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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExa6x8QXI0619VkXrVQE5M_XSEfnNKZiNBo5mT7SFmZFljWFzVQ9d53GgjODBT5_iBs1JEDN59b-vNR5qtUZpeooBAdE5ilQH_9xGyrHcMSIExoJ9B3jdbL8yTTlogtgmY8V5xJV9Fa-D/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhExa6x8QXI0619VkXrVQE5M_XSEfnNKZiNBo5mT7SFmZFljWFzVQ9d53GgjODBT5_iBs1JEDN59b-vNR5qtUZpeooBAdE5ilQH_9xGyrHcMSIExoJ9B3jdbL8yTTlogtgmY8V5xJV9Fa-D/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>"A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions. </b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Her reasonable thoughts become </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>completely unreasonable over the most ridiculous thing. Its a girl thing."</b></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #444444; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><b><i>Lea DeLaria</i></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>So...</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Don't make promises when you're happy,</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Do not reply when you're angry and,</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Do not decide when you're sad.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><br /><br /></span></div>

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"A woman will allow herself to be clouded by her emotions.  Her reasonable thoughts become  completely unreasonable over the most ridic...

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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's a thought for 2012...</span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: -webkit-auto;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFk6yP1Lqic0pg5wJHTud6BJ8s-B-gZMIPLXOgwwYwdcG_8gNfEpsBHAC1c1fiVowswQkOwmX0qGX9-1GOjtYdbPe6p4ryHvSc-Canft4Wcd-rGJD-1doU0vDNG2bzOpc_uTNzXSBgjwX/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOFk6yP1Lqic0pg5wJHTud6BJ8s-B-gZMIPLXOgwwYwdcG_8gNfEpsBHAC1c1fiVowswQkOwmX0qGX9-1GOjtYdbPe6p4ryHvSc-Canft4Wcd-rGJD-1doU0vDNG2bzOpc_uTNzXSBgjwX/s1600/friday+frills.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVFxDtrO7_2zJD-FkUEOMvz3v-8r2VtxzBl7gx6ggB7grlEAxEHMP5tt8-8GVL_34GuwWnhKcJb_UZH8AdJ5-SlPFmPG-OLlQGdU5Ll3UEji6xcYwoYk_rQG4aJ9WWJrBz8sP3yor66Rv/s1600/Friday+Frills.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDVFxDtrO7_2zJD-FkUEOMvz3v-8r2VtxzBl7gx6ggB7grlEAxEHMP5tt8-8GVL_34GuwWnhKcJb_UZH8AdJ5-SlPFmPG-OLlQGdU5Ll3UEji6xcYwoYk_rQG4aJ9WWJrBz8sP3yor66Rv/s1600/Friday+Frills.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;">*Photo via Tumblr</span></i><br /><br /><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: xx-small;"><br /><br /></span></i>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyNnN0fjgDKBiab3ydpCZTVSNXcfMgFg6cHxOXzSvp6iXLmhvlKyR7vsVZAz-ZZc05fPwzCgLI8dLFviXu3CsvSi7DfhCa5h_B1Fuvy2uwBg5ys0tgpwyXmHPS9qMg_5tZTAHiYUQuNt4/s640/balloons.jpg" width="640" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibyNnN0fjgDKBiab3ydpCZTVSNXcfMgFg6cHxOXzSvp6iXLmhvlKyR7vsVZAz-ZZc05fPwzCgLI8dLFviXu3CsvSi7DfhCa5h_B1Fuvy2uwBg5ys0tgpwyXmHPS9qMg_5tZTAHiYUQuNt4/s1600/balloons.jpg"></a><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">"Stop thinking about the past, and dont worry too much about whats going to happen in the future. </span></b><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Your presence is a present, so live for today, and appreciate everyone and everything you have.</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Stop thinking about what you dont have, what you wish you had, who walked out of your life, and whatever else that falls in that category. </span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;">Think about what you have, who you have in your life, and how fortunate you are."</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i>JC Centeno</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b>Wishing you all Happy Holidays and a Wonderful Christmas Weekend!</b></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #c27ba0; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i></span></div>

