(973,2,'2009-04-15 23:06:07','2009-04-16 04:06:07','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I know you\'ve been wondering where I\'ve been.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thanks for the emails and texts asking. I mean the ones not from those weird men sitting in prison watching me on early morning TV. I know, I know, who else did I expect to write me? Shouldn\'t really be a shock to me.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, you care, you really really care. Even the people who ask me to review products I wouldn\'t even suggest to the weird neighbor downstairs.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I haven\'t taken a break from blogging regularly.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Really I haven\'t.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">One thing I have been doing is spending too much time sitting around and eat pretzels.  And nonvodka cranberry by the carafe.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh but I do have a few things going on behind the scenes. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Which is just a nice way of saying Dude I don\'t want to talk about it. Because if I wanted to talk about it, I\'d be writing about it now.  But they\'ve been keeping me really busy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But I\'m cool. I\'m eating for twenty. I\'m working.  I\'ve been blogging too. Just not making them live.  It\'s a fun idea to talk about my day until I go to press \'publish\' and then it doesn\'t seem interesting anymore.  Maybe in a few weeks there will be 200 posts up because I\'ll finally just press \'publish\' on all of them.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, here\'s some important stuff, my kids are healthy. And even happy when I let them log on to Twitter.  That\'s what\'s important right?\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The universe is just playing mean jokes on me. Every single day. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">When the universe stops kicking me in the groin, pulling my hair and calling me names, I\'ll be back on a more regular schedule.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Wait, first I have to finish my comedy routine for Comic Strip Live.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Everything seems to be taking priority over this blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Uh oh, Twitter really is killing blogs.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As long as it doesn\'t kill the funny. ;) </span>','Eating Pretzels',0,'','inherit','open','open','','970-revision-2','','','2009-04-15 23:06:07','2009-04-16 04:06:07','',970,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/15/970-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(974,2,'2009-04-15 23:18:54','2009-04-16 04:18:54','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I know you\'ve been wondering where I\'ve been. *smirk*\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thanks for the DMs, texts and emails asking. I mean the emails not from those weird men sitting in prison watching me on early morning TV. I know, I know, who else did I expect to write me? Shouldn\'t really be a shock to me to get emails asking me to put them in a diaper and spank them. Or to find out people are looking up \"ugly foot sex\" and finding this here blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, you care, you really really care. I find it nice to be thought of. Actually everyone finds that to be cool. Not just me.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I haven\'t taken a break from blogging regularly. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Really I haven\'t.  I\'ve been crossing many things off my never ending to-do list. There\'s nothing better than the feeling you have after crossing things off your \"to-do list\".  You know its true.  Lately, I\'ve been crossing off quite a few things from my list of firsts.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">One thing I have been doing is spending too much time sitting around waiting (people can be soooo slow!!) so I\'ve been eating pretzels.  And drinking nonvodka cranberry by the carafe.  And of course eating dessert. You know me well.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh and I have a few things going on behind the scenes. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Which is just a nice way of saying Dude I don\'t want to talk about it. Because if I wanted to talk about it, I\'d be writing about it now.  But they\'ve been keeping me really busy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But I\'m cool. I\'m eating for twenty (squashing pregnancy emails now. no, i\'m not). I\'m working.  I\'ve been blogging too. Just not making them live.  It\'s a fun idea to talk about my day until I go to press \'publish\' and then it doesn\'t seem interesting anymore.  Maybe in a few weeks there will be 200 posts up because I\'ll finally just press \'publish\' on all of them.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, here\'s the most important thing, my kids are healthy. And even happy when I let them log on to Twitter.  I have hugged them so tightly so much over the last week.  Poor kids probably feel like a squished sandwich hanging out at the bottom of a book bag.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The universe is just playing mean jokes on me. Every single day. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">When the universe stops kicking me in the groin, pulling my hair and calling me names, I\'ll be back on a more regular schedule.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Wait, first I have to finish my comedy routine for Comic Strip Live. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Everything seems to be taking priority over this blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Uh oh, Twitter really is killing blogs. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As long as it doesn\'t kill the funny. ;) </span>','Eating Pretzels',0,'','inherit','open','open','','970-revision-3','','','2009-04-15 23:18:54','2009-04-16 04:18:54','',970,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/15/970-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(975,2,'2009-04-15 23:31:03','2009-04-16 04:31:03','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I know you\'ve been wondering where I\'ve been. *snicker*\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'ve gotten handfuls of DMs, texts and emails asking. So thank you. I mean thanks for the emails not from those weird men sitting in prison watching me on early morning TV. I know, I know, who else did I expect to write me? Who else is up that early? Shouldn\'t really be a shock to me to get emails asking me to put them in a diaper and spank them. Or to find out people are looking up \"ugly foot sex\" and finding this here blog. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, you care, you really really care. I find it nice to be thought of. Actually everyone finds that to be nice. Not just me. I\'m just like everyone. Just either a bit fatter or a bit skinnier. A bit shorter or a bit taller. But you get what i mean. I\'m just like you except I live in the 10028.  And you live in the something else or we\'d probably be friends. I\'m weird like that. I make friends fast. Blogher 2009 should be a hoot.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Speaking of blogging, I haven\'t taken a break from blogging regularly. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Really I haven\'t.  I\'ve been crossing many things off my never ending to-do list. There\'s nothing better than the feeling you have after crossing things off your \"to-do list\".  You know its true.  Lately, I\'ve been crossing off quite a few things from my list of firsts.  Like publicly trying to set up <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/mochamomma\">@mochamomma</a> with @johnlegend. Hey, what can I say, I\'m very helpful to my friends.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">With all the stuff I\'ve been getting accomplished, one thing has been a constant. I have been spending too much time sitting around waiting (people in charge can be soooo slow!!) so I\'ve been eating pretzels.  And drinking nonvodka cranberry by the carafe.  And of course eating dessert. You know me well. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh and I have a few things going on behind the scenes. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Which is just a nice way of saying \"Dude I don\'t want to talk about it. Because if I wanted to talk about it, I\'d be writing about it now.\"  But they\'ve been keeping me really busy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It\'s a fun idea to talk about my day until I go to press \'publish\' and then it doesn\'t seem interesting anymore.  Maybe in a few weeks there will be 200 posts up because I\'ll finally just press \'publish\' on all of them.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">So to recap... I\'m cool. I\'m eating for twenty (squashing pregnancy emails now. no, i\'m not). I\'m working.  I\'ve been blogging too. Just not making them live.  </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Still with me?</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, here\'s the most important thing, my kids are healthy. And even happy when I let them log on to Twitter.  I have hugged them so tightly so much over the last week.  Poor kids probably feel like a squished sandwich hanging out at the bottom of a book bag.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The universe is just playing mean jokes on me. Every single day. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">When the universe stops kicking me in the groin, pulling my hair and calling me names, I\'ll be back on a more regular schedule.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Wait, first I have to finish my comedy routine for Comic Strip Live. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Everything seems to be taking priority over this blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Uh oh, Twitter really is killing blogs. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As long as it doesn\'t kill the funny. ;) </span>','Eating Pretzels',0,'','inherit','open','open','','970-revision-4','','','2009-04-15 23:31:03','2009-04-16 04:31:03','',970,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/15/970-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(976,2,'2009-04-15 23:34:26','2009-04-16 04:34:26','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I know you\'ve been wondering where I\'ve been. *snicker*\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'ve gotten handfuls of DMs, texts and emails asking. So thank you. I mean thanks for the emails not from those weird men sitting in prison watching me on early morning TV. I know, I know, who else did I expect to write me? Who else is up that early? Shouldn\'t really be a shock to me to get emails asking me to put them in a diaper and spank them. Or to find out people are looking up \"ugly foot sex\" and finding this here blog. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, you care, you really really care. I find it nice to be thought of. Actually everyone finds that to be nice. Not just me. I\'m just like everyone. Just either a bit fatter or a bit skinnier. A bit shorter or a bit taller. But you get what i mean. I\'m just like you except I live in the 10028.  And you live in the something else or we\'d probably be friends. I\'m weird like that. I make friends fast. Blogher 2009 should be a hoot.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Speaking of blogging, I haven\'t taken a break from blogging regularly. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Really I haven\'t.  I\'ve been crossing many things off my never ending to-do list. There\'s nothing better than the feeling you have after crossing things off your \"to-do list\".  You know its true.  Lately, I\'ve been crossing off quite a few things from my list of firsts.  Like publicly trying to set up <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/mochamomma\">@mochamomma</a> with @johnlegend. Hey, what can I say, I\'m very helpful to my friends.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">With all the stuff I\'ve been getting accomplished, one thing has been a constant. I have been spending too much time sitting around waiting (people in charge can be soooo slow!!) so I\'ve been eating pretzels.  And drinking nonvodka cranberry by the carafe.  And of course eating dessert. You know me well. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh and I have a few things going on behind the scenes. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Which is just a nice way of saying \"Dude I don\'t want to talk about it. Because if I wanted to talk about it, I\'d be writing about it now.\"  But they\'ve been keeping me really busy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It\'s a fun idea to talk about my day until I go to press \'publish\' and then it doesn\'t seem interesting anymore.  Maybe in a few weeks there will be 200 posts up because I\'ll finally just press \'publish\' on all of them.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">So to recap... I\'m cool. I\'m eating for twenty (squashing pregnancy emails now. no, i\'m not). I\'m working.  I\'ve been blogging too. Just not making them live.  </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Still with me?</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, here\'s the most important thing, my kids are healthy. And even happy when I let them log on to Twitter.  I have hugged them so tightly so much over the last week.  Poor kids probably feel like a squished sandwich hanging out at the bottom of a book bag.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The universe is just playing mean jokes on me. Every single day. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">When the universe stops kicking me in the groin, pulling my hair and calling me names, I\'ll be back on a more regular schedule.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Wait, first I have to finish my comedy routine for Comic Strip Live. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Everything seems to be taking priority over this blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Uh oh, Twitter really is killing blogs. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As long as it doesn\'t kill the funny. ;) </span>','Eating Pretzels',0,'','inherit','open','open','','970-revision-5','','','2009-04-15 23:34:26','2009-04-16 04:34:26','',970,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/15/970-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(977,2,'2009-04-15 23:46:18','2009-04-16 04:46:18','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I know you\'ve been wondering where I\'ve been. *snicker*\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'ve gotten handfuls of DMs, texts and emails asking where the heck the new blog posts are. So thank you. I mean thanks for the emails not from those weird men sitting in prison writing me after watching me on early morning TV. I know, I know, who else did I expect to write me? Who else is up that early? Shouldn\'t really be a shock to me to get emails asking me to put them in a diaper and spank them. Or to find out people are looking up \"ugly foot sex\" and are finding this here blog. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, you care, you really really care. I find it nice to be thought of. Actually everyone finds that to be nice. Not just me. I\'m just like everyone. Just either a bit fatter or a bit skinnier. A bit shorter or a bit taller. But you get what i mean. I\'m just like you except I live in the 10028.  And you live in the something else or we\'d probably be friends. I\'m weird like that. I make friends fast. Blogher 2009 should be a hoot.  (Hmmm maybe I should buy that plane ticket and reserve that hotel room finally...)\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Speaking of blogging, I haven\'t taken a break from blogging regularly. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Really I haven\'t.  I\'ve been crossing many things off my never ending to-do list. There\'s nothing better than the feeling you have after crossing things off your \"to-do list\".  You know its true.  Lately, I\'ve also been crossing off quite a few things from my list of firsts.  Like publicly trying to set up <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/mochamomma\">@mochamomma</a> with @johnlegend. Hey, what can I say, I\'m very helpful to my friends. And it helped me cross off #28 on my list - Do onto others as you would like done to you.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">With all the stuff I\'ve been getting accomplished, one thing has been a constant. I have been spending too much time sitting around waiting (people in charge can be soooo slow. must be all the money in their pockets.) so I\'ve been eating pretzels.  Drinking nonvodka cranberry by the carafe.  And of course eating dessert. You know me well. \r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh and I have a few things going on behind the scenes. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Which is just a nice way of saying \"Dude I don\'t want to talk about it. Because if I wanted to talk about it, I\'d be writing about it now.\"  But they\'ve been keeping me really busy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It\'s a fun idea to talk about my day until I go to press \'publish\' and then it doesn\'t seem interesting anymore.  Maybe in a few weeks there will be 200 posts up because I\'ll finally just press \'publish\' on all of them.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">So to recap... I\'m cool. I\'m eating for twenty (squashing pregnancy emails now. no, i\'m not). I\'m working.  I\'ve been blogging too. Just not making them live.  </span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Still with me?</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Anyway, here\'s the most important thing, my kids are healthy. And even happy when I let them log on to Twitter.  I have hugged them so tightly so much over the last week.  Poor kids probably feel like a squished sandwich hanging out at the bottom of a book bag.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The universe is just playing mean jokes on me. Every single day. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">When the universe stops kicking me in the groin, pulling my hair and calling me names, I\'ll be back on a more regular schedule.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Wait, first I have to finish my comedy routine for Comic Strip Live. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Everything seems to be taking priority over this blog.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Uh oh, Twitter really is killing blogs. </span><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As long as it doesn\'t kill the funny. ;) </span>','Eating Pretzels',0,'','inherit','open','open','','970-revision-6','','','2009-04-15 23:46:18','2009-04-16 04:46:18','',970,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/15/970-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(978,2,'2009-04-21 07:49:11','2009-04-21 12:49:11','','042109-1248-topgearseas1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','042109-1248-topgearseas1jpg','','','2009-04-21 07:49:11','2009-04-21 12:49:11','',980,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(979,2,'2009-04-21 07:49:13','2009-04-21 12:49:13','','042109-1248-topgearseas2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','042109-1248-topgearseas2jpg','','','2009-04-21 07:49:13','2009-04-21 12:49:13','',980,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(980,2,'2009-04-21 07:49:14','2009-04-21 12:49:14','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The kids are off to school but I\'m not on my way to a taping at Better TV yet.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m in my living room going through DVD features for a season of a television show I\'ve already watched.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This isn\'t like watching a movie for the 10<sup>th</sup> time (read: <em>Hitch</em>), this is me going through clips from the 3 Disc set of <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">Top Gear 10</a>.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Why it\'s taken 10 seasons for <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">BBC Video</a> and Warner Bros to bring my favorite car entertainment show to DVD in the U.S. I don\'t know but it\'s finally here.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And I finally have a copy in my hands.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">You would think I was just asked to challenge the Stig (a silent mysterious racing driver on the series) by the way I am excited.\r\n</span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This is <a href=\"http://www.topgear.com\">Top Gear</a> the show that when rumored to be coming to the U.S. caused me to start thinking of ways to weasel my way onto the show even if the British hosts (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) wouldn\'t be cast in the U.S. version of the show.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Sure this may seem a little unexpected coming from me (unless you noticed my blog theme – duh!) since moms are supposed to drive minivans (not I) but I was going to get them to think differently. I was going to challenge the Stig even if it meant driving a Prius although I secretly hoped I would be in a Lambo Gallardo Superleggera on the test track. I would be with the U.S. cast of hosts but remembering the antics of the BBC hosts (like crossing the English Channel hoping to break Sir Richard Branson\'s record).\r\n</span>\r\n</p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas2.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Ah a girl can dream. I am passionate about luxury cars. Which is not to be confused with a Marissa Tomei in <em>My Cousin Vinny</em> name the tire marks of a car model type of car fanatic. But I am someone who has missed her stop on the subway because of reading the du Pont Registry.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Never seen any of the 11 seasons of Top Gear? You can find out why viewers in 100 countries love this show by previewing the season <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se1_season_10_preview_56.asx\">here</a>. You can also take a peek at the interviews with <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se4_simon_cowell_interview_56.asx\">Simon Cowell</a> and <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se1_helen_mirren_on_top_gear_qt_56.mov\">Helen Mirren</a>.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It\'s available on DVD today and many of you will want to <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">own it on DVD</a> after watching the preview.</span></p>','Top Gear Season 10 DVD',0,'','publish','open','open','','top-gear-season10dvd','','','2009-04-21 07:57:57','2009-04-21 12:57:57','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/21/top-gear-%e2%80%93-season-10/',0,'post','',0),(981,2,'2009-04-21 07:49:14','2009-04-21 12:49:14','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The kids are off to school but I\'m not on my way to a taping at Better TV yet.