Sissy15 (@sissy15) on myLot

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 26 Jun

Mornings have never really been my thing. Unfortunately, most of the rest of the world doesn't agree with me on that, so I have to go with the majority. I've been rather unplugged and not really communicating for a day or two....

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Sissy15 @MarieCoyle I'm not either. I saw the heat advisory and the triple digits and was not pleased. We don't have central air and have to use window units, which I'm hoping will be able to keep up. I've been camping downstairs to save on the electricity bill. It...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 10h

Today I taught my son to make steak, and it reminded me of how far we have come. When my son was little, he would eat almost anything put in front of him (except ironically pizza), then around four, he became really picky. We...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 18 Jun

This is so sad. We've discussed this before off and on in the years I have been here on mylot. I still find it absolutely tragic that so many people simply cannot make change, and if they pay with cash, they have no idea if they...

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Sissy15 The problem lies with the higher-ups and taking funding from public education. Teachers are expected to work miracles with very little support, financial, emotional, and physical. As someone who works in a public school, I can say that the skills are being...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 18 Jun

This is so sad. We've discussed this before off and on in the years I have been here on mylot. I still find it absolutely tragic that so many people simply cannot make change, and if they pay with cash, they have no idea if they...

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Sissy15 I get it, I have days where my brain can't do simple math, but when it's a daily thing, it does become a problem. Schools do teach basic math, but I feel like they're pushing more and more on kids that some skills get lost. I've found our kids actually do...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 21 Jun

I gave this some thought. A lot of thought. Being bullied is hard to take. Often, the person being bullying is possibly shy, hesitant, and a bit withdrawn, and doesn't share a lot of their life with just anyone. That's not...

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Sissy15 Unfortunately, bullying is often a learned behavior (not always) because kids see how their parents treat others. Kids are super observant. Some kids bully others out of their own insecurities. I remember having a talk with my son when he was younger about how...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 22 Jun

I saw this earlier today and it really is shocking to me...so far this year, Illinois leads the entire US for the number of tornadoes. 196 confirmed tornadoes? And it's still just June! Don't get me wrong, I am not wishing...

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Sissy15 It is mind-boggling. Ohio has had its fair share of tornadoes over the years. I remember back in 2010, we had a nearby town get hit by several tornadoes on the same night. It destroyed a good portion of their town, including their school (a school I had done...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 26 Jun

Mornings have never really been my thing. Unfortunately, most of the rest of the world doesn't agree with me on that, so I have to go with the majority. I've been rather unplugged and not really communicating for a day or two....

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Sissy15 I feel like we should petition that the day start later. I, too, am not a morning person. I also feel you in sometimes just wanting to be home. We have done a lot of day trips and spent a lot of time on the road, but nothing feels quite the same as getting...

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Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (59837) 19h

We have a local fellow here who has a form of Tourette's syndrome. It's bad...and he knows it. The locals claim that it was so bad when he was younger, that he refused to go to school, or interact with people. He lived with his...

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Sissy15 The T-shirt is a good idea. My best friend has Tourette's. I met him in high school, but I guess when he was a kid, it was bad. He'd scream or swear, and his mom didn't know what to do. Now that he's an adult, he is thankfully able to control it more, as he...

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Amber @AmbiePam (121831) • United States 23 Jun

I was watching videos of Europeans experiencing America for the first time at the World Cup, not clips from the news, but real videos from attendees. One guy said if you go by European news you’d think if you came to America you’d...

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Sissy15 @MarieCoyle Yeah, we have had to go to Toledo for specialists or just to go to certain stores that we don't have near us. Lake Erie can be beautiful. I always recommend going to put in bay, Marblehead, or Sandusky if you want to see it from NW Ohio. Port...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (190543) • Boise, Idaho 21 Jun

I keep learning of more and more actors who turn out to be Scientologists. Most already know Tom Cruise is besties with the head of this cult, David Maskavidge. John Travolta sadly is a member also. Kristy Alley too. The gal who...

