My blogs

Blogs I follow

Gender	Female
Occupation	State Senator
Location	Auburn (rural), Washington, United States
Introduction	I like being of service to others: my five children and 16 grandchildren; the people of Washington; and the children I love in Honduras. I am goal oriented and work hard to meet my goals. I like to travel to the "hard places" and have been all through Central and South America and most of Asia (including several weeks in East Timor)and Europe. Driving with the top down, a cold diet cola or Dr. Pepper, a good read or a little gardening and I am pretty happy.
Interests	Family, Current Events, Reading, Travel, Gardening, and trying to provide open and responsible government
Favorite movies	Top Gun,The Bourne series, Casino Royale, Sound of Music, Meryl Streep movies, and almost anything based on real history.
Favorite music	New Country,"Stay" is a good one. I have been to Rascal Flats, Taylor Swift, and Kenny Chesney concerts.
Favorite books	The History of the American Revolution by Bernard Balyan, Flags of Our Fathers, Cold Mountain, Stolen Lives, The Kite Runner,The New Testament,The Federalist Papers