Yesterday was not a good mylot day for me so I wrote this.

I like to be here, but I can always find something else to do. I did all those other things yesterday, and I worked today. I did merchandising in three stores and then from 2-8 pm I did a sampling event. I saw that MyLot was back up and I had two discussions written and ready to post so I did, right before I went to do sampling.

Hey Diana,speaking of other sites, is that you on FB who requested me? This Diana is in Italy, but there are no mutual friends and I am always cautious if someone requests me and not only so I not know them, but we also don't have any common friends.

Yes, I should have gone to some other sites. I actually am trying to figure out how to get funds to Alert Pay, when I am not wanting to go send a wire transfer. I have an investment I want to do from there. I have worked around MyLot however I can when it is acting up. That is why I composed two discussions last night. I knew I would want to post them as soon as that run time error quit acting up, and I did, in between other things I had to do offline today.

Yes that' me (do you know anyone else in Italy ) and there should be at least one other mutual friend.

I am mostly working this weekend. I am going to try to figure out when I can go to the blood donation center again. I have some regular small jobs I do on Monday and Friday and sometimes a bigger project as well as I did today. What subject is the project in?

Very ambitious project and paper. I imagine you will still do well. I hate to have to rush a big project, though.

I have to put together a powerpoint presentation and a 7-10 page paper for my class on culturally responsive classroom. I should have been working on it for the last couple of weeks, but because of health issues I was not able to. Now I have to rush and probably won't do very well, but oh well... That's what I get for trying to attend grad school when fighting cancer...

That worked out okay for you. I have less time on Monday, Saturday and Friday. I think I missed the last time it went down for that reason. We do miss our friends and the interaction.

Yes, we do miss it!

That is true, it is wasted time otherwise. Blessed are the flexible for they shall bend and not break.

Yes, no use getting mad, or feeling at a loss as there is always something you can do.

I am working on an afghan that should have been done ages ago, but I am doing a very tight single crochet out of baby yarn. It is for the three year old granddaughter. I am expecting a new grandchild soon, so that will be the next project. I swear, I will do broomstick lace or hair pin lace so it goes together really quickly.

My grandma used to make shawls of hair pin lace. It is worked on a wire frame that is bent like a hair pin. Somewhere I have a set of them. The lacy strips are then crocheted together. Really pretty as I remember. I have even seen instructions online to make the wire frame. Broomstick lace was real popular in the 70's. My mom made my son a bunting. It can be worked on an old fashioned wooden broomstick or usually it is done on a size 50 knitting needle. You make loops and bundle them together with crochet stitches. Either of these work up fast.

I will have to go back and see if I have missed some of your posts or only forgotten what is going on. I wish the best for your though. I like to think of you busily creating bears.

I posted a discussion about what happened with the cardiac testing I went through a week ago Tuesday. It was during the time that the Lot was acting up and no one's discussions were getting through to their friends. Short version is that I was diagnosed with Myocardial Ischemia. When I was developing in my Mom the muscle that was supposed to be behind the artery to the heart grew in front of it. Normally it doesn't affect people but in rare cases it will cause the artery to the heart to close down so that the oxygenated blood doesn't reach the heart. They can treat it either with bypass surgery or they can treat it with beta blockers and I think maybe blood thinners. Of course with my luck it turns out that I am one of the rare cases where the artery is blocked. Because of it I am tired more of the time and have other symptoms like lack of concentration and loss of appetite. I find out what is going to happen on the 15th of this month. What has me a bit concerned is the fact that I had the testing done on May 1st and got called on the 3rd about the results and am getting into the cardiac clinic on the 15th. With all the clinics I have been to at Stanford it takes at least 6 weeks to get into a specialty clinic. To get into one in two weeks is unheard of! Hopefully I've gotten you all caught up... Except that I get to spend Mother's day enjoying myself sewing teddy bears...

Our last day of frost has passed about a week ago. I bought plants, and will probably grow them in containers. I got lazy and did not get them into the containers yet. I am trying various heirloom tomatoes, because they usually have more flavor and they just intrigue me. The only thing I actually got in where I wanted it was a pot of rosemary.

