Thanks, Ed!  I have a real pain in my shoulder!

Lucky :)

Sarah,

I've been to your fine state four times.  Three of those times we stayed at the beautiful Greenbriar Resort!

Lucky :)

Midori,

You and Sarah sure know how to make a person feel appreciated!  And who doesn't appreciate being appreciated?

I haven't really stepped away from Localism, I've just been tied up (not literally) with doing this post for several days.

Thanks for commenting!

Lucky :)

Cyndi,

Thank you so much for bringing these to my attention.  They are both in place now!

Lucky :)

Ines,

It was my pleasure!  Sort of.  I'm very glad that I finally got through them all.  It was difficult looking all over the place for these to know who to "tag" next.  I got "tagged" twice within a day and thought that this was a good idea for everyone.

It also provides a great way for people to get to know each other.  If someone comments on your post and you want to find out a little more about them....just come here!  If they haven't been meme'd....then it's Open Season!

Let's all have some fun!

Lucky :)

Rob,

There is only 200 members who have written out of 30,000 members.  You don't get off that easy!  As Mom used to say, "Go to your room until your homework is done!"

Lucky :)

Sally,

I'm looking forward to adding all the new ones.

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the kudos.

Aloha,

Lucky :)

Suzanne,

Hopefully people will look here first before they "tag" someone!

Thanks for the kudos!

Lucky :)

Gena,

We'll have to do a dive together when I get out to California.  Laura comes back tomorrow. :)

As for the Carnival, I've been promoting it in comments to other people but I'm afraid that this unforeseen project has tapped me for awhile.  I really need to rest my eyes and shoulder.

Thanks for your unending support and encouragement!

Lucky :)

Ed,

Yippee!!!  I just noticed this got featured!!!  No kidding, I'm crying I'm so happy!!!

Thanks for everyone's vote!

Lucky :)

Midori,

That's a great idea!  Share the LOVE!

Lucky :)

Doreen,

My wife just called from California to see what I've been up to all weekend.  My reply was, "Play on the computer....play with the dogs.....play on the computer....play with the dogs.....etc."

She cannot believe that it took me as long as it did to do this.  I'm so glad I did it though!

Thanks for the thanks!

Lucky :)

Christina,

I didn't have a clue about how many there were either!  It was kind of like the Energizer Bunny....they kept going and going and going!

Lucky :)

Ann,

Do you have a new one?  Let me know and I'll put it up.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Carol,

Bachelor Time it is indeed!  Hey!  Someone needs to "tag" you! 

ROB, oh ROB!

Lucky :)

Carole,

What is a Google Alert?  Seriously, I'm still new at this stuff.  I'm learning on here every day!

Lucky :)

Leigh,

Isn't it wonderful!?!  Wait until the others get meme'd!  This will be a lot of fun!

Lucky :)

Lola,

I love your name! 

Thanks for commenting,

Lucky :)

Christy,

It's good to hear that I wasn't the only one!

Hey Rob, oh Rob, here's another one!  "Tag" her quick before someone else gets her!

Lucky :)

Jeff,

Wow!  I'm getting all kinds of Active Rain Royalty to stop by!

Thanks for the thanks!

Lucky :)

Yolanda,

My pleasure!

Rob, oh Rob!  Here's #3 for you!  Come on, I did half your work for you!

Lucky :)

Mary,

It did take me days!  Good thing my wife was out of town or it would've taken me weeks!

Lucky :)

Rob,

Do you really want me to tell about childhood stories on you?

I know I don't want you telling about mine!

Lucky :)

Rob,

How about the time Mom and Dad went to square dancing on Tuesday nights and we use to play "Sparkler Tag" with lit sparklers!  That one just missed my eye! 

What about the times we used to get into Dad's stash of M-80's and blow stuff up!

You'd better get going or I'll keep telling!

This "Tag" game is much safer than lit sparklers!

Lucky :)

John,

I have been to Las Vegas 5 times.  Two times I actually left with the same amount of money that I came with.  We were kids traveling with our parents!

Thanks for commenting!

Lucky :)

Ann,

My Dad worked at Alcoa and got a minimum of 3 weeks vacation every year.  Every 5 years he got a 10 week vacation.  My parents were very frugal and we were able to take yearly vacations all over the country as well as cross the border into Mexico and several times to Canada.  We actually have been to all of the southern Providences!  I think that my parents tried to plan the trips to maximize the number of states later in the years.  We actually were in 4 states at once when we visited Four Corners, USA!  All of us in the family have traveled independently to Hawaii over the years and we all took a family cruise together last summer to Alaska since none of us had been there.  It was spectacular.  Both Alaska and the time we were able to spend together on one last family vacation!  It was priceless!