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m in my living room going through DVD features for a season of a television show I\'ve already watched.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This isn\'t like watching a movie for the 10<sup>th</sup> time (read: <em>Hitch</em>), this is me going through clips from the 3 Disc set of <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">Top Gear 10</a>. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Why it\'s taken 10 seasons for <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">BBC Video</a> and Warner Bros to bring my favorite car entertainment show to DVD in the U.S. I don\'t know but it\'s finally here.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And I finally have a copy in my hands.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">You would think I was just asked to challenge the Stig (a silent mysterious racing driver on the series) by the way I am excited.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas1.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This is <a href=\"http://www.topgear.com\">Top Gear</a> the show that when rumored to be coming to the U.S.  caused me to start thinking of ways to weasel my way onto the show even if the British hosts (Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May) wouldn\'t be cast in the U.S. version of the show.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Sure this may seem a little unexpected coming from me (unless you noticed my blog theme – duh!) since moms are supposed to drive minivans (not I) but I was going to get them to think differently. I was going to challenge the Stig even if it meant driving a Prius although I secretly hoped I would be in a Lambo Gallardo Superleggera on the test track.  I would be with the U.S. cast of hosts but remembering the antics of the BBC hosts (like crossing the English Channel hoping to break Sir Richard Branson\'s record).\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/042109-1248-topgearseas2.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Ah a girl can dream. I am passionate about luxury cars. Which is not to be confused with a Marissa Tomei in <em>My Cousin Vinny</em> name the tire marks of a car model type of car fanatic. But I am someone who has missed her stop on the subway because of reading the du Pont Registry.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Never seen any of the 11 seasons of Top Gear? You can find out why viewers in 100 countries love this show by previewing the season <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se1_season_10_preview_56.asx\">here</a>. You can also take a peek at the interviews with <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se4_simon_cowell_interview_56.asx\">Simon Cowell</a> and <a href=\"http://raincloud.warnerbros.com/wbol/us/whv/med/bbc/topgear/series10/tgs10se1_helen_mirren_on_top_gear_qt_56.mov\">Helen Mirren</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It\'s available on DVD today and many of you will want to <a href=\"http://www.bbcamericashop.com/video/top-gear-10-15173.html\">own it on DVD</a> after watching the preview.</span></p>','Top Gear – Season 10',0,'','inherit','open','open','','980-revision','','','2009-04-21 07:49:14','2009-04-21 12:49:14','',980,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/21/980-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(982,2,'2009-04-28 06:42:31','2009-04-28 11:42:31','','cimg0951',0,'','inherit','open','open','','cimg0951','','','2009-04-28 06:42:31','2009-04-28 11:42:31','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg0951.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(983,2,'2009-04-28 06:44:12','2009-04-28 11:44:12','','victoria with children in turks and caicos',0,'','inherit','open','open','','cimg09511','','','2009-04-28 06:44:12','2009-04-28 11:44:12','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpeg',0),(984,2,'2009-03-02 11:40:48','2009-03-02 16:40:48',' \r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On a freezing day in February 2009 I went to the park and had the photo above taken of me. I love that dress so much. But as of right now, I don\'t have anywhere to wear it!  Maybe I\'ll wear it at Blogher 09 because Yes, I am going to Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve had this blog since 2006 and my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> since 2002 but since that website actually started as a blog, I guess you can say I\'ve really been blogging since 2002.  Blogging about anything really. Not just parenting.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I live in New York with my three children.  They are a lot of fun.  And one day, they\'ll let me take a photo of all three of them looking at the camera. A girl can dream right?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to it, and my children are also getting used to it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans and free iPhone apps.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\">here</a>. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">xoxo Victoria</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024 </span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-9','','','2009-03-02 11:40:48','2009-03-02 16:40:48','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/03/02/14-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(985,2,'2009-04-28 06:46:25','2009-04-28 11:46:25',' \r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">On a freezing day in February 2009 I went to the park and had the photo above taken of me. I love that dress so much. But as of right now, I don\'t have anywhere to wear it!  Maybe I\'ll wear it at Blogher 09 because Yes, I am going to Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve had this blog since 2006 and my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> since 2002 but since that website actually started as a blog, I guess you can say I\'ve really been blogging since 2002.  Blogging about anything really. Not just parenting.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I live in New York with my three children.  They are a lot of fun.  And one day, they\'ll let me take a photo of all three of them looking at the camera. A girl can dream right?</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983 aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"398\" height=\"298\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to it, and my children are also getting used to it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans and free iPhone apps.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\">here</a>. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">xoxo Victoria</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024 </span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-10','','','2009-04-28 06:46:25','2009-04-28 11:46:25','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/28/14-revision-10/',0,'revision','',0),(986,2,'2009-04-28 07:06:42','2009-04-28 12:06:42','I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  You\'re busy, I\'m busy so I\'ll make this quick.\r\n\r\nI like the color blue. A lot. And that dress in the photo below is my favorite. There\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day in February 2009.  I happily took off my coat and posed.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve had this blog since 2006 but have been writing my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> since 2002. Since that website actually started as a blog, I guess you can say I\'ve really been blogging since 2002.  Blogging about anything really. Not just parenting or food or cars.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Yes, I am going to Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Maybe one day, they\'ll let me take a photo where all three of them look right at the camera. A girl can dream right? Here\'s a photo of us on a beach in Turks and Caicos.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983 aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"279\" height=\"209\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\">here</a>. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">xoxo Victoria</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024 </span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-11','','','2009-04-28 07:06:42','2009-04-28 12:06:42','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/28/14-revision-11/',0,'revision','',0),(988,2,'2009-04-28 07:51:48','2009-04-28 12:51:48','<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  It\'s at the top of my to-do list. Along with figuring out where all those missing socks go from the laundry.  </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">You\'re at the edge of your seat wondering what color I fancy from the crayon box right?  Well I won\'t keep you waiting any longer. I like the color blue. A lot. That KrelWear dress in the photo below (taken in February 2009) is my favorite.  Before you start typing away - there\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day.  I happily took off my coat and posed. I\'m a rebel like that.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-no-proof: yes;\"></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I started blogging in 2002 on what is now my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> but I\'ve written <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">this blog</a> since 2006. Contrary to all belief, it’s not powered by sangria. Flan powers <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">Veep Veep</a>. I blog about everything not just parenting. And if you noticed a car theme on this blog, gold star for you! I am very girlie but I get so passionate about cars. Well not about el Caminos. Or the Lotus. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I will be at Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. And by silliness I mean I\'ll be watching grown ass women act a fool. I promise to document it all on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twitter</span></a>.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Yes, I really have three children. Yes, I am old enough to have three children. No I will not tell you my age. No I haven\'t had any work done.  Yes, it\'s true Black Don\'t Crack. Yes, I am Latina. Yo soy boricua pa que tu lo sepas.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Maybe one day, my children will let me take a photo of all three of them looking right at the camera. A chicky can dream right? Here\'s a photo of us on a beach in Turks and Caicos. I </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-no-proof: yes;\"></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker (a mix of snark and sweet) and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email me</span></a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here</span></a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here</span></a>. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">xoxo Victoria</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email me</span></a>.</span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n</span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-13','','','2009-04-28 07:51:48','2009-04-28 12:51:48','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/28/14-revision-13/',0,'revision','',0),(987,2,'2009-04-28 07:28:24','2009-04-28 12:28:24','I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  It\'s at the top of my to-do list. Along with finding out where all those missing socks go from the laundry.\r\n\r\nI know you\'re at the edge of your seat wondering what color I grab first from the crayon box so I won\'t keep you waiting any longer. I like the color blue. A lot. That dress in the photo below (taken in February 2009) is my favorite. There\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day.  I happily took off my coat and posed. I\'m a rebel like that.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'ve had this blog since 2006 but have been writing my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> since 2002. Since that website actually started as a blog, I guess you can say I\'ve really been blogging since 2002.  Blogging about anything really. Not just parenting or food or cars. Or how any of those things give me grey hair.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I will be at Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. And by silliness I mean I\'ll be watching grown ass women act a fool. I promise to document it all on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Yes, I really have three children. Yes, I am old enough to have three children. No I will not tell you my age. No I haven\'t had work done.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">Maybe one day, they\'ll let me take a photo where all three of them look right at the camera. A girl can dream right? Here\'s a photo of us on a beach in Turks and Caicos.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983 aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"279\" height=\"209\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker (a mix of snark and sweet) and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\">here</a>. </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">xoxo Victoria</p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024 </span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-12','','','2009-04-28 07:28:24','2009-04-28 12:28:24','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/28/14-revision-12/',0,'revision','',0),(989,2,'2009-04-28 07:57:17','2009-04-28 12:57:17','<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  It\'s at the top of my to-do list. Along with figuring out where all those missing socks go from the laundry.  </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">You\'re at the edge of your seat wondering what color I fancy from the crayon box right?  Well I won\'t keep you waiting any longer. If you haven\'t realized it yet, I like the color blue. A lot.  (Don\'t even think of taking away my Girl Card!)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">That KrelWear dress in the photo below (taken in February 2009) is my favorite.  Before you start typing away - there\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day.  I happily took off my coat and posed. I\'m a rebel like that.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"> </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"> </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I started blogging in 2002 on what is now my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> but I\'ve written <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">this blog</a> since 2006. Contrary to all belief, it’s not powered by sangria. Flan powers <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">Veep Veep</a>. I blog about everything not just parenting. And if you noticed a car theme on this blog, gold star for you! I am very girlie but I get so passionate about cars. Well not about el Caminos. Or the Lotus. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I will be at Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. And by silliness I mean I\'ll be watching grown ass women act a fool. I promise to document it all on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twitter</span></a>.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Yes, I really have three children. Yes, I am old enough to have three children. No I will not tell you my age. No I haven\'t had any work done.  Yes, it\'s true Black Don\'t Crack. Yes, I am Latina. Yo soy boricua pa que tu lo sepas.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Maybe one day, my children will let me take a photo of all three of them looking right at the camera. A chicky can dream right? Here\'s a photo of us on a beach in Turks and Caicos. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"> </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker (a mix of snark and sweet) and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email me</span></a> and say Hi.   You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here</span></a> and <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/savvymommy\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">here</span></a>. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">xoxo Victoria</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">P.S. If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@savvymommy.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">email me</span></a>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">P.P. S. If you want to send me stuff you think I\'ll find pretty, my mailing address is: Victoria Pericon P.O. Box 61 New York, NY 10024</span></span></span></p>\r\n\r\n</span></span>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-14','','','2009-04-28 07:57:17','2009-04-28 12:57:17','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/04/28/14-revision-14/',0,'revision','',0),(990,2,'2009-05-03 07:53:40','2009-05-03 12:53:40','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg','','','2009-05-03 07:53:40','2009-05-03 12:53:40','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(991,2,'2009-05-03 07:53:40','2009-05-03 12:53:40','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has the sparkly pink dolphin tattoo she got while away.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating15.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating22.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  And then I continued \"Do you know what man eating bacteria is?\"  \"Noooo?\" \"Man means human. So it eats human. It\'s going to eat your arm because its dirty.\"\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>If You Give a Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','publish','open','open','','flesh-eating','','','2009-05-03 08:31:49','2009-05-03 13:31:49','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/flesh-eating/',0,'post','',0),(992,2,'2009-05-03 07:55:18','2009-05-03 12:55:18','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 07:55:18','2009-05-03 12:55:18','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating11.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(993,2,'2009-05-03 07:53:40','2009-05-03 12:53:40','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has her sparkly pink dolphin tattoo.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>Give Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','inherit','open','open','','991-revision','','','2009-05-03 07:53:40','2009-05-03 12:53:40','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/991-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(994,2,'2009-05-03 08:10:28','2009-05-03 13:10:28','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:10:28','2009-05-03 13:10:28','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating12.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(995,2,'2009-05-03 07:55:19','2009-05-03 12:55:19','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has her sparkly pink dolphin tattoo.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating11.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  And then I continued \"Do you know what man eating bacteria is?\"  \"Noooo?\" \"Man means human. So it eats human. It\'s going to eat your arm because its dirty.\"\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>Give Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','inherit','open','open','','991-revision-2','','','2009-05-03 07:55:19','2009-05-03 12:55:19','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/991-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(997,2,'2009-05-03 08:15:40','2009-05-03 13:15:40','Been there, tried that.  Sometimes I reach into the kids\' college funds and pay for a product myself. Many times, the product arrives in my mailbox and I get to try it without guaranteeing my children will only go to state college. \r\n\r\nI never return products unless its a car loan and well, then it really is a test drive.  Whether I pay for the product or get it for free, these reviews are 100% unbiased. Products are chosen because I can use them in my everyday life.\r\n\r\nI need to see while on the road right!? Lenscrafters - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/eyes-wide-open/\">Eyes Wide Open</a>\r\n\r\nI have to print out all my road trip photos! HP - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/hp-wireless-photosmart-c6380-all-in-one-printer/\">Wireless Photosmart C6380 all in one printer</a>','Test Drives',0,'','publish','closed','closed','','test-drives','','','2009-05-21 20:08:25','2009-05-22 01:08:25','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/',5,'page','',0),(998,2,'2009-05-03 08:26:41','2009-05-03 13:26:41','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:26:41','2009-05-03 13:26:41','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating13.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(999,2,'2009-05-03 08:26:46','2009-05-03 13:26:46','','050309-1253-flesheating2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating2jpg','','','2009-05-03 08:26:46','2009-05-03 13:26:46','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1000,2,'2009-05-03 08:10:29','2009-05-03 13:10:29','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has her sparkly pink dolphin tattoo.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating12.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  And then I continued \"Do you know what man eating bacteria is?\"  \"Noooo?\" \"Man means human. So it eats human. It\'s going to eat your arm because its dirty.\"\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>Give Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','inherit','open','open','','991-revision-3','','','2009-05-03 08:10:29','2009-05-03 13:10:29','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/991-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1001,2,'2009-05-03 08:27:39','2009-05-03 13:27:39','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:27:39','2009-05-03 13:27:39','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating14.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1002,2,'2009-05-03 08:27:44','2009-05-03 13:27:44','','050309-1253-flesheating2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating2jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:27:44','2009-05-03 13:27:44','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating21.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1003,2,'2009-05-03 08:26:47','2009-05-03 13:26:47','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has the sparkly pink dolphin tattoo she got while away.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating13.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\">\n </p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating2.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  And then I continued \"Do you know what man eating bacteria is?\"  \"Noooo?\" \"Man means human. So it eats human. It\'s going to eat your arm because its dirty.\"\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>Give Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','inherit','open','open','','991-revision-4','','','2009-05-03 08:26:47','2009-05-03 13:26:47','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/991-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1004,2,'2009-05-03 08:31:41','2009-05-03 13:31:41','','050309-1253-flesheating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating1jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:31:41','2009-05-03 13:31:41','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating15.