C Tann-Starr's Outside Blog

Which has me completely distracted (LOL). Being a smart Rainer, I asked two smarter Rainers to rep the hubby. :-)

I believe in hiring professionals and getting the hell out of their way once I retain 'em and ask for help. When we are done it is going to be a mad fun blog post. The whole team is from Club Chaos, so, need I say more? (LOL)

Our mortgage broker is a Rainer too, but he barely blogs so I'm mentoring him. He's already working on multiple AR referrals from me and I can't imagine using someone else for my family's project because Dude can close in less than two weeks if you give him what the underwriter needs. I have a need for speed 'cause I wanna impress the hubby. I'm trying to get him to get his license so the RE bet is on (LMAO).

Will Wordy C win it? How can I not with Rainers like you guys at my disposal (ROTFL). :-)

Wanna see what happens if you put a bunch of fun Rainers on a project from multiple states? Hmm... I bet you do. Stay tuned... I will be invading a couple of states to collect some interesting closing escrow eye candy (LOL). Mikey's first social media closing is going to be a real hoot.

I wonder what mine will be like when I get around to it... Yup. Investing the Donald Trump way (LOL). Hope my offer doesn't get the shotgun treatment (LMAO).

In the meantime I have to finish Karen's music spam before my e-mail blows up. Yeah, I know, it's been a couple of days. How dare I work and interfere with my blogging schedule (LOL). Promises, promises... gotta keep the promises. Especially when the projects are mad fun and silly (LOL).

Time to go to work. Will be lurking... ;-)

You can stop the text assault now and don't even think of touching my e-mail (LOL). Will write a serious post. Promise. I have too much nice eye candy not to. Working on the photo montage and will share some serious information about the committees I found interesting. Did I mention I brought a lot of material back with me? Hmm... oversight on my part if I didn't because I did. Seriously...  I did. Got the skinny on a lot of interesting stuff and I will do a series of  Localism posts in a few... Gotta deliver a fax to Queens Village  before I settle in to serial blogging. I need a brick and mortar signature. Running out the door into the rain again (LOL). ;-)

Live From The New York State Capitol, Albany NY

This is the park directly across the street from the Capitol, Education and Legislative Buildings. There are some really neat monuments in there (and a grave) which I shall show you guys later (LOL).

While wandering about the facade of the educational building I noticed you get a really cool view of the Capitol (on your left) and the Legislative buildings (on the right). I enjoyed getting up close and personal regarding how people start with an idea, bring it to a lawmaker, then suffer through the journey the inner circle describes as the legislative process only to discover a good and bad idea have equal opportunity to be made into laws (LMAO).

Did I get an interesting education today? Yup. Shall be blogging about it very shortly. It really is a very cool and useful process. The problem lies in the fact that not enough of us are getting involved. We appear to be reactive rather than proactive. Lawmakers love proactive constituents... Hmm... I may have to make a new set of friends up here (LOL). BTW, AR makes an excellent think tank. Lots of great minds with good ideas to share. How could I not? (LOL)

I took 187 photographs during my visit so sorting through them all my take a while. Wanna see the inside of the Assembly/State Building? They have cool hearing rooms, art, lots of marble everywhere (except the ladies room - bummer - no cool bathroom shot - LOL).

Was driving 171.6 miles worth it? Abso-friggin-lutely. I am sooooo doing this again (LOL). On the hunt for food. Will get back to blogging live from Albany in a couple of hours. Still making friends, trading business cards and bragging about my bay-bays (LOL). ;-)

Looking forward to poking around upstate. Leaving in 15 minutes. This should be very interesting. Too bad it's raining. Then again, diffused lighting can make for some very interesting pictures. Hopefully it will clear up by 10 and traffic isn't too bad. We shall see... 

In the meantime, got your e-mails and shall answer them once I get settled in. Wordy C answering e-mail is always fun for me (even when I'm cranky - LOL).

Why am I cranky? Was stuck in the elevator with my neighbor, no one answered the alarm going off and my cell phone kept dropping the signal (too much metal). Finally got through to the hubby and a neighbor. Hubby thought I was kidding and took his time while the neighbor hunted down maintenance. Hmm...

Maintenance kept bouncing the elevator up and down until it finally landed on a floor where the door would open. :-)

All's well that ends well. Too bad it messed up my schedule and sunny disposition (LOL). Yes, there is irony in that statement (LMAO). See you guys later... ;-)

2PM UPDATE: I have a lot of eye candy and am playing in a thunderstorm. Blogging live from Albany is going to be fun  (LOL).

