wifeofharvey

@wifeofharvey (1156)

United States • Age 79

Joined myLot 19 years ago

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Can you sleep without a fan or A/C under such hot weather?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 20 Jun 09

At the past three days, the temperature is keeping on rising. Although at night time, the sun goes down, and it might cool down a little bit. Without a fan or A/C, we just can't go to bed like that. It is still scorchy. How many...

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wifeofharvey I have both ac and a fan on in my bedroom. In fact, where ever I am in the house I will have a fan on. I am always too warm, even with the ac. And very still air is very hard for me to take. Its a very good thing that I live on a sea coast, we usually have a...

20 Jun 09

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Text books or Digital Books...Which one do you prefer??

dsharat @dsharat (456) • India 19 Jun 09

Well Arnold Schwarzenegger prefers Digital books rather than normal text books.As text books are too costly and are burden to students to carry etc.,Students and even kids are going for E-books than those text books.By doing this...

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wifeofharvey I love having e-books!!! Where ever I am, I can have all the reference books I need. I can high light text, make notes whatever. And all of that without having to lug around a bunch of hard copy, heavy weight books. I don't do a lot of studying any longer,...

20 Jun 09

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Don't you hate those backseat drivers?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 18 Jun 09

Don't you hate those people who always give you instruction how to drive the car, and run the road? Once, I drove a couple of co - workers in my car to a restaurant; one of co - workers keep telling me how fast I should go, and...

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wifeofharvey I do not mind having passengers being aware and telling me what they see as I drive. My husband and I tell each other what we see going on all the time. One may see a situation developing that the other is not aware of. I wish there had been a person who was...

19 Jun 09

Do you always put yourself in budget?

clorissa123 @clorissa123 (4926) • United States 17 May 09

So, do you always put yourself in budget? I meant you won't overspend the money you made, and you like to keep it in shape. For instance, if I make $400 a week, I would use half of it to pay off my debt, and another half for...

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wifeofharvey Yes, I always budget. I have two to three areas of savings in my budgets. One is long term, this is money I do not touch unless there is an extreme emergency, such as illness or prolonged unemployment. Two would be a shorter term of saving. It would be used...

18 Jun 09

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What motivates you to be frugal?

happythoughts @happythoughts (4109) • United States 17 Jun 09

When I first was learning to be frugal it was because I had to. I have been a stay at home mom for 8 years now and I was a stay at home wife before that. When the kids came and we needed all the diapers and supplys money was...

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wifeofharvey I can't remember when we haven't been thrifty. For many years I was a sah mom while my husband worked construction. Hubby often would get laid off for months at a time. It just made sense to stock up up on things during the time the money was coming in well....

17 Jun 09

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You dont want anyone near you when your sleeping?

charlenmendoza @charlenmendoza (922) • Philippines 11 Jun 09

I was married before and during that i really dont want my husband or anyone in my bed when im sleeping. I am not really comfortable when im sharing bed with anyone. I dont know, but all i want is many pillows and myself in the...

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wifeofharvey I don't like sleeping with another person in the bed. My bedroom has both a queen size bed, and a twin in it [good thing it's a large room], Both my husband and I sleep better if we are sleeping alone. We do okay, sleeping together, when we are somewhere that...

11 Jun 09

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How do you describe your Mom?

daliaj @daliaj (5674) • India 11 Jun 09

You might have nice words to describe your mom, but I don't have. My mom is very serious and always keep a distance from me. It is not only the case with me, but she is the same for my brother and sister. But, she takes care of...

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wifeofharvey It is difficult to describe my mother --------- she was not a good mother to me at all. I know there were many difficulties in her life, many pressures and unpleasant thing going on. But that does not change how she treated her children. She is a much nicer...

11 Jun 09

Thoughts on Marriage and Commitment

Pose123 @Pose123 (21635) • Canada 10 Jun 09

June is the month when more couples decide to get married than any other in the year. With the number of divorces growing at an alarming rate, would it not be wise to spend at least as much time thinking about commitment, as about...

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wifeofharvey Very good thread! The idea of having young people actually experience how it is to be the adults running a household is pretty good, I would like to see that done with most people going into marriage. I myself, was a young teen when I first married. As you...

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PLEASE stay at home when you're showing flu symptoms!

oyenkai @oyenkai (4394) • Philippines 10 Jun 09

I went to the gym yesterday to attend a Body Jam class. There was this young lady who looked TERRIBLE. She was sweating, her eyes were sunk and she had dark eye bags, she had the sniffles, and she was coughing bad. If I were just...