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1005,2,'2009-05-03 08:31:48','2009-05-03 13:31:48','','050309-1253-flesheating2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050309-1253-flesheating2jpg-2','','','2009-05-03 08:31:48','2009-05-03 13:31:48','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating22.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1006,2,'2009-05-03 08:27:45','2009-05-03 13:27:45','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">We\'ve been back from Luke\'s fourth birthday extravaganza in Turks and Caicos for a week now.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And Miss Nat still has the sparkly pink dolphin tattoo she got while away.   Well some of it.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating14.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Her friend Grace woke up day two of the trip without it. Came off in the shower. But Natalie still has remnants of her tattoo.  \n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050309-1253-flesheating21.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The dolphin may only have pink sparkles on the top of it while the rest is only an outline of the temporary tattoo because of her suntan.  But the dolphin is there. And Natalie is holding on tight. Protecting it from a pretend tuna net called soap and water.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I found out this morning (from her father) Miss Nat doesn\'t want the area to be washed at all.  Which caused me to let out an early morning \"Gross girl, you don\'t want man eating bacteria to wake up and start eating your arm alive.\"  And then I continued \"Do you know what man eating bacteria is?\"  \"Noooo?\" \"Man means human. So it eats human. It\'s going to eat your arm because its dirty.\"\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Now I think I meant flesh eating bacteria (a la <em>Cabin Fever</em>) but I\'m not sure why I even said anything like that to my five and three quarters year old but I definitely said it.  It may have had something to do with sitting through <em>Bride Wars</em> (definitely going to become a classic) and eating both honey wheat pretzels and Samoas last night.  \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But back to the flesh eating bacteria that is absolutely positively going to take over my daughter\'s left arm region. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Let\'s just hope that doesn\'t happen within the next few hours. Because in an hour, I\'m off to take Miss Nat to see Grace for their mini Diva manicure appointment at Dashing Diva.  Think I can get them to put some of that antibacterial <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">gunk</span> gel on her arm that they give us before we get manicures?  Just to keep the flesh eating bacteria at bay until we get back from Brooklyn?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Freshly manicured fingers crossed.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is the <em>Give Mom a Martini</em> book launch party for <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/content/view/49/67/\">Lyss Stern</a> at The Plaza. I plan to leave the office and go directly to it. Should make for some interesting pink carpet photos considering it\'s supposed to rain all week. Sugar melts people. Sugar melts. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70AgyIEnBRE\" target=\"_blank\">Halo</a> by Beyonce  \"<span style=\"color:black\">You know you\'re my saving grace.</span>\"</span></p>','Flesh Eating',0,'','inherit','open','open','','991-revision-5','','','2009-05-03 08:27:45','2009-05-03 13:27:45','',991,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/991-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1007,2,'2009-05-04 14:29:05','2009-05-04 19:29:05','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Yesterday morning, Miss Nat had a play date with her friend at the nail salon in her friend\'s neck of the woods. So off we went on the 6 to Dashing Diva in Brooklyn.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was nice for them to catch up after not seeing each other for a whole week (ha!) and a great excuse for a little mani maintenance. Sure I had a Spa Belles manicure (in essie Sugar Daddy) on Wednesday afternoon with Jessica after lunch but sadly my manicures only last a few days thanks to all the rummaging I do in my sample closet to get ready for product segments. (Oh the glamorous life I live).\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The play date started out well… \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Miss Nat caught up on an issue of W while she waited for her friend to arrive.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew11.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The girls picked out their colors. \n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew21.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Both settled on Roxanne\'s Ruby Slippers. A cute sparkly color I suggested to Miss Nat instead of City that Never Sleeps. A little too dark for a five year old.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew31.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But when it was time for me to choose a color I decided to do something I had never done before.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Go bold.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">How bold? Let\'s just say in my life I have never had hot pink finger nails but I had just chosen the Elsa Schiaparelli of pinks.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew41.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was definitely <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">shocking</span> Barbie Gone Wild.  Except the name was something like Felicia\'s Fuschia.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Out of all the colors I could have chosen I chose to try and match the floor tile.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As my nails were drying and my friend sat next to me laughing while her light lavender painted nails dried, I remembered I have two events this week where wearing Ballet Slippers or Mademoiselle would be more appropriate. Ooops.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew51.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I blame the color choice on the downpour of rain I walked through to get to the nail salon, will wear the color tonight to The Plaza but will probably polish change tomorrow back to Starter Wife on my lunch hour. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I will say for the few hours I\'ve worn this color, it\'s made me smile .. without fail.. every time I look at it. Must be how Barbie got Ken.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year – Guacamole Day aka Cinco de Mayo that means dinner at <a href=\"http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/restaurants/dos_caminos_park/index.php\">Dos Caminos</a>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5MjVyqByzU\" target=\"_blank\">Counting Blue Cars</a> by Dishwalla \"<span style=\"color:black\">We asked many questions like children often do.\"</span></span>\n		</span></p>','Barbie Gone Wild',0,'','publish','open','open','','barbie-gone-wild','','','2009-05-04 14:45:48','2009-05-04 19:45:48','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/04/barbie-gone-wild/',0,'post','',1),(1008,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:29','2009-05-04 19:40:29','','050409-1929-barbiegonew1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew1jpg','','','2009-05-04 14:40:29','2009-05-04 19:40:29','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1009,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:32','2009-05-04 19:40:32','','050409-1929-barbiegonew2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew2jpg','','','2009-05-04 14:40:32','2009-05-04 19:40:32','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1010,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:36','2009-05-04 19:40:36','','050409-1929-barbiegonew3.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew3jpg','','','2009-05-04 14:40:36','2009-05-04 19:40:36','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew3.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1011,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:38','2009-05-04 19:40:38','','050409-1929-barbiegonew4.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew4jpg','','','2009-05-04 14:40:38','2009-05-04 19:40:38','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew4.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1012,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:41','2009-05-04 19:40:41','','050409-1929-barbiegonew5.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew5jpg','','','2009-05-04 14:40:41','2009-05-04 19:40:41','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew5.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1013,2,'2009-05-04 14:29:05','2009-05-04 19:29:05','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Yesterday morning, Miss Nat had a play date with her friend at the nail salon in her friend\'s neck of the woods. So off we went on the 6 to Dashing Diva in Brooklyn.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was nice for them to catch up after not seeing each other for a whole week (ha!) and a great excuse for a little mani maintenance. Sure I had a Spa Belles manicure (in essie Sugar Daddy) on Wednesday afternoon with Jessica after lunch but sadly my manicures only last a few days thanks to all the rummaging I do in my sample closet to get ready for product segments. (Oh the glamorous life I live).\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The play date started out well… \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Miss Nat caught up on an issue of W while she waited for her friend to arrive.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The girls picked out their colors. Both settled on Roxanne\'s Ruby Slippers. A cute sparkly color I suggested to Miss Nat instead of City that Never Sleeps. A little too dark for a five year old.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But when it was time for me to choose a color I decided to do something I had never done before.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Go bold.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">How bold? Let\'s just say in my life I have never had hot pink finger nails but I had just chosen the Elsa Schiaparelli of pinks.\n</span></p><p>\n </p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was definitely <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">shocking</span> Barbie Gone Wild.  (Except the name was something like Felicia\'s Fuschia)\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><br />As my nails were drying and my friend sat next to me laughing while her light lavender painted nails dried, I remembered I have two events this week that Ballet Slippers or Mademoiselle would be more appropriate. Ooops.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I blame the color choice on the downpour of rain I walked through to get to the nail salon, will wear the color tonight to The Plaza but will probably polish change tomorrow back to Starter Wife on my lunch hour. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I will say for the few hours I\'ve worn this color, it\'s made me smile .. without fail.. every time I look at it. Must be how Barbie got Ken.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year – Guacamole Day aka Cinco de Mayo that means dinner at <a href=\"http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/restaurants/dos_caminos_park/index.php\">Dos Caminos</a>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5MjVyqByzU\" target=\"_blank\">Counting Blue Cars</a> by Dishwalla \"<span style=\"color:black\">We asked many questions like children often do.\"</span></span>\n		</span></p>','Barbie Gone Wild',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1007-revision','','','2009-05-04 14:29:05','2009-05-04 19:29:05','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/04/1007-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1014,2,'2009-05-04 14:45:36','2009-05-04 19:45:36','','050409-1929-barbiegonew1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew1jpg-2','','','2009-05-04 14:45:36','2009-05-04 19:45:36','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew11.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1015,2,'2009-05-04 14:45:39','2009-05-04 19:45:39','','050409-1929-barbiegonew2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew2jpg-2','','','2009-05-04 14:45:39','2009-05-04 19:45:39','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew21.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1016,2,'2009-05-04 14:45:42','2009-05-04 19:45:42','','050409-1929-barbiegonew3.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew3jpg-2','','','2009-05-04 14:45:42','2009-05-04 19:45:42','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew31.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1017,2,'2009-05-04 14:45:44','2009-05-04 19:45:44','','050409-1929-barbiegonew4.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew4jpg-2','','','2009-05-04 14:45:44','2009-05-04 19:45:44','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew41.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1018,2,'2009-05-04 14:45:47','2009-05-04 19:45:47','','050409-1929-barbiegonew5.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050409-1929-barbiegonew5jpg-2','','','2009-05-04 14:45:47','2009-05-04 19:45:47','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew51.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1019,2,'2009-05-04 14:40:42','2009-05-04 19:40:42','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Yesterday morning, Miss Nat had a play date with her friend at the nail salon in her friend\'s neck of the woods. So off we went on the 6 to Dashing Diva in Brooklyn.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was nice for them to catch up after not seeing each other for a whole week (ha!) and a great excuse for a little mani maintenance. Sure I had a Spa Belles manicure (in essie Sugar Daddy) on Wednesday afternoon with Jessica after lunch but sadly my manicures only last a few days thanks to all the rummaging I do in my sample closet to get ready for product segments. (Oh the glamorous life I live).\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The play date started out well… \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Miss Nat caught up on an issue of W while she waited for her friend to arrive.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew1.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The girls picked out their colors. \n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew2.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Both settled on Roxanne\'s Ruby Slippers. A cute sparkly color I suggested to Miss Nat instead of City that Never Sleeps. A little too dark for a five year old.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew3.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But when it was time for me to choose a color I decided to do something I had never done before.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Go bold.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">How bold? Let\'s just say in my life I have never had hot pink finger nails but I had just chosen the Elsa Schiaparelli of pinks.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew4.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">It was definitely <span style=\"text-decoration:line-through\">shocking</span> Barbie Gone Wild.  Except the name was something like Felicia\'s Fuschia.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Out of all the colors I could have chosen I chose to try and match the floor tile.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">As my nails were drying and my friend sat next to me laughing while her light lavender painted nails dried, I remembered I have two events this week that Ballet Slippers or Mademoiselle would be more appropriate. Ooops.\n</span></p><p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050409-1929-barbiegonew5.jpg\" alt=\"\"/><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n		</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I blame the color choice on the downpour of rain I walked through to get to the nail salon, will wear the color tonight to The Plaza but will probably polish change tomorrow back to Starter Wife on my lunch hour. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I will say for the few hours I\'ve worn this color, it\'s made me smile .. without fail.. every time I look at it. Must be how Barbie got Ken.\n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">RSS feed</span>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>Tomorrow is one of my favorite days of the year – Guacamole Day aka Cinco de Mayo that means dinner at <a href=\"http://www.brguestrestaurants.com/restaurants/dos_caminos_park/index.php\">Dos Caminos</a>\n		</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5MjVyqByzU\" target=\"_blank\">Counting Blue Cars</a> by Dishwalla \"<span style=\"color:black\">We asked many questions like children often do.\"</span></span>\n		</span></p>','Barbie Gone Wild',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1007-revision-2','','','2009-05-04 14:40:42','2009-05-04 19:40:42','',1007,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/04/1007-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1020,2,'2009-05-06 23:32:49','2009-05-07 04:32:49','','050709-0432-celebrating1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050709-0432-celebrating1jpg','','','2009-05-06 23:32:49','2009-05-07 04:32:49','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050709-0432-celebrating1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1021,2,'2009-05-06 23:33:15','2009-05-07 04:33:15','','050709-0432-celebrating2.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','050709-0432-celebrating2jpg','','','2009-05-06 23:33:15','2009-05-07 04:33:15','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/050709-0432-celebrating2.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1023,2,'2009-05-11 23:55:41','2009-05-12 04:55:41','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh remember the time when I went into the top secret laboratory of a major company and took photos and made a silly video?\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Me neither.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">There\'s no proof.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Because it\'s lost somewhere in an airport not anywhere near my home along with photos of my son\'s second birthday.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">That\'s right my friends, on a dirty airport floor lies my left behind digital camera memory card full of precious photos and exclusive video.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But thankfully not a sex tape. (Which will please <a href=\"https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1769298659\">@johnlegend</a> )\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">8GB on the floor somewhere instead of inside either my carryon bag or one personal item.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><em>Who has it? Are they going through it right now? Will they comment on my poor fashion choices?\r\n</em></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m only now making light of this situation because I\'ve already chocked this day up to being a crappy.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Beyond all the regular Monday bits of crappiness.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Like finding out a show you like is airing the season finale tonight.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or reaching for the last almonds, apricots in yogurt <a href=\"http://kindsnacks.com/buy-products/kind-fruit-nut/kind-almonds-and-apricots-in-yogurt.html?SID=8+ulqmgA7NaInlbo3LfgrYVOZQcENZ9KureB7e537Vo=\">KIND Bar</a> only to find someone else had eaten it.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thankfully tomorrow\'s another day.\r\n</span>\r\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\r\n</span></span>\r\n\r\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"></a></span>RSS feed<span style=\"color:#444444\">.</span></span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\r\n</span></span>\r\n\r\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"></a></span><span style=\"color: #17418f; text-decoration: underline;\">Twitter</span></span><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\r\n</span></span></span>\r\n\r\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>I\'ve called Petco and asked them to put 39 cats on hold. Finally realized I can\'t have it all. Ready to face my future.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\r\n</span></span>\r\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s\" target=\"_blank\"></a></span><span style=\"color: #17418f; text-decoration: underline;\">That\'s Not My Name</span><span style=\"color:#444444\"> by The Ting Tings  \"They call me \'quiet\'. But I\'m a riot.\"</span></span></p>','Do You Remember the Time',0,'','publish','open','open','','do-you-remember-the-time','','','2009-05-11 23:57:53','2009-05-12 04:57:53','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?p=1023',0,'post','',1),(1024,2,'2009-05-11 23:55:41','2009-05-12 04:55:41','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh remember the time when I went into the top secret laboratory of a major company and took photos and made a silly video?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Me neither. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">There\'s no proof.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Because it\'s lost somewhere in an airport not anywhere near my home along with photos of my son\'s second birthday.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">That\'s right my friends, on a dirty airport floor lies my left behind digital camera memory card full of precious photos and exclusive video.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But thankfully not a sex tape.  (Which will please <a href=\"https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1769298659\">@johnlegend</a> )\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">8GB on the floor somewhere instead of inside either my carryon bag or one personal item.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><em>Who has it? Are they going through it right now? Will they comment on my poor fashion choices?\n</em></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m only now making light of this situation because I\'ve already chocked this day up to being a crappy.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Beyond all the regular Monday bits of crappiness. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Like finding out a show you like is airing the season finale tonight.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or reaching for the last almonds, apricots in yogurt <a href=\"http://kindsnacks.com/buy-products/kind-fruit-nut/kind-almonds-and-apricots-in-yogurt.html?SID=8+ulqmgA7NaInlbo3LfgrYVOZQcENZ9KureB7e537Vo=\">KIND Bar</a> only to find someone else had eaten it.