REBarCamp Wild Card Talking Points

Your e-mails have been tallied. The top two requests are:

(1) How To Monetize Your Blog

(2) How To Write Transparently

Am I having fun creating a color handout for those topics? You betcha (LOL). Over 300 people have registered for camp and registration is closed. I gave Heather O the list of Activepeeps who told me they were meeting me in NC so don't worry, you guys are on my guest list (LOL). Oooo... I bet some of you guys didn't think I would check up on you to see if you were really coming, eh? Psssst... I am anal retentive that way (LMAO). That's part of my virtual job. Mama always checks up on her bay-bays to make sure they don't miss out if they wanna go do something with me in real life. We are hanging out Thurs and Fri. Will be crossing into SC on Saturday to mess with a few peeps before heading back. Gotta be upstate NY on Monday (LOL). :-)

We are currently working on the tee shirt. I'll be hooking up with the people running this camp regarding advertising and the question I have for Club Chaos is do you guys want me to add us as a sponsor?

Give me some feedback because I have to call Heather O and I want my invoice to be updated if we are going to advertise at this event. I like the idea. I may be going down with some Outside Blog Minion Report and Life With Wee People swag... Yeah... working on designing it right now. I am having mad fun with this (LOL). ;-)

All it takes is a split second to send an electronic missive. Sometimes, we send them because we care about the person we are writing to or about. Other times we send them because we have a list of justifications we wield like a mantra, or something to market, or something to have blog post therapy about... The variables are too numerous to list here. Everyone has their reasons for writing or not writing... We all will attack or defend at will. It's part of the give and take of a relationship and sometimes things happen where we have to tell another person we are sorry but we get so entrenched in our position that we miss our moment to make amends when we hurt another person.

Don't miss your moment...

It doesn't just affect the person you are fighting with. It affects everyone who cares...

Robert went to a stellar event and was kind enough to make it available as a re-blog. Please stop by his original post by clicking the link and showing some support for Burma. :-)

I have had a long, hard day. Just got in. Fed the shorties. Got a buyer to narrow it down to two possible homes and am about to do some forensic work. I was sitting here being all serious while scoping the e-mail when I discovered my blogging buddy  Karen sent me this link.

Being a Curious George kinda gal, of course I clicked it. Promptly cracked the hell up too (LMAO).

Oh, the things I could say over there but wont (ROTFLMAO). You have to go see this picture. It made my day (LOL). Maybe it will make yours. Don't bother to go if you don't have a sense of humor. Do bother to go if creating captions regarding quirky pictures amuses you.  ;-)

http://activerain.com/blogsview/1302223/speechless-sunday-from-colorado-boot-hill

Stephen, The Blur Minion enjoying his Tostitos Scoops while watching the mist rise on the mountain...

Cosmic Cow Pie Talking Point: Serendipity

Serendipity may be defined as "the effect by which one accidentally discovers something fortunate, especially while looking for something entirely unrelated." Pssst... You can read the full Wikipedia article here. ;-)

The "sagacity" of transparent writers to be able to link together apparently innocuous incidents, events, facts and obsrvations to come to what one may consider to be a "valuable conclusion" is part of interpersonal communication skills. You either have the gift of gab or you don't. You can't force it, you have to let it flow with your true voice and embrace your imperfections because all people have flaws and they can relate to matters of the heart (or dissenting opinions) if the voice they hear is an honest one.

Notice I did not say right or wrong. I said express yourself honestly. You, as a writer, have to learn to share a piece of yourself in such a way that you feel comfortable with the conversation while you share what ever it is you deem is interesting or important at the moment. Only you can decide to go forward with your writing project and only you can recognize the exact moment someone or something inspires you. Is it a rant or a rave that gets you started?  Love your friends? Love your toys?  Love food, pets, cars, travel? Obsessed about market reports? Do you attack, defend and/or support other writers? (I seem to do a little bit of it all- LOL) BTW, wanna help Candice monetize her blog by getting the virtual vote out?  Bloggy-Anna does need your daily vote so why not blog-jack the re-blog button while you're voting for a stellar Rainer?

