TheRealDawn

@dawnald (85093)

Shingle Springs, California • Age 65

Joined myLot 15 years ago

Happiness is doing it rotten your own way.

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Ruined her barbecue

Wendy @jerzgirl (9080) • United States 6 Jul

I haven’t had a daughter emergency in a long time. Fortunately, this time I had a car that I could use. She was about 35 miles south of our house for a barbecue and fell about 15 minutes after arriving. She was taken to the...

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TheRealDawn I have a stupid step in my house just beyond the entry that I point out when people come over. Too many people have fallen, and I have to wonder who the heck would have designed a house that way. Anyway, I hope your daughter has a good recovery. Falls are...

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Look at that!

BarBaraPrz @BarBaraPrz (44269) • St. Catharines, Ontario 6 Jul

Can you see? My mortgage is paid off! As of next month, I'll have an extra $600 each month to play with. I'd be able to buy stuff! Like... new underwear... Swiffer pads... Brita filters... even food! Speaking of...

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TheRealDawn Underwear, swiffer pads, you really know how to live! $600 isn't a mortgage, that's an electric bill. In California, anyway

6 Jul

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Have You Ever Forgotten Your Age?

Babes Says @BabeSays (8372) • Mauritius 21 Jun

Gosh, I do forget my age all the time. Especially when I am being asked how old am I at places such as banks, hospitals...and so on. I have to calculate the year then I realized my age. But today something weird happened. So I...

funny

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TheRealDawn Well, I like to forget I'm 65 and be 27, but really the only time I forget my age is when I've just had a birthday and sometimes my brain is still stuck on my old age.

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Have you spoken at a funeral?

Amber @AmbiePam (79642) • United States 6 Jul

My mom would be 64 tomorrow, had she not died at the age of 55 (for those unfamiliar, she was diagnosed with dementia when she was 46). I wanted to speak at her funeral, but my dad kind of asked me not to because he figured I’d...

funerals

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TheRealDawn I have spoken at a funeral, but not about anybody I was really close to. My mom didn't want a service, and my dad honored her wishes. We're getting together Labor Day Weekend to honor both of them, but it won't be a formal funeral.

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Cracklin' Rosie

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (155069) • United States 18 Jun

I bought a house plant. It is a cane type begonia. I am told that it is not an angel wing but is a dragon wing. This variety is called Cracklin' Rosie. Now do not fib. . . the Neil Diamond song came on in your head and now it is...

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TheRealDawn Thanks for the song that I now cannot get out of my head...

18 Jun

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Packages At Our Door

deleriousinIdaho51 @celticeagle (151404) • Boise, Idaho 15 Jun

My daughter went out to have her morning cigarette and the step was covered with packages. My new laptop was among them. It has a wide 17-inch screen and is so much better than the other one. The other one had a start-up issue,...

laptop

daughter

grandson

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TheRealDawn My laptop is 10 years old. Probably time for a new one, but I just don't want to take the time to set one up and transfer files and so on. It gives me trouble with Zoom and Teams meetings though, and eventually I'm going to have to. Hope you enjoy yours!

17 Jun

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Time for lights out.

marguicha @marguicha (210589) • Chile 17 Jun

There´s a man hanging out of a balcony on TV (he just fell) but I decided not to watch it. There is Horatio Caine taking care of it. I´m going to turn the light off. My stomach hurts a bit and I don´t know if it is because of the...

good night

sleep tight

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TheRealDawn Hope you feel better. I slept badly, so lunch may be followed by a nap. Haven't been her for a while, so I downloaded a lot, catching up, watching responses, etc.

17 Jun

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Good Morning!

Blondie2222 @Blondie2222 (28632) • United States 17 Jun

Hello everyone and good Saturday morning to you all. I woke up at 2:45am this morning had to use the bathroom then got warm so turned my windo fan on and finally was able to fall back to sleep an hour later then woke up for good...

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TheRealDawn good morning. Almost noon here, so probably should get it in gear. Had a bad night's sleep, need a nap. But first I need lunch.

17 Jun

Dunking biscuits

Always smiling @allknowing (129259) • India 17 Jun

That which was once upon a time considered not an etiquette at a dining table now has the approval of those who set rules . Dunking biscuits is actually an art. The coffee or tea has to be just hot enough so that when the...

dunking biscuits

tea

coffee

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TheRealDawn No dunking here. I am not a fan of making things that are crunchy soggy Even cereal. it's a weirdness of mine...

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Don't Talk to Strangers

Heather Echola @GardenGerty (155069) • United States 17 Jun

Let me say to start that I work in Marion, Ks. , live in Florence, Ks. and my favorite grocery store is in Newton, Ks. Florence has no stores, Marion has dollar stores and a local grocer. Everyone shops out of town. So I was in...

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TheRealDawn I"m pretty introverted. I tend to mostly speak when spoken to. I am comfortable with responding, but not with approaching basically.

17 Jun

Good wet morning.

