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    <subtitle>is finally starting to fall into place! </subtitle>


    
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             I have blogged a million times about the power of three and how it&#39;s such a blessing that I get a plethora of perspectives because all of my friends are so different from each other. And it&#39;s not that we&#39;re different, it&#39;s that we balance each ot...
        
    
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        <title>getting over myself</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-11-02T08:39:12Z</published>
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             I love when Sher uses the phrase &quot;get over myself&quot;. I feel like I need to do that all the time, but it takes a lot to get me there, usually, a big old shove works...but not always. I knew that when Tony and I ended, I didn&#39;t want it to be the fin...
        
    
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        <published>2009-11-01T08:33:35Z</published>
        <updated>2009-11-02T04:23:21Z</updated>
    
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             For the first time in a long time, I wasn&#39;t really looking forward to Halloween this year. I wasn&#39;t going to be at Roosevelt so I couldn&#39;t dress up as a Simpson (ok, only 3 of my friends did, but still), and I wasn&#39;t going to host the annual Hall...
        
    
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        <title>crush &gt; dating</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-10-22T07:19:19Z</published>
        <updated>2009-10-22T07:19:19Z</updated>
    
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             So my crush on the cute counselor was getting stronger and I tried to actually step up last week, but I chose the weakest way to communicate...text message. Don&#39;t get me wrong, I love texting. But unless you&#39;re texting someone who really gets you...
        
    
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        <title>my other sister</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-10-13T08:11:46Z</published>
        <updated>2009-10-13T08:11:46Z</updated>
    
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                 My cousin Missy has had a hell of a year. Take what I&#39;ve gone through and multiply it by a hundred times more pain and that&#39;s what she&#39;s been through. I mean, out of all the cousins, she was the closest to our grandpa. She spent the most time...
        
    
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        <title>wishful thinking</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-10-09T08:19:27Z</published>
        <updated>2009-10-09T15:29:16Z</updated>
    
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             All week long I&#39;ve been waiting for this wedding. Ok, maybe longer than that, maybe I&#39;ve been waiting 4 years for it, just like everyone else in &quot;The Office&quot; fan club. Even though they&#39;re fictional TV characters, I kept getting emotional during t...
        
    
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        <title>the cute counselor</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-10-04T22:22:46Z</published>
        <updated>2009-10-04T22:22:46Z</updated>
    
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             So I noticed this guy way back in July when I met with the principal of his school. He&#39;s cute, tall and dresses nicely and I thought he&#39;d be perfect for my fake sister Nancy. When I did the training for his school in Palm Springs, he offered me h...
        
    
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        <title>lessons learned from himym (and amparo)</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-09-29T04:02:16Z</published>
        <updated>2009-10-01T02:40:26Z</updated>
    
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             On tonight&#39;s episode of How I Met Your Mother, Ted goes on a blind date with a girl he had gone out on a blind date with 7 years prior. Throughout the date, they analyze their past selves and pinpoint exactly why they never went out on a second d...
        
    
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        <title>sigh.</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-09-27T08:39:35Z</published>
        <updated>2009-09-28T02:21:17Z</updated>
    
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             It&#39;s been a rough week.  I almost quit my job yesterday. It&#39;s a long story and I don&#39;t even want to type or think about it anymore. But I got a raise and I&#39;m staying. I&#39;m going to start tutoring still, but there are several prospects on the horiz...
        
    
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        <title>a different kind of unbirthday...</title>
    
    
    
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        <published>2009-09-21T23:17:33Z</published>
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             So according to my favorite blog (single-ish on glamour.com) it&#39;s national singles week from september 20-26 every year. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? What exactly does this mean? Why is there even such a thing? Does this mean all of my ma...
        
    
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