Who ever or what ever you decide to support says a lot about you. Sometimes your silence can say even more... If you are a pretender to the virtual throne people will eventually discover that as well so why not just speak with a honest voice? Why worry about keeping up with the politically correct proverbial Jones?

The thing you have to remember is you have no control of other people's reactions.You have no idea what paths the conversation will take or where the comment threads may lead. Kudos and congrats? Roast? Toast? Argument? Blog Wars? New group? Someone un-subscribing? New subscriptions? Litigation? It can go anywhere... You can go anywhere... My question to you today is are you brave enough to take that journey?

I hope so. It can be mad fun... Even when your Tomtom fails and you have to borrow a Garmin from your girlfriend, Margaret Rome (in MD) so you can get home safely to New York City because of road work and other unexpected detours (LMAO). Do you know my friggin' GPS is still waiting to find a valid satellite signal? I'm home, DumbDumb. It still doesn't know where I am... Seriously... I wiped the drive and started the download over and everything... (sigh). I love my TomTom. I want my quirky British voice telling me where to go. May have to buy a new one because I have another adventure to go on, but I digress (LOL). 

You can get as silly or as serious as you want. It's your blog. You can support who ever and what ever you choose. You can advocate what ever you want. You can piss on someone's virtual grave then hug and kiss and make up later after resurrecting your cyber-relations. You can also decide to be a founder and create an ActiveRain Group so the people fascinated by your philosophy in cyber-space can gather and socialize into their own little virtual tribes to be nurtured and grown into a blogging machine hell bent on Google domination (e.g. look at Whacked and Club Chaos). If you do this well, then you will discover that other people will respond in the most surprising of ways... they will follow and have conversations with you (LOL). ;-)

The dynamics of groups interacting is what makes a network unique. Each group has it's own virtual DNA and the members associating within their structures is what makes the groups interesting. They take on a life of their own and birth other entities. For instance: What do you get when you combine BananaTude, Blogs Happen, Club Chaos, Whacked, Jacked, Cosmic Cow Pie and Happy at ActiveRain? You get The ActiveRain Gutter of course (LMAO). Think I am kidding? Apparently you haven't read the membership roll over there (LOL). Gutter Activepeeps are from those other fun, very active and sometimes controversial AR groups. Why do these groups even exist? Serendipity... They were each created because someone somewhere made that ONE comment that birthed an idea and inspired a call to action.

Who have you inspired today? How have you inspired them? Words are a sharp, two edged sword and ideas are bullets. Original content is not only king, it's your creative shield and if you are in these groups then you understand that it takes a peculiar individual to go way out on a limb  into cyber-space and walk with a big blogging stick.  We don't do half a$$. Even when we play... We walk our talk. Do you?

Do I blog by accident and sagacity, or am I shrewd writer pretending to be a boob? Inquiring minds want to know, which is why I get so much e-mail (LMAO). Psssst... can you keep a secret? Sometimes I do neither, sometimes I do both and on occasion I am a boob. There. I said it (LOL).

The trick of a good writer is to keep you guessing which it is. You have no idea what I am about to do next and it's distracting you... (LOL) If you can not make a person crave to know something more then you need to change your blog habits right now... May I suggest taking a road trip?

(Psssst... make sure you update your TomTom and Garmin before you leave. My maps expired on me. I didn't know they could do that. Geez... a warning would have been nice. I only drove over 1,500 miles blind - LOL)

I am soooo going on this next ActiveRain Road Trip (LOL). Just got back home and started reading the mail. Lekeya Martin, Legislative Analyst, Assembly Committee on Economic Development, Job Creation, Commerce and Industry I thank you. In spades.

Ladies and Gentlemen, please write what ever you believe is important to you regarding the state of our industry because I would love to present to them a written statement. My instructions provide for ten prepared copies to be delivered to them in advance so have at it people.

I plan to attend the Economic Development Budget Oversight Hearing on October 28, 2009. The meeting starts at 10 AM in the New York State Capitol's Assembly Parlor, Room 306.

The Junior Ambassador from New York would like to make ActiveRain proud, so please think about what you are going to post in the comment sections. I have every intention of whipping out my laptop to show you guys off (LOL).

Oooo... think of the possible eye candy... ;-)

Hanging with Anna, Margaret and Nick at GBBR. Sorry you guys couldn't make such a stellar event. The food was Spanking-A. I shall post a whole bunch of pictures later. The catering hall is swanky. Wait until you see the bathroom (LOL). Yup. Took a shot of it too. :-)

Think I can make it to the Realtor Fair without GPS? (LOL). Wanna find out? Hmm...

