Gone With The Posts Blogaversary Party day 1

CAUTION: LOUD MUSIC. TURN THE VOLUME ON COMPUTER DOWN,  UNLESS YOU LIKE BLARING LOUD MUSIC, LIKE ME.

  

                   

Rhett Butler: Now that you've got your lumber mill and Frank's money, you won't come to me as you did to the jail, so I see I shall have to marry you.

Scarlett: I never heard of such bad taste.

Welcome Y'all to my very first blogaversary party! I'm calling it my Gone With The Posts Blogaversary Party. Why call it Gone With The Post, right? Well, because it's no secret that I'm a HUGE fan of GWTW (even though I can't ever seem to get through the whole movie without crying or turning off the TV in a fit of depression, and that's just during the opening credits.LOL) thus my blog's name and the quote above, but because just like in the movie, where the Old South was gone with the wind, the last year has gone away with each post I've written. If  it's still not making sense, I use the ol' sleep deprevation ruse, almost always works.But,  the most important  people here on blogger, are truly you guys, my blogger friends. I wish I could tell Y'all all the great memories I've had with ya, but that's would take up 5 posts at least. So while you guys are reading the questions below, how about answering some of them yourself? I think it would so interesting to see how you would answer the questions, as well.

Anyway, I'm so excited about the party finally starting. I hope it will meet y'all's expectations and that ya have lots of fun in the coming days. Today, to help me celebrate my first year blogaversary, is a very special gal, who is, in fact, the  very first person I ever had the pleasure to interview right here on my blog. Without further ado, I'd like to welcome Cerella Sechrist *cheers sound from behind*!!!!

Q1. If you weren’t a writer, what would you be?

One of the reasons I love writing is that I get to live a full and varied life vicariously through my characters! I think it would be difficult to choose just one profession, so I love that I can do it all through stories. :)When I was a kid, I was seriously interested in being a marine biologist or archeologist so who knows? But with my love of food, I'd probably be running a restaurant or a food anthropologist or something. And then there's my love of history, so working in a museum would be fun... Okay, see? I just can't choose.

Me: Wow, that is a lot, but I'm glad you stuck with writing!

Q2. If you could live/go anywhere, where would it be and what would you do there?
Well, minus the bloodthirsty predators, I rather think the deserted island in question 5 could be a fun place to spend a day... Do you think we could have a luau?

Me:Uhhh....I'll have to think on that one, but I don't think GWTW and a luau mix. But, we could make it work.LOL;)

Q3. If you were planning your “dream” party, what would it be like?
I'd rent a Tuscan villa for the weekend (because money is no object, and this party can go all weekend, can't it?) and have all the characters I've ever created magically appear so I could watch them live and in person. I'd sit on a couch and listen to them air their grievances with how I've written their story, and at the end of the weekend, we'd all huddle around the karaoke machine and sing "We Are Family." And did I mention there would be cake? Lots and lots of cake.


ME: Sounds like my kind of party. I've always wanted to go to Italy, so you bet I'd try to tag along. Hmm...I'd definitely love to hear what your characters have to say. I'm sure they'll not be short on words. And did you say cake? You can't have a party without cake, if you did, it would be two shakes away from a PTA meeting.

Q4. If you were hosting a party, what favorite (living or deceased) author(s) would you love to invite?Definitely Jane Austen and Oscar Wilde just to watch them verbally spar. I think those two are the most witty writers to ever enter the field of literature. I'd just hand them each a cupcake and watch them go at it - sort of like WWE for writers.

ME:Would they be throwing these cupcakes at each other? Cause, THAT, I've gotta see.

Q5. You're stuck on a deserted island with one other person and a box of party supplies filled with a helium tank, balloons, noise makers, Care Bear themed paper goods and a giant inflatable bounce house; who would you want to be stuck with and what party supplies do you think would be the most useful? Oh, the helium tank is definitely going to be the most useful. What a perfect icebreaker to suck helium and talk in squeaky voices. I'd probably never even get around to inflating the bounce house, and then we'd get eaten by wild animals because I never bothered to put together the shelter… (That is, if you can consider a giant inflatable bounce house a "shelter.") But then we could use the noise makers to scare away the carnivores at night! Why hasn't anyone ever thought of a party-themed desert island experience before this, I ask?!?

I'd probably choose my brother to join me because…
1) I would pay serious cash to hear him talk in a helium-high voice. And on the island, he'd do it for free, out of sheer boredom, most likely!
2) He hunts AND he works for a restaurant so I'm guessing he could both kill and cook the food. Which is so important when you're a castaway, don't you agree?I'm not sure what I'd do with the Care Bear themed items, but I do know they would really brighten up the surroundings...

Me: Your brother hunts and cooks? Hunting is pretty big down here. Even if you go to Papa John's and you just happen to have your rifle with you, it's still considered hunting.LOL  The cooking part would be great too, since I'm not a fan of steak tar tar.  And Helium would be quite entertaining and would probably stop you  from trying to make friends with a Care Bear plate and naming it Wilson, right?

Last, but never least...

Q6. Do you have a favorite verse from the Bible about celebration and joy that you’d like to share, or a verse that still speaks to your heart no matter how many times you read it?

In recent years, I've come to rely on The Message version of Isaiah 40:27: "Why would you ever complain, O Jacob, or, whine, Israel, saying, 'God has lost track of me. He doesn't care what happens to me'? Don't you know anything? Haven't you been listening? God doesn't come and go. God lasts."

It's the perfect encouragement on days when you're feeling just a little sorry for yourself - to remember that your whining means little in the big scheme of things. Because God is still there - he *lasts.*

ME: thank you for sharing that verse with us.  I'm going through a REALLY rough patch (another post, at another time) and I need verses like that to get me to wake up in the mornings, for me at least and I know my fellow blogging friends don't mind the encouragement either.

Thank you so much Cerella for coming  and thanks for helping celebrate my blogaversary!

If Y'all don't who Cerella Sechrist is or ya wantin' to know more about her and her books, go here:

Her Website

Her Blog

If you haven't read Cerella's new book LFYI Hershey, Pennsylvania yet, you're missing out on one sweet book!

And since I just can't part ith me copy of LFY in Hershey Pa, I'm giving away a copy of Within My Heart by Tamera Alexander 

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Here are the giveaway rules:

*You must be a U.S resident (sorry my Canadian friends, shipping just way too much).

*You must have a valid e-mail address and you must put it in your comment for me to count the entry.

*The contest(s) goes Friday to Friday. The winner will be announced on next Saturday.

*you must leave one comment , per post, if you wish to enter all the giveaways.

And now for some more fun.Now since everything is going to be GWTW themed, I thought we could get into  character. I found this great quiz (thanks to Senior Google)  and I'd love for Y'all to take it and found out: Which Character from 'Gone With The Wind' are you!

 This is who it said I was: You are Rhett Butler. You refuse to change your personality to appeal to the masses and cannot stand the hypocrisy in society. You will do anything in your power to make sure that you get what you want.

 Wow such great quality, right? LOL  I've always wanted to be a dashing rogue who never got the girl of my dreams, until it was too late.:( .... LOL

Anyhow...

I hope y'all will join me tomorrow in welcoming my next mystery guest and more GWTW fun!

Love Y'all,

Ashley