Notes Enjoys the BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival...

While it is still fresh in my mind, I would like to share with you my first Blog Carnival. This one was hosted by Dirty Butter of BLOG VILLAGE and Kilroy of The Gonzo Papers. Thus, the name "The BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival".

A week before the carnival all the VILLAGERS were invited to enter a post "About Family". The carnival would be held January 26, 2007 at the BLOG VILLAGE Community NEWS blog.

Well, I had been haunting the VILLAGE, waiting for the tent to open...it wasn't until after I received my first comment from a carnival goer cybercelt that I realized that I needed to clear my cache! The carnival had started and I had missed the Grand Opening...shortly after that, I received this email from DB, titled: Our 1st Family Blog Carnival is UP!!

Hi to everyone!

You have a treat in store, and a lot of great reading to do!!

Come see all the great posts your fellow Villagers and their Guests have entered!

http://blogvillage.dirtybutter.com/2007/01/our-first-blog-village-family-blog.htm


Please stop by as many as you possibly can, leave them some comments, and don't forget to click on their BLOG VILLAGE voting banner or text link if you enjoyed their post!!

A thousand Thank You's goes out to Kilroy for all his hard work putting the entries together, and to all of you who entered. I haven't taken the time yet to count them, but it's a LOT!!

Whoooopeeee!!!!

Rosemary
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There ended up being 48 entries and I decided (short sightedly) that I was going to try and read all the posts by early Saturday morning. There are three reasons why this was not a very smart move.

1. I still needed to fix dinner for my sons. They didn't need to go to work on an empty stomach. (They are prison guards [ actually called C.O.'s] at the local prison)
2. My brother came home from working on the coast all week.
3. And last but not least, I didn't take into account that I would get sidetracked on the blogs where the links to these great posts took me!

I finished commenting on the last entry at 12:07am, Sunday morning...I found stories about family (of course, they are all supposed to be about family), smores, fathers, mothers, baby elephants, a poem, a green bus, jewels, a tiger momma, shark or squid, and a red panda! Just to name a few.

I will not list my favorites because this would take away from the fun that you will have when you go to the BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival at the BLOG VILLAGE Community NEWS...

My entry was "Up With The Top, or I'm Not Going..."

Side Note: On the 24th before the BV Carnival, my Google Page Rank was 0/10. It is now 3/10 thanks to my fellow VILLAGERS who commented on my entry!!!!!!!

DEADLINE for our BLOG VILLAGE Family CARNIVAL...

This is an email that the administrator of BLOG VILLAGE sent out to all VILLAGERS and anyone link TO a BLOG VILLAGER; to remind them to enter their post "About the Family" in the BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival:

Just a reminder to everyone, including the === 22 === NEW Villagers who have joined since we started our Carnival Promotion. The BLOG VILLAGE Family Blog Carnival is underway NOW. The DEADLINE for entering posts is Thursday, Jan. 25th, at 11:59PM EST.

Kilroy and Dirty Butter (that's me!) are co-hosting a Family Blog Carnival for all BLOG VILLAGE members AND any blogger who links directly TO a Villager's blog.

You will find all the information you need to participate in this
promotional event on the Community News blog at
http://blogvillage.dirtybutter.com. Choose a post, old or new, to enter that is about FAMILY, and email the link, plus the title, to kilroy60@gmail.com.

Guest entries need to put in their email which Villager they are linked TO, also.

Please help us promote our Carnival by putting a post about it at the
top of your blog until next Friday, Jan. 26th, when one post, containing all
the entries, will be posted on our BLOG VILLAGE Community News blog.

There is a banner available to help you advertise, with the code for
your post, on the News blog, as well. If you wish to comment, or ask any questions about our Carnival, please go to
http://kilroythegonzopapers.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-village-goes-gonzo-our-next.html

I'm looking forward to reading all your great posts about Family!

Your BLOG VILLAGE Admin,

Rosemary

aka Dirty Butter ;)

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visit http://www.gotop100.com

Up with the top or I'm not going...

For the BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival, it is required that each participant write an article that follows a predetermined theme. The 1st BLOG VILLAGE Goes Gonzo Carnival theme is "About the Family".
About my family, let's see...My name is Janey Loree Fisher, I am the oldest of two children born to George and Phyllis Fisher. My parents met while stationed in San Antonio, Texas at Fort Sam Houston. That's right, they were both in the Army. My father was an MP and had to guard a female prisoner in the same building where my mother was performing some of her duties. When she noticed my father was watching her and winked at her, she stuck her tongue out at him and walked away. (Spitfire!)

In the next scene, you will find my mother's roommate diligently trying to get my mother to go on a double date with her. Nothing doing. Momma hated double dates, they always turned out wrong. As her roommate picked out her clothes, my mother kept saying she didn't want to go. Finally, Momma succumbed to her roommates ernest entreaties that she needed her to go along for moral support.

As they were about ready for the guys to show up, a beautiful Salmon colored 1956 Chevy convertible pulled up in front of their dorm. The guys jumped out, put the top down and were just snapping the last snap when they heard, "Up with the top or I'm not going!" Sure enough, it was the spitfire.

By the time the girls came down stairs, the convertible top was back up. As my dad helped my mother into the front seat, she noticed that he was the same MP that had winked at her earlier that week. Ugh! When he got in behind the wheel,after helping her into the front seat, she noticed his double jointed thumb resting on his knee as he pulled out from the curb. It was shaking!

They went to a hamburger joint in New Brunsfels for the next 56 days. If you looked in the window you would be able to see them sitting there while my dad sang to my mother. After 56 days they got married and will celebrate their 50th wedding anniversary in 2009!

Side Note: My mother painted "The Mountain Lake" picture in the background!