EDIT: (January 19, 2008) Milords and Miladies, Please take the time to say a prayer for leayellowrose's family. Her sweet son Julian lost his battle with cancer today and she could certainly use our support and love. Please go HERE to read her brave words, then to her site to comment. Thank you for your caring thoughts and hearts.~Kween *********** I am so overwhelmed from the number of you who took the first challenge of the year! We had a whopping 39 responses and gathered up 10 new members! What a great way to start out this new year! Many thanks to all who participated and a special thank you to aboutamom who contributed the idea without her knowledge and then decided to become a member! I only hope that we can continue on with the great responses! I have had a couple of good ideas for new challenges and I've had some great input from a couple of our members. I've decided to give you a "twofer" this time. I don't do it often, but I just can't decide! I will leave the decision up to each individual. You can choose between them, or take the ultimate writing challenge and complete both! Remember to let me know you've posted so I can link to you and to comment and star as many entries as you can. . . we all love comments! Also, (and yes, I forgot to put this up earlier!). . .PLEASE LINK TO EITHER THIS SITE OR THE BLOG RING! This is important in order to attract new members! Thak you! This challenge runs through the end of January and you may start right now! But first, the challenges! SIMPLE PLEASURES This challenge comes to us via a very wonderful lady, myseniormoments. She has started a new path in her life. Her goal is all about simple pleasures. Here is her question: What are the simple pleasures that make your day complete? The purring of a kitten? The smell of coffee? Perhaps it's making a special meal for your family. Remember to keep it warm and homey. These are SIMPLE pleasures! *~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Our second challenge is my own idea. The mind was wandering one afternoon and it latched on to this idea. I REMEMBER WHEN. . . Now that I'm half a century old, I thought it would be fun to go back a bit in time! It could be a wonderful history lesson for our younger members! I would like for everyone to try this though! Let's say it's for posterity! Here's a sample: I remember when penny candy really only cost a penny! Whatever comes into your head, however many you can recall. Whatever makes you feel good! Use your own unique style. Most of all, have fun! I am really looking forward to reading these! Just a note here. Over the course of the next 2 weeks, I will begin a purge of members for the new year. Those who haven't made entries in their personal blogs in over 3 months will be deleted. Those who have not participated in a challenge in over 3 months will be deleted. Should you have reasons for me to not delete your membership, and you meet this criteria, please send me a message to let me know! This is nothing personal, it's just a matter of keeping the participating members on the list. ~Kween 1. FreeeVerse 2. phil_leafman 3. Merlinfairy 4. REDPOPPY1 5. CuteMami 6. LindaC61 7. MAMA2GRLS 8. rubymay1029 9. tx_christian 10. The_Queen_Bea 11. nightcometh 12. beli_grrl 13. kirby1960 14. jelera22 (New Member! Welcome her!) 15. vjgunkel59 16. lasserina (New Member! Welcome her!) 17. m_elmer_48 19. princessgeoffrey 20. white_tiger_68 22. TheAmulet 23. Mymanyblessings 24. MandMsMom 25. TeacherPerson (New member! Welcome her!) 26. RedHairedCelt 27. squeakysoul 28. prettynosyarentu 29. peacenow 30. zisixi (New Member! Welcome him!) 31. Jana_L 32. ok123LetsGO 33. Zeal4living 34. Jeri_Dee 35. Lmoisan 36. bubblysox 37. UPGirls (New Member! Welcome her!) 38. luvmykidsjj 39. laughing_dreamer 40. TyneeGrannyB 41. baldmike2004 42. Lmoisan (2nd entry, "I remember when") 44. FourthChance 45. AngRoCamp 46. azcason 47. misunderstood47 48. madamzephyrus 49. mommainlove 50. TumbleweedEh 52. Zeal4living (2nd entry, I remember when) 53. pogueatl 54. Ms_BeautyExpert 55. mama_hao (New Member! Welcome her!) (2nd entry, I remember when) 57. barbaradesmond (New member! Welcome her!) 58. lucygirl521 59. bastetmax (New member! Welcome her and see her comment on this for more memories!) 60. mama_hao (2nd entry! I Remember When) 61. myseniormoments (The Inspiration for Simple Pleasures!) 62. azcason (2nd entry, Simple Pleasures) 63. jasminajazz (New Member! Welcome her!) 64. closethippie 65. Bare_Foot_Dreams (New member! Welcome her!) 66. Get_Real_64 (New Member! Welcome her!!) 67. Jasminajazz (second entry, I remember when)
Posted 1/26/2008 at 3:8 AM |
MiLords and MiLadies!!! Happy New Year! I trust that each and everyone of you made the best of your holidays. . .and my prayers go out to those of you who encountered circumstances that were beyond your control and did the best you could with what challenges you were given. Let's give a silent prayer for those who lost loved ones, those who are facing astronomical obstacles to overcome, and a moment of silence for those who have left us too soon. Let's have confidence that this year will be a better year! Our first challenge of the year is here! I'd like to give credit to aboutamom for this challenge. I caught it as I was reading and commenting on Featured Grown-up's last challenge! I hope she doesn't mind that I use it for our little group here! The Challenge: Go through your weblogs from 2007. Take the first sentence from each month and write it down! It's kind of like a quick look back at the year! For the sake of having a name for this challenge, let's call it: ABOUT LAST YEAR. Remember, let me know when you have posted so that I can link to you. And comment to as many as you possibly can! Give those stars! And, if you would be so kind as to add a link for this blog ring/site in with your post I'd greatly appreciate it! Make this your own! (Of course, it has to be, it 's from YOUR blogs!) I look forward to reading every entry! You may begin at any time, and this challenge will last through the 15th of this month. Adieu'~Kween 1. Jeri_Dee 2. rubymay1029 5. tx_christian 6. NightCometh 7. MAMA2GRLS (She has joined our blog ring! New member!) 10. bettapoe 11. pray14me 12. azcason 13. TeacherPerson (New Member!) 14. prettynosyarentu 15. Merlinfairy (New Member! Welcome her!) 17. phil_leafman (New Member! Welcome him!) 18. queenchris 19. AngRoCamp 20. white_tiger_68 21. FourthChance 22. baldmike2004 (New Member! Welcome him!) 23. Zeal4living (Guest) 24. madamzephyrus 25. RedHairedCelt 26. madamzephyrus (second entry) 27. soul_survivor 28. Dopey101 29. LIF1955 30. turtle_dove (guest) 32. heidicindy 34. Lmoisan (New Member! Welcome her!) 36. lucygirl521 (New Member, welcome her!) (New member! Welcome her!!) 39. peacenow 40. sirtechlocke
Posted 1/23/2008 at 12:53 PM |