Kayla Tsukino @kaylachan (50709) • Daytona Beach, Florida 17 Jun

As the title suggests, it's very wet and rainy. I'm hoping the rain passes in the next hour or so , so I'm not stuck inside all day. Ironically, while backwards, it's keeping me on time. I still have to do things like make food,...

random thoughts

florida rain

florida weather

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TheRealDawn Send rain, but please keep your governor. It's going to be hot here today. Actually, can you take my governor too? lol

17 Jun

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Off to Guitar Center.

The Horse @TheHorse (195771) • Walnut Creek, California 17 Jun

I spoke with my niece for a couple of hours last night. The circumstances are not the best (a death in the family, which I will discuss in another post), but it was great to talk with her. Right now I am psyching up for a three...

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TheRealDawn My condolences. I woke up too early after staying up too late, and I am tired. Finished a couple of agendas that I needed to do, downloaded on to MyLot majorly, and now I'm just goofing off. I need to ready a really large agenda for Wednesday night's...

17 Jun

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Feelings....does love hurt ...I don't think so

vanny @vandana7 (97736) • India 17 Jun

One of the important ingredients of love is ability to care. Somebody once said people should fall in love. It makes them a nice person. That is because such a person becomes kinder to everybody. It is true. So if the kind...

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TheRealDawn Love can definitely hurt a lot. when you love someone and they don't want you, they cheat on you, you can't be with them, they die, etc. But it can be pretty amazing too.

17 Jun

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She Said What?

Babes Says @BabeSays (8372) • Mauritius 1 Jun

Last Saturday my nieces were here. One is 10 and the other is 5 years old. The 5 years old requested me to play beauty parlor with her. I sat down as she pretended to take care of my skin, applying a mask and moisturizer....

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TheRealDawn We never played beauty parlor, but we used to pretend we were a diner. Sounds like fun.

17 Jun

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Good Morning MyLot Folks

Mary McKinney @marysplace (440) 17 Jun

Good morning. So far I've managed to wake up, fix the hubby some coffee (I don't drink the stuff, yuck), and open my laptop. Now I'm here letting you know about today. I'm also just realizing today is Saturday and not Sunday....

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TheRealDawn Not a coffee drinker either, it messes with my stomach. Lazy day. Doing things online and a few chores, but mostly lazy. Also I slept badly, so I need a nap.

17 Jun

Tuesday Morning Brief

Valerie J. Routhieaux @just4him (291162) • Green Bay, Wisconsin 13 Jun

Good morning from rainy Green Bay, Wisconsin. We have rain all day. Our temps might not make it out of the 50s. If they do it will be low 60s. Nice, cool, and wet. Perfect. We're expecting .95 inches of rain. We...

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TheRealDawn Stuff to do around the house and a huge agenda to ready for Wednesday night's meeting. Important public safety decision to be made.

17 Jun

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THE Store You'd Want a Gift Card To

Amber @AmbiePam (79642) • United States 16 Jun

There have been several discussions here lately about gift cards, and it made me think about if I could have a gift card anywhere, which store would you choose? If I remove the possibility of a grocery store gift card which is...

gift cards

shopping

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TheRealDawn I just depends on what I currently need. Only right now I don't need anything much. Actually, I need to de-clutter if anything. But if I WANT anything that I don't necessarily need it would be books, CD's, DVD/Blueray, clothes or jewelry, I guess. So...

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Brendel Is Not Feeling Well

CarolDM @CarolDM (204754) • Nashville, Tennessee 16 Jun

I stay concerned about one of my cats, Brendel. She turns 14 soon. I realize it is normal for her to slow down at this age. She has chronic bronchitis and kidney disease. She did not eat anything yesterday except a couple of...

brendel

cat

health

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TheRealDawn Elderly cats can have a lot of issues. My oldest has thyroid disease, and my next oldest is diabetic. I lost one to kidney disease a few years ago, but we gave her fluids for a long time, and she did pretty well with it. Sad when your cats aren't doing...

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Funny Girls (MyLot Exclusive #1324)

Greg @xander6464 (39507) • Wapello, Iowa 6 Jun

Don't look at me in that tone of voice. ------------Dorothy Parker Is it true that no one wants to date a funny woman? Is Lucy the exception that proves the rule, because everyone loves her? If so, then count the tiny opposite...

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TheRealDawn I can be pretty funny, and I have never had a problem finding someone who wants to date me. I can see not wanting to date someone who is only funny, like uses it as a defense mechanism and can't ever be serious about anything

17 Jun

My Enemy

Darcy Nemo @YrNemo (20311) 18 Feb

Up until year 8, I used to be bullied by a kid who lived a few doors away from my place. The nightmare of being mentally tortured constantly by that neighbor kid, stayed with me for too long, that every time I got pushed around...

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TheRealDawn I wasn't ever bullied like that. Good for you for standing up for yourself. I did have a girl in third grade who would call me Gertrude or some such thing, so my mother told me to call her Murgatroyd. I did, and that was the last time she did that.

19 Feb

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