blog fodder – Write From Karen

All you have to do is answer the questions below either in the comment section, or on your blog. And elaborate! Make these questions show your unique and special personalities. This meme entry will post at 12:01 every Monday morning and will be the first postentry listed on WFK all ~~day Monday~~ morning. (This is an all-day Monday meme, so please, play all day!)

September 15th Questions:

1. Are you brunette? Blonde? Auburn? And is it natural? If you could pick any type of hair you wanted, the style and color, what would it be? (Can you link us to a picture?)

2. How did your car get that little scratch/dent? (Because let’s face it, we ALL have car stories, right? If, for some reason you don’t, tell us about how someone else’s car got that scratch/dent).

3. In your opinion, what is the worst-tasting candy? Now, what is the best-tasting candy? How often do you eat candy? Do you keep it around your house? Do you allow your children to eat very much candy?

4. Are you easily agitated? What really makes your temper soar? Do you stay angry for a long time? Or do you get over it pretty fast?

Monday Morning Meme Participants

1. Marianne
2. Alisha
3. Sue
4. Jodi

5. Judy
6. Brandi
7. Jen @ mommablogsalot
8. Becki

9. Dawn\’s Daily Life
10. Sherry
11. Stacy

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Monday Morning Meme – September 8th

September 8, 2008September 9, 2008 Karen

September 8th Questions:

1. Fill in the blank: Today, I will mostly be ________________________. (Explain your answer, please)

2. What advice do you have for a new blogger? Be specific – this new blogger? Wants to know details!

3. Tell us about your childrens’ (all ages!) first day of school, walk us through it. How did you handle it? How did your children handle it? Do you have a picture? (And speaking of pictures, hang onto to those precious school pictures, the next photo contest is coming up fast!)

4. What is your greatest consumer mistake, something that you are shaking your head at now, saying, “Boy, I wish I wouldn’t have bought _____”? So, why did you buy it? What happened to it?

Monday Morning Meme Participants

1. Sue
2. Jodi

3. Susan
4. annie

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Coffee Chat is HERE!

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Monday Morning Meme – September 1st

September 1, 2008September 2, 2008 Karen

September 1st Questions:

1. If you mixed up the letters in the name of your blog, what new name would you come up with? (Anagram fun website – http://wordsmith.org/anagram/) Now take your favorite anagram and tell us what sort of blog it might be based on that title.

2. What three sounds do you love? Okay, now tell us WHY you love these sounds.

3. What is it about you that makes everyone want to know you? Wait, you’re not done yet. Now tell us WHY that one particular thing? What makes that element of yourself so special? (Come on, don’t be shy. This is your opportunity to write about something positive about yourself).

4. What is the oldest thing you own? What is the newest?

Monday Morning Meme Participants

1. Marianne
2. Sue

3. Judy
4. Dawn\’s Daily Life

5. annie
6. Jen at mommablogsalot

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Monday Morning Meme – August 18th

August 18, 2008August 20, 2008 Karen

Stick around! I’ve got some announcements to make and I talk about marriage – the REAL deal later today!

August 18th Questions:

1. You have a huge final project that is due in six weeks. When will you actually begin it? In other words, are you the sort of person who gets things done right away, or do you wait until the last minute? Why is this?

2. How often do you clean your house? (Be honest!) Do you think you’re a good housekeeper? Does your significant other think you’re a good housekeeper? Does your significant other ever thank you for cleaning house? No one likes to clean, but what is the one thing you don’t mind cleaning?

3. Fill in the blank: I can’t believe you _______________! Now tell us the story behind this sentence (WHY did you fill it in the way you did?)

4. Be honest, how many times do you hit the snooze button? What time do you get up during week days? What time do you typically get up on the weekends? Are you a good sleeper? If so, why? If not, why not?

Monday Morning Meme Participants

1. Sue
2. Jodi
3. Dawn\’s Daily Life

4. annie
5. Jen at mommablogsalot
6. Where You At?!

7. Barb @ Hearts \’N Crafts

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Not anymore. 🙂

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Monday Morning Meme – August 11th

August 11, 2008August 11, 2008 Karen

August 11th Questions:

1. What is the last thing you attempted to quit? How did you do it and were you successful?

2. Are you a roller coaster sort of person (impulsive, takes chances, likes to live in the fast lane), or a merry-go-round sort of person (slow, steady, predictable, peaceful)? This is an excellent excuse to do a little self-analysis! 😀

3. Have you ever worn your slippers, or pajamas, in public? If so, when and why? If not, would you ever consider leaving your house looking less than your best? What do you think of people who do so? (Be honest, we all judge on some level).

4. If you could go back and tell your 13-year-old self one thing about the future, what would you say?

Monday Morning Meme Participants

1. Marianne
2. Sue
3. Judy
4. Jodi

5. Dawn\’s Daily Life
6. Rachel Langston
7. annie
8. Jen at mommablogsalot

9. Jennifer
10. Julie at Mom2Ways

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Have you voted for the next photo contest theme yet?

