katydidmc

@katydidmc (210)

Canada • Age 42

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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I have a real problem. I'm especially broke this Christmas

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 2 Dec 07

I don't know what to get my grandsons, because everything they want is just too expensive! Can anyone suggest some inexpensive gifts that a 12 or 8 year old would like?

inexpensive

no money

presents

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What is it with young adults today?Why ae they so irresponsible?

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Oct 07

I work with about 35 people. Of that number about half are over 40. So, of about 15 people old enough to be grandparents, 10 of us are ehther helping raise our grandkids, or have custody of them. Ny generation would have never...

raising grandkids

selfishness

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My granddaughter is soooo bad! but sooo cute!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 8 Oct 07

Its Thanksgiving here in Canada, and I made pies this morning for the feast at my oldest daughter's house. They are sitting on my kitchen table. My granddaughter who is nearly 2 got up onto a chair to look at them and asked for...

parenting

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Municipal elections, do you vote?

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 20 Sep 07

i hate municipal elections, because you never know who you are voting for, so the incumbent generally just gets re-elected, even if he did a bad job. And then you have to decide which person is actually serious, and not just...

municipal elections wingnuts

voting

I fell day before yesterdy, on my way to work

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 20 Sep 07

I scraped my knees quite badly and it really has been hard to wear pants for the past 2 days, even with bandages. and I hurt my wrist so that it hurts to lift anything heavy. My daughter thinks I should go for x-rays, but I really...

bandages

pain

virus

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We all got raises at work. Mine was more then most people got

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 17 Sep 07

Because the minimum wage went up, out manager decided to give us all raises. A few of the people I work with wee already ticked off that I made more than them, but now they are really mad, because someone read my pay stub over my...

not fair

raise

work harder

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Does anyone else see the co-relation between religion and bigotry?

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 13 Sep 07

it seems to me that the most religious people are the worst bigots, no matter what their religion or ethnic background

bigotry

religion

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my grandson got his tonsils out yesterday, and is still quite ill

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Sep 07

I will be having him on Thursday, since I don't work then and his parents do. Can anyone suggest things I can do with him, between his meds induced naps?

parenting

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I really can't believe how stupid some people are!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 5 Sep 07

I took 3 of my grandkids to the zoo on Monday, and while we were there, we stopped to sit by the wart hog pen and have a snack. My granddaughter was siting right under the sign that said warthog, eating a doughnut. This woman...

ignorance

stupid people

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I was supposed to take my grandkids to thezoo today

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 1 Sep 07

Unfortunately, their stupid father had them last night and was supposed to have them back by their bedtime.Its now 3:30 the next afternoon, and he still hasn't brought them back. it really pizzes me off, since he knew that I was...

controlling idiots waiting all day

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1 person

I'm getting fed up with the people at work!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 18 Aug 07

My boss is a really nice guy who appreciates that I work hard, but nearly everybody else I work with is lazy, or pushy, and it takes me twice as long to get things done. last night I worked with two young girls who just wanted to...

life

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My daughter's very abusive ex decided he's moving in here with us!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Aug 07

He just got back from a 3 week vacation (he wasn't working, so I don't know what the vacation was from)and came to visit his daughter. he was still here when I went to bed at 11 last night,and since the buses run til after...

people

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Are people really as uneducated as they seem on here,

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Aug 07

or are they just lazy? It seems that every third person in North america can't tell which from witch, or there from their or was from were. Did noone learn grammar in school?

grammar spelling

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1 person

Fruit flies!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Aug 07

Does anybody know a guaranteed method of getting rid of the little bug gers? Almost every time I bring home fruit, I seem to also bring along some fly eggs, and since there are small children in the house, we always seem to have a...

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What's with people wanting their kids to grow up so soon?

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 12 Aug 07

A woman took offence because I said she should have discouraged her 14 year old from having a steady girlfriend, and I hear all the time at work parents complaining that they can't find any 'sexy' clothes for their 6 and 8 year...

parenting

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4 people

This kid at work tried to convert me today!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 11 Aug 07

What gives some 16 year old kid the idea that she knows more about life than an adult with kids. She actually said that she knew more about life because, get this, she reads the bible, and she knows more than anyone who is...

stupid kids religious idiots

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I read the 7th Harry Potter book. And am extremely disapointed with the ending

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 4 Aug 07

Does anybody else feel that she just hurried through the last 3 or4 chapters just to get it finished, and was bored with the whole thing?

harry potter bad writing

hurried disapointed

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Does anybody actually believe the stuff written in the bible is real?

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 4 Aug 07

Most of it comes from ancient legends, so why do people insist its the truth?

bible legends

Shopping for new glasses

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 31 Jul 07

I have to get new glasses, mine are all scratched up. But they are so expensive here! I can get them online for about $150 Canadian as opposed to 3 times that much in the store. Has anybody ever bought glasses online, and if so,...

glasses expensive

onlineshoping

31 degrees again!

katydidmc @katydidmc (210) • Canada 29 Jul 07

is anybody else sick of this heat wave we're getting in North America? I can't sleep, Its too hot to go anywhere or do anything, even too hot to go to the pool, if it wasn't closed for high bacterial count.

hot