ShannyBananny

@shaggin (75481)

United States

Joined myLot 19 years ago

Mom of 4 and happily married. I love adventures and socializing online here at myLot.

Discussions (1407)

ShannyBananny's Discussions

Friendsgiving

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 6 Nov

The mother of Baby S invited us to their Friendsgiving dinner. I have never been to one before, have you? My husband is making a creamed corn dish and I am taking a bowl of freshly cut up mixed fruit. Baby S has come down...

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Oh what a night

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 24 Oct

That song started going through my head when I thought about last night. The dogs outside bark all the time. They usually don’t bark at night though and the occasion that they do my husband is here and tells them to stop and...

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My husband is going on his annual hunting trip

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 16 Oct

My husband leaves tomorrow morning to go to North Dakota hunting with friends. He will be gone for 9 days. He goes on a hunting trip every year. Always since I have been with him he’s gone to NY. This will be his first time ever...

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Working on a cake was supposed to be the messiest thing I did today

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 6 Oct

Yesterday my husband took our broken dryer apart to see what was wrong. The belt had broken so I won’t have a dryer until the new belt comes tomorrow. Thankfully it’s warm and windy enough that I was able to put two loads of...

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He would have been honored

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 3 Oct

Today my older two kids and I had to go to a celebration of life. Now at any other celebration of life we have attended it was just a casual luncheon. So my kids and I dressed casually and showed up expecting to stay an hour and...

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Getting to know our new neighbors

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 2 Oct

Having nice neighbors with young kids is going to be fun. Two Fridays ago there was a half day at school and Little E wanted to have a play date with the new neighbors children. The one mom and her kids were busy unfortunately...

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I feel ashamed

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 2 Oct

I set my alarm for 5 and got up and went downstairs. I checked my messages and say around 11:30 last night a message from Baby S’s mother. She took the day off so she didn’t need a sitter today. So I went back to bed. My husband...

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A treat for all the neighborhood kids after school

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 30 Sep

Today’s adventures in babysitting is Baby S getting mad I won’t let her eat out of the garbage. When Little E gets off the bus I have cute Halloween cookies I got at Aldis’s yesterday for her and the neighbors kids. There were 6...

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I didn’t know rocks could explode from a hot fire

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 25 Sep

My husband took apart an old swingset and tossed it in the burn pit as well as many scrap pieces of wood from building my daughter a playhouse. There was also pieces of old window frames etc. So while he was working and Little E...

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Yesterdays adventures

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 17 Sep

My little one will start being referred to as Little E. Little E saw all the food Baby S was eating and she wanted a big variety too. Even though it was due to jealousy I was thrilled she was eating breakfast which she usually...

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I took on an extra day of babysitting this week

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 15 Sep

Boy am I tuckered out today. Since I didn’t plan to really leave the house I tried to cut down on my sugar intake by having a coffee followed by a tea instead dog two coffees. But then I was unbearably tired. Then I wound up...

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I picked out my husband’s birthday gift

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 12 Sep

I usually can never come up with any ideas but recently one popped in my head. My husband’s bday isn’t until the beginning of next month so I’ll have it all ready well ahead of time. It’s hidden in my stepsons room where all the...

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First day babysitting

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 2 Sep

It always helps when you get to babysit a kid that is absolutely adorable right. This little girl is such a doll. (I’ll refer to her as baby S although she is getting close to 1 1/2 years old) What a way to improve my mood after...

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Talking to our new neighbors

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 31 Aug

There’s a big white house near me that has been vacant a year or so. About a month ago people were over there cutting the very tall grass down and throwing every item left inside the house out into the yard. They parked on part...

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My little one is off to kindergarten

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 24 Aug

The day I have dreaded all summer has arrived. My little ones first day of kindergarten. She was very excited thankfully. The school didn’t give us any estimated time for pick up so I just kind of guessed and we went out to wait...

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Lots of changes for my kids

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 20 Jun

My little one graduated pre-k at the end of May. My son graduated high school last weekend. My oldest daughter broke up with her boyfriend and quit her job at the thrift store she’s been working at for 4 years. She has a few...

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My girls first night alone last night

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 13 May

My daughter went from living with us to moving in with her boyfriend June of 2024. She was tired of putting up with his mental health issues so she broke it off with him for good. He officially moved all of his stuff out...

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An hour to relax

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 1 Apr

I had a few errands to do around town today but this is the least busy day I’ve had and will have all week. I did two loads of laundry, washed the dishes and cleaned the windows. Now I’m lying down and reading a book for an hour...

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Getting tattoos together

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 6 Mar

My oldest daughter has wanted to get a tattoo for over a year. She wants Garfield. I told he we should get one together her Garfield and I’ll get Odie. She loved the idea. I’m not a fan of Garfield but a mother daughter tattoo...

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Do you celebrate your half birthday?

ShannyBananny @shaggin (75481) • United States 27 Feb

If it hadn’t been for an email from Burger King I would never have known it was my half birthday this past week. Have you ever known it was your half birthday and celebrated in some way? I have not. My little one was up in the...

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