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The First (?) ActiveRain Meme

The bounteous, beautiful, bubbly, blog goddess Mary McKnight posted today that she'd been "memed".

What the heck is a "meme"? We'll let Mary explain. She's good:

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I was memed this morning by my friend and competitor, Paul Chaney of Blogging Systems. For those of you that don’t know what a meme is: It’s a thought stream carried from one person to another, or, to be more precise, a “unit of cultural information transferable from one mind to the other,” so says Wikipedia. Basically, it’s the blogging equivalent of a chain letter. The cool thing about blogging is that the meme can be tracked. Entire websites are devoted to doing just that. Some memes, however, are deliberate…sort of a social game to build community and engender relationships. (Jay's emphasis)

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Judging by the comments on Mary's post, there's a lot of us out there who think this is cool.

So why not an AR meme fest? It'd be a great way to get to know each other better.

How do you do it?

It's EASY. Email THREE Active Rainers (the easiest way is just click the "email me" link under their picture. Or go to their AR profile and click on the link by "Email") Put "YOU'VE BEEN AR MEMED!" in the subject line and copy this into the body of the email:

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Greetings! You've just been MEMED on Active Rain!

"WHAT?" you say? Go to this post:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-Meme

and make a comment telling us "What 5 Things You don’t Know About Me". OR, put it on your "other blog", but please put a link to it in the comments of the AR Meme Post (link just above here).

Then contact 3 other Active Rainers and meme them!

Just do it. It's fun!

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Once you pick your three meme victims, please come back to this post and put the victims names in a comment. I'll compile them as frequently as possible to avoid the same people getting memed more than once. We'll see how it goes. I'll put a post on my other blog in a couple of days, with links to those memed.

This post is "public" so keep it clean people!

UPDATED: Please post the five things about you as a comment here, or post it on your "other blog" and put a link to that in the comments here. Or make a separate AR blog post like Maureen did , and link it here. Whatever.

Posted by Jay Thompson on 12/16/2006 01:43 PM

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DEC

2006

BELOW ARE ALL THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN TAGGED. IF THERE IS A "DONE!" LINK NEXT TO THE NAME, THAT MEANS THEY'VE POSTED THE FIVE THINGS ABOUT THEMSELVES.CLICK THE LINK TO SEE IT!

Please review the list BEFORE you tag someone so as to avoid tagging them multiple times.

PARTIAL UPDATE 12/18 8:58AM MST

Maureen Francis - Done!
Maureen McCabe- Done!
TLW - Done!
Rich Jacobson - Done!
Leigh Brown - Done!
Sam Chapman - Done!
Linda Davis - Done!
Bob Pavey
Jim Lee - Done!
Jay Thompson - Done!
Justin from CREN - Done!
Carole Cohen - Done!
George Souto
Brett Ellis
Angus Woodbury - Done!
Anne McDonald
Kristin Gunn
Janet Patrick
Kristal Kraft - Done!
Ann Cummings - Done!
Elaine Reese - Done!
Lenn Harley - Done!
Scott Gormley - Done!
Brian Brady - Done!
Monika McGilicuddy - Done!
Michele Connor - Done!
Marci Toliver - Done!
Broker Bryant - Done!
Paula Bean
Tori Stamps
Alicia Hagner
Craig Schiller
Toby Boyce - Done!
Karen Hurst
Jay McGillicuddy - Done!
Ines Hedegus-Garcia - Done!
Gena Riede - Done!
Ginger and Roger
Nima - Done!
Leanne
Margaret Rome - Done!
Nick M. - Done!
Allison Stewart - Done!
Tobey and Johnathan Dalton
Toby Barnett - Done!
Tony Marriott - Done!
Mariana Wagner - Done!
Jason Price - Done!
Damion Flynn - Done!
Colleen Kulikowski - Done!
Dena Stevens
Teresa Boardman - Done!
Carol Williams - Done!
Roberta Murphy
Christine Forgione - Done and Done!
Caleb Mardini
Dena Stevens
Sharon Simms - Done!
Ken Smith
John Novak
Steve Hewson
Jessica Hughes - Done!
Dawn Shaffer - Done!
Jim Wolcott
Gerhard Ade
Chris Drayer
Teri Lussier - Done!
Dan Grammatic
David Eiglarsh
Roxanne and Shannon Moore
Teri Isner
Suzanne Marriott - Tony's Lovely Wife
Rory Siems - Done!
Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith (didn't want either to feel left out!)
Leanne Paynter
Jamie Maxwell
HomeCards
Tricia Jumonville - Done!
Belinda Garza
Shira Zippe
Ken Nimmo
janeAnne Narrin - Done!
Bonnie Erickson - Done and done!
Jeff Belonger - Done!
Jeff Corbett
Renee Burrows
Rebekah Peters
Alexander Harb
Maureen Henry
Cheryl Cox
Judy Kincaid - Done!
Jeff Turner - Done!
Rich Kruse
Ron Robinson
Jeff Dowler - Done!
Randy Prothero - Done!
Ken Smith - Done!
Dave Rosenmarkle - Done!
Chris Tesch - Done!
Maureen Staccato
David and Tonya Kucic
Marti Garuaghty - Done!
Jennifer Fivelsdal
Rebekah Peters
Mitchell Hall
Kelly Mitchell
Val Allocco
Kathleen Allardyce - Done!
Warren Beckmann
Jim Sparrow
Linda Wales Callahan
Bill Collins
Tom Perone
Chasity Lousteau
Shari George - Done!
Stacy Taylor
Bill Williams - Done!
Heather Brunner
Christina Botteri - Done!
Marci Toliver
Maureen Henry - Done!
Karen Hurst - Done!
David and Tonya Kucik
Michael Mackey
Gina Dougherty
Kimberly Wester - Done!
Val Allocco
Carol Knighton
Christine Hutchins
John Severino
Jeff Setzer
Jeff Brown
Jeff Link
Jeff Joyner
Jeff Beaver
MaryAnn Morrar
Eddy Martinez
The Harper Team
Jennifer Fivelsdal - Done!
John Klassen
Peter Andres
Skip Weisman
Sue Melhorn
Real Estate Tomato - Done!
Fred Salzer
Cindy Lin
Janice Sutton
Russ Perlowski
Todd Waller - Done!
Missy Caulk - Done!
David Crisp
Donna Harris
Kay Van Kampen
Cynthia Sloop
Barry Hurd - Done!
Kristine Crowe
Ruth Ann Ross
Nichole Medokowich
Claudia Grasso
Jana Wuffleff
Phyllis Pafumi
Geri Sonkin
John Novak - Done!
Francy Thompson,
Derek Wagner
Eric Bouler
Charles Richey - Done!
Corey Atherton
Racquel Turner
Christine Adler
Michael Mackey
Chris Elizabeth Griffith
Noel Padilla
Matt Heaton
Ralph Roberts
Paul Chaney - Done!
Virginia Halter

So, if I do a smaller, condensed version, would it be a "mini-meme?"

Good one Rich! Check your email. You're about to be mini-memed!

Hey, you memed 4.

Aren't you supposed to tell us 5 things about you to get the ball rolling?

Actually Mo, I memed 6 (just to get things rolling.)

And I'll tell my five things as soon as someone memes me!

5 things... (more details on my blog)

1. Classically trained pianist and vocalist.

2. Was the only (at the time) woman sales rep for Husqvarna (yes, i sold chainsaws!)

3. Certified OSHA logging safety instructor.

4. Paid for college by bartending.

5. Certified USSSA umpire.

I hit up Linda Davis, Bob Pavey, Jim Lee!

Are we supposed to post the 5 in a comment after your post or in our own blogs?

Thanks Leigh! You don't look like a chainsaw salesperson (not that I really know what a chainsaw salesperson should look like. But I'm picturing a big guy in a flannel shirt...)

You should make an MP3 file of you playing/singing and share it with us! I'd love to hear you!

I am doing it in my own blog with a comment link here.

Oh, yeah, Jay, you were just tagged.

Along with Justin from CREN

and Carole Cohen.

Sam - I was thinking here, but I like Mo's idea.... on your "other blog" is fine, or as a separate AR blog, but please come back and put a link here so we can all see it!

I had a feeling Mo would tag me...

I've jumped out of a perfectly good airplane 12 times. (I *highly* recommend it!)
I taught my son to play Chess when he was three. By the time he was five, I couldn't beat him. I have two chess trophies. My son has over 100, including state and national level championships.
My 13 year old daughter plays piano, clarinet and flute. She doesn't know it, but she's getting a saxophone for Christmas. I can't even play a kazoo.
I had a 4.0 GPA in college.
My Point 2 Agent web site is ranked #1 in the world out of 103,000+ Point 2 sites (at least for the moment)

I tagged several in the beginning. The running list is in the first comment.

I sincerely hope your 13 year old does not read AR. Somehow I am sure she doesn't, though when I was that age I would have done anything to figure out what I was getting for xmas.

Your p2a ranking is impressive. What is it based on?

My memette, Carole, is out showing and will be reporting in later this evening. I have some more people I would love to tag. Too bad I could only do 3.

Ok...mine are here. There will be NO chuckling. Don't click until you promise.

I have named memers George Souto, Brett Ellis and Angus Woodbury.

I have named Anne McDonald, Kristin Gunn & Janet Patrick...

Blogging is time consuming enough by itself.

MAUREEN WROTE: I have some more people I would love to tag. Too bad I could only do 3.

Heck, I've never been a big fan of rules, tag as many as you want! That goes for anyone!

My daughter is too busy yapping on the phone and sending text messages to read anything I write. Though both her an my son did "hack" my other blog once. I think the fear of friends finding out she read Dads blog is enough to keep her away. How uncool would that be?

The P2A Performance Indicator is based on "on line effectiveness", whatever that means. No one knows for sure as they keep the calculations secret -- sorta like Google's SERP algorithms. They don't want people manipulating them. It appears to be based on listings "richness" (read text and photos), extent of customization, traffic, prospect generation... stuff like that. Doesn't really mean a whole lot, but I do use it in some marketing. Sellers like to hear "We are the #1 Point 2 site in the world". And, it sounds cool. Ratings are constantly changing, so that honor could disappear any minute.

Someone needs to tag Colleen Kulikowski and David Spencer....

I am naming:

Kristal Kraft, Ann Cummings & Elaine Reese

1. I got my first real job at the age of 11 delivering Chinese food for a Rush street restaurant by bicycle (including in the snow) I always had a job after that.

2. While I was an only child for most of my life, I did get to spend a short period of time in a well to do family when my Mother married my best friends father (whose family owned a chain of hotels).... Unfortunately, shortly after that he was no longer my best friend... I moved out of the house 1 month after my 17th birthday. It's a good thing I was still working.

3. I have a fear of speaking in groups and frequently can get tongue tied... this would not normally be too bad but I will occasionally sit on panels or make presentations to large groups... it's gone from a major near-heart attack kind of overwhelming fear to a simple heart racing dumbstruck kind of fear. Some of you have been able to witness this... usually I muddle through.

