Kristen Howe

@KristenH (33137)

Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio • Age 46

Joined myLot 8 years ago

I'm a former New Jersey resident and an Ohio resident for 18 years. I'm an aspiring writer who's shopping 3 manuscripts around to agents & a freelance writer.

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Belated March spring 2023 recipe list

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 22 Mar

Mylotter friends, belatedly as promised, here’s my mid-March recipe list for this month with spring-like recipes. I’ve selected recipes that are in the crockpot or take less than a half-hour to make on work nights. This time...

spring recipes are here belatedly

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Weeks 6-7 at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 20 Mar

Instead of doing two separate posts on my weekly reports, I decided to do a two-for-the-price-of-one post to get you caught up on how I'm doing at Goodwill so far. Two weeks ago, they started tracking our sorted laundry carts...

hitting highs and lows at goodwill

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Zoo photo #17: Kadar Viewing the Action

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 18 Mar

Since I'm tapped out of energy and don't have time to do the two posts, I'll be doing the two-week work report on Monday afternoon and the belated mid-March recipe list on Monday since I have that day off from work. So I decided...

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Zoo Photo #16: Kadar Viewing the Action

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 18 Mar

Since I'm tapped out of energy to do two new posts tonight, I'm showing a new photograph I've taken at the zoo last night. I'll do my two weeks-in-one Goodwill report on Monday afternoon and my belated Mid-March report card on...

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Belated February favorite recipe report card

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 16 Mar

Mylotter friends, here’s my February favorite recipe report card. Since I’m behind schedule, due to work, and better late than never, here’s how my recipes turned out last month. Feel free to check them out and pick your favorites...

february fave recipe report card

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Week 5 at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 8 Mar

Hi Mylotter friends. Sorry I haven't been on in a few days. Between long work days and dealing with a seasonal migraine headache for the past couple of days, it's been a long work week, and I know I need to do some catching up...

closer and closer to the two bin goal

crazy march work schedule

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Week 4 (Month One Complete) at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 27 Feb

Last week was a bit crazy, but productive week at Goodwill. I still chomped at the bit to maintain my February goal to clear two blue bins and work my way up. Day by day, I get better with speed and inching closer to reach that...

closer of clearing 2 bins

bridge support acceptance is pending

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Zoo photo #15: Jose Educating the Zoo Guests

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 26 Feb

Mylotter friends, since I'm recuperating from a rough work week, and still catching up on past posts for comments this week, I'm sharing another new zoo photo I've taken earlier this month at the same event. I still have two old...

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Week 3 at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 21 Feb

Since I've just started week 4 at Goodwill this past Sunday, here's my recap on how I did last week at Goodwill, halfway through the first week during the onboarding process. My main goal was to clear two bins for that week....

first paycheck

bridge support service

halfway through month one

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Zoo Photo 14: Tamarr's Snoozing in the Sun 2.0

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 20 Feb

Two weeks ago, you all said that you didn't see the photo of Tamarr snoozing in the sun. Lucky for me, before I lost my zoo photos on my phone, I downloaded the photo to Google Drive. I'm going to do that for now on, in case I...

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My Belated Mid-February Recipe list 2023

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 20 Feb

Mylotter friends, as promised, here’s my uber-belated February recipe list with links on what recipes I’ve selected to make this month. Since I’ve started work, I’ll be looking for recipes I can make in less than an hour with a...

february recipes better late than never

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Zoo photo #15: Mirabel Sleeping in Her Home

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 18 Feb

Mylot friends, I'm still in catch up mode from the past week or so with comments and posts. So I hope to do some tomorrow morning before church and when I'm home from work tomorrow night. Needless to say, here's a fresh new zoo...

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Belated January 2023 Favorite Recipe Report Card

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 17 Feb

Mylotters, as promised, here’s my belated favorite recipe report card from last month. To kickstart 2023, all of these recipes from the past two years came out pretty good for an encore round. Enjoy! 1. Easy Porcupine...

2023 january favorite recipes now with links

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Week 2 at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 13 Feb

Mylotter friends, since I didn't get a chance to post my Week 2 update this weekend, I'm going to do it now while I'm still in catch-up mode, all this week. My second week wasn't too bad like the first. I did pick up speed when it...

two weeks done

first paycheck is coming up soon

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Old Phone is totally gone for good

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 9 Feb

Mylotter friends, here's an update on my lost cell phone situation. The Uber driver thoroughly searched for my phone in her car--it wasn't there. So it's totally lost and out of battery by now. The last seen location haven't...

new phone will be here sometime tomorrow

back in business this weekend

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Be offline temporary this week

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 7 Feb

Dear Mylotter friends, This past Sunday night when I came home from work in an Uber, I lost my cell phone. I originally had scheduled a Sunday ride with my bus, but it was mis-scheduled for Monday afternoon instead. So I had to...

my 1 5 year old samsung galaxy is mia and dead

worst week ever

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Zoo Photo #14: Tamarr's Snoozing in the Sun

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 4 Feb

Last month, I showed you a photo of Tamarr's mate, Mandisa, at my local zoo. Well here's a photo of Tamarr's under the enclosed glass exhibit at the top of the hill stretched out to take a nap under the sun. So peaceful and...

tamarr napping in the sun

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Week One at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 4 Feb

This week has been a long week for my first week at Goodwill, outside my first day for Onboarding on Monday afternoon. I've completed my first 20-hour work week. On Tuesday, it was my first day of training, when I met the other...

one blue bin at a time

learning curve for training

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Onboarding Day at Goodwill

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 30 Jan

This afternoon at noon, I had my onboarding session at Goodwill. I met Danielle for the first time in person before we met with the store manager Megan and assistant manager Jen. We went through the electronic paperwork, took care...

my first day of work is tomorrow

working weekend

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Zoo Photo #14: Four Humboldt Penguins at the Pond

Kristen Howe @KristenH (33137) • Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio 29 Jan

Here's a fun photo of four Humboldt penguins at my local zoo. There are a total of 30 of them in the Penguin Cave. And I don't even know all of their names or sexes. It's also the closest exhibit to the Welcome Center, where I'll...

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