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thankfully tomorrow\'s another day. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"/></span>RSS feed<span style=\"color:#444444\">.</span></span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"/></span><span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">Twitter</span></span><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n				</span></span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>I\'ve called Petco and asked them to put 39 cats on hold. Finally realized I can\'t have it all. Ready to face my future.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s\" target=\"_blank\"/></span><span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">That\'s Not My Name</span><span style=\"color:#444444\"> by The Ting Tings  \"They call me \'quiet\'. But I\'m a riot.\"</span></span></p>','Do You Remember the Time',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1023-revision','','','2009-05-11 23:55:41','2009-05-12 04:55:41','',1023,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/11/1023-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1025,2,'2009-05-11 23:55:51','2009-05-12 04:55:51','<p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh remember the time when I went into the top secret laboratory of a major company and took photos and made a silly video?\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Me neither. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">There\'s no proof.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Because it\'s lost somewhere in an airport not anywhere near my home along with photos of my son\'s second birthday.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">That\'s right my friends, on a dirty airport floor lies my left behind digital camera memory card full of precious photos and exclusive video.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But thankfully not a sex tape.  (Which will please <a href=\"https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1769298659\">@johnlegend</a> )\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">8GB on the floor somewhere instead of inside either my carryon bag or one personal item.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><em>Who has it? Are they going through it right now? Will they comment on my poor fashion choices?\n</em></span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m only now making light of this situation because I\'ve already chocked this day up to being a crappy.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Beyond all the regular Monday bits of crappiness. \n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Like finding out a show you like is airing the season finale tonight.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or reaching for the last almonds, apricots in yogurt <a href=\"http://kindsnacks.com/buy-products/kind-fruit-nut/kind-almonds-and-apricots-in-yogurt.html?SID=8+ulqmgA7NaInlbo3LfgrYVOZQcENZ9KureB7e537Vo=\">KIND Bar</a> only to find someone else had eaten it.\n</span></p><p><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thankfully tomorrow\'s another day. \n</span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"/></span>RSS feed<span style=\"color:#444444\">.</span></span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"/></span><span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">Twitter</span></span><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n				</span></span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>I\'ve called Petco and asked them to put 39 cats on hold. Finally realized I can\'t have it all. Ready to face my future.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n			</span></span></p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s\" target=\"_blank\"/></span><span style=\"color:#17418f; text-decoration:underline\">That\'s Not My Name</span><span style=\"color:#444444\"> by The Ting Tings  \"They call me \'quiet\'. But I\'m a riot.\"</span></span></p>','Do You Remember the Time',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1023-revision-2','','','2009-05-11 23:55:51','2009-05-12 04:55:51','',1023,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/11/1023-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0);
INSERT INTO `wp_posts` VALUES (1026,2,'2009-05-11 23:59:05','2009-05-12 04:59:05','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Oh remember the time when I went into the top secret laboratory of a major company and took photos and made a silly video?\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Me neither.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">There\'s no proof.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Because it\'s lost somewhere in an airport not anywhere near my home along with photos of my son\'s second birthday.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">That\'s right my friends, on a dirty airport floor lies my left behind digital camera memory card full of precious photos and exclusive video.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">But thankfully not a sex tape. (Which will please <a href=\"https://twitter.com/johnlegend/status/1769298659\">@johnlegend</a> )\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">8GB on the floor somewhere instead of inside either my carryon bag or one personal item.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><em>Who has it? Are they going through it right now? Will they comment on my poor fashion choices?\n</em></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m only now making light of this situation because I\'ve already chocked this day up to being a crappy.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Beyond all the regular Monday bits of crappiness.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Like finding out a show you like is airing the season finale tonight.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or reaching for the last almonds, apricots in yogurt <a href=\"http://kindsnacks.com/buy-products/kind-fruit-nut/kind-almonds-and-apricots-in-yogurt.html?SID=8+ulqmgA7NaInlbo3LfgrYVOZQcENZ9KureB7e537Vo=\">KIND Bar</a> only to find someone else had eaten it.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Thankfully tomorrow\'s another day.\n</span>\n<p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n</span></span>\n\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"></a></span>RSS feed<span style=\"color:#444444\">.</span></span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n</span></span>\n\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\">Can\'t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"></a></span><span style=\"color: #17418f; text-decoration: underline;\">Twitter</span></span><span style=\"color:#444444\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n</span></span></span>\n\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"><strong>Next stop – </strong>I\'ve called Petco and asked them to put 39 cats on hold. Finally realized I can\'t have it all. Ready to face my future.</span><span style=\"font-size:9pt\">\n</span></span>\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\"><span style=\"color:#444444\"><strong>Car Song</strong> – <a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UX0p7uAW2s\" target=\"_blank\"></a></span><span style=\"color: #17418f; text-decoration: underline;\">That\'s Not My Name</span><span style=\"color:#444444\"> by The Ting Tings  \"They call me \'quiet\'. But I\'m a riot.\"</span></span></p>','Do You Remember the Time',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1023-autosave','','','2009-05-11 23:59:05','2009-05-12 04:59:05','',1023,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/11/1023-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1027,2,'2009-05-13 16:58:12','2009-05-13 21:58:12','','051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg',0,'','inherit','open','open','','051309-2158-thewritings1jpg','','','2009-05-13 16:58:12','2009-05-13 21:58:12','',1028,'http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg',0,'attachment','image/jpg',0),(1028,2,'2009-05-12 16:58:13','2009-05-12 21:58:13','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">A few weeks ago I went into Natalie\'s room and saw crayon drawings on the wall by her bed.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Cleaned it off and then <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">asked</span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">told</span> reminded her we only write on paper and not the walls in our house.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or any other walls – lest I unknowingly am raising a budding graffiti artist in my home.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This morning I went in her room after she left for school.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The crayon was back on the wall but this time I noticed something different.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The writing was now math problems. Simple ones like 6+6 =\r\n</span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And the answers were right. I know it shouldn\'t have but that really made me smile.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Awwww, my little girl is a promising mathematician.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Think this time it may be my fault since the printer paper she usually takes off my home office desk was no longer there. No excuse, but still.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m picking up some paper just for her to write on this afternoon and will give it to her to her this evening when I remind her again to not write on the walls.</span><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"></span>\r\n</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">—-</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Tonight I’m not embarrassed to say I will be watching part 1 of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New York City</em> reunion special and the premiere of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New Jersey</em> season. Everyone will be watching those Joisey girls. I can’t wait! <span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Tomorrow I have </span>meetings, meetings, meetings galore before I head out of town again for the rest of the week. Ha! What else is new?!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “</span><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">What You Know About Math</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Ethan and Alan</span></p>','The Writings on the Wall',0,'','publish','open','open','','the-writings-on-the-wall','','','2009-05-13 18:06:59','2009-05-13 23:06:59','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?p=1028',0,'post','',2),(1031,2,'2009-05-13 18:08:10','2009-05-13 23:08:10','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">A few weeks ago I went into Natalie\'s room and saw crayon drawings on the wall by her bed.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Cleaned it off and then <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">asked</span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">told</span> reminded her we only write on paper and not the walls in our house.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or any other walls – lest I unknowingly am raising a budding graffiti artist in my home.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This morning I went in her room after she left for school.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The crayon was back on the wall but this time I noticed something different.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The writing was now math problems. Simple ones like 6+6 =\n</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And the answers were right. I know it shouldn\'t have but that really made me smile.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Awwww, my little girl is a promising mathematician.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Think this time it may be my fault since the printer paper she usually takes off my home office desk was no longer there. No excuse, but still.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m picking up some paper just for her to write on this afternoon and will give it to her to her this evening when I remind her again to not write on the walls.</span>\n</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">—-</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Tonight I’m not embarrassed to say I will be watching part 1 of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New York City</em> reunion special and the premiere of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New Jersey</em> season. Everyone will be watching those Joisey girls. I can’t wait! <span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Tomorrow I have </span>meetings, meetings, meetings galore before I head out of town again for the rest of the week. Ha! What else is new?!</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “</span><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">What You Know About Math</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Ethan and Alan</span></p>','The Writings on the Wall',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1028-autosave','','','2009-05-13 18:08:10','2009-05-13 23:08:10','',1028,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/13/1028-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1030,2,'2009-05-13 18:06:28','2009-05-13 23:06:28','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">A few weeks ago I went into Natalie\'s room and saw crayon drawings on the wall by her bed.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Cleaned it off and then <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">asked</span>\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">told</span> reminded her we only write on paper and not the walls in our house.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or any other walls – lest I unknowingly am raising a budding graffiti artist in my home.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This morning I went in her room after she left for school.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The crayon was back on the wall but this time I noticed something different.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The writing was now math problems. Simple ones like 6+6 =\r\n</span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And the answers were right. I know it shouldn\'t have but that really made me smile.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Awwww, my little girl is a promising mathematician.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Think this time it may be my fault since the printer paper she usually takes off my home office desk was no longer there. No excuse, but still.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m picking up some paper just for her to write on this afternoon and will give it to her to her this evening when I remind her again to not write on the walls.</span><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\"></span></span>\r\n</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Tonight I’m not embarrassed to say I will be watching part 1 of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New York City</em> reunion special and the premiere of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New Jersey</em> season. Everyone will be watching those Joisey girls. I can’t wait! <span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Tomorrow I have </span>meetings, meetings, meetings galore before I head out of town again for the rest of the week. Ha! What else is new?!</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “</span><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">What You Know About Math</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Ethan and Alan</span></p>','The Writings on the Wall',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1028-revision-2','','','2009-05-13 18:06:28','2009-05-13 23:06:28','',1028,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/13/1028-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1029,2,'2009-05-13 18:06:12','2009-05-13 23:06:12','<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">A few weeks ago I went into Natalie\'s room and saw crayon drawings on the wall by her bed.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Cleaned it off and then <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">asked</span>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">told</span> reminded her we only write on paper and not the walls in our house.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Or any other walls – lest I unknowingly am raising a budding graffiti artist in my home.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">This morning I went in her room after she left for school.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The crayon was back on the wall but this time I noticed something different.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">The writing was now math problems. Simple ones like 6+6 =\n</span>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><img src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/051309-2158-thewritings1.jpg\" alt=\"\" /><span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">And the answers were right. I know it shouldn\'t have but that really made me smile.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Awwww, my little girl is a promising mathematician.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">Think this time it may be my fault since the printer paper she usually takes off my home office desk was no longer there. No excuse, but still.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family:Georgia; font-size:10pt\">I\'m picking up some paper just for her to write on this afternoon and will give it to her to her this evening when I remind her again to not write on the walls.\n</span>\n</p><p style=\"background: white\"><span style=\"color:#444444; font-family:Georgia\"><span style=\"font-size:10pt\">—-</span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">—-</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Tonight I’m not embarrassed to say I will be watching part 1 of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New York City</em> reunion special and the premiere of the <em style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal;\">Real Housewives of New Jersey</em> season. Everyone will be watching those Joisey girls. I can’t wait! <span style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;\">Tomorrow I have </span>meetings, meetings, meetings galore before I head out of town again for the rest of the week. Ha! What else is new?!</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “</span><a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ooa8nHKPZ5k\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">What You Know About Math</span></span></a><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Ethan and Alan</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p style=\"background: white\"> </p>','The Writings on the Wall',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1028-revision','','','2009-05-13 18:06:12','2009-05-13 23:06:12','',1028,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/13/1028-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1032,2,'2009-05-21 19:18:22','2009-05-22 00:18:22','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></p>\r\n\r\n<a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\">Email me</a> if you want to tell me what you\'re having for lunch\r\n\r\nYou can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a>\r\n\r\n<strong>If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, please email me at Victoria @ VeepVeep.com. My mailing address has changed and is no longer public.</strong>\r\n\r\nIf you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>\r\n\r\nxo Victoria','Contact',0,'','publish','closed','closed','','contact','','','2009-11-07 07:54:02','2009-11-07 12:54:02','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?page_id=1032',5,'page','',0),(1038,2,'2009-05-21 19:24:36','2009-05-22 00:24:36','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-no-proof: yes;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983    aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></span></p>\r\n\r\n \r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Email me</span></a> and say Hi!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">You can follow me on Twitter - </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">here</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is: </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Victoria Pericon </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.O. Box 61 </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">New York, NY 10024</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">email me</span></a></span></p>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n</span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">xo Victoria</span></p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-4','','','2009-05-21 19:24:36','2009-05-22 00:24:36','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1033,2,'2009-05-21 19:14:22','2009-05-22 00:14:22','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Email me</span></a> and say Hi!</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">You can follow me on Twitter - </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">here</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">. </span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is: </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Victoria Pericon </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.O. Box 61 </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">New York, NY 10024</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">email me</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-no-proof: yes;\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-983\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">xo Victoria</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision','','','2009-05-21 19:14:22','2009-05-22 00:14:22','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1037,2,'2009-05-03 08:15:40','2009-05-03 13:15:40','','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision','','','2009-05-03 08:15:40','2009-05-03 13:15:40','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/03/997-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1034,2,'2009-05-21 19:15:22','2009-05-22 00:15:22','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Email me</span></a> and say Hi!