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<div style="text-align: justify;"><br /><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSLVUyD88JHpIZwjfXaeNJ3jvn_9uNw6r7EkW6euag_iXczSqBtF8PnBGIRNPAbvtjyvg4RtBT-ZleBpxSJDeyUUs263-4h12PhxV5PUw0uI86qhBrBVf5YoF3KR-beDxwsWjNs__-4Ev/s1600/peach+dress.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjSLVUyD88JHpIZwjfXaeNJ3jvn_9uNw6r7EkW6euag_iXczSqBtF8PnBGIRNPAbvtjyvg4RtBT-ZleBpxSJDeyUUs263-4h12PhxV5PUw0uI86qhBrBVf5YoF3KR-beDxwsWjNs__-4Ev/s1600/peach+dress.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">"A keen sense of humour helps us </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">overlook the unbecoming, understand the unconventional, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">tolerate the unpleasant, overcome the unexpected </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: 800;">and outlast the unbearable."</span></div></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /><br /></b></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Billy Graham</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEuZsVYB5YPo1cikrBnbSWxmBmvSBj6MinwE-p3vPh_DjnT2c36PzwlGysH0le5WGFvZNvClPRnFzU_KriyeBy4UOdFFqAdeBcyGjrstjOVQ7PThA7ci52lFUU5Jy3jcUYDSd8-qhsKND/s1600/lilac-2_2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsEuZsVYB5YPo1cikrBnbSWxmBmvSBj6MinwE-p3vPh_DjnT2c36PzwlGysH0le5WGFvZNvClPRnFzU_KriyeBy4UOdFFqAdeBcyGjrstjOVQ7PThA7ci52lFUU5Jy3jcUYDSd8-qhsKND/s1600/lilac-2_2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>"Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with </b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large;"><b>love, grace and gratitude."</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><b>Denis Waitley</b></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small;"><i><b><br /><br /></b></i></span></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyxgXFnUxtSIi2hPFD2qmYOniui0p6QLbjQ3KCo1lF_0Cxsj_kCoifJ1mlVmOaLyrp1sPVHp5SYjQSE32nun00AUY1jLBVJiEmdrbRbLXfTzgkVu6Cymo1n0W1_uPFur_XP0FZ7QiRLkF/s1600/oceanic.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDyxgXFnUxtSIi2hPFD2qmYOniui0p6QLbjQ3KCo1lF_0Cxsj_kCoifJ1mlVmOaLyrp1sPVHp5SYjQSE32nun00AUY1jLBVJiEmdrbRbLXfTzgkVu6Cymo1n0W1_uPFur_XP0FZ7QiRLkF/s1600/oceanic.jpg" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"If you look to others for fulfillment, you will never<br /><br />be fulfilled. If your happiness depends on money, you</span></span></b></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: auto;">will never be happy with yourself. Be content with what you have; rejoice in the way things are. When you realize there is nothing lacking, the world belongs to you."</div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small; font-style: italic;"><div style="text-align: auto;">Lao-Tzu </div></span></div></span></span></b></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></div></span></b></span>

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<div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynEcErjhnK3-CRyZBoxD3ly_tkz3b0F0xMkiDIdqT0zSU4NuBME_KsS9_JF6J-cwQg7t1-ImwfjmFHrpntDRukrp5u6nv5J9MI9hhSR2V7oDXMUUkxzbjrelrk7jrCcnlWQwFMQgS630F/s1600/City2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiynEcErjhnK3-CRyZBoxD3ly_tkz3b0F0xMkiDIdqT0zSU4NuBME_KsS9_JF6J-cwQg7t1-ImwfjmFHrpntDRukrp5u6nv5J9MI9hhSR2V7oDXMUUkxzbjrelrk7jrCcnlWQwFMQgS630F/s1600/City2.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>"A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when they're not so good, and sympathizes with your problems when they're not so bad." </i></div><div style="text-align: right;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Arnold H. Glasgow</span></i></div></span></span></span></b>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yVYhfIx8jblGtSeQzV086l4vH77R9Bg8LxqpsziWr961hN-euOuZJL3tRwtTgcnhnKWIbk1jXLXPU-s4l0IHEN8poql2hzruiwj8LSSml7mlQXimN1HwZP4UXKS0zuFZKkg77rDpd0PG/s1600/roseIMAGE.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8yVYhfIx8jblGtSeQzV086l4vH77R9Bg8LxqpsziWr961hN-euOuZJL3tRwtTgcnhnKWIbk1jXLXPU-s4l0IHEN8poql2hzruiwj8LSSml7mlQXimN1HwZP4UXKS0zuFZKkg77rDpd0PG/s1600/roseIMAGE.jpeg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: auto;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">“Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around.” </span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Leo Buscaglia</i></span></span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></div>

