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Christmas In July In The Rain

This morning I got a bit of advice from my buddy and fellow Rainer, Lynda Eisenmann. So far, I don't think there's been any advice I have not heeded from Lynda (with the possible exception of whether another Martini was appropriate---but that's another story) that has not proved to be right on target. Today, Lynda suggested I do a search in AR to see blogs where my name had been mentioned. I was embarrassed to find there were many posts by many old friends and some new friends that I had never seen. Oh my, it was daunting to realize that so many had complimented me and I hadn't given them my thanks.

Well, that did it. I've been meaning to sign up for Google Alerts, so today I did it. Wow it was certainly a good thing I put it off because the process was quite lengthy. It took all of 10 seconds! So, if I may offer a word of advice, if you haven't done so yet sign up for Google Alerts so you can give immediate thanks instead of apologies for not acknowledging those who honor you in their posts. Missy Caulk wrote an article in May that gives you step by step instructions if you need them.

Today it truly felt like Christmas in July, opening one beautifully wrapped gift after another from my friends in AR Here's part of what I saw in my search. It's an example of the wonderful friendships that have been planted, nurtured, nourished, and continue to grow here in the Rain:

Kaye Thomas

There's Rain In Long Beach - 06/10/2007 07:19 PM

William Johnson

San Diego Soiree was a Blast. - 06/04/2007 11:56 PM

The Code, The Creed and the Oath - 06/22/2007 11:36 AM

Kevin Tomlinson

My Top Ten Favorite Active Rain Bloggers - 06/23/2007 04:33 AM

Jeff Dowler

It Rained in Long Beach, California Today! - 02/07/2007 11:04 PM

ActiveRainers on the Beach in Southern California - 05/18/2007 12:12 AM

The California AR Crowd Celebrates in Long Beach! - 06/10/2007 01:05 PM

Tisza Major-Posner

Surf, Sand and Flat Sara?? AR Laguna/Newport Beach Meet Up - 05/18/2007 02:32 AM

Lynda Eisenmann (Thank you for being my best buddy and for introducing me to AR)

OPERATION GRATITUDE ~ Remembering those who serve... - 06/30/2007 11:14 PM

Going the distance in real estate? - 03/05/2007 11:04 PM

Orange County, Fun in the sun for April 2007 - 04/08/2007 09:16 AM

Michelle DeRepentigny

Localism Week In Review 6/23/2007 - 6/30/2007 - 07/01/2007 03:24 AM

Maureen Mc Cabe

Meme me once, meme me twice... meme me once again... - 06/16/2007 04:34 AM

Irena Netchaev

Happy 1st Birthday Active Rain - Los Angeles Gathering - 06/10/2007 01:07 PM

Jeff Belonger

A bad home inspection? Just maybe..... - 06/29/2007 10:33 AM

Galel Fajardo

What an AWESOME Cause! - 07/02/2007 12:48 AM

Ron Pickett

Top Realtors Know This! - 05/18/2007 01:10 PM

Ricardo Bueno

Tonight at Parker's Lighthouse::"Why should I join Active Rain?" I'll tell you why!!! - 06/10/2007 05:39 AM

Tina Maraj Shah -

Our Long Beach Active Rain Gathering on June 9th! - 06/11/2007 10:58 PM

Jason Sardi

Commentary From A Common Man... - 06/23/2007 10:32 PM

Joslyn Panka

My Blog Roll and All Time Favorites! - 07/06/2007 05:36 PM

Ana Connell

20/20 Follow up-Show originally aired in October of 2005! - 06/23/2007 02:14 AM

The photos above represent one of the greatest gifts anyone could ever receive --- the recognition and respect of people you admire. Thanks again to each of you. Thanks Active Rain for providing a place for our friendships and businesses to bloom and grow!

