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		<title>Robin Eggs and Hairy Legs</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need a place to capture some ideas I have (creative, personal improvement, memories, etc.) so I thought where better a place than my blog. I&#8217;ve always been a fan of consolidation. I wonder if there&#8217;s a Facebook group for that (brb&#8230;). 1. I think I could live off of Whopper&#8217;s Robin Eggs. Except that [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p></p><p>I need a place to capture some ideas I have (creative, personal improvement, memories, etc.) so I thought where better a place than my blog. I&#8217;ve always been a fan of consolidation. I wonder if there&#8217;s a Facebook group for that (brb&#8230;).</p>
<p>1. I think I could live off of Whopper&#8217;s Robin Eggs. Except that they are only sold for about 2 months out of the year. So I&#8217;d have to plan ahead and stockpile for the 10 months that I couldn&#8217;t purchase them.</p>
<p><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-94" title="robin-eggs" src="http://heatheracton78.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/robin-eggs.jpg" alt="robin-eggs" width="455" height="257" /></p>
<p>2. In total opposition to #1, I am thinking about writing a log of what I eat in a very public place, like my blog or Facebook page, to kind of embarass myself out of eating what I do. If I just gave up the sweets (probably 500 calories a day for me&#8230;ugh&#8230;already embarassed), I&#8217;d lose a pound a week. Committing to writing this log, however, would be committing to change, and for some reason I&#8217;m just not ready. I think I&#8217;m scared of sugar withdrawal.</p>
<p>3. I really am SO excited about the semi-launch of my freelancing career! With two official clients and most of the HTML training behind me, I feel like I have made a great start. The blue, seriously page is just so much fun for me to brainstorm about. The home page is simple right now, but the ideas just keep flowing &#8211; from a music player to a fan club to a twitter feed to ads. I just can&#8217;t wait to put it all into action.</p>
<p>4. With that, I am also excited about the forming of my business. I can&#8217;t wait to learn more about the legalities, business, marketing, and development aspects of what I am doing. For once, I feel totally energized to learn and do and teach where I can. Isn&#8217;t that what a passion is supposed to be about? And I really did think I was passionless&#8230;.that my only real lasting interests were my family and friends. But I believe this has been right under my nose for some time.</p>
<p>5. I&#8217;m getting more motivated to get Joshua into his big boy bed and Addy into her crib. We&#8217;ve been putting it off for some time, but I think after a week of generally better sleep I am ready to commit to getting them to sleep in more permanent quarters. After that&#8217;s done we&#8217;ll take on the potty training!</p>
<p>6. Oh! I finally did shave my legs after about 2 weeks (this is a LONG time for me &#8211; normally I have to shave 1/day in the summer to avoid obvious stubble). Here are the before and after pics:</p>
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	<img class="size-full wp-image-99" title="hairy-legs2" src="http://heatheracton78.files.wordpress.com/2009/04/hairy-legs2.jpg" alt="Before" width="164" height="267" />
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<p>7. By the way, there is no Facebook group for &#8220;consolidation,&#8221; or for &#8220;laundry,&#8221; another something that I am mos def a fan of =)</p>
<p>Kiddies are starting to awaken, so off I go to my day job!</p>
<p>=)</p>
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