Come on. Don't chicken out. Be adventurous... Be part of the ActiveRain Road Trip. I am having fun disrupting Rainer's regularly scheduled programming (LOL). I'm leaving Doswell VA in 30 minutes people. There are a couple of AR Ambassadors attending the Realtor Fair there and if Wordy C can read a road map then so shall I.

BTW, bring your Real Estate IDs people. The real one as in pocket card and not just your business cards (LMAO). The food is good so I'm sure they will be checking if you are in the industry. :-)

On the hunt for Lenn Harley and Margaret Rome eye candy. My next AR Road Trip starts at 12:45 from here:

I need a shower and pancakes... Lots and losts of pancakes... Nice view, eh? It's a nice room (LOL).

Greeleyville, SC Has Beautiful Cotton Fields and Historic Churches

I was on the hunt for historic churches from the 1800s when I wandered across the road to enjoy one of the most beautiful and delicate creations from God. They are incredibly soft and make me itch to touch them. I love plants. They're like snowflakes. No two are alike (LOL). This tiny treasure lives across the lane from this magnificent, ancient bell...

The Nail In This Board Is From A Very Special Building In Salters, SC...

I am in love with this building... It was standing during World War II and has a very special history.

Am I teasing you by not telling you more? Maybe... Okay, yeah (LOL). I have 147 pictures of this wonderfully old and weathered structure that a resident was kind enough to explain to me while on tour with Highway Patrol. I want to do a Localism post worthy of it...

The eye witness to these events fascinated and captivated me. What charm and warmth southern hospitality has to a New Yorker. Looking forward to my next ActiveRain Road Trip. 

Hmm... it's actually starts now (LOL).

Will be blogging live from I-95.

See you...

Did You Know If You Kiss At A Manning, SC Cow It Will Come See What The Heck You Are Doing? (LOL) Being a New Yorker, we tend to treat farm animals like puppies. We kiss and coo and tell them how cute they are because they are (LOL).

Kissing and cooing also works for Salters, SC horses but you have to be very careful how you approach them and stand very, very still... :-)

Ever want to have a direct message conversation but you keep losing your tweet peep because that puppy is over capacity? I am in Twitter Hell. I am trying to have a really cool conversation on a laptop with keys that keep popping off (thanks to Stephen the Blur Minion engaging in the ritual sacrifice of our electronics - LOL).

Why? Hmm... because my cell phone battery is almost dead and I can only recharge it in the car because I forgot the friggin' charger. You should have seen me this morning driving aimlessly around in circles so I could talk on the phone (LMAO).

This is driving me crazy. I am installed as a permanent nocturnal fixture in the corner of my sister's kitchen and am cracking up because the only people awake over here are the kids playing video games. If I were a good Auntie I'd tell 'em to get their butts to bed. However, as they are entertaining me to no end while I serial comment and blog, bad-mommy-bad-auntie mode is soooo on right now (LOL).

I like being a guest. I can pretend to have no parental prerogatives. Besides, other adults are entering the fray. I always have a hard time leaving here to run back up the road. Been locked out twice so far (LOL). I wonder if my parents are still up... :-D

OMG - they are cracking wise and talking smack and I can't stop laughing. Who knew teenagers could be so friggin' funny while being bad a$$ competitive and frontin' with the adults? Looks like this is turning into a video game par-tay. Coolio. I feel like a voyeur whispering bad parenting secrets to my other half and the cartoons in my head are having a field day with the snappy banter. However, when I bust my bahooookies to get my 140 characters in I do not want to have to type the same 140 characters over and over again because the jokes are fast and furious over here and Twitter can't keep up. Tweep-peep transcripts can be mad fun if you type fast enough (LOL).

Why bother? Hmm... besides the fact that I am so easily amused? (LOL)

New reason: Trying to get my country slang-twang on... ;-) These guys are great. My quirky vocabulary is expanding. If they weren't in their jammies I'd film this, but I like my relatives, so no Nikon action (LOL). Am I tempted? Hahahahahaaaa! Seriously so but they have a nice house and I wanna come back here (LOL). ;-)

My Dad's Grape Vines and Fruit Trees, Greeleyville, SC

Greeleyville SC grapes make for a really nice home made jelly. My parents like to putter in their gardens. So do I. I like digging in the dirt and watching things grow, especially if it produces food... We all know how I feel about food (LOL). Enjoying organics can be a lovely experience. Dad brought in some eggplants and peppers the other day. I am going to go back to their house and make something tasty for dinner from their garden. Dad also has fig trees. He pucked a couple and had me wash and eat them. Wow... those were really, really yummy. :-)

The cactus are in bloom on the other side of the grape vines. I love the deep purple colors and the way they contrast against the green...