4. I love to read. I'll read the self help books and how to's... but I really love to read novels... lot's of them, 1-2 per week... usually intrigue, mystery, action, political/legal/financial thrillers... in my younger, less busy days... I would read a book every 1-2 days.

5. At the age of 9, Bobby Schuller broke off pieces of chalk in the locker doors (where you could put a lock, if we were allowed) in the Hall at my elementary school... then told my fourth grade teacher (Mrs Falbo) that I did it. I had just (finally) earned the right to be a "door guard" and she took it away from me. I haven't trusted authority since. (not that I hold a grudge or anything)

Moo

I blogged on my blog.... but no fair... I just tagged Elaine too... I think Elaine needs to pass one of her two on because I am supposed to out to dinner shortly and I have to dress... or is that not fair? Jay make an executive decision...

Ok, I am going to add my 'stuff right to this blog post. Here goes:

1. When I was 11 I was the Secretary of the Vic Davalillo Fan Club. #25, centerfield, Cleveland Indians lol. I still remember his birthdate (July 31st). I was in charge that year of baking the cake; which I had never done; and I folded in the first third of the flour and forgot the last 2/3. Luckily my mother made one quickly lolol.

2. I played the violin. I had perfect pitch so I hated how I sounded : -) It's not like riding a bike, so I finally donated my violin to a music school a few years ago.

3. Took my first trip to England after High School; we did a summer program at Durham University. It was like dying and going to heaven. I won a debate (the total subject escapes me it was uh, a few years ago), but it was something about Parliamentary Government versus our own Three Branches. I lucked out and was chosen to represent the Brit side; my prize was a glass bottomed pewter mug and a bottle of Newcastle Brown Ale.

4. I attended the first Farm Aid Concert in 1984 in Springfield Illinois. A friend had back stage passes which I 'borrowed ' for a few hours until they caught me. I was up on stage when Bob Dylan and Kris Kristofferson sat in front of me talking to each other like old friends. Now, these are two of my favorites, and I couldn't even get up the nerve to talk to them, even when they smiled at me (well, Dylan ALMOST smiled, you know how he is). lolol Well what was I going to say? Hi, you guys are awesome? Like they never heard THAT before.

5. Not sure I have completely given up this dream yet, even at my age, but always wanted to own a baseball team; it just sounds like so much fun. And now that I think about it, if 'W' could do it, why not me?

I am tagging:

Brian Brady

Monika McGilicuddy

Michele Connor

Far be it for me to mess with a woman dressing for dinner! Elaine can either pass on her extra tag or give us TEN things about her. Or just ignore it. Whatever she feels like doing with it..

i added Marci Toliver since she was silly enough to say she was glad no one else had tagged her! =) Marci, I look forward to your 5 things!

This pic is for Carole...

Did you ever see the movie Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid? I think it's the only movie that had BOTH Dylan and Kristofferson in it. It's a great movie!

now how did we leave TLH (Broker Bryant) off the tag list? got him!

OMG you found Vic ! LOLOL 1963 rookie year; how fun thank you! LOL Yes I did, I have seen that movie two times. I may have to check out your link anyway! PS: My best friend Connie was in NYC once and I think on the subway, and overheard someone talking about Vic and she had to butt in.....she said it was my fault they thought she was nuts lmao TY Jay : - )

OK, here's my contribution

I tagged Paula Bean, Tori Stamps, and Alicia Hagner

I tagged Craig Schiller, Toby Boyce and Karen Hurst. I'll work on my 5 things - Angus & Maureen Mc may have to share.

1. Served onboard a submarine in the Navy.

2. Attended a Christian college in Hawaii and served as Youth Pastor for 1st Baptist Church of Honolulu.

3. Play guitar, congas & bongos, and write songs.

4. Serve on the Board of Directors for our local community theater.

5. Was the Drum Major for my high school marching band.

OK, I'm about to finish my post on 5 things about me, and I'll link it here,

In the meantime, I'm tagging -
                                             Jay McGillicuddy
                                             Ines Hedegus-Garcia
                                             Gena Riede

Ann

Thanks Carole !

Heres my Meme

I am tagging: Ginger and Roger, Nimo and Leanne

Ok, so I was memed by Leigh Brown. So let me see..................five thingies?

1. My father was a Lutheran pastor.

2. I had 17 major surgeries before I was 12, when I was sent home to die.

3. I didn't die.

Ok, Carole said a cheated on my number 3 so here's a new one for you. I guess you knew I didn't die:) Even though I only weighed 60lbs at age 12.

New #3. I'm 6'2 255 and can knock a door off it's hinges using a head butt. Came in real handy growing up in the south:)

4. I call my mom every day.

5. Two of my favorite things to do are grocery shop and cook.

I'm tagging Margaret Rome and Nick M. and Allison Stewart

I was memed by Elaine ...

Here is the post on my other blog.

My three invites are going to:

Tobey and Johnathan Dalton
Toby Barnett
Tony Marriott

Great idea!

Toby, we are smart in CLeveland ya know why? I notice a theme in your tagging : - )

I'm adding a 4th person to my tags - just because I can!

My 4th tag is: Mariana Wagner

Ann

This is to be shared between Angus and Maureen Mc ...

For Maureen:

I'm really a shy person that tries very hard to compensate for this.
I've traveled to most of the 48 states - thanks to my previous company.
Like Leigh, I was the 1st woman to obtain a marketing mgmt position in a male-dominated industry. (Maybe we were at McCormick Place in August at the same time some year.)
My 'now' natural hair color is white, but then you all suspected that! Previously, it was dark brown. Thank you Loreal.
I used to be a Susie Homemaker when married. Sewed all my family's clothes. Kept the house really clean and baked several loaves of bread each week.

For Angus:

Took golf as a phys-ed course at OSU. Hit husband in the head with my driver - at the END of the swing. Broke his face, but got an 'A' in the course anyway. Signed up for Riflery the next quarter. We got a dissolution a few years later. Wonder why????
Nearly killed Sasquatch when driving home one night from my daughter's home in the country.
Have gotten out of speeding tickets by crying.
My first car in high school was an old WWII jeep that I painted hot pink and put porta-walls on to make it look 'really, really cool'.
Have had dogs ALL my life ... OK, OK ... that doesn't surprise anyone! But I needed just one more.

BRyant- we are all happy you pulled thru as you have spoiled us here with your good post

Jay and Francis- I want to jump from a plane and hope to with my daredevil daughter when she turns 18

Carole- I'll go in with you on the Baseball deal- would be really fun to chew tobacco with the guys !

Michele, I can see you screaming loudly as your son plays football; I detect a daredevil under that gorgeous smile of yours - cool!

Elaine omg do you have a pic of you in that hot pink car?????

Broker Bryant, no wonder TLW loves you, a man that cooks is very hot lol

Jay, this was fun.....now go to sleep...and then post your synopsis of the marathon!!!!!

OK, here's my 5 things, and the people I listed above that I tagged are:

Jay McGillicuddy
Ines Hegedus-Garcia
Gena Riede
Mariana Wagner

I know, I was supposed to name 3, but I had a hunch I needed to name a 4th!

Ann

OK, I will take the 'over achiever' challenge and I am going to add two more:

Jason Price

Damion Flynn

Carole, you are too funny!!!! Was that a challenge??? FUNNY!!!

Ann

How do you choose just 3? I have a list as long as my arm!!!

OK, I shall Meme:

Dena Stevens

Colleen Kulikowski

Carol Williams or Carol's Other Blog

Teresa Boardman or Teresa's Other Blog

Now I must thing of something I have told already in my 334 blogs...me and my big mouth...why didn't I hold something back?

I finished it..

LOLOL I decided it was : - )

Oh to be tagged and tagged! While writing my prolific meme blog...

I am tagging 5 since I was tagged twice

Roberta Murphy

LTW ( I mean TLW)

Christine Forgione

Jacqulyn Richey

hopefully they are still around and have not left for the holidays!

Jay, I sent Jason Price an email through AR but it came back : - ( I may go find a post of his and notify him that way.....

Jay needs to update his list before he goes to bed. It's only 9:00 pm there! Carole, you and I need to go to bed because it's midnight here! Don't have a photo of the pink jeep. Even if I did it would be so old, Craig S would have to do some serious work on it.

I want to protest. We were supposed to put up things that others wouldn't know. Broker Bryant's #3 doesn't qualify. He needs to come up with one more.

ROFLMAO I had to scroll up and read #3 omg yer killin ME Elaine. Ok ok, I will go to bed; I was waiting for Angus to post his five thingys. Oh well, I will read them tomorrow

LOL Guys - I have been tagged three times. I posted twice, How many times are we to tell??

I have my first tag here and the second here. I am done for the night.

BTW - I was trying to get all the tags in my review - holy batman... I can not do everyones tags or else everyone will be reading all through the holdiay. Listen, I have a ton of stuff on my review - too much I think - but it is my review and I can do wahtever I want. LOL. I want comments - comments - comments. I spent a lot of time on this and I am now seeing cross eyed!

LOL OK Christine, I will go review your review. But first, Angus has been here all the time and I was too cross eyed to see lol

Angus I love your list; my best friend is a mystery writer; I'll send you one of her books. Have you 'run into' Bobby since the chalk incident? I think a prank is in order lol I'm an only child too; but it sounds like neither of us were spoiled ones : - )

DEC

2006

O.K... here are my five, also posted on my other blog:
1). I was an orphan at the age of 12. Mother hit by a car as pedestrian when I was 7. Father died of cancer when I was 12.
2) I won a National Grange sewing contest at the age of 14 (55,000 entrants)
3) I have traveled to many foreign countries (Mexico, Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Israel, Germany, Austria, Italy, England, Wales, Australia, and Canada where my husband was born and raised).
4) My lifelong fantasy has been to take a road trip across the U.S.
5) I became a wife, step-mother to 5 and grandmother all in the same "I Do" in 1983.

Any questions?

(I'm working on my tags)

Oh yeah, I should say that I edited my comments above to include my list... (so Jay can mark me done!)

Carole - I hear that Bobby is no longer with us... he was a person with "issues" and they killed him. So I have been robbed of this opportunity... I like pranks and am not afraid to escalate. :)

I was MEMED by Bryant Tutas!

1. And I have just come home, 1:00 am, from a wonderful holiday party. They were serving wonderful cocktails made with champagne, triple sec, and cranberry juice. Every time I drank some, a magic hand refilled the glass. What a nice party!!

