<?xml version="1.0"  encoding="iso-8859-1" ?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>life in the fishbowl Blog</title><link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/</link><description>the life of a woman after 40</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2008 Blogs4me.com. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only.</copyright><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:42:42 EST</pubDate><item><title>silent night</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40436/silent_night/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so i was driving to work the other night. work has been horendous lately. very stressful and chaotic. i was dreading going. i was in charge, i was tir]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:42:42 EST</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40436/silent_night/</guid> </item><item><title>thankful</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40315/thankful/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so its thanksgiving today. i am up and the whole house is sleeping. i decided to sit and write about what im thankful for this year.so ma]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 08:34:24 EST</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40315/thankful/</guid> </item><item><title>faith vs knowledge</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40198/faith_vs_knowledge/</link> <description><![CDATA[ i heard a speaker tonight. he talked about faith. i have always fancied myslef as someone who lives by faith. i havge so much faith in my creator. i h]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 22 Nov 2008 08:52:21 EST</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/40198/faith_vs_knowledge/</guid> </item><item><title>influence</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39353/influence/</link> <description><![CDATA[ went to church today. the youth pastor spoke about the influence we have with the next generation. he talked of all the negative things the world has ]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 26 Oct 2008 06:25:19 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39353/influence/</guid> </item><item><title>thinking of mom</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39329/thinking_of_mom/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so ive been thinking about my mom a lot the past day. not sure why. its not her birthday. i did talk to her on the phone yesterday for a while,.. y]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 25 Oct 2008 06:14:27 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39329/thinking_of_mom/</guid> </item><item><title>fireproof</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39258/fireproof/</link> <description><![CDATA[ my husband and i had a date this afternoon. i came home from work this morning, slept asbout 2 hours and then i got up to go see a movie. we went to s]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:17:44 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/39258/fireproof/</guid> </item><item><title>back home again in indiana</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38941/back_home_again_in_indiana/</link> <description><![CDATA[ went back home to indiana yesterday. laporte county in the fall is wonderful. as we were driving we were remarking on the trees and the colors and how]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 12 Oct 2008 06:35:44 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38941/back_home_again_in_indiana/</guid> </item><item><title>fear and failure</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38835/fear_and_failure/</link> <description><![CDATA[ &quot;do something that scares youe veryday. fear gives us wisdom. it makes us work harder than we ever imagined&quot; eleanor rooseveltfear and fail]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 10:35:16 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38835/fear_and_failure/</guid> </item><item><title>reconcilliation</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38537/reconcilliation/</link> <description><![CDATA[ i attended willowcreek today with my duaghter. what an amazing service we went to. it started with 30 people getting baptized while the worship team l]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:38:06 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38537/reconcilliation/</guid> </item><item><title>friend or acquaintance</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38228/friend_or_acquaintance/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so i went to church today in my home town. the pastor was preaching. he got to a point he wanted to make and the story was about people in your life. ]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 14 Sep 2008 07:37:37 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38228/friend_or_acquaintance/</guid> </item><item><title>tomatoes and such</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38134/tomatoes_and_such/</link> <description><![CDATA[ how do you fix a broken tomato? ,,,,,tomato paste!!!so here we go the story of the tomatoes. i was reading this article about comm]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 10 Sep 2008 11:29:59 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/38134/tomatoes_and_such/</guid> </item><item><title>goodby summer</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37902/goodby_summer/</link> <description><![CDATA[ ok, yesterday was labor day. i guess its officially the end of summer hun?? what a bummer. kids have been back in school for a week. swim p]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:40:49 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37902/goodby_summer/</guid> </item><item><title>correction</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37484/correction/</link> <description><![CDATA[ just a small correction, my parents have only been married 42 years,,i have no idea what i was thinking yesterday!!]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 03:35:44 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37484/correction/</guid> </item><item><title>my mom and dad</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37459/my_mom_and_dad/</link> <description><![CDATA[ the greatest thing in life is finding someone who knows all your mistakes and weaknesses and still finds you completely amazingmy parents cele]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 01:24:06 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37459/my_mom_and_dad/</guid> </item><item><title>the knots</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37106/the_knots/</link> <description><![CDATA[ when we get tangled up in our problems, be still. God wants us to be still so he can untangle the knots. it seems when i am frustrated and i g]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 10:54:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37106/the_knots/</guid> </item><item><title>my little man</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37049/my_little_man/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so yesterday my 11 year old son was telling my husband and i that when he is married he is going to treat his wife very good. he told me he is never g]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 07:08:47 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/37049/my_little_man/</guid> </item><item><title>oh crap shes awake</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36828/oh_crap_shes_awake/</link> <description><![CDATA[ my new favorite quote,,,live your life in such a way that when your feet hit the ground in the morning, satan shudders and says,,oh crap shes awak]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 07:12:12 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36828/oh_crap_shes_awake/</guid> </item><item><title>american idol</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36744/american_idol/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so we went to see the american idol concert this weekend. it was actually really good. i was really only excited about seeing david cook. he didnt let]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 21 Jul 2008 02:26:27 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36744/american_idol/</guid> </item><item><title>courage</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36697/courage/</link> <description><![CDATA[ courage is very important, like a muscle strengthened by use.i dont feel very courageous lately. many people have in the past week called me