happythoughts

@happythoughts (4109)

United States • Age 47

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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What is your best organization tip?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 8 Oct 19

I'm on a path to organize my life better. I feel like if I am more organized I will spend less time on things I don't enjoy and more time doing things I want to do. My best tip for organizing is to own less stuff. If its not...

organization

life

clutter

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What is the most useful thing you own?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 8 Oct 19

With Christmas presents on my brain I was thinking about the things I have that I absolutely love. I love my day planner. It keeps my whole family running smoothly and helps us not be surprised when things show up. I also love...

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What do you do to deal with stress?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 8 Oct 19

Stress is a killer. I get that its bad for me but I don't know how to stop it. Life is stressful. Since there is no way to eliminate stress from our lives the next best thing would be how we deal with it once its here. How...

stress

life

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Help! What should I get my Brother and Sister in law for Christmas?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 8 Oct 19

My Brother and Sister in law recently moved into a small apartment. With Christmas coming we are trying to come up with gift ideas for them. They are tight on space so we don't want to add more to their clutter. For birthdays...

christmas gift

ideas

small space

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How soon do you start Christmas shopping?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 8 Oct 19

Its October. Christmas is right around the corner and I feel so unprepared. I usually have at least a list of the things we plan to get people done by now. This year things seem harder. How soon do you start Christmas...

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What are you saving up for?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 9 Sep 19

I know we are all here for a lot of different reasons. Many of us might be here to chat and pass time, many of us are here to make a few cents in our downtime. In the end we are all getting paid to chat it up here. We have a...

mylot

earnings

savings

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When do you decorate for holidays?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 9 Sep 19

Its early September. Its still summer but my house is ready for fall but its not quite time yet. My daughter brought up our fall decorations but we've decided that its too early to put our decorations outside. Inside she can be...

holidays

decorations

halloween

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What are you eating today and when did you decide that?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 9 Sep 19

Dinner time is almost here. I think I know what I will be making but I'm not sure really. I have a list of meals I can make but its not set up by days. I think I might make a daily menu list and see if that works better for me....

dinner

planning

simplify

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How often do you shop for groceries?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 6 Sep 19

I think I hate grocery shopping. I am trying to convince my husband that with good organization, food storage and a great garden I can cut our grocery shopping down to once every other month. He thinks this is not an easy thing...

food

shopping

time

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Do you have a housekeeper?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 5 Sep 19

In my last neighborhood so many people had housekeepers to help them keep up with housework. It seems like such a helpful thing. While I would love to have someone help me keep up on my housework I feel like I would need to...

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What kind of pets do you have?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 21 Apr 17

We lost our little puppy pal this year so we dont have any pets. The kids have a tank of sea monkeys but they dont really count. We are waiting until we get to our next home. Right now we are renting and so we dont have a lot...

animals

pets

chickens

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What is your favorite smell?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 21 Apr 17

I love the smell of citrus. I think its a very clean and happy scent. My husband likes woodsy smells better. I wonder why some smells smell better to some people than others. What is your favorite smell?

scent

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5 people

What do you do with your coin money?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 21 Apr 17

We have a jar full of coins. When we have coins in our pockets we place them in this jar to build up. Now we have a heavy jar and no idea what to do with it. The local bank to me wants to charge us 5% to count it for us. I...

change money

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Are we obsessed with money?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 21 Apr 17

I think money is a tool that we can use in our lives. How we use that tool is up to us. Some people see it as power and respect those people that have a lot of it as a more powerful person. Some people will do anything to get...

money

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How long does it take you to get ready in the morning?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 20 Mar 17

I know everyone has a different routine but how long does it take to go from bed to ready for the day. For me I do it in steps. I get up and put house clothes on (Usually pajamas and a t shirt) while I make the hubbs breakfast...

getting dressed

time

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How often do you go barefoot?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 20 Mar 17

With the weather getting so beautiful here at my house I love to skip wearing shoes unless I am going somewhere that requires them or if I am driving. My husband is always wearing shoes. It seems so funny to me that we are so...

shoes

slippers

barefoot

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What is your favorite drink?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 20 Mar 17

I love Diet Coke even though I know it is awful for me. I hate the taste of the sugar filled drinks and really I don't like other diet sodas but Diet Coke is a treat to me. Every year I think about quitting but I never do. I...

drink

water

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Happy First Day of Spring.

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 20 Mar 17

Here in the US I feel like the first day of spring is a big day for spring cleaning. Out with the old to make room for the new. That is a big part of my plan for today. I am going to go through some boxes we packed a year ago...

spring

cleaning

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How much do you depend on electric power?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 17 Mar 17

When we moved into this rental house we couldn't plug our clothes dryer in. It is something I haven't had to deal with in a long time. We now dry all of our clothes outside on a line. I don't mind it but when the dishwasher...

electricity

power

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What are your goals for this year?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 17 Mar 17

We are well into the year but still working on our goals we set at the beginning hopefully. How is everyone doing on their goals? What are your goals? I still need to pay off some debt to be fully debt free and I still have...

goals

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3 people