2. I am doing the radio show at 12 noon today SUNDAY and there is a contest running. Another Contest ! Live Radio Show- Sunday 12 Noon

3. I have been married to my beautiful husband for 14079 days.

4. I am a Type E personality. this article in Broker Agent News

5. I was the youngest Head Pediatric Nurse at Sinai Hospital. Alphabet Soup - Those Letters After My Name...and the Two Letters You Don't See

I have just MEMED: Caleb Mardini, Dena Stevens, Sharon Simms.

http://www.homerome.com/

Baltimore,Md

Angus, remind me to stay on your moo side : - )

Margaret and Carol, I have to wait to read your 'meme' tomorrow my eyes are crossed.

I am going Meme more, since Christine tagged me for a 2nd go 'round, I figure I earned the right....besides this is fun...

Ken Smith or Ken's Other Blog/Website ~ Suburban Househunters

John Novak or John's Other Website about Henderson, NV Real Estate

Steve Hewson or Steve's other website

Jessica Hughes or Jessica's staging the Kingdom of Boulder Website

Here are my tags:
Dawn Shaffer
Jim Wolcott
Gerhard Ade

Jay & Francy, I know this must be unreal to try and take care of but I thought I would just share with you that the list that you have above sometimes has DONE and it makes some of us think that it means that those names have been tagged. But I noticed that there are a lot of names on the list that don't show DONE even though they have already been selected and tagged. Just a little confusing and possibly meaning that a person is tagged more than once, twice, etc.

Lots of interesting stuff. Elaine two lists of five...

Lenn did her meme on her blog Everything you never wanted to know about Lenn who has been tagged

Scott Gormley.... I named my blog entry Meme me up Scotty and picked you among all the Scotts.

I have tagged three more people:

1. Chris Drayer

2. Teri Lussier

3. Dan Grammatic

Jay - this was SO MUCH FUN!! I love reading all these things about the people we've been conversing here with on Active Rain. And I'm glad some people have linked their MEME posts here - it makes it alot easier to find those posts, if the 5 things were written here in their comments. Great fun!

Here's mine, in case it was missed - MEMED!!

Thanks Jay for bringing this to AR, and to Moo, who memed me! Now, I'm waiting for those I tagged to get their 5 things together to share with all of us....... come on, you know who you are!!

Ann

Jay - This was great fun! Here is the power of Active Rain - I talked about Clay Aiken in my MEME. Somehow it appeared as a Google Alert and a couple "Claymates" have stopped by and posted. How cool is that???

Linda - that is SO cool!!! I think the public is finding us here on AR alot more than some people think! I did a post on Wreaths Across America, where i mentioned the Patriot Guard Riders, and a member of the Mississippi Patriot Guard Riders found my post on Google and stopped by my post and left a great comment.

Gotta love the power of Active Rain for sure!!

Ann

I heard from the general public twice last week via email from Active Rain.... one on my blog and one from a comment on Teri Lussier's Huber Heights Ohio blog

This is fun. My meme is posted and I have memed:

David Eiglarsh

Roxanne and Shannon Moore

Teri Isner

Ok, Carole said a cheated on my number 3 so here's a new one for you.

New #3. I'm 6'2 255 and can knock a door off it's hinges using a head butt. Came in real handy growing up in the south:)

Carole,

I got the email. I also got another one today from Chris Elizabeth Griffith. She tagged me as well today. I am feeling so loved. I guess I need to come up with some things to share. :)

I have duly memed (thanks to Toby Boyce!) and I tag the following three memers-to-be:

1. Suzanne Marriott - MY Lovely Wife

2. Rory Siems

3. Ann Cummings

TAG!! You three are IT!!

Tony tagged Ann.....

3. Ann Cummings

do it on your RT blog. Sellsius tagged me and I did one on my RT blog this AM. Five whole nuther pieces of trivia about me. Then I tagged one other RT blogger...

I memed

Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith (didn't want either to feel left out!)
Leanne Paynter

The five things

I've been a surgical transcriptionist at Georgetown University in DC for 12 years.
I told my husband when we started going together that I was very shy. He pulled my string and I haven't been quiet since!
I do feel shy until I know them and don't love public speaking (which is why I could never be a real estate professional).
I can play chess (I only mention that because my husband just found out yesterday). That reminds me: We just saw a chess game yesterday which has the moves on the pieces, for those of you who want to learn!
I'm a proud mom 'n' grandmother.

Thanks Tony,

Here is my reply

I have memed:

Jamie Maxwell

HomeCards

- Rory

Bryant I would love to see that head butt lol And btw, it was Elaine Reese who made the funny about your #3, I had to scroll up and see what she was talking about! I'm glad she pointed it out since we got a whole new image lmao

Okay. I have tagged Rebekah Peters, Alexander Harb, and Jeff Belonger. My response is "I've Been Double Memed." Thanks Carole and Chris... I will be lurching in the shadows waiting for my chance to get you both back. :)

>poof< and I'm back! fun post Jay. I enjoy finding out about others, and do so slowly with whatever they give up. But this makes it easy. I hope the long list at the top will be updated (eventually) with the links to each one, so we can just go on down the line. who are you? list your 5 things

I was MEMED by Broker Bryant. Good thing I'm way shorter BB, your headbutts would just fly right over me while I run under your legs.!! haha just kidding.. I kid you, I kid. I get the feeling that you wouldn't hurt a fly.

So my post is over here.. and I dont have anyone to MEMED! the folks I know already got it.. I'll have to search a few out and come back later to post their names.

(LATER): Hey, everyone I know is tagged already.. My nominations for tagging would be: Broker Bryant, The Lovely Wife and George Souto. everyone else is tagged!

Hey, what your name? Tag! your it man,.. or woman..

I'm in! Teresa Boardman tagged me, and I in turn tagged:

Edited due to forgetting to post my 5 things here as well as on my blog.

My house is pretty much floor to ceiling books. With boxes of more books in the attic. And in the storage locker. My husband and I, when we got married almost 35 years ago, each brought 19 boxes of paperbacks to the marriage. They breed, you know. ;-)
I'm a fourth-generation Texan through all four grandparents (we were here before it was Texas), and qualify for the Daughters of the Republic of Texas via San Jacinto, Daughters of the Confederacy, and the DAR through a horse.
I collect quilts, Amish by preference (love the vibrant colors!), and have a beautiful Hmong/Amish collaboration quilt in my collection.
I've been bellydancing (amateur, not professional) for about 30 years now, off and on.
I make a mean Margarita and am something of a Margarita purist (3 parts Tequilla, Patron Silver by choice; 1 part Cointreau; 1 part fresh-squeezed lime juice) and get unreasonably incensed as fruit 'ritas - great drinks, call 'em something else! ;-)

Carole Cohen tagged me:

My list is here

I tagged:

Jeff Belonger

Jeff Corbett

Renee Burrows

What can Jay possibly do to follow up 428 comments in a day? ... Start an AR meme (with credit to Mary McKnight also) that will probably grow to well beyond 428 Rainers by the end of the year! Both of these are great examples of how quickly one blogger can generate a huge positive, viral impact in the blogosphere. Thanks, Jay!

What??? I got tagged AGAIN!!! I did my first five here on my AR blog, and I will do as Maureen says, my next 5 will be on my other blog...... but first, I have to go show some houses and maybe write an offer, so my second 5 things will show up later on today. I had a hard enough time coming up with the first 5!!

Thanks TONY!!!

Ann

The Lovely Wife here aka TLW...ROAR!

Okay then. I have been Memed by Jay Thompson, Gena Riede and Christine Forgione.

1. I am married to "The Son Of A Preacher Man"...(Broker Bryant) Hubba! Bubba!

2. I found my destiny in life by closing my eyes and dropping my finger on a map of Florida. This is how and where I found "The Son Of A Preacher Man"...(Broker Bryant) Hubba! Bubba!

3. I love Southern Gentlemen who refer to themselves as Rednecks. Call each other Bubba. And can knock a door off it's hinges with the use of their head. I am amused by this. Very Amused. :) Hubba! Bubba!

4. I serve "The Son Of A Preacher Man" (Broker Bryant) breakfast in bed everyday and I enjoy the fact that this makes him a very happy man. :) I have unlimited shopping privileges as a result of this. :) Hubba! Bubba!

5. I hate cooking. But, I will gladly change the oil in your car. I survived raising identical twin boys. Our boys are now 30 and they taught me how to change the oil in a car and how to use my guns. BAM :) They have also given "The Son Of A Preacher Man" (Broker Bryant) and I 5 Grandchildren ages 6 weeks through 10 years. :)

I am tagging Jeff Turner, Rich Kruse, Ron Robinson, Jeff Dowler, Randy Prothero, Ken Smith and Dave Rosenmarkle.

That's one Rain Gentlemen friend for every day of the week. Could "The Lovely Wife" of "The Preacher's Son" (Broker Bryant) ask for much more? Nope.

TLW "The Lovely Wife"...Married To The Son Of A Preacher Man. Hubba! Bubba! Wink. Wink...ROAR!

This is great (and more work than I thought it would be)

Just a little clarification... the first comment in this blog contains a list of all those that have been "tagged". Please try to review the list before you tag someone. Don't tag someone already listed. I'm eliminating duplicates when I see them, but I will miss some. (I'll try to alphabetize the list later if I can get to it. No promises though!)

If there is a "Done!" link next to a name, that means they've completed their list of 5 things and the Done! link will take you to their list.

Jay - my meme post can be seen at http://activerain.com/blogsview/27484/I-ve-Been-Memed.

TLW! About time you showed up!

Hey, BB is 6'2" and 255. I'm 6'0" and 230. That's close enough. I've got a mean headbutt too.

I'm also a Son of a Preacher Man!

My family is from Tennessee. I'm a redneck southern gentleman and all my friends are called Bubba!

What say ya lose that broker dude and we run off together?! :)

Someone needs to tag Matt Heaton....

Click the link http://www.rsspieces.com/2006/11/16/activerain-talks-social-networking

Scroll down and "HEAR" Matt's meme on a podcast on RSS Pieces!

Hi Jay,

My meme post is here.

I have tagged

Chris Tesch

Maureen Staccato

David and Tonya Kucic

Thanks Jay

Thanks Tony!

Did you see this?

New Sheriff in Town!

Hi Jay,

Here is my meme

I have memed the following 3 people

Marti Garuaghty

Jennifer Fivelsdal

Rebekah Peters

Wow, I go away for a day and get memed twice! Just when I thought the rain was letting up!

I'm tagging:

Mitchell Hall
Kelly Mitchell
Val Allocco

My responses are here!

1. I was home schooled for most of my primary shcool education- 3rd through 8th grade.
2. I used to compete as an ice skater, and later taught figure skating to Neil Bush's children (President Bush's neice and nephew).
3. I was accpeted into medical school and was planning on going right after I took a year off to 'recuperate' from undergrad. It never happend. I moved to England instead to start my own business selling machinery into the packaging industry.
4. I almost married my high school sweetheart when I was 22 years old. We had been together over 7 years at that point. About 1 month before the wedding I freaked and backed out. The invitations had been sent, deposits paid. At the time it was traumatic, but now all I can say is PHEW! My parents were very understanding and supportive: they said better to cancel a wedding than to get a divorce later; HOW TRUE! The funny thing is that I still ended up getting married twice! My husband is British, so we got married (on paper) the 10th of Feb. 2003 to speed the immigration process, and the second time (the ceremony) on the 25th of May 2003.
5. My second daughter Eloise was born at home (with the aid of a midwife) after 5 hours of labor. I'm a pretty 'crunchy' mom, so experiencing natural childbirth was important to me. I found it to be both a wonderful and empowering experience (with both my girls!)