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wifeofharvey I couldn't agree more about people staying home when they are ill. I have poor health generally and any extra illness really takes a toll on me. I got some sort of flu/lung infection thing going a couple of months ago and was finally getting rid of it when a...

11 Jun 09

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Holding the purse strings of the family. Wife or husband?

candy811123 @candy811123 (334) • China 19 Mar 09

In your opinion,who should hold the purse strings of the family? Wife of husband?In my family,I hold the purse strings of the whole family.And my husband just gives me his salary every month.In China,many families are same as my...

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wifeofharvey I firmly believe the husband is the head of the family. That does not mean he should be a dictator, but that he should be a loving caretaker. If a husband decides that his wife is better at handling the money that is fine. Idealy couples should talk things...

19 Mar 09

"No money, no honey."

mermaidivy @mermaidivy (15394) • United States 18 Mar 09

Some people has told me this before. Do you agree?

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wifeofharvey Absolutely no!! That would happen in false relationships built on material foundations. But deep, abiding love would find ways to enjoy each other even when there is no money. And the memory of enduring tough times together is part of what makes some...

18 Mar 09

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New Scented Thread from DMC. Will you use it?

Aurone @Aurone (4755) • United States 18 Mar 09

This one is for the Cross Stitchers and Embroiderers out there. DMC, which makes the best known (in the US) threads for doing cross stitch and embroidery projects, is making a scented thread. Some of the threads are flower...

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wifeofharvey It just sounds too 'gimicky' to me. We all know that odors will fade with time, and you will again be left with just plain old thread. I am sure it is going to cost extra and I know I am way,way too cheap to spend more money. I like making and putting sachets,...

18 Mar 09

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Do you have any tips on how to be frugal?

athinapie @athinapie (1150) • Philippines 27 Feb 09

Let us face the reality that our economies are really slow and we are slowly getting affected by it. Many people lost their jobs, their homes and even their other properties. So with time like these, it is best to think and find...

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wifeofharvey The best way I know of to save money is the simplest------ STAY OUT OF STORES! Don't go in them, don't go looking for bargains. If you absolutely need something, then go look for that specific item at the best price you can find. Make do with what you have....

14 Mar 09

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Weekend guest!

nchap36 @nchap36 (556) • United States 13 Mar 09

My ex-mother-inlaw is coming to spend the night with us. She will be here tomorrow. My daughter is very excited that her grandma is coming. She is a very nice lady. This will be the first time she has spent the night with us. She...

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wifeofharvey I am a grandmother of children who live with a divorced parents, well, they did when they were younger. I feel both my daughter in law and my husband and I worked to keep the kids in the 'family'. We were concerned about mama's health and well being as much as...

14 Mar 09

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I miss "variety" shows.

wifeofharvey @wifeofharvey (1156) • United States 12 Mar 09

Prime time tv used to have some good variety shows. Ed Sullivan was, of course, the classic, all time winner. But there were a lot of good ones on at different times. I know late night tv has some but I sure wish there were some...

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wifeofharvey That was a fun show. Did you like the Star Treks??? I loved the original, and I do enjoy most of the others. What my husband really likes are the old westerns. Not the Audy Murphy ones but most of the John Wayne type.

13 Mar 09

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Employee fired for giving a toddler a 17 cent pastry at Donut Shop

winterose @winterose (39887) • Canada 9 May 08

Tim Horton’s fires a single mother of 4 because she gave a toddler a tibbit worth .17cents. The reasoned that she gave away one of their products and that was cause for dismissal It turns out that it was on video and she was...

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wifeofharvey Good for her, that is great to hear. People and businesses that are so involved in their petty rules, and don't look at the circumstances are so prevalent in this world, it is more than nice to hear of someone who bucks them and wins.

13 Mar 09

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What are you going to do on this weekend?

Braveheartok103 @Braveheartok103 (380) • China 13 Mar 09

Well on this weekends, I am going to shop for clothes and food. It must be a happy day. SO how about you? Share you happy plans! Happy mylotting!

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wifeofharvey Spending time in a wonderful visit with my husband's sister in law. She is a very recent widow, we lost her husband, my husband's brother, just a few months ago. Watching how she has accepted his death, and how she continues on with life is amazing. Don't get...

13 Mar 09

A Comedy of Errors

pukaprat2 @pukaprat2 (442) • United States 12 Mar 09

If you want a good laugh check this out. This happened to me last night. I went to work yesterday- I work as a waitress at a restaurant in a very popular area here in hawaii. The shift started at 4 pm which ment that i would be...

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wifeofharvey I am glad you have enough of a sense of humor to call it a comedy. You will have a lot of fun in future years retelling this. Blessings.

12 Mar 09