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For some reason I want new clothes. Springtime and back to school time in September... LOL. I found a discount store last week and got new jeans for $6! Stretchy dark denim... straight leg - f...

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This play dealt with a topic I knew close to nothing about: cross-dressing heterosexuals. The men wore dresses and make up ... as if they were standard housewives from the 1960's. These were N...

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One of NYC's boroughs, the most populated, is also considered the borough of churches. I needed to go into one today... I prayed, with a heart filled with gratitude, thankful for the life I have...

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If you want to live in Manhattan lately, you either have to be rich, or be ready to double (and triple) up. Many large apartments are $3000 a month rent... and UP! The current mayor has decided...

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The last time I flew to CA, I discovered a "new" discount store. It turns out that there's a "branch" near the courts - right where I have to walk to get back to the subway... I ducked in for a...

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I'd heard about this woman, a nanny, a photographer, an eccentric... somewhere... can't quite remember, maybe on the news (?). A young man bought a box at an auction, sight unseen. Inside were ...

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Considering I just spent one... First problem... I left the house with enough time to make it downtown on the subway... actually with time to spare. I am getting back into the use of the iron w...

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Starring Audra McDonald as Billie Holliday She doesn't just sing, or just act, but BECOMES Lady Day. She sings amazingly, rambles emotionally and erratically, interacts with the audience. Even...

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The post office is hurting since so many people use e-mail rather than snail mail. There's NOTHING like receiving a REAL letter or card in the REAL mailbox. I send letters regularly to a frien...

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Unless I have an appointment, or am meeting someone or going to work, I love staying home. I have everything I need to be entertained: books, magazines, television, computer games... I have ST...

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I work in the court system as an interpreter (Spanish/English). I often work in the offices of the ADAs, but also work in the Grand Jury. I fill in for the regular interpreter when she is unabl...

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Those people whose weight fluctuates know about saving some clothing for the next lower size... I find that since I do most of my shopping in thrift stores, I often have clothes that don't quite ...

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Like the Mad Hatter's tea party in Alice in Wonderland (where they changed place settings when one got "dirty"), I change from handbag to handbag when one gets filled with napkins, candies, tissu...

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I brought down the bedding to the laundry machines in the basement. I got one machine working, but not the other. It kept rejecting the last quarter. I took the clothes out, filled another mac...

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I had an appointment on Monday and missed an opportunity to work (missed the phone call asking me to come in also). I called my supervisor when I got back home to apologize, and she hinted that ...

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My weight loss goal had been: under 190 and stay there. Well, the universe loves to play a joke, so my weight has been 189... and staying there. My blood sugar has been below 130... and stayin...

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For about five months I've had pain and stiffness in my left shoulder. I'd thought about going to the chiropractor, but kept putting it off. My regular doctor suggested getting an MRI before se...

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For about five months I've had pain and restriction in range of motion in my left arm and shoulder. I spoke with the regular doctor who wanted to send me for an MRI. I finally gave up and wen...

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My financial advisor called. He asked if I'd thought about long term care insurance... Well, I used to have it, but along with all my insurance, I let it lapse. I'm getting older - will be able...

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This is a documentary about the greatest book to movie adaptation that was never made. The movie shows in interviews, how the director got his staff together, how he got an amazing group of acto...

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I am not great in keeping it under control. I try to weigh myself and take the fasting blood glucose level in the morning... sometimes I forget, sometimes I've had a midnight snack... I skip it...

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Before prosebox, along with open diary, I also posted on gather.com (also defunct). One of the women I met there lives in the San Diego area. We got together a number of years ago for a museum ...

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I decided to try making a breakfast bowl. I've had them at Burger King and seen them advertised by certain brand name products. I started with potatoes - I make them in the microwave - no oil. ...

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I went to another movie from the Latino film festival. This time I went with a neighbor (I'd been told by another friend that I could get discount tickets - so they were free with $4 each "handl...

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http://fest.sdlatinofilm.com/2014/all-films-events/ I love film festivals. I am trying to see only ONE movie a day! Went to Las Analfabetas (the illiterate women) - about a middle aged woman...

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