So both TLW and KK memed me.

Here are 5 things about me:

1. Still play hockey twice per week.

2. While a high honors student in high school, I only have three credit hours completed in college (plus the 9 hours I already had from classes I took in high school). Liked to party a little to hard.

3. Was a financial controller for a public company at the age of 21. Also was acting CFO and took care of multiple mergers and private stock offering.

4. Met my wife at her senior prom, a good friend of ours broke up with her boyfriend 2 weeks before their prom. She called me upset and I offered to go with her and she took me up on it. Our friend had made a point of not letting Star and I meet for at least 3 years before that. We had asked to be set up multiple times, but our friend wouldn't do it. We ended up hitting it off instantly.

5. Some already know this, but I have to add it. I have the cutest little girl in the world, Emma Rose Smith just turned one at the end of last month. In case you can't tell that is a picture of her to the right.

Bonus - I owned my first house 17 days after I turned 20 and my first 6 unit rental by 21.

I will have to check over the list to see who I will meme, but the Bears game is about to start so will have to get back to you on that.

"Jay"....

Uh! Oh! Another "Son Of A Preacher Man"...Hubba! Bubba! That's right up my Cat Alley. :) Got any dents on your forhead? Wink. Wink.

Sorry about the delay. We have 4 of those Grand kids arriving 4 days earlier than planned. I have to pack pretty much everything I own in boxes to keep 2 of the toddlers from destroying or eating my Antiques. LOL. I am waaaay so not prepared for an early arrival. This is keeping me away from my virtual world.

Now about your offer to drop my Bubba Broker. He told me to tell you that you could borrow me (Hubba! Bubba!) if you make all his Mortgage payments next month. How's that for a Redneck response to your offer? LOL. He can't help it. He's a Bubba Broker, everything's negotiable man. Wink. Wink. :)

TLW...ROAR!

Sam Chapman tagged me, so you can see my response here.

I'm tagging Warren Beckmann, Jim Sparrow, and Linda Wales Callahan. Jay, leave it to you to get us all going! :-)

Kathleen

Jay - LOL at New Sheriff in Town! - thanks for the kudos - and it looks like I'm back on top (for at least a few more minutes) by a scant 25 points - another happy recruit has joined the ranks!

Hey Jay,

I wrote a post... as Maureen was kind enough to tag me. Here is the URL: http://activerain.com/blogsview/27528/I-ve-been-Memed

OK... TLW & Maureen Francis told me I had to do this! So here are five things you all may not know about me..

1. I was born in Grafton, WV. Yes, that makes me a hillbilly. I'm very proud of it. We spend one month a year on our land there!

2. I won a national "preacher boy" competition in High School. When I went off to college, my goal was to be a pastor. That never happened.

3. I was an All-Around Gymnast and Coached Women's AAU gymnastics while in College. I loved gymnastics.

4. I was almost kicked out of my conservative college for putting a severed Pig's Head on the thrid floor drinking fountain of the Freshman men's dorm. I was my Freshman Class President. As such, as a Sophmore I was also the leader of the freshman welcome committee. My idea of a welcome was taking a pigs head from the Seminary Pig Roast and using it in ways I probably shouldn't have. Needless to say, the freshman boy there for his first night away from home who was screaming at the top of his lungs after trying to take a drink in the pitch black middle of the night was not very happy about my little prank. Nor was the Freshman girl who found the second head prying into the lounge window of her dorm the following morning.

5. I was accepted to Harvard to work on a second Masters and awarded a teaching fellowship - and turned it down. Explaining that would require a long, interesting but sad & stupid story that I won't tell right now. Had I accepted, I wouldn't have 6 beautiful children or the amazing wife I have now. Suffice it to say, it was the right decision.

I am now tagging Bill Collins, Tom Perone and Chasity Lousteau!

"Jeff Turner"

All I have say to all of that is...Hubba! Bubba! You can take it from there...

SVW=Smiling Very Wide. SEE :))

TLW...ROAR!

I tagged Stacy Taylor, Bill Williams, and Heather Brunner!

View my response here

Nick M, there's nothing in the rules that says you have to know the person you tag, I don't think. Go seek out someone you don't know and meme them - isn't that the point of networking? ;-)

I was tagged by Monika McGillicuddy, I just tagged... Christina Botteri, Marci Toliver and Maureen Henry and here is the link to my meme

Jay, Can I reserve this spot..? I will be back

I have been nemed twice by Elaine Reese and Rich Kruse. Please put my name up there cause I wont be able to give more than 10 things publicly:)

I have nemed: Sue Paige

Here is Finding Neme

Aloha Jay I was tagged by TLW.

Here is my post. Tag I'm it - What 5 Things You don't Know About Me

I also Memed:

Thank you for getting this going.

Jay & Francy, I have been memed 2X on AR and once on my outside blog so I now deserve to have DONE at least twice if not 3 times.

I can't wait to put my feet in the sand and read all about each of you on my new TREO 700P while in Hawaii!

Thanks Marti! OK here is my MEME : Tag I'm it There is a really embarrassing story in it!

Gina Dougherty

Kimberly Wester

Val Allocco

Whew, this thing is spiraling out of control! I've noticed several blogs out there with people's lists, and they never came back here to let us know the link. I link them when I find them, but I'm sure there are more out there. I've even seen people's meme lists in comments of other posts.

Tonight's Poker Night, so this will probably be my last update for the evening.

And I'm going to surrender at Midnight tonight! I can't keep up any more, and need to work on my Yankee Blog Swap post tomorrow. That doesn't mean the show can't go on! All we need is another volunteer to continue the task of listing names and linking to lists. Just start another comment and keep coming back (over and over and over) to edit it. At some point I can copy/paste it into the original comment.

Who wants to volunteer?

After reading all these memes I can't believe how many people are deeply Religious. It surprises me a bit.

Ok... I was memed by Marti Garaughty.

I am meme-ing:

Carol Knighton
Christine Hutchins
John Severino (a brand-newbie)

Check out my blog for the scoop about me...

Well, TLW made me do it (and I hate talking about myself), so here it is...no yawning allowed.

And here are the 3 victims - Jeff Setzer, Jeff Brown, and Jeff Link (get the theme??)

AND, because I can, here are two more - Jeff Joyner and Jeff Beaver

Ok, I was meme'd by Maureen McCabe. I wrote my meme blog here...

And here are the three that I chose :)

And now I laser tag.....(drumroll!)

MaryAnn Morrar

Eddy Martinez

and...

The Harper Team! (I get 3 for the price of 1...hehe!)

Scott Gormley
Broker/Owner
Oak Valley Mortgage

My MeMe Blog

I was memed by Monika McGillicuddy - Thank you Monika, now let's see if I can come up with 5 things about myself.

5 Things you probably didn't know about me.

1. When I was in telecommunications my commute time daily was at least 3 hours daily but I always made real dinners when got home and the family alway had dinner together.

2. My family looks like the United Nation.

3. Just found out I am going to be a mother-in-law

4. Love the beach but will not go into water unless I can see my feet.

5. Appreciate the natural beauty around me and just wishes mankind could take better care of the environment.

I would like to meme the following rainers.

John Klassen

Peter Andres

Skip Weisman

Hey Jeff Dowler..... I guess my name is Bob? lol

Hey Jay Thompson..... great blog and idea here. I received your comment in my meme post. thanks for doing this.

Here is my meme post :

What's this MEME phenomenon going on in the blogging world? Well, I have been tagged, or in this case, Memed !!!

TLW - I'm not sure which I'm more shocked by - that you can shoot a gun or that you make your husband breakfast in bed. LOL

OK, here is my SECOND list of 5 things, since I was tagged twice! First time by Moo, and then again by Tony Marriott.

You can also find the link to my 2nd 5 things here on my AR blog, too......

I am now tagging:

          Sue Melhorn
          Real Estate Tomato
          Fred Salzer

Ann
ps-- Maureen, I did as you suggested........ :-)

I was MEMED by Marci Toliver!

1. Saw Elvis in concert in 1971....Tiny Tim sat behind me.

2. My best friend intended to coerce me into a blind date with a Georgia boy who was in town for the weekend only to find out I was out of town at the time so she strong armed my younger sister into going out with him. A year and a half later, he was in town again and she tricked me into going out with him by telling me we were going Christmas shopping and it wasn't until she arrived at my house that I found out that I was going on a date with that same boy----we have been married 32 years! (My match-making friend has been married and divorced 5 times....she now wishes she had kept him for herself)

3. Born and raised in Florida...moved to Georgia....then to Arizona....then to California....then all the way back across the country to Virginia....and then back down to Florida....so I have come full circle.

4. Lived in Virginia for 13 years and never had the opportunity to visit Williamsburg...but, while living there, visited Hawaii 5 times!

5. I am married to my own Robert Kincaid. I have a beautiful daughter named Meredith who just graduated from college (yesterday), a black cat named Chloe, and a black Pekingese named Sweetie. I have two sisters: Sandy (dated my husband before I did) and Peggy Sue (named after the Buddy Holly song)

I am meming: Cindy Lin, Janice Sutton, and Russ Perlowski

"Maureen Henry"...I know. Bit of a paradox there. LOL...TLW...ROAR!

I am only halfway through all the mem's; some of us have to work for a living : - ) lolol My only comment at the moment is to Karen Hurst: KAREN I want to hear the things you say you can't post

I made a type- I called Nima Nimo! Can you change the spelling on the list before he sees it!

I made a typo- I called Nima Nimo! Can you change the spelling on the list before he sees it!

Michele if he checked the box to be notified of new comments then your busted.

Thanks Jay

Sheesh! This Mo has got some big mo going on right now! Recently tagged, I submit my meme post here. Here's the shortened post for your reading enjoyment:

Former Powers of Evil Used for Good - In one of my previous lives (before real estate) I managed three simultaneous races for state representative in SE Michigan, worked in a state senator's office and the governor's office. Yes, my name is Todd and I am a former political hack.
Once Thought I Was Smart - Spent two years at U of M - Dearborn studying Mechanical Engineering. Ended up with a PoliSci major and Business Minor.
Wineaux - Drink, appreciate and make wine with my in-laws every September. Our 2004 and 2005 Cabernets were/are outstanding. Anyone want to send me a 2000 Ch. Margaux?
Love Being A Father! - Not just written for the sake of My Lovely Wife (MLW). That's My Boy is 2 and a half and Atta Boy is four and half months old. I never thought being a daddy would be this much fun! The laughter alone is worth its weight in diapers.
Married Up - The only thing against MLW is that she married me...it shows a possible lack of judgement! In fact, celebrating seven great years this week.

