Michele

The "Hello, Michele Sent Me" Four Day Meet 'N' Greet

Thank you to the wonderful people who play multiple times, each of you are guilty of spreading lots of comment cheer - hugs from me.

Spread the Comment Cheer.

The site of the day: the person above you and then you.

How to play:

• Leave a comment here that says hello.
• Now, go visit the person who commented above you, leave a comment on their site that includes  the oft-repeated tag-line: Hello, Michele sent me. 

Please play along.

Note to the first person commenting: simply say hello to me.

And YES, of course you are invited to play often. As you already know, I encourage that sort of thing. However,  please allow at least five people to play (or at least thirty minutes to pass) before you comment again.

Yes, Something Is Different

Dear Friends,

At first glance, it might appear that there is nothing different or unusual about my blog. Well, except of course that  my blog is considered by many to be frustratingly different and unappealingly unusual. However, this note is not for those people. No, it  is for you, my regular and loyal visitor. Please, let me assure you that some things about my blog have and shall continue to  remain the same. The layout has not changed. The leg picture and the wonderfully long blog-roll remain.   There is still an offering of interactive comment games, questions from my blog friends, and much silliness from me.  Yet,  if you look carefully you will notice a subtle yet significant change.  There are more  posts than usual and  the  daily posts  have now become weekly ones.

More posts today is the subtle change.
The fact that this blog has now become a weekly rather than a daily offering, is the significant change.

What might, perhaps, be deemed by some as my way of doing less blogging, is in truth, a way for me to continue to blog. My choice was quite simple: cut  back on daily posting or close my blog. I chose, for  now, to simply cut back. This choice will however allow me time to  visit some  of the blogs that I enjoy, and more importantly to connect or reconnect with some of the bloggers I am so very fond of. Yes, I will still be around to read and  monitor comments that are left here. Yes, more visits and comments, from me, will be left elsewhere. You have been warned.

Please, let me share with you a bit about some of the changes you will see.

Other Than It's Happening to You.

Finish this line:

Change is good, unless...

The Weekly Three Things

Two random things I did this past weekend:

• Spent several days with three of my closest friends roughing it in the wilds of Northern Ontario. Of course, any weekend home that has a gourmet kitchen, a fully stocked wine cellar, servants quarters, and remote controlled fireplaces - is not exactly what some people might define as roughing it. Oh, but wait, we had to make our own morning coffee. Do you feel my roughing-it-pain?   
  
• Discovered that even in moments of much laughter and more than much wine, I can deeply miss someone special who is  oh-so-many miles away. Now, that is what my heart considers roughing it.

One random thing I am looking forward to this week.       

• A dear friend and I have just launched a book-club-for-two. Our first selection is Atonement by Ian McEwan. I eagerly anticipate not only reading this book, but sharing impressions and reflections of this book with a friend that has a wonderfully literate mind.        

Your turn. Name two random things  you did  this past weekend and one random thing you are looking forward to this week.

Two random things I did this past weekend:

• Spent several days with three of my closest friends roughing it in the wilds of Northern Ontario. Of course, any weekend home that has a gourmet kitchen, a fully stocked wine cellar, servants quarters, and remote controlled fireplaces - is not exactly what some people might define as roughing it. Oh, but wait, we had to make our own morning coffee. Do you feel my roughing-it-pain?   
  
• Discovered that even in moments of much laughter and more than much wine, I can deeply miss someone special who is  oh-so-many miles away. Now, that is what my heart considers roughing it.

One random thing I am looking forward to this week.       

• A dear friend and I have just launched a book-club-for-two. Our first selection is Atonement by Ian McEwan. I eagerly anticipate not only reading this book, but sharing impressions and reflections of this book with a friend that has a wonderfully literate mind.        

Your turn. Name two random things  you did  this past weekend and one random thing you are looking forward to this week.

The Comment Game - A Brand New Site

Please Note: Instructions for The Daily Comment Game can be found here.

New Site of the Week: Only a Northern Song
Please go say hello to Courtney and MJ. They have a delightful blog that celebrates their love of music and allows the reader to celebrate their wonderful musical taste.  Please, go say hello. I am certain they will be pleased to welcome you. 

Two Ways To Play

The Classic Version: Simply visit the site of the week and please do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me.

The New-Fangled Version: Leave a comment here and then visit  the site of the week AND the person who commented above you. The person who comments after you will visit  the site of the week and you. Again, do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me. Yes, I will pout if my tag-line is not used.

Please do not  comment here more than once per day. Multiples are reserved for The Four Day Meet N' Greet. Yes, it is my way of keeping you wanting more.

The Comment Game - A Familiar Favourite

A Nudge in the Direction of One of Michele's Favourite Bloggers.

