Happy New Year..........

Well it's 2010, and I hope that it brings everything to everyone. We always need this new start to get us going. I'm sure we will still face the same old things but hopefully we can look at them in a different way. We will always have problems that is life. And speaking of problems, one came up the other day in the Village and I feel I need to address it. We were having a lively chat and the topic got crazy. By that I mean we were discussing all our mental failures. And we all have them. It was brought up that the Village was a round padded room. Some took offense to all of this conversation. It was not meant to step on anyones toes or hurt anyones feelings. I made the Village a round padded room for a reason....no user could go into a corner and pout. The padding was there for our safety, I wanted the Village to be a safe place for all. I did not think that any of this would be offensive. Mental illness is a serious thing but we are all touched by it in one way or another. Not discussing it is wrong, we need to be open and honest with this problem that touches all of us. I am sorry that some were offended, but the mute button is there for a reason. Or the option to go to another room. If arguments start I am the first to stop them, but this was not arguing. Politics and Religion tend to start arguments, other topics do not. Please be understanding with those that feel the need to have this topic be discussed in open chat. Some of those that were chatting are the ones that have said they themselves have this problem or have family members that do as well. Remember we are like a family in the Village and are there to have fun and to be there for those that need that extra little help.
MeMe44

Happy Holidays...........

Can you believe another year has just flown by us? We are all in the midst of holiday festivities and the coming of the New Year.
There have been many changes this year in the Village, some good and some bad. But, we have managed to get by without so much as a scratch.
Some of the Villagers entered a story contest in the kong forums. We are waiting to find out if anyone from the Village won.
And I am pleased to announce that our newest mod is none other than kaosfury. What a wonderful thing to have happen right now when I am so busy to have that extra help to keep an eye on things. Grats kaos!
I also want to tell all of you Villagers how much I appreciate all of you. When I go on mod calls, I get to see how other rooms are and I am grateful to be able to return to our happy little home. The regulars in the Village are what make this room so great, I can count on all of you to be there with all your humor and your kindness.
My heart goes out to each of you at this wonderful time. May you all have the best rest of the year, and I hope that the New Year is all that we hope it will be.

MeMe44

Thanks.......

I want to say thanks to all of you who make The Village the wonderful room that it is. Without all of you it would be an empty shell. The mods who help keep the peace, the regs who are part of the whole picture and those who are just visiting are all who make it thrive. I hear stories of other rooms and the problems they have, and I am so thankful that The Village is such a wonderful place to be in and have fun. So to all of you I give my thanks, I am so proud to say that I am the owner of this room. Cheers to all of you.

Also I am thankful that The Garden was able to get a couple of mods to help out in there. Cheers to Lancer and R_I_D_D_L_E, take good care of it please it was my first room that I was a mod in.

And to all of you that celebrate Thanksgiving in November, enjoy.

MeMe44

New Mod In The Village.....

We welcome kiwibob as our newest mod to help in The Village. He has been around here for a year now, in fact his kongday is September 14. Congratulations kiwibob on modship and your kongday.
Yay to more mods in The Village, keep them coming.

Talk Like A Pirate Day.......

It's back....................oh yes on September 19, it's Talk Like A Pirate Day. We had so much fun with this last year, we are going to do it again. And our honorary pirate will be so proud to have everyone be like him. lol Get out the rum and the shiver me timbers and party with us that day!!!!!

Repeat Performance..............

Last year I posted this and it's time to roll it back out for all to see. Some users have a real problem with behaviour,might have something to do with lack of respect.
I guess they never learned it at home. Well guys lets try again. Also some have the mistaken notion that mods are paid employees. Hello guys, we are volunteers that give up our game time to keep chat nice for everyone. So what I'm getting at is please try to help us a bit by not feeding the trolls, they thrive on attention.
Try to set a good example by following the room rules. I love The Village and all of you that reside there, lets all keep it a happy place.

R-E-S-P-E-C-T

Yes, the word is Respect. We are not talking about a song that was written and released by Otis Redding in 1965. Or made famous by Aretha Franklin in 1967. And was recently listed as #5 on the Rolling Stone's chart "500 Greatest Songs of all time.

The word Respect means to hold in esteem. Someone mentioned this word to me this week. Which brought me to writing this post. Some of the young people today are not aware of what this word means.

We all need to show respect and appreciation to the Greers for creating this site, to Greg for working hard to see that we have fun games to play, to administration for their efforts to keep things running smoothly. Respect and appreciation go hand in hand.

But this is where I come in into the picture. As a volunteer helping to keep this site wonderful,I think the Mods need a lot of respect. We all work hard to make sure everyone is having fun. I can't count..... how many games I have had to restart, the nasty names I have been called, the phone calls put on hold because I am in the middle of a troll parade. The food that has turned cold also comes into my mind. And I am not complaining by any means. I chose to do this and I love it. The fun I have greatly outweighs the grief. I just want some of our new users to learn the word "respect" and to appreciate what we all have been given. A wonderful site, with wonderful people who care about everyone. So all you regulars out there who know this word, let's teach it to the new users. It will be interesting to see if they can learn.