Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (170866)

United States • Age 73

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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Heather Echola's Activity

I Decided To Scare The Villagers This Morning

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 1 Nov

Today was my first day going out in public since the eye surgery. Nobody screamed and ran, so that was good. The guy at the convenience store where I bought a lottery ticket looked at me with pity in his eyes. The waitress just...

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Heather Echola I hope it heals quickly. Looks rough.

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Back to routines

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (170866) • United States 17h

I was not able to attend my church or to lead the music since June 21. Today I was back on the platform. I have continued to be in charge of picking the music. The thing I miss most is a lack of a feeling of community in my...

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Speaking of Halloween

snowy @snowy22315 (214463) • United States 1 Nov

Yes, I know it's over, but last night I watched a truly scary and unsettling movie on Tubi. It was called The Lodge and had to do with a woman who hoped to be the stepmother of two kids who's mother was recently deceased..so lets...

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Heather Echola Not my genre, but it sounds very spooky.

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Am I cooking up a leg of lamb today?

The Horse @TheHorse (240957) • Walnut Creek, California 23h

My step-mom would cook us up a mean (yummy) leg of lamb back in the day. We had it maybe once every few months. We would have it with mint sauce (not mint jelly) on the side, along with with riced potatoes and gravy. Man was that...

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Heather Echola I cooked up some pork chops in a way I loved from my child hood. I just lightly browned them with some chopped onions, then poured a can of good old mushroom soup over them, popped on a lid and simmered away. Nothing glamorous, but a few good meals with...

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Boy, did I miss this.

Amber @AmbiePam (132244) • United States 1 Nov

What did I miss? I missed that big fluffy “pillow with arms” that gives support to your neck, back, and arms. The cruise was incredible, and I slept fine, but if you’re sitting up in your stateroom, talking to your niece (your...

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Heather Echola I have an assortment of pillows that I like to have.

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I think they would be thrilled if I moved there

snowy @snowy22315 (214463) • United States 1 Nov

So, my mother told me the house across from them is for sale for 222,000. She would love to have family take care of her and my dad since they are very old. Even though I have long thought about having a summer place up there...I...

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Heather Echola In the situation you describe you are really smart to remain the daughter, NOT the caregiver. They will need to go someplace for care, you have a life of your own.

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don't know why

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (70010) • Centralia, Washington 31 Oct

Happy Samhain/ Halloween to all those observing this day. It has been about two weeks since hubby and I went to Canada. He has been a little ill since then. Last Thursday he was super not well. Due to his first ER visit he...

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Heather Echola @sallypup The toxins that your body produces while you have an infection keep your brain from getting enough oxygen, as well.

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don't know why

Lenore Plassman @sallypup (70010) • Centralia, Washington 31 Oct

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Heather Echola Multiple UTI's are part of what sent hubby down the dementia road. As his kidneys have healed from this summer he is more in his right mind. If hubby is too weak, he will not be able to go upstairs to bed. I hope he does better soon.

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Tonight I will have to hide.

marguicha @marguicha (230960) • Chile 31 Oct

Tonight young people celebrate Halloween. I say "young people" because when I was young, this was All Saints Day. And we went to the cemetery with flores and my grandmother prayed while I looked around. For me, Halloween is as...

halloween

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Heather Echola I have not done Halloween in years. At this house I am afraid of someone hurting themselves and having a lawsuit against me. I had the lights out, except the TV. I fell asleep in the dark house. Then I went to bed.

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I Think He's Gaslighting Me

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 31 Oct

Gaslighting means manipulating someone into questioning their own memory or reasoning for your own purposes. This person has told me many times over the years when I've expressed a bad memory, "No, that never happened." "No,...

gaslighting

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Heather Echola I am sorry you have someone in your life manipulating you this way.

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She’s back (And better than ever)

Amber @AmbiePam (132244) • United States 31 Oct

I was supposed to get her Tuesday, a day or so after vacation was over, but something happened, and it got put off. The rest of the week I tried to be really open to any time my friend could meet, but finally today she said if I...