Please Note: Instructions for The Daily Comment Game can be found here.

The Repeat Site of the Week: The Dog's Breakfast 
Please go say hello to Panthergirl. She truly is  one of my favourite bloggers. She  is bright, witty, engaging, passionate, intriguing, and gloriously addictive. Go. Now. I am certain they will not be disappointed.

Two Ways To Play

The Classic Version: Simply visit the repeat site of the week and please do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me.

The New-Fangled Version: Leave a comment here and then visit  the repeat site of the week AND the person who commented above you. The person who comments after you will visit  the repeat site of the week  and you. Again, do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me. Yes, I will pout if my tag-line is not used.

Please do not  comment here more than once per day. Multiples are reserved for The Four Day Meet N' Greet. Yes, it is my way of keeping you wanting more.

Please Note: Instructions for The Daily Comment Game can be found here.

The Repeat Site of the Week: The Dog's Breakfast 
Please go say hello to Panthergirl. She truly is  one of my favourite bloggers. She  is bright, witty, engaging, passionate, intriguing, and gloriously addictive. Go. Now. I am certain they will not be disappointed.

Two Ways To Play

The Classic Version: Simply visit the repeat site of the week and please do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me.

The New-Fangled Version: Leave a comment here and then visit  the repeat site of the week AND the person who commented above you. The person who comments after you will visit  the repeat site of the week  and you. Again, do not forget to say Hello, Michele sent me. Yes, I will pout if my tag-line is not used.

Please do not  comment here more than once per day. Multiples are reserved for The Four Day Meet N' Greet. Yes, it is my way of keeping you wanting more.

The All About You Test

Please read the instructions carefully! You are about to take another weekly All About You Test.

The Instructions:

Take your time for the test and try to answer as many questions as possible. You are going to be asked 5 questions. Please look at a clock and time how long it takes you. You should not need loner than 30 minutes.If you need longer, please consider learning more about yourself.

After you completed the 5 questions, you have finished the test and you may leave the comment section testing area. But please remember: these on-line "all about you" tests can never be as accurate as tests supervised by trained professionals.

We from All-things-Michele hope you have fun with the test.

Good Luck and best wishes!

1. How long does it take you to get out of bed in the morning?
2. Other than cookies, what do you think is on the dark side?   
   
3. Which is worse:  twenty pounds underweight or overweight?
4. Do you always put your toys away after you have played with them?
5. Is it true what they say about men from Texas?
6. Manolo inspired: Is five inches a great heel height or the greatest heel height?

Bonus Question worth maple flavoured shiny stars: Says who about what?

Please read the instructions carefully! You are about to take another weekly All About You Test.

The Instructions:

Take your time for the test and try to answer as many questions as possible. You are going to be asked 5 questions. Please look at a clock and time how long it takes you. You should not need loner than 30 minutes.If you need longer, please consider learning more about yourself.

After you completed the 5 questions, you have finished the test and you may leave the comment section testing area. But please remember: these on-line "all about you" tests can never be as accurate as tests supervised by trained professionals.

We from All-things-Michele hope you have fun with the test.

Good Luck and best wishes!

1. How long does it take you to get out of bed in the morning?
2. Other than cookies, what do you think is on the dark side?   
   
3. Which is worse:  twenty pounds underweight or overweight?
4. Do you always put your toys away after you have played with them?
5. Is it true what they say about men from Texas?
6. Manolo inspired: Is five inches a great heel height or the greatest heel height?

Bonus Question worth maple flavoured shiny stars: Says who about what?

The Weekly Book Question

In a recent  "other than"  comment  game, the always wonderful  Mamacita, shared that her test of a good novel is that she can project herself into it.

When I read this comment,  I nodded my head in agreement.  It is because of dearly loved novels that I have...

• experienced the Yorkshire moors
• lived an adulteress affair in Moscow
• witnessed death in the American South
• whispered advice to Mr. Knightley
• once had a farm in Africa
• fallen in love with a man with a strange genetic disorder that allows him to travel through time

My list could, of  course, continue. There are many places that I have been, many tears that I have shed,  many lives I have briefly led, simply because of words on a page, offered by the  creative wonder of one writer's imagination. A novel is my passport to this world, and others.

Your turn. Do you project yourself into a much-loved novel? Where has one of your favourite books taken you?

The Weekly Question From A Blogfriend

This question was asked in the Answer and Ask Comment Game.

Jennie wants to know...

If you had an elementary school reunion, how would your classmates remember you?

A Second Weekly Question From A Blogfriend

This question was asked in the Answer and Ask Comment Game.

Jo-less wants to know...

What was your worst holiday experience?