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    <updated>2008-05-01T06:24:27Z</updated> 
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        <title>The Compact</title>   
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         Ok, I&#39;ve come across this blog online at  http://compactingmamas.blogspot.com, and I&#39;ve decided to join the compact.  here are the rules:  Though every pledge on the Compact is different, there are a few basic rules to follow:   You don&#39;t have to ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>past couple days, nothing huge</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-19T01:23:47Z</published>
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            Ok, is it just me, or do I seem to write in here only when I’m waiting for one sort of doctor or another? :-o Today, I’m in the waiting room at the VA for Pa. He’s having a colonoscopy done today. His second one, because they found a polyp that...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Who am I?</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-13T03:57:28Z</published>
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         Who am I?  I am a wife I am a mother I am a sister I am a friend. I am a survivor  I am bipolar I am adhd I am bisexual I am pagan  I am woman I am feminine I am sexual I am sensual  I am intelligent I am attractive I am sexy   I am fat I am annoy...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>ugh...</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-10T23:00:48Z</published>
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          I can feel the depression starting to sink in, and I hate it.  I don&#39;t know what triggered it this time, but I wish I did.  Maybe if I could figure out what keeps TRIGGERING the depression, I can make it stop?  I&#39;m afraid that&#39;s just a pipedream,...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>**HE** was COMING ON TO ME????</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-09T21:42:25Z</published>
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    Ok, ask anyone who knows me, and they will tell you that I have SERIOUS body image issues.  I tend towards thinking that I am a fat cow.  Seriously.  I consider myself incredibly lucky that the men I have had in my life found me attractive enough...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>Something to ponder</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-03T02:09:20Z</published>
        <updated>2008-03-05T00:48:55Z</updated>
    
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         Do you think it is possible to not have an issue with homosexual people in general, going so far as to support gay marriage, but to have SERIOUS issues with someone because of their homosexuality?  Case in point, my husband has a co-worker that he...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>My trip to the hospital on Friday</title>   
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        <published>2008-03-02T01:39:58Z</published>
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         I’m sitting here in the waiting room for my clinic, waiting for the doctor to call me.  I’m bored beyond belief.  LOL  I’m tired, because I stayed up until 1am waiting for Ashe to get home, hoping he’d text or call.  He didn’t, but I texted him.  ...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <title>OMG, what oes this say about me?  LOL</title>   
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        <published>2008-02-25T18:58:22Z</published>
        <updated>2008-03-04T21:34:33Z</updated>
    
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          Ok, I was looking at stuff online today, and came across this list of celebs who have come out as being homosexual.   http://wjz.com/slideshows/gay.celebrities.homosexual.20.228936.html Half of the ones who are close enought o my age for me to ha...   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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        <published>2008-01-08T21:52:55Z</published>
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          Yeah, I know it&#39;s Tuesday, i&#39;m late, Life gets in the way.  Bummer      One hot summer afternoon, while walking through a parking lot at a large shopping center, you notice a dog suffering badly from the heat inside a locked car. What would you do?   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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          Yeah, I know it&#39;s Tuesday, i&#39;m late, Life gets in the way.  Bummer      One hot summer afternoon, while walking through a parking lot at a large shopping center, you notice a dog suffering badly from the heat inside a locked car. What would you do?   <p style="clear:both;"> 
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