Sissy15

@sissy15 (13365)

United States • Age 39

Joined myLot 19 years ago

Mom, avid reader and history lover.

Responses (782)

Sissy15's Responses

The Fruit Plate

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 20 Jul

Whenever I have been in a hotel with room service, I look for the fruit plate. I must have the fruit plate. I won’t waste my money on any kind of room service except those giant plates of fruit. Is there a go to room service...

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Sissy15 I'm way too cheap to ever pay for any sort of room service. Even if I had money, I wouldn't do it. The closest I ever came was going to the hotel restaurant, and they actually had a normal-priced menu.

23 Jul

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My Heart is Broken

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 21 Jul

I don’t even know what to do with myself. Some things are just so bad you don’t think you can put a voice to it. You hope you can get through it, but then you don’t have a lot of choice because you’re on this earth, and as long as...

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Sissy15 I'm still currently going through a lot. I've had a year that pretty much knocks the others in the dust. I can't say I've completely overcome anything, but I can say I've taken some breaths and try to live in the moment. I can share one thing that happened a...

23 Jul

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Do you have any organizations close to your heart?

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 21 Jul

Some of you have worked with great organizations, and one Mylotter sticks out in my mind as having driven patients to their cancer appointments. She’s modest so I won’t name her, just in case she doesn’t want me to, but I always...

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Sissy15 I have a few. I have volunteered for Scouting (it used to be Boy Scouts, but now it's just Scouts). I also love Smile Train. My son was born with a cleft lip, and I love that they work to help kids with cleft lips and palates, with parents who couldn't...

23 Jul

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Hard to believe sometimes…

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 22 Jul

We know more about space that we do about what’s in our oceans. The Wright brothers only flew together once, because they promised they father they’d always fly separately. Thomas Edison didn’t actually invent most of the...

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Sissy15 Some of the things that get me are how history and time work. We often associate certain periods of times as being further back in history than they actually are. For instance, Martin Luther King Jr. and his wife paid the hospital bill for Julia Roberts'...

23 Jul

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Looks like it's gonna rain

Michael @Wrexxo (4901) 23 Jul

..i Just woke up to the wind howling .. looks like it's gonna pour.. two days ago, a solid KForce recruiter slid into my inbox.. actually, she didn't slide..she sent me an email saying she was impressed with my skill set in IT...

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Sissy15 I hope it works out for you and you can earn a decent paycheck.

23 Jul

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Especially for Women

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 23 Jul

I know, a lot of ladies here are familiar with these warnings/tips, but it never hurts to refresh your memory. Women! You cannot be too careful. While of course both genders need to be cautious, women are especially targeted, and...

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Sissy15 I've seen so many guys who drive Uber and Lyft get annoyed when women ask for a woman driver. It just goes to show they have never had to deal with the kinds of things women often have to deal with. It's not that guys are never at risk, but they're at much...

23 Jul

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UPDATE~ My AC has bit the dust.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (61288) 22 Jul

Update on the AC. I was right, it's going to take parts or a totally new central air unit. Which will take forever.... anyway. I have a good friend here who always seems to know where to get things or has things I can borrow if...

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Sissy15 I've been there; I went most of my childhood with no AC, but that's because my dad was cheap. Now we have window units, and they don't always work the best. We have been sleeping downstairs because the window unit in our bedroom upstairs isn't working right;...

23 Jul

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Two steps forward, one step back.

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (61288) 18 Jul

Or so we think. Son decided on a nap yesterday afternoon, normal for him. After about half an hour, he came in the kitchen holding a towel to his eye, which was bleeding. It seemed like a lot of blood to me, and of course it did...

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Sissy15 It's always scary when the people you love are going through something. I am glad that so far it seems to be something they can take care of with a medication fix. I'll be praying that it stays that way for you. Life gets hard sometimes, and it's a struggle...

20 Jul

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How deep are your friendships here?

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 19 Jul

I know a lot of us have made friendships that go very deep. Some of us have met in person, and some of us have really really been there over the years, and in a few cases, over the decades (some of us have been here 20 years!)....

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Sissy15 My friendships here aren't that deep. I enjoy reading people's posts and responding and talking through my posts, but I have never talked to anyone outside of here (minus having one or two people on FB, but I don't talk to them there). It's not because I don't...

20 Jul

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Have you ever changed your vote?

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 19 Jul

We have two run offs in August because two of my party’s offices, including governor, did not win by a big enough margin in the primary. I voted for what I thought would be a good candidate for Oklahoma’s next governor. Now, in...

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Sissy15 I've changed my vote a lot throughout my years of voting. It just proves that you can listen to reason and get both sides of a story. It means you aren't stuck in your ways and voting simply because someone is running for a certain party. Sometimes you learn...

