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		<title>By: Nathan</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nathan</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 12:48:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I blogged (http://www.nathancbriggs.com/the-one-with-all-the-joy). It was scary. Did it anyway :D

*hugs for everyone*

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Nathans last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.nathancbriggs.com/the-one-with-all-the-joy&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;the one with all the joy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I blogged (<a href="http://www.nathancbriggs.com/the-one-with-all-the-joy" rel="nofollow">http://www.nathancbriggs.com/the-one-with-all-the-joy</a>). It was scary. Did it anyway :D</p>
<p>*hugs for everyone*</p>
<p><abbr><em>Nathans last blog post..<a href="http://www.nathancbriggs.com/the-one-with-all-the-joy" rel="nofollow">the one with all the joy</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Havi Brooks</title>
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		<dc:creator>Havi Brooks</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 23:06:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;img src=&quot;http://fluentself.com/images/blog/ducks/Selma_tinyW.png&quot;&gt; @Rose - Thanks for the good wishes!

I get that feeling sometimes too. 

Yay for having not just good but Really Good in your life. That rocks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img src="http://fluentself.com/images/blog/ducks/Selma_tinyW.png"/> @Rose &#8211; Thanks for the good wishes!</p>
<p>I get that feeling sometimes too. </p>
<p>Yay for having not just good but Really Good in your life. That rocks.</p>
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		<title>By: Rose</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rose</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 07:31:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Good luck with the move. (Funny how it feels like I&#039;m interrupting someone&#039;s private conversation to start posting on a new blog. Which means I definitely have more to learn reading yours.)

For the Bad: My mom and sister are fighting with each other again. Neither has mentioned it to me. I heard it 3rd hand from my dad. This weekend I need to call them both up and give them a little phone support with out taking any sides.

For the Good: I think (knock on wood) my 2 month old went to bed before 11pm instead of 2am. Now I just need to reset my bedtime since I was still wide awake. :)

For the Really Good: I am finally getting more organized. My house is not a total disaster and I&#039;m starting to feel like I can balance 2 kids and a life beyond mom. :)

Well off to bed before one of those two kids decides to prove me wrong. It&#039;s nice to read these posts. This is one of the blogs that leaves me feeling calmer after reading.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Roses last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.alittlebitofgreen.com/2008/11/03/how-to-cook-very-basic-kitchen-tools/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;How to Cook: Very Basic Kitchen Tools&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good luck with the move. (Funny how it feels like I&#8217;m interrupting someone&#8217;s private conversation to start posting on a new blog. Which means I definitely have more to learn reading yours.)</p>
<p>For the Bad: My mom and sister are fighting with each other again. Neither has mentioned it to me. I heard it 3rd hand from my dad. This weekend I need to call them both up and give them a little phone support with out taking any sides.</p>
<p>For the Good: I think (knock on wood) my 2 month old went to bed before 11pm instead of 2am. Now I just need to reset my bedtime since I was still wide awake. :)</p>
<p>For the Really Good: I am finally getting more organized. My house is not a total disaster and I&#8217;m starting to feel like I can balance 2 kids and a life beyond mom. :)</p>
<p>Well off to bed before one of those two kids decides to prove me wrong. It&#8217;s nice to read these posts. This is one of the blogs that leaves me feeling calmer after reading.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Roses last blog post..<a href="http://www.alittlebitofgreen.com/2008/11/03/how-to-cook-very-basic-kitchen-tools/" rel="nofollow">How to Cook: Very Basic Kitchen Tools</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: JoVE</title>
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		<dc:creator>JoVE</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 02:26:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Not to burst your bubble, and it was probably the mood I was in at the time, but your thing to motivate us to do the yoga felt kind of too hippy-shit for me. Maybe it&#039;ll be better another time. I&#039;m eagerly awaiting the DVD and thoroughly enjoyed the written stuff.

Good stuff for me this week: I have been meeting with people to ask them for feedback about my services and help thinking through where to go (and how) with my business. I had a GREAT meeting today that even led to a bunch of business directly for the person I met with and probably a pile of referrals. Asking is good.

Hard stuff: on top of all the thinking and stuckness I&#039;m going through around my business, we are back to thinking seriously about selling this house and moving to the country. Good goal. Tough process. Moving is stressful whenever you do it. Though maybe it is also the really honest to god doing this lifestyle shift big time that is stressful.

