Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (170175)

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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A rainy Sunday

Aparna Sen @Dreamerby (10262) • Calcutta, India 19 Jul

A lovely, slow Sunday in Kolkata. There’s something special about the city’s vibe on a weekend. I’m spending today practising presence- no rush, no wandering thoughts, just living in the present. It’s a work in progress, but it...

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Heather Echola I should alos practice presence, I think. I can understand how it reduces stress. I spent Sunday just at home with Bob.

Music Gig Today!

The Horse @TheHorse (239055) • Walnut Creek, California 19 Jul

Hair of the Dawg plays a gig out in Isleton this afternoon. Isleton is an interesting small town. It used to be a hub for Chinese-Americans, who were largely responsible for building the levees that serve the farming community in...

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Heather Echola I am having lots of quiet stay at home days unless they involve the medical field. All we need to do today is get Bob's labs drawn. You day was definitely more fun than mine.

We came second at the quiz night - second last, that is

Judy Evans @JudyEv (385113) • Rockingham, Australia 20h

On Saturday, Vince and I went to a quiz night at the clubhouse. We hadn’t intended to go but our friends had double-booked themselves so we said we’d go in their place. Vince always takes photos of the people at the tables and...

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Heather Echola It sounds like a fun night. I did know that about wombat poop. Cute little beastie.

Have you ever changed your vote?

Amber @AmbiePam (123117) • United States 19 Jul

We have two run offs in August because two of my party’s offices, including governor, did not win by a big enough margin in the primary. I voted for what I thought would be a good candidate for Oklahoma’s next governor. Now, in...

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Heather Echola We have not had our primaries yet. Yes, I have changed my mind about what candidate I favor as I have learned more.

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Coos Bay

Judy Story @jstory07 (149005) • Roseburg, Oregon 19h

We went to Coos Bay with my cousin and her husband/ I did not know where we were going or I would have taken my camera or cell phone with me. Usually my cell phone is in my purse but for some reason it was not. Maybe it jumped...

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Heather Echola That sounds like a perfect summer getaway.

Happy Birthday Darling in Heaven

RasmaSandra @RasmaSandra (99166) • Daytona Beach, Florida 19 Jul

This is a poem I wrote for Martin for his birthday. Forever Autumn So long since hands we held, so long since we kissed, soulmates, you and I, forever entwined in love. Through the years, just you and I, whether day or night –...

a birthday in heaven

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Heather Echola Losses like that really hurt, and stay with us all the same.

What was up with that World Cup half time show?

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (127396) • United States 14h

I have zero interest in soccer/football so I haven't watched any of it. None. I did see terrible reviews of the first ever half-time show today for the final match here in NJ and they were pretty scathing so of course I had to see...

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Heather Echola Not something I would be interested in at all.

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Nine more days

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (69497) • Centralia, Washington 20h

Summer warmth is back to my house. The grass is brown and thirsty. My back was not well yesterday so I didn't get out and water gardens. Today the pain eased. I walked the property, drug the garden hose and gave all the plants...

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Heather Echola That sounds quite miserable. I know how it is with one diagnosis after another and once they start it feels as if there is no end in sight. Hugs to you friend.

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I'm home alone !

Traceyjayne @Traceyjayne (12316) • United Kingdom 19 Jul

After a lovely, longer than expected, weekend with The Mister he has had to go home. He has to travel to Scotland in the morning and that is going to mean a 4am get up and a 6 hour drive ....then he has to do a day's work ! I...

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Heather Echola When things are right in your routine sometimes home alone is a good place to be.

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Very Comfortable Morning

Eva James @wolfgirl569 (137666) • Marion, Ohio 19 Jul

It's just now 71 at 10 AM. But the humidity is 90 percent. At least at this temperature it's not bad. Here is my new planter. I think it looks nice. It will be beautiful when the glads start blooming. Not doing much today. I...

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Heather Echola What a nice planter. It was 81 before 8 a.m. today. Tomorrow we are supposed to reach 100.