My kids planted a stick in the ground a few years ago. Now look at that puppy (LOL). We have apple, cherry, peach, plum, pecan, fig and pear trees growing... I love visiting our family fields. Looking forward to sharing them with my Activepeeps and the brick and mortars coming back with me for vacation. Greeleyville, SC is tiny, but it's a beautiful place to visit. Of course you'll need friends with space because there's no hotel here (hint, big friggin' hint - LOL). :-)

Welcome to the Wee People's fields... This is where we plant, picnic and play with the little minions on the family property down the road from my family... Actually it's a few properties back to back (LOL). 2 acres + 2 acres + 1.5 acres and 3.3 acres. Mom and Dad do a great job with them. We fly kites, miniature planes and sometimes hit golf balls here, among other things (LOL). The kids get to plant fruit trees and pretend drive here... Riding on the tractor is a always a fave thing to do. Hmm... too bad I have to start packing in the morning...

BTW, will be on the road sometime tomorrow. Wonder where I'll stop for the afternoon and evening... I have a couple of Rainers I have sooooo gotta see. My GPS picked a hell of a time to act up. Just purchsed updated maps for $69. Guess what? "Waiting for a valid satellite signal" is fashing and the friggin' thing still has no idea where I am. TomTom, we have got to talk... I may have to rename you again (LOL). Do not make me call Mangigly the I-Talian. Seriously... No point in both of us freaking out bout me being lost, eh? Then again, if you are going to freak out it's nice to do it with a really good friend. Laughter has a way of making you not feel bad about being in a serious panic. :-)

Hmm... I may hve to give two people a rain check. Too bad my TomTom is wigging out. I was hoping to detour on the way back home and loop up to NY via KY. We'll see if MapQuest will do. Spoke to the boys and discovered my guy pies got hair cuts so I am looking forward to seeing that (LOL). This should be very interesting...

I guess I'll do the tour of homes tomorrow. So many pictures, so little satellite time (LOL). I should send Sprint a link and ask them if they want space for a communications tower so my mobile office and cell phone will work. I don't like roaming charges... Seriously... Thank goodness Michelle and Cedric have wireless (LMAO).

More shots of the little minion fields... Looking forward to building a hunting stand, a Club Chaos club house and growing more food with my shorties. ;-)

I love going on ActiveRain Road Trips. I have been having a lovely time disrupting some stellar South Carolina Rainers from their regularly scheduled daily programs. Mattie, Mama Liz, Celina Gleason and Kim Peasley-Parker met some of the Tann Clan today. We had a wonderful time together and we're looking forward to our next visit (which will be very soon).

Kim Peasley-Parker has a beautiful daughter named Mattie who stole the show. Little Chicka was doing her baby bay-bay thang while we were having our social media summit over a fabulous lunch at Clark's Restaurant. Since my TomTom from hell couldn't find a valid satellite signal the entire time I have been running up and down I-95 (bummer), I had to enlist the help of my brother Cedric and his lovely girlfriend Shakela to be my South Carolina guides (which is very cool because he drives a truck and knows everything about these roads - LOL). 

Mama Liz selected Clark's Restaurant for our ActiveRain get together and I have to say it is quite impressive. Located just off of I-95 at exit 98 on Highway 6 in Santee, South Carolina, it has a cozy atmosphere steeped in southern hospitality and a spanking fireplace. Beautiful artwork lines the walls and it is going to be the future meeting place of our next group get together.

We're planning a social media event and it may take a few meetings to work out the logistics. Shall we host a REBarCamp? Request an ActiveCamp? Host another Gigglefest? Hmm... I bet you wish you were a fly on the wall for that top secret conversation (LOL). We haven't finished our bloggers agenda (or named it yet) so I will be returning next month after I do my wild card discussion at REBarCamp in Durham, NC. We need to scope meeting and banquet halls and may have to high-jack a couple more Club Chaos members to attend the next social media committee meeting. I vote for Clark's because I am determined to test out more of their menu, however, I realize we have to do travel due diligence with the ladies because we have to be able to accommodate the bay-bays and presenters converging on Santee, South Carolina when we do create our event.

