<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678</id><updated>2012-01-18T22:25:17.943-06:00</updated><category term='Holidays'/><category term='High Art'/><category term='oil'/><category term='animals'/><category term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category term='my music pics'/><category term='colored pencil'/><category term='want to laugh?'/><category term='favorites'/><category term='acrylics'/><category term='Computer art'/><category term='New Project'/><category term='politics'/><category term='courage'/><category term='New Paintings'/><category term='Poems'/><category term='gratitude'/><category term='pastels'/><category term='America'/><category term='Laughter'/><category term='Prayer'/><category term='my children'/><category term='charcoal'/><category term='San Diego'/><category term='random rantings'/><category term='Life'/><category term='Inch by Inch'/><category term='To Jesse'/><category term='watercolor'/><category term='my stories'/><category term='Awards'/><category term='Pass It On'/><category term='my tears'/><category term='Love'/><category term='Random Thoughts'/><category term='flowers'/><category term='Traveling'/><category term='Zach&apos;s art'/><category term='Friday Funny'/><category term='Jesse'/><category term='friends'/><title type='text'>The Innocent Piper</title><subtitle type='html'>Sharing and Learning about Myself and Others</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default?start-index=101&amp;max-results=100'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>133</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5098181968176475156</id><published>2011-09-26T03:57:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-26T04:12:29.511-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my music pics'/><title type='text'>It's End of the Month again??!!</title><summary type='text'>I'm one of those that thinks time goes by way to fast. Acutally the older I get the faster it seems to go by!!Well it's end of month again and at work this means Hell week!!! It's also our physical year end, woohoo! Just means I will have to work late everyday this week, because everything will have to be put in no matter what. Doctors like getting paid as much as anyone,lol. So I hope everyone </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5098181968176475156/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5098181968176475156&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5098181968176475156'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5098181968176475156'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2011/09/its-end-of-month-again.html' title='It&apos;s End of the Month again??!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://img.youtube.com/vi/0-lH2nhC_R4/default.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-573675128142398064</id><published>2011-09-17T16:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-17T17:11:39.057-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Today I'm grateful.........</title><summary type='text'>Today I'm grateful........For a full life,my boy friend, (even though he's mad at me right now)my boys, Jay and Zach,my cats,my dog,my home,the rain,football,the wind in my face,controversy,diagreements,the sound of jingle bells,my art,the roar of a crowd,my friends,and always thankful for my Savior, my Lord Jesus Chirst :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/573675128142398064/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=573675128142398064&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/573675128142398064'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/573675128142398064'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2011/09/today-im-grateful.html' title='Today I&apos;m grateful.........'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-Ql2sO1K3J1o/TnUZTwmno4I/AAAAAAAABCs/aLdAEHi-rx0/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1509813881670086739</id><published>2011-09-11T06:04:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-11T06:08:32.556-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='courage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>September 11, 2011</title><summary type='text'>May God bless Amercia always!</summary><link 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src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-0L4Y1VB690w/TmyWH_FgCbI/AAAAAAAABCk/dYwBIGH-HLo/s72-c/th_abstract_other_300x225_56225_-_american_flag-1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2988109062411425643</id><published>2011-09-08T21:08:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T21:10:41.366-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Obama??</title><summary type='text'>Those of u that know me, know I can't pass up a good political brawl, lol. I say Obama sux!!!! Who's with me ??</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2988109062411425643/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2988109062411425643&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2988109062411425643'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2988109062411425643'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2011/09/obama.html' title='Obama??'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6800700804558326045</id><published>2011-09-08T16:40:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2011-09-08T17:02:08.714-05:00</updated><title type='text'>I'm Back</title><summary type='text'>Wow it's been a lonnnnnnnng time since I've blogged. I've missed being here, just a lot of life going on. I've been working,playing and doing a lot of art work. Here are just a few I've done since I was here last. Hope u enjoy them. :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6800700804558326045/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6800700804558326045&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6800700804558326045'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6800700804558326045'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2011/09/im-back.html' title='I&apos;m Back'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-BJyqssGS6J4/Tmk6akgMEDI/AAAAAAAABB8/0WPv9qngCts/s72-c/100_2411.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8324603007461746286</id><published>2010-03-25T05:47:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-25T06:24:49.811-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Please Take Part in My Poll</title><summary type='text'>Well, I'm sure you all know by now that we have a new health reform LAW now.  The President signed it just the other day, like Tuesday I think. I'm still trying to figure out what it all means.  If you listen to the news channels you hear all kinds of conflicting comments and such. So, that is the reason I hope you will take part in this poll.  I really want to know what we average Americans </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8324603007461746286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8324603007461746286&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8324603007461746286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8324603007461746286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2010/03/please-take-part-in-my-poll.html' title='Please Take Part in My Poll'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/S6tFSGgqNKI/AAAAAAAABAo/i5KkKeZg36Q/s72-c/slide_5537_75384_large.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6812928399783659671</id><published>2010-03-22T11:24:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2010-03-22T12:04:50.204-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Heath Care Reform- Do you like it ?</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it's me!  I haven't fallen off the edge of the earth just yet!  Although, sometimes I feel like I'm losing my footing, :)I'm here to discuss health care reform with you, because I have a lot of questions. What the hell is in that bill the President is getting ready to sign into and make  law of the land?Here's what I've heard so far:1. Some say that it will cut Medicare benefits, and that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6812928399783659671/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6812928399783659671&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6812928399783659671'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6812928399783659671'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2010/03/heath-care-reform-do-you-like-it.html' title='Heath Care Reform- Do you like it ?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8119016715309667125</id><published>2010-01-17T11:42:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-17T13:20:16.032-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>SHOWING OFF  :)</title><summary type='text'>This is Zachary's favorite thing to do now days :) it's the scooter!!  He loves going to the skate park and trying new tricks and such on his scooter.  I try not to watch to closely because some of his "tricks" scare the pee out of me!!!  :)Watch out!!!!!Cool dude!He had brought Zachary home that ntie, they had been to the skate park together.  He really is a good big bro. Mom is sooooo happy </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8119016715309667125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8119016715309667125&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8119016715309667125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8119016715309667125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2010/01/showing-off.html' title='SHOWING OFF  :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/S1NRgJXpIcI/AAAAAAAAA_4/B-XhH9ZgD-A/s72-c/nov+and+dec.+09+022.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7403207974586009986</id><published>2010-01-13T10:49:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2010-01-13T11:31:55.262-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Sick and Tired- for real!</title><summary type='text'>I am sick!!!  For real, I've had fever, and body aches,( I won't mention the other symptoms) I can't go to work and this is the second day, so now I'm feeling depressed.  Yes!!! depressed!   When I get sick I often feel depressed and paranoid; for instance, I'm afraid of being fired! Which I know is ridiculous, you don't get fired for being sick, right?It's only been 2 days, but it feels like </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7403207974586009986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7403207974586009986&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7403207974586009986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7403207974586009986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2010/01/sick-and-tired-for-real.html' title='Sick and Tired- for real!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1171887166175021587</id><published>2009-12-25T17:43:00.009-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-25T18:40:42.778-06:00</updated><title type='text'>CHRISTMAS AT JULIAN'S  '09</title><summary type='text'>HI! I'm Julian, most of you know my name already,lol  Anyway, this is Christmas at my home.  I hope all my blog friends has as beautiful a Christmas as I have.  Merry Christmas to all of you out there in blogland!Most of my decorations were passed down to me from my mother.  She always loved Christmas, it was her favorite holiday :)  LOVE YOU MOM !!A purple scooter, now how did Santa know that??</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1171887166175021587/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1171887166175021587&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1171887166175021587'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1171887166175021587'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/12/christmas-at-julians-09.html' title='CHRISTMAS AT JULIAN&apos;S  &apos;09'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SzVS8n1ueiI/AAAAAAAAA_A/ylS7_i_qj1A/s72-c/nov+and+dec.+09+073.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4936306054609429399</id><published>2009-12-24T16:13:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-24T16:28:40.738-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='want to laugh?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!</title><summary type='text'>       </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4936306054609429399/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4936306054609429399&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4936306054609429399'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4936306054609429399'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-my-friends_24.html' title='MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SzPoV4VJLbI/AAAAAAAAA7g/FIr-kyA6g7k/s72-c/snowmen.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3525587044103325114</id><published>2009-12-19T05:20:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-19T13:47:12.809-06:00</updated><title type='text'>BUSY DAYS B4 CHRISTMAS !</title><summary type='text'>I'm awake very early this morning.  This is usually when I get up and start getting ready for work!   My mind doesn't seem to understand it's Saturday, you don't have to get up so early!I have much to do today.  I need to work, I mean work from home, but it's still work. I think I'm getting my hair done at noon, can't remember the exact time.The kids want to go to the skate park, I need to get my</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3525587044103325114/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3525587044103325114&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3525587044103325114'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3525587044103325114'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/12/busy-days-b4-christmas.html' title='BUSY DAYS B4 CHRISTMAS !