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Super Memorial Day Meme 2008

Ever heard of a Meme? It's a fun way to learn a little more about people in the on-line world. Here's the latest Meme going around...

Have you ever heard of a “meme"? If not, you’re likely not alone, and if you
have, well then you know the fun these can be to read. It’s the internet’s
version of helping readers to get to know a little more about the person who was
“memed", and this time around, thanks to Mariana Wagner of Colorado Springs Real
Estate
and Laurie Manny of
Long Beach Real Estate
, I was ‘memed’. Dare I say ‘thank you
Mariana’and Laurie
?!? ;-)

There
are two me-s in meme because it’s all about me. Meme’s are the perfect way to
let other bloggers know about you, let your audience know about you and get to
know and relate to other bloggers, expand your network and watch your sphere of
influence expand outwards. If you ever posed the question to yourself, “how many
degrees are between me and Kevin Bacon?” this is the way to find out.

I am asking 8 questions because when tipped over the number 8 is the
infinity symbol and that is totally geeky and 8 is my favorite number and it is
2008. Oh, how the stars have aligned!

OK - here are the eight questions, along with my answers:

1) Who is your favorite musical artist? (post a youtube
video)

Gosh, I have a wide and varied taste in music! I love Island and Reggae
music, classical music is very soothing to me, I love the oldies - 60′ and 70’s,
I love the music the Celtic Woman sing. I like Celine Dion, UB40, Cat
Stevens, The Who, oh I could go on and on….but I won’t! ;-)

This is a video of the Celtic Woman, and one of my favorite songs they do -
“Sail Away". They have the most exquisite voices - I could listen to them for
hours.


        



2) Who is your favorite artist (post a flicker photo)

My favorite artist is Thomas
Kinkade
, before all the commercial trinkety stuff. I have several
of his oil paintings, and I just love them - they change with the light of the
day. I also love Wallace Nutting hand-tinted prints, and some
of his apprentices - Davidson, Sawyer,
Thompson.

Thomas Kinkade Garden of Prayer

3. Who is your favorite blogger?

This is a tough one for me, as I now read so many. I love reading RSS Pieces - Mary McKnight’s blog because I continually learn
from her writings. I absolutely LOVE reading Miamism! Ines writes with such a great sense of humor and you
can find all kinds of fun stuff mixed in with terrific real estate
information. If you haven’t read Miamism, go check it out! Mixed Media Marketing has some really cool blogging material
in his posts - love the tips he shares.

4. If you could meet anyone (alive or dead), who would it be and what
is the most interesting thing about them?

I think it would be fun to meet Diane Sawyer. I think she has about the
coolest job going, and she seems like she’d really be quite down-to-earth.

5. What did you want to be when you grew up?

When I was really young, in elementary school, I wanted to be a teacher. Not
to teach mind you, but because the teachers in my school always got extra rolls
and bigger desserts at lunchtime. Yep, that’s the real truth. My mom used to
think that was the funniest thing. After I got over that, I used to want to own
my own clothing store. My grandmother owned a beautiful clothing store and
every time we’d go visit her in Florida, I couldn’t wait to go to her store and
work.

6. What is the most interesting piece of trivia you
know?

– The date New Hampshire’s beloved Old Man in the Mountains
slid away - May 3, 2003.
– My own family trivia - I am the 7th generation of
my family born in the same little town - Clermont Florida.

America’s Smallest Coastline” - where is it? New
Hampshire
, and it’s only 17 miles long.
Old Man in the Mountains

7. If you could live in any point in history what would it be and
why?

I kinda like the here and now - much better time for women, so much change
going on and it’s all history in the making. And I get to do what I do for a
living - women weren’t always able to be as self-sufficient as we are now and
able to make our own way in the world. It’s scary at times, but what fun it can
be, too!

8. What is the most interesting job you have ever held?

I’ve only had a few jobs in my life so far, and the best and most interesting
is the one I have now - real estate broker. I LOVE what I do, no two days are
the same, no two sales are the same, and I get to help people all the time.
Sure, we feel the heat at times, but for the most part, selling real estate is
an awesome job! The stories all of us in real estate could tell…… we could
write all kinds of books on our daily experiences. Human behavior is quite
entertaining, for sure!


Ah, and now my pay-off for having shared these 8 things with you - I get
to name 8 others to participate in the Super Memorial Day Meme 2008!!