a]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:41:36 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36697/courage/</guid> </item><item><title>silence</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36550/silence/</link> <description><![CDATA[ &quot; silence is often misinterpreted, but never misquoted&quot;dont you love that?how many times have i said something,,when silence would have be]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jul 2008 05:32:47 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36550/silence/</guid> </item><item><title>organized religion</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36473/organized_religion/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so i have been reading a friends note on facebook. it got started into a feed. and i could not help but participate. it had to do with faith. then som]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 10 Jul 2008 04:25:42 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36473/organized_religion/</guid> </item><item><title>power of attitude</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36325/power_of_attitude/</link> <description><![CDATA[ power of attitudeour lives are not determined by what happens to us, but how we react to what happens: not by what life brings to us, but by t]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:26:51 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36325/power_of_attitude/</guid> </item><item><title>perfection</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36221/perfection/</link> <description><![CDATA[ i am carefulot to confuse excellence with perfection. excellence i can reach for, perfection is Gods business.so i have been on this dance for]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2008 01:40:44 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36221/perfection/</guid> </item><item><title>im fine</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36187/im_fine/</link> <description><![CDATA[ yea Im FINE!!!F, freaked outI, insecureN,,neuroticE,,emotionally unstablea friend of mine sent this to me a few months]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 08:30:26 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36187/im_fine/</guid> </item><item><title>missing my kids</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36179/missing_my_kids/</link> <description><![CDATA[ day 7 of my kids being gone with their dad for a vacation. gosh how i hate these weeks. 3 times this summer they will go with him. it seems i have all]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:39:52 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36179/missing_my_kids/</guid> </item><item><title>1969</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36096/1969/</link> <description><![CDATA[ it has come to my attention that every single blog i write is dated december 1969. now that is so weird,,considering i was only turning about 1 back t]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 22 Jun 2008 06:11:43 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36096/1969/</guid> </item><item><title>my little girl</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36007/my_little_girl/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so today i got to spend a lot of quality time with my daughter. it was nice. we sat outside in the sun together for 1bout 3 hours, both are red as bee]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 08:21:23 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/36007/my_little_girl/</guid> </item><item><title>peace</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35960/peace/</link> <description><![CDATA[ where is my peace, the joy in my souli feel so empty, come fill the holetake out the anger come cleanse me withinclear my thinking take my]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 06:52:00 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35960/peace/</guid> </item><item><title>judging me</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35811/judging_me/</link> <description><![CDATA[ my new favorite quoteunless youve lived my life, dont judge me, because you dont know, never have, and never will know every little thing and ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jun 2008 07:51:01 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35811/judging_me/</guid> </item><item><title>the fishbowl life</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35782/the_fishbowl_life/</link> <description><![CDATA[ someone recwently wrote to me and wanted to know why i alwasy referred to my life as life in a fishbowl. they dont know a lot of my history. i am the ]]> </description><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 07:52:41 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35782/the_fishbowl_life/</guid> </item><item><title>forgiveness</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35766/forgiveness/</link> <description><![CDATA[ &quot; forgiveness is not something we do for others, we do it for ourselves, to get well and move on.&quot;i have been dealing with this whole concept ]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 07 Jun 2008 05:17:48 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35766/forgiveness/</guid> </item><item><title>breathe</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35686/breathe/</link> <description><![CDATA[ inhale deeply, blow it out slowcollect your thoughts, and let it all gorelax inside, simply unwindtake this moment, peace you might find]]> </description><pubDate>Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:39:59 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35686/breathe/</guid> </item><item><title>wrong direction</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35657/wrong_direction/</link> <description><![CDATA[ &quot;just remember, if things look hopeless, maybe youre facing the wrong direction,&Acirc;&amp;nbsp; ,,,ziggyi love that saying. by the famous ziggy no less. so]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 02 Jun 2008 12:17:26 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35657/wrong_direction/</guid> </item><item><title>exhaustion</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35609/exhaustion/</link> <description><![CDATA[ EXHAUSTIONi sit and i i feel nothing at allexhaustion overcomes me i hear my bed callim empty and frustrated tired as can becant a]]> </description><pubDate>Sat, 31 May 2008 06:52:42 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35609/exhaustion/</guid> </item><item><title>lake michigan</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35546/lake_michigan/</link> <description><![CDATA[ summer is coming! how exciting! remeber when we were kids and we could not wait? we sat in school looking out the window, staring outside, wanting to ]]> </description><pubDate>Thu, 29 May 2008 11:42:59 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35546/lake_michigan/</guid> </item><item><title>the invisible woman</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35530/the_invisible_woman/</link> <description><![CDATA[ 
The Invisible Woman]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:49:24 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35530/the_invisible_woman/</guid> </item><item><title>good mom?</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35528/good_mom/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so today i have been contemplating if i am a good mom, i alwasy though i was good. i thought it was one are where i pretty much felt confident in my r]]> </description><pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 07:47:24 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35528/good_mom/</guid> </item><item><title>worn out woman</title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35481/worn_out_woman/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so i started reading a book called the worn out woman, funny, i bought the book 2 years ago. and never got past the first 2 chapters! so i picked i]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 04:54:03 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35481/worn_out_woman/</guid> </item><item><title></title> <link>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35480/</link> <description><![CDATA[ so here i am new blog site. maybe this one i can keep up with. my old one is at myspace. seems that one is lost in the dust. i look at my life now. i ]]> </description><pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2008 04:49:27 EDT</pubDate> <guid>http://fishbowllife.blogs4me.com/35480/</guid> </item></channel></rss>