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3065683279219268397</id><published>2009-12-18T19:24:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-12-18T19:49:01.447-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my music pics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3065683279219268397/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3065683279219268397&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3065683279219268397'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3065683279219268397'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/12/merry-christmas-my-friends.html' title='MERRY CHRISTMAS MY FRIENDS!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sywsp7ZIstI/AAAAAAAAA7Y/jRIBabwrxO8/s72-c/santa.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3295113249689904780</id><published>2009-11-27T18:23:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T18:56:03.959-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traveling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>BLURRY?       FROM HOPELESS BELIEVER TO YOU</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3295113249689904780/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3295113249689904780&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3295113249689904780'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3295113249689904780'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/11/blurry-from-hopeless-believer-to-you.html' title='BLURRY?       FROM HOPELESS BELIEVER TO YOU'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SxB0cURHcjI/AAAAAAAAA7Q/dpRy11bv48Y/s72-c/TresZapotes2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6289488590329198809</id><published>2009-11-27T08:08:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-27T10:39:29.238-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>RANDOM RANTINGS from HOPELESSBELIEVER</title><summary type='text'>I just want to thank God that I didn't have anything to do with putting Obama in office !  I never really gave the "2012 Doom" much thought, didn't really believe in it much.But now, I can see how it could be the end ! At least for the United States!This guy acts like he won a big prize and he and his family are out there just having the time of their lives!!Obama will be the death of the United </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6289488590329198809/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6289488590329198809&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6289488590329198809'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6289488590329198809'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/11/random-rantings-from-hopelessbeliever.html' title='RANDOM RANTINGS from HOPELESSBELIEVER'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1199105011199064022</id><published>2009-11-09T19:34:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-10T03:55:53.970-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><title type='text'>Substitution: The Innocent Piper</title><summary type='text'>~ Monday gratitude ~I am grateful for my life...I am grateful for my GOD...I am grateful for my family...I am grateful for my kids...I am grateful for my boyfriend Jesse...I am grateful for my hair...I am grateful for my nail polish...I am grateful for my makeup...I am grateful for my man...I am grateful for my blog...I am grateful for my art...I am grateful for my relationship with Jesus...I am </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1199105011199064022/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1199105011199064022&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1199105011199064022'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1199105011199064022'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/11/substitution-innocent-piper.html' title='Substitution: The Innocent Piper'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SvjDdbJs1mI/AAAAAAAAA5Q/xA3Boy8MrnI/s72-c/0003.1.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-176480513871431789</id><published>2009-10-31T04:51:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-31T05:47:20.852-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='favorites'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Holidays'/><title type='text'>BOO!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN</title><summary type='text'>Halloween really is one of my favorite holidays; is it a real holiday? lol  Well, it is one of my favorite times of year :)  I like the candy, the costumes, the cool crisp air, the trees turning all those beautiful colors, oh and did I mention the candy? LOLMy ten year old seems to think he is to old to go trick or treating this year, but I say just wait til he gets with his friends and he will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/176480513871431789/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=176480513871431789&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/176480513871431789'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/176480513871431789'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/10/boo-happy-halloween.html' title='BOO!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SuwRVehgCxI/AAAAAAAAA44/lbtpJ5BZuLI/s72-c/halloween-ghosts.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7186113947915087947</id><published>2009-10-23T22:01:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-23T23:08:05.500-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>WIP/ EXPRESSION IN COLOR</title><summary type='text'>Expression in color........................I love it!  I love expressing my thoughts and feelings with color.  What could be more fun?  Although my subject matter is on quite a serious note.     I recently viewed a video on Youtube that really made my stomach roll!  In America, even after all this country has been thru, there are still some people determined to make race and the color of ones </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7186113947915087947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7186113947915087947&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7186113947915087947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7186113947915087947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/10/wip-expression-in-color.html' title='WIP/ EXPRESSION IN COLOR'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SuJx_S6TolI/AAAAAAAAA3o/BFTzKoITkHU/s72-c/degress+of+pics+008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3647408933853094484</id><published>2009-10-07T23:10:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-10-07T23:19:57.290-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pass It On'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='want to laugh?'/><title type='text'>PASS IT ON :) !</title><summary type='text'>"Life's tough......It's even tougher if you're stupid."-John Wayne    </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3647408933853094484/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3647408933853094484&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3647408933853094484'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3647408933853094484'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/10/pass-it-on.html' title='PASS IT ON :) !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2851117472524529997</id><published>2009-09-28T19:25:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T19:52:50.040-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>A New Painting</title><summary type='text'>I just finished this painting tonite.  I'm fairly pleased with it, but it looks so much better in real life.  LOL  It just doesn't look as good in pictures, lol.I used acrylic on a canvas board.   I was actually inspired by a picture of some cool bricks.  Funny where we find inspiration some times! LOL    This is the first painting I've done in some  time now, but I feel good about it, and I had </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2851117472524529997/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2851117472524529997&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2851117472524529997'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2851117472524529997'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/new-painting.html' title='A New Painting'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SsFWoNyDb0I/AAAAAAAAA3I/b4DPx76XWi4/s72-c/008.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3521494141070721472</id><published>2009-09-28T04:29:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-28T05:01:11.797-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='want to laugh?'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my music pics'/><title type='text'>In the Meantime..............</title><summary type='text'>Make sure you feed the fish at the bottom of the page :)                        </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3521494141070721472/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3521494141070721472&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3521494141070721472'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3521494141070721472'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/in-meantime.html' title='In the Meantime..............'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SsCC3jal1MI/AAAAAAAAA3A/4NsF05hkpII/s72-c/WHORE.gif' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8769884400037100713</id><published>2009-09-26T07:39:00.017-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-27T11:39:55.949-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Project'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>The Bread Art Project</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever heard of the "Bread Art Project" ?  Well, I had never heard of it until I came across a certain blog :)   It's an organization that is trying to stop hunger in America, while teaching children and others about good nutrition.  The way they have incorporated art into it is exceptional!  You need to check this out for sure, and I know you will want to participate in the project.And </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8769884400037100713/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8769884400037100713&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8769884400037100713'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8769884400037100713'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/bread-art-project.html' title='The Bread Art Project'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sr9k1IO9tbI/AAAAAAAAA2A/ovlmrHDxa_8/s72-c/art+project+and+more+007.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3610340016353695089</id><published>2009-09-25T06:17:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-25T06:27:57.820-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Friday Funny'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Friday Funny</title><summary type='text'>  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3610340016353695089/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3610340016353695089&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3610340016353695089'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3610340016353695089'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/friday-funny.html' title='Friday Funny'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SrynWeeZmyI/AAAAAAAAA1o/PzTc3XDOlW8/s72-c/SLINKY.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5838477528590300039</id><published>2009-09-22T04:46:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-22T05:22:10.794-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='colored pencil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>My Art to Share</title><summary type='text'>                                         "Joshua"                                           "Reedy"Untitled"Girl in Mirror"                                </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5838477528590300039/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5838477528590300039&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5838477528590300039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5838477528590300039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/my-art-to-share.html' title='My Art to Share'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SrifXRFz3oI/AAAAAAAAA1g/GMPNVFEhYbE/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5973763538797058630</id><published>2009-09-19T20:56:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-19T21:46:50.356-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='pastels'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Zach&apos;s art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='charcoal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><title type='text'>A Special  Interview with a New, Young, Up Coming Artist !</title><summary type='text'>May I present to you one of  my favorite artist!  My son, Zach  :)  Zachary is 10 ten years old and he loves art!  This is an art project they did at school, experimenting with charcoal and pastels.  I interviewed Zachary this afternoon and asked if I could post it here on my blog.  He was really excited that his work would be seen by tons of people.  So, please leave comments on his work and let</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5973763538797058630/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5973763538797058630&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5973763538797058630'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5973763538797058630'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/special-interview-with-new-young-up.html' title='A Special  Interview with a New, Young, Up Coming Artist !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SrWNjnCfqPI/AAAAAAAAA04/BmUcvA7I4E4/s72-c/SanDiego+in+September+203.