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		<title>Negative Nelly</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 04:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I usually know almost exactly how I feel. The problem is, I just can&#8217;t tell anyone. Meg Abot, Princess in Love In my case, this is so true. I do know how I feel most of the time&#8230; if I told anyone about it, they might see the issues that I work so hard to [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=509&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;E&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Apr 2013 05:07:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am going to give some background to Jack A. that I&#8217;m not sure that I have ever given before. ~Here is my introduction to a man I will be referring to as &#8216;E&#8217;! E was Jack A.&#8217;s father. From what I understand, E was a very sick and twisted individual. From the stories that [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=507&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Others . . .</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 07:32:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of my first posts was entitled &#8216;Sanctuary&#8217; and that hinted at a dog.  I am a dog lover and despite that post, loved that dog and the dogs I have owned since.  The dog from the &#8216;Sanctuary&#8217; post was named Turk and he&#8230; sadly to say&#8230; was not the brightest of K-9 companions.  However, [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=501&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Building a Sketch ~ Thought I would do something different. </title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 06:23:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from The FireBird: Random Musings: Read more&#8230; 21 more words One of my sketches. Thought I would share.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=499&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmations: Week 23</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Jan 2013 06:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[52 Weeks of Verbal Abuse Recovery]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My affirmation for this week is that mastery of anything new increases my self-esteem. Little did I know that a new way of thinking would be my challenge.  I had originally thought to improve on my painting skills.  That wasn&#8217;t to be the case. I was washing dishes two days ago and thinking about the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=491&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmations: Week 22</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 07:17:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Week 22 Affirmation is I am confident even as I confront the unknown.  I am late in posting my Week 22 Affirmation and my apologies to my readers.  Confidence is simple and easy to come by only if you know how to find it.  My experience has been that when the unknown is possible, I falter [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=488&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Negative Comments</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Jan 2013 06:41:32 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Current Life Grievances]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the time that I have had this blog I have never had a negative comment&#8230; until tonight.  So I feel a need to re-state some things about my blog and the purpose behind it. This blog isn&#8217;t meant as an &#8220;Oh POOR ME&#8230; my life was so horrible.&#8221;  I am not looking for pity. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=484&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daily Prompt: 1984</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 20:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from The FireBird: Random Musings: My biggest fear is a person... a man to be exact.  He was my stepfather.  There have been many an occasion where I was trapped in a house, not able to escape.  My nightmares were my reality, always trying to get away from him. He always wore a hat. [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=481&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Secondary Blog: I have started another blog&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://thephoenixaria.wordpress.com/2013/01/08/secondary-blog-i-have-started-another-blog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jan 2013 01:47:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>firebird83</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello to all of my readers.  I have started a secondary blog for my random musings.  Something for the happy side of my life. If you&#8217;re interested, here is the link: http://thephoenixariatoo.wordpress.com<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=475&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Affirmations: Week 21</title>
		<link>http://thephoenixaria.wordpress.com/2012/12/28/affirmations-week-21/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Dec 2012 02:08:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>firebird83</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Week 21 Affirmation is that my intentions are aligned with my greatest good and are based on my values.  I have already posted what I consider my greatest good.  My values are in the following order: 1. My Girls 2. My Husband 3. Education 4. Career 5. Everything else&#8230; of course the order of [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thephoenixaria.wordpress.com&#038;blog=38565193&#038;post=471&#038;subd=thephoenixaria&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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