</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">You can follow me on Twitter - </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">here</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">. </span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is: </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Victoria Pericon </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.O. Box 61 </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">New York, NY 10024</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">email me</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-no-proof: yes;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983   alignleft\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" /></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"> </p>\n\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">xo Victoria</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-2','','','2009-05-21 19:15:22','2009-05-22 00:15:22','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1035,2,'2009-11-07 07:54:00','2009-11-07 12:54:00','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></p>\n\n<a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\">Email me</a> if you want to tell me what you\'re having for lunch\n\nYou can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a>\n\n<strong>If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, please email me at Victoria @ VeepVeep.com. My mailing address has changed and is no longer public.</strong>\n\nIf you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a>\n\nxo Victoria','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-autosave','','','2009-11-07 07:54:00','2009-11-07 12:54:00','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1054,2,'2009-05-21 20:43:27','2009-05-22 01:43:27','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\">Email me</a> and say Hi!</p>\r\n<p>You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a></p>\r\n<p>If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is:</p>\r\n<p>Victoria Pericon<br />\r\nP.O. Box 61<br />\r\nNew York, NY 10024</p>\r\n<p>If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a></p>\r\n<p>xo Victoria</p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-6','','','2009-05-21 20:43:27','2009-05-22 01:43:27','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1053,2,'2009-05-21 19:26:47','2009-05-22 00:26:47','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-no-proof: yes;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983    aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></span></p>\r\n\r\n \r\n<div></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Email me</span></a> and say Hi!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">You can follow me on Twitter - </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">here</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is: </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Victoria Pericon </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.O. Box 61 </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">New York, NY 10024</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">email me</span></a></span></p>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n</span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">xo Victoria</span></p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-5','','','2009-05-21 19:26:47','2009-05-22 00:26:47','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1036,2,'2009-05-21 19:18:22','2009-05-22 00:18:22','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt; text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-no-proof: yes;\"><img class=\"size-full wp-image-983    aligncenter\" title=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"230\" height=\"172\" /></span></p>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">Email me</span></a> and say Hi!</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">You can follow me on Twitter - </span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">here</span></a></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">. </span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is: </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Victoria Pericon </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">P.O. Box 61 </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">New York, NY 10024</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0pt; line-height: normal;\"><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\"><span style=\"color: blue; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;\">email me</span></a></span></p>\r\n\r\n</span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"background: white; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">xo Victoria</span><span style=\"font-size: 9pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-3','','','2009-05-21 19:18:22','2009-05-22 00:18:22','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/1032-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1041,2,'2008-12-31 08:38:06','2008-12-31 13:38:06','Natalie starts Kindergarten in a few weeks. I’m excited, she’s excited. But along with all of our giddy school girl excitement comes a bunch of paperwork. And a required visit to her rock star pediatrician.\r\n\r\nHe dropped the bombshell at her all important 5 year check up Miss Natalie succeeded at failing her vision test; he also recommended a follow up exam elsewhere. Lovely.\r\n\r\nWe went home, she celebrated with pizza and ice cream; I logged on to twitter (<a href=\"http://twitter.com/nominivan\">@nominivan</a>) the fine news to everyone with good eyes. Minutes later I saw a Blogher ad announcing their event with LensCrafters where attendees would get an eye exam and pair of glasses for nada. And a child’s eye exam for double nada.\r\n\r\n<span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Kismet.</span> <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">Fate.</span> Mommy’s credit card breathing a sigh of relief.\r\n\r\nEmailed Superstar Jenny and I was added to the guest list. Yea!\r\n\r\nThe evening of the event there was a torrential downpour – aka The Day Mother Nature Used My Blue Dress To Dry Her Eyes, Soak Up Her Snot and a few other things to cause you to ball your eyes out (namely you step into a puddle while wearing Louboutin ballet slippers.)\r\n\r\nBut still I persevered. There were promised libations in glasses and mingling to be done. And prescription glasses!!\r\n\r\nUpon arrival I was greeted and offered food and drink while I took a look around the store. I took pictures of the store and of the official event photographer – Hey, I have eyes remember?! (Il est tres beau, oui? Oui!)\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters011.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n\r\nGlasses, glasses, everywhere, glasses near and far.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters02.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n\r\nHundreds of glasses … some funky, some plain… definitely enough to choose from no matter your personality.\r\n\r\nA few minutes later I was brought over to a LensCrafters fashion style expert named Natasha. She works at their 20th Street and Fifth Avenue location (don’t mind my shiny face) –\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters03.jpg\" alt=\"\" /></p>\r\n\r\nNatasha toured me around the LensCrafters store and patiently (ok, really patiently) listened to my quirky reasons why I wouldn’t consider each designer frame after designer frame she suggested.  Natasha understood my weird reasoning and then inspired confidence in me to go against my usual comfort zone of silver frames. I decided to try something new. We managed to find six pairs.. even one that made me look like a sexy librarian.. but I put that one back .. until I get a job anchoring FOX NEWS.\r\n\r\nMy six pairs of frames then became three… And then it was time to play “mirror mirror on the wall, which pairs the fairest of them all?â€\r\n\r\nLook #1 is from Chanel .. also known as the first pair I was given to try and at first I told Natasha “no wayâ€…\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-444 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters04\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters04.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"273\" /></p>\r\n\r\nAnd then two others… one by Dolce &amp; Gabanna\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-445 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters05\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters05.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"366\" height=\"273\" /></p>\r\n\r\nAnd one from Bulgari\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-446 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters06\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters06.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"355\" height=\"264\" /></p>\r\n\r\nAnd those fine readers are the winning pair… which I would have never chosen in a million years if it weren’t for Natasha gently pressing me to get a pair that weren’t my usual boring plain silver frames.\r\n\r\nAfter finding my frames, it was time for a presentation on eye health by Dr. Eliot Grossman, the VP of Eye Care for LensCrafters who explained the importance of annual comprehensive eye exams for every member of the family. He impressed upon us the fact that basic screenings don’t show the possible health issues that can be seen during these eye exams.\r\n\r\nDr. Shirlie Dowd -- who is at the 55th and Second location where Miss Natalie will be getting her eye exam – talked next about eye disease not being limited to problems with your sight and how she tries to educate people who haven’t had an eye exam in years about the need for pro-active care. She even told us a story about one of the Optometrists present at the event finding an undiagnosed brain tumor during an eye exam. Yea. Wow.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-447 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters07\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters07.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"259\" /></p>\r\n\r\nAnd the lovely Gina Garrubo of BlogHer was happy we were able to attend and receive valuable information on eye health for our families. I think she realized we genuinely appreciated the informative presentation.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-448 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters08\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters08.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"348\" height=\"259\" /></p>\r\n\r\nAfter the presentations, out came my contacts and I took a test for glaucoma and then used the Optimap machine which shows detailed images of our eyes from behind the cornea.\r\n\r\nDuring my eye exam Dr. Hilmer asked about my family’s health, figured out my prescription and also saw my scar from the corneal abrasion I got when was a teenager. Yes, the scar is still there.  But according to Dr. Hilmer, the 4mm scar will never get bigger so that’s good news considering I’ve been told if it was 1mm to the left I would have lost my eyesight.\r\n\r\nAfter my comprehensive eye exam but before I braved the rain to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">drink sangria with another blogger</span> go home, I received a gift bag with a cute eyeglass case, lens cleaner and a gift certificate for a kid’s eye exam.  My glasses would arrive in a week.\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-449 aligncenter\" title=\"lenscrafters09\" src=\"http://www.savvymommy.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/lenscrafters09.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"334\" height=\"249\" /></p>\r\n\r\nIf my pictures look awful, blame the rain. Shortly after leaving the event, my HP Photosmart R827 was dropped, rained on and pretty much damaged. Time for a new camera… hmm… wonder if a digital camera brand is doing an event soon? ;)\r\n\r\nThis <a href=\"http://www.lenscrafters.com/\">LensCrafters</a> event recap is a compensated review of a <a href=\"http://www.blogher.com/\">BlogHer</a> event','Eyes Wide Open',0,'','inherit','open','open','','439-revision-3','','','2008-12-31 08:38:06','2008-12-31 13:38:06','',439,'http://www.veepveep.com/2008/12/31/439-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1042,2,'2009-05-21 19:26:34','2009-05-22 00:26:34','','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision-2','','','2009-05-21 19:26:34','2009-05-22 00:26:34','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/997-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1043,2,'2009-05-21 19:40:49','2009-05-22 00:40:49','','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision-3','','','2009-05-21 19:40:49','2009-05-22 00:40:49','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/997-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1044,2,'2009-05-21 20:09:30','2009-05-22 01:09:30','Been there, tried that.  Sometimes I reach into the kids\' college funds and pay for a product myself. 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Many times, the product arrives in my mailbox and I get to try it for free. \r\n\r\nI never return products unless its a car loan and well, then it really is a test drive.  Whether I pay for the product or get it for free, these reviews are unbiased. \r\n\r\nLenscrafters - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/eyes-wide-open/\">Eyes Wide Open</a>\r\n\r\nHP - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/hp-wireless-photosmart-c6380-all-in-one-printer/\">Wireless Photosmart C6380 all in one printer</a>','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision-5','','','2009-05-21 20:00:22','2009-05-22 01:00:22','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/997-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1047,2,'2009-05-21 20:07:19','2009-05-22 01:07:19','Been there, tried that.  Sometimes I reach into the kids\' college funds and pay for a product myself. Many times, the product arrives in my mailbox and I get to try it without guaranteeing my children will only go to state college. \r\n\r\nI never return products unless its a car loan and well, then it really is a test drive.  Whether I pay for the product or get it for free, these reviews are 100% unbiased. Products are chosen because I can use them in my everyday life.\r\n\r\nI need to see while on the road right!? Lenscrafters - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/eyes-wide-open/\">Eyes Wide Open</a>\r\n\r\nI have to print out all my road trip photos HP - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/hp-wireless-photosmart-c6380-all-in-one-printer/\">Wireless Photosmart C6380 all in one printer</a>','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision-6','','','2009-05-21 20:07:19','2009-05-22 01:07:19','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/997-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1048,2,'2009-05-21 20:07:45','2009-05-22 01:07:45','Been there, tried that.  Sometimes I reach into the kids\' college funds and pay for a product myself. Many times, the product arrives in my mailbox and I get to try it without guaranteeing my children will only go to state college. \r\n\r\nI never return products unless its a car loan and well, then it really is a test drive.  Whether I pay for the product or get it for free, these reviews are 100% unbiased. Products are chosen because I can use them in my everyday life.\r\n\r\nI need to see while on the road right!? Lenscrafters - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/eyes-wide-open/\">Eyes Wide Open</a>\r\n\r\nI have to print out all my road trip photos! HP - <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/test-drives/hp-wireless-photosmart-c6380-all-in-one-printer/\">Wireless Photosmart C6380 all in one printer</a>','Test Drives',0,'','inherit','open','open','','997-revision-7','','','2009-05-21 20:07:45','2009-05-22 01:07:45','',997,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/997-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1051,2,'2009-05-21 20:17:41','2009-05-22 01:17:41','<div></div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></div>\r\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m Victoria and you are awesome!</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  It\'s at the top of my to-do list stretches to the West Coast.  (What up El Lay)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">That KrelWear dress in the photo below (taken in February 2009) is my favorite.  Before you start typing away - there\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day.  I happily took off my coat and posed. I\'m a rebel like that.</span></p>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n</span></span>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" align=\"center\"><img class=\"aligncenter size-thumbnail wp-image-894\" title=\"021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" /></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I started blogging in 2002 on what is now my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> but I\'ve written <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">this blog</a> since 2006. Contrary to all belief, it’s not powered by sangria. Flan powers <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">Veep Veep</a>. I blog about everything not just parenting. And if you noticed a car theme on this blog, gold star for you! I am very girlie but I get so passionate about cars. Well not about el Caminos. Or the Lotus. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I will be at Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. And by silliness I mean I\'ll be watching grown ass women act a fool. I promise to document it all on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twitter</span></a>.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Yes, I really have three children. Yes, I am old enough to have three children. No I will not tell you my age. No I haven\'t had any work done.  Yes, it\'s true Black Don\'t Crack. Yes, I am Latina. Yo soy boricua pa que tu lo sepas.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Maybe one day, my children will let me take a photo of all three of them looking right at the camera. A chicky can dream right? </span> </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker (a mix of snark and sweet) and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</span></p>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-17','','','2009-05-21 20:17:41','2009-05-22 01:17:41','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/14-revision-17/',0,'revision','',0),(1055,2,'2009-05-25 15:15:24','2009-05-25 20:15:24','<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img title=\"victoria with her three children \" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/06/cimg09511.jpg\" alt=\"victoria with children in turks and caicos\" width=\"508\" height=\"341\" /></p>\r\n<p><a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Hi%20Veep%20Veep\">Email me</a> if you want to tell me what you\'re having for lunch</p>\r\n<p>You can follow me on Twitter - <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">here</a></p>\r\n<p>If you want to send me stuff you think I’ll find pretty, my mailing address is:</p>\r\n<p>Victoria Pericon<br />\r\nP.O. Box 61<br />\r\nNew York, NY 10024</p>\r\n<p>If you want to send me love, advertising dollars, press trips, party invites, a car to test drive, candy that can be eaten by the handful, speaking and spokesperson opportunities, <a href=\"mailto:victoria@veepveep.com?subject=Veep%20Veep\">email me</a></p>\r\n<p>xo Victoria</p>','Contact',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1032-revision-7','','','2009-05-25 15:15:24','2009-05-25 20:15:24','',1032,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/1032-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1056,2,'2009-05-21 20:26:43','2009-05-22 01:26:43','<div></div>\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"></span></div>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: #444444; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m Victoria and <strong>you are awesome</strong>!</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I haven\'t found a way to squeeze 25 hours into a day but I sure am trying.  It\'s at the top of my to-do list stretches to the West Coast.  (What up El Lay)</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">That KrelWear dress in the photo below (taken in February 2009) is my favorite.  Before you start typing away - there\'s no need to email me about the fact I took that photo on a freezing day.  I happily took off my coat and posed. I\'m a rebel like that.</span> </p>\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\n</span></span><img class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-894      aligncenter\" title=\"021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" src=\"http://www.veepveep.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/02/021609-2131-nothinglike3-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"021609-2131-nothinglike3.jpg\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" />\r\n</p><p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I started blogging in 2002 on what is now my <a href=\"http://www.savvymommy.com\">website</a> but I\'ve written <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">this blog</a> since 2006. Contrary to all belief, it’s not powered by sangria. Flan powers <a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/\">Veep Veep</a>. I blog about everything not just parenting. And if you noticed a car theme on this blog, gold star for you! I am very girlie but I get so passionate about cars. Well not about el Caminos. Or the Lotus. </span></p>\r\n<p style=\"line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I will be at Blogher 09 in Chicago in July to partake in the silliness I\'ve been hearing about for years. And by silliness I mean I\'ll be watching grown ass women act a fool. I promise to document it all on <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Twitter</span></a>.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I live in New York with my three children.  Yes, I really have three children. Yes, I am old enough to have three children. No I will not tell you my age. No I haven\'t had any work done.  Yes, it\'s true Black Don\'t Crack. Yes, I am Latina. Yo soy boricua pa que tu lo sepas.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Maybe one day, my children will let me take a photo of all three of them looking right at the camera. A chicky can dream right? </span> </p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I travel alot. In fact, business travel is a big part of my life. Having been a frequent flyer since I was three weeks old I\'m used to traveling, and my children are also getting used to it.</span></p>\r\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; color: black; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I\'m a polite New Yorker (a mix of snark and sweet) and I\'d love to hear from you even if you are mocking my love for random tv shows, jelly beans, cars and free iPhone apps.</span></p>','About Veep Veep',0,'','inherit','open','open','','14-revision-19','','','2009-05-21 20:26:43','2009-05-22 01:26:43','',14,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/21/14-revision-19/',0,'revision','',0),(1057,2,'2009-02-02 11:30:00','2009-02-02 16:30:00','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-3','','','2009-02-02 11:30:00','2009-02-02 16:30:00','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/02/02/860-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1059,2,'2009-05-25 16:07:20','2009-05-25 21:07:20','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-5','','','2009-05-25 16:07:20','2009-05-25 21:07:20','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1058,2,'2009-05-25 16:03:06','2009-05-25 21:03:06','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-4','','','2009-05-25 16:03:06','2009-05-25 21:03:06','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1060,2,'2009-05-25 16:08:13','2009-05-25 21:08:13','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-6','','','2009-05-25 16:08:13','2009-05-25 21:08:13','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1061,2,'2009-08-15 07:03:40','2009-08-15 12:03:40','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.  <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE – August 2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.  <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE – March, May, June 2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows. <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE – April, July,  2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke  <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE – May, August 2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.  <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE – August 2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.  <strong><span style=\"color: #4f81bd;\">HAD TO SKIP</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.  <span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\"><strong>DONE - June 2009</strong></span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-autosave','','','2009-08-15 07:03:40','2009-08-15 12:03:40','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1063,2,'2009-05-25 16:13:56','2009-05-25 21:13:56','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. And by making it public, I will force myself to attempt to complete as many of the things on the list as possible.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span>    DONE – January 2009</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"> </p>\r\n\r\n<div><span style=\"font-size:</div></span></div></span></span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-8','','','2009-05-25 16:13:56','2009-05-25 21:13:56','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1064,2,'2009-05-25 16:16:05','2009-05-25 21:16:05','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. </span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-9','','','2009-05-25 16:16:05','2009-05-25 21:16:05','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-9/',0,'revision','',0),(1062,2,'2009-05-25 16:11:06','2009-05-25 21:11:06','<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’m not comfortable making a New Year’s Resolution because it just seems like I am setting myself up for failure by calling it a New Year’s resolution. I am however comfortable making a list of 29 things I’d like to accomplish in 2009. And by making it public, I will force myself to attempt to complete as many of the things on the list as possible.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">And they are -</span>\r\n</p><p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">1.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a Pilates class for the first time.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">5.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Eat something I’ve never eaten before.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">6.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Learn something new.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">7.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Lose those pesky 11lbs.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">8.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">      </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Visit somewhere I’ve never been before.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">   </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">9.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Hand the card Leah gave me to someone else.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">10.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Make three new friends.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">11.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my daughter to four Off Broadway and/or Broadway shows.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">12.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go to karaoke</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">13.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Leave my cell phone home one day.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">14.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Read six books from a Bestsellers List.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">15.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Stop eating past 7PM when I’m home.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">16.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Have dinner at Bouley.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">17.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Launch the new blog.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">18.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Ask someone for help.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">19.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Wear a tiara on my birthday for the entire day. Morning til midnight.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">20.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Help someone.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">21.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">    </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Close the laptop and enjoy a bit more time with the kidlets.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">  </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">22.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Accept an invitation to a fabulous event.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">23.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Bring my children to a toy store and let them pick out a toy instead of always shopping for them.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">24.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Find the right color make up for my every day wear.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">25.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Go on business trips outside of the usual places. <strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">26.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">See someone about my sensitive skin.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">27.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Pick up the phone and call a friend I usually just email.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">28.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take more photos <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">with</span> my children.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpLast\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">29.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">   </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Use my Flip Mino HD to record oral history from my grandmother.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 10pt;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">I’ll cross them off as I do them. Hopefully at the end of 2009, I will have completed most if not all of them. Maybe even surprise myself.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">2.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Walk inside a gym.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">    </span><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"color: #4f81bd; mso-themecolor: accent1;\">DONE – January 2009</span></strong></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">3.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Sign up for a gym membership.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: -0.25in; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1;\"><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia;\"><span style=\"mso-list: Ignore;\">4.<span style=\"font: 7pt &quot;Times New Roman&quot;;\">       </span></span></span><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;,&quot;serif&quot;;\">Take a yoga class for the first time.</span></p>','29 in 2009',0,'','inherit','open','open','','860-revision-7','','','2009-05-25 16:11:06','2009-05-25 21:11:06','',860,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/25/860-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1065,2,'2009-05-27 03:28:58','2009-05-27 08:28:58','<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I can\'t sleep. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I keep thinking I\'m going to get a phone call from that company that employs computer nerds by the poundfull telling me they tried everything they could but they just couldn\'t save any information from my laptop.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">My less than a year old laptop.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">The sole source of bread and butter for my children (and after taking a look at the scale, you can include me in enjoying that bread and butter - but thats another story) up and broke yesterday.  More accurately, the screen up and cracked in two places. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">A little back story - for the last six weeks I\'ve been traveling for work so much I rarely backed up my laptop and I\'m in the middle of a few big projects. Yeah, my fault, I know. I get it. So this whole no laptop thing is giving me <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">grey more grey</span> stress beyond belief.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I take the laptop to the local Nerd Herd (yes, I watch <em>Chuck</em>, what of it) and I\'m told laptops don\'t crack on their own and I had to have broken it myself.  You\'re right, it didn\'t crack. The damn thing popped -- like a popcorn POP -- and the screen split.  In front of my eyes. When all I wanted to do was open the laptop and log in to <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>, check email and open the latest MS Word document file needing my attention.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Then the genius (not to be confused with a Mac Genius because I haven\'t moved out of the Jurassic era and just bought a Macbook already!) asked me if I threw it or dropped it. <em>No dude didn\'t you hear me!</em>  He pulls up my information in the computer and asks \"Why do you have two last names?\"  First, I dont. Secondly, have you never heard of people with two last names? Third, PERICON and INC are not two last names.  You put my first name in front of it and you get my company name. Can you not read the screen?! I\'m worried if you can\'t read that screen in front of you. And last, who cares!!!??? Just work on my computer already. Wait, I\'m not sure I want you to. Just hand it off to someone who can help me.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">By this time, I\'m nervous handing over the source of livelyhood for my family to the only nitwit working at the time.  And the best part is yet to come - I\'m then told my insurance doesn\'t cover my laptop issue because its not possible that the laptop screen split on its own.  Yeah, batteries blow up. Harddrives die.  But LCD screens cannot act up. Uh huh. Sure.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He says I have to pay out of pocket and they\'ll send it to Kentucky or Arkansas or Detroit. At this point, all I remember is that its somewhere not in zip code 10028.  And he says he\'ll have to give me an estimate since I have so many GBs on the laptop. An estimate? Really? ok... so I think quickly and ask him to just take all my information off the laptop. All the files, put it on the bubble gum pink external hard drive I brought with me and call it a day. Thats it. Just take all my stuff and save it. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Why pay to repair the laptop when laptops are so inexpensive nowadays (Long gone are the days where I need to spend over $1500 on a PC laptop.) I\'ve decided to buy a new one (yes, still not moving over to Mac) and just put all the old files onto it. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He gets this piece of paper and asks which files I want to save. <em>Um, all of them.</em> And where my files are saved <em>Um, everywhere.</em> I tell him the MS Word documents, my photos (of my kids! and business trips!) and video (from work!!) are the most important after he saves my MS Outlook .pst files because I need all my work emails.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">But then he asks me if I have any porn on my laptop that he should save?  What? I just told him I was all about work. He offers this tidbit \"Four people a week come in here asking for us to specifically save their porn. It means so much to them.\"  C</span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">all me a prude but what??? </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Anyway, my laptop is \"in good hands\" and on Thursday I get to pick it up with my precious files. I didn\'t pay the extra $400 to pick it up this evening. Didn\'t make sense. I\'m already being forced to spend money unnecessarily because they think I broke my laptop by throwing it against a wall or something.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">This whole laptop situation is driving me to want to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">eat more shovel food in my month</span>. Yes, I said it even after declaring <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">my middle name should be Orca</span> I\'m bursting at the seams. There\'s no hope for me. None. </span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">---</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Picking up my laptop then transfering the files from the external hard drive to the new laptop (which I haven\'t bought yet - any suggestions?) finding a new school for Luke and Harrison (a story for another day!) and then taking Miss Nat to her first Tai Kwan Do class -- yet another story.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSZJXhOvBw\">Um, did you back up your data?</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ Aidan to Carrie in <em>Sex and the City</em></span></p>','Dont Try to Fix It',0,'','publish','open','open','','dont-try-to-fix-it','','','2009-05-27 03:43:43','2009-05-27 08:43:43','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?p=1065',0,'post','',1),(1066,2,'2009-05-27 03:28:47','2009-05-27 08:28:47','<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I can\'t sleep. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I keep thinking I\'m going to get a phone call from that company that employs computer nerds by the poundfull telling me they tried everything they could but they just couldn\'t save any information from my laptop.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">My less than a year old laptop.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">The sole source of bread and butter for my children (and after taking a look at the scale, you can include me in enjoying that bread and butter - but thats another story) up and broke yesterday.  More accurately, the screen up and cracked in two places. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">(A little back story - for the last six weeks I\'ve been traveling for work so much I rarely backed up my laptop and I\'m in the middle of a few big projects. Yeah, my fault, I know. I get it. So this whole no laptop thing is giving me <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">grey more grey</span> stress beyond belief.)</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I take the laptop to the local Nerd Herd (yes, I watch <em>Chuck</em>, what of it) and I\'m told laptops don\'t crack on their own and I had to have broken it myself.  You\'re right, it didn\'t crack. The damn thing popped -- like a popcorn POP -- and the screen split.  In front of my eyes. When all I wanted to do was open the laptop and log in to <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>, check email and open the latest MS Word document file needing my attention.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Then the genius (not to be confused with a Mac Genius because I haven\'t moved out of the Jurassic era and just bought a Macbook already!) asked me if I threw it or dropped it. <em>No dude didn\'t you hear me!</em>  He pulls up my information in the computer and asks \"Why do you have two last names?\"  First, I dont. Secondly, have you never heard of people with two last names? Third, PERICON and INC are not two last names.  You put my first name in front of it and you get my company name. Can you not read the screen?! I\'m worried if you can\'t read that screen in front of you. And last, who cares!!!??? Just work on my computer already. Wait, I\'m not sure I want you to. Just hand it off to someone who can help me.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">By this time, I\'m nervous handing over the source of livelyhood for my family to the only nitwit working at the time.  And the best part is yet to come - I\'m then told my insurance doesn\'t cover my laptop issue because its not possible that the laptop screen split on its own.  Yeah, batteries blow up. Harddrives die.  But LCD screens cannot act up. Uh huh. Sure.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He says I have to pay out of pocket and they\'ll send it to Kentucky or Arkansas or Detroit. At this point, all I remember is that its somewhere not in zip code 10028.  And he says he\'ll have to give me an estimate since I have so many GBs on the laptop. Really? ok... so I think quickly and ask him to just take all my information off the laptop. All the files, put it on the bubble gum pink external hard drive I brought with me and call it a day. Thats it. Just take all my stuff and save it. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I didn\'t think I should pay to repair the laptop when laptops are so inexpensive nowadays (Long gone are the days where I need to spend over $1500 on a laptop.) I\'ve decided to buy a new one and just put all the old files onto it. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He gets this piece of paper and asks which files I want to save. Um, all of them. And where my files are saved Um, everywhere. I tell him the MS Word documents, my photos (of my kids! and business trips!) and video (from work!!) are the most important after he saves my MS Outlook .pst files because I need all my work emails.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">But then he asks me if I have any porn on my laptop that he should save?  What? I just told him I was all about work. He offers this tidbit \"Four people a week come in here asking for us to specifically save their porn. It means so much to them.\"  C</span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">all me a prude but what??? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Anyway, my laptop is \"in the shop\" and on Thursday I get to pick it up. I didn\'t pay the extra $400 to pick it up this evening. Didn\'t make sense. I\'m already being forced to spend money because they think I broke my laptop by throwing it against a wall or something.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">This who laptop situation is driving me to want to eat. Yes, I said it even after declaring my middle name should be Orca. There\'s no hope for me. None. </span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">---</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Picking up my laptop, transfering the files from the external hard drive to the new laptop (which I haven\'t bought yet - any suggestions?) finding a new school for Luke and Harrison (a story for another day) and then taking Miss Nat to her first Tai Kwan Do class -- yet another story.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSZJXhOvBw\">Um, did you back up your data?</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ Aidan to Carrie in <em>Sex and the City</em></span></p>','Dont Try to Fix It',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1065-revision','','','2009-05-27 03:28:47','2009-05-27 08:28:47','',1065,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1065-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1067,2,'2009-05-27 03:43:12','2009-05-27 08:43:12','<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I can\'t sleep. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I keep thinking I\'m going to get a phone call from that company that employs computer nerds by the poundfull telling me they tried everything they could but they just couldn\'t save any information from my laptop.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">My less than a year old laptop.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">The sole source of bread and butter for my children (and after taking a look at the scale, you can include me in enjoying that bread and butter - but thats another story) up and broke yesterday.  More accurately, the screen up and cracked in two places. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">A little back story - for the last six weeks I\'ve been traveling for work so much I rarely backed up my laptop and I\'m in the middle of a few big projects. Yeah, my fault, I know. I get it. So this whole no laptop thing is giving me <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">grey more grey</span> stress beyond belief.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I take the laptop to the local Nerd Herd (yes, I watch <em>Chuck</em>, what of it) and I\'m told laptops don\'t crack on their own and I had to have broken it myself.  You\'re right, it didn\'t crack. The damn thing popped -- like a popcorn POP -- and the screen split.  In front of my eyes. When all I wanted to do was open the laptop and log in to <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>, check email and open the latest MS Word document file needing my attention.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Then the genius (not to be confused with a Mac Genius because I haven\'t moved out of the Jurassic era and just bought a Macbook already!) asked me if I threw it or dropped it. <em>No dude didn\'t you hear me!</em>  He pulls up my information in the computer and asks \"Why do you have two last names?\"  First, I dont. Secondly, have you never heard of people with two last names? Third, PERICON and INC are not two last names.  You put my first name in front of it and you get my company name. Can you not read the screen?! I\'m worried if you can\'t read that screen in front of you. And last, who cares!!!??? Just work on my computer already. Wait, I\'m not sure I want you to. Just hand it off to someone who can help me.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">By this time, I\'m nervous handing over the source of livelyhood for my family to the only nitwit working at the time.  And the best part is yet to come - I\'m then told my insurance doesn\'t cover my laptop issue because its not possible that the laptop screen split on its own.  Yeah, batteries blow up. Harddrives die.  But LCD screens cannot act up. Uh huh. Sure.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He says I have to pay out of pocket and they\'ll send it to Kentucky or Arkansas or Detroit. At this point, all I remember is that its somewhere not in zip code 10028.  