Your calming techniques (like the procrastination wonder dust) helped a lot. So did telling folks on my blog and getting loads of support both in comments and e-mail.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Not to burst your bubble, and it was probably the mood I was in at the time, but your thing to motivate us to do the yoga felt kind of too hippy-shit for me. Maybe it&#8217;ll be better another time. I&#8217;m eagerly awaiting the DVD and thoroughly enjoyed the written stuff.</p>
<p>Good stuff for me this week: I have been meeting with people to ask them for feedback about my services and help thinking through where to go (and how) with my business. I had a GREAT meeting today that even led to a bunch of business directly for the person I met with and probably a pile of referrals. Asking is good.</p>
<p>Hard stuff: on top of all the thinking and stuckness I&#8217;m going through around my business, we are back to thinking seriously about selling this house and moving to the country. Good goal. Tough process. Moving is stressful whenever you do it. Though maybe it is also the really honest to god doing this lifestyle shift big time that is stressful.</p>
<p>Your calming techniques (like the procrastination wonder dust) helped a lot. So did telling folks on my blog and getting loads of support both in comments and e-mail.</p>
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		<title>By: steph</title>
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		<dc:creator>steph</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 22:42:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>@ Havi: Yayy! I&#039;m excited for you to move, actually, because I know you&#039;ve been wanting this and that you&#039;re in love with this place and so on. It&#039;s the thinking about it that&#039;s often harder than the doing. I think that since this is a place you love, you will adapt and settle in quickly.

I haven&#039;t the slightest clue what I could do to help you but I and I&#039;m sure a million trillion other of your fans are at your beck and call should you ask. Anything you need. (There, does that make you feel a little more free? I know I can speak for others when I say, JUST ASK US, WE&#039;VE ALREADY SAID YES!) :)

Yesterday evening, my hubby and I were doing sun salutations and I suddenly thought, I hate this guy&#039;s voice and the music and his crotch-sweating associates! I need a Havi DVD. I bet I wouldn&#039;t even need 7 minutes of motivation to do your stuff. 

As for my week, it&#039;s been not bad, though where the heck did it go? I interviewed for and am pretty sure I got job reception job at the naturopathic office (hooray for free treatments!) and on top of that I am currently working on three editing jobs and expect over 5 grand coming in from that. Hubby has an interview set up on Thursday already after receiving a work package earlier this week. 

I&#039;m starting, I think, to define my goals more clearly as well, to feel a bit of fear, even, retreating. What&#039;s more, I am allowing and acknowledging baby steps when I&#039;m used to working in all or nothing leaps and bounds...

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;stephs last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/what-i-know-for-sure-no-2/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;What I Know for Sure, No. 2&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>@ Havi: Yayy! I&#8217;m excited for you to move, actually, because I know you&#8217;ve been wanting this and that you&#8217;re in love with this place and so on. It&#8217;s the thinking about it that&#8217;s often harder than the doing. I think that since this is a place you love, you will adapt and settle in quickly.</p>
<p>I haven&#8217;t the slightest clue what I could do to help you but I and I&#8217;m sure a million trillion other of your fans are at your beck and call should you ask. Anything you need. (There, does that make you feel a little more free? I know I can speak for others when I say, JUST ASK US, WE&#8217;VE ALREADY SAID YES!) :)</p>
<p>Yesterday evening, my hubby and I were doing sun salutations and I suddenly thought, I hate this guy&#8217;s voice and the music and his crotch-sweating associates! I need a Havi DVD. I bet I wouldn&#8217;t even need 7 minutes of motivation to do your stuff. </p>
<p>As for my week, it&#8217;s been not bad, though where the heck did it go? I interviewed for and am pretty sure I got job reception job at the naturopathic office (hooray for free treatments!) and on top of that I am currently working on three editing jobs and expect over 5 grand coming in from that. Hubby has an interview set up on Thursday already after receiving a work package earlier this week. </p>
<p>I&#8217;m starting, I think, to define my goals more clearly as well, to feel a bit of fear, even, retreating. What&#8217;s more, I am allowing and acknowledging baby steps when I&#8217;m used to working in all or nothing leaps and bounds&#8230;</p>
<p><abbr><em>stephs last blog post..<a href="http://stephvandermeulen.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/what-i-know-for-sure-no-2/" rel="nofollow">What I Know for Sure, No. 2</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Pace</title>
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		<dc:creator>Pace</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:37:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hi, Havi!