Colleen Kulikowski - Buffalo Niagra Falls Real Estate and Home
Sales

Diana Aurit - Lake
Norman Real Estate and North Carolina Homes For Sale

Brian Brady - Mortgage
Rates Reports from America’s #1 Mortgage Broker

Cyndee Haydon
- Clearwater Beach Real Estate and Tampa Homes

Susan Milner - Cape
Coral Real Estate Homes and Condos

Jeff Belonger - FHA
Loans and FHA Mortgages

Kaye
Thomas - Manhattan California Beach Real Estate - Redondo Beach
Townhomes

Kristal
Kraft - Denver Dwellings


Hope everyone had a very enjoyable Memorial Day weekend!

RE/MAX New Hampshire



Ann Cummings, Maine and New Hampshire REALTOR
RE/MAX Coast
to Coast
Portsmouth NH
ann@anncummings.com
888-349-5678 x
3839
Servicing the
Coastal Areas of NH & Southern Maine
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Posted on May 27, 2008 18:38:16 by Ann.Cummings
Posted in Just For Fun
Comment from: Real Estate Agent Blogs [Visitor] Email · http://www.rsspieces.com

Wow... you know I didn't know the Man in the Mountain slid off?  Hmm... I can't believe that- great piece of trivia!



Thanks for playing along with this.

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 19:57:35
Comment from: ines [Visitor] Email · http://www.miamism.com

There you are!!!  Now THAT's what I'm talking about! a little inside info on Ann herself (and here I was giving Moni a hard time about you guys not doing your memes).  It's like homework for the blogosphere.


I am truly honored that you would consider me one of your favorite bloggers btw - thank you, thank you! but I think there's plenty of better ones out there.



(and Kinkade doesn't surprise me at all)

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 20:09:22
Comment from: monika [Visitor] Email · http://monikamcgillicuddy.wordpress.com/

Nice meme Ann. I love the Celtic Woman too. Jay and I could listen to them for hours as well!

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 20:14:42
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Mary - yep, sadly he slid off, and he's sorely missed, too.  This was fun!


Ines - it sure was 'blogosphere homework' - took me awhile to do this!  I LOVE reading your blog - I never know what I'm going to find there!  You weren't surprised by my artist choice?  ;-)


Monika - some day I'm going to go to one of their concerts - I just love listening to them.  Their voices are like angels singing. 


 


This was fun!

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 20:39:18
Comment from: Mariana - Colorado Springs Real Estate [Visitor] Email · http://www.coloradospringsrealestateconnection.com

Sail Away ... Awesome music choice . I love Celtic Women. SO COOL to know more about you, my friend!

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 21:00:21
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Thanks Mariana!  It was fun - took awhile, but it's fun to do, and more fun to read the other memes being done this time around.  Thanks for including me!

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 21:19:23
Comment from: Irina Netchaev [Visitor] Email · http://www.PasadenaCARealEstateHomes.com

Ann, what a great meme!  I saw a PBS concert of Celtic Women and fell in love with them.  I am hoping that they'll come to Pasadena one day for a concert.  Maybe, you can come out and visit then and we'll see it together?  Would be majorly cool!

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 21:24:52
Comment from: Laurie Manny [Visitor] Email · http://www.longbeachrealestatehome.com/

Hey Ann, I imagine that if we were women in your area a couple of hundred years ago, they would have burned us all at the stake as witches, lol...  I have to believe the independant streak was there in other lives as well.  No time like the present for sure.  Loved the Celtic music, thanks.

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 21:26:06
Comment from: Jeff Belonger [Visitor] Email · http://www.fhaloansfhamortgages.com

Ann,



I agree, this was interesting. I already knew about the Old Man sliding away, and no, not my dad.  But I didn't know about the coast of New Hampshire only being 17 miles and the smallest coastline in America.  I guess that would be cool if I was a jogger, who could jog 17 1/2 miles.


Overall, thanks for sharing this and for tagging me. As you already know, I was tagged earlier. And it's funny, you were one of the 8 that I was going to tag, but I figured that you were already tagged, even though this just started a few days ago. Knowing that you hang out with these other prolific bloggers, hence why I tried finding someone else. Just as I knew not to pick Ines or Brian Brady. But thanks for the mention. 


jeff

PermalinkPermalink May 27, 2008 22:39:29
Comment from: Cyndee Haydon [Visitor] Email · http://www.clearwaterrealestatetampahomes.com

Ann - Wow - loved learning more about you and must say Miamism is one of my favorites too! Ugh - Homework - I'm working on it - thanks for thinking of me girl!!

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 00:13:16
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Irina - oh, I'd love to see them in concert with you - that would be awesome!  I watch them on PBS when I know they're on, but seeing and hearing their whole production in person just has to be amazing.


