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		<title>A model system</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/26/a-model-system/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 14:48:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[California]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[happy]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Jeri]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Palo Alto]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PTA contributions]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[school district]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I figured California would be like all the other places I lived.  You know how it goes.  You're SO excited and everything is bright and shiny and new and then small bumps appear in the road and all of a sudden you realize that you're the same, and life is pretty much the same and stress is going to happen no matter where you live.   And then you wake up one morning, drink your coffee and you look around at all the boxes left to unpack after three weeks in the house.  Then a negative thought pops into your head because you find out your window screens have holes in them and the school system's computer overhaul went horribly awry and your child is NOT actually in the school's database even though she's in the school district's.   Same ole, same ole, right?]]></description>
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		<title>A Gagaducation</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/20/a-gagaducation/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Aug 2010 15:59:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Getting Political]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[epiphany]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lady Gaga]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[little monsters]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organized religion]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On Tuesday night, Drue and I drove to San Jose to attend the Lady Gaga concert.   I was concerned that the show, with its over-the-top theatrics and reported in-your-face sexuality might be a bit much for Drue.  That said, she's a huge Lady Gaga fan and tickets were somehow, amazingly, miraculously available (and they were GOOD tickets) so I made Drue a deal:  pay for a nice chunk (1/2) of your own ticket and we'll go.   Drue checked out her savings account balance, we chatted about the number of zany bands she could purchase with this hunk of cash, and after a moment's reflection, Drue said "book em, Dano!"  So I pulled out le old credit card and bought those tickets right then, right there, forthwith.  And no, Drue did not really say "book em, Dano" but I am all aquiver over this whole Hawaii Five-O business coming in the fall so I'll be working that little catch phrase into conversation and posting as much as possible.  You've been warned!"
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		<title>Year in review</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/06/year-in-review/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/08/06/year-in-review/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 15:50:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finding my bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moving]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[year in review]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Now that life has finally slowed down a bit, I wanted to take a moment and reflect on the last year.  Granted, it's been more than a year since I started writing here on lifeinflux (July 27th to be exact); however, there have been some pressing matters to attend to in the last 10 days.  What have I been busy doing, you ask?   Well, I just moved my family, my business, and pretty much my entire life across the country from Fairfax, VA to the Bay Area of California for example.   And since I own and run my own business, deliverables, client needs, business development and payroll did not stop just because I was busy doing other things like packing, recycling, driving 2, 851 miles with a Meemsy, a Bear and a Drue and all our stuff we could not live without, or watching Jason avoid driving a 26-foot truck right off the Sierras.   If you want that rollercoaster rush in your every day life, go load up a huge truck with books, furniture and other accoutrements, attach a car to the end of it, and drive from Reno, Nevada to Sacramento, California at night.   Fun doesn't even begin to cover it.]]></description>
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		<title>Family Matters</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/07/13/family-matters/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/07/13/family-matters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 17:30:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[43 things]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Finding my bliss]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[appreciation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I was little, I wanted to be a world famous concert pianist with three kids and live in New York in an amazing flat in the Village and throw fabulous parties and have my entire family attend and I just knew I would be loved and adored.  Most importantly, I felt that I would have achieved a measure of success and my father would finally say those words I longed to hear, "I love you and I'm proud of you."  I knew adulthood would be my vindication after a rollercoaster childhood and that I would have a family who cared for me and about me.   To say things did not go exactly as planned is an understatement.   I am not a concert pianist. I am not world famous.  I don't have three kids and I don't live in an amazing flat in New York.    But that said,  I really wouldn't trade who I am and my life and the people in it for anything.]]></description>
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		<title>Of vegans and shoes</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/05/27/of-vegans-and-shoes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/05/27/of-vegans-and-shoes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 May 2010 12:36:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[To follow up on my earlier New York post, I wanted to write about the rest of my trip from a few weeks ago.   Before I get started, I want to assure everyone that no vegans or shoes were harmed for the sake of this post.]]></description>