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Sissy15 @celticeagle Yeah, I know. I do think some people joined it without realizing everything that is entailed. That's what happens with a lot of cults. People get in not realizing the full extent of it, and then find it difficult to get out. Then there are those...

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celticeagle @celticeagle (190543) • Boise, Idaho 22 Jun

In my younger years I was a bit envious of those who bought and maintained homes. I would have loved to have had one. I did have nice ones when I was married but always left them to my husband's when I left. Never wanted the...

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Sissy15 @celticeagle My husband has two jobs plus my job, but we have so much medical debt. I just don't want to be on the hook for a large monthly payment or having to fix something if anything happens. If we could find something with lower payments that we didn't...

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Amber @AmbiePam (121831) • United States 23 Jun

I was watching videos of Europeans experiencing America for the first time at the World Cup, not clips from the news, but real videos from attendees. One guy said if you go by European news you’d think if you came to America you’d...

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Sissy15 @MarieCoyle I mean, it's fair, they know about as much about the US as we know about their countries. That said, I don't like making blanket statements about anywhere. I ironically haven't been to Illinois, but my brother used to go to Chicago all the time....

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 28 Jun

Childhood was so long ago, but it often feels like yesterday. My mom and I were reminiscing not long ago about when my brother and I were kids. My brother and I always looked forward to Fridays when we were kids. Not just because...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

I've had this discussion before, but I've found there are things a lot of us can do that we take for granted. A big one, I believe, that people take for granted is the ability to read. Growing up, I struggled to read at first...

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Sissy15 I know a lot of kids struggle with reading for various reasons, like autism, ADHD, dyslexia, and other disorders, but when parents help their children by practicing those skills, it improves their reading abilities immensely. My dad always told me he tried but...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

I've had this discussion before, but I've found there are things a lot of us can do that we take for granted. A big one, I believe, that people take for granted is the ability to read. Growing up, I struggled to read at first...

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Sissy15 I think so. They wanted better for us than what they had, and while they weren't the perfect parents, they tried their best and loved us with everything they had. They wanted what was best for us, so while they had their moments, they were good parents...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

After commenting on another Mylotters post about the Aldi blindbox, which was a disaster since I don't actually know anyone who got one. That said, it made me think about my favorite Aldi products. We do a lot of grocery shopping...

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Sissy15 That's fair lol. I remember as a kid we'd go to the dentist and my parents would promise us a Happy Meal if we did well, the joke was on us because we'd be drooling after and didn't want to eat it. They at least made the same promise after regular doctor...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been teaching my son to cook, with the goal being for him to cook at least once or twice a week. He made dinner on Thursday with me, once again telling him what to do and him doing it. He...

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Sissy15 Thank you, I'm just trying to make sure he enters the world with some basic life skills, not that he'll use them all lol. He literally starved yesterday because I didn't feel like making dinner and told him it was fend for yourself night. I ended up making him...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

We just got back from a trip to a local Farmer's Market and Aldi. At the market we go to, we always buy their candy onions, which are amazing. I got things to make burgers tonight for dinner. I was running low on chili lime...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been teaching my son to cook, with the goal being for him to cook at least once or twice a week. He made dinner on Thursday with me, once again telling him what to do and him doing it. He...

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Sissy15 @Wrexxo Thank you, and the issue is that so many parents aren't teaching their children these skills. Working in a school, I learned how few children have basic reading and math skills, let alone basic survival skills. Parents are too busy, sometimes through...

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Sissy15 @sissy15 (12867) • United States 27 Jun

As I mentioned in a previous post, I've been teaching my son to cook, with the goal being for him to cook at least once or twice a week. He made dinner on Thursday with me, once again telling him what to do and him doing it. He...

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Sissy15 Thank you. I think every child should learn basic skills, and somewhere along the line, basic life skills took a back seat to learning academics, which are important, but some things we are learning are less important than learning how to survive in the world....

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