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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FrYCRicAIobZxU4oF6iUK2ZDaMZxfIGHB8isjqu50_JGxQOeVUJnEEhtUwFMn_e1Ukx8e_AZXLPVwEP4p_L36A93H8VNNuErKqUk9_T_xXy5EhcuKOVfYSP6rR8tDFRyI2y9h_GxjXn_/s1600/oliv.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3FrYCRicAIobZxU4oF6iUK2ZDaMZxfIGHB8isjqu50_JGxQOeVUJnEEhtUwFMn_e1Ukx8e_AZXLPVwEP4p_L36A93H8VNNuErKqUk9_T_xXy5EhcuKOVfYSP6rR8tDFRyI2y9h_GxjXn_/s400/oliv.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;">“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering change rather than allowing it to master you.” </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: right;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-weight: bold;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><i>Sri Ram</i></span></span></div></div></span>

Friday Frills

“You cannot control what happens to you, but you can control your attitude toward what happens to you, and in that, you will be mastering ch...

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Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyPILcdzgsUCwv0aRMdtN16vUthc3uBeFhUcQasH5cPqd7RcDOsG0y8Youjv51mGapBL5mv1jpS7e_zFt7zoDizNFz4QioTfJoOE9nXIltQzjbaLs2FAwhl22kqBwbwobbNXSeSD6icNo/s1600/blairnchuck.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZyPILcdzgsUCwv0aRMdtN16vUthc3uBeFhUcQasH5cPqd7RcDOsG0y8Youjv51mGapBL5mv1jpS7e_zFt7zoDizNFz4QioTfJoOE9nXIltQzjbaLs2FAwhl22kqBwbwobbNXSeSD6icNo/s1600/blairnchuck.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"There is so much good in the worst of us, </span></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">And so much bad in the best of us, that it </span></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">ill behaves any of us to find fault with the rest of us."</span></i></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">James T Adams</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><b><i><br /><br /></i></b></span></span></div>

Friday Frills

"There is so much good in the worst of us,  And so much bad in the best of us, that it  ill behaves any of us to find fault with the re...

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Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ptnPiVIR4CA/Tmk1cDlqfAI/AAAAAAAABUc/rrGRCNQmrRY/s1600/book.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ptnPiVIR4CA/Tmk1cDlqfAI/AAAAAAAABUc/rrGRCNQmrRY/s1600/book.jpg" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts."</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">A.C Carlson</span></span></span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><b><br /><br /></b></span></span></div>

Friday Frills

"It's what you learn after you know it all that counts." A.C Carlson

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Happy Spring Day!

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">To mark the start of Spring, I am thrilled to be featured on the lovely blog, <a href="http://becomingyou.co.za/2011/08/31/what-i-sam-from-frills-and-thrills/">Becoming You.</a> Blogging supermum Kathryn asked me a few interesting things about myself for her interview series called "What I..." You can read it <a href="http://becomingyou.co.za/2011/08/31/what-i-sam-from-frills-and-thrills/">here.</a> I must admit that I hadn't really thought of any of these until she asked. It actually got me to philosophize a bit. Thanks Kathryn!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Wishing everyone on the south side of the globe a Happy Spring Day! </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNTMd42s3L715vWux8R2Jz1K536_dXnjYmv_pr24gAtsHextGF7bQFOY-suCTdNI35p3_Q859fDoXlYZ5ARlqOrLvyAbtJFCpij0Rpv2LgaGCeVnlMfaCKTyr08BavNLdVxIIf9Ex7Kv4/s1600/spring.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNNTMd42s3L715vWux8R2Jz1K536_dXnjYmv_pr24gAtsHextGF7bQFOY-suCTdNI35p3_Q859fDoXlYZ5ARlqOrLvyAbtJFCpij0Rpv2LgaGCeVnlMfaCKTyr08BavNLdVxIIf9Ex7Kv4/s1600/spring.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">"I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, </span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"> waiting somewhere behind the morning."</span></span></b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">John Boyton Priestley</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></div></span>

Happy Spring Day!