This week was the first week of the rest of my life.  We had a rough month in October (we worked too hard finishing the book), but thanks to some introspection and communication (an insightful note from you also helped) we decided to SLOW DON.  No, that&#039;s not right, Don is fine at the speed he is.  I mean to SLOW DOWN.

I&#039;m trusting in the universe that things will happen when they need to happen.  I&#039;m not taking that as an excuse to procrastinate or lose focus, but I&#039;m feeling a lot more aligned with the universe, with my purpose, and with my friends and loved ones.

The election was big for me too.  I think my view on politics may be beginning to change.  I&#039;m daring to hope.

Thinking of you.  Sending goodness your direction. (:

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Paces last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://paceandkyeli.com/2008/11/05/hurry-makes-worry-and-haste-makes-paste/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Hurry makes worry and haste makes... paste?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hi, Havi!</p>
<p>This week was the first week of the rest of my life.  We had a rough month in October (we worked too hard finishing the book), but thanks to some introspection and communication (an insightful note from you also helped) we decided to SLOW DON.  No, that&#8217;s not right, Don is fine at the speed he is.  I mean to SLOW DOWN.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m trusting in the universe that things will happen when they need to happen.  I&#8217;m not taking that as an excuse to procrastinate or lose focus, but I&#8217;m feeling a lot more aligned with the universe, with my purpose, and with my friends and loved ones.</p>
<p>The election was big for me too.  I think my view on politics may be beginning to change.  I&#8217;m daring to hope.</p>
<p>Thinking of you.  Sending goodness your direction. (:</p>
<p><abbr><em>Paces last blog post..<a href="http://paceandkyeli.com/2008/11/05/hurry-makes-worry-and-haste-makes-paste/" rel="nofollow">Hurry makes worry and haste makes&#8230; paste?</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Melanie Baker</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melanie Baker</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I had the privilege of sharing a bit of your country&#039;s joy on Tuesday night. (I&#039;ve watched his speech on YouTube three times just to make sure it&#039;s true.) I also had the privilege of observing the reaction of the rest of the world and knowing it wasn&#039;t just me, and then trying to ponder the significance of that many people in that many places being that happy and hopeful, and it broke my mind in the coolest way possible. :)

I got an email from Havi, which made me smile to know she had thought of me specifically. 

The writer&#039;s block finally broke. I knew it would -- it has before, and will come and go again -- but not knowing when and feeling like there are Things Needing To Be Written was niggling at me.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Melanie Bakers last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://melle.ca/?p=2518&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Can&#039;t swing a dead cat in Waterloo without hitting one...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I had the privilege of sharing a bit of your country&#8217;s joy on Tuesday night. (I&#8217;ve watched his speech on YouTube three times just to make sure it&#8217;s true.) I also had the privilege of observing the reaction of the rest of the world and knowing it wasn&#8217;t just me, and then trying to ponder the significance of that many people in that many places being that happy and hopeful, and it broke my mind in the coolest way possible. :)</p>
<p>I got an email from Havi, which made me smile to know she had thought of me specifically. </p>
<p>The writer&#8217;s block finally broke. I knew it would &#8212; it has before, and will come and go again &#8212; but not knowing when and feeling like there are Things Needing To Be Written was niggling at me.</p>
<p><abbr><em>Melanie Bakers last blog post..<a href="http://melle.ca/?p=2518" rel="nofollow">Can&#8217;t swing a dead cat in Waterloo without hitting one&#8230;</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Shannon Wilkinson</title>
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		<dc:creator>Shannon Wilkinson</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 19:23:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Well another good thing for you, is that while you already had my vote, you also got My Beau&#039;s vote with the whole banning of drum circles thing.

This election feels like nothing else I&#039;ve ever experienced before.  It&#039;s good (I&#039;m so hopeful!) and a teeny tiny bit scary (I don&#039;t want to be tricked and disappointed!).