20 Jul

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Revenge

celticeagle @celticeagle (192174) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jul

Revenge is inflicting harm on someone for a wrong suffered at their hands. It isn't pretty. To be honest I am a revengeful person, especially where my kids are concerned. There are some stories I would be a bit embarrassed to tell...

revenge

trump

lesson

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Sissy15 It's good that you have grown up and learned from your past. Unfortunately, some people will never learn. Trump is a giant child, and he is allowed to run our country. It is scary, but here's hoping we can get through the rest of his presidency and find...

20 Jul

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Have You Heard of Swatting?

celticeagle @celticeagle (192174) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jul

I heard this story on YouTube. Pete Buttigieg, a politician and was our Secretary of Transportation from 2021 to 2025, is a what I would term as a good man. He lives with his husband in Michigan, and they have four-year-old twins....

lbgtq

family

cps

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Sissy15 We had that issue at my son's school recently. My son messaged me that he was scared and that they were under lockdown because of a bomb threat or something similar. They actually found that the person who made the threat was actually in a state across the...

20 Jul

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My Glasses Finally Bit the Dust

celticeagle @celticeagle (192174) • Boise, Idaho 19 Jul

I have had these Dollar Tree reading glasses for about 2- 3 years. They were sturdy and really comfortable to wear. In the last week they broke three times three different places. My grandson worked quite awhile fixing them. The...

reading

glasses

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Sissy15 I always hate it when something I like breaks, especially when it's something I need. I had a pair of sunglasses for years, and they snapped in half. I only paid a dollar for them on clearance (they were Foster Grants), but they were really decent sunglasses....

20 Jul

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Would you like to attend an awards show?

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 16 Jul

If you would like to attend an awards show, which would you choose? Would it be The Oscars, Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs…? For me, it would be The ESPYs, which aired last night. It brings together the sports world and...

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Sissy15 If I could go back and do an awards show when I was a kid, I would have done the Kids' Choice Awards. Award shows seem so boring now. What I'd give to be a kid again and get to see my favorite celebrities get slimed in real time. As an adult, if I had to...

17 Jul

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We used an old time trick to solve a new time problem

Marie Coyle @MarieCoyle (61288) 16 Jul

Recently, I changed internet providers. No issues, it's way better and cheaper than what I had previously. It also came guaranteed not to go up in price for five years, and it comes with Hulu and Disney+. I previously had Hulu...

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Sissy15 I unfortunately can't get any of our local stations to play on our TV, even with the antenna. I think it has something to do with our location. Even our internet doesn't always work right. I'm glad you found something that works. It's interesting how something...

17 Jul

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Check out his ride!

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 17 Jul

Hudson (my ten year old nephew) just got his new wheelchair. Can you tell how much he’s grown? Anyway, he outgrew his last one, and it was an ordeal getting insurance to push this one through finally. You may remember he has...

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Sissy15 Aww, just look at him. I'm glad he has what he needs. As of yet, I have not had to do PT. As I get older, I'm sure that could change, especially with as klutzy as I am; I'm sure I'll eventually injure myself or have something happen that could make it...

17 Jul

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Misogynists in History

celticeagle @celticeagle (192174) • Boise, Idaho 17 Jul

Some men seem to have this odd feeling toward women. To them women hold little or no value; they need to stay in their place which is bowing to them. White Supremist types and extreme nationalists speak out about it. I have made a...

women

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Sissy15 I think the issue started when men ruled everything, and women were seen as less than men, and it has been a cycle women have worked to break for years. Over the years, we have made a lot of progress, but there are still those men out there. They are finding...

17 Jul

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How Can One Eat Healthy?

celticeagle @celticeagle (192174) • Boise, Idaho 17 Jul

How can one eat healthy food when the food is nasty? We get avocadoes, kiwi, raspberries, strawberries, and blueberries. Most of it is not ripe and even putting it in the window for a while doesn't help. I am so frustrated. I...

healthy food

frozen

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Sissy15 My husband is trying to get his diabetes under control, so we have had to eat healthy, and it's incredibly expensive. I do the best I can with what I have. With the parasite going around on some of the fresh produce, I've bought frozen veggies. We do a lot of...

17 Jul

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Something is Wrong

Amber @AmbiePam (124756) • United States 17 Jul

So something happened, and it isn’t good. When I asked about someone’s welfare, I was told something went wrong, but it’s a long story. I should just know this person is getting help. Now my mind is going every which way! I’m...

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Sissy15 I hate when situations like that happen, I hate when people don't give me the whole story, because my mind plays all different kinds of scenarios. My husband has gotten me worked up by saying we have to talk about something later, and he KNOWS I have anxiety,...

17 Jul

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Our trip to the city

Judy Evans @JudyEv (386210) • Rockingham, Australia 12 Jul

Yesterday, we caught the bus to the train station, then caught the train to Perth where we caught another bus and eventually walked a short distance to an art gallery. There was a photographic exhibition that we wanted to see. The...

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voluntary assisted dying

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Sissy15 It's legal in some of the states here, but not in the majority. I think it's because it's controversial. People struggle to say goodbye to their family members, even if they are already dying; they want more time with them, which I can understand, but a lot of...

14 Jul

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