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		<title>Happy 4th!</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/07/03/happy-4th/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 09:55:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[We are headed up here this afternoon&#8230;the whole lot of us (both brothers, sister-in-law, their two dogs, Mom, Dad, me, the boys, aunts, uncles, cousins, cousins&#8217; kids, etc) to celebrate the 4th of July.  Friday we&#8217;ll head over to my aunt&#8217;s for a huge firework show and what will undoubtedly be a gourmet picnic dinner.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New adventures, new challenges, new job!</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/07/01/new-adventures-new-challenges-new-job/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 00:56:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[So I start my new job tomorrow &#8212; I&#8217;m excited and a little nervous.  I&#8217;m venturing into something I&#8217;ve never done before, but think I will enjoy it and, if nothing else, the experience will make me a more marketable person.
My company has asked me to return to our corporate offices (from out on contract [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back Where They Belong</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/29/back-where-they-belong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 00:56:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Jack &amp; Will]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My boys are back!!!!!!!!
I was so excited all day today to see them!  I really did miss them something awful.  They ended up getting home about half an hour earlier than expected which was a great treat. (Yes, my ex and I still count in hours.  Or rather, he does.  I&#8217;m so done with that [...]]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">the boys return</media:title>
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		<title>Living it up&#8230;while it lasts</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/26/living-it-upwhile-it-lasts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:36:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I have been trying hard to make the most of my single-without-kids time, since it will come to an end on Sunday.  That is to say, I have really only been home to sleep every night.  (And when you roll home long after 2am and have to be back in the office that&#8217;s 45 minutes [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Still Kickin&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/still-kickin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 17:10:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Just wanted to quickly send everyone some blogland love!  I was up at some friends&#8217; house all weekend, so didn&#8217;t get any posting done.  And between working 6 hours (albeit from home, but working nonetheless) on Sunday, and then getting to the office at 7am and putting in a full day yesterday, I&#8217;ve been swamped.
We&#8217;ve got [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Blog Blast for Education</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/20/blog-blast-for-education/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2008 12:21:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Rants &amp; Raves]]></category>

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So wonderful April, who is currently in the midst of a huge battle for her children&#8217;s education, came up with this awesome Blog Blast for Education.  Our chance to speak our minds on anything education related&#8230;
I am hoping that both Nicole and Linda, two real-life friends who are regular readers of this blog will chime [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whence the funk came</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/18/whence-the-funk-came/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 15:33:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, so maybe depression was too strong a word.  I was fussy.  I was (am?) in a funk.  But I get my funk now and am going to work myself out of it.
A lot of the funk was the news I received upon returning from vacation.  I like to ease back into real life (hence [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A theory, some clarification</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/a-theory-some-clarification/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:51:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Just Me]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the many many blogs I read had an interesting theory posted on it today.
Check out theory one here. 
There is absolutely no doubt that my ex-husband is controlling.  But I really thought he was the crazy one, too.  But maybe I&#8217;m the crazy one.
Hmmmm.  This has me thinking.
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I should have been more clear yesterday [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You, Ladies!!!</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/17/thank-you-ladies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:05:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Thank you to all the ladies who helped me celebrate my birthday and my freedom (i.e. my divorce!) in Vegas this past weekend.  It was wonderful to catch up with friends, relax by the pool and enjoy a cocktail (or two)!










Here&#8217;s to the future &#8212; The 30s are off to a great start!!

    [...]]]></description>
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		<title>This is what I&#8217;ve come back to??</title>
		<link>http://abrightfuture.wordpress.com/2008/06/16/this-is-what-ive-come-back-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Liz</dc:creator>
		
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		<category><![CDATA[budget cuts]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[defense contractor]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back from Vegas and soon will post pictures and tell you about all the fun we had.
But first, let me tell you about how crappy a day I&#8217;m having. 
Remember how I&#8217;m a subcontractor?  I work for a government/defense contractor that has me subbed to another contractor?  Well, the company I&#8217;m a subcontractor for isn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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