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		<title>In a New York minute&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/05/24/in-a-new-york-minute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/05/24/in-a-new-york-minute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 15:36:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fauvist Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[insanity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Magda]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[New York City]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=692</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I love going to New York and love hanging with my friend Magda so in my mind, last Thursday was going to be a dream day.  Two BD meetings, a little art, a little shopping and lunch with one of my favorite gal pals - what could be better right?   I was on the early commuter to NYC so I grabbed my iPhone, laptop, and my suit and headed to the airport in standard flight clothes - jeans, tshirt and flip-flops.  I got to NYC with no issues, walked off the plane, hit the bathroom and realized that today was NOT going to be the day I imagined.]]></description>
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		<title>Ode to my cat who chews cords</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/26/ode-to-my-cat-who-chews-cords/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/26/ode-to-my-cat-who-chews-cords/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:04:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Pet Peeves]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bear]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cat]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimir]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[OCD]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=617</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Mimir goes by many names - Meer, Meemsy, Pooh Bear, Tiger Cat.   And then there is my personal favorite - Mimir Damnit - and that is probably the name the cat is called more than any others.    Granted, in the past, calling the cat "Damnit" has gotten me in trouble.   Who can ever forget their first call by their child's teacher asking that you come in and discuss your child's family tree whereupon you find a picture of an orange blob with the name "Mimir Danmit" written on a bottom limb?    Mimir, like the other females in this house, is opinionated, stubborn and determined to do it her way.   You'd think we playing Frank Sinatra on perma-loop around here.   ]]></description>
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		<title>Living in sin&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/22/living-in-sin/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/02/22/living-in-sin/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 16:11:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Happy Divorce]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[drama club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[jason]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=612</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As many of you know,  Jason and I have lived together, post-divorce, since November of 2006.  Drue and I moved from the Research Triangle Park are of North Carolina to the Fairfax area near Washington DC.  Why we moved is a post in and unto itself, so we'll leave it for another time.    Suffice it to say that we moved and he moved and somehow, thanks to the financial reality of NoVA aka being ridiculously overpriced in everything, we ended up living together.    And living together is not something we do really well.  Which is why we got a divorce in the first place.   But we made the most of a difficult situation and are looking forward to the day when we no longer live together.  Like by this summer.   Sorry.  I had to go throw a small party for us for a second there.   But again, I deviate from the topic at hand and in my brain and it is DYING to get out! So shall I continue? Yes, I think I shall...]]></description>
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		<title>Decisions, decisions</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/26/decisions-decisions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/26/decisions-decisions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 15:32:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.lifeinflux.com/?p=595</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[2010 has started off with a bang.  When I look back six months ago and the level of unhappiness in my life verses today and the level of satisfaction and happiness I feel, I know that I am one lucky girl.   When I wrote my list of <a href="http://www.lifeinflux.com/101-things-in-1001-days/">101 things in 1001 days</a>, I had no idea that my little company would explode, bringing in enough income to support myself and another developer along with the occasional freelancer.   Wow!   I am not complaining but I do find myself split between doing what I want work-wise and doing what I want life-wise.   The beauty of my overarching goal is that I do have 1001 days to accomplish all 101 things; however, 1001 days is a finite time and I want to make sure I 1) have a plan of attack to ensure I don't lose sight of my goals and 2) accomplish them in a way that allows me to enjoy the process.   Life is a journey, not a destination and I don't want this to become a checklist of things to do.   The purpose was to get me out of my comfort zone and to ensure I am LIVING and experiencing my life.    To lose the joy of the process means I miss the real point of creating this list in the first place.]]></description>
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		<title>The real meaning of love (and tolerance)</title>
		<link>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/09/the_real_meaning_of_love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifeinflux.com/2010/01/09/the_real_meaning_of_love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 04:40:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[the daily snap]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Drue]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mimir]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I don't think any other image sums up Drue and Mimir's relationship as well as this one.   Do I need to say more?]]></description>
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