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Heather Echola I know you missed her. I would really miss Bruno and Pedro. I miss them when I visit Bob, but miss him when I do not.

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And we are the richest country?

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (64590) 31 Oct

I read a few news articles this week talking about finances, prices of food and fuel, and the economy in general. Then I started seeing more articles, and there were a few news reports about Americans and food. The one that...

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Heather Echola I am fortunate to have a lot of food on hand. Even food that could be prepared without power. I need to get busy about storing up some water, though.

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10/3 - 10/30 - Update

LindaOH @LindaOHio (222989) • United States 31 Oct

Sorry I've been gone so long. My laptop is acting up so I'm using my phone. My PCP ordered some labs and because they showed inflammation I am on a 5 day course of Prednisone. We'll see if that helps my pain level. The...

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Heather Echola We have been missing you. I thought of you just before I opened up myLot. I am glad they are doing something to address your pain.

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Evidently. . .

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (170866) • United States 30 Oct

It seems, according to two weather sources and some eye witnesses, that Kansas does not think it is fall yet. It had an outburst of temper that was evidenced as a tornado just a couple of miles east of me this afternoon. Silly...

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Their suggested solution is ridiculous

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 27 Oct

I wrote the other day that my health insurance company had made a payment to some healthcare provider that I have never heard of when the payment was actually supposed to come to me So I called them yesterday. I did discover...

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Heather Echola I think I have heard of these mixups in the past. Not sure as it did not happen to me. I do think the insurance should be obliged to cancel the check and issue you a new one. This is ridiculous.

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Oliver is a Very Good Nurse

LooeyVille @LooeyVille (94) • United States 30 Oct

Both hubby and Oliver are tagging very good care of me. Oliver has been guarding me to protect me from eye surgeons getting near me again I DO NOT recommend this eye surgery to anyone. It’s been an awful process. But my “boys”...

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Heather Echola Cats are very good care takers.

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I’m trying to get that protein boost.

Amber @AmbiePam (132244) • United States 30 Oct

We all noticed in Canada our allergies were better, and we loved it. Boy, do I miss Prince Edward Island right now (for many reasons). I seem to be coming down from a vacation high, and the allergies have set in again. I’m relying...

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Heather Echola I wish I did. I am going to try to ride my exercise bike more. My dragginess is possibly from weather or just feeling sorry for myself.

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Got my dishes in. Will vacuum. It's that kind of day.

The Horse @TheHorse (240957) • Walnut Creek, California 30 Oct

The sun is trying to poke through now (Noon). But it's been a dreary and cool morning. We won't break 70 F today. Still, I got my dishes in, practiced some guitar, and will vacuum before I run a brief errand. Wheee! How is your...

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Heather Echola I was gone for most of the day. Picked up an owners manual for my "new to me" car at the dealership. Then went to McPherson for an appointment. My brother called me as I pulled in the parking lot of the Dairy Queen where I planned to lunch. We visited a half...

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Trump's rallies in Kansas and Iowa are now back on

NJ Chicaa @NJChicaa (128294) • United States 30 Oct

Yesterday they were cancelled supposedly because the GOP candidates were doing so well. It was announced that he would hold 19 tele-rallies instead to reach more people. Today they decided that Trump *would* go to both states this...

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Heather Echola It cost Kansas over $200,000 for the last rally. Security, you know. So they could beat up a protester. We do not need this.

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Do You Recall the Name?

celticeagle @celticeagle (195474) • Boise, Idaho 30 Oct

I'm sure most of you may remember the childhood card games of Old Maid and Go Fish. But there is one that my mom and I would play. It was pictures of old classic authors. And I think it was played like one of the ones I mentioned...

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Heather Echola Hey, you got lots of help here. I remembered it being called "Authors" but do not remember playing it.

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