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Email: jlms_qkw AT xmission DOT com

41yo Female, Married 20 years, 2 kids 6 & 4. inspired by the Walter Reed crap and children to renew political activity.

WAYWO: No Cake Yet

Sun May 11, 2008 at 03:58:40 PM PDT

WAYWO is a weekly series - What Are You Working On - for all things creative and crafty.  

Please share what you are working on, and post the pictures if you have them.  

I promised a Cake Decorating Lesson, but alas, that diary is not finished.  I will share slices of cake though, from the final birthday cake, and share the finished picture.  

Pootie & Woozles & Monotremes Oh My!

Wed May 07, 2008 at 03:59:17 PM PDT

Pootie and critter relief time!

I will share critters.
Please share your critters!

Pooties and Other Therapy

Mon May 05, 2008 at 03:42:11 PM PDT

Who's tired of primaries?  Me!

Join me for a pootie, woozle, and fun relief festival!

Sunday Socializing

Sun Apr 27, 2008 at 12:24:18 PM PDT

When I was a child, I spoke like a child.  No, wait.  Drinking liberally report included!

A.  My parents had distinct routines for Sundays that differed from the other days of the week.  

B.  I have been in a social rut of late, and I am starting to cure it.

C.  How is your local Drinking Liberally chapter?

Daily Kos University, vol. 68

Sat Apr 26, 2008 at 07:26:18 AM PDT

A lot of good teaching goes on at dailyKos.  But a lot of it doesn't get read by everyone who wants to read it, because diaries scroll by so fast.
This series is about diaries that teach and about things you want to learn.  Could be any subject - an academic subject, a skill, a hobby, almost anything - but not diaries that simply inform, or it would include all of daily kos.

I am pleased to guest host this week for plf515, who will return to us soon!  

Mojo Friday + What Are You Reading, Vol. 82

Fri Apr 25, 2008 at 07:30:40 AM PDT

What are You Reading is a weekly dailykos series hosted by plf515.  Mojo Friday is a feel-good chatty diary hosted by TexDem.  I am pleased to guest host this combined edition.  I believe both regular authors will return next week.    

cfk hosts Bookflurries on Wednesday evenings - Atlantis was this week's theme.  Although I am still very fond of the dragons from two weeks ago.

Goodreads is a place to keep track of your reading, and share with friends.  Beware of emails from authors though ;-), some seem to email the entire community to request "friendship".  My uid there is Jlms, and I will be your friend.  

Two weeks ago I overwhelmed myself (and perhaps some of you) with a plethora of beloved children's books.  This week is completely different, I promise.  

Please share what you are reading, and over the flip, I'll share what I'm reading, why I'm reading it, and how to acquire books.  

Poll

My last book came from the

18%48 votes
2%6 votes
14%37 votes
10%27 votes
24%64 votes
7%19 votes
13%36 votes
9%25 votes

| 262 votes | Vote | Results

Fitness Monday: Misc. Topics, w/Poll!

Mon Apr 21, 2008 at 07:46:55 AM PDT

Fitness Monday is a Dailykos community series for support of health and fitness.  The more fit and healthy we are, the more we can further the causes of electing more and better Democrats, and promoting progressive ideas.  

All opinions and advice contained in this diary are strictly amateur.  

Poll

Your Favorite Aerobic Activity?

24%17 votes
14%10 votes
10%7 votes
22%16 votes
2%2 votes
12%9 votes
0%0 votes
0%0 votes
4%3 votes
1%1 votes
0%0 votes
7%5 votes

| 70 votes | Vote | Results

What are you reading vol 80: Picture Books, guest host

Fri Apr 11, 2008 at 03:11:55 AM PDT

If you like to trade books, try Bookmooch.

To keep track of what you're reading and link to other readers, try goodreads.com.

cfk hosts Book flurries on Wednesday nights.  Last one was about dragons!  

plf515 is hosting Frugal Fridays this afternoon, and will return next week.  

Please leave ideas for future WAYR topics in the comments!

WAYWO: What Are You Working On?

Sun Apr 06, 2008 at 04:57:26 PM PDT

All things crafty!  Many mediums - hard, soft, or combinations.  

This is an emergency substitution, so pretty thin.  Still longer than about half the diaries I've seen this week though ;-)

So Share:  Write!  Post pix if you've got them or ask for help if you don't know how!

Write a Letter for the Troops

Thu Mar 27, 2008 at 10:01:18 AM PDT

Ninepatch is hosting a special edition diary here:

Mojo Friday:  Thursday Special Edition Support the Troops

Learn how to get a letter to a soldier!
and REC her diary please!

Mojo Friday: Mojo Good Friday Bingo

Fri Mar 21, 2008 at 07:30:27 AM PDT

Mojo is Good
Today is Good Friday (Christian Holiday)
Friday Bingo game today!

and I think there are a few basketball games being played today?

