ruthinian

@ruthinian (2309)

United States • Age 61

Joined myLot 18 years ago

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How long does it take for you to accept the death of a close family member?

atebuds @atebuds (187) • Philippines 21 Dec 09

I lost my mother last year. She was 94. I remember she and I were never buddies. She was always the strict one. After a mild stroke 5 years before, I started taking care of her. It was an answered prayer that we become close...

family

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ruthinian I was not that hard to accept my Mom's death since she had a stroke and somehow we were prepared for that. But I was not prepared for the death of my Dad since he has no sickness whatsoever. His death was untimely and unexpected. It was my mom who was sick and...

3 Jan 10

Have you seen Snow?

sdas86 @sdas86 (6076) • Malaysia 25 Feb 09

I am an Asian. In my country, there are no winter. So, I never seen snow. Normally, it is quite hot and sometimes rainy days in my country but it never snow. If I have the chance to see snow, I think I will get very excited and...

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ruthinian Just like you, I am an Asian too and have never experienced snow until I migrated here a couple of years ago. The first White Christmas for me was so memorable and I was so excited. The landscape was so beautiful and picture perfect just like what we see in...

26 Feb 09

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Do you like snow?

Sammy_pink @Sammy_pink (163) 1 Feb 09

Hi all, I popped to my local shop tonight and everyone is talking about the snow!! We don't have any yet... but for snow to lay on the island is sooooo rare that it really is a big deal to the people that live here. The weather...

fun

snow

snow angels

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ruthinian HATE IT! I used to love it when I was still in the Philippines and dreamed of White Christmas. Back then I thought that snow is cool [literally and figuratively]. I love to see pictures of winter because they look so pretty. When I finally came here in 2007...

2 Feb 09

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How do you cure chap lips?

jhoannejoj @jhoannejoj (963) • Philippines 28 Jan 09

I was been sick for one week. I had fever, coughs and cold. Im still in medication until now since I still not feel that well. I noticed that my lips are cracking or chapping. I know for the fact that the very cold and windy...

drink

lip chapping

lipstick

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ruthinian Chapped lips are also my problem especially during wintertime... i have tried almost every lip balm in the store but there is nothing really cured my chapped lips PETROLEUM JELLY... Yes, that's all I used. it heals fast and effectively. I just dab a small...

29 Jan 09

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What will you drink after doing the sports?

youless @youless (113997) • Guangzhou, China 12 Jan 09

I like to drink soda water, especially Pepsi cola after doing the sports. Since it's sweet, I feel like my energy recovers soon.

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ruthinian It's just plain tap water for me. I started working out this year and I just drink water. It's more refreshing for me. I even like warm water for drinking. It helps in my digestion.

29 Jan 09

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Do you rush to the phone when it rings?

lordwarwizard @lordwarwizard (35747) • Singapore 2 Jun 08

Ring-ring. Your phone just rang. It may be your house phone, it may be your mobile phone, all the same - do you rush to answer it when it rings? I know of people who would literally RUN to their phones as soon as they start to...

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ruthinian I'm like you... i take my sweet time. I am not a phone person. I don't even like cellphone though i own one due to hubby's insistent demand because he is always worried when i am out... so he is the only one i call or who call me.... except for those...

29 Jan 09

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Flock vs. Firefox

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 29 Jan 09

I have heard that Mozilla has launched a new browser beta version called Flock. I don't know what is the purpose of having two browsers simultaneously. Do you intend to try it or not.Those of you who have experienced flock what...

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ruthinian This is the first time i heard about Flock. And honestly, i only have firefox recently when i bought my new laptop. my hubby is primitive. lol... he won't let me download firefox to our pc because he thinks that everything i would download in the computer is...

29 Jan 09

How to stop cheaters on mylot?

ronaldinu @ronaldinu (12422) • Malta 29 Jan 09

I have discovered a site that a guy is selling a script for just $5 which enables the user to copy and paste even if the user did not reach the 500 posts mark. I would like to give the link to the mylot admin team. How can I do...

link

script

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ruthinian Hmmmm.... this is new. I have been away for a long time and this is the first time I heard about it. I guess that is not fair. Everybody should work hard and fair here. I just don't have any idea how the admin will know about it... but then, maybe they have...

29 Jan 09

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Is it difficult to remembr Pass-words

maygodblessu44 @maygodblessu44 (7336) • India 28 Jan 09

Hello everyone here Ji, With due apology from every one, i am now poised to build up courage to ask such a questiion which may look silly to many, but for me it is very difficult. As we go on internetting, our area of...

activities

points

word

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ruthinian I guess it is difficult to remember passwords when you have so many online accounts. Just like me, I have so many affiliation and online accounts that needed passwords to log in so I kind get confused sometimes. What I do is to have similar passwords with a...

29 Jan 09

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Mush!

