PA Member Spotlight August 15, 2009 - BelleFromGa

[Jguy1964]

1. How long have you been a member of Pogo/Club Pogo?
Since Oct 22, 2005

2. If you could offer more choices for Pogo Tokens, what would they be?
I would like to be able to purchase gems!!!  Also would like to be able to buy the mix and match badges and albums, as well as premium mini items with tokens.  

3. Who introduced you to Pogo?
I was bored with the installed games on my computer and ventured out into the online world and searched for games.  I played at another site for a while, then discovered Pogo.  I haven’t played anywhere else since then.

4. Who is your most favorite pogo character, and why?
I don’t really have a favorite character, but I love the little “all-showing” cat in Wonderland Memories cause I get so excited that I saw it and I love cats.  I also like the little evil penguins in Penguin Blocks cause they are just so dang cute ~ although they are truly evil!!!

5. What is your favorite Pogo game?
I guess my favorite is Phlinx.  I like to play that at night before I go to bed and it relaxes me.   I also love Penguin Blocks, Thousand Island Solitaire and Tri-Peaks!

6. What is your least favorite pogo game?
Chess - it’s just one of those things I never learned to play so it is grueling for me.

7. Why did you join PogoAddiction?
Pogo is one of my favorite things to do in my spare time.  It’s my other part-time job!   But one day when I was searching for something online I saw Pogo Addiction.  I immediately loved it, however for a long time I only got the free tokens, then trivia.  In fact I had another screen name in PA and lost my password and couldn’t recover it.  So I rejoined as BelleFromGa.   At first I was shy about participating, then one day I just decided to jump in there.  I learned about socials, and from there wow it’s been amazing.  I love all the people I have met at PA, and it is now a part of my life.  Thanks Little and all the staff for creating such an amazing place for me to call home!

8. What is your favorite aspect of the forum?
Gosh, that’s hard to answer!  That’s like asking me which of my children is my favorite!  Well, I guess the first thing I do when I log on is look at the shout box to see what’s going on.  Then I check the socials and contests. I love the contests!  And I love the Socials and the Pinkies!  Gosh I love the whole dang forum!

9. What type of contest would you suggest for PA?
I will have to leave that up to the great minds that already figure that stuff out.  It amazes me some of the things y’all come up with!!!  Just keep on keeping on, it’s hard to improve on perfection!

10. What do you like to do outside of PA and pogo?
Hmmm, let me think.  That’s about all I do right now aside from work.  Well, I’m a Bo Bice addict!  So I enjoy listening to his music.  I love to go to his concerts, but have only been to two!  I love flowers and gardening, and I love my animals.  I love my family.  I enjoy spending time with my children and grandchildren, but it’s a road trip to do so, so we don’t get to see each other as much as I would like.  I like to watch TV ~ my favorites are The First 48, CSI:Miami, and all the other CSIs, and a few others.

11. What is the most exciting vacation you have taken?
I don’t know about exciting, but the best vacation I ever took was when me and my three daughters (when they were around 6, 8 and 10) went to St. George Island, FL.  We took off in my little car, singing to the radio, having a blast. We finally got there and it was so beautiful and peaceful and private.  We had a little cottage on the beach, and we made a peach cobbler and sat on the beach eating cobbler with ice cream while the waves rolled up on our feet.  It was very special.
   
12. Do you collect anything?
CATS - real ones, lol.  I love to collect angels and cat figurines.  And I have quite a collection of music boxes but haven’t added to that in some time.  I have 1000’s of books, including over 300+ cookbooks.

13. What is your favorite meal?
Okay this is gonna sound crazy, but my most favorite meal would be fresh vegetables from the garden.  Like some fresh creamed corn, sliced tomatoes, green beans, fried okra and a big hunk of hot buttered cornbread (made in my iron skillet) with iced tea of course.  Then my favorite restaurant meal would be Red Lobster!  I love the fried clams and shrimp with baked potato, salad and those wonderful biscuits.

14. Do you have pets?
We have three dogs - Brandy (her mama was a shih-Tzu and her daddy a hound dog, lol), then we have Rebel - the boxer, and Gringo - the pit bull.  They are all so gentle and sweet.  Then I have cats - I don’t even know how many any more.  I started out with my 7 cats - Starr, Midnight, Lucky, Gracie, Mittens, Preacher and Harley.  Then Sophie came up out of the woods and I fed her, then she went and told all her friends in the woods and they all started visiting.  So now I have Sparkles, Jessie, Molly, Bosco, Sully, Mitch, Annie, Tiger, Simon, Goofy, Jane, Hobo, and more, can’t even think now.  But we have several new litters of kittens who haven’t been named.  I can’t catch half of them to give them away or have them fixed.  The ones I can catch are the ones already fixed and can’t part with.  It’s a lot!  Overwhelming at times. Anyone have any spare cat food?  lol                        

15. You can change one persons life, what would you change, for whom, and why?
Well, the first thing that comes to mind is private and I can’t share it here.  So the second thought that comes to my mind would be my friend Wilda.  I would make her well, and she wouldn’t be in constant pain.  She could come and go and do whatever she wanted to do with no limitations.  I know that is impossible for me to do, but I pray it every day.  And the reason I would do it for her is because she is the most generous, loving friend, a real angel ~ I really mean that ~ an angel.  She has done more for me than anyone I have ever known in my entire life.  She always thinks of others!

16. What is the most exciting thing you have done?
Aside from #17, being at the delivery of several of my grandbabies.  It was so special to see my little girls become mothers, and to hold those little angels.