To mark the start of Spring, I am thrilled to be featured on the lovely blog, Becoming You. Blogging supermum Kathryn asked me a few intere...

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Friday Frills

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MaFO91t7eRZJFP1xoZhJS-EA4i_yOtEQ8BqDlxGyFEHCZf9onZRo0CHfn56EHo6PpwuBmVK1gcP9BX7YtYMlEg7WyM7LFr18XhDd1T7T9DR9mrFQyBqdPfGHvAfmy9w7kFc0xh9PMill/s1600/image007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="413" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_MaFO91t7eRZJFP1xoZhJS-EA4i_yOtEQ8BqDlxGyFEHCZf9onZRo0CHfn56EHo6PpwuBmVK1gcP9BX7YtYMlEg7WyM7LFr18XhDd1T7T9DR9mrFQyBqdPfGHvAfmy9w7kFc0xh9PMill/s640/image007.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience, </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">In which I must stop, and look fear in the face...</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I say to myself, </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">I've lived through this and can take the next thing that comes along...</span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: large; font-weight: bold;">We must do the things we think we cannot do.</span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">Eleanor Roosevelt</span></div></span>

Friday Frills

I gain strength, courage and confidence by every experience,  In which I must stop, and look fear in the face... I say to myself,  I've ...

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Friday Frills

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt2hE-X0m2Btv6GJoyEXuaUgpynPsG_Ali96resFqKVNTgyaLJuG_8iwDCU7oCUJl5ZLD8Yf9Q47pujFLPoFCyHzEptyoBSW8hg-8qR3EP5OYTUJzjuLGsnWuCQ0_72WN37_cym0TsMQJ/s1600/gofar.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrt2hE-X0m2Btv6GJoyEXuaUgpynPsG_Ali96resFqKVNTgyaLJuG_8iwDCU7oCUJl5ZLD8Yf9Q47pujFLPoFCyHzEptyoBSW8hg-8qR3EP5OYTUJzjuLGsnWuCQ0_72WN37_cym0TsMQJ/s1600/gofar.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">“No matter where you are in life right now, </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">No matter who you are, no matter how old you are, </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">It is never too late to be who you are meant to be.” </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: x-small; font-style: italic;">Esther & Jerry Hicks</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Pic via Google Images</span></i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div>

Friday Frills

“No matter where you are in life right now,  No matter who you are, no matter how old you are,  It is never too late to be who you are meant...

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Friday Frills

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">This is one of my all-time favourite quotes...</span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeiNYaYpWpk71C6BhIzEL_JOzPhAbWZgjz6NjMC7W_bjIrDS7NIEs2G8QHFvLd8ZalImkguK6lXM8KGtHu5YFTTc1ar-4RHmjaxeDNBLkYDUvkBAVfOqXbnUFpKQh5F5CIn2_7yezOHk/s1600/life+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTeiNYaYpWpk71C6BhIzEL_JOzPhAbWZgjz6NjMC7W_bjIrDS7NIEs2G8QHFvLd8ZalImkguK6lXM8KGtHu5YFTTc1ar-4RHmjaxeDNBLkYDUvkBAVfOqXbnUFpKQh5F5CIn2_7yezOHk/s1600/life+.jpg" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><br /></span>

Friday Frills

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Happy Woman's Day

<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzD0gToLNIRgrRfXTXFqLDBrEzYVH7IR9Ccz11VRD2h9MD44_DUMv0zYI6A4fMFLQZeNk0pRXW7AC3Xn4RCK_X4DhtHlYNNoK_eH6G2dG7qvrHTLTNCMgLOTFR6rAN58uJgSAew5UxQ4/s1600/womens+day.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJzD0gToLNIRgrRfXTXFqLDBrEzYVH7IR9Ccz11VRD2h9MD44_DUMv0zYI6A4fMFLQZeNk0pRXW7AC3Xn4RCK_X4DhtHlYNNoK_eH6G2dG7qvrHTLTNCMgLOTFR6rAN58uJgSAew5UxQ4/s1600/womens+day.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of... </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;">The heck with sugar and spice. </span></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">Bethany Hamilton</span></i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #666666; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><i><br /><br /></i></span></span></div>

Happy Woman's Day

Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That's what little girls are made of...  The heck with su...

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Friday Frills

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Friday Frills

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