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Monday Morning Meme – August 4th

August 4, 2008August 4, 2008 Karen

August 4th Questions:

1. School is around the corner for many of us. Have you started your back-to-school shopping yet? Do you get all of your back-to-school shopping done at one time? Or do you spread it out? Do you make back-to-school shopping special or fun for the kids? Or is it just another shopping trip? What about back-to-school clothes shopping? Do you budget what you’re going to spend on your childrens’ wardrobes, or do you pay more attention to sales? Any back-to-school shopping tips you wish to share?

2. Is there a website/blog that you visit on a daily basis? Why this specific website/blog? How long have you been visiting this website/blog? Now list your next top two favorite websites/blogs (and yes, I know this is a hard question, but list the ones you REALLY look forward to reading). WHY do you love these websites/blogs so much?

3. What book have you started with low expectations, and finished with tears in your eyes it was so good? Now please share with us a book that you think people MUST read. Why this book?

4. Are you concerned about credit and/or identity theft? What do you do to try and prevent it? How often do you shred documents and change your passwords? Have you ever checked your credit reports? Why or why not?

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Please vote for your favorite summer-time photo entry!! Voting ends at 11:00 a.m. U.S. central time August 6th.

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Monday Morning Meme – July 28th

July 28, 2008July 28, 2008 Karen

July 28th Questions:

1. What is your blogging style?

Stir it up

Can we talk?

Observing the scene

Stuff you want to know

Why is that? Tell us why you think your blogging style falls into one of the above categories. Are you okay with this style? If you could change your blogging style, what would you change it to?

2. Have you ever read a book because Oprah suggested it? If so, what was the title and was it what you expected? If not, why not?

3. Who do you turn to if your techie things die? Why this person? Are you very good at fixing techie things? Tell us your most successful, or most terrible, experience at fixing something techie.

4. July is nearly over, any final words? (Sum up your month for us – the good and the bad).

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Monday Morning Meme – July 21st

July 21, 2008July 21, 2008 Karen

July 21st Questions:

1. Have you ever played hooky (from school or work)? If so, what excuse did you use to get out of school/work? What did you do instead of going to school/work? How often do you play hooky? If you’ve never played hooky, why not? What one thing HAS to happen before you would consider playing hooky (again)? Has your significant other every played hooky? If so, tell us about it. If not, why not? Has anyone you known ever gotten caught playing hooky?

2. I can’t tell you the number of posts I read from bloggers who were going to BlogHer about what sorts of clothes they were going to pack for the trip. If you went (or wanted to go) to BlogHer, describe the outfit you did, or would have, worn for the first day of the conference. Remember, first impressions are everything (most of the time) so you want to impress your blogging buddies. Don’t forget to describe your shoes/accessories! Better yet, link us to your outfit so we can “see” what you’re talking about. Why did you pick this particular ensemble?

3. If you could be guaranteed an honest answer to three questions, what questions would you ask, and who would you ask them of?

4. If you could give a single piece of advice to the film industry in Hollywood, what would you say? If you were a powerful film producer, what sorts of films would you produce? Why?

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The photo contest is a mere 6 days away! Click the banner above for more information and start looking through your pictures!!

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Monday Morning Meme – July 14th

July 14, 2008July 11, 2008 Karen

July 14th Questions:

1. Do you ever change the ring tone on your phone? What is your current ring tone? What cell phone service do you use now? Are you happy with said service? What sort of phone do you have? Are you happy with your phone? How often do you use your cell phone in a 24-hour period?

2. The year is half over (can you believe it?!) – think back, where were you at midnight, when it became 2008? If you made goals for ’08, what were they and have you met them? What would you like to accomplish before ’08 is over? Tell us ONE thing you absolutely MUST have done before the year is out.

3. It’s Saturday – are you going to lounge around the house and be sloppy? Or are you going to be social and run errands and catch up with friends? Sloppy or social?

4. If you could live one day in the life of your favorite TV character, who would it be and why?

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Monday Morning Meme – July 7th

July 7, 2008July 6, 2008 Karen

July 7th Questions:

1. What is your blog about? How long have you been blogging? Why did you begin blogging? Is it the same reason that you continue to blog today? How has your blog changed over the time you’ve had it? In six words, sum up your blog.

2. When you go for a haircut, do you do something drastic? Or are you more of a ‘just a trim’ sort of person? Do you color your hair? If so, how often? Tell us about your best, and worst, hairstyle. What sort of hairsyle do you think looks good on you now?

3. Tell us about your 4th of July celebration. Show us some pictures (if you have them). What did your family do? Did you go and see a big fireworks display? Or did you stay home and have a (semi) quiet family fireworks celebration? On a scale of 1 to 10 (10 being the best), how patriotic would you say you are? Do you routinely talk about our country’s issues within your family unit? Do you and your significant other see eye-to-eye on political issues? International friends: tell us how you celebrate your country’s birthday/new year/significant annual event.

4. If you only had enough time each day to read one section of the newspaper, which section would you read? Why this particular section?

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Monday Morning Meme – September 15th

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