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You Know You Are Addicted To Blogging On Active Rain When...

By Pamela Lachance

Real Estate Agent with AKKiRA Realty Inc. Real Estate Brokerage

January 29, 2007 03:01 AM

1. Your domain has expired on your neglected website.

2. When someone cuts you off in traffic, you yell, "You're deleted AND blocked!"

3. When dining out with the family in restaurants you always ask for a table with an outlet and high speed.

4. Your church has made announcements to please turn off all cell phones...and LAPTOPS during the service.

5. Your spouse has to read your blog to find out how your day was.

6. You're sharing blogging stories at the dinner table.

7.You're sharing blogging stories with your mother.

8. You're sharing blogging stories with the mailman.

9. Laptop is on the lap. Butt is on the toilet.

10.Your idea of relaxation is wrapping your laptop in saran wrap and having a nice bath.

11. Your spouse says, "It's me or the blog"...You choose the blog.

12. You sat down at the computer when your toddler was napping, and when you finally got up, they asked you for the car keys.

....I am really enjoying AR - the people are fantastic!!!...

I'd love to hear your "You Know You're Addicted To Blogging When..."

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Christy Powers

Keller Williams Coastal Area Partners - Pooler, GA

Pooler, Savannah Real Estate Agent

That was great....you should write for Letterman.....

Blogging is definitely addictive. I think I am at the beginning stages though. I would never wrap my laptop in saran wrap. I might get it laminated.....LOL

Jan 30, 2007 12:53 AM

Mario Levesque

Advantage Avenue Real Estate - Wesley Chapel, FL

Tampa Realtor

Great post from the Great White North!

I used to live in Ottawa. Great city.

Keep posting,

Mario

Jan 30, 2007 02:09 AM

Patricia Aulson

BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOME SERVICES Verani Realty NH Real Estate - Exeter, NH

Realtor - Portsmouth NH Homes-Hampton NH Homes

Too funny! I laughed when I read your blog, because I never thought I would get so addicted to blogging but I am. Everday Im looking for what 'new blog' is posted and anxious to read them all.

Patricia Aulson/REALTOR/SEACOAST NH, ME & MA URL: www.patricia4realestate.com

Jan 30, 2007 02:16 AM

Craig Bartels

The Indy Realty Shop - Indianapolis, IN

You know you are addicted to active rain when you are sitting next to your wife and she is in labor and you are blogging away!!

No, not quite that bad! My wife usually is in labor for 25 hours, so we are just sitting her waiting it out. So I am blogging away.

My wife has her laptop on and is playing on-line games :)

Jan 30, 2007 02:36 AM

Virginia Halter

RE/MAX Signature Properties - Harrisburg, NC

ABR, CDPE, CRS, GREEN, SFR, SRES

Very funny post. Very funny comments. You guys should take this show on the road.

Maureen and Dimitry, just when I thought that was the best picture then here comes Kristal with her very skinny ankles and arms hanging out the bottom of the stall. Lawsy mercy! I thought I was going to tinkle my britches.

See, it isn't habit or addiction, we are all looking for the occasional laugh. I'm sure we could all stop if we really wanted to. Ehhh, who wants to!

Jan 30, 2007 02:42 AM

Pamela Lachance

AKKiRA Realty Inc. Real Estate Brokerage - Embrun, ON

It's so nice to hear your feedback, but quite frankly, I'm disturbed. It seems that I have given the wrong impression that Canadians in fact, do have a sense of humour. This was not the goal or the point. These blogging addictions points were serious, and are serious, so I do not want you to think that I take the blogging effects lightly.

After extensive research of about five minutes, I have learned that the following are severe mental and physical health issues related to blogging:

1. Continuous physical stance of a "begging dog", from too much time on the keyboard. This severely affects the ability to eat, give hugs, and also write your name properly, among a plethora of other things.

2. "Bloggitis of the Spine-itis"....in other words, your head no longer turns because the bones have fused together in your neck.

3. Gradual "muteness", and loss of verbalization abilities. It starts out slowly, but eventually, all the patient can do is, grunt and howl in laughter, however cannot communicate without typing or writing (and if they suffer from #1, they can only type)

So in fact, chronic blogging can have serious implications -- you could very possibly be left in a state of looking like your begging, your head having the turning radius of Frankenstein, and only being able to grunt or howl if you are away from your computer.

Not a pretty picture, people.

....Happy Blogging!....and thanks again for joining in -- great fun! (I mean that, seriously)

Pamela

Jan 30, 2007 04:04 AM

Diane Bell, Hilton Head Real Estate, Bluffton

Charter 1 Real Estate, Hilton Head, Bluffton, SC - Hilton Head Island, SC

Sure hope we don't get that bad. Since I've not gotten the courage to write a blog yet, maybe I'm not truly addicted. But I'm sure that day is coming in the near future.