Thanks for asking!

Lucky :)

Judi,

Thanks for taking the time to read and comment!

Lucky :)

Joan,

Thanks for bringing it to my attention.  I had to look for yours but it is there now!

What is your father's name?  I am a 5th generation descendant from Davenport, Iowa!

Thanks again,

Lucky :)

Ana,

Thanks for reading and commenting!  I corrected the listing of your name.

Lucky :)

Kristal,

This is horrible!  You'll need to get "Tagged" again so we can have fresh ones to take their place!

Lord knows you could use the points! :)  Congrats, BTW, on achieving over 200k.  That's amazing!

I updated my post to reflect what happened:

(Not linked because it got accidentally deleted.  Meme her again)

They'll be coming after you soon! :)

Thanks for letting me know,

Lucky :)

Jay,

You see, I do have patience!  Teach me the cartoony stuff, Master, please?  Grasshopper is waiting! (For you younger people that don't know what I'm talking about, this is from the old TV show "Kung Fu")

Lucky :)

Karen,

Grasshopper has lots of patience!

Lucky :)

Tina,

Thanks for the compliment.  Hopefully you will find the list helpful in the future!

Lucky :)

Ann,

Lots of great memories and lots of leftover postcards!  My Dad would drive 800-900 miles in a day!  I still fall asleep in a car when someone is driving.

Lucky :)

Caroline,

Please be sure to come back here with your link so I may add it to the list.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Ryan,

That would be great!  I'm sure everyone is waiting to read yours!

Lucky :)

Cynthia,

Don't get discouraged.  Some people need a little more time than others to gather their thoughts.

Where is your meme?

Lucky :)

Renee,

Hey Girl!  Thanks!

Lucky :)

Maggie,

Actually, our son is now 30 and our daughter is now 32!  The picture of me is 4 years old so I do look a little older now.

As for my secret?  Happy wife, happy life!

Lucky :)

Hey Everybody!!!

The Queen of Blogging, TLW, has come to visit!!!  Where is the RED CARPET?

The BEST MEME?  WOW!!!  THANKS!!!

Lucky :)

Cynthia,

I read through your posts and I couldn't find your meme.  Put the name of your meme in a comment to me as well as the date it was written and I'll find it and link it here.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Peggy,

Your link is up and running!  Interesting past!

Lucky :)

Cynthia,

I saw where you just posted it and it is in the list now.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Missy,

I didn't find a "Activerain Tutorial 101" when I did a search.  Which post were you referring to?

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Missy,

Great suggestion!  Hopefully they will get around to it.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Gena,

I looked back through Feb and couldn't see it.  Help!  I'm getting older and can't see as well you know.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Marc Blasi,

Speaking of getting older and not seeing........

Your two memes are now on the list.  Sorry.  If you know of any others please let me know.

Thanks for the heads up,

Lucky :)

Gena,

Isn't that just like you.  Always willing to share the LOVE!  I should've known.  Heck, I even read that one and commented on it.  I was definitely dizzy after days of researching all of these!

It is up and running now!

Thanks again!

Lucky :)

Hey Everybody!

Judi Morgan hasn't been "tagged" yet either!

Go get her!

Judi,

Thanks for mentioning this.  I just joined and included it in AR Newbies Group.

Thanks again for thinking of it and now get ready to be "it"!

Lucky :)

Marc,

You are up and running, buddy!

Thanks for letting me know!

Lucky :)

Bill,

It's been great getting to know people on AR better.

How's that happy hockey player of yours doing?

Take care,

Lucky :)

Debi,

Don't forget to drop by here with the link to your meme post so that I may add it to the list.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Gina,

Where have you been in Iowa?

Lucky :)

Debi,

Your meme is up and running on the list!

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Gary,

You'll do just fine.  Please remember to drop your link in here when it is done.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Jana,

It is finished.

Lucky :)

Beth,

You and Karen are now both up and running!

Thanks!

Lucky :)

Gena,

YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!!

You are always thinking of others and supporting them!  I would give you an award back but I don't know how to do all that trick stuff yet!  I'm learning though because of mentors like YOU!

I wrote in my meme: "I have physically been in every state in the United States, including Alaska and Hawaii.  I have also been to Canada, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Aruba, Bahamas, Jamaica, and Venezuela (Don't Go There!). "  I have always lived just in Davenport, Iowa but have traveled extensively.  I was in Venezuela for 3 days that was not fun.  It involved M-16s!  No thanks, won't do that again. 

