@Tami - that's nothing, wait till you hear us sing!  :-O

@ Steve - Steve, see what happens when you post at 2:00am?  LOL~  Thanks, I'll fix it now.  Call in, and you'll get your prize on the air! haha  The Wix was just a "setup" for my final 2008 AR post.  :-?

@ Elaine - it'll be totally fun, we have a group working on some cool ideas.  Elizabeth Nieves "Rocks" that chat room, it's worse than Twitter in there.  LOL  I think she's expecting 100 Rainers tomorrow.  Yikes!!

@ Susan - Did you see the tiny AR logo in the photo?  I was waiting for someone to catch that.  hehe   Hope you can come to the party.  :-)

@ Jeff - YOU HAVE TO COME ON THE AIR WITH US!  I have a great idea how we could use you at the Party.

@ Ann - I'll be lookin out for ya, come win some stuff, we'll have some great prizes and surprises.

@ Donne - It's tomorrow the 18th, that was confirmed.  I changed it over on the invitation, thanks.

@Fran - haha, My hope is that at least 60,000 would be out showing property or closing loans and titles, we can handle the other 65,000.  :-))))  I do hope you'll call in Fran, we'd sure like it if you could make it to the party.

@Gabe - thanks, guess the ol link-in-a-picture trick didn't get ya this time.  LOL~

Margaret - glad you'll be there, but what do you mean you've been disabled?  Do you mean on BTR?  You should just be able to go to the RAIN website and listen from there, join the chat, or call into us, you don't have to be any kind of a member on BTR to do that, only to comment I think. Let me know. 

BTW - I should have that other little issue resolved by this Friday for you and the others. Thanks for being so patient.  Looking forward to having you on the show and at the party with us tomorrow.  :)

I'm working on getting some outside sponsors to donate some really cool stuff, we'll have to see how many of my peeps will pull through at the last minute here.  Party starts in just 12 hours.  :-)

It 7:20am here, I got my coffee, and I'm getting everything ready for today.  This is going to be fun.  Sorry about the "Link-off" to a wix page, but I just wanted to change it up a bit from my typical "Here's-How" or "Check This Out" type post.  Glad some of you enjoyed the "RAIN dance", it was created by Missy's daughter, Thanks Christa.  Looking forward to Seeing you all at the party in just a few hours...    :-)

Elizabeth - do you have our surprise ready yet?  I'm working on the "BIG ONE" now, waiting for a confirmation.  DM, IM, or VM me.  :-)  Or we can just use old fashioned, old school email!  LOL!!~

Debe - Just saw your comment about the road sign and being there!!  That is the funniest thing in the world!!  What are the chances?  Too hilarious.  Go get your son, then call in from your cell, we gotta talk about this one for sure!  I'm still cracking up....

Party starts in an hour!  Got some great sponsors, prizes, and gifts today, this will be a Blast!!! 

So....  "Are You In or Out?!?"  LOL~  :-)))

Matt - wish I coulda got you on the line, we took TLW instead!  lol~  Miss ya buddy, have a great holiday!  :-)

I have to run out right now into the mobs at the Mall to help Santa with stuff for under our tree, but I'll be back later this afternoon to see how much damage and affect the party had on our fellow "rainers!" 

It was a blast from beginning to end.  I just watched TLW's video again, it' her favorite, and mine too!  ;-)

Fred - the recap is posted, it's the last link at the bottom of this post.  I'll bring the chips and dip....  :-)

Thanks Jason :-))  I'm trying to get out the door to punish myself in the mall for going xmas shopping so late this year...  haha.  You may have saved me!!! 

Thanks for the xmas gift of "100" I can move on now.  LOL~  Happy Holidays my friend.

ok.....I'm really going shopping now!!  :-))))

This is a ReBlogged Email.  lol~  Thanks Elizabeth, GREAT JOB!!  :-))

Via Elizabeth Nieves

Hi Guys!

Virtual Party Winners:

1)       Identify the voice singing for a cd and 1000 pts:  Elaine Hanson

2)      Link to Kelan on Whiteboard link AR & Localism (LG) Tshirt:  (Kristin Moran) 

3)      Guess the song [smoked salmon] from Rich Jacobson Rocking around the Christmas Tree by Brenda Lee (Tami Vromi wants to trade salmon for points!) Bob already gave her points!

I'll take the smoked salmon! YUMMY!!! ;-)

4)      Find the recent photo of Rich Jacobson with TLW for autographed tshirt and 1000 points – Heather Elias (Wear the shirt at Inman in NY connect and get everyone to sign it)

5)      Name the song and artist singing Santa Baby (Alan May )  1000 points

6)      Flip video camera for 1^st person who can tell us what book inspired ActiveRain (Purple Cow):  Stephanie Edwards-Musa 

7)      What is the date of the 1^st RAIN Radio show for AR tshirt (9/3/08):  (Tina Merritt) 

8)       Margaret Rome's book for 1^st person who can answer how many times AR was indexed in the book. (Ann Allen) I'll send this to Margaret!

9)      Find a video that proves that BB has multiple personalities for a tshirt and 1000 points:  (Fred Carver) 

10)   Localism sweatshirt if you can name the artist and song Santa Claus is Coming to Town Bruce Springstein:  Russell Lewis 

11)   Find a photo of Bob Stewart and two bald guys…on Brad's facebook for 2 localism communities free for 1 year:  Carol Smith 

I will know by tomorrow what communities she wants.

12)   Identify ALL FIVE dancing elves for 1000 points, AR tshirt and 1 year free localism community: (Jason Crouch - the whole package)

 Ginger Sala & Sherry Scales - 500 points each

13)   For a one year subscription to Jeff Turner's RES if you can name his wife's social networking name and theme of her blog:  TLW 

14)   1000 points and localism tshirt/jacket to name song/artist: So This is Christmas – John Lennon (Ginger Sala )

TLW - not sure who that was, but if you can let me know who you'd like to hand that down to, I'd be happy to contact Jeff Turner and the member to get it all setup and squared away.  If you can't find out who it was, let me know and we can find another way to get that to someone on AR who really needs it.  I'll need to get back to Jeff soon so we can get it setup for them before year end.

Thanks, it was great having you call in and join us.  AR Parties just aren't the same without you.  :-)

Thanks TLW - I hope you and BB have a great Christmas and a safe and Happy New Year!  You guys are the BEST, and you'll probably never really know how much I appreciate you both.  Thanks to you, most my widgets are gone!!  LOL  I Love you both, thanks for everything, your ROARS have really made a difference in my life and in this community.  Thank you.  :-)