While I have spent the week congested with a cold, I have been having some fun, coming up with some cool stuff for my business and getting lots and lots of rest.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well another good thing for you, is that while you already had my vote, you also got My Beau&#8217;s vote with the whole banning of drum circles thing.</p>
<p>This election feels like nothing else I&#8217;ve ever experienced before.  It&#8217;s good (I&#8217;m so hopeful!) and a teeny tiny bit scary (I don&#8217;t want to be tricked and disappointed!).</p>
<p>While I have spent the week congested with a cold, I have been having some fun, coming up with some cool stuff for my business and getting lots and lots of rest.</p>
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		<title>By: Deb Owen</title>
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		<dc:creator>Deb Owen</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:59:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>YAY!

Let&#039;s see.  
Wicked Good:  Finished my first training product and it&#039;s up and online!!  (WOO HOO!)  (And finding that I have massively awesome friends and family who are unbelievably supportive!)  

Hard &amp; Scary Good:  I finally got super-honest with a certain someone about how I felt about them.  

Change-y Good:  The election

Weepy Good:  I&#039;ve cried a LOT this week.  But it&#039;s really been a good thing, quite a release.

Um.  Hmmm.  
I can&#039;t really think of much this week that hasn&#039;t turned out to be good (even the &#039;bad&#039; stuff turned out good by the end of the week.)

All the best!
deb

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Deb Owens last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://debowen.typepad.com/8hours/2008/11/managing-change-launches-sort-of---its-available-now-anyway.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;managing change launches (sort of - it&#039;s available now anyway)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>YAY!</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s see.<br />
Wicked Good:  Finished my first training product and it&#8217;s up and online!!  (WOO HOO!)  (And finding that I have massively awesome friends and family who are unbelievably supportive!)  </p>
<p>Hard &amp; Scary Good:  I finally got super-honest with a certain someone about how I felt about them.  </p>
<p>Change-y Good:  The election</p>
<p>Weepy Good:  I&#8217;ve cried a LOT this week.  But it&#8217;s really been a good thing, quite a release.</p>
<p>Um.  Hmmm.<br />
I can&#8217;t really think of much this week that hasn&#8217;t turned out to be good (even the &#8216;bad&#8217; stuff turned out good by the end of the week.)</p>
<p>All the best!<br />
deb</p>
<p><abbr><em>Deb Owens last blog post..<a href="http://debowen.typepad.com/8hours/2008/11/managing-change-launches-sort-of---its-available-now-anyway.html" rel="nofollow">managing change launches (sort of &#8211; it&#8217;s available now anyway)</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Melissa</title>
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		<dc:creator>Melissa</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 18:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>My week in a nutshell: 

Waiting, lots of waiting.

I waited to vote, I waited to hear the outcome of that vote.

I&#039;m still waiting for it to be Saturday, and then I will spend part of Saturday waiting to get out of work, then waiting til it&#039;s time to drive to the airport and pick up Joe.  

I&#039;m waiting for my 6 week check up.

I&#039;m waiting for payday, next Friday, to pay another chunk of bills that I just wish I could pay all at once like a normal flow.

I&#039;m always waiting for new posts from you and Naomi and Tim. =)

Fun- I went to a write in for NaNoWriMo last night, I think there were six of us.  They had laptops, and I brought a pad of paper and a pen.  Even if I did have a laptop, I think I would have chosen paper anyway, it was just great to look at a blank piece of paper and fill in the lines with words.  

Frustration- job hunting

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Melissas last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://noexcusesbehavior.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/letter-pouring-my-heart-out/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Letter Pouring My Heart Out&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My week in a nutshell: </p>
<p>Waiting, lots of waiting.</p>
<p>I waited to vote, I waited to hear the outcome of that vote.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m still waiting for it to be Saturday, and then I will spend part of Saturday waiting to get out of work, then waiting til it&#8217;s time to drive to the airport and pick up Joe.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m waiting for my 6 week check up.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m waiting for payday, next Friday, to pay another chunk of bills that I just wish I could pay all at once like a normal flow.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m always waiting for new posts from you and Naomi and Tim. =)</p>
<p>Fun- I went to a write in for NaNoWriMo last night, I think there were six of us.  They had laptops, and I brought a pad of paper and a pen.  Even if I did have a laptop, I think I would have chosen paper anyway, it was just great to look at a blank piece of paper and fill in the lines with words.  </p>
<p>Frustration- job hunting</p>
<p><abbr><em>Melissas last blog post..<a href="http://noexcusesbehavior.wordpress.com/2008/11/04/letter-pouring-my-heart-out/" rel="nofollow">Letter Pouring My Heart Out</a></em></abbr></p>
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