching so I left the door to the garder open. I woke up at dawn to go to the toilette and a...

2026

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Heather Echola Very calm, sort of boring even. I made a traditional lunch that I posted about. Leftovers from that were put into a soup with some Italian sausage today. Sometimes I feel all I think about is food. I go back to work on Monday. Then I can just think about...

3 Jan

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Good Start to the New Year

Loretta @noni1959 (11902) • United States 3 Jan

They came today with machines and made a lot of progress. The electrical pipe is now run up from the road, so next week, the electric company's engineer can put in the transformers and run electric up to the house. Trenches were...

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Heather Echola We went to Newton to the library. Tomorrow is church. I will ask my husband again what he wants to do for his birthday.

3 Jan

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What is the appropriate age for a child/teen to get a cell phone?

Amber @AmbiePam (109561) • United States 3 Jan

My sister and BIL started off with a plain, regular cell phone when Amyra, my now 14 year old niece, was twelve. At first, it was only given to her at church so she could call them after youth group to tell them where to pick her...

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Heather Echola I think it is good for kids to have access to a phone. At school in our structured room a first grader brings his phone in his back pack. Not allowed to use it as a phone. He has no concept really. He uses it for the internet. Another kiddo has a smart watch...

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Remembering 2025’s Losses: Richard Chamberlain

Four Walls @FourWalls (81645) • United States 3 Jan

This is how you tell my age. I hate to break the news to you, but this month, on my list, you will not see a tribute to Val Kilmer, who passed away last year. That’s no knock on him or his talent, but I just can’t articulate...

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Heather Echola I did see Dr. Kildare. I am just that old.

3 Jan

Did the US really invade a foreign country last night?

The Horse @TheHorse (233547) • Walnut Creek, California 3 Jan

Did the US really invade Venezuela last night and capture their President and his wife? I have seen this on several news sources but find it kind of hard to believe. I have to head to Guitar Center soon, so I'll have to do my...

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Heather Echola Yes, it happened. No, it was not approved by Congress. It is kind of scary how out of control things are.

3 Jan

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Good morning 1/3

snowy @snowy22315 (201063) • United States 3 Jan

I just spent 10 minutes trying to open this nasal spray when I realized the directions were on the box. yay snowy! Well, lets hope that works. I think I have tried everything. It was an ignominious start to the...

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Heather Echola Sometimes packaging can really stump me. I use both a saline spray and a generic flonase.

3 Jan

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What was your best New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day ever?

Amber @AmbiePam (109561) • United States 31 Dec

I can’t really think of one that glaringly stands out. You know, oddly, it might have been one I spent with my sister. My parents were out of town, and my sister and I were home from college break. We watched two movies (I...

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Heather Echola I never partied much either. I gave one example on Linda's post and saved one for you. Mostly we always did family things. Snack food. Watch the ball drop, play board games. One year our neighbors were moving. I guess we had been pretty close to them so Mom...

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