The Kin

...for she is Loved and Given boundless Joy from the Kin! *bounces around spreading rainbows from the mix of bright beaming smiles and tears* I just can't believe you all! I love you and know my life would be so much less without each and everyone of you!!! I got a marvelous and unexpected Happy Mail today!! It was from Lor..and she told me I was the "Special Project" last month..to make me feel better and cheer me up and to let me know how special I am to y'all! *shakes head and grins* Believe me the feeling is mutual!! :D :-* I don't know what I'd do without all of you to boss around, care about, try to make happy, nag sometimes and just general…

I got Happy Mail! You are just the Most, Twinnie. I most certainly do not expect an apology for you missing my birthday when you were sick, and I never remember anyone's birthday myself. I got a lovely quilled bookmark-ish card that will never be smashed in a book (by Twinnie), a crocheted Christmas angel (by Twinnie), Valentine treats, adorable seal-faced winter-y slipper socks, a pair of silky-soft fuzzy socks, a journal book with an amazing cover quilled in a spring garden trellis (again, by Twinnie), a cool bookthong with beautiful beads and sewing-related charms (also by Twinnie), and a GOLDEN KNITTING NEEDLE. Whoo-Hoo! I feel like it's my b-day and…

Welcome Everyone! *grins and bounces* To the Kin's Second Annual Challenge of the Sashes Poetry Contest!!! The members of each Sash group have been working together to write poems of four different types this month! This third week is the choice of a Limerick or an Ode. Then as a group, they choose the one they feel is the best to be posted in the vote against the other Sashes! The vote is open to anyone who visits our boards! Kin members are asked to post that they HAVE voted..but not WHO they voted for. This is important if you want credit for participation in the Challenge to share in any points your Sash group wins! ;) You are welcome to post c…

Hey, Twinnie!

Well maybe not..but as I was scanning for a poem to use in the Twinnie Mail...I ran across soo many poems that I enjoy reading, and havn't for a loooooooong time! Figured that maybe it might be the same with some of you! Soo..let's have a coffee house/poetry reading this month!! Remember also that most song lyrics...were poetry before they were set to music! Some of my favorite poetry is now known as classic hits! LOL I'll lead off then.... One of my favorite poets is e.e.cummins. I discovered this sometimes strange, but often poignant writer about, well in my twenties! LOL This has always been my favorite and from it comes one of my favorite words..…

Welcome Everyone! *grins and bounces* To the Kin's Second Annual Challenge of the Sashes Poetry Contest!!! The members of each Sash group have been working together to write poems of four different types this month! This second week is the EPITAPH. Then as a group, they choose the one they feel is the best to be posted in the vote against the other Sashes! The vote is open to anyone who visits our boards! Kin members are asked to post that they HAVE voted..but not WHO they voted for. This is important if you want credit for participation in the Challenge to share in any points your Sash group wins! ;) You are welcome to post compliments and comment…

Welcome Everyone! *grins and bounces* To the Kin's Second Annual Challenge of the Sashes Poetry Contest!!! The members of each Sash group have been working together to write poems of four different types this month! This first week is the Acrostic Poem. Then as a group, they choose the one they feel is the best to be posted in the vote against the other Sashes! The vote is open to anyone who visits our boards! Kin members are asked to post that they HAVE voted..but not WHO they voted for. This is important if you want credit for participation in the Challenge to share in any points your Sash group wins! ;) You are welcome to post compliments and co…

Do we have a standing thread? I thought we did. *scratches head* Oh, well... It's that time again. Starting tommorrow, the little you have seen of me will probably be less. Workshops start 03/07, and Faire opens 04/04, till 05/19. I am off to be Costume Mommy for a while. And I went back to school, after a year off. Like I needed more to do. I will drop in as often as possible. Miss you all.

*giggles* Oh Spring is here! Flowers..at least some of them are blooming even!! The Kin always celebrates Springtime with a Plant/Seed/Bulb swap or a springy thingy! This year, due to the economy concerns I thought we might tweak this a little bit and make it a SEEDS ONLY SWAP *bounces and claps and twirls* Now here's the scoop! :D ;) Packets of flower/plant/vegetable seeds are pretty cheap! You can even get them in some stores at 10 for a dollar! Of course some can cost up to $5, but you don't have to choose them! The other thing is..you can stick a packet of seeds in an envelope with a card or a note...put a stamp on it and t…

The kin is totaly the best org ever

I'm really sorry I haven't posted this yet, but OH MAN!!! I got me some faaaaaaaaantastic Twinnie mail!!! You're insane woman! :P Got a HUGE box with all sorts of goodies that caused not a few jealous looks from colleagues at work. *grins* A fabulous travel journey which I used already to write all about my trip to Kara last week!! I LOVE this journal! It's so Indiana Jones-y!! Get a feeling to go off temple hunting every time I look at it. And it's so soft and fun to touch and so utterly cool!! :D Scared the living daylights outta' my sis with my spiffing Red Handcuffs! Though she did kinda' mention that they could be added to her collection, which was …

Alright, ya'll! It's resolution time! In the grand tradition of this wonderful Org, stop in, make your resolutions known and we'll back you up. ;) Nothing like a cheering section to help you reach your goals! So, to start it off, here are my resolutions: (3 is the usual around here, for those of you who either don't remember or haven't experienced our cheering committe, yet. ;) ) 1- Say thank you more often. I vow that every postage stamp used on me will be returned. 2- Get caught up and stay up on birthdays, anniversaries, holidays and exchanges. Yes, this means if I owe you one, I will get it in the mail. That's been my problem: Making it to the post off…

I made something for you. *Hugs* Link: http://reallywildpages.netfirms.com/picturepro/nfpicturepro/albums/userpics/10003/Twinflowersig.png Hope you like it.