To be tagged:

Missy Caulk

David Crisp

Jay- I am laughing- not too sneaky am I.

Jeff Turner- You found your destiny- It wasnt the first part of #5 it was the second part!

Awww, Michele! Thanks for MEME'ing me! Is it me or it just sounds funny thinking about saying it out loud? hahahaha..

Ok, ok, I guess I should start with this soon. I am pretty tired and worn out from the NY GIANTS Party and the GIANTS loss.

oh oh, I think I was tagged or meme'd twice.. JEFF BELONGER and MICHELE CONNORS! Do I have to do 2 meme blogs now on myself? Trust me, I can do dozens! I have so much to share with you all and no shame in doing so either. Let me go start on my first one.

Ok, I posted my mem...go to http://activerain.com/blogsview/27590/Memed-by-Jay to read it. I am, in turn, meming Donna Harris, Kay Van Kampen and Cynthia Sloop.

If anyone in here reads this.... it would be nice for the those that did meme in here, to do an actual post also. It's hard to comment on what you have said, because those comments would get lost.... and you might not see that comment.

Nima - How in the world do you pronounce it? I said "I was memed to my wife" and her response was "That's nice dear" and gave me "that look" that every married man knows.

I hear you Carole:) But not tonite...:) And it won't be on this blog, thats for sure.

Nima aka Mortgage Man aka Marketing Guru and/or The FREE Marketing God has posted his MEME BLOG:

It is very real, it is very true, it is very emotional and it is very ME! For those with a sensitive heart, do not read it. I tried to do my best, hope you enjoy it. Learn more about me at the following MEME BLOG:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27596/Nima-aka-Mortgage-Man

Your Mortgage Man,

Nima

You know how you get email notification if someone posts? So Karen responded and I accidentally emailed my response back lmao Caleb and Matt will be so proud lmao

Karen: you can't blame a girl for trying : - ) PS I am pretty sure I know who lol

Jeff Belonger - you were first on my list of the Jeff's, but since you were already memed did not wanted to do so again. and BTW you "could" be a Bob! LOL

Jeff (in Carlsbad)

Jeff D.... ha ha ha.... I am actually off to read yours now. I could be here forever, reading these.

My name is Hurd, Barry Hurd.

1- As a kid I actually liked James Bond for an unusual reason. My Father, Mother, and Grandmother were all agents for the National Security Agency. (Somehow it was only fate that I ended up a geeky computer kinda guy)

2- I spent five months living in a tent as a camp instructor and mountaineer. It was a lovely 10x10 canvas military tent with no power or running water.

3- I have written articles on almost every topic imaginable- from online gaming, poetry, recruiting, tourism, biker events, and even a few fiction pieces.

4- Everyone of my siblings (three brothers and one sister) has the middle name Lynn. This is a traditional family way of making sure the daughter keeps the family name when she is married.

5- I am now 6'3 and 200 lbs and work out on a regular basis. At one point in time I was 340 lbs. If only I had a contract with Subway, I'd be rich. ;)

My closing statement is that I can't believe my friend and coworker Paul Chaney infected the real estate realm with this! I thought the industry had safely evaded the crisis.... he just had to go and push the big red button.

Sorry it took me so long... I had some homes open today and got a late start doing this (we haven't got internet access out to the sub office yet... sigh)

Shari George memed me today, so here is my post.

And I've tagged three newer Coldwell Banker agents, to help them get going: Kristine Crowe, Ruth Ann Ross, and Nichole Medokowich.

I was tagged by Maureen Henry. Meme post here

I tagged:

Claudia Grasso

Jana Wuffleff

Phyllis Pafumi

I hope I get time to read all of this...

Barry: Thanks for letting us know more about you; I almost memed you a few hours ago lolol

Five months is a loooong time without running water; I hope there were a lot of clear springs around; this meming is a lot of fun; but I am now exhausted; thanks for reminding me it's Paul's fault! Now I don't have to blame Mary McKnight

I need to MEME Geri Sonkin...she's been absent too long! Merrick Real Estate

I got meme'd off AR and now on AR so you'll have to check my secrets here and here.

My list of five (which spilled over to eight) and the first pic of me ever posted on ActiveRain is here.

I tagged Francy Thompson, Derek Wagner, and Ginger and Roger. Thanks for kicking this off (and updating it), Jay. It's been a lot of fun!

Well I finished my tag and the post can be viewed on my other blog. It took longer than first anticpated but fun to share a few more details about oneself....and I'll pass the pain too:

A great way to buidl further community Jay!!

DEC

2006

I got memed or memmed by the incredible Morgan lady TRICIA today. That means telling 5 things that you didn't know about me, probably...Long story is on my BLOG...but here's a summary...

1.. I helped my buddies build engines for drag racing and then cruised Woodward Avenue to test the engines

2..My partner and I won a dance contest

3.. I owned an executive search firm (15+ years), and ...I lived on a 40 foot cruising speed boat

4..I paint... Very large canvases. ..and wrote a best seller.

5..My amazing son is a Magnum-Juried professional B&W photographer, who had a show in Seattle last year..

I 'm tagging

Corey Atherton ,Racquel Turner, Christine Adler ,Michael Mackey and am open to adding someone who has not been tagged yet if you would like to be!

this is a HOOT!!! I'm so glad you did this - we are learning pretty funny stuff from so many people. Here is my link but I see my name on your list twice - does that mean I was tagged by someone other than Ann Cummings and I have not figured out who?

I tagged: Chris Elizabeth Griffith, Noel Padilla & Alexander Harb

FOR THE RECORD ... I also tagged Ines and Nick M ..ha!

HERE is the link to my MEME, as I was tagged 3x!

~Mariana Wagner

I haven't tagged anybody else, but I did share here. -Charles

I was tagged by Ann Cummings. And, although I had already caught this meme's cooties earlier this week, I figured I could just repost it again here on my rainer blog. So here it is.

What's So Juice About This Tomato?

What a pleasant surprise! I was tagged by BB and in return tagged Matt Heaton, ALexander Harb, and Ralph Roberts. Here is my list:

I was in college at 16
I was a network engineer for ABC (radio)
I bought my first house when I was 21
I drive and race vintage cars (autocross and time trials and have WON ladies division nationally)
My van was totalled on my way to take my Real Estate test-which I survived, and got highest grade in class on (4 weeks later)

Five things people don't know about me:

1) I was a pastors wife for 18 years in my " other life".

2) I have 5 children, ages 26 to 16, girl bookends and boy's in the middle

3) I would rather live in the Nashville area near friends and family

4)Type A personality, workaholoic.

5)Graduate of U.K. with a degree in Social Work

I'll tag: Andy, Todd, Carol

I have been trying to neme Rudolph Bacratty (sp) Sellsius and keep getting a routing error. So consider yourself nemed here.

The Emails are coming! The Emails are coming! Must go do the purge. LOL...TLW...ROAR!

You can read my five here. If you look down toward the bottom of the post, you'll see I memed Mary McKnight. She, in turn, started the meme within the real estate blog community. Wow! Look what has happened as a result. Kudos also go to internet marketing consultant Toby Bloomberg, who memed me. This particular meme has crossed all kinds of niches with the blogosphere. It's phenomenal really.

I added Virginia Halter!

Five realtively "safe" things people on AR don't know about me are:

I am a classically trained performance vocalist and recently had the pleasure of performing the first two arias of The Messiah at a Christmas concert.

Have always been a chronic volunteer. Over the last 35 years, was afforded many opportunities to e of service to my community. One that stands out most was to help organize, staff and run a shelter for the homeless for a period of five months.

When I was a younger fellow and didn’t know I should be nervous, I was an Air Traffic Control Tower Supervisor while in the Navy. Biggest claim to fame was to serve as Tower Coordinator for a Blue Angels Air Show.

At age 11, dumber the dumb, road down the middle of a two-lane highway, sitting sideways on the bar in front of the seat with no-hands exactly when two tractor trailer trucks passed on each side of me.

Favorite desserts are (1) warm homemade apple dumplings w/vanilla ice cream and (2) tapioca pudding.

Memed by Maureen McCabe, here's 5:

1) Out of our 4 pets, I do have a favorite.

2) I'm a very good dancer, danced on pointe in younger life, and turned down an offer to go pro.

3) I love, love, LOVE Indian food.

4) I'm a decorative artist, and a sucker for lost causes. I have been known to pull furniture out of a trash heap and give it a new and better life.

5) Rodents give me the heebie jeebies- even tree rats.

Dave,

All sound just like my perception of you! (except maybe the tractor trailer incident:) I should have added that I did a solo of Silent Night on Christmas Eve a long time ago, but never classically trained.

Teresa: Tree rats? Gosh I hope you mean squirrels or please keep them in Dayton.... the idea of rats in trees will keep me out of the parks.

What's the best Indian food place in the Dayton area? I was not into Indian food when I lived in Dayton. Heck I was not into Indian food three years ago. Now I love it. My favorite place just closed. Indian restaurants in Columbus seem relatively expensive compared to other cities and we have so much competition in restuarants here, it seems.

LOL I am just curious... but so many people are leaving their meme's in here. Why not write a blog on it and post it, so we all can comment on it? Just curious... and just my 2 cents....

Maureen

Here in Southern Cali we have TREE RATS and GROUND SQUIRRELS - sort of a role reversal :)

I justs memed:

Marguerite Crespillo

Tommie W Gibson

Theresa Lessier

Here it is:

Okay let me try this MeMe stuff, whatever that is. Hmmm let’s see five things that the real estate community doesn't know about me. That’s tough, but I'll give it a shot.

1. I was born and raised in Chicago. I transferred to Miami with my job. Although I miss Chicago, Miami has grown on me. What's there not to like about Miami? I am a huge Chicago White Sox fan and a huge Chicago Bears fan.

2. I have worked in the airline industry for close to 18 years. With all the downsizing and contracting out of work I decided to try my hand at real estate. I haven't fully left my airline career behind me because my youngest son is Autistic and I need to keep the health benefits. This really makes it hard to get my real estate career on track. It's very difficult to manage two full-time careers.

3. I have four sons, two teenage sons in Chicago (from my first marriage) and two elementary school boys here in Miami. I have a beautiful wife who has often been said to look a lot like Jennifer López. I think I’m a pretty lucky guy to be married to a superstar.

4.Ever since I was 23 years old I have been trying to start my own business. I have tried everything from selling beepers, life insurance and mortgages to my current venture real estate. There's this dream to be successful that keeps me going every day.

5. I can fix just about anything, if I haven't done it before I research and read up on the subject attempt it at least once. My most recent accomplishment was fixing my big-screen TV. I figured I'd look up what I needed to do on the Internet and give it a shot. It was going to cost close to $400 to fix and if I spent a hundred on manuals and parts I could save myself $300, if not I needed to get a new TV anyway as it wasn't worth fixing. It worked out and my TV is better than new!