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4447215462213300723</id><published>2009-09-18T21:55:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-18T22:09:08.128-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>This One is Just to DAmn Funny!</title><summary type='text'>                  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4447215462213300723/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4447215462213300723&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4447215462213300723'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4447215462213300723'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/this-one-is-just-to-damn-funny.html' title='This One is Just to DAmn Funny!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SrRJg2sx9xI/AAAAAAAAA0I/w-Mut5wlohE/s72-c/download+OLD+THINGS.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1563619858306051982</id><published>2009-09-16T05:19:00.002-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-16T05:28:25.230-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Are you the one?</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1563619858306051982/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1563619858306051982&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1563619858306051982'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1563619858306051982'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/are-you-one.html' title='Are you the one?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SrC7-DJIBhI/AAAAAAAAA0A/pKASapdHWMI/s72-c/ITS+YOU.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8181268165961768947</id><published>2009-09-15T04:27:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-15T04:52:02.338-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>I Can't Resist this Legal Question</title><summary type='text'>Legal Question?Is this statutory rape?or just a moosedemeanor?I know , kinda cheesy eh?? LOLHave a great day!    </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8181268165961768947/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8181268165961768947&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8181268165961768947'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8181268165961768947'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/i-cant-resist-this-legal-question.html' title='I Can&apos;t Resist this Legal Question'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sq9f5JQxA0I/AAAAAAAAAzY/qgGdUHR1GF0/s72-c/download.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3331371183004320410</id><published>2009-09-11T22:08:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-11T22:52:39.991-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='courage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>WE MUST NEVER FORGET</title><summary type='text'>I know many people ask "why?" , why do we have to remember?     So that we as Americans are never again so arrogant to think it couldn't happen here on our home land.  So that we may stay humble as a nation and not take our freedoms for granted.So that we may never forget our fallen yet brave heros  on that fateful date of 9/11/01, the firefighters who died trying to save others, the men and </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3331371183004320410/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3331371183004320410&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3331371183004320410'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3331371183004320410'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/we-must-never-forget.html' title='WE MUST NEVER FORGET'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SqsaY0gt-RI/AAAAAAAAAyk/n3aevTiZjSU/s72-c/wtc2b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3641769689849860451</id><published>2009-09-10T19:37:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-10T20:33:19.275-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>Yeah, I'm having a few Blahs</title><summary type='text'>Have you ever had one of those weeks where you just wish you could start over?   Where everything that could go wrong does??    Well, I suppose the good Lord just wanted to humble me a bit this week, and make sure that I appreciate His blessings, because this has been a really tough week!!!Monday of course, we , well most of us , had off for Labor Day.  Tuesday I went to work and had a ton of </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3641769689849860451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3641769689849860451&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3641769689849860451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3641769689849860451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/yeah-im-having-few-blahs.html' title='Yeah, I&apos;m having a few Blahs'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SqmnMuXZ8VI/AAAAAAAAAws/xzOYqDks1cY/s72-c/ME+2.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2242462448663586807</id><published>2009-09-07T20:47:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-09-07T22:42:00.541-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>A  Story to Tell :  Part 2</title><summary type='text'>Breanna was adopted by an old Indian man she called Pappy and an Indian woman she called Nanny.   Pappy loved her very much and  Breanna was always aware of his love, just by the gentle way he had with her, the way he cared for her and protected her up  until  the day he died.   He died in January of 1965, not long after Breanna had given birth to a baby girl.   Pappy had been her one and only </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2242462448663586807/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2242462448663586807&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2242462448663586807'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2242462448663586807'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/09/story-to-tell-part-2.html' title='A  Story to Tell :  Part 2'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SqXNOn-W0zI/AAAAAAAAAwk/2jxuHLKl9u8/s72-c/indian_woman.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5179030710106262919</id><published>2009-08-28T05:54:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-28T06:16:56.582-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pass It On'/><title type='text'>Feeling Annoyed?   Pass it On!</title><summary type='text'>Warning:  This action may have consequences and the blog author accepts no liability. Have a good day! :)       </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5179030710106262919/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5179030710106262919&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5179030710106262919'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5179030710106262919'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/what-to-do-if-you-f.html' title='Feeling Annoyed?   Pass it On!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Spe3uXOE8TI/AAAAAAAAAv8/E5KVZaXlcJw/s72-c/BITCH+SLAPIN.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2408470394798415690</id><published>2009-08-23T11:37:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-23T12:22:46.244-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Random Thoughts from Hopelessbeliever</title><summary type='text'>Sometimes  it's hard to know  just  what to think about things ......Like the view of Mt. Rushmore from the Canadian side ?                      (Not intended to offend anyone from anywhere, only for a smile  :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2408470394798415690/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2408470394798415690&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2408470394798415690'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2408470394798415690'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/random-thoughts-from-hopelessbeliever_23.html' title='Random Thoughts from Hopelessbeliever'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SpFxhTyp-uI/AAAAAAAAAv0/O3SUJ5ONQ_c/s72-c/image.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-875774815446421009</id><published>2009-08-22T15:38:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-22T16:48:49.820-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>A Morning of Beauty &amp; Productivity !</title><summary type='text'>The beauty???   The amazing  sky I woke up to this morning !!!  Isn't it gorgeous??  I had got up out of bed and Cooper, my dog , was ready to head outside.   So I got up , put on the flip flops , grabbed the sun glasses, and a cig,(yes , I smoke, but cutting down alot!)  Still in my jammies, lol,  I opened the door ready to feel sticky, humidity and heat.  Yuck!!   But, to my pleasant surprise </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/875774815446421009/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=875774815446421009&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/875774815446421009'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/875774815446421009'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/morning-of-beauty-productivity.html' title='A Morning of Beauty &amp; Productivity !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SpBZt1cO-lI/AAAAAAAAAvs/EHUroVG7hEA/s72-c/060.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4625080680510951479</id><published>2009-08-19T20:20:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-19T21:03:49.600-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my stories'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>A Story To Tell</title><summary type='text'>She was a really beautiful woman; tall, lean, beautifully clear blue eyes, a nice smile, and she was brilliant as well.  She had a family and a carer, she had experienced so much in her life.  She went to college and of course made the Presidents Honor Roll each semester.   Breanna was also a very spiritual person, deeply even.  She was raised to believe the bible of today quite literally.  God </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4625080680510951479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4625080680510951479&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4625080680510951479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4625080680510951479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/story-to-tell.html' title='A Story To Tell'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Soyt4fxbLWI/AAAAAAAAAvE/wLBplrU2UoY/s72-c/013.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7785358392032190382</id><published>2009-08-17T06:41:00.009-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-17T07:07:38.345-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pass It On'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Pass it ON! :)</title><summary type='text'>Pass It On Have you ever wondered if the one dollar billsin you wallet were ever in a stripper'sbutt crack??If not, you are wondering now!Pass it on.  :)The moral of the story?Always make sure you wash your hands after handling money.     </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7785358392032190382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7785358392032190382&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7785358392032190382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7785358392032190382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/pass-it-on.html' title='Pass it ON! :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SolCKGD68-I/AAAAAAAAAu8/V0Mdgl3V07E/s72-c/download.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8635882319779384452</id><published>2009-08-16T14:05:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:01:14.206-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Someone Please Turn Me In!!!</title><summary type='text'>Ok, I'm going to do this post and I don't want anyone to take offense , PlEASE!!  I've been listening to this "debate" over health care reform.  For those of you who don't know, I am a Certified Medical Asst. ( a nurse for doc's offices) and a Certified Coding Assistant, this is someone who works in a business office of a hospital, clinic, docs office, insurance company, etc.  and list the codes </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8635882319779384452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8635882319779384452&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8635882319779384452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8635882319779384452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/someone-please-turn-me-in.html' title='Someone Please Turn Me In!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SohyToCz6_I/AAAAAAAAAu0/CUumK_3mxqk/s72-c/RaleighTownHall-July2909-16.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5731288772267863901</id><published>2009-08-09T17:12:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-09T18:15:17.416-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Random Thoughts from Hopelessbeliever</title><summary type='text'>Has this summer went by fast or what???  My son starts school Wednesday and he turned 10 this summer.   Is this for real??   He has grown sooooooooo much this summer , I'm having to buy him all new clothes to start school.He will be in the 5th grade this year!   This can't be real.     My older son turns 20 the 21st of this month.  