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	<title>Martini&#039;s Aren&#039;t For Breakfast Anymore!</title>
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	<description>Navigating the world of parenthood and dating all while trying not to drink before noon!</description>
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		<title>My Blog DOES Still Exist</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I thought I&#8217;d log in and just find tumbleweeds and cobwebs!
I have been incredibly busy lately, and its been fantastic! Some very amazing things are on the horizon, and I am kind of in shock with how amazing life is right now. I certainly haven&#8217;t found fame or fortune, but what I do have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=705&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/11/19/my-blog-does-still-exist/</link>
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		<title>Accepting Myself</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever have one of those days where your in awe of life? In a good way, I mean. I love them, and today is one of those days. 
It is a very cloudy, very raining day here in Portland. But for some reason my spirits are soaring. Nothing extraordinarily great has happened, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=703&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/accepting-myself/</link>
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		<title>Random Friday Thoughts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What&#8217;s this? Blogging three times in one week? Pure madness!
* One of my good friends is in labor right now! As we speak! Her and her husband are the kind of strong people who didn&#8217;t find out the sex of the baby. I had to know asap just because I couldn&#8217;t wait to shop! I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=701&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/random-friday-thoughts/</link>
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		<title>Perfection: It&#8217;s Not Just A Game At Grandma&#8217;s House</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you guys play that game as a kid?!? I think they still make it. It was awesome. I would play that game for hours at my grandma&#8217;s house, trying to beat my last best time. That should have been a BIG! RED! FLAG! that I was in fact, wait for it&#8230; a perfectionist. 
Unfortunately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=700&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/10/08/perfection-its-not-just-a-game-at-grandmas-house/</link>
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		<title>Make Believe</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Once upon a time (two and a half months ago) , in a land far, far away (way west of Portland) I left my quaint farm one day and changed my life completely. 
I had just gotten my job offer the day before I discovered something that made me leave my quaint farm, the farmer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=699&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/10/06/make-believe/</link>
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		<title>Fo&#8217; Shizzle Nizzle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that has always made me love raising my son in Portland is the diversity. I can count on one hand the number of non-caucasian kids that were in my graduating class on one hand. Thankfully I had a hippie for a mama who preached Love Everyone at every opportunity she got. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=693&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/09/11/fo-shizzle-nizzle/</link>
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		<title>Only Good Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is amazing what a few big changes can do to the rest of your life!
These days I am feeling amazing! I have a beautiful new home, a fantastic yet challenging job that makes me feel very proud of myself, and I&#8217;ve lost about 20 pounds! My body feels good, my mind feels good, and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=692&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/09/10/only-good-days/</link>
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		<title>Doing It Alone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m always shocked when I learn that a single parent is doing it 100% on their own. Even more so when it is a single dad. I know that this happens so often in our society, but it never fails to make me slow down and think.
I was talking to a man last night who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=691&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/26/doing-it-alone/</link>
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		<title>Living It Up!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am worshipping the last part of summer as much as I can. It seems to go so quickly here, and I&#8217;m desparate to hang onto it.
Christian and I escaped the city last weekend and went camping with a bunch of friends. It was amazing. He has become quite the little water lover. 
It was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=690&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/living-it-up/</link>
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		<title>Self Promoting Solicitation Included At No Additonal Charge!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, I am going to do some dirty blog work here, and push my own product. I will never, ever spam you again, lovely blogsters, but I just wanted to put this out there. :0) You never know who will read this, and it could be some gazillionaire single parent who is just looking for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=686&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/self-promoting-solicitation-included-at-no-additonal-charge/</link>
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		<title>Dipping One Toe In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If I ever mention moving in with a boyfriend again, will someone please shoot me? Or at least lock me up until I&#8217;ve thought things through thoroughly? That&#8217;s all I&#8217;m gonna say about that! 
Last night I went on my first date since the break up. We went to see a movie, and because it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=685&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/17/dipping-one-toe-in/</link>
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		<title>Moving To The City!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a house!!!! 
Well, technically I did nothing of the sort. I didn&#8217;t find it at all. My dear friend Leann told me her in-laws had an empty rental. It is in North Portland in a great up and coming neighborhood. A lot of transformations are taking place. It is beautiful 1907 (I think) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=684&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/13/moving-to-the-city/</link>
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		<title>Girls Like Sweet Skills</title>
		<description><![CDATA[But this girl has got sweet skills! Yesterday I was at my friend Liz&#8217;s house and we built a fence! I would love to lead you to believe that it was a large, yard containing fence but it wasn&#8217;t. It is about 2 1/2 feet tall and we built it to hide her recycling bins [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=683&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/08/03/girls-like-sweet-skills/</link>
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		<title>Now This Is Different</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past I had a very specific M.O. after a breakup. I&#8217;d go out every night for a week, drink myself into an oblivion and hook up with the hottest man I found. I thought the best way to get over one man was to get on top of another.
Man have I changed! Reverting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=680&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/31/now-this-is-different/</link>
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		<title>The End</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sushi Boy and I broke up.
I&#8217;m not going to dish the dirt, because even though I&#8217;ve blogged throughout our relationship about our relationship, there are somethings that just don&#8217;t need to be broadcasted for the world to know. 
I will say that I did things he wasn&#8217;t cool with, and he did things I wasn&#8217;t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=679&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/29/the-end/</link>
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		<title>Priorities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve realized that in order to shape my own destiny, and to create the life that I want for myself and my family I need to have priorities. Of course I have always had things in my life that were priorities at the time, everyone does. But I have never stopped and thought about what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=678&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/priorities/</link>
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		<title>Thank You</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have th most wonderful friends! Thank you to all of you who reached out and checked up on me after my last post. I didn&#8217;t intend on worrying people. I am okay. Okay, but very touched and very lucky to have such wonderful people in my life. I love you all! 
My last post [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=677&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/23/thank-you/</link>
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		<title>Picking Up The Pieces</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve done it all wrong and I&#8217;m starting over. Everything, with the exception of my son. I think he&#8217;s the one thing I&#8217;ve gotten right so far. 
I wish I could just wipe the slate clean and start over from scratch, but we all know that&#8217;s not the way life works. You have to pick [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=676&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/21/picking-up-the-pieces/</link>
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		<title>Working 9 To 5</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sooo&#8230;I got a job! Yay! I&#8217;m very excited to be working a &#8220;regular&#8221; job again. I am still working for Single Parent magazine. Sushi Boy and I have been getting by, but I don&#8217;t want to just get by. I want to be able to provide our family with those fun little extras, that unfortunately [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=675&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/20/working-9-to-5/</link>
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		<title>My Love/Hate Relationship With Public Transit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am currently on a public transit bus on my way to an interview. Now while it would have been light years faster to drive into town for my interview, I&#8217;ve been trying to do my part to be more earth conscious. While I work from home and most of the time have no set [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=brookeb4.wordpress.com&blog=3348566&post=674&subd=brookeb4&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://brookeb4.wordpress.com/2009/07/14/my-lovehate-relationship-with-punlic-transit/</link>
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