I've never planted rosemary. Where do you have to plant it so it grows right?

For many of us MyLot was gone for a couple of days. Lots of people missed it. That is why I posted what I did to while away the time.

Mylot is going to be great and I hope it will be alright now So, What was your experience without mylot for hours ?

I do not know if they could have sent out some mass e mail. Maybe they were so busy trying to fix things they did not want to take time to notify us. Maybe they will tell us eventually what went wrong. It is very freeing to know that you cannot do something on here so you must go do something else.

You are never idle, that is for sure. I am really glad to be back online with MyLot as well. I hope the baby is quiet and the papers do not take too much effort on your part.

thank you. just making the most of my one day off. be back to work again tomorrow. thanks and have a great day

Since it only happened on MyLot I was sure it was not my computer. I am glad to be back to normal now and able to post and respond.

I must have logged in other website to see if they were in good order at that point.But then,since my computer is out of date and doesn't go strong at times,so first of all I suspect it if something goes wrong.I blamed it wrongly this time.

Lately there have been a lot of problems, but I never noticed them before. You are right, almost all sites have trouble now and then. Run time errors are not fun.

You are right, it would be depressing if it was the only money I had and it was doing things that cause it to break down or stop.

So not fun. But at least I still have something else to do. I can't imagine other people who live from the sites they have and they're having trouble. I think I can go mad.

I don't write as much for Textbroker as I could, but it gets boring after awhile. Dollar Stretcher is a site about living frugally and personal finance. It's at stretcher.com and that's not a referral link! I make nothing by telling others about it.

I do not write as much for Textbroker as I should. I am not ranked as high as I should be and so there is not as much for this average girl to do, or I am not there at the right time. I have been busy because one of the agencies I worked for as an independent contractor has been acquired by another company and I have had tons of paperwork and training to do. What is Dollar Stretcher?

I was not on all day yesterday either. I just had to make the best of it. I go to some other sites that have problems now and then, usually much more often than MyLot. Hatley, I am glad you got some stuff fixed on your computer, and in your friendship. I hope we all stay back to normal for a while.

I had problems with mylot all day yesterday I COULD NOT GET ON AT ALL BUT TODAY IT WAS back on. I also had problems with facebook.

If you cannot fix a problem, might as well do something that you can do. . . I never run out of things that need to be done. I am glad to see you here, hope to see more of you.

Thanks, GG. sTAYING BUSY WHEN THINGS ARE NOT RIGHT HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY SALVATION, LOL.

What other site do you write for, do you mind me asking? I do not get as motivated as I should for other sites. I have had trouble for about two weeks off and on with Mylot, so I take advantage of the time I have available when I am not working and MyLot is.

I write for several and don't let it be known here. PM me and I would be more than happy to let you know. I just don't want the riff on here to know.

I somehow never think it is gone for good. I guess because I have been here so long. I do miss my friends here, and that is why I have stayed so faithful Today was a day when I was really busy all morning so I was glad when I got on around 1:00 the site was back. I am very tired right now and have to go to bed. Unfortunately I cannot be here tomorrow very much, but I feel like I have begun to touch base with my friends today.

I forgot to add that I wrote about mylot when it was down. I think that you know that I am on a few online writing sites. When mylot was down, I wrote about having fun and earning some money on mylot for Triond. It was 2 a.m. Mylot had been down since the afternoon and I was unable to sleep. It was a very positive and upbeat article. I have had a few views. I have some very busy days and not a lot of time for mylot but I try to post at least five times a day minimum.

Those are some good choices. Compared to some other sites I am on, MyLot is very seldom down. It is certainly making up for it this last week or so. What kind of reptiles do you have or are you interested in?

I keep gecko species - Eublepharis, Uroplatus, Rhacodactylus, Paroedura, Gekko...too many to mention! I keep tarantulas at the moment too, a way of exposure for my fear of spiders. Funny thing is I love tarantulas but still get a bit antsy around those little tiny house spiders!