New City New Everything

Well I made it here and hopefully by next week I will be back to a regular pace on my blog.

I'm not in the new house yet, they are finishing up a few things on the punch list and we had the carpet taken out of the bedrooms and wood floor installed so all of this delayed everything.  Our furniture will arrive this weekend and I'm praying that all goes as planned and I can spend my first night there Sat.

I'm sick of this hotel and the terrible internet service!  This time I asked for the top floor hoping it would be better, not so much.

Now down to business.

I've had to moderate the comments due to trolls saying nasty things.   I hated to do it, but I had no choice.  My blog friend has her own very busy life and I hated the position it was putting her in.  I don't know how long I will be forced to have them moderated.  Certainly until I am unpacked and settled.  Real life comes first!

While waiting at the airport over the last few days with flight delays, I've had lots of time to think about a few things. 

One of the things I would like to ask everyone is to please refrain from talking about Mckmama.  The current events with her and her husband are heartbreaking and really we should all just allow her some grace.   I know many are still angry with her for her past mistakes, but why kick someone when they are already down.  I'm sure she is suffering right now and is holding on by a thread and this blog will not be a part of tearing her down further.  I do respect that everyone has their opinion, just let's be the bigger people and allow her the space to get her life and that of her children in order.  Thanks for understanding.

Due to my being absent so much from this blog over the last month I have noticed many comments that have happened that would not normally been allowed to stay.  Sorry I wasn't here to better police it, but hopefully with moderation now all this will be taken care of.

The last thing I would like to say is for some reason some assume I have some kind of hate or vengeance for a few people.  I noticed in the comments Shell, Notshelmo, Lisa and Shannon kept getting mentioned and many assumed I hated them.  First, I would like to say I hate no one.  I really dislike that word.  Just because a person has a difference of opinion with someone doesn't mean that hate someone.  Second, I really feel bad about posting Shell's real name.  At the time I had known her real name for months and never disclosed it.  The PORN was the last straw for me and I felt it was the only way to get her attention.  Shell has said she was sorry about the PORN and I know she is realizing now it was a big mistake.  We all make mistakes..but it is what we learn about ourselves from these mistakes that is important.  I learned I was way over involved in a blogger I didn't know IRL and I was allowing others to get under my skin.  I have since learned that none of that is important.  My family and my real friends are what matters at the end of the day..not the internet drama.

For all who assumed Shell was behind the fake facebook account, well Shell was one of the people who emailed me to tell me about it.  My email is linked to my phone and I kept getting all the messages that I had emails waiting..2 were actually from Shell.  I don't believe Shell was involved, I do believe someone wanted Shell to be blamed.  Shell thank you for the email and thank you to all the others who emailed also.  I've never had so many emails before at the same time.  It made me very happy to have so many watching my back.  To the ladies who emailed me about ideas about how to resolve the fake facebook..thanks.  Facebook has been notified and they are resolving it for me.  Some things take time and if they removed it without doing the research they would not be able to figure out who did it.  Everything is traceable..everything!  By the way, read the facebook terms of agreement.  Taking a picture from someones private blog then posting it without permission and passing it off as someone is a violation..and changing up the spaces between the words doesn't make any difference.  Posting their personal blog info and using their blog name in an email was all the proof  facebook needed.  The pictures came from a blog that is now private but they have filed a grievance with facebook and reported it as theft.  Copyright laws are very strict and protect the owner of the pictures.

I know I've told you guys I don't have a sitemeter here and I don't,  but the blogger feature has Stats that tell you how many hits you have to your blog.  Well let's just say we have doubled our hits in just the last week..we already averaged over 4000 per day.  YIKES that is lots of people looking at this blog.  Maybe a big old THANKS needs to go out to the fake facebook creator..this blog has been contacted by an ad agency due to our STATS.  Of course I am not interested in having ads and I told them no..but it means the message we are sending is getting noticed.   We are nearing 500,000 hits in less than a year and in the beginning this blog was only getting a few hits a day.   WOW we have come a long way.

Wish me luck on moving and send good thoughts that the furniture arrives in one piece.

Cheers

Update

***UPDATE***  This blog DOES NOT have a facebook page or a Twitter acct.  If you find a facebook page linked to this blog report it to facebook.  Hit the Report button and a box will appear, report it as someone pretending to be someone else and you can leave any additional info you have in the drop down box.

This is not Lauren.

I'm only posting after speaking with Lauren and she said it was OK for me to do this.

I will keep this short and to the point.

Lauren is not responsible for what others post.  People have their individual opinions and make personal choices about people.  What they choose to say is their opinion and their own words they must be accountable for.

The only thing Lauren has asked is that the foul language be kept in check.  That NO CHILDREN be discussed and that no one leave this site with information and harasses any individual discussed here.  Keep the discussion here and you will not be censored. 

Not everyone is going to have the exact opinion as yourself, please try and be respectful to one another.  It is fine to disagree, that's human nature.  Just remember to do so with respect.