TexDem has left the care and feeding of Mojo Friday in my hands today.  Please help me out!  Let's spread the joy of mojo everywhere while we play Mojo Bingo today.  I look forward to having more comments in this diary than in all my previous diaries combined.  

Fitness Monday: Miscellaneous Topics

Mon Mar 17, 2008 at 08:26:46 AM PDT

Come and share and learn and receive support for your Fitness efforts!  More fitness leads to the ability to knock on more doors and help elect more and better Democrats.  

We have had some excellently written diaries lately.  Things are a little crazy around the Casa S, and I've been a bit headachey.  I'd like to open a couple topics for discussion and share a few links.  Also a report on my knees.  

WAYWO: Emergency Edition

Sun Mar 16, 2008 at 06:16:13 PM PDT

I haven't seen a WAYWO for two weeks!  Not since monkeybiz talked about 93% problems.

Our fearless leader, emerald maiden, is in the middle of a move.  

So I wanted to give us a place to chat and share, a refuge in the storm.  Please post pix of the stuff.

So, What Are You Working On ?  Textiles, ceramics and glass and polymers - home improvement, anything DIY, you are all welcome here.  

If Bob Murray is Satan Incarnate, is Orrin Hatch the Anti-Christ? (with poll)

Thu Mar 06, 2008 at 08:29:16 PM PDT

I am NOT given to gratuitous swearing.  However, god damn it all anyway.  54+ dead in Baghdad, 140+ injured.  8 dead in Jerusalem.  The dems don't have a nominee.  Utah ended its stupid ass legislative session (more on THAT forthcoming).  

And this afternoon, competing news releases flying from the committee chair, Ted Kennedy, and the ranking member, Mike Enzi.

Because
Kerry Allred
Don Erickson
Luis Hernandez
Juan Carlos Payan
Brandon Phillips
Manuel Sanchez
Gary Jensen
Dale Ray Black
Brandon Kimber

are DEAD.

And it is the fault of Bob Murray, MHSA, Elaine Chao and w*.

Poll

Choose one:

9%4 votes
9%4 votes
9%4 votes
23%10 votes
2%1 votes
16%7 votes
28%12 votes

| 42 votes | Vote | Results

Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. XCV: March

Sat Mar 01, 2008 at 05:13:29 PM PDT

Are you sitting at your computer, perhaps home alone on this Saturday evening ?  Welcome to a guest edition of Saturday Night Loser's Club!  Number 95 (coming up on the 2nd anniversary).  

March is my least favorite month.  So tonight I will explore the attributes of March as a month and word.  You are welcome to promote your own favorite and/or least favorite months.  I'm not a fan of astrology, so I'll skip that part, which of course you may add in.  

Sometimes I think I hate March.  

Poll

How do you feel about March, the month ?

14%7 votes
12%6 votes
26%13 votes
30%15 votes
18%9 votes

| 50 votes | Vote | Results

Now I'm Bent Out of Shape

Mon Feb 25, 2008 at 02:53:49 PM PDT

Utah is really a beautiful place to live.  We went to school at the U, moved away, came back, left for a long time, and came back and stayed!  Eleven years this May.  This time of year (February) drives me nuts.  

The legislature is in session, and there is no end of stupidity from them.  The winter started early, was quite cold even in November, and we have had several depressing inversions, with filthy air and no sunshine for weeks on end.  

Now, there is a rumor in the Salt Lake Tribune of a challenger to Jim Matheson, the ONLY Democrat in Utah's Congressional delegation.  And even worse, the last name of the challenger is Romney.  

WAYWO: The q, the k, & the w

Sun Feb 10, 2008 at 03:28:50 PM PDT

What Are You Working On? is a weekly community series for all things crafty and hand-made.  Our dear emeraldmaiden is away from her computer this afternoon.

In my user name, there is a q for quilt; a k for knit; and a w for weave.  Long ago, yahoo limited a new user id to 8 characters.  And those were my three favorite hobbies at the time.  I still quilt and knit.  About the time I got a grip on weaving, I finally became and stayed pregnant.  I dropped that hobby before I became overly involved, to simplify (ha!) my life.

I also recently tried a new medium of self-expression and art, and have pictures below the fold.  So come and share - what you're working on, what you finished (yeah!), and any questions . . .

Saturday Night Loser's Club, Vol. XCII: Guest Edition, Travel Australia

Sat Feb 09, 2008 at 05:34:07 PM PDT

Good evening, Saturday Night gang!  Thanks for stopping by - chingchongchinaman has left this diary in my hands for the night.  Please join us for chit-chat and stuff.  Just relax.

I have received several gentle hints to share some of our travel adventures.  We recently spent 5 weeks in Melbourne, Australia for my husband's job.  We traveled entirely within Victoria while we were there.  

Some of you also know we are remodeling our kitchen.  I am happy to share that the kitchen is now 100% functional again - the second version of the dishwasher arrived unharmed.  I am enjoying the new cupboards and countertops, especially the sink.  I may share pictures of this after I figure out where to store everything in the new configuration.

Now, onward to Australia!


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