Laurie - hmmm, that would probably be true.  We're too independent and free-thinking and smart - they'd surely think we were witches if we'd lived back then.  Glad you enjoyed the music - they have so many really beautiful songs, but that's one of my favorites of theirs.


Jeff - what a beautifully scenic jog that would be!  Before too long, all of us that know each other will probably find we've been tagged, and likely tagged more than once, too.


Cyndee - I'll be looking for your meme!   It did feel like homework, too....  ;-)

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 05:37:53
Comment from: Jason Sardi [Visitor] Email

I love that this thing has started up again and it's so cool to take a deeper gander into the person that is Ann Cummings!  Enjoy your week and I'm liking that Kinkade guy, I knew the name rang a bell somewhere.

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 12:19:42
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Hey Jason - thanks for finding your way here!  I like reading all the memes, too - fun to get more peeks into the people we interact with.  Ah, you and Kinkade - ;-)

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 21:23:22
Comment from: Jay McGillicuddy [Visitor] Email · http://jaymcgillicuddy.com/wordpress

I love the Celtic women they were in Manchester not too long ago. I also have sat next to Cat Stevens and talked with him back in the early 70's when he played his Catch Bull at Four album.

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 21:48:08
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Jay - did you see the Celtic Woman when they were in Manchester??  I'm jealous, if you did!  I love old Cat Stevens songs from back then - I bet that was neat to talk with him.

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 22:01:10
Comment from: judy tuscano [Visitor] Email

Ann - You are so educated on the arts - I am impressed. It is nice to get to know a little more about you. Kinkade is one of my favorite painters too.

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 22:04:48
Comment from: Linda [Visitor] Email · http://burlesonrealestate.typepad.com

Ann - I really like your Meme! I love the Celtic women..they don't sound real sometimes! Very relaxing! Laurie's funny about you all being burned at the stake! LOL

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 22:22:36
Comment from: Cindy DiCianni [Visitor] Email · Http://www.KansasCityRealEstate.com

Hi Ann


I just love the Celtic Women! I had gotten familar with them once I had found Enya! They are such talented women!!  Just as we are in real estate!  LOL


 

PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 22:47:46
Comment from: Cindy DiCianni [Visitor] Email · Http://www.KansasCityRealEstateHome.com

Hi Ann


I just love the Celtic Women! I had gotten familar with them once I had found Enya! They are such talented women!! Just as we are in real estate! LOL



PermalinkPermalink May 28, 2008 22:48:33
Comment from: Ann.Cummings [Member] Email · http://www.newhampshiremainerealestate.com

Judy - Kinkade does beautiful work, doesn't he?  I never tire of looking at my paintings.


Linda - glad you enjoyed it!  I just love listening to the Celtic Woman - they sound just like angels on much of their music.  I got a chuckle out of Laurie saying that, too.  It's probably true, too!


Cindy - they are talented for sure - would love to see them in concert.  And yes, we ARE talented, aren't we?   ;-)

PermalinkPermalink May 29, 2008 22:25:43
Comment from: Cindy DiCianni [Visitor] Email · Http://www.KansasCityRealEstateHome.com

Ann,


Got to see the Celtic Women here in Kansas City in March 08.  Oh what a fabulous concert!!  I think it was a little like heaven!!

PermalinkPermalink May 30, 2008 22:02:00
Comment from: Kathy McGraw [Visitor] Email · http://www.whitewatertimes.com

Ann, It seems we actually have many things in common.....I remember buying 2 tickets for $200 to go see the Celtic Women in Griffith Park......it was absolutely beautiful.  And one of the listings I have right now the owner collected Kinkade....I haven't seen that many expcept in the couple Kinkade shops I've been to.  I love his work also.


Anyway, nice....thanks.

PermalinkPermalink May 30, 2008 23:23:00
Comment from: Larry Yatkowsky [Visitor] Email · http://www.yattermatters.com

It's taken me almost as long to find and follow the meme chain as it did to post my meme.   The Old Man reminds me of the Reclining Lady we have on our mountain top.   Problem is you can only see her if you are boating.  She won't be sliding anywhere unless we have a massive earthquake.  Much more famous, at least to us on the west coast, are the Three Lions.  Of course, everything in the city is named after them including the suspension bridge that allows passage to that side of the inlet.  No doubt you will see these views on TV when the 2010 Winter Olympics take place.  Nice chatting and thanks for stopping by my way.

PermalinkPermalink June 08, 2008 01:37:30
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