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		<title>Hiatus</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2009/01/26/hiatus/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 12:15:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=784</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I just haven&#8217;t felt like blogging very much lately. I&#8217;m so busy around here, and so exhausted&#8230;I just don&#8217;t have the energy right now to write. I feel horrible about it, but I&#8217;m just in the mindset right now that there are bigger fish to fry at the moment. Please bear with me&#8230;I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=784&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>OK so there&#8217;s no part II.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jan 2009 04:39:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[cleaning out]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[concert band]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fiesta Bowl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[flute]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The past week has been such a blur I&#8217;ve been so busy. And then exhausted. And then busy again. My sleep quota hasn&#8217;t been met in quite a while, and I&#8217;m sincerely looking forward to having some time off this weekend from mommyhood to catch up. So whatever it was I was going to write [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=766&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And&#8230;..exhale&#8230;.(part I)</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2009/01/06/andexhalepart-i/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Jan 2009 04:47:52 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[here's to good friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holiday recap]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my idiot ex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my sordid past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[party like a rock star]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas presents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homosexuals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Intervention]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Madonna]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=760</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So I made it through another one. And it&#8217;s back to normal, boring, no-more-excuse-to-celebrate life. And I&#8217;m perfectly fine with that. So now for a basic recap of my holiday: A very underwhelming Christmas. Santa brought some stupid target game thing and a board game called &#8220;Beat the Parents&#8221; for the RK, either of which [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=760&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Quick Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 12:22:49 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Blogging about blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just what's on my mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[busy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[out of time]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[responsibility]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single mom]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=757</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Thankfully the holidays are over now, and normal life can begin once again. I&#8217;m still truckin&#8217; along, but just haven&#8217;t had the time or the opportunity to sit down in front of this blank screen and spill it all out on here. I have all kinds of blog-fodder rolling around in my head, though. Be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=757&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You&#8217;re going where?</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/youre-going-where/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 23:47:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce: it blows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[I hate being poor]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just a little ranting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[my idiot ex]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Working girl]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=753</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our bi-annual (or is it semi-annual? Which one means twice a year?) sales meeting at work is coming up not this weekend, but the next. It&#8217;s when all the sales reps from all over the company come in to powwow for a couple of days about our products, receive continuing education &#38; training, etc. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=753&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Text message update</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/30/text-message-update/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 14:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Divorce: it blows]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[funny (at least I think so)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[here's to good friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[my sordid past]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ex-husband]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[homewrecker]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=750</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick note to let everyone know I never did respond to the text. Janie, CreoleinDC, Lindy, and Deb were all right&#8230;no response is the most infuriating. Although I love what some of you said! I even got one idea by email of just saying &#8220;fuck off&#8221; and leaving it at that. So tempting, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=750&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I need a good comeback text message.</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/28/i-need-a-good-comeback-text-message/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[kids]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just received on my phone from the IX: &#8220;I just watched the stair sledding video. Why do you let [the IB] scream like that? It&#8217;s bad behavior and he needs to be taught not to act like that. I try to teach him when I have him but he goes right back to it.&#8221; First [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=747&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ghosts of Christmas Present</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/24/the-ghost-of-christmas-present/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Dec 2008 00:41:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[futurehope]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[homeowner's bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[How's the weather?]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just what's on my mind]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Movies]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reflection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tipsy blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas Eve]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last-minute shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[loneliness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lonely Christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single dad]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[single parent]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wicked weather]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/?p=741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tonight my heart is with all my fellow single parents who, like me, are not in a loud, boisterous, houseful of friends and family, or even having a nice quiet, peaceful, contemplative evening with their beloveds. So, so many of my fellow single parent bloggers have been having such a rough go of the holiday [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=741&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frost/Nixon?  Not quite.</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/22/frostnixon-not-quite/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:09:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tricia</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[All things Texas]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Look to the heavens]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Music of my heart]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[TV]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Janie over at Sounding Forth took part in an interview of sorts..and of her own free will! She answered some great questions posed by one of her readers, and then asked for volunteers (suckers?) that might like to be interviewed by her. I decided to throw my hat in the ring. Eh&#8230;it couldn&#8217;t be all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=717&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good one, Trish!</title>
		<link>http://txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com/2008/12/17/good-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 00:52:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alaska]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Sarah Palin]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SNL]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today I answered a call from a customer of ours who&#8217;s from Wasilla, AK. I asked him if he can see Russia from his house.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=txmomsingleinmi.wordpress.com&amp;blog=5092841&amp;post=713&amp;subd=txmomsingleinmi&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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