Theresa Lussier, Marguerite Crespillo, & Tommie W. Gibson

Shoot, sorry Theresa

Some people think they can hide behind a book an escaped being MEME'd. They turn off their profiles on AR to try to keep us from finding them. Alas, that won't work. I have MEME'd

BEN WISELY (from AR) come out and play Ben...

There is another BEN who's in Seattle, Mr BEN KAKIMOTO of the Seattle Condo and Living Northwest FAME

BOTH BENS you are MEME'd. :)

Here is my Meme. Thanks Jessica

I memed.

David Knudsen

Connie Pepenella

Tim Maitski

Nima tagged me.

I meme'ed Jason Sardi, Rob Robinson, and Marc Blasi

Looks like Rob has been tagged so I changed it to Sonya Bieber

Tree rats..... There are parts of Phoenix that problems with Roof Rats.... Then of course there are the pigeons -- they're like rats with wings.

Hi Jay, We call seagulls here in NH Sky Rats. They can be pretty nasty when you are just trying to lay on the beach. The will fly down and take a sandwich right of your hands. Awful...

You must be a little burnt out with comments and memes. Great job lot's of fun tho.

Thanks Jay

Jay & Francy Thompson: I can't grow tomatoes because of roof rats. They're smart fellas. They wait until I'm about ready to pick the tomato and suddenly it's gone!

Here's my meme response.

Three "lucky" people that have been tagged:
Mark Burrell
Brynn Minsterman
Brian Rodgers (I don't know Brian but I used to live in Hutchinson when I was a year old.)

I remember the gulls at the mall in San Diego... Horton ? They were winged rats. They'd be sitting at the next table eating someones left overs and coveting your sandwich... gulls and tomato eating roof rats... yuck.

Good entry Fred. Good picks.

Well, it was inevitable that we would get meme'd. So here goes the five things:

Since we are a H&W Team, we'll do this as diplomatically as possible:

1. Bob has been a drummer all his life and continues to play whenever possible. Prefers Rock.

2. Lisa has been a singer all of her life and continues to sing whenever possible. Prefers Ballads & Standards.

3. Bob and Lisa knew each other in High School but didn't date until they met up again almost 30 years later and then were married shortly after.

4. Bob proposed to Lisa on the stage of the newly renovated Paramount Theatre stage at Madison Square Garden in NYC while playing in a band that was opening for Blood, Sweat & Tears.

5. Lisa's terrible fear of flying and heights keeps them pretty well grounded much to Bob's dismay.

I am tagging:

joanne douglas

Toni Colella

Lars Hedenborg

Ok - Im a bit slow to respond on this one, but here goes. In response to the Meme from Maureen, for Jays next "game" here are the 5 odd things about myself.

•1) I've lived in: Beaverton Oregon, San Diego CA, Chicago Il, Kansas City Mo, Lawrence and Shawnee Kansas all in the last 10 years. (they keep kicking me out of nice towns!)

•2) I race Sailboats (in Kansas! - no not in a field, in Perry Lake) For you boat people, I race a J-24 J-24

and a C-Scow. For you non Boat people, a sailboat is something that holds beers and people on water that does not use much gas.

•3) I enjoy Skiing in Colorado, typically smile, and wear a baseball hat and glasses! (and am right now!) Maureen- that should clear it up right?

•4) I love Fried Tacos. But not the ones from the Bell that sicken people.

•5) I work for a National Real Estate Focused internet company, and I live in Kansas and Sail- If that doesn't shatter your perception of Dorothy and Toto, I don't know what will.

OK, here is my meme post: Diane (Please don't turn me in!!!!!!)

Hmmmmm i have been tagged twice, and i did email 5 selections to:

Bonnie Erickson, Nima, Dave Cheatham, Marti Q, and Maureen Henry

I was FIRST tagged by Teresa Boardman, and SECONDLY by Karen Hurst

This is fun.... i have NOT gotten my regular work done because of this!!!!

I may have tagged too many.......but i WAS memed twice

Maureen M..... I'll make it easy on you...

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27518/What-s-this-MEME

not sure why it's not linking though...

What's this MEME phenomenon going on in the blogging world? Well, I have been tagged, or in this case, Memed !!!

Jeff you have a link in Jay's list. I am not going to go through all of these comments and look for it but I am sure you have a link here too. We could each add another link here but that would make this longer than it already is.

Maureen.... long? longer? lol Nah..... ;o)

Wow, I'm late. Not sure if I memed somebody who already has been memed, but I know a few haven't.

Here is the link to my meme post...

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27896/Everybody-s-Gonna-Get

Let's meme the whole world!

OK I have also been Memed to see my 5 and check out who I tagged please hit the link below.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27892/I-have-just-been

okey dokey all done. I was tagged by Maureen Henry and here is the link to my meme.

I tagged Kaye Thomas, Audra Slinkey and Sheron Cardin.

Jay & Francy,

Thanks for the post. I could not resist the opportunity to post to my blog meme meme.

I am tagging; Craig Schiller, Caleb Mardini and Jennifer Fivelsdal

Jay & Francy,

Thanks for the post. I could not resist the opportunity to post to my blog meme meme.

I am tagging; Craig Schiller, Caleb Mardini and Jennifer Fivelsdal

I was tagged by Rich. Here is the link to my meme.

I'm meme-ing: Linda Marti, Cheryl Johnson & Leslie Bloss.

Here is Mortgage Man's MEME BLOG: Nima aka Mortgage Man's MEME BLOG (Rated PG-13)

*** Also, there has been a new contest posted by Diane Rice, so check out her blog on MEME AWARDS (not emmy awards)

Her blog is located here: THE "MERRY MEME" AWARDS CONTEST

Your Mortgage Man,

Nima

DEC

2006

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27944/More-Meme

I'm not sure there is anyone let to tag (?) But hey, guys, why not do what I did last week? Just go ahead and tag yourself!

Now, I wanna go check in on the Yankee Blog Swap

I thought your tagging yourself was very clever.

There are 11,000 AR members... plenty left to tag and get involved on AR.

Okay Leigh, here you go!

1) I trained with the US Equestrian Team throughout high school until falling out of favor with my mother by choosing college (boys) over horses (work). I was a bit older before I realized you can have both. My mom and I made up and now she is one of my favorite people.

2) I used to haul hay every summer. I lived on a working farm growing up and hated the days we had to haul hay. The only saving grace was the high schools boys my dad hired to help us! I also know how to run a combine and just about every other piece of farm equipment.

3) I have my degree in English and Theatre. I did several internships in NY off broadway before my graduation. There is no where else I am as comfortable as I am on stage.

4) People ask me where I got my children from. My husband is a beautiful Filipino man and my children look exactly like him. I have had people ask me where I got my daughter. Womb! And if I "nanny full time for these kids." I tell people that I am full-time for "these kids" and I enjoy sleeping with their father!

5) In my former life at First Union Nat'l Bank, I got paid to travel to cities all over the world and scout out what extracurricular activities there were to do. Restaurants, theatre, clubs, tours, attractions, etc. I miss that job. That was in the good ole days before layoffs and downsizing.

Oh, I feel so dull. I will have to shake it up over the next five or ten years and do this again. Thanks for the walk down memory lane!

I am tagging Ino Daffin, Darrell Thomas, and Sandra Thomas.

Ok, Ms. Rice tagged me so here are the five things.

Debated for over 8 years. In this time I went to Nationals and World Debate Championship in Athens Greece.
Owned my first Business at the age of 16. Sine then I have worked for my self in many different businesses and love it.
I had 6 investment properties. I really have liked real estate since I was 15 and saw the value in it. I have looked at every so called guru and true mentor out there. I have learned a lot and like helping people get into real estate investing.
I teach classes. One of my degrees is in education and I still teach when ever I can. I believe that we need to teach people to fish, hunt, sew, swim, or whatever it is that they can do so they can rely on our creator and themselves.
I love to try new things. If it was not for trying new things in my life I would not be who I am today. This is from the opera to eating some weird things. I will do almost anything once.

Ok, there is my five. Now I am going to find three and tag them. This was a great idea.

Uh, oh.......I've been MEMED!

What five things does the active rain world want to know about me?

1) I may be blond, but I do have a 3.7 GPA and would prefer to be an archeologist or geologist rather than a Realtor!

2) I AM THE greatest Mom in the world....at least one beautiful son thinks so!

3) I love scuba diving even though it terrifies me tremendously!

4) Most people don't know that I have traveled to Pompeii, Tunisia and Bahrain!

5) One of my "coolest" moments was catching a four foot long shark last year...awesome!

DEC

2006

The 5 things about me no one should know about me ran through my mind at first, and then about 10 minutes later I finally came up with a couple of things maybe I could tell you all.

I went to real estate school with my sister in 1979 and flunked it miserably. When the instructor said "Ok, now take that number and put it into memory in your calculator, then enter this number and add it to your memory in the calculator, then......." that is where he lost me! I folded my book and told my sister I will be waiting outside for her. She went on to be one of the top selling agents in Fresno. I knew then and there that I was totally right brained!
I am the oldest of 8 children.
I used to cut high school and race all the boys in my boyfriends 409 (425 hp) and win...oh, the bad part was I didn't have a drivers license. (This is the stuff I can tell!)
I am an original VALLEY GIRL from the San Fernando Valley in CA
I am really good at reading palms.

I have mime'd Diane Rice, Shari George, and Blanca Cholevczynski...give it up girls!

Brett Mumaw

Brian Foxworth

Laurie Manny

I tagged these newcomers

Ginger

My blog is finished but Please don't put it on the public site.

OK, so I've been MEMED.

I've tagged:

Jason Edwards

Kristen Selheimer

Brian Ortiz

Okay, my turn... MEME ... ME (reminds me of Agent Smith from The Matrix)

1. Despite the fact that I've worked side-by-side with my husband the TV & Film Editor for the better part of 30-years, I do not have the patience to watch a :30 TV commercial. But I will notice one of our spots on the air as the TiVO zips past it!

2. I cannot send a preprinted personalized Christmas card without writing a personal note to the recipient; hence, I haven't kept up with my blogging lately.

3. My mother was a terrific cook, I didn't inherit that gene --- my daughter seems to think that it might skip a generation since she loves to cook! I am not any good at it and I don't enjoy cooking. Thankfully my husband likes preparing food, he makes the BEST Pancakes, without him I'd starve to death!

4. I am a really good student --- always have been and still am. It is a little embarassing though --- especially when I ace a class that others have trouble with. I got the highest grade in my ABR class, passed the RE school test with a 97, passed GRI I with a high score even though I wasn't at every class... I am just a good student.

5. I think this MEME thing is a lot of work but it is interesting to learn these tidbits of info about the folks we run around in the puddle with! Thank you, Jay, for starting and tracking all this.