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Marlene Bridges, REALTOR® 800 777-1775

South Orange County Real Estate Website

Orange County Seniors Lifestyles Blog

SRES - Seniors Real Estate Specialist®

CRS-Certified Residential Specialist®

President - Laguna Hills/Laguna Woods Chamber of Commerce

Marlene is a highly experienced South Orange County CA REALTOR® specializing in residential Real Estate and the sale of Homes and Condos in South Orange County, California and Saddleback Valley cities of: Laguna Woods, Laguna Hills, Laguna Niguel, Laguna Beach, Rancho Santa Margarita, Lake Forest, Dana Point, San Juan Capistrano, San Clemente, Aliso Viejo, Mission Viejo.

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Posted by Laguna Homes|Laguna Condos| Laguna Real Estate|Marlene Bridges on 07/07/2007 08:03 PM

Comments (44)

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44 Comments on Christmas In July In The Rain

JUL

2007

That was thoughtful of you to do that! (I better go look...wow.

Sally - It was such a lovely thing to "discover" so many places where people had given me an atta girl. It just stands to reason there are others who would really appreciate or really need to know that what they're doing here in AR is valued.

Hey martini girl,

Wow, what a nice thank you to all! Thanks so much for the nice mention and don't give away too many of our martini stories!

Whew...I looked about two weeks ago...and caught up back then...so far so good. It is a good thing....otherwise how are we to know when someone acknowledge us? Good job Lynda and Marlene!

Marlene - what a nice post and what great company you keep :-) Not sure why I havent' been over sooner! Lynda invited me to AR but I don't have any martini stories (now Margarita stories - that's different0

Lynda - Many of our Martini secrets are jealously guarded. Water torture may work, but I doubt it!

Cyndee - Glad you enjoyed the post. Lynda is such a great gal. And yes, there are also Margarita stories that are only known by a very privileged few. I could tell you, but I'd have to kill you! LOL

JUL

2007

Marlene, what a great gift you have found in your friendships you have made here. It sure must have made your day, I know it would me.

Joe - It sure did make my day. The wonderful thing is, this is only a few of the friends I've made here there are so many more...like yourself for example. Thanks for your wonderful contribution to this community and in being so faithful in reading and commenting on what I write. I always look forward to hearing your opinions and reading your blogs, too!

Thank you for drawing attention to this again; it is so easy to overlook things that we need to know or things that would benefit us with this ocean of information. Thank you!

Sondra - Thank you for stopping by to read this post and to make a comment. Yes, there is so much information it is like an ocean.

Marlene...

I think it may have been Betsy Talbot that told me about Google Alerts.

The only draw back I have found so far is that there are a lot of "lovely wives" in Cyberspace.

Jeff Turner told me that the rest of the "lovely wives" are imposter's. LOL.

Okay...Cocktail time :)

P.S. You may want to run the same search using the AR search button on 'blogs' and 'blog comments' :)

TLW...ROAR!

TLW - JT is right. As Kaye Thomas would say - You're The Real Deal. Thanks for the tip on the blog comments. I intend to get to those as well. I was overwhelmed with how many places my articles or my name had been mentioned. Even by people that I don't think have ever commented on anything I've written. Just tells us how big and wide this AR community really is. And, yes, it is cocktail time. I look forward to meeting you one day instead of BB & TLW on a stick. You would have had a wonderful time in Long Beach if you had been there in person and not just in spirit. BTW I am the keeper of the Charlie's Angels photo. I'm saving it for ammo, collateral, or a bargaining chip...One never knows when one will need that sort of thing.

Wow! What a collection of links! We sure can get off-track here on Active Rain with links from links from links.

Hi Sharon - AR is a pretty phenomenal thing isn't it? You could literally sit here all day and read and learn.

JUL

2007

I will have to set up a Google Alert on my name and see what comes up. I can imagine how great it felt for all those people to write about you.

Linda - It was an absolute shock to see all those lovely posts. Be sure to do an AR search of all the blogs for your name. You may get a wonderful surprise!

Marlene,

I also appreciate your friendship. Active Rain has opened me up to many new wonderful people especially YOU!

Tina - Thank you so much for your kind words. I feel the same about you. Have a great rest of the week!

