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		<title>For My Dad, My Boys and My Friend – It is More Than a Memorial Day</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have the freedom to write about whatever pops in my head and post it out there in viral world – that’s pretty damn awesome.  After I tend to my pack of dogs I can go to the grocery store and stock up on supplies, wearing whatever I like, to prepare for spending the day [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1097&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>MarkingTerritory With Ninja Vegetables</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 May 2012 14:51:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just have to first start by saying I love my friends.  They are the kind of people that make you laugh so hard you that you snort when you laugh and of course they call you a name for that.  They are also an amazing bunch that are in essence kind, loving and enjoy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1095&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pilots Don’t Text</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 May 2012 14:04:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am very excited to be flying out to California soon for my cousin’s wedding.  It isn’t the flying I am excited about – it is the wedding, the wine, the family; the flying is just a part of it. &#160; Flying has never bothered me one way or another.  Although I know there are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1091&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Be a Dog Today</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 May 2012 13:47:01 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I love about my dogs is their complete and unapologetic spontaneity.  Feel like taking a nap – plop – right in the middle of a ray of sunshine.  Feel like barking at thunder – let it rip.  They can go from running around the yard like banshees to turning into affection [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1086&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don’t Over-Analyze the Poop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 May 2012 21:36:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My name is Lisa and I am a recovering Over-Analyzer. &#160; It all started a lifetime ago as a Compliance Officer.  It wasn’t my fault, really.  I had the natural inclination to analyze and view a situation from different perspectives but that first foray into the financial industry flipped the switch and it took on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1084&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Your Whim May Be Another’s Monotony</title>
		<link>http://lisakmcdonald.com/2012/05/21/your-whim-may-be-anothers-monotony/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 12:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend someone told me that their friend got married on a whim.  Married…..on a whim. A whim.  Seriously.  Seriously? Seriously! &#160; My whims are more in the range of choosing Italian over Chinese for dinner or meeting up with friends last minute.  Marriage does not fall in my whim category.  I guess my whims [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1081&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All You Own Are Your Choices – Use Them Wisely</title>
		<link>http://lisakmcdonald.com/2012/05/18/all-you-own-are-your-choices-use-them-wisely/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 May 2012 13:20:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a friend with high blood pressure, a low tolerance for the unexpected, a quick fuse and a teenager.  This is not a good combination.  When the child or any random person in their universe does something that aggravates my friend I get a call. &#160; My job is to listen but more importantly [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1079&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You May Know It All But That Doesn’t Mean We Want To Hear Any of It</title>
		<link>http://lisakmcdonald.com/2012/05/17/you-may-know-it-all-but-that-doesnt-mean-we-want-to-hear-any-of-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 May 2012 14:35:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I got a hot tub.  Before it was delivered I needed to prepare the space making sure I prepared a flat, solid surface as a base.  I did my research, found out how deep I needed to dig, what I should use in the layers, in what order and what depth.  Then [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1076&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You’re Not “Just” An Anything</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2012 16:04:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was fortunate to grow up in a family that ran the gambit of social, economic and professional boundaries.  My dad was a diesel mechanic, my mom head of payroll, a grandmother who started her own business and traveled the world, an uncle who was a cook in a prison, another who leads one of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1074&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Rejections Can Be Your Biggest Ally</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 May 2012 13:56:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is always a huge element of uncertainty in job searching from responding to an opportunity to waiting to hear after an interview.  The wait can be unbearable, we start to make assumptions, replay every scenario, wonder if we should have said this or that, done something different, waiting, wondering – it is an exercise [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lisakmcdonald.com&#038;blog=8684837&#038;post=1072&#038;subd=lisakmcdonald&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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