He decided to take the semester off from school and just work </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5731288772267863901/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5731288772267863901&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5731288772267863901'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5731288772267863901'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/random-thoughts-from-hopelessbeliever.html' title='Random Thoughts from Hopelessbeliever'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4903696457419607387</id><published>2009-08-07T22:55:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:16:18.113-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><title type='text'>Precious Gratitude</title><summary type='text'>I am grateful for every single tear my eyes have ever cried, and the courage they give me,I am grateful for every lonely night I've ever spent by myself, and look forward to the next,I am grateful for all my fears, for they inevitably hold me up,I am grateful for every loss; it will only make me stronger,I am grateful for every heartache; they teach me to never give up,I am grateful for humility,</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4903696457419607387/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4903696457419607387&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4903696457419607387'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4903696457419607387'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/08/precious-gratitude.html' title='Precious Gratitude'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sn0AcWWcmbI/AAAAAAAAAs0/acBp_v_Qeps/s72-c/rain.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7268980100434011961</id><published>2009-07-19T12:37:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:18:21.312-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><title type='text'>Jam and Pump It Up!!</title><summary type='text'>Hey!!!!!!!!!!!!!  Yes it's me , did you think I had just disappeared??  LOL, I thought I had too!!! I haven't been around alot lately, just life taking it's toll on me.  But I'm feeling sooooooooooo good this morning!! :)I've been wanting to work out and get back in shape, lose a little weight, and just get healthy. I have procrastinated about it for a longggggggggg time now. Imangine that??So, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7268980100434011961/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7268980100434011961&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7268980100434011961'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7268980100434011961'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/07/jam-and-pump-it-up.html' title='Jam and Pump It Up!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SmNmni09r3I/AAAAAAAAAss/sZh-mlR_YUQ/s72-c/110_F_2950151_R2y89JcdQbku4DXKzeRFYM9ATIno7H.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4634798268395928052</id><published>2009-07-04T09:53:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:20:09.115-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday to my Sweet Country</title><summary type='text'>Our Country tis of thee,Sweet land of liberty,to thee I sing.Land of our Father's pride,Land of the Pilgrim's To every mountain side,Let Freedom ring!God Bless America,Land that I love,Stand beside her,and guide her,thru the nite,with the lite from above.America the beautiful,for amber waves of grace,For purple mountains majesty,Above the fruited plains,America, America,God shed His grace on thee</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4634798268395928052/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4634798268395928052&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4634798268395928052'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4634798268395928052'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/07/happy-birthday-to-my-sweet-country.html' title='Happy Birthday to my Sweet Country'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sk95zhif9ZI/AAAAAAAAAsE/76r7f0U3TAs/s72-c/july+4-6.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4012049723728785790</id><published>2009-06-28T19:27:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:21:00.026-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>Heat</title><summary type='text'>101 was the average high temp last week!!!  108 was the heat index!!!  It's only June , and I'm already tired of summer!!!!!    I need some relief!!!Now , we actually had a cold front come in this weekend, today it was only 92 degrees, but when you add in the humidity it still felt nearly a 100!I really do like summer, but , I really don't like this kind of heat.  It wouldn't be so bad if I could</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4012049723728785790/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4012049723728785790&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4012049723728785790'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4012049723728785790'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/heat.html' title='Heat'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SkgRA0jV6kI/AAAAAAAAArM/Ji2ZxN5ABac/s72-c/101.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6833490911501420726</id><published>2009-06-25T20:17:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:22:04.327-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>Good Night Michael</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6833490911501420726/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6833490911501420726&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6833490911501420726'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6833490911501420726'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/good-night-michael.html' title='Good Night Michael'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SkQlBA0ViLI/AAAAAAAAAq8/gMqxA4Olc1w/s72-c/images+mj.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7030629813061838756</id><published>2009-06-23T02:07:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-23T04:56:44.549-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='oil'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='courage'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inch by Inch'/><title type='text'>Inch by Inch Tuesday</title><summary type='text'>Yes, it's already Tuesday again !!! I bet you thought it would never get here right?  And Tuesday stands for???  Inch by Inch !!!!  The art show hosted by our sweet dear friend, Paris. This weeks challenge theme was "courage".   So hope you enjoy this one :)"Flames from Heaven"It's only by God's precious grace that we come by courage.   Although, I feel as if I lack in this area, there are </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7030629813061838756/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7030629813061838756&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7030629813061838756'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7030629813061838756'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/inch-by-inch-tuesday_23.html' title='Inch by Inch Tuesday'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SkBVwToOr8I/AAAAAAAAApc/IwlJt_Cj_HQ/s72-c/jesse+art.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6827127386390229693</id><published>2009-06-18T05:52:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-18T06:24:10.624-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>"O Happy DAy!"</title><summary type='text'>LOL, you heard right!!!!  I'm nearly completely well now !!!!  Thank you dear LOrd, and thank you to those of you keeping me in your thoughts and prayers. :)   It's sooooooooo good to feel fairly good for a change, LOL.   Have a great day and a wonderful week, weekend is nearly here !!!! Julian :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6827127386390229693/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6827127386390229693&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6827127386390229693'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6827127386390229693'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/o-happy-day.html' title='&quot;O Happy DAy!&quot;'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sjocr4wpo6I/AAAAAAAAApU/Xz-tdSeTSNU/s72-c/happy+face.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7128147532506290597</id><published>2009-06-16T01:00:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T08:37:00.991-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Traveling'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inch by Inch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego'/><title type='text'>INch by Inch Tuesday</title><summary type='text'>It's Tuesday again , time for "Inch by Inch" the art show that my dear sweet friend Paris does every Tuesday :)   This weeks theme is "traveling" and I have this beautiful photo taken in San Diego, CA. in Balboa Park.  If you have never been to San Diego and get a chance to go sometime, don't hesitate :)  It is a very beautiful city with so much to do, and to see, you will have a ball !!! </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7128147532506290597/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7128147532506290597&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7128147532506290597'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7128147532506290597'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/inch-by-inch-tuesday_15.html' title='INch by Inch Tuesday'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SjcV0gQNVSI/AAAAAAAAApM/xPNhUIQaRMM/s72-c/download.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8977607777037639369</id><published>2009-06-15T21:34:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T08:44:29.167-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>Still a lil' sickly</title><summary type='text'>I'm STILL a little bit sickly.  The doc says I have bronchitis, so now I have some meds and should start feeling better soon.   I sure hope so, I'm tired of being so dang sick!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8977607777037639369/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8977607777037639369&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8977607777037639369'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8977607777037639369'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/still-lil-sickly.html' title='Still a lil&apos; sickly'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SjcFewX1GmI/AAAAAAAAApE/HLgSwQpzMvE/s72-c/ME+2.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-759938341009475411</id><published>2009-06-09T21:16:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T08:39:41.928-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inch by Inch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Inch by Inch Tuesday</title><summary type='text'>"Changes Anyone?"by Julian</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/759938341009475411/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=759938341009475411&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/759938341009475411'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/759938341009475411'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/inch-by-inch-tuesday.html' title='Inch by Inch Tuesday'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Si8YRrhy6FI/AAAAAAAAAo8/1L0hXMNTMFs/s72-c/012.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4912232182513770144</id><published>2009-06-07T10:41:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T08:44:01.134-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>Sickly lil' Thing</title><summary type='text'>Yes, I'm feeling very sick, puney, yucky, ill, under the weather, a little blue, achy, crummy, like I've been hit by a mac truck, down in the dumps, there are soooooooooooooo many ways to describe it !!!!I hate being ill, it is the worst !!  Like, I don't have time for this, damnit!!! LOL  I've got things to do, places to go, people to take care of, LOL.  Hope everyone is having a better weekend </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4912232182513770144/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4912232182513770144&amp;isPopup=true' title='13 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4912232182513770144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4912232182513770144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/sickly-lil-thing.html' title='Sickly lil&apos; Thing'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SivgyPD5wNI/AAAAAAAAAok/ks7_aeSaXl8/s72-c/ME.bmp' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>13</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5573972016564417864</id><published>2009-06-02T00:11:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-06-16T08:45:17.709-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Inch by Inch'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Computer art'/><title type='text'>I'm Only Happy When it Rains</title><summary type='text'>~ Themes &amp; Art ~Hello everybody! Sorry I've been so busy with my life....LOL, but seriously I am really excited about this painting because it is for an art show that my great friend Paris is showcasing on her blog on Tuesdays.Paris asked Jesse and I to contribute a 3x3x3x3 art product, and for reasons of image quality this image is quite larger but you all get the gist of the conceptual art </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5573972016564417864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5573972016564417864&amp;isPopup=true' title='19 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5573972016564417864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5573972016564417864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/06/im-only-happy-when-it-rains.html' title='I&apos;m Only Happy When it Rains'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SiS0pAwh8tI/AAAAAAAAAoc/_UeGKQLpT6g/s72-c/download.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>19</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6178092470950914304</id><published>2009-05-25T15:22:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-25T15:28:30.190-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>September Sun: The Innocent Piper</title><summary type='text'>~ Sacred Time ~AS the days unfold into another past; I recall the moments in time, and in days I have been able to spend with the one I love.Those memories although short in time; are never too minimal in heart, and in soul for me and for everyone else...I spent a weekend with my art, and with his love for me; like this poem, almost finished, but never completely done.