Lauren will be back hopefully by later in the weekend.  With movers and packing going on she is unable to be online at this time.

Favor To Ask

Hi Ladies:

I have a favor to ask.

Please don't email me the comments that are being written about me.  First, I appreciate that you wanted to tell me but really I don't care.  Also, please how about we try and not name call and write ugly things about them either.  It really only adds fuel to the fire and I understand some may not have cared for them, but please don't make this into more than it is.

I will not respond to what I have been told they are saying and I will not stoop to their level and behave like a child.  They left on their own so not sure why their panties are all twisted, but it really is not my problem.   This is not the first time they have done this so it really doesn't surprise me.  I am so above their childlike games and obviously they have nothing better to do.  Myself on the other hand has many exciting things going on and I have no time nor the energy to go down that road again.  Let's just say I had my eyes wide open this time and I fully expected this to happen. 

Thanks for understanding.

I'm still out of town but will be flying back on Thursday so not sure if I will have time to do a new post..once I get home I have to start packing..not sure if I told you guys or not but we are moving AGAIN.  We have been away from our HOME HOME since July of 2010 and now we have a new project that requires us to move AGAIN.  Only good thing is the new place is on a lake, a city I LOVE and has more room for when the kids come to visit.  Anyway, the next few weeks I will not be around much but my friend said she will look after the blog..and no she is not like JM's administrator HAHAHAHA  It's a blogging friend and many of you regulars know her..but at her request I will not give out her name.  Just know she is fair but will delete any nasty or rude comments. 

OK..thanks again for understanding and now that it is 4:35am I am off to bed.  Yes, you read that right.  I'm in a different time zone from my regular one and I swear after a week and a half I am still all messed up..also stressed about moving and all that needs to be done.  

Nite

Stalking Laws for MN

Under Minnesota law, stalking is broadly defined. In Minnesota, Statute Sec. 609.749 makes certain harassing activity a criminal offense.
Under the law, harassment means engaging in intentional conduct which:

1. the actor knows or has reason to know would cause the victim under the circumstances to feel frightened, threatened, oppressed, persecuted, or intimidated; and
2. causes this reaction on the part of the victim.

Where the law is particularly burdensome is that it requires No proof of specific intent. That means in a prosecution for harassment or stalking under the law under the law, the state is not required to prove that a person accused intended to cause the victim to feel frightened, threatened, oppressed, persecuted, or intimidated, or , that the person intended to cause any other result.
Harassment is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail and a $1000 fine. Conduct that is considered harassment may include many activities including placing spyware on another person's computer or internet stalking. Specific conduct may include:

1. directly or indirectly manifest a purpose or intent to injure the person, property, or rights of another by the commission of an unlawful act;
2. include stalking, following, monitoring, or pursuing another, whether in person or through technological or other means.
3. returning to the property of another if the person is without claim of right to the property or consent of one with authority to consent;
4. repeatedly makes telephone calls, or induces a victim to make telephone calls to the person, whether or not conversation ensues;
5. making or causing a telephone of another repeatedly or continuously to ring;
6. repeatedly mailing or delivering or causing the delivery by any means, including electronically, of letters, telegrams, messages, packages, or other objects; or
7. knowingly making false allegations against a peace officer concerning the officer's performance of official duties with intent to influence or tamper with the officer's performance of official duties.

The crime may become a felony punishable by up to five years or to payment of a fine of not more than $10,000 if the act is motivated by the victim's or another's actual or perceived race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, or national origin; or if the person commits the offense by falsely impersonating someone else. It is also a felony if the person commits the offense and possesses a dangerous weapon at the time of the offense or harasses another with intent to influence or otherwise tamper with a juror or a judicial proceeding or with intent to retaliate against a judicial officer, a prosecutor, defense attorney, or officer of the court, because of that person's performance of official duties in connection with a judicial proceeding; or commits an offense against a victim under the age of 18, if the actor is more than 36 months older than the victim.
When a person is convicted of a felony offense, the court will order an independent professional mental health assessment of the offender's need for mental health treatment.
One of the consequences of a conviction is that the the court may, in some cases, order that the person is prohibited from possessing any type of firearm for any period longer than three years or for the remainder of the person's life.

*source of this article http://www.nvo.com/beaulier/harassmentstalkingcharges/

WHY Comments Are Deleted

Lisa I will address you directly since you left the following comment on my blog.

Someone named "Kettle" reminded Tina, aka "Pot" that she did what she's accusing others of, sitting on the computer all day, at the height of her interest in MckMama. That's paraphrasing, but you get the idea. It really didn't seem to be all that big of a deal and I'm sort of surprised it was removed.

1.  What I did or did not do a year ago has nothing to do with today.  Just like many of the MWOP ladies were Mckmama's biggest fan before they joined the Bully Blog MWOP, now they have changed and I would no longer call them followers or sheeple.  So the Pot meet Kettle doesn't fly.