And he says he\'ll have to give me an estimate since I have so many GBs on the laptop. An estimate? Really? ok... so I think quickly and ask him to just take all my information off the laptop. All the files, put it on the bubble gum pink external hard drive I brought with me and call it a day. Thats it. Just take all my stuff and save it. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Why pay to repair the laptop when laptops are so inexpensive nowadays (Long gone are the days where I need to spend over $1500 on a PC laptop.) I\'ve decided to buy a new one (yes, still not moving over to Mac) and just put all the old files onto it. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He gets this piece of paper and asks which files I want to save. <em>Um, all of them.</em> And where my files are saved <em>Um, everywhere.</em> I tell him the MS Word documents, my photos (of my kids! and business trips!) and video (from work!!) are the most important after he saves my MS Outlook .pst files because I need all my work emails.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">But then he asks me if I have any porn on my laptop that he should save?  What? I just told him I was all about work. He offers this tidbit \"Four people a week come in here asking for us to specifically save their porn. It means so much to them.\"  C</span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">all me a prude but what??? </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Anyway, my laptop is \"in good hands\" and on Thursday I get to pick it up with my precious files. I didn\'t pay the extra $400 to pick it up this evening. Didn\'t make sense. I\'m already being forced to spend money unnecessarily because they think I broke my laptop by throwing it against a wall or something.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">This whole laptop situation is driving me to want to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">eat more shovel food in my month</span>. Yes, I said it even after declaring <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">my middle name should be Orca</span> I\'m bursting at the seams. There\'s no hope for me. None. </span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">---</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Picking up my laptop then transfering the files from the external hard drive to the new laptop (which I haven\'t bought yet - any suggestions?) finding a new school for Luke and Harrison (a story for another day!) and then taking Miss Nat to her first Tai Kwan Do class -- yet another story.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSZJXhOvBw\">Um, did you back up your data?</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ Aidan to Carrie in <em>Sex and the City</em></span></p>','Dont Try to Fix It',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1065-autosave','','','2009-05-27 03:43:12','2009-05-27 08:43:12','',1065,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1065-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1068,2,'2009-05-27 03:28:58','2009-05-27 08:28:58','<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I can\'t sleep. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I keep thinking I\'m going to get a phone call from that company that employs computer nerds by the poundfull telling me they tried everything they could but they just couldn\'t save any information from my laptop.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">My less than a year old laptop.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">The sole source of bread and butter for my children (and after taking a look at the scale, you can include me in enjoying that bread and butter - but thats another story) up and broke yesterday.  More accurately, the screen up and cracked in two places. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">(A little back story - for the last six weeks I\'ve been traveling for work so much I rarely backed up my laptop and I\'m in the middle of a few big projects. Yeah, my fault, I know. I get it. So this whole no laptop thing is giving me <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">grey more grey</span> stress beyond belief.)</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I take the laptop to the local Nerd Herd (yes, I watch <em>Chuck</em>, what of it) and I\'m told laptops don\'t crack on their own and I had to have broken it myself.  You\'re right, it didn\'t crack. The damn thing popped -- like a popcorn POP -- and the screen split.  In front of my eyes. When all I wanted to do was open the laptop and log in to <a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\">Twitter</a>, check email and open the latest MS Word document file needing my attention.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Then the genius (not to be confused with a Mac Genius because I haven\'t moved out of the Jurassic era and just bought a Macbook already!) asked me if I threw it or dropped it. <em>No dude didn\'t you hear me!</em>  He pulls up my information in the computer and asks \"Why do you have two last names?\"  First, I dont. Secondly, have you never heard of people with two last names? Third, PERICON and INC are not two last names.  You put my first name in front of it and you get my company name. Can you not read the screen?! I\'m worried if you can\'t read that screen in front of you. And last, who cares!!!??? Just work on my computer already. Wait, I\'m not sure I want you to. Just hand it off to someone who can help me.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">By this time, I\'m nervous handing over the source of livelyhood for my family to the only nitwit working at the time.  And the best part is yet to come - I\'m then told my insurance doesn\'t cover my laptop issue because its not possible that the laptop screen split on its own.  Yeah, batteries blow up. Harddrives die.  But LCD screens cannot act up. Uh huh. Sure.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He says I have to pay out of pocket and they\'ll send it to Kentucky or Arkansas or Detroit. At this point, all I remember is that its somewhere not in zip code 10028.  And he says he\'ll have to give me an estimate since I have so many GBs on the laptop. Really? ok... so I think quickly and ask him to just take all my information off the laptop. All the files, put it on the bubble gum pink external hard drive I brought with me and call it a day. Thats it. Just take all my stuff and save it. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I didn\'t think I should pay to repair the laptop when laptops are so inexpensive nowadays (Long gone are the days where I need to spend over $1500 on a laptop.) I\'ve decided to buy a new one and just put all the old files onto it. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">He gets this piece of paper and asks which files I want to save. Um, all of them. And where my files are saved Um, everywhere. I tell him the MS Word documents, my photos (of my kids! and business trips!) and video (from work!!) are the most important after he saves my MS Outlook .pst files because I need all my work emails.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">But then he asks me if I have any porn on my laptop that he should save?  What? I just told him I was all about work. He offers this tidbit \"Four people a week come in here asking for us to specifically save their porn. It means so much to them.\"  C</span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">all me a prude but what??? </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Anyway, my laptop is \"in the shop\" and on Thursday I get to pick it up. I didn\'t pay the extra $400 to pick it up this evening. Didn\'t make sense. I\'m already being forced to spend money because they think I broke my laptop by throwing it against a wall or something.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">This who laptop situation is driving me to want to eat. Yes, I said it even after declaring my middle name should be Orca. There\'s no hope for me. None. </span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">---</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Picking up my laptop, transfering the files from the external hard drive to the new laptop (which I haven\'t bought yet - any suggestions?) finding a new school for Luke and Harrison (a story for another day) and then taking Miss Nat to her first Tai Kwan Do class -- yet another story.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YWSZJXhOvBw\">Um, did you back up your data?</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ Aidan to Carrie in <em>Sex and the City</em></span></p>','Dont Try to Fix It',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1065-revision-2','','','2009-05-27 03:28:58','2009-05-27 08:28:58','',1065,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1065-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1069,2,'2009-05-26 09:54:33','2009-05-26 14:54:33','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably been clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> </span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, <em>why not let myself eat all of it off my plate? </em> After working really hard, <em>why not enjoy dessert.</em></span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','publish','open','open','','bursting-at-the-seams','','','2009-05-27 07:01:29','2009-05-27 12:01:29','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?p=1069',0,'post','',4),(1070,2,'2009-05-27 04:58:57','2009-05-27 09:58:57','<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">*standing up*</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A really big fat one.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\n</span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\nI have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span>\n\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision','','','2009-05-27 04:58:57','2009-05-27 09:58:57','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1071,2,'2009-05-27 07:00:42','2009-05-27 12:00:42','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably been clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> </span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, <em>why not let myself eat all of it off my plate? </em> After working really hard, <em>why not enjoy dessert.</em></span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-autosave','','','2009-05-27 07:00:42','2009-05-27 12:00:42','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1072,2,'2009-05-27 04:59:19','2009-05-27 09:59:19','<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">*standing up*</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A really big fat one.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\nI have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-2','','','2009-05-27 04:59:19','2009-05-27 09:59:19','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1073,2,'2009-05-27 05:03:59','2009-05-27 10:03:59','<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">*standing up*</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A really big fat one.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\nI have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-3','','','2009-05-27 05:03:59','2009-05-27 10:03:59','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1077,2,'2009-05-27 05:15:41','2009-05-27 10:15:41','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-7','','','2009-05-27 05:15:41','2009-05-27 10:15:41','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-7/',0,'revision','',0),(1074,2,'2009-05-27 05:08:22','2009-05-27 10:08:22','<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">*standing up*</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A really big fat one.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\n</span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">\r\nI have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></pre>\r\n<pre><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></pre>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-4','','','2009-05-27 05:08:22','2009-05-27 10:08:22','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-4/',0,'revision','',0),(1075,2,'2009-05-27 05:09:40','2009-05-27 10:09:40','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-5','','','2009-05-27 05:09:40','2009-05-27 10:09:40','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-5/',0,'revision','',0),(1076,2,'2009-05-27 05:14:08','2009-05-27 10:14:08','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: x-small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-6','','','2009-05-27 05:14:08','2009-05-27 10:14:08','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-6/',0,'revision','',0),(1078,2,'2009-05-27 05:16:07','2009-05-27 10:16:07','<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">*standing up*</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">My name is Victoria and I have a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A really big fat one.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">This morning when I stepped on the scale, it became very clear to me.  (It\'s probably be clear to my friends for some time now.)</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I\'ve been overeating.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">And my weight has become a problem.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">A problem to the tune of over 20 pounds.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">I now weigh more than I did when I left the hospital after having Harrison two years ago. </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> </span><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\"> I have noticed my body looking different in the mirror but I\'ve been traveling for work and not really thinking about my weight.  Because well, I was working and just thinking about getting the job done well.  And after working really long days, if something tasted really good, why not let myself eat all of it off my plate?  After working really hard, why not enjoy dessert.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Everyone who travels on business, knows eating right while traveling is ever easy.  It\'s not like I don\'t know what I should be doing. I know the healthiest dining options are the ones you can control - like meals from your own kitchen.  I know portion sizes for one shouldn\'t be able to feed a family of four.</span></h3>\r\n<h3><span style=\"color: #444444; font-size: small;\">Its not like I\'ve been eating </span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Big Macs and drinking Big Gulps either. In fact, I\'ve been having neither. I don\'t even eat fried food. Or fast food. But the (get ready for the excuses) editor lunches, product launches and work dinners are getting to me and I\'m packing on the pounds because I\'m not eating healthy foods in moderation.</span></span></h3>\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m so embarrased.  After seeing the number on the scale I wanted to cry. And as I write this, I keep telling myself if I don\'t write it and ask for help, I will continue on this unhealthy path I am on. And this makes me want to cry.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">How could I let myself go?  Especially knowing I\'m in the wrong career to <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">be overweight</span> not be able to fit into my wardrobe.  And especially since I can\'t buy an entire new work wardrobe along with new clothes to wear when I don\'t have five pounds of HD TV makeup on my face. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now I\'m even worried that this new body size of mine is stretching out the clothing in my old size and ruining those clothes. I can\'t believe I\'ve let this happen.  This is the dumbest thing I\'ve ever done. And trust me, I\'ve done dumb a plenty.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I need someone who knows and loves me to intervene (can you ask for an intervention?) because I am clearly not strong enough to wake up and stop on my own even after seeing the number on the scale. I need help from friends, family, people I don\'t even know.  Anyone with a heart. Someone who has been here before.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I don\'t even know what to ask you to do. If you see me drinking anything besides water just remind me how I feel today.  I won\'t get upset.  If you see me eat something besides celery at an event would you please scowl at me.  I need all the help I can get with this weight loss.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Stop being my friend by pretending I look good when you know my middle name has become Orca overnight.  Be my friend and realize if I get a phone call about my weight being an issue again, I\'m going to be living on your couch with my kidlets. Yeah, you don\'t want that.  Because then I will be all mopey about losing work and just eat <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">everything out of your cupboards</span> more because I\'m unemployed, stressed and worried.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">And now because what is life without a bit of irony - I won a trial membership from New York Sports Club yesterday just by spinning a prize wheel outside the gym. I wasn\'t on my way inside the gym. Was walking by with Miss Nat while doing errands. I\'m going to walk into the gym on Friday morning. Hopefully it will be the beginning of me getting back on track.  </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'ll be honest. I\'m so lazy when it comes to fitness. I\'m getting older and I can\'t <span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">rely on what everyone says is good genes to let me </span>ignore my health. I always thought I could eat whatever I wanted and not have to go into a gym and work or go on a diet to be the size I was happy to be. Those days are over.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">I\'m Fat. So help me. Somehow. Some way. Pretty please.  I\'ll be your best friend.  I just don\'t want to be your overweight best friend.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">-----</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Want to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep Veep </span></span><a href=\"http://www.veepveep.com/rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>RSS feed</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>Can’t wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span></span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\"><span>Twitter</span></span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"><span>.</span></span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Next stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> Going to look through my clothing for something suitable to wear to the gym on Friday.  Not buying new clothes. Should probably read through <em>Naturally Thin</em> also. </span></span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"line-height: 14.25pt; margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white;\"><span><strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">Car Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\"> – “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C16_hRKD01E\">Baby Got Back</a></span><span style=\"font-family: &quot;Georgia&quot;, &quot;serif&quot;; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt; mso-fareast-font-family: \'Times New Roman\'; mso-bidi-font-family: \'Times New Roman\';\">â€ by Sir Mix A Lot  \"Little in the middle but she got much back\"\r\n</span></span></p>','Bursting at the Seams',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1069-revision-8','','','2009-05-27 05:16:07','2009-05-27 10:16:07','',1069,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1069-revision-8/',0,'revision','',0),(1079,2,'2009-05-27 08:58:35','2009-05-27 13:58:35','<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Last summer we drove through several states to visit friends and family and to explore different family friendly destinations as part of our summer vacation. We didn\'t have a checklist of what we wanted to see or do and in many cases the destination was decided on minutes before we got into the car. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">This summer I\'ve decided to make a general list of things we\'d like to see or do before the summer is over. I\'d also like us to experience a different family friendly travel destination by plane, train, car, boat and bus this summer.  Last year it was all about summer road trips but this summer we should be a little more creative with our means of transportation.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Sure, some of the things listed have been done during the year but I want to make sure they are still accomplished during the summer. I\'m really looking forward to checking off each of these fun family activities from our Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List -</span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a free flick at a movie night in a public park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to free or discounted movie day and the movie theater</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create ice cream sundaes using ice cream we\'ve made and named</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Splash around at the beach</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Run through the sprinklers</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Fly a kite</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a baseball game</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a dip in a swimming pool</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Dance under the stars</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go on rides and play games at an amusement park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit some exotic animals at the zoo</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\"> See some fish and other sea life at the quarium</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Learn about something new at the children\'s museum</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Explore a park we\'ve never visited</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat ice cream from the ice cream truck</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to story hour or movie hour at the library</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Have a homemade pizza and dessert night</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in a park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Plan a picnic complete with blanket and after picnic activities</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit a garden or plant some flowers or something edible</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a ferry or water taxi</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a storybook about one of our summer days</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Host a sleepover for cousins Elena and Patrick</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat cotton candy, funnel cake and another summer treat</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to a barbecue </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit the farmer\'s market</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a visitor\'s tour of a well known attraction</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Bike or scooter around a destination</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Walk through a street fair</span></li>\r\n</ol>','Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List',0,'','private','open','open','','summer-2009-family-fun-check-list','','','2010-09-23 08:57:11','2010-09-23 13:57:11','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?page_id=1079',5,'page','',0),(1080,2,'2009-05-27 08:58:17','2009-05-27 13:58:17','<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Last summer we drove through several states to visit friends and family and to explore different family friendly destinations as part of our summer vacation. We didn\'t have a checklist of what we wanted to see or do and in many cases the destination was decided on minutes before we got into the car. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">This summer I\'ve decided to make a general list of things we\'d like to see or do before the summer is over. I\'d also like us to experience a different family friendly travel destination by plane, train, car, boat and bus this summer. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Sure, some of the things listed have been done during the year but I want to make sure they are still accomplished during the summer. I\'m really looking forward to checking off each of these fun family activities from our Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List -</span>\n<ol>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a free flick at a movie night in a public park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to free or discounted movie day and the movie theater</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create ice cream sundaes using ice cream we\'ve made and named</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Splash around at the beach</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Run through the sprinklers</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Fly a kite</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a baseball game</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a dip in a swimming pool</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Dance under the stars</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go on rides and play games at an amusement park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit some exotic animals at the zoo</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\"> See some fish and other sea life at the quarium</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Learn about something new at the children\'s museum</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Explore a park we\'ve never visited</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat ice cream from the ice cream truck</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to story hour or movie hour at the library</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Have a homemade pizza and dessert night</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in a park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Plan a picnic complete with blanket and after picnic activities</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit a garden or plant some flowers or something edible</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a ferry or water taxi</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a storybook about one of our summer days</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Host a sleepover for cousins Elena and Patrick</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat cotton candy, funnel cake and another summer </span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to a barbecue </span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit the farmer\'s market</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Walk through a street fair</span></li>\n</ol>','Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1079-revision','','','2009-05-27 08:58:17','2009-05-27 13:58:17','',1079,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1079-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1081,2,'2010-09-23 08:58:16','2010-09-23 13:58:16','<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Last summer we drove through several states to visit friends and family and to explore different family friendly destinations as part of our summer vacation. We didn\'t have a checklist of what we wanted to see or do and in many cases the destination was decided on minutes before we got into the car. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">This summer I\'ve decided to make a general list of things we\'d like to see or do before the summer is over. I\'d also like us to experience a different family friendly travel destination by plane, train, car, boat and bus this summer.  Last year it was all about summer road trips but this summer we should be a little more creative with our means of transportation.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Sure, some of the things listed have been done during the year but I want to make sure they are still accomplished during the summer. I\'m really looking forward to checking off each of these fun family activities from our Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List -</span>\n<ol>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a free flick at a movie night in a public park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to free or discounted movie day and the movie theater</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create ice cream sundaes using ice cream we\'ve made and named</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Splash around at the beach</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Run through the sprinklers</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Fly a kite</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a baseball game</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a dip in a swimming pool</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Dance under the stars</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go on rides and play games at an amusement park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit some exotic animals at the zoo</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\"> See some fish and other sea life at the quarium</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Learn about something new at the children\'s museum</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Explore a park we\'ve never visited</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat ice cream from the ice cream truck</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to story hour or movie hour at the library</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Have a homemade pizza and dessert night</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in a park</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Plan a picnic complete with blanket and after picnic activities</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit a garden or plant some flowers or something edible</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a ferry or water taxi</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a storybook about one of our summer days</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Host a sleepover for cousins Elena and Patrick</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat cotton candy, funnel cake and another summer treat</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to a barbecue </span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit the farmer\'s market</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a visitor\'s tour of a well known attraction</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Bike or scooter around a destination</span></li>\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Walk through a street fair</span></li>\n</ol>','Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1079-autosave','','','2010-09-23 08:58:16','2010-09-23 13:58:16','',1079,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1079-autosave/',0,'revision','',0),(1082,2,'2009-05-27 08:58:35','2009-05-27 13:58:35','<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Last summer we drove through several states to visit friends and family and to explore different family friendly destinations as part of our summer vacation. We didn\'t have a checklist of what we wanted to see or do and in many cases the destination was decided on minutes before we got into the car. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">This summer I\'ve decided to make a general list of things we\'d like to see or do before the summer is over. I\'d also like us to experience a different family friendly travel destination by plane, train, car, boat and bus this summer. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Sure, some of the things listed have been done during the year but I want to make sure they are still accomplished during the summer. I\'m really looking forward to checking off each of these fun family activities from our Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List -</span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a free flick at a movie night in a public park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to free or discounted movie day and the movie theater</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create ice cream sundaes using ice cream we\'ve made and named</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Splash around at the beach</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Run through the sprinklers</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Fly a kite</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a baseball game</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a dip in a swimming pool</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Dance under the stars</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go on rides and play games at an amusement park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit some exotic animals at the zoo</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\"> See some fish and other sea life at the quarium</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Learn about something new at the children\'s museum</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Explore a park we\'ve never visited</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat ice cream from the ice cream truck</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to story hour or movie hour at the library</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Have a homemade pizza and dessert night</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in a park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Plan a picnic complete with blanket and after picnic activities</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit a garden or plant some flowers or something edible</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a ferry or water taxi</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a storybook about one of our summer days</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Host a sleepover for cousins Elena and Patrick</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat cotton candy, funnel cake and another summer treat.</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to a barbecue </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit the farmer\'s market</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Walk through a street fair</span></li>\r\n</ol>','Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1079-revision-2','','','2009-05-27 08:58:35','2009-05-27 13:58:35','',1079,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1079-revision-2/',0,'revision','',0),(1083,2,'2009-05-27 09:02:57','2009-05-27 14:02:57','<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Last summer we drove through several states to visit friends and family and to explore different family friendly destinations as part of our summer vacation. We didn\'t have a checklist of what we wanted to see or do and in many cases the destination was decided on minutes before we got into the car. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">This summer I\'ve decided to make a general list of things we\'d like to see or do before the summer is over. I\'d also like us to experience a different family friendly travel destination by plane, train, car, boat and bus this summer.  Last year it was all about summer road trips but this summer we should be a little more creative with our means of transportation.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Sure, some of the things listed have been done during the year but I want to make sure they are still accomplished during the summer. I\'m really looking forward to checking off each of these fun family activities from our Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List -</span>\r\n<ol>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a free flick at a movie night in a public park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to free or discounted movie day and the movie theater</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create ice cream sundaes using ice cream we\'ve made and named</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Splash around at the beach</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Run through the sprinklers</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Fly a kite</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Watch a baseball game</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a dip in a swimming pool</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Dance under the stars</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go on rides and play games at an amusement park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit some exotic animals at the zoo</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\"> See some fish and other sea life at the quarium</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Learn about something new at the children\'s museum</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Explore a park we\'ve never visited</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat ice cream from the ice cream truck</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to story hour or movie hour at the library</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Have a homemade pizza and dessert night</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in a park</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Plan a picnic complete with blanket and after picnic activities</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit a garden or plant some flowers or something edible</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a ferry or water taxi</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Create a storybook about one of our summer days</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Host a sleepover for cousins Elena and Patrick</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Eat cotton candy, funnel cake and another summer treat</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Go to a barbecue </span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Visit the farmer\'s market</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Take a visitor\'s tour of a well known attraction</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Bike or scooter around a destination</span></li>\r\n	<li><span style=\"font-family: Georgia; font-size: 10pt;\">Walk through a street fair</span></li>\r\n</ol>','Summer 2009 Family Fun Check List',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1079-revision-3','','','2009-05-27 09:02:57','2009-05-27 14:02:57','',1079,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/05/27/1079-revision-3/',0,'revision','',0),(1084,2,'2009-06-01 07:17:16','2009-06-01 12:17:16','','Road Rage',0,'','private','closed','closed','','road-rage','','','2009-06-01 07:17:16','2009-06-01 12:17:16','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?page_id=1084',0,'page','',0),(1085,2,'2009-06-01 07:16:44','2009-06-01 12:16:44','','Road Rage',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1084-revision','','','2009-06-01 07:16:44','2009-06-01 12:16:44','',1084,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/06/01/1084-revision/',0,'revision','',0),(1086,2,'2009-06-01 18:04:09','2009-06-01 23:04:09','<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">The worst part about being sick is feeling sick. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Looking sick is pretty bad too but sometimes that can be a godsend as it makes smart people watch out when nearby. They\'ll keep their bullshit from you a few days longer than they were planning. Before they share it and screw up your day.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">The problem with me is that when I am sick I can hide it well with HD makeup. But once the make up is all off I look exactly how I feel. I looked like a girl who needs to be in bed. So I did exactly that until this morning. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Determined to come back with a vengeance and make up for lost time, I decided to enlist professional help to make myself look human again. The plan was to stop in to a nearby salon for a manicure pedicure eyebrow wax and then another place for a blow out. I meant business. I meant to forget every bed bound minute I spent shivering and sneezing and running a fever. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Ah.. the best laid plans... </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Just when I\'m all on my way to making a comeback from a week of being down and out sick and kicked while I\'m down ( hella fun laptop issues) I get a text.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">A one word sentence.</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Pedicure?\r\n</em>\r\nFrom someone that always says Lunch? I got nervous and I said yes immediately.\r\n</span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">My waxing and nail painting plans will have to be done differently. </span>\r\n\r\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Cancelled appointments and I was on my way for a pedicure with my Maid of Honor. Across the street from her job. Which yes is the scene of the crime. </span>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">—</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Want  to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep  Veep </span><a href=\"../rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">.</span></p>\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Can’t  wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">.</span></p>\r\n\r\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Next  stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"> Events during the day. Waxing (and not poetic) in the evening with my Maid of Honor. Love my MOH.\r\n</span>\r\n</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Car  Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"> –  “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC1N1X8iLag\">Cupid</a></span><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">â€ <em>version by Amy Winehouse \"Cupid draw back your bow and let your arrow flow straight to my lover\'s heart for me. You better hear my cry. And let your arrow fly.\"</em></span></p>','Pinky Toes',0,'','publish','open','open','','pinky-toes','','','2009-06-01 18:04:09','2009-06-01 23:04:09','',0,'http://www.veepveep.com/?p=1086',0,'post','',0),(1087,2,'2009-06-01 18:03:24','2009-06-01 23:03:24','<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">The worst part about being sick is feeling sick. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Looking sick is pretty bad too but sometimes that can be a godsend as it makes smart people watch out when nearby. They\'ll keep their bullshit from you a few days longer than they were planning. Before they share it and screw up your day.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">The problem with me is that when I am sick I can hide it well with HD makeup. But once the make up is all off I look exactly how I feel. I looked like a girl who needs to be in bed. So I did exactly that until this morning. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Determined to come back with a vengeance and make up for lost time, I decided to enlist professional help to make myself look human again. The plan was to stop in to a nearby salon for a manicure pedicure eyebrow wax and then another place for a blow out. I meant business. I meant to forget every bed bound minute I spent shivering and sneezing and running a fever. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Ah.. the best laid plans... </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Just when I\'m all on my way to making a comeback from a week of being down and out sick and kicked while I\'m down ( hella fun laptop issues) I get a text.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">A one word sentence.</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"><em>Pedicure?\n</em>\nFrom someone that always says Lunch? I got nervous and I said yes immediately.\n</span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">My waxing and nail painting plans will have to be done differently. </span>\n\n<span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Cancelled appointments and I was on my way for a pedicure with my Maid of Honor. Across the street from her job. Which yes is the scene of the crime. </span>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">—</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Want  to follow me on this amazing road trip I call my life? Subscribe to the Veep  Veep </span><a href=\"../rss/\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">RSS feed</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">.</span></p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Can’t  wait until I check in again from the road? Follow me on </span><a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/veepveep\"><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; font-size: 10pt;\"><span style=\"color: #17418f;\">Twitter</span></span></a><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">.</span></p>\n\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Next  stop –</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"> Events during the day. Waxing (and not poetic) in the evening with my Maid of Honor. Love my MOH.\n</span>\n</p><p class=\"MsoNormal\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0.2in; background: white none repeat scroll 0% 0%; line-height: 14.25pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">Car  Song</span></strong><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\"> –  “<a href=\"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZC1N1X8iLag\">Cupid</a></span><span style=\"font-family: \'Georgia\',\'serif\'; color: #444444; font-size: 10pt;\">â€ <em>version by Amy Winehouse \"Cupid draw back your bow and let your arrow flow straight to my lover\'s heart for me. You better hear my cry. And let your arrow fly.\"</em></span></p>','Pinky Toes',0,'','inherit','open','open','','1086-revision','','','2009-06-01 18:03:24','2009-06-01 23:03:24','',1086,'http://www.veepveep.com/2009/06/01/1086-revision/',0,'revision','',0),