I'm tagging:

Lawrence Yerkes

Sal Poliandro

Sean Carroll

all Jersey boyz!

Joanne... I am a jersey boy.... lol

I actually new some of this from talking to you over a week ago. In regards to number 2... I agree and I am the same way... hence the reason why I am so behind this time of year.

Thanks for sharing...

I have duly memed - and I tag Nicole Whitman, Ken Spencer and Rich Pieropan!

some of you.... you should do a blog on your meme, so we can comment on them. It will open things up. Just my opinion. But I don't want to comment on here, because you might never see those comments.

Again... just some FYI

DEC

2006

I was tagged by Ginger Sala.

Ok Ginger, you asked for it, here it is.

5 things about me posted on my blog:

http://activerain.com/blogs/ibqueenie

I tag:

James Bridges

Carmela Etgar

Mary Mouscardy

I was MEME'd by Ginger and Roger Sala .

So here you go http://activerain.com/blogs/megangrace

I tag:

http://activerain.com/dibel Diane Bell

http://activerain.com/chearp Charles Earp

http://activerain.com/jenny Jenny Hanahan

Here is my memed post:
http://activerain.com/blogsview/28633/I-ve-Been-Memed

I am tagging:
Julie Yakapovich
american first mortgage co.
Ryan Patrick

My Meme comments are posted.

DEC

2006

Here are my MeMe comments! I've been MeMe-ed twice! I'm usually the invisibler person. TWICE!!

The BRAND is turning cartwheels! Thank you Crystal and Ken!

Bar JD Brand

Russell Rosencrans

Sean Sutton

OK... today Brian Ortiz was memed 2x today thanks to Blanca C and Brett Mumaw.

My posting for my MEME can be located on my blog. If you wish to leave a comment, please do so there as I will never find it in this posting.

Here are the people I am tagging:

Matt Wilson

John Willis

Bob Sommers

I've been memed and as I am to understand here are five things you may not know and find very enteresting

I used to have an Afro From the time I was thirteen until I turned twenty one. It all fell out soon after.
I was a DJ for a top forty station and also moved up in the broacast industry until I was the Operations manager for the same station I started at working overnights.
I used to be a vacuum cleaner salesman, that was short lived the bonus was good, but you talk about a hard sell sometimes.
I have eight beautiful Grandkids, that really make life great. enjoy spending time with all of them and enjoy their curiosity.
I love my wife, she is the light of my life.

I completed my meme I sent a meme to Shanna Hall St Louis Mo, Charlie Gerken, Branson, Mo, Darren Stewart Springfield, Mo. I guess I owe you one more let me check my memory is as long as my hair and as I indicated I am bald and very short memory.

At the behest of another Active Rainer I posted my expanded meme

DEC

2006

OK you guys, you may have created a monster. I was tagged by Brian Ortiz and after posting my list, I tagged:

Stefan Stoll

Wynne Achatz

Caron Mosey

I finally gave in and upgraded my Meme to an Enhanced version if anyone cares! LOL

DEC

2006

Well, my memeing has been done! Read it here http://activerain.com/blogsview/29240/Woo-I-ve-been

I have also memed:

Val Allocco

Phyllis Pafumi

Derek Wagner

Now, tag me if you need some staging done ;)

cheers,

cindy

www.staged4more.com

DEC

2006

Hi All I was just Memed by Jessica Hughes...

Five Things About me...

1) I moved to Hawaii from Newport Beach almost 30 years ago

2) I have started two successful companies in two different industries and real estate is my latest successful venture.

3) My favorite ice cream is Green Tea

4) I love to sit and listen to the surf on a hot sunny day

5) My pets are named Karma, Spirit, Sedona, and Tiki

I'm meming, Michael Demello, Kengo Uyeno and Kelley Elling

DEC

2006

Kelly,

Your pets names say a lot about you! And I love your slogan...Live from Paradise!

I'm not sure I'm doing this right, so someone correct me if I'm doing it wrong. :)

Five Things You May Not Know About Me:

1. I am the second of six children.

2. My deceased dog, Bob Barker, is the best friend I've ever had and I miss him terribly.

3. I accepted the responsibility of helping raise Yann's teenagers, which was a far more daunting task that I ever could have imagined.

4. I am a fiercely loyal and devoted friend and will walk through fire for the good people in my life.

5. I think 2007 is going to be a GREAT year.

Woo Hoo!

Kelley

Well, as the holiday excitement is dying down, I am finally able to respond to Jeff Bellonger tagging me.

5 Things about me:

I served in the Army during Desert Shield/Desert Storm. When Iraq invaded Kuwait, I watched CNN for 3 days straight. At that point, it looked like it would develop into WWIII, and I thought to myself, all the men in my family have served during time of war (WWI, WWII, Korea, Viet Nam) so this must be my time to do my duty. I enlisted 3 days after Iraq invaded Kuwait. Infantry.
I was discharged 2 years later after an injury left me unable to march, run or jump (things kind of required for a foot soldier) I had been hit in the knee by an anti-tank missle. (But that is a subject for an entirely different blog)
My wife and I got engaged about three hours after we met. We recently celebrated our 12th anniversary.
When I open a can of cashews, I cant stop eating until my fingers are at least 2 knuckles deep into the can without touching any nuts.
I love Sudoku puzzles -- the really challenging ones (16x16) especially.

I will decline to tag 3 people. Call me a party pooper, but I swore to myself quite some time ago that I would never spread a chain letter, and I view this a chain letter, although a relatively harmless one I admit. Nevertheless, I am not going to break my vow. I hope you all can respect my position.

Happy Holidays, all!

JAN

2007

I was memed by Brett Ellis. Thanks Brett - always thinking of me, aren't you?

I am meme-ing David Eiglarsh, Char MacCallum, and Rob Levy.

Not sure if I put my 5 things in the right location, try here: 5 Things You Wouldn't Know About Me

JAN

2007

OK, I guess I was memed by Sharon Simms a few weeks ago so this is long overdue.

1. I have three girls, Coral 14, Willow, and Iris 2 years old. I love to spend time with them. Coral is very involved in an ancient Chinese game called GO. Willow is involved in Soccer and Tae Kwon Do and Iris just likes hanging out with me :) I took my real estate exam (and passed) while I was 9 months pregnant. I have been married for 7 years to my wonderful husband, Tony. We got married on my grandmothers birthday, Nov.19, 1999. Did you know the November 19, 1999 was the last date you will see made up of all odd numbers in your lifetime? The next date of all odd number will be the year 3111!

2. I was born in Florida and have never lived anywhere else. A native Floridian! I have lived in almost every city in southwest Florida. I have traveled all over the world but I've only lived in Florida. Also, I've never seen snow.

3. I hate cooking. My husband does all of the cooking. I think I just don't have the patience to wait for something to cook. I hate alligators, needles and earwigs (ya now, those things that look like a centipede). I think the name Earwig kinda freaks me out!

4. I used to work in the county jail, until I got pregnant with my second child. I've also worked as a webpage designer and for a Montessori school.

5. I love dogs! And I am a huge supporter of the Charlotte County Animal Shelter.

I'll have to figure out who still needs to be memed!

Shannon Moore

M&M's

FEB

2007

Oh, Oh - Sheron tagged me and now I have to play - hope I follow the rules. Let's see - I am supposed to tell you 5 things you didn't know about me and then tag 3 other people on AR. I believe we are also supposed to link this to http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-Meme, but I am not sure I know how, so forgive me if I screw up....

Here it goes:

1. I was born in Moscow, USSR and grew up without a radio, television or telephone, until the age of 14 when we immigrated to Montreal, Canada and I have lived here ever since.

2. My parents were (and still are) avid hikers, so they dragged me everwhere they went mountaneering. As a matter if fact, around 1970 (shows my age, sorry) I was presented with a medal for being the youngest child to climb the glacier at Mount Elbrus (Caucasian mountains).

3. I did some modeling work around 1984 (photographs), but my parents were NOT pleased as they did not think it was a worthwhile career choice and I was told that if I wanted to do the modeling seriously, I would do better in Europe, so it did not last....

4. I love to dance latin dance and have been taking classes on and off - salsa, merengue and bachata. Progress is slow, but it's great exercice and it makes me forget all my troubles - especially in the cold of Montreal winter. Eventually, I hope to move on to tango...Love anything latin, actually..(LOL)

5. Speaking of exercice, I practice Bikram Yoga, which is HOT yoga and originated in California (Sheron should know). It's a series of 26 postures performed in s heated studio (around 90F), takes 90 minutes and is very phyysically cahllenging but amazing for the body and soul.

Now, for the people I would like to tag: Debra Gould, Mary Seferian and Erik Shatilla (my realtor friend from the IBM days).

Thanx.

MAY

2007

I just completed my first MeMe =) What a fun idea!

MAY

2007

Wow, I had no clue this was going on. What a great idea!

JUN

2007

I have been meme's Twice this past week. I had it all written in draft and was ready to post the longest post of my career in blogging. Now that I have read all the short answers , I must reconsider and start over. Way way way too much information. Feel a little foolish for taking it so literally. Well just a lttile actually. Too tired tonight to re-do but it will be redone.

William, Please, please post it all. I think we would like to read about you. That's what is so wonderful about AR, it is YOUR own writing, your own thoughts. I would like to read your longest post. Can you really give tooooo much information, if is truly information?

JUN

2007

Karen Otto has tagged me - so now it is my turn:

Here are 5 things AR doesn't know about me:

I grew up in Central California and then moved to Tennessee when I met my husband almost 10 years ago.
When I was pregnant with my daughter I craved fish tacos and ate them at least 3 times a week.
I have traveled to almost every state in the Union except for the Dakotas and Alaska.
I was a dance major in college.
My other two "children" are my dogs, Rowdy - a lab/pit bull mix (and he is scared of his shadow) and Boogie - a great dane mix.

JUN

2007

Wow. This is very interesting. I'll have to come back to this link, which I found from Lucky Lang's blog, and learn more. At the moment, however, I'd better scoot on over to my original objective -- learning our MLS system a little better.

Meme, huh? I'll have to ruminate on whether I want to get started in this endeavor. Looks like it could be a tad bit addictive!

JUN

2007

In response to Beth Patnode's Meme, here are my 5 things.

http://activerain.com/blogsview/119929/Stayci-Fast-Just-a

Ciao-

Stayci Fast (NEW ENGLAND HOME STAGING)

JUN

2007

I got memed so now it is up to

Mary Pope-Handy

Erion Shehaj and

Amy Steele

JUN

2007

I was memed with this meme for the third time in June 2007 by Gerald Mori. I wrote: Meme me once, meme me twice... meme me once again.

I memed Bruce W. Swedel, Marlene Bridgeman and Fred Pickard.

JUL

2007

You are popular, 3 times - wow!