You probably saw that Eloise commented after she misread my post.  Sorry.  You'll have to write about your good experiences there.

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Ray,

It is in there my friend!

Thanks for bringing it to my attention!

Lucky :)

Eloise,

Thanks for the compliment!

As for Venezuela, I didn't climb the Avila (whatever that is).  My adventure was a taxi ride to the airport....very bad!

Lucky :)

Karen,

Rock Band...........maybe I'll try that when I retire! :)

Lucky :)

Abraham,

My Pleasure!

Lucky :)

Well Thank You, Kim!

Lucky :)

Michelle,

You are now listed.

Thanks for linking it here! 

Lucky :)

Neal,

Better late than never!

Lucky :)

Craig,

Thanks for all your work making the arrangements for the Great Chicago Party of Active Rain! 

We are just getting ready to leave your fine city to head back to Davenport, Iowa.

Stop by and see us if you are going through on I-80.

Take care and thanks again!

Lucky :)

Tracy & David,

If you see any memes out there that I missed, let me know!

Thanks for stopping by!

Lucky :)

Judi,

Yours is up and running now!

Jeff,

Thanks for the assist!

Lucky :)

Angie,

Absolutely perfect job.  Your link opened in a new window, your meme was well written, you linked it here, and you get a gold star from me!  You also uncovered someone who wasn't listed on anyone's site previously and I missed it in my exhaustive search.  Christopher Smith is now listed above thanks to you!

Great work,

Lucky :)

Tracy,

I'm about 10 days behind right now.  Need to get caught up this weekend.  It helps when people link them here so I don't have to search them out.  Thanks for stopping by.

Lucky :)

Mike,

Thanks for the link!

Jason,

Thanks a lot!  It sure makes it easier when they are linked here!

Take care,

Lucky :)

Laurie,

Thanks for stopping by!

Lucky :)

P.S. I just got the "fruit" to type in as "bigay".  Is this a play on "fruit" or is there really a fruit that I don't know about?

Rob,

From Wikipedia

 

 Annatto or Bixa orellana

It is Latin for "Strange Looking Fruit".

Lucky :)

Curious,

We've had all kinds of fruit in the past.  A great variety.  Why just in berries we've had Blueberry, Blackberry, Elderberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, and now we have Boysenberry, Cranberry, Thimbleberry, Wonderberry and another berry that I've not heard of.  What's next.........Dingleberry?  Stay tuned!

Lucky :)

P.S. This one at the bottom is "bignai".  What's this world coming to?

Carmen,

Thanks for the tip about annatto.  When I was in Venezuela, I ate my first plantain.  I'll stick to bananas, thank you.  And I'll stick to the US as well! 

Now go work on that bike riding!

Lucky :)

Yolanda,

Thanks for linking your meme here.  Make sure that you e-mail the people you tagged letting them know.

Have you been up in the Arch?  Beautiful view from up there!

Lucky :)

Carmen and Yolanda,

Thanks for stopping by and have a Happy and SAFE 4th of July!

Lucky :)

Jo-Anne,

Thanks for stopping by and thanks for the compliment!

Lucky :)

Donna,

I would be happy to but I was unable to find any meme that they have done.  Maybe you "tagged" them but they haven't written one as of this writing.  I only list the people that have actually written a meme.

If you happen to see that they have written their meme will you please link it in here?

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Joddie,

It is now in the list.  What a fantastic job you did on your meme!

Keep up the great work!

Marlene,

My pleasure!

Where is your meme, my dear?

Lucky :)

Rosemary,

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Bill,

Are you scared, paranoid, or just plain CHICKEN?

Lucky :)

Jennie,

You are certainly welcome!  I'm glad you finally found it.  I really wasn't hiding like that CHICKEN BILL!

Lucky :)

Tracey,

You're in the list now!  Great job on the cooking videos!  Too funny!

Lucky :)

Marie,

Very nice job on your meme!  Loved the pictures!

Lucky :)

Dawn,

You are now up and running!

Thanks for the heads up.

Lucky :)

Tchaka,

I like the name!  Congrats on your record!  You are now listed!

Thanks,

Lucky :)

Calie,

Thanks for the links.  They are now both in there.  As for the "W" thing.......sorry......sometimes it helps when you're trying to hide :)  But then again, it's the PRICE you pay to be part of one of the largest investment names in the world (couldn't resist that pun).

Lucky :)

Brian,

You are certainly welcome!  Your meme shares some extraordinary experiences!

Lucky :)