The Challenge Factory discussion

Hmmm demons?

Jenne wrote: "Hmmm demons?"

How will that relate to April? I'm trying to figure out a tie-in?

Hans Christian was born in April,maybe Fairies then?

Jenne wrote: "Hans Christian was born in April,maybe Fairies then?"

One of the readers suggest Aliens

It's been a while since we did aliens.

Aliens are cool...or maybe zombies since it's Easter month and people say he is the original zombie...

Hey Jenne, for the scavenger hunt...when you say cartoon, are cartoons just being mentioned cool or do you want a specific cartoon mentioned?

Either :)

Thanks! No one has asked yet, but I wanted to be prepared.

Paris do you have the time to do one of the spreadsheets this round? If not no worries.

Good morning Jenne, Paris & Denise!

Morning my brotha from anotha mutha :)

Jenne wrote: "Morning my brotha from anotha mutha :)"

are you watching Rush Hour with Chris Tucker and Jackie Chan? Love that movie

lol no I've been listening to my boys "gangsta" talk all last night. It's pretty funny especially the 9 yr kid he's quite serious.

Jenne wrote: "lol no I've been listening to my boys "gangsta" talk all last night. It's pretty funny especially the 9 yr kid he's quite serious."

*Snickers*

I meant to ask you why you chose Barbados for me.

No reason, somewhere warm and exotic lol.

Jenne wrote: "Paris do you have the time to do one of the spreadsheets this round? If not no worries."

Yep. I can do it. No problem. Let me know if there is anything else I can help with.

Jenne wrote: "No reason, somewhere warm and exotic lol."

I wasn't sure if I had mentioned Barbados is where I went on my honeymoon. What a coincidence!

Paris which spreadsheet do you want?

Ha! I just assumed I'd make the one for SS since I did that last time. I was just coming in here to check how to link it again.

Is that cool? I can do the other one if you want. Or both. I promise to be better about updating things this time.

Here is the SS spreadsheet link just take out the spaces. I'll update the team names as they post them.

https: //docs.google. com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnYwhsXXvc29dFZFUzluU1BTakRKWm81YXhqYjZmYmc&usp=sharing

Let me know if you want me to do the other one too!

Paris that's a might tempting offer, are you sure you don't mind. I know it can be a pain and am totally happy to do the other.

Jenne, girl you better accept her help. you have Gotta Haves to work with you.
When P offers help, snatch it up quickly:D

I know that was my thought too lol.

Haha just take it. I'll try to get the SSS one done at work but I wont be able yo post the link until I get home from the gym. Does that work?

Also do y'all mind if I do the May in History again or would someone else like to do it? If so I can do something else.

Knock yourself out :)

Paris wrote: "Haha just take it. I'll try to get the SSS one done at work but I wont be able yo post the link until I get home from the gym. Does that work?

Also do y'all mind if I do the May in History again o..."

Paris, I say keep it.
Does anyone want Creature Feature?
For May (Mother's Day), I was trying to decide the Siren, Succubus, Selkie, Valkyrie as they are female

Oh oh do Valkyries!!!!

Jenne wrote: "Oh oh do Valkyries!!!!"

Valkyrie it is for May:D

Too bad I already read I don't know other valkyrie books...
I will go look on listopia.

I read one besides IAD and can't remember what it was....

Okay Jenne here's the SSS spreadsheet

https: //docs.google. com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AnYwhsXXvc29dDQ1SnlBM1VMaVowaGxEcEs0WWhsY3c&usp=sharing

Jenne wrote: "I read one besides IAD and can't remember what it was...."

apparently there is a valkeryie in almost all the IAD's. So it will work

TROUBLEMAKER????
who me???

Lol you're not fooling anyone :D

Jenne wrote: "Lol you're not fooling anyone :D"

LOL, look into my eyes, you are feeling sleepy...

I'm having challenge blahs right now. My May challenge didn't really go over well and I have no idea what to do for June. And the history challenges are pretty basic, but I don't know if people are really enjoying them.

Any ideas how I can spice things up ladies?

It's so easy to get in a rut! Happens to me often. Anytime I do a themed scavenger hunt for my mod challenge they're pretty popular, you could try that maybe.
For the history challenge if you want to swap with me on the monthly you can or maybe try a month of doing 1 historical event and making the whole challenge about it? Or you can always ask the people that are participating if they have any ideas they'd like to see. Summer and around the holidays you'll notice less participation than in other months too, so don't think it's that people are bored. I've been kicking around creating a group survey here for months just to get our members 2 cents.

It would be nice to get our members thoughts on things Jenne. I think a survey would be great.

I'll mull some ideas over regarding the history thing. I like the one event thing. History is so depressing a lot of the time.

I agree. Great idea for the survey

So do you think birthdays would work for June history? There really isn't anything all that interesting that happened in June.

It would P, also it would shake it up too :)

I'm doing a mid year do over / review.
Books you had planned on reading during the first half of the year but didn't get to read. To catch up.

Ideas:
I did a challenge a long time ago that I liked for June.
Gemini is for double.
Read a book by an author and read one from her alias.
Ie. Aline Hunter aka ja saare; Nora Roberts aka JD Robb; Allyson James aka Ashley Gardner/Jennifer Ashley; Jessica Bird aka JR ward; Tina St.John aka Lara Adrian; Stephanie Tyler aka SE Jakes; Larissa Ione/Stephanie Tyler aka Sydney Croft
Or
Books with the same title but different authors.

Though that challenge probably worked better as a 3 month challenge

That's a good idea Ezi. If you're wanting to do it as a 3 month, do it in the mini or the odd & ends maybe.

I'm seriously considering doing away with the second chance folder. I don't think anyone uses it and it's becoming a buildup of clutter. I send stuff there and forget about it lol. What do y'all think?

dont' need it:D

I say get rid of it. I don't think anyone uses it.

Ok second chance folder is history, wiped out, deleted!

If anyone is around today could you set up EOTM June for Wanda? If not no biggie I can do it tonight.

Ummmm...I just got home and was totally going to do this for you Jenne, but there are two Wandas. Now I think I know which one it is, but I didn't want to mess anything up. Sorry.

The one that's on team 1 of SSS. I've been away from the computer and the phone is a no go on that lol.