Helena Bloggers in Da House

(You can Mute the music on the slideshow, if you would prefer)

Helena Bloggers in da House!
That was the case on Friday when local Helena bloggers had a meet and greet. The get together was not limited to just one meeting, it took two to cover the "material" of our "convention".
The first meeting was "Coffee & Conversation at Big Mountain Coffee"
The second was "Margarita's at San Antonio Grill in Helena".

Admittedly, they were two different meetings all together. Not to say that one wasn't better than the other, they just had a different "vibe". It is amazing how a little salty/sweet elixir can take away all guards and allow the creative "juices" to flow. Personally speaking, I cultivated some great inspiration and ideas from my fellow bloggers. I also made some great observations and learned some valuable lessons, ones that only meeting attendees can understand.

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1. Never trust anyone who plays a flute, or an oboe for that matter.
2.Editing a post, no matter how long it has been online for public viewing, is accepted.
3. Never name drop. Or use any real names for that matter. There are reasons people use alias, be it bitter divorces, nosey inlaws/outlaws, potential "black mailing" coworkers, and just poor taste/etiquette.
4. Bloggers can be the most supportive group of people you may ever meet---or not.
(We are praying for you and love you Mr. Peters!!!!)
5.Using the names Lindsey Lohan, French Maid, Paris Hilton or Hewy can give your blog a accelerated number of hits. CNN NEWs also works!
6. The Helena Society of bloggers can also be referred to as a whole (by the public) as"No Sleep Party".
7. Spork, we have determined is really from Europe, not there's anything wrong with it.
8. In a public taste test, Margarita's are preferred to Coffee 6 to one.
9. After drinking Margarita's, it becomes hard to spell Margarita's.
10. (Hewy's observation)"How many Blogger does it take to drink a bowl of margarita...ok six"
11. It is fun to prank people into thinking that you are old school chums.
12. Whip cream makes a better drink. I don't care what it is....coffee, or margarita's.
13. It really is smart to take notes on such occasions. Hewy, "the secretary", can provide far better commentary due to his diligent notes. I would really love to see the notes he was taking last night. I could use them in this post.
14. Bowling is something that should only be done after a margarita- for that is the only time I wouldn't worry about where the hand had been that was once in the ball. Did you follow that one?
15. Singing in public is perfectly acceptable in such meetings, but be warned it could be blogged about , photographed or even recorded. Everything is fair game, unless one declares "off the record". Then and only then, is one safe.
16. LOL means "Laughing out loud" not "lots of love".
17. Boogers (not bloggers), as weird as it sounds, came up as topic in both meetings.

18. Eyelashes Can be permed. Who knew?

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This picture was done for a friend we all have in common, a honorary "Helena" blogger.

A special thanks to Charnita of Charnita's Xpressions for the Helena Blogger Badge she made for our profiles (the first picture in this post). Mine is already located on my sidebar...where is will stay "forevah!"
To all my Blogger friends, I am looking forward to the next "meeting".
If you missed it, you really missed it. I hope to see you at the next meeting.

Links to other Helena Bloggers, Blogging on this occasion (Will update as necessary):

Charnita's Xpressions

Bama Belle

Dust Bunny Hostage

Blogging Bama's Best Bargains1 and post 2

Ruminations of a Working Mom

No Sleep in Helena