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Last day of holiday

Jimbo45 @Ineeddentures (38652) 19 Jul

This is the last day of our holiday. The last two weeks have been a real joy Lovely weather, nice places, good food, And just the two of us. And that is worth it's weight in gold Infact moreso If someone offered me a major...

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Heather Echola It seems you two have some lovely holidays.

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What percent chance would you give yourself of living to 100?

snowy @snowy22315 (210905) • United States 19 Jul

I had to answer this question on a survey one day. I gave myself a 4 percent chance, but really there are so many variables with that. I think a 4 to 14 percent chance is more realistic. I do have relatives that have lived to be...

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Heather Echola Personally I am saying I have a 25% chance at least. All of my grandparents made it to 80 and above. My parents 80 and 88. I have never smoked and I keep active, so I feel I will outlast my parents. Bob used to plan to be 100, more recently he said 90. I doubt...

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Do you have a taste for beer?

Judy Evans @JudyEv (385113) • Rockingham, Australia 18 Jul

After we finished viewing the sailing ship Leeuwin, we stopped at the Gage Roads café. Gage Roads is the name given to the area outside Fremantle Port where ships wait to enter the harbour. Rather than order a coffee, Vince...

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Heather Echola I would enjoy the pizza, but have never even tried beer. I worked serving it in a restaurant and it just smelled nasty to me.

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How deep are your friendships here?

Amber @AmbiePam (123117) • United States 19 Jul

I know a lot of us have made friendships that go very deep. Some of us have met in person, and some of us have really really been there over the years, and in a few cases, over the decades (some of us have been here 20 years!)....

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Heather Echola There will always be some parts I will hold back, but I am grateful for the friendships here.

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Now that my brain is fried...

Stacey @xstitcher (39493) • Petaluma, California 18 Jul

...although not as bad as in the past. I sat outside reading for quite a while, in the hopes of getting much closer to the end of the book I'm currently reading. Before went out there I read a chunk of another library book,...

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Heather Echola Yesterday's mail was all political announcements/campaigning that went straight to the trash. I got none today. We sit outside most mornings for a little while.

18 Jul

Who remembers receiving the polio vaccine on a sugar cube?

Wendy @jerzgirl (9410) • United States 18 Jul

Jonas Salk created the first immunization for polio in 1954, the year I was born. It began to be used in 1955 around the world. The virus used at that time was an inactivated (dead) polio virus and was delivered by way of an...

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Heather Echola I had an uncle who had polio at 18 months. The family gave up a lot to pursue therapies for him. It is suspected that my mom probably had a mild case also, because they slept in bed together. She was older than he was. We got our sugar cubes at the elementary...

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Sunrises and Saharan Dust

Jeff Moffitt @moffittjc (129179) • Gainesville, Florida 18 Jul

Over the past week or so, Florida and parts of the Caribbean islands have been blanketed by Saharan dust that has blown here across the Atlantic Ocean all the way from Africa. Don't worry, the dust isn't so thick that it's...

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Heather Echola We get great sunsets from agricultural dust, plowing, harvesting, and plain old blowing.

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We Returned the Favor

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (79) • United States 18 Jul

Remember how that group of workers paid for our lunch last week because they thought they were being loud and drunk? Well, half of that same group of workers was there again today. We had earned a $5 off reward from our frequent...

nice people

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Heather Echola Sounds like you all are pretty regular at the same place on the same days. Great relationships, I guess.

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How CVS Pharmacy pissed away 45 dollars today.

The Horse @TheHorse (239055) • Walnut Creek, California 18 Jul

I went to a big chain drug store today to get some hair clippers and some bug spray. I found the items I wanted and looked for a live check-out person. There was none. But there were four of those check-out kiosks, side-by-side,...

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Heather Echola I would happily go somewhere else.

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This Show is Spooky Close to Home

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (79) • United States 18 Jul

I’m watching a streaming show on Netflix and the main character has a mother in law with dementia just like my mother in law. The mother in law thinks people are stealing her shots just like my mother in law The mother in law...

mother in law

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Heather Echola I do not know if that is reassuring or not. So far Bob is not doing any of that, but hey, some of my clothes have gone missing. Honestly think it is the crazy lady in my mirror that tidied up and lost them.

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