17. Have you ever met an online friend in person?
Oh yeah!!!  As I said I am a huge Bo Bice fan!  Well I joined Bo Bice Addicts, and eventually became the owner of the group.  But it was time for Bo to perform in Alabama and practically everyone was going except me.  Well my new friend that I had met online in the group decided she was going to come to my house in Georgia, pick me and my hubby Bo up, take me to the concert, pay for our hotel room and everything.  I couldn’t believe someone I had never met would even think of doing that for me.  Guess who it was? ? ? ?  Yes, it was Wilda a/k/a JrFan89P from Tennessee!  She showed me the time of my life!  I could never repay her for that.  So anyway, that day I met a bunch of the Bo Bice friends I had met online.  It was SO cool!!!  We will all be friends forever.

18. What is your favorite holiday and why?
My favorite holiday is Valentine’s Day!  From the time I was a little girl I have loved the hearts and white doilies and just the whole theme of Love!  One year I even decorated my Christmas tree with white lights, red hearts, white strings of pearls and some silver tinsel.  OMG, it was beautiful, and to this day I still have people comment to me about that tree.  I guess everyone wants to find someone to love and to be loved in return, and on Valentine’s Day well I hope everyone in the world has just one person say I love you.

19. What is the farthest you have been from home?
New Orleans, LA to the West and Washington, DC to the North and Key West, Fl to the South.  Never been past the ocean to the East, lol.  So not very far actually.

20. Tell us more about yourself.
I'm just a country girl and enjoy a very simple life.  I love people and animals and nature.  It hurts my heart to kill anything ~ ants, flies, bugs.  I catch as many as possible if they are in my house and let them go outside.  Yeah, people think I'm crazy!  But I just hate to see anyone or anything in pain.  I guess my main philosophy in life is to treat others the way you want to be treated.  The Golden Rule!  I am married to Bo ~ and we have three children each with lots of grandbabies.  He has Michelle, Ronnie and Brent and their children are Morgan, Michael, Makayla, Makenna and Brentley.  I have Amanda, Rebekah and Melanie and their children are Ashley, Haley, Briana, Chantel, Juhmel and Abigail.  We are expecting one more grandchild in December.  Whew!!!  I work at a pharmacy as a tech, and I really enjoy doing that.  I try to make everyone who comes through that door feel special.  I may be the only person some of these elderly people come in contact with all day long, so I want them to have a happy moment.  I put little hearts and smiley face stickers on some of their bottles, and they love it!  I am a Christian, and I thank God every day for all the blessings he has given me.  And I pray God will bless you all!

[georgnkaren]

WELCOME to the SPOTLIGHT
GAIL
Very nice interview ty for sharing you with us!
Love the photo of you & Bo!

[kyhillbillygirl67]

Thank you for sharing with us Belle
It was very nice getting to know you a little better
We've actually acquired a few cats the same way..except we live in town so we've acquired any cat that runs loose...lol
Enjoy your time in the spotlight

[FLCruise7]

Thanks for sharing yourself with us Gail.  It was wonderful getting to know you a little bit better.  No wonder you talk about being overrun with cats while we're in socials!

Welcome to the spotlight!

[kikihellman]

very nice, gail!  you tell a great tale and lead a very full life, that's for sure.  and i don't think you're crazy one bit about that favorite meal--that sounds like a little bite of heaven!  just the other night i had the craving for a fresh tomato sandwich--mr hellman thought i was nuts.  

"what do you want on it", he asked.  

"tomatoes", i replied.  

"well, what else besides tomato?"  

"salt and pepper".

i thought he was going to confiscate my vicodin.  

seriously, fresh-from-the-garden food, music, animals and people you love--a person needs nothing more.  and you have it all!  

[Flaricka]

Thank you for sharing your story with us, Belle!!!

I LOVE the story about meeting Wilda ... you both sound so amazing, and I've already really enjoyed getting to know you on line at socials, so that story was just PERFECT ... what a wonderful friend you've got there!

[Polgaratex]

Hey there Belle! Nice to meet another crazy cat lovin Suthruner  

[BelleFromGa]

Thank you everyone, gosh y'all are so kind!  I really enjoyed doing this.  And Kiki on the tomato sandwiches, that is what we are eating constantly these days.  We are overrun with tomatoes, I've canned some to make soup with this winter.  But your sandwich is just the way I like it too!  Thanks again y'all!  

[cherrylea]

Congratulations Gail, enjoy your time in the spotlight!
Your generous spirit comes through whenever I run across you
(tomato sammiches are a little slice of heaven so either we're all crazy or it's not crazy at all  )
It was great to get to know more about you, wonderful interview
That shot of you and Bo is great, you make a very handsome couple.

[SusyQ151]

Congratulations Belle for being chosen for Members Spotlight.  I really enjoyed reading your interview.  It sounds as though you are truly blessed with your large extended family of the two legged and four legged variety.  Thank you for sharing a part of yourself with us.

[bttrfly2268]

congrats hon on being chosen for the spotlight!

oh dear...gma will sure like you and those fresh veggies... better watch out!  

[LisaMarie]

Congrats on your spotlight Belle!  It's nice to get to know you better.  I'm not big on veggies, but I do like Bo Bice.

[Lguy1967]

Congrats Belle for being in the PA Spotlight!
That was a very nice interview, and thanks for sharing you with us.
Enjoy your time in the spotlight.

[sac101652]

Congrats Belle on being in the Member Spotlight! It was nice getting to know you better.

[sandstress]

LOVED your interview Belle!!!
So nice to get to know you.
You are an extremely beautiful and loving woman.
CONGRATULATIONS!!!!