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		<title>Oklahoma Tragedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 21:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Citizens of Oklahoma, I am so sorry for what you endured yesterday. My heart aches for you. I have never gone through an F4 tornado  but I have gone through an F2 and almost F3. It&#8217;s scary in a way that is indescribable. I know you have lost people in such a tragic way. I&#8217;m [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3229&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Learning About Yourself</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 12:05:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I look at my life, I usually get a little frustrated. Sometimes it seems disjointed and like I&#8217;m not who or what I am supposed to be. When I was younger I had this idea of who and what I should be. Who and what I am now is not that person at all. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3204&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Who Cares?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 02 May 2013 22:25:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever felt that way? Sometimes I feel frustrated with life and feel alone and wonder &#8220;Who Cares?&#8221; There are days I wonder if anyone does. Then I remind myself a few do. But I mean, like on Facebook I have over 200 &#8220;friends&#8221; and honestly when I post anything only about 10 or [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3171&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Judge Much?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2013 21:26:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Most of my life I have felt judged. I didn&#8217;t look good enough. I wasn&#8217;t smart enough. I didn&#8217;t have enough money. I wasn&#8217;t thin enough. I didn&#8217;t do everything right. I didn&#8217;t say everything right. I wasn&#8217;t talented enough. Nothing was ENOUGH! And there were lots of people around to let me know that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3157&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Extra Income</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 22:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Kindle Fire]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mystery shopping]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I know that some of us want extra income. I just wanted to let y&#8217;all know I do mystery shopping and it gives a little extra when I want it. It&#8217;s something that I choose to do when it is convenient for me. I just thought in these economic times it might be something others [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3150&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Whose Business Is It?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:15:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loving What Is: Four Questions That Can Change Your Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was listening to Byron Katie&#8217;s audiobook  Loving What Is  and really got into it. One thing she said that got me is when we are thinking of shoulds and shouldn&#8217;ts, we are often worrying about things that are often not our business. There are things that are your business, my business and God&#8217;s business. I should [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3143&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Publishing 101: What Publishers are Looking For</title>
		<link>http://survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/book-publishing-101-what-publishers-are-looking-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 14:21:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For my friends who love to write, here&#8217;s something to help&#8230; hope it helps! Book Publishing 101: What Publishers are Looking For.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3142&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Poppies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:32:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Georgia O'Keefe inspired]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Georgia O&#8217;Keefe inspired this.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3140&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Up</title>
		<link>http://survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com/2013/03/25/looking-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:29:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<title>Irises</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Mar 2013 08:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vincent Van Gogh inspired me. Love his work.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=survivingmiddleage.wordpress.com&#038;blog=17453744&#038;post=3133&#038;subd=survivingmiddleage&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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