Jan 30, 2007 10:53 AM

Lynda Eisenmann

Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA

Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi again,

I'm embarassed to admit this, but #1 happened to me today, ugh!

Lynda Eisenmann

Jan 30, 2007 03:18 PM

John Novak

Keller Williams Realty The Marketplace - Las Vegas, NV

Henderson, Las Vegas and Summerlin Real Estate

Good creative post. Is a 'Top 12' list the metric equivalent of the 'Top 10' in the US?

Jan 30, 2007 03:19 PM

Calie Waterhouse

Chandler, AZ

Community Builder

Love it! Haven't stopped chuckling yet. I'm guilty of #5. My husband called to see how my day was going .. I said "fine". He replied "Are you sure? You're not "raining".... Oh - sorry, I was trying to work! Thanks Pamela. Great post!

P.S. Absolutely love the pictures ;-)

Jan 31, 2007 01:25 AM

Pamela Lachance

AKKiRA Realty Inc. Real Estate Brokerage - Embrun, ON

Craig -- you posted while your wife was in labour at the hospital having a baby, and, well....???? (oh, that's right - you're probably busy with baby things right now -- real life.) Well, we'll just have to wait until you can return to tell us how it went with your wife, because we all want to know: How did she balance that laptop????!!! Oh yes, and the baby too.

Diane - come on, you can do it! Writing a blog is simply a transitional move from being a healthy, normal individual, to becoming a "Frankenstein" (and I speak only for myself of course)...who can resist?

Lynda: Oh, that is so sad - another website bites the dust because of blogging. Are you going to resuscitate?

John - too funny -- yes, that's the metric version -- thank you, you just saved me from the faux pas of having too many in what should be a Top Ten list -- now I have a good reason

Calie - it's good to hear that your husband supports your blogging. I think my husband is going to see how far he can shoot my laptop with the giant slingshot that he's been crafting for just that reason.... perhaps I'll need to do another post "How To Blog In Secret".

Pamela

p.s. I'm so glad I don't have to enter "Pomegrante" this time -- "Apple" is so much easier -- a spell check on that box would be handy also!

Jan 31, 2007 02:37 AM

Jeff Tomas

Accounting and Tax - Rockford, IL

Accountant

TO BLOG... OR NOT TO BLOG...... THAT IS THE QUESTION!!

~William "The Blogger" Shakespere~

shakespere

Jan 31, 2007 11:01 AM

Dawn Cook

Staged to Sell - Griffith, IN

Staged to Sell in NW Indiana

Very Funny ~I love it!

Jan 31, 2007 11:15 AM

Lynda Eisenmann

Preferred Home Brokers - Brea, CA

Broker Associate ,CRS,GRI,SRES, Brea,CA, Orange Co

Hi Pam,

Yes fortunately our (actually my company) site was back up within hours, thank goodness!

Today things were different for some reason,...off line most of the day, wow that's different!

Thanks to you Pam and all of those who made me smile a lot the past few days.

You're all the best!

Lynda Eisenmann

Oh, and Craig, what about the baby? Don't keep us hanging!

Jan 31, 2007 03:05 PM

Sheron Cardin

California Moods Inc - Selma, CA

ARTIST - A Home Stager/Sellers Best Friend!

I have to ask about all the pictures...where do you get all these funny pics? No really...I want to know!

Feb 04, 2007 09:46 AM

Jeff Tomas

Accounting and Tax - Rockford, IL

Accountant

I found this picture.... looks like this guy's in for the long haul. LOL

Feb 04, 2007 02:16 PM

Alyse Bromberg

Dressed for Success - Kingston, ON

Hilarious! I am sooooo guilty of some of those!!! LOL

Feb 05, 2007 02:25 PM

Roberta Lee

Century 21 Olde Tyme - Norco, CA

Norco Corona Riversid Homes For Sale

I can see I'm not the only one that can relate to #9. LOL just sooooo funny.

That's for holding up the mirror.

Feb 05, 2007 03:30 PM

Craig Bartels

The Indy Realty Shop - Indianapolis, IN

Pamela and others baby is here!

Baby Chloe came into the world on January 30th. She was 7lbs 3oz and 20" long. Mommy and baby is doing fine.

Here is additional pics with photos of our other 3 children, Benjamin, Julianna, and Nicholas.

This is #4 in 4 1/2 years, so we are very busy :)

Someone asked the question, how did Theresa balance the laptop? They actually have those little carts that roll up over the bed that you eat off of, etc. She had laptop on there.

With it being our fourth one, we are pro's in the hosptial :)

Feb 06, 2007 02:56 AM

Martin Clement

KELLER WILLIAMS OTTAWA REALTY - Ottawa, ON

ClementMoore Real Estate Group

NICE POST PAM!!!

That was funny, alot of these are true.

Mart

Sep 16, 2009 03:57 AM