JUL

2007

More Coming!

http://activerain.com/blogsview/153992/Tag-Im-It-I

AUG

2007

Cynthia Tilghman tagged me.

Here's my meme:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/166868/A-Meme-from-Me

I'm tagging Wendy Montoya, Stacey Ward, and Eric Bouler

AUG

2007

Joshua Lazaro tagged me

See my meme at:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/166954/What-does-this-have

I meme'd Norma Freeman, Ann Cordes, and Randy Wilson

AUG

2007

I hope this is still going on. I did my meme..

I tagged:

Sue Gabriel

John Hurlbut

Erica Wallace

Just did my MEME: http://activerain.com/blogsview/170253/Holy-Cow-I-ve

I tagged:

Denise Lones

Betsy Talbot

Nickey Collier

Oh, good grief! John, we just met!

1. When I was five I had my left foot ran over by a riding lawn mower. They had to reattach my big toe and my foot looks like a map of Los Angeles.

2. I am just like Chandler on "Friends" and have a third nipple. I know, TMI, but you asked.

3. I am VERY shy. If you saw my in Las Vegas at the Turning Point you may think otherwise but I can't tell you the preparation and buckets of sweat I went through getting the courage to go up to 300 people I don't know. I just know I have to get out of my comfort zone to be successful.

4. My husband and I eloped in Las Vegas ( I got married in Vegas, too, John). We got married where Brittany Spears got married the first time but we have lasted a lot longer and I didn't wear jeans and hold a 40. We only knew each other for 4 months but we knew. He's my earthly guardian angel.

5. I can't/don't swim even though I have a swimming pool in my back yard.

I have tagged Jared Hokanson, Brad Owensby and Jason Hall.

AUG

2007

Karen Rice tagged me

My MEME - blogged on Active Rain

I have tagged the follo7wing 3 people:

Ryan Hukill

Suzanne Sands

Mike Jones

It was 2:30 in the morning, but I did it. Meme'd in Arizona!

Well, I'm taking three down with me.

James Hoben
Traci Gregory
Sandy Noll

Mike in Tucson

So, thanks to Miracle Mike, I've been MEME'd in Atlanta.

My three are Vanessa Roberts, Brian Anderson and Jefferson Otwel.

Traci

I meme'd too! Thanks, Karen Rice. And the three I've meme'd are:

Carl Berg

Tia Stanley

and

Katy Stansifer

AUG

2007

Thanks to Sandy Noll, I have been Meme'd.

I have Meme'd JR Sangiuliano, Donna Maxwell and I can't figure out who the third one was. I am so sorry.

Here are my comments I made on my blog:

Okay, I have been MEMED!!! Here are five things you might not know about me:

1. I love to scrapbook but I do more pages for other people than I do for myself.

2. I have been married for 21 years, okay tomorrow I will be.

3. I have one son who is old enough to drive but doesn't want to. And, he has a teal and royal blue mohawk.

4. My youngest son is ADD and incredibly bright. He read three novels in the last two days.

5. I have 1 sister, 1 brother, 1 half brother, 3 step sisters, and 1 ex step brother and 1 ex step sister.

6. I recently changed companies, from a mortgage broker to a mortgage banker.

Okay, that was six but they are really interesting. LOL

I was memed! LOL Thank you Karen Inch for dragging me back in to the Rain, I was home sick...LOL 5 things eh? OK...

1. I live in a cave, no seriously I do... there's a computer a printer and a desk and this chain on my ankle...lol or you could just say I'm a workaholic on the net.

2. I have 2 wonderful sons ages 10 and 19 who bring me out of my cave to life a full and exciting life away from work.

3. I have a huge family and extended family and it's one of the most important things about me, I'm all about family. I have 4 brothers and 4 sisters, some step and some half, one brother is from the original marriage of my parents, but I consider them all the same. We won't go into nephews, neices and cousins etc because I could be here all day on #3.

4. When I used to have the free and single simple life before kids I used to live in a pool hall and sometimes dream I am shooting 9 ball and kicking someone's arse...LOL

5. If I came into a cashfall tomorrow I would buy everyone in my family a house and a car then go off traveling the world for awhile and come back when I get bored of it and take a few more classes, still do graphic work because I love the creative side and still hang out on the internet with my friends I have made.

Now...who should I meme back????? LOL Thanks Karen!

OK here are the 5 people I memed back:

Mike Bates (Premier Realty 2000)

Jason McElroy (McElroy Investments)

Barry Shapiro (Keller Williams Realty)

Edward Zagorski (Connecticut Home Realty)

Angela Harrington Loan Officer Mid- Michigan (PCM Mortgage Solutions)

Greetings! You've just been MEMED on Active Rain!

"WHAT?" you say? Go to this post:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-Meme

and make a comment telling us "What 5 Things You don't Know About Me". OR, put it on your "other blog", but please put a link to it in the comments of the AR Meme Post (link just above here).

Then contact 3 other Active Rainers and meme them!

Just do it. It's fun!

Greetings! You've just been MEMED on Active Rain!

"WHAT?" you say? Go to this post:

http://activerain.com/blogsview/27305/The-First-ActiveRain-Meme

and make a comment telling us "What 5 Things You don't Know About Me". OR, put it on your "other blog", but please put a link to it in the comments of the AR Meme Post (link just above here).

Then contact 3 other Active Rainers and meme them!

Just do it. It's fun!

AUG

2007

Interesting stuff.

After much thought here it is:

I want a tattoo but I'm chicken. I also cant decide what or where it would be.
I love the taco bell dog. I wish they would bring him back.
I secretly hate soccer, my 4 kids play competitively and on recreational and school teams. My gosh it's a sport with out a off season.
I hate driving.
I do mosaic artwork that is off the wall. I use all kinds of stuff in my work. Toys glass, found treasures that kind of stuff.
I hold grudges for .... FOREVER. I should probably let stuff go but that's where the smashing for the sake of art comes in :)

ok that's 6 I was on a roll. Now who shall I tag next......

AUG

2007

Karen Dembsky MeMe'd me and I have posted my MeMe. My three "victims" are:

Sue Argue

Val Allocco

Christine Craig

AUG

2007

Oh dear! I hope I do this right - I'm still learning, but have enjoyed reading others' "fives".

1. I'm a late bloomer: didn't get married until age 37, got into real estate at age 48 and am still learning, learning, learning!

2. Married to a wonderful man for almost 12 years - he's my hero! He has 4 children from his previous marriage and they all came to live with us when they were teenagers. Yikes! Luckily, it was one at a time...

3. I am a cat person. I love all kinds of cats and talk to them in a funny voice. I can embarrass myself. I only have 2 cats now, but under the right circumstances, I could be one of those lonely old ladies with 43 cats...

4. I am also now a dog person as we have a mini dachsund puppy. She is 3 months old and she keeps me from working long hours (you know, potty time outside and all)...

5. Married to a wonderful man for almost 12 years - he's my hero!

Thanks to Sue Gabriel for meme'ing me!

Here are 3 more:

Dacia Roessler

Jacqueline Fortier

Joshua Lazaro

AUG

2007

Name:Company:

Jennifer Skogman

Coldwell Banker Heritage Real Estate

Name:Company:

Amber Steiner, North Atlanta Real Estate

Solid Source Realty

Name:Company:

Gwen Foernsler

Re/Max Center

I meme these agents.

Teresa Johnson REMAX Greater Atlanta

SEP

2007

Irene Morales Ward Meme'd me. My three are:

Cindy Jones

Margaret Rome

Charles Micoletti

DEC

2007

Christmas Eve Meme's who've been tagged:

Norma Toering

Maura Gebhardt

Deborah Burns

Enjoy!!

Colleen

DEC

2007

Christmas Day Meme List:

Brian Corwell

Rebecca Savitski

Patricia Kennedy

DEC

2007

OK, Teri Deane Meme'd me so here goes --

1. Actually born in Washington, DC and now live/work in the MD 'Burbs (not too many natives 'round here)

2. Worked as a contract marketing person to hi-tech companies like Intel and Apple prior to real estate and now just have a vague idea about what I'm doing with all this Web 2.0 stuff.

3. I'm registered and I vote...ever since I was 18 (I'm 52 now)...and I'm a liberal Democrat (shhhh! Don't tell anyone.)

4. I'm spending the big bucks to attend Jack Canfield's Breakthrough to Success in AZ (in August, for God's sake!) hoping that the seminar will be worth the money and teach me how to transform my life.

5. I'm a Realtor and while I enjoying talking to people I hate calling people. Cold calls? Out of the question. Even the F.O.R.D. type "let's keep in touch" calls with past clients. It's my big weakness.

I tagged Ginger Allen, Barbara Erskine, and Susan Hill.

Great in 2008!

Teri Deane meme'd me also. Check out my post DID YOU KNOW,a MeMe to find out at least 5 things about me.

I am tagging Gary Woltal, Jem Woods, and Judi Morgan

Happy New Year!!!!!

JAN

2008

I tagged Ellis Oster, Aaron Lazenby, and Michele Ladd

Cinthia Jordan

Tracy Laasch

Carson Coots

FEB

2008

Hi Jay and Francy, I got to this post via Lucky :) on how what to do if you get memed :). So I booked marked your post and added you as an associate (not that you need anymore), for a couple of reasons. I also work with my husband, actually he works on my team as the runner and fill in when a team member is out sick or vacation. He is retired or so he though :). I also owned a large C-21 office for 30 years, and left 2 years ago to form my own co., which is really just my team of 9, if you include Bill. I also wanted to have you for referrals to the Phoenix AZ area...really impressed with your web site # S. Hopefully we can get to know each other? I'm fairly new to AR, about 6 months, but have done a lot in that time. It's been fun learning new things, and this is damn right addictive. Liz

JUN

2008

Hi Jay and Francy...I was tagged by Katerina Gasset, so here my Super MEME,

I tagged...

Lois Geller She'll have a wee story or too I bet.

Tony Wick, it's time you joined in.

Roberta Lee-Norco, It'll be great see your MEME

Ginger Wilcox, Mmm I wonder what Ginger has to say

Teri Ellis if you want to do another one, this time tell the truth

Jim Crawford, lets to show and tell us all

Barrie Clulow, Please welcome our Canadian new commer to AR

Last but Least Nestor Gasset (No help from Katerina !!)

JUN

2008

Cool Idea! I'm not sure I understand 100% but love the idea :)

JUN

2008

I was memed again! LOL.. It does come back around doesn't it? LOL... Check my newest blog. I just love these things because they're fun!

JUL

2008

I know this post is from awhile back, but what a fun idea...we have just started an AR Blogging class at KW Elk Grove and I am using this to get the new agents started on blogging. It's an easy way for them to get started. Hope it's ok if I've used your idea here! Thanks!

JUL

2008

Holy cow Jay and Frnacy...can't believe you looked up all of the info for that list!!! IMPRESSIVE to say the least!

Wait - I just checked your list and it's out of date.

Care to update - ha!

OCT

2008

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