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6178092470950914304/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6178092470950914304&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6178092470950914304'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6178092470950914304'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/september-sun-innocent-piper.html' title='September Sun: The Innocent Piper'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Shr_QH-tQ0I/AAAAAAAAAoU/zc55xjxE3nw/s72-c/HPIM1964.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2430652845759554383</id><published>2009-05-24T17:31:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-24T17:39:33.491-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Low: The Innocent Piper</title><summary type='text'>~ Resting Place ~As the sun comes up through the horizon oh so foggy, I begin my day in contemplation of another moment spent; just looking at what amazes my sight, and my mind.Then the evening comes, and tired as my day has cost me; I again concentrate in that single moment, the majesty of colours ever so moving and freezing in time. As for me they continue to build a file in some hidden place </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2430652845759554383/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2430652845759554383&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2430652845759554383'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2430652845759554383'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/low-innocent-piper.html' title='Low: The Innocent Piper'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/ShnLVY05j9I/AAAAAAAAAn0/mKCRTaOSuq8/s72-c/HPIM1962.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7166947652828567999</id><published>2009-05-23T17:21:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T17:36:01.367-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Don't take me for granted: The Innocent Piper</title><summary type='text'>~ Friendships ~As the light of day passes through another moment in time, I gather my whits as best from that pile of crystals; awaiting another chance to say hello, I propel forwards...When the shade of afternoon creeps into the mountains of my dreams, I again embrace the place I am still; inside from the outside; added colors, and muted complementary tones, muse my amused mind...Thereafter in </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7166947652828567999/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7166947652828567999&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7166947652828567999'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7166947652828567999'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/dont-take-me-for-granted-innocent-piper.html' title='Don&apos;t take me for granted: The Innocent Piper'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Shh3xf1V7CI/AAAAAAAAAnc/mFKV1q55sLw/s72-c/HPIM1957.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3530226493947234686</id><published>2009-05-22T23:53:00.007-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T00:14:09.780-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Sick of Shame: The Innocent Piper</title><summary type='text'>Hello everyone,This weekend on my blog I will have a special art show. As you know Jesse from http://theartofjesse.blogspot.com/, and me are together. So much so that we are doing an art show featuring each others sketchbook art on our blogs.I will be posting my art on Jesse's site, and he will be posting his art on mine. So we hope all the international and of course our regular peeps will </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3530226493947234686/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3530226493947234686&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3530226493947234686'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3530226493947234686'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/sick-of-shame-innocent-piper.html' title='Sick of Shame: The Innocent Piper'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SheDjadA5jI/AAAAAAAAAnE/Dx0Aore9Ng8/s72-c/HPIM1645.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3470570422869019085</id><published>2009-05-17T10:42:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T20:52:26.343-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><title type='text'>New Art Work !</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to share with you some art I finished this weekend and some art product that were given to me as well. Now, I wonder how many of you recognize this art product?? This was given to me by Jesse one of my very favorite artist :) LOL Jesse did this with acrylics on a box canvas. The photograph is no comparison of how beautiful it really is !! This is a work in progress :) I'm hoping to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3470570422869019085/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3470570422869019085&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3470570422869019085'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3470570422869019085'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/new-art-work.html' title='New Art Work !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/ShAx0HJ-kTI/AAAAAAAAAm0/AnnmfM4T72k/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2124273457056127843</id><published>2009-05-15T21:49:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:26:39.036-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='San Diego'/><title type='text'>True Love!!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>I wanted to share some pics taken while I was on vacation last week :)Aren't we adorable???  LOL  :)The flowers I received were really lovely :)We had sooooooooooo much fun, but doing some art together was heaven! I believe in true love , how about you??="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"&gt;</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2124273457056127843/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2124273457056127843&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2124273457056127843'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2124273457056127843'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/true-love.html' title='True Love!!!!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sg4s1VZG0sI/AAAAAAAAAmU/fITEDW4ev4I/s72-c/HPIM1895.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4505015457159908044</id><published>2009-05-12T20:41:00.031-05:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T20:41:06.719-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awards'/><title type='text'>PATIENCE ..............</title><summary type='text'>.......... is something I have very little of!!! lol   I hate to have to wait on certain things, like the line at the grocery store or the bank, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.  I think the worst though, is having to wait on traffic!  Grrrrrrrr, road rage you might ask???  Oh hell yes!!!!  LOL   I mean I've never actually acted out any of my rage while driving, but , I've certainly thought about enough times</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4505015457159908044/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4505015457159908044&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4505015457159908044'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4505015457159908044'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/05/patience.html' title='PATIENCE ..............'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SgoqIJtQSVI/AAAAAAAAAlU/QeL-2DFskQw/s72-c/brillianteaward.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-9088562406238953461</id><published>2009-04-29T05:57:00.013-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:28:59.425-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Happy Birthday to My Sweet Love!!!</title><summary type='text'>Happy Birthday Jesse Noe !!!!!!!!!!!!MMMMMUUUUUUAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHappy Birthday Jesse Noe!!!!!!!!!!MMMMMMUUUUUUUUUAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHTo the one I adore and love with all my heart, all my soul, all my body, and all my mind.  You bring sooooooooooooooo much joy to my life, you are heaven sent, my personal angel from God.   I wish you a beautiful day, may this one be the very best!!!! :) :) :) :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/9088562406238953461/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=9088562406238953461&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/9088562406238953461'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/9088562406238953461'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/happy-birthday-to-my-sweet-love.html' title='Happy Birthday to My Sweet Love!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SfrYPZR_NiI/AAAAAAAAAlM/ijcGg4W55Kc/s72-c/images2.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6398956968460055559</id><published>2009-04-26T02:07:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:30:51.887-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pass It On'/><title type='text'>Pass It On! :)</title><summary type='text'>    </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6398956968460055559/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6398956968460055559&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6398956968460055559'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6398956968460055559'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/pass-it-on.html' title='Pass It On! :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SfQJXfKkUgI/AAAAAAAAAj8/yQhMqcjPb-c/s72-c/loveforlogicIII.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6256680380495399799</id><published>2009-04-23T06:09:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:32:32.344-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>The Un-named</title><summary type='text'>"Untitled"by Julian</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6256680380495399799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6256680380495399799&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6256680380495399799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6256680380495399799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/un-named.html' title='The Un-named'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SfBMxG1xiCI/AAAAAAAAAj0/NGo7IY2Vt3E/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8008861046412038224</id><published>2009-04-18T22:26:00.008-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:33:45.529-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><title type='text'>Hear Me Tonite Please</title><summary type='text'>Dear God-I am grateful for my son Jay,And that You are looking over him tonite.I am grateful for my love , Jesse,And that You are looking over him as well.I am grateful for the rain,I am grateful for the nite,I am grateful for the sunrise,And the nite to follow.I am grateful for my blogger friends,And I know You are looking after them too,I am grateful for Your love ,and being able to love back.I</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8008861046412038224/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8008861046412038224&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8008861046412038224'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8008861046412038224'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/dear-god-i-am-grateful-for-my-son-jay.html' title='Hear Me Tonite Please'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5782717082505329216</id><published>2009-04-16T19:22:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:35:01.023-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='watercolor'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Looking for the LIght</title><summary type='text'>" Do You See Me?"by Julian</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5782717082505329216/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5782717082505329216&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5782717082505329216'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5782717082505329216'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/do-you-see-me-by-julian.html' title='Looking for the LIght'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SefN8mAVRSI/AAAAAAAAAjs/TsBs03BhtpY/s72-c/003.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1818154318871284205</id><published>2009-04-14T20:01:00.004-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:35:48.318-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Get Immersed in Color!</title><summary type='text'>" Give us a Kiss"by Julian</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1818154318871284205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1818154318871284205&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1818154318871284205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1818154318871284205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/get-immersed-in-color.html' title='Get Immersed in Color!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SeUy3BnDG5I/AAAAAAAAAjk/x1IAdRTTk2o/s72-c/011.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4666830368195210452</id><published>2009-04-12T11:08:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:37:11.526-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>What does Easter mean to you?</title><summary type='text'>What do we think of when we think of Easter?I remember as a child I thought about the Easter Egg hunt at church, getting a new Easter dress and Easter bonnet, with new black or white patten shoes. :)  Easter was always one of my favorite holidays.We think of Easter eggs, how many to color, and decorate.  We think about family coming to visit to sit down and have an Easter feast together.   