2.  Just like at the Daisy Blog..you run the show and make the rules.  So do I at this blog.  I don't go to your blog and question what you discuss or question any of the decisions you make concerning your blog.  Considering how many  nasty comments you allowed to be written about me on the Daisy site and I welcomed you in coming to this blog..I would appreciate if you would not question each and every single decision I make about running this blog.

3.  I have made it perfectly clear MANY MANY times that I will not allow ugly things or untruths to be said about me.  I wouldn't allow it IRL and I certainly will not allow it on MY BLOG!

Now,  I hope that clears that up for you.

Please say a little prayer for Tripp Roth tonight..Little Angel earned his wings today. 

I've been out of town all week and have not been on the computer much so my friend was watching the blog and deletes anything negative written about me just as she should.

I'm out of town until next week so I'm setting the comments to moderation.   This way my friend is not forced to try and decide what is OK and what isn't.  Be patient because I've got lots going on and I am lucky if I get online once a day..trying to actually enjoy this business trip and have fun!! 

Off to bed now it is 2:45 am and I should already be sleeping..

The Crazy Train

Hello Ladies...

I am back!

I have finally gotten over this bug I had over Christmas.

Well if you are wondering about the title of my blog post today, just hope on over to this link and read this MWOPers blog post about Mckmama.  http://fourtimesthefun.blogspot.com/search?updated-max=2012-01-12T05:30:00-08:00

Did you get to read it?

Well first off we all talk about how Mckmama embellishes things,  or as some say lies.  Well it appears Michele at Four Times The Fun blog does too.  Many of the things she has listed about Mckmama are incorrect and if I was going to write and slander someone on my personal blog, which by the way links back to her  Name, State, Husband and children.. I believe I would make sure I had the facts and figures correct. 

I guess maybe Michele could check with her friend who she claims works for a bankruptcy attorney and see if they know a good defense attorney,  because if ever I have seen proof of something Mckmama could take and use to file slander charges.. this is it.

I guess Michele has been hanging around at MWOP so long she forgot you can't just go around telling lies about people.  Facts are one thing, saying your opinion about something is one thing.. but to post it as FACT is another.  Now if you have the proof to back it up that is fact..otherwise just because the ladies at MWOP said it doesn't make it true.

Michele go take care of your family, I mean you have 4 children.  Step away from the computer and get off the MWOP Crazy Train.  Honestly, can you not see how crazy you sound with this rant about Mckmama.  Don't your 4 children give you enough to do that Mckmama should be the last thing you waste your time worrying about.  You say you even discuss Mckmama with your IRL friends...how sad is that.

I actually hope the media picks up on this story and uncovers the names of many of the obsessed women on MWOP.  I believe it would be interesting to see the life's of the people who spend hours and hours each day obsessing about a blogger a person they don't know IRL.  These ladies think Mckmama will be made to look bad by national media coverage,  but I think the friends and family members of ladies at MWOP would be shocked to see what their family member is doing online.  It wouldn't be hard to put a name to many of them with the trail of clues they leave in their wake, not to mention disquis stores each and every comment they have ever said on MWOP and all you have to do is click on their profile name. 

Maybe someone should call the media and have them do a story on MWOP.  * wink wink *

Can you see these women explaining to their husbands why they are being named in the media for spending hours upon hours (which with disquis can easily be verified) ranting about a blogger. 

Crazy bunch of ladies I tell ya..wanting to call the hospital to see if Stellan is even in the hospital.  WHY do they care?  This is stalking behavior if I have ever seen it and seriously they scare me.  If I was Mckmama I would have restraining orders placed against these people because no telling what they will do next. 

A New Year...

What a year 2011 was...

Glad to see that one come to an end and looking forward to the new year.

I can say without a doubt I learned lots about blogging and online safety in 2011.  I hope some who have found this site have learned a thing or two.  I hope we can all remember that you cannot believe everything you read online and that most bloggers that blog for money are just selling a story.  They want your click...that is all!

I hope many of you have learned from the Mckmama drama that bloggers who are making money from blogging aren't your friend.  They have a purpose, you know..to make money, so they pretend that all their readers are their friends.  Truth be told, you are just a click for them.  I really think that the majority who hold such resentment towards Mckmama are angry because they thought they were her friends.  They believed that by giving her gifts, clicking her blog, posting her Pray For Stellan button and following her every move they could be just like her and be BFF's.  When they woke up and realized she was just using anyone and everyone..you know they got duped, they got mad!  Now they are out for blood..which in itself is sad.  Revenge is ugly..and speaks volumes about the person seeking the revenge.  

Instead of seeking revenge maybe the ladies at MWOP should look at themselves.  They are still blindly following for profit bloggers and lapping at their feet.  While one day it was Mckmama, today it is just someone else and when they figure out that  blogger doesn't care about them..that they once again have been duped, they will be mad.   Once again they will be out for blood and seek revenge.

I wonder how many of the MWOP ladies seeking revenge and are wanting to contact the bankruptcy trustee are willing to put their names on the document?   I'd bet money not one would actually put their REAL name...why is that?  If you stand behind what you say you are fighting for..WHY would you not give your real name?