NOT! Nope this isn't it!! *laughs and shakes head* Silly Kinsters! Check-in this month is on the Kin's Monthly News thread, stickied at the top of the board!! Lor or I do this news thing every month to give y'all news, updates and what's going to go on that month! Ok..lor writes a nice, informative SHORT info sticky..and of course I chatter and natter on...and believe me I try to edit it down!! LOL In any case...please take a look! We have some fun stuff happening this month! Psst..I'll know if you read it by what you check in with....*grins*

Hi! I'm Torrie. I am a 28 year old working wife and mother of 2. My kids are my life at this point. They are my babies. I coach 5 year old soccer. I enjoying making sigs for people but I'm learning so I'm not that good yet. I work in a cemetery (odd I know, but I enjoy it). Ummm... So what about you? Tell me about yourselves and ask any questions you have. ;D

It's been spread across half of DM already anyway, so no fair for you all to be left in the dark. The new DM 8.0 beta test boards got leaked. So go check em out. edited

WOOHOO!!! You know what? They have started to announce the Empy winners of DM today!! Now we have quite a few of our Kin Family nominated...*grins* and I would imagine being the amazing people Kinsters are..there will be several that in that esteemed Empy Winners Circle!! In fact we already have one!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TIGARA!!! Yup our fried chicken recipe seeker, our very own Tig has been awarded the best Male RP'er of DM!!! *hugs and showers in daisy's! Well done hon!

just in case you been wondering why I haven't been around much lately. I been running around like a chicken with no head trying to get everything done lol. I'm leaving to visit Kara on Friday!!

Hi This is lion-lamb-love I would like to join the kin. :D

I saw this on Facebook and immediately thought of you! *snugglehugs*

Happy Birthday. Let the spankings commence!

I would like to join the Kin :)

HI, I want to join the kin, but idk wat to do. So im posting this for help lol.

I can haz recipe plz!? *puppy eyes* I'm making it tonight and have no recipe...and maybe no ingredients other than chicken. >.> Multiple recipes are also good. :D Kthnxbai!

Eclipse strolled around to take in the whole of what goes on at the Kin. He had really only been through quickly before to help spam the 10k thread. Noticing all of the handcrafted wares around, he shook his head That's too bad that all this fine craftsmenship is about to become very very sticky... Eclipse produces a creme pie from neath his cloak and smacks U4ea in the face with it. Thanks for helping us celebrate Pi Day ;)

Welcome to March! I don't know if your March has roared in like a lion, but it sure has here! Let's keep the momentum going with the activities this month! I'm running the activities this month, so that means ya'll have to be extra good and get in here to play along! I get grumpy when I have to play by myself. It should be pretty easy with one of our most active exchanges of the year, The Arts and Crafts Exchange! I'll post a sign up thread in a minute, but the rules are pretty simple. Rule #1- Whatever you're putting in the mail has to be hand made. Rule #2- Don't spend more than $15 making it! That's pretty much it! More details will be in the Exchange Sign up thr…

It's that time again, folks! Step right on up for our annual Arts & Crafts Exchange! Traditionally, this one is a biggie, so let's see how many people we can get involved! The rules are: 1- Whatever you're exchanging has to be hand made. Nothing store bought. We love our talented Kinsters and mixing talent with happy mail is just freakin' awesome! 2- Don't spend more than $15 making it! It takes a lot to ship stuff these days (if you have AAA, you get a discount with UPS... just in case you needed to know that... *coughs*), so we want this to be as painless for you as possible! It's never the money that matters around here, it's the love you put into…

Think you might have a good tale to tell? Maybe you've been waiting to show the world that you're the next RJ! Well, you're time has come. The Illuminators Org has just kicked off our writing competition, Illuminator Idol, and its open to everyone on DM. Here's the link to the rules thread: http://forums.dragonmount.com/index.php/topic,39174.0.html Here are the basics: Each week I will post two flash-fiction (1,000 words or less) stories. They will be presented on a vote-thread, as they were submitted to me. The authors will not be listed. They will stay posted for one week, after which a winner will be named and the next two stories posted. If you …

Happy Birthday lovely! *hands her a present and cake*

*If you have any questions, please contact your friendly neighborhood Awards Committee at AwardsCommittee@dragonmount.com or reply to this post. Good luck everyone! :-* By the way, Kinsters of note on this list are: Community Side: 1. Newbie of the Year Quisalas 2. Most Outstanding Community Member Mystica Taymist 3. Most Active Community Member Jaydena SamuraiFlip05 5. Nicest Person in the Community Twinflower 7. Most Improved Community Organization Kin RP Side: 1. Rookie of the Year Quisalas 2. Most Impressive RP Male Writer Tigara 3. Most Impressive RP Female Writer Taymist Mystica …