Marie Anne @Ldyjarhead (10233) • United States 7 Jan 09

How do you like your pasta cooked? Do you like it cooked to within an inch of it's life and it's all mushy? I think I must be different than most folks. I like spaghetti done, but not where it's boiled for so long that...

macaroni

pasta

spaghetti

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ruthinian I usually cook pasta according to package instruction. In that case, I get the best result I want.

27 Jan 09

Coffee Filters...Not Just for Coffee!

ElusiveButterfly @ElusiveButterfly (45941) • United States 13 Jan 09

I received this in a email today and thought to share it with my frugal friends. I am always on the look out for ways to make life a bit more easy. The following ideas are great. Coffee filters are inexpensive too. We just...

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ruthinian wow! these are really great ideas and can really help a lot of homemakers out there. I especially like the tip for the popsicle... that was a good one. Thanks a lot.

27 Jan 09

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Birthday meaning

eunixia @eunixia (387) • Philippines 1 Aug 07

What numeric day of the month is your birthday? Is your birthday day 1 of the month? or day 2 of the month? and so on...I can give you then the meaning of each numeric day of your birthday. Let's enjoy!

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ruthinian Really? cool... my birthday is the 14th of the month. I wonder what you can say about it. I hope it's something good and lucky.

27 Jan 09

Bearded or shaved? How do you want to see your boyfriend or husband?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 17 Jun 07

I always like my boyfriend to be cleanly shaved when we are together. My boyfriend looks good when he shaves. I like him bearded when we are not together so that he could not attract girls. LOL. His beard also tickles me when we...

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ruthinian My hubby shaved clean too except his mustache. He has it since he started growing hairs all over his body and never shaved it since then, he just trimmed it every now and then. I kinda like its macho effect on him.

21 May 08

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Bearded or shaved? How do you want to see your boyfriend or husband?

argie713 @argie713 (1809) • Philippines 17 Jun 07

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ruthinian I like my hubby cleanly shaved. He has a mustache and it is okay with me no big deal with that. He has it since he started growing hair all over his body and he never shaved his mustache. I hope that he would shave that too but he wont like it so it was ok...

21 May 08

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i'm having a baby boy

lookbeyondpaint @lookbeyondpaint (94) • Philippines 18 May 08

i'm so happy i want to spread the news! :)

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ruthinian Congratulations! Good for you. I am happy for you. I just lost my baby through miscarriage recently. It was my first pregnancy at the age of 43. It was my miracle. But then maybe it's not yet time. So I had to accept that. I feel happy for other people when I...

21 May 08

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I gave birth to my baby boy on Mother's Day!

shynie @shynie (556) • Philippines 20 May 08

It was the best gift I have received. Having my baby boy out was the most wonderful thing. I could not describe how much happiness I felt after seeing my baby. Well, the labor pains was the worst. And I delivered my baby normally...

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ruthinian Wow, really? Congratulations! I am so happy for you. You are really one lucky mommy. I can imagine how it feels. Hope that you and your baby are alright and Please take care of yourself. You need a lot of strength and energy for your baby. So you take care.

21 May 08

What do you do when your spouse is snoring?

Emiese @Emiese (994) • Sweden 18 May 08

I have a problem that I am certain I share with many of you! My boyfriend snores! Not a little now and then but constantly the whole night. The only time he doesn't snore is when he is laying on his belly. Unfortunately that is...

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ruthinian My hubby snores big time too. He sleeps on his belly and still he snores. Sometimes he would complain that I snore too. So I guess it pay him back that way. So I really don't have a problem with snoring. But with your case, if you really want...

21 May 08

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Are You a Light Sleeper?

reneous @reneous (716) • United States 11 Nov 06

I pretty much always have to sleep with ear plugs and a sleep mask since I sleep so lightly. Someone can walk past my door and it will wake me up! Oh, what I would do for a good nights sleep!

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ruthinian Yes, I am a light sleeper and can't sleep even with just the sound of the dripping faucet in the bathroom much less with my snoring hubby. But I never use mask or ear plugs to be able to get sleep. I just don't know but I dose off eventually.

21 May 08

Do you wear ear plugs at night?

beautyqueen26 @beautyqueen26 (16030) • United States 20 May 08

Lately, I've been having trouble sleeping. Sometimes I wake up really early in the morning and can't go back to sleep. I don't know what's waking me up. We live near a street, so it could just be a loud car speeding by. I'm a very...

ear plugs at night

my life

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ruthinian I am a light sleeper too and that is not just because of the noise I hear around me but because I had to go to the bathroom several times at night. I can't even sleep with the sound of the dripping faucet in the bathroom much less with the snoring of my hubby....

21 May 08

Dissapointing responses

jrum68 @jrum68 (214) • United States 18 May 08

Do you ever make a post that you think could be really interesting and receive alot of responses but only receive one or two? I'm still new to this, but that seems to happen every time. Come to think of it, this one will probably...

discussions

responses

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ruthinian So you are wrong. Yes, I feel the same way too when I was new here. You really don't know which discussion will really click to the readers or myLotters. I even have discussions that has no response at all. And I was surprised after a month, I got a response...

19 May 08

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