JUL

2007

Marlene,

Thanks, and you're welcome! I always enjoy reading your blogs and learning from them; you really know what you are doing!

Ron - Right back at ya!

JUL

2007

Marlene- I look forward to the Google alerts.. so I can see how Eddie Kaye Thomas is doing.. he stole my name and he is everywhere...LOL

Kaye - Ohhhh noooo! Too funny!

What an interesting idea! I missed this post initially, but I'm glad I was linked to it through Midori's recent Week in Review. It's a great way to practise "reciprocity" in the famous words of "The Lovely Wife...TLW. :)

JUL

2007

Lola - Midori does such an incredible job. I really appreciated her including my article in her Week in Review. Thanks for stopping by for a read and comment.

JUL

2007

I think I had better sign up for Google Alerts right now!

Thanks for the mention hun! I just noticed it this morning, while searching for myself.

Don't you feel big-headed when you spend oodles of time google-ing yourself?

I will have to try Google Alerts - thanks. You are famous now!!

Kathleen - Thanks for your comment. I'm having an interesting experience with Google Alerts---It only notifies me when I write a post! That's not quite what I was expecting! LOL I usually know when I've written a post.

I signed up now so we will see what happens - however, maybe I need to be reminded that I wrote a post - I am blonde, too!!!

Joslyn - Yah, the old Gogglehead does kick in sometimes. I keep telling myself that it's just for my business---yah, that's the ticket...for my business!

AUG

2007

What a nice post! I am new to Active Rain and did recently sign up for Google Alerts. You did your friends proud with this very nicely written blog. I will be checking out their profiles and blogs as well. There's always more reading on here : )

Erica - Welcome to Active Rain. It's a wonderful place to learn, grow and share. Thanks for taking the time to read. And, you're going to love my friends!

AUG

2007

Thank you so much for this tip! I signed up!!!

Teresa Johnson

AUG

2007

Theresa - Glad to pass on the knowledge. It's sure been fun to see where your name pops up.

AUG

2007

Classy post. I had heard of Google Alerts and knew in general terms what the concept was, but assumed it would be a fairly expensive tool.

Hi Seth - So glad you had the opportunity to read and comment here. Google offers so many great services and they're free. Free is excellent! Enjoy.

OCT

2007

Thanks for the mention of me mentioning you... ActiveRain has a new search today so search your name. It's not a perfect search but it is a lot better than what we have been using in the interim and I would have thought I should have known about this mention long ago searching so I wonder if this search is superior to the search we had two searches ago.

Google Alerts are hit and miss. You need to search your name for mentions in members only posts on ActiveRain too. Google is never going to let you know about those!

Maureen - Thanks for the tip on the new AR search. I sure didn't like using the one we had while they were working on the AR one. Thans too for the tip about Google and that it doesn't pick up on Member's Only posts. Very interesting.

DEC

2007

happy New Year to you

FEB

2008

Marlene,

Good for you! It must be very rewarding to read what your fellow Rainers think of your work.

I wanted to share my experience after reading your post: I signed up for Google Alerts and then did a quick Active Rain search for my name. Guess what?! After only being an Active Rain member for a few months, I was mentioned by Marti Garaughty! Thanks for sharing this tip with me. It's a great feeling to know people are reading my posts and reacting to them.

Bob - That's one of the great benefits of the Active Rain phenomenon. Unlik just posting out there in cyberspace wondering if anyone is reading what you're writing, we are getting constant reinforcement that our efforts are not for naugjt. So glad to hear you signed up for Google Alerts. They're very cool. And how glad I am that you received a mention from Marti. That had to feel pretty fantastic. A belted welcome to AR. So glad my post was of value to you.

FEB

2008

Wow, what a wonderful tribute and it is so great to see your gratitude here. It makes all the difference to everyone, I just feel so great about this wonderful community, and you are awesome for reminding us all just how great it is. Lance

Lance -Thank you for your very kind words. So good to hear that you sincerely appreciate what we have her on Active Rain.

MAR

2008

Nice, post, but I'm not sure how google alerts works, maybe that is another post.

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