Yup. Santee will be home to what ever it is we finally do cook up. The vote was unanimous (LOL). ;-) Was it the calabash style sea food? The Angus steaks? The local catfish? Clark's famous baked chicken, wonderful pasta and slow roasted prime rib? Hmm... Maybe... It certainly put me in a good mood. Not being able to get lost once you get off I-95 is a huge plus (LOL). Actually, it was a lot of factors and I went to the tourist center to collect information on the area, which is why I am so gung-ho on the location.

BTW, did you know that Celina Gleason has an amazing sense of humor? Seriously subtle and southern  (LOL). Actually, everyone at the table does (LMAO). My southern gal pals have it going on (LMAO). It was mad fun from the first minute we all laid eyes on each other and the comfort level was amazing. I loved every minute of it. Transparent writers are very easy to connect with because you already know what you need to know to become great friends. The best part is getting to hug and kiss your buddies in real life and show them off to your family. I am very much looking forward to my family becoming friends with their families. Celina gave me a very cool gift and I shall save it for when I get home so I can share it with my boys. Noah is going to love getting his hands on it (LOL). :-)

It was lovely catching up and sharing info about our families and friends. Social media made this happy gathering possible. Don't waste your opportunities to enjoy some of the best moments of your life. Good friends and good food is always nice and making new friends who feel like old friends even better.

Thank you, Mama Liz for hosting our luncheon and thank you Celina and Kim for showing my non-blogging loved ones an exceptionally nice time. :-)

Wordy C Goes To Williamsburg Technical College, Kingstree SC

To Participate In A Lecture

Regarding Exceptional Children

Life With Wee People, The Outside Blog Minion Report and my ActiveRain Blog regarding Autism/PDD-NOS issues was incorporated into Professor Walker's Class in lecture room 117. Understanding child development can be very tricky issues because no two children are exactly alike and when you are dealing with learning disabled children, the spectrum of disorders and idiosyncrasies can be quite wide. Infinite in fact.

While I was wandering around campus with my mother I had no idea that today's topic would be how the brain functions. I also had no idea I would be participating and presenting for this particular discussion, so it was mad fun to dive in and throw a wild card seminar on my quirky kids and share through Q & A what life is like as a parent navigating the world of the learning disabled. My blog certainly has enough material and I hang around so many therapists I can actually articulate the insanity of my life (LOL).

The first question was my fave and cracked me up immediately: A student wanted to know which one was the one who toasted the cell phones (ROTFLMAO). Needless to say Wordy C got wordy after that. My Mom even participated and chatted about me since the topic was how the brain functions. We all know it has been debated bout me being Artistic and Autistic so how could she not put her two cents in? Seriously (LOL). We had a blast laughing over the wee ones and I also was able to share the actual music files we created together in addition to my blog posts. ;-)

Professor Walker would ask the students to apply what they learned from class to define the theoretical issues presenting throughout my conversation and observations with the students. I learned something new today from attending and participating in Professor Walker's class:

(1) An abundance of synapses accounts for plasticity. Children, more specifically young children, have plasticity which allows for their ability to learn new skills swiftly. In contrast, the adult brain is pruned. I believe that theoretical construct was from Murray in 2006. (Ergo, I have a pruned brain. Hmm... That could explain an awful lot, don't you think? I need a juicy brain... LMAO) ;-)

(2) Perception, in it's simplest sense, is interpretation of physical sensations... We're talking proprioceptive messages. I must look that word up because I do not know what it means but it is a Lefrancois theoretical from hailing from 1992. Taste, touch, sight, hearing and smell go hand and hand with that one. Noah has echolalic speech so I am looking forward to learning more bout this...