We </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4666830368195210452/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4666830368195210452&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4666830368195210452'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4666830368195210452'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/what-does-easter-mean-to-you.html' title='What does Easter mean to you?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SeIcsjhYq2I/AAAAAAAAAjc/jsbJkcAfmSQ/s72-c/108742.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5808711392028917341</id><published>2009-04-05T19:27:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:37:53.165-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>The Price of Beauty?</title><summary type='text'>How many millions of dollars do you think women spend on beauty treatments?  How much do you spend?  How many different products have you tried?  Do  you have any favorite products?  Do any of them actually do what they claim?Well, as most of you know, I am a 40 something, and I have tried several different beauty treatments over the years.  I remember finding my first wrinkle, I thought it was </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5808711392028917341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5808711392028917341&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5808711392028917341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5808711392028917341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/04/price-of-beauty.html' title='The Price of Beauty?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SdlUFyA4cTI/AAAAAAAAAhM/sg14PKbUNBU/s72-c/5022830.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6737487416582624362</id><published>2009-04-01T17:03:00.001-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:38:50.941-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>What's In the News??  Well, don't ask me!</title><summary type='text'>I don't know why exactly , but I am what you call a "news junkie"   It started when 9/11 happened.  I kept tuning into the news to know what was going on with all that and then the war, and all of those terrorist acts that happened all over the world.   Now , it's like I have to watch the news , whether I really want to or not.   I do tend to be just a tinge OCD, lol,  and this news thing just </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6737487416582624362/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6737487416582624362&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6737487416582624362'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6737487416582624362'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/whats-in-news-well-dont-ask-me.html' title='What&apos;s In the News??  Well, don&apos;t ask me!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-2604328053428132324</id><published>2009-03-29T09:49:00.006-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:40:09.067-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='politics'/><title type='text'>Terrorist Funding?</title><summary type='text'>I just recently was listening to the news.   I don't know why I do this, it's just one of those habits that I haven't quite beat yet.They were discussing "Gitmo" and that our President wants to close this military base for good.  He has even set a deadline for January 2010.  As I'm sure most of you know, "Gitmo" is a U.S. military base in Cuba, where many criminals are being held, many of them </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/2604328053428132324/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=2604328053428132324&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2604328053428132324'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/2604328053428132324'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/terrorist-funding.html' title='Terrorist Funding?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5478673379702962260</id><published>2009-03-28T17:59:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:40:49.918-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><title type='text'>"LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW................"</title><summary type='text'>NOT!!!!!  You know, I've always heard that spring snow storms can be the worst.  Today I found out what they meant!  LOLIt's nearly the end of the month and for me that means a lot of work to get done!   At the office, that is part of my job, to make sure everything that the docs did that month is coded correctly, edited, and charged out.   This is also how our docs get paid, so if all the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5478673379702962260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5478673379702962260&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5478673379702962260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5478673379702962260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/let-it-snow-let-it-snow.html' title='&quot;LET IT SNOW, LET IT SNOW................&quot;'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sc63WumXE6I/AAAAAAAAAf8/6OpxjRQAhwY/s72-c/006.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3929556709061386455</id><published>2009-03-20T21:16:00.011-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:41:43.861-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='flowers'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='America'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>My Favorite Time of Year.......Spring  :)</title><summary type='text'>I am so very grateful:For the blessing of springtime!!!For the newness of spring colors and spring smells,For the renewal my heart feels every spring,For my child playing in the spring grass,For all the beautiful blue skies, so abundant in the springtime,For all the colors of beautiful spring flowers,For the freshness of the spring air,For the beauty of the budding springtime trees,For the smell </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3929556709061386455/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3929556709061386455&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3929556709061386455'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3929556709061386455'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/my-favorite-time-of-yearspring.html' title='My Favorite Time of Year.......Spring  :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/ScRWNh-nm-I/AAAAAAAAAfU/8JBe7J0QNuw/s72-c/u11779692.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6134968676573295439</id><published>2009-03-20T04:52:00.003-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:42:36.139-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><title type='text'>Psalm 23 (for the workplace :)</title><summary type='text'>The Lord is my real boss, and I shall not want. He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.He gently reminds me to pray and do all things withoutmurmuring and complaining.He reminds me that he is my source and not my job.He restores my sanity everyday and guides my decisionsthat I might honor him in all that I do.Even though I face absurd amounts of e-mails, system crashes,unrealistic </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6134968676573295439/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6134968676573295439&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6134968676573295439'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6134968676573295439'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/psalm-23-for-workplace.html' title='Psalm 23 (for the workplace :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1481324458169774836</id><published>2009-03-15T11:59:00.005-05:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:43:43.750-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><title type='text'>A Tramp Stamped Barbie??</title><summary type='text'>Ok , what the heck is up with this???   One of my blog friends had this pick on his blog and yeah, it's kind of funny.  But all I could think about was the impact and influence it has on our young girls in this country.  I mean, think about it,  what age child plays with Barbie??   Hmmm, 4 to 10 years old??  With all the pressure young girls grow up with to be ridiculously thin, to have all the </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1481324458169774836/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1481324458169774836&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1481324458169774836'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1481324458169774836'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/tramp-stamped-barbie.html' title='A Tramp Stamped Barbie??'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/Sb09sBp8oeI/AAAAAAAAAd0/Aglqb2R3Kb4/s72-c/barbie.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7905850829497386368</id><published>2009-03-07T17:26:00.015-06:00</published><updated>2009-11-08T23:09:55.467-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sketchbook Musings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Henri Matisse......My Way</title><summary type='text'>Fauvism was the first of the major avant-garde movements in European 20th century art and was characterized by paintings that used intensely vivid, non-naturalistic and exuberant colors.  The style was essentially expressionist, and generally featured landscapes in which forms were distorted.  The Fauves first exhibited together in 1905 in Paris.  They founded their name when a critic pointed to </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7905850829497386368/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7905850829497386368&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7905850829497386368'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7905850829497386368'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/03/henri-matissemy-way.html' title='Henri Matisse......My Way'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SbMER1aWaUI/AAAAAAAAAdk/mrXAjdIFRMQ/s72-c/dd_matisse09b.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-857346856473024861</id><published>2009-02-22T15:03:00.011-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:45:54.293-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='animals'/><title type='text'>Awwwwwwwww-  lol</title><summary type='text'>Could a puppy be anymore adorable??  lol :)    I think I've fallen in love!!!! (don't worry baby, u are still my one and only man!! oxox)   I just love their little ears and those brown beady eyes!!!! The little black pug noses and all those rolls of fat!!! lol  Soooooo lovable, sooooo kissable, lol.   Just in case you don't know for sure, this is the English Bulldog.  They are among the gentlest</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/857346856473024861/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=857346856473024861&amp;isPopup=true' title='7 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/857346856473024861'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/857346856473024861'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/could-puppy-be-anymore-adorable-lol-i.html' title='Awwwwwwwww-  lol'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SaHNE1_YnoI/AAAAAAAAAdM/jnyWaeEKNy0/s72-c/images3.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>7</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8666138873952913176</id><published>2009-02-21T21:39:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:47:09.354-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Happiness :)</title><summary type='text'>You guyz are soooo sweet!!  I had a bad moment and was feeling sad, and my sweetest bloggers came to my rescue!!!  Thank you so much for caring.  But, I'm back to my old self now, it was all just a big misunderstanding, and all is right with the world!!! :)  "Happiness always looks small while  u hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is."    -   Maxim</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8666138873952913176/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8666138873952913176&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8666138873952913176'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8666138873952913176'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/happiness.html' title='Happiness :)'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1601655961528571209</id><published>2009-02-20T18:27:00.005-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:48:39.876-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Serenity</title><summary type='text'>God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; courage to change the things I can;and wisdom to know the difference.Living one day at a time; Enjoying one moment at a time; Accepting hardships as the pathway to peace; Taking, as He did, this sinful worldas it is, not as I would have it; Trusting that He will make all things rightif I surrender to His Will;That I may be reasonably</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1601655961528571209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1601655961528571209&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1601655961528571209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1601655961528571209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/serenity.html' title='Serenity'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZ9L-fM-0NI/AAAAAAAAAbc/ufyLPJ7dHy8/s72-c/September+challenge.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4380664807421627021</id><published>2009-02-20T05:22:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:49:40.791-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>Sadness</title><summary type='text'>I'm feeling such sadness this morning.  I just needed to write it down.  </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4380664807421627021/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4380664807421627021&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4380664807421627021'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4380664807421627021'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/sadness.html' title='Sadness'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZ6T7zRe5_I/AAAAAAAAAbU/VKYrz15rZ1w/s72-c/004.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7972052972402007260</id><published>2009-02-18T21:00:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:50:32.169-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Prayer'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='gratitude'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Endless Gratitude</title><summary type='text'>I am so very grateful..........for all my blogger friends, that lift me up and give me inspiration dailyfor my son, Zach, who can put a smile on my face even when I'm having my worst dayfor my job,and for the confidence I find in myself while workingfor the warmth of the sunshine on my facewhen it is so very cold outsidefor the beautiful, tall, green trees, the flowering trees, fat trees, skinny </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7972052972402007260/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7972052972402007260&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7972052972402007260'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7972052972402007260'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/endless-gratitude.html' title='Endless Gratitude'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-614157278323463417</id><published>2009-02-15T14:16:00.013-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:51:45.321-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>A Poem for U</title><summary type='text'>" A Beautiful Day"painting by Julian(original photo by my dear friend  Remembering Paris  Blessing.......in the quiet of this daymay you knowthe greatness of your spiritand may your hopes                                                                         fly on the wings of possibilityby  Mary Anne Radmacher</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/614157278323463417/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=614157278323463417&amp;isPopup=true' title='9 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/614157278323463417'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/614157278323463417'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/beautiful-day-blessing.html' title='A Poem for U'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZh_Ue_CS9I/AAAAAAAAAa0/bkNph3Hb1qY/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>9</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8142270211285316218</id><published>2009-02-14T10:10:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:52:33.971-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>To All</title><summary type='text'>TO ALL OF MY SWEETEST DEAREST BLOGGER FRIENDS! WISHING YOU ALL THE HAPPIEST VALENTINE'S DAY! HOPE YOUR DAY IS FULL OF LOTS AND LOTS OF KISSES AND HUGS!!!! :)LOVE YOU ALL!!! :)</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8142270211285316218/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8142270211285316218&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8142270211285316218'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8142270211285316218'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/to-all.html' title='To All'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZbv-4LJg4I/AAAAAAAAAac/Hv8cavp1PIc/s72-c/004.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5232225872618345648</id><published>2009-02-14T09:51:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:53:23.160-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='my tears'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='To Jesse'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Poems'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>All My Love</title><summary type='text'>"All My Love"All the way to the brightest star And back again and againAnd a thousand times overAgain and againI love you this much.With every beatof my lonely heartWith every salty tear That has ever fallenI love you this much.As tall as the tallest mountainAs high as the highest cloudTo the depths of the deepest oceanTo the center of the earthI love you this much.With all my heartAnd all my </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5232225872618345648/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5232225872618345648&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5232225872618345648'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5232225872618345648'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/all-my-love.html' title='All My Love'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZbqmWWb2rI/AAAAAAAAAaM/tvF26Ir0H-U/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-811534009457756980</id><published>2009-02-13T23:17:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:54:40.761-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Random Thoughts'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Love'/><title type='text'>Tulsa Time?</title><summary type='text'>I really like my new apartment!!! and so does Zach!!  He has decided to do his room in green with a purple bathroom!!!   Such style for a 9 year old!! I'm so proud of  him! :)  lol.   I just picked up his purple bean bag this evening,  he loves it!  I've had to give up my dog to my ex though.  Cooper did not handle the move well at all!!!  He tore up the brand new carpet and demolished a mini </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/811534009457756980/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=811534009457756980&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/811534009457756980'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/811534009457756980'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/tulsa-time.html' title='Tulsa Time?'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZZmNn0BJXI/AAAAAAAAAaE/AQmLAQfH-fY/s72-c/010.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3035174729343218986</id><published>2009-02-09T21:45:00.004-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:55:57.520-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Laughter'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Life'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='random rantings'/><title type='text'>So Who Else Thinks Moving is a Pain??!!!</title><summary type='text'>Sorry I haven't been around much this week, I've moved into a new apartment, and I'm totally worn out!!! :)  I hate moving, as I think most people do, but this move was the bomb!!!  But it's mostly all done now, took 31/2 days, but it's done, and so I'll be getting back on a schedule,or routine, which is what I like!!!  :)  I hope to do a longer better post later this week, hope everyone out </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3035174729343218986/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3035174729343218986&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3035174729343218986'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3035174729343218986'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/so-who-else-thinks-moving-is-pain.html' title='So Who Else Thinks Moving is a Pain??!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SZD6UnTF8QI/AAAAAAAAAZc/SSY5KP4uzTQ/s72-c/013.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7780475654240788577</id><published>2009-02-01T08:56:00.024-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:56:59.363-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Awards'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pass It On'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><title type='text'>Awards for all My Friends!!</title><summary type='text'>Hey everyone!!!!  Guess what ??  I got an award!!!!  Cool eh?  And I would like to pass it on to all of my blogger friends!!!!   This award was given to me by my sweetest friend,  Searching the Inner Me  I hope I linked this correctly.  She is on the blogs I follow list, so please go visit her, she is really into fashion, and always has great outfits to try. You will really enjoy her blog! :)So, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7780475654240788577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7780475654240788577&amp;isPopup=true' title='11 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7780475654240788577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7780475654240788577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/02/awards-for-all-my-friends.html' title='Awards for all My Friends!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SYW80i0t4JI/AAAAAAAAAY8/aSgkcE66Ko4/s72-c/fabulous.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>11</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4117287988398178908</id><published>2009-01-27T22:53:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2009-08-16T16:57:44.739-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='acrylics'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='friends'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>"Purple Haze"</title><summary type='text'>"Through the Purple Haze"Well, I have finally come up with a title for this painting, thanks to The Seeker !  She suggested something hazy.   So, I thought about "Through the Purple Haze"  I like it and I feel it fits the painting.  I hope all of u like it as well.   Thank you Seeker!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4117287988398178908/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4117287988398178908&amp;isPopup=true' title='14 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4117287988398178908'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4117287988398178908'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/purple-haze.html' title='&quot;Purple Haze&quot;'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SX_nP1kbwZI/AAAAAAAAAYE/P1DR59PeV4Y/s72-c/021.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>14</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-108642640636528501</id><published>2009-01-27T18:10:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-27T23:29:55.634-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Snow anyone???</title><summary type='text'>"ONe of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged.  Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself"Lucille BallYes , snow!!!! on top of ice!!!!  I'm just thanking the Lord God we still have power! (knock on wood).   I mean what a mess I'm looking at here.  This really sux the big one for sure!!!! LOL   I know I probably </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/108642640636528501/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=108642640636528501&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/108642640636528501'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/108642640636528501'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/snow-anyone.html' title='Snow anyone???'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SX_tM6lPsOI/AAAAAAAAAY0/XK9CQe-VCXU/s72-c/002.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3087913401605428479</id><published>2009-01-26T20:49:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-26T22:55:15.632-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Anyone want an Ice Storm???</title><summary type='text'>Yes, u heard correctly, would anyone like to join me in an ice-storm????  Oh, come on!!!  They are sooooo much fun!!!!!  NOT!!!!!!!!  Why can't we have some pretty snow?  At least it would be pretty to look at and we could go out and play in it!! But noooooooo, all we get here is ice!!!! And let me tell u,  it SUX!!!!  I had to leave work early today, just so I could get home safely, it took me </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3087913401605428479/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3087913401605428479&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3087913401605428479'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3087913401605428479'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/anyone-want-ice-storm.html' title='Anyone want an Ice Storm???'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-1667964742815005209</id><published>2009-01-21T18:59:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-21T20:00:47.515-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Be Yourself</title><summary type='text'>Always be yourself.  The ones that mind don't matter, and the ones that matter don't mind! - Dr. Seuss I read this today in my older son's little book that just happened to be laying around in his room , while I was looking for the phone.  He often takes the cordless to his room and doesn't put it back.  I saw this little brown note book laying there and I figured I probably shouldn't open it , </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/1667964742815005209/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=1667964742815005209&amp;isPopup=true' title='15 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1667964742815005209'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/1667964742815005209'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/be-yourself.html' title='Be Yourself'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SXfRdzrSVtI/AAAAAAAAAXk/Yd9T-L7dzh8/s72-c/009.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>15</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-739930051190138572</id><published>2009-01-20T20:29:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-20T20:56:57.396-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Just another Day!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Another day!!! I'm tired, kind of  hungry, and I need a shower.  