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Blogging

I was a little lax in my blogging last week. I was on spring break from school; I helped prepare and then send off my oldest son (21) for/to his move to Maryland, driving himself and his dog across the country by himself (he got there safely – whew!); and then learning that I am going to be grandmother and then learning that the pregnancy might be in danger.(both which were real shockers for me and which totally blew my mental state, thus disrupting my usual agenda of activities).

The benefit of a change in routine last week is that I put about 20-30 miles on my bike!

Hopefully I’ll be back on track this week now that school is back in session (for the next 5 weeks!)and become more accustomed to the state of affairs in my personal life!

Here’s How Happy I Am (Blog Things)

You Are 92% Happy

It’s unlikely that you know anyone happier than you.
You know how to be happy, no matter what life throws at you.

Green Blogathon!!!

My job as a school teacher will prevent me from participating in this, but I hope many others will be able to. It sounds like fun and for a great cause!
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Hi fellow Green Bloggers,

Shea Gunther, the Eco-Entrepreneur and blogger behind sheagunther.

I wanted to let you know about the upcoming Green Blogathon and to encourage you to participate. I’ll be hosting it along with Jeff over at Sustainablog.

I’m gathering green bloggers together to blog for 12, 18, or 24 hours straight coming up on Friday, February 24th. Bloggers commit to making two posts an hour and to raising money for a non-profit of their
choice on a per-post pledge basis from their readers/friends/family.

You can find more details and signup for the blogathon here

Let me know if you have any questions. Even if you can’t join us, I hope you’ll consider posting about it, the more readers who see it the more money we have a chance of raising.

Cheers!
Shea

PS- I’ll be raising money to preserve rain forest through the Nature
Conservancy.

My Candy Heart

Your Candy Heart Says “Hug Me”

A total sweetheart, you always have a lot of love to give out.
Your heart is open to where ever love takes you!

Your ideal Valentine’s Day date: a surprise romantic evening that you’ve planned out

Your flirting style: lots of listening and talking

What turns you off: fighting and conflict

Why you’re hot: you’re fearless about falling in love

Utah Bloggers Being Threatened by Local Newspaper

Clff Lyon, of the One Utah blog, is being threatened with libel by the Deseret News. Here is a letter they sent to Charley Foster of The State of the Beehive regarding the posting of an item by Cliff on its blog:

I just recieved the following email from the account of Chuck Gates at the Deseret News.

Dear Mr. Foster,

It has been brought to my attention that a Jan. 27 posting
on your blog by Cliff Lyon comments on the “firing” of Brady
Snyder by the Deseret Morning News. This is false. Brady
resigned from the newspaper, effective Jan. 28, to take a
job with the Salt Lake Rescue Mission and to devote more
time to his church. We were sorry to see him go.

We expect an immediate correction to this potentially
libelous information.

Angelyn N. Hutchinson
City Editor

This has created a flurry of response from bloggers all over – liberal AND conservative alike!
On blogging we all agree that (in Ken Bingham‘s words):

We bloggers must stand together to protect our rights. Otherwise bloggers will be silenced and intimidated by powerfull interests that do not like what we say.

Bloggers unite!

Links to posts on this issue:
Obligatory Anecdotes
One Utah
The State of the Beehive

Technorati

If you haven’t checked out Technorati yet, do. It is interesting to see how peoples’ blogs rank and who links to them. My good friend Jenni, of Jen’s Green Journal ranks
2nd for Salt Lake City and 8th for Utah.

My registry is still being ranked, so I’m not ranked very high. I am ranked 16th for Salt Lake City.
It’s a great way to get your blog known more and see what other blogs are out there.

What Artist Would Paint You?

I took the survey and here are my results:

Who Should Paint You: Tamara de Lempicka

You’re universally attractive with a modern appeal
A portrait of you would be both bewitching and approachable

What Tarot Card Are You?

You Are The Empress

You represent the ideal female figure: beauty and nurturing.
You bring security and harmony to many.
At times, you are also a very sensual person.
You are characterized by love, pleasure, and desire.

Your fortune:

You need to take some time to think about the role of commitment in your life.
It’s possible you need to commit more to others, or deal with how others have treated you.
It is very important for you to support your friends and family right now, difficult as it may be.
You may need to look at your relationship with your mother, or your relationships as a mother.

Your Hillbilly Name Is….

Your Hillbilly Name Is…

Betty Rose Duke

Change in Dee’s ‘Dotes Live Journal url

Live Journal has made changes to improve its services. This includes the url of everyone’s blogs.
For those of you who have my blog bookmarked or listed, please change the url to:

http://deesings.livejournal.com