(3) Perception is related to the process of cognition, language and learning. Children are not systematic and frequently miss detail. Attention is voluntary and people choose to focus their attention... That is sooooo gonna be Cosmic Cow Pie talking point in the near future. We're talking major BananaTude people. People choose to focus their attention... Hmm... This could be mad fun... ;-)

Now, we all know how easily amused I am so of course I shall have to spoof on this later when I write my next menopause blog post regarding how the brain functions for menopausal blogging mommies with quirky kids (LOL). I think it will be fun to make fun of myself in this respect. After all, I have so much material and I have to give my ADD something interesting to do (LOL). When you are a transparent blog writer and you travel everywhere you go with your mobile office you can rise to any occasion simply by logging in to your ActiveRain Outside Blog and sharing the facts behind the creation of the posts under discussion. Being a guest of the class and showing off Noah and Stephen's ActiveRain adventures was a real treat. It was the most enjoyable moment of my afternoon so I shall have to share some more facts for you guys to go "hmm" and "duh" over regarding my shorties (LMAO).

Thank you Professor Walker and thank you class. :-)

In the meantime check out more of the Williamsburg Technical College campus. Very nice...

I am roaming on the air card. OMG - how much is this going to cost me? My browser is wigging out and refusing to upload pictures too (LMAO). I am trying to upload pictures into ActiveRain and Facebook but both of the sites are spinning... Dang... I wanna share some info and eye candy before I float off to disrupt the day of a few Rainers. Hmm... I wonder how naughty we're gonna get (LOL). We're playing cell phone tag right now and are planning lunch and dinner. ;-)

Left NY at sunset on Sunday and had a lovely trip down I-95 after Susan Mangiggian and a lovely cabbie saved me from  a detour from hell in PA (LMAO). TomTom was suffering from cloud cover and doesn't know where the hell I am right now and was useless yesterday (LOL). I was freaking out calling my PA peeps to save me. Mangigly the I-Talian rescued me. God Bless Blogging Buddies! I love that woman. Seriously... :-)

Booked a room at Days Inn for $45. Nice! Did not expect a double for that price. Very cool. Go to 931 W. Broad Street off I-95 and Exit 31 in St. Pauls, NC 28384 (910) 865-1111 THEY HAVE INTERNET!!! Very important to mobile office peeps like me. Too bad I passed out sleeping and didn't blog (LOL). It took three gas stops and 12 hours to get over there (LMAO). It's approximately 39 miles from SC. A great location to stop. ;-)

My Mom and Dad have a beautiful house. They brought it at auction and refinished it. We love Donald Trump. They did what The Donald teaches. You'd have a cow if you knew what they paid for this thing (LOL). I have a cow every time I think about it (ROTFL). It's approximately 1.4 acres inside the town. Told you we have a great yard to throw a BBQ. You can park in the back yard. It takes up three streets (LOL). My kids love it here. So do I. :-)

This is "minion central." My kids live in the side and back yards (LOL).

I'm blogging on the pic bench next to the back porch off the kitchen because I like outside outlets. They make having an outside office fun (LOL). ;-)

This is the guest room. I'll be hanging out here while I'm gone. It opens into a bathroom shared by the other guest room which also has a crib set up for wee people to visit. We have a lot of visitors because they also keep a three bedroom two bath spot empty just down the road for family and friends to visit (no hotel here). I'm supposed to be over there but I like the free food here (LOL). :-)

Got Noah's backpack as my Go-Bag (LOL). It's roomy and very easy to identify (LAMO). ;-)

I went across the road and still can't fit the front of the property into the entire picture (LOL). BTW, the house next door is for sale by the Greeleyville tell a friend network. So of course I'm telling my friends (ROTFL). Already made plans to bring three guests back from New York. I would love to have a gal pal vacationing next to my Mom and Dad. We're an hour from Myrtle Beach people. It's a great spot. BTW, tiny towns fascinate me.

I wanna go to Myrtle Beach. Great foodie paradise spots over there. I shall have to hunt down Jeremy and Mirela since I am this close to invading their territory (LOL). Sent them both e-mails through AR. Will call 'em later. Hooking up with Celina Gleason and Mama Liz. Now there's a fun combination (LOL). On the prowl to high-jack more Riners. Tanya Venable and I may catch up if we can manipulate our schedules. I am taking a short sale REO class while I'm here. Kinda sorta working between play time... Geez, what else is new, eh? ;-)

I have a lot of shots but the satellite feed is hinky while roaming. Will go high-jack a relative's computer later. I owe you guys comment responses on a couple of posts and I want to show you our fields down the road (LOL).

Drats... I am also peeved at not being able to post to Facebook. I have film (LOL). ;-)

Will take you guys on a couple of tours showcasing southern homes while I am messing around visiting and working in SC. Maybe I should start now. It's a nice day. I'm going jogging. :-D