A massage and a nice glass of wine would be really nice too, but , no such luck, not tonite :)  Work is crazy, we have a new manager over our department and she really likes having meetings.  Three meetings in one day??  They don't pay me enough!!! I didn't sign up for meetings and being assigned research!  I am not a manger and I </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/739930051190138572/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=739930051190138572&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/739930051190138572'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/739930051190138572'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/just-another-day.html' title='Just another Day!!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7063317820929519494</id><published>2009-01-18T18:44:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-18T23:04:37.852-06:00</updated><title type='text'>New Paintings</title><summary type='text'>Hmmmm, well, I seem to be having some trouble posting my paintings, I've been having a few problems with my blog lately.  I don't know what is going on. So, I will keep trying and hopefully I will have them here soon! :)Ok, I finally got it to post!!  They aren't exactly in the correct order I wanted u to see them , but we will play that game where u have to figure out what order they go in , lol</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7063317820929519494/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7063317820929519494&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7063317820929519494'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7063317820929519494'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-paintings_18.html' title='New Paintings'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SXPSO9XTPzI/AAAAAAAAAXM/ss0jeqdy-Sc/s72-c/001.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6968012282754934110</id><published>2009-01-16T18:36:00.014-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-16T21:25:03.541-06:00</updated><title type='text'>"Honest Scrap"</title><summary type='text'>This has been quite a week.  I'm so tired of cold weather, I can barely wait for spring to get here!  Our high here yesterday was like 20 degrees!!!  Today we actually made it to 30, but with the wind chill factored in , it felt like the teens. It has been very dry here too, we haven't had any rain for quite some time now.  My skin is sooooo freaking dried out!  My hair as well, I really hate it.</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6968012282754934110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6968012282754934110&amp;isPopup=true' title='12 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6968012282754934110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6968012282754934110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/honest-scrap.html' title='&quot;Honest Scrap&quot;'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SXFPaxi11RI/AAAAAAAAAWk/6ncD1J-jZxE/s72-c/Thanks_4.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>12</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-9021914904486583286</id><published>2009-01-10T22:38:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-10T23:04:59.697-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Gratitude</title><summary type='text'>I am so very grateful:For my blogger friends, who inspire me and give me encouragementFor the light of the moon tonite, so bright, as to guide me back to heaven, or to help me find my way here in this worldFor my breath I see in the bitter cold air tonite, seemingly freezing upon the night skyFor my children and their smilesand their tearsFor the people  who are willing to love me just as I amFor</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/9021914904486583286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=9021914904486583286&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/9021914904486583286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/9021914904486583286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/gratitude.html' title='Gratitude'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-7501534481940192797</id><published>2009-01-10T00:06:00.010-06:00</published><updated>2009-05-23T20:39:09.184-05:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='New Paintings'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='High Art'/><title type='text'>New Paintings</title><summary type='text'>I'm getting back to painting!!! Yeah for me, lol. Well, it makes me happy at any rate. So , here they are , kinda different , but so am I :) "As Lightning Thunders" "The Green Room""My Wildest Flowers"These are all acrylic paintings I just recently finished. I'm actually happy with all 3 of them, which unusual for me! lol I'm working on a watercolor painting now that I have high hopes for, but, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/7501534481940192797/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=7501534481940192797&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7501534481940192797'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/7501534481940192797'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/new-paintings.html' title='New Paintings'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SWg8lLe-ksI/AAAAAAAAAV0/OFJWg_P18l4/s72-c/015.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-5914024308419795603</id><published>2009-01-08T23:22:00.001-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T23:24:09.426-06:00</updated><title type='text'>My Mood, LOL</title><summary type='text'></summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/5914024308419795603/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=5914024308419795603&amp;isPopup=true' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5914024308419795603'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/5914024308419795603'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/my-mood-lol.html' title='My Mood, LOL'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4682327703855043296</id><published>2009-01-08T22:34:00.008-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-08T23:14:33.324-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Everything u ever wanted to know about boils and more....... or not!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Wow!!!! This has been some week, let me tell ya!! :)   For one , I'm soooo glad the holidays are over!!!!!  Anyone who agrees with me say "amen"!  It's been another long week, but the weather here hasn't been so bad and that helps! a lot!!  Last weekend I discovered I had a boil under my arm!!!  Yes, a boil, one of those big nasty looking things, that hurt like hell, so much that it will make u </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4682327703855043296/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4682327703855043296&amp;isPopup=true' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4682327703855043296'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4682327703855043296'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/everything-u-ever-wanted-to-know-about.html' title='Everything u ever wanted to know about boils and more....... or not!!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4561431161201026330</id><published>2009-01-02T16:20:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-02T16:47:16.451-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Kinda Tired Again!</title><summary type='text'>I know , I know, I seem to stay tired most of the time! But I put in 36 hours this week in the first 3 days, had Thursday off, and worked another 10 hours today! so uh, yeah!!! I'm freakin tired! I swear I work for Nazis!! It's like this every end of the month though. Everything must be coded and posted or u will have docs down your throat asking why they didn't get paid!! I guess u can't really </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4561431161201026330/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4561431161201026330&amp;isPopup=true' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4561431161201026330'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4561431161201026330'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/kinda-tired-again.html' title='Kinda Tired Again!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-6921951775514642087</id><published>2009-01-01T00:18:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2009-01-01T00:33:15.517-06:00</updated><title type='text'></title><summary type='text'>!!!!!!!!Happy New Year!!!!!!!!2009</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/6921951775514642087/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=6921951775514642087&amp;isPopup=true' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6921951775514642087'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/6921951775514642087'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2009/01/happy-new-year-2009.html' title=''/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SVxhvUBm7aI/AAAAAAAAAU8/GQYp0OpDErc/s72-c/KS13109.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8580319779628895703</id><published>2008-12-26T11:02:00.007-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-26T12:16:28.166-06:00</updated><title type='text'>A Smorgasboard !</title><summary type='text'>Wow! I have so much to talk about, I might not get it all in one post! LOL. I do hope everyone had a beautiful Christmas! and I want to thank everyone who sent me Merry wishes! :)I have actually taken today off from work! I know.... can u believe it?? LOL I hope to do a lot of catching up. I apologize to any of my followers if I haven't been by to comment on your post, I so do enjoy all of your </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8580319779628895703/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8580319779628895703&amp;isPopup=true' title='10 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8580319779628895703'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8580319779628895703'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2008/12/smorgasboard.html' title='A Smorgasboard !'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_aw-U9tqu7G4/SVUQj1gSjWI/AAAAAAAAAT8/f37NbAnKtBs/s72-c/Award_-_Proximity.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>10</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-8466088530759632155</id><published>2008-12-25T01:07:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-25T01:14:01.003-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Merry Merry Christmas!!!!!</title><summary type='text'>Wishing u all my friends , the very best Christmas ever!!! I've been having a bit of trouble with my blog and it working correctly, lol, but hopefully I'll be able to figure it out and get back soon. And thank u all for your concerns about me, I'm doing better and will be getting some rest this weekend, so thank you all very much. again MERRY CHIRSTMAS !!!!!</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/8466088530759632155/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=8466088530759632155&amp;isPopup=true' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8466088530759632155'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/8466088530759632155'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2008/12/merry-merry-christmas.html' title='Merry Merry Christmas!!!!!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-4660338448536902201</id><published>2008-12-20T18:35:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-20T18:48:10.291-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Still Tired!</title><summary type='text'>Wow!! I have done nothing but sleep most of the day, and I'm still tired! lol  Actually , I do feel a bit more rested, last week was such a long week, with the ice storm we had.  We didn't actually thaw out completely til Thursday!   We never did get any snow, just ice!  and that really sux! lol  So, Thursday and Friday, I worked 6 to 6 to make up for some of the hours I missed during the week, </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/4660338448536902201/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=4660338448536902201&amp;isPopup=true' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4660338448536902201'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/4660338448536902201'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2008/12/still-tired.html' title='Still Tired!'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6528539263200405678.post-3994298029681230348</id><published>2008-12-17T23:38:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-12-17T23:48:01.618-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Just Tired.......</title><summary type='text'>but, I can't sleep, just to many things on my mind tonite.  This has been a tough week, the weather as been really crappy, very busy at work, my car was hit in the parking lot, and a few other things have me down.   I really think I could sleep for a week if I had the chance, and yet my body says "no" tonite,  I have to find a way to shut off the mind, at least for a few hours.  Why does life </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/feeds/3994298029681230348/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=6528539263200405678&amp;postID=3994298029681230348&amp;isPopup=true' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3994298029681230348'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6528539263200405678/posts/default/3994298029681230348'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://hopelessbeliever.blogspot.com/2008/12/just-tired.html' title='Just Tired.......'/><author><name>HOPELESSBELIEVER</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05799749946762349306</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='27' src='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-vv4S6Cd5YLc/Tml2pVifWEI/AAAAAAAABCE/Le7cz7cmdhc/s220/concert%2B1.jpg'/></author><thr:total>3</thr:total></entry></feed>
