<?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-8123444041093878706</id><updated>2011-08-02T22:59:29.458-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Events of Charlotte</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317326861569048477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123444041093878706.post-5508485630753162896</id><published>2009-06-03T08:04:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T08:07:42.376-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Inspiring</title><content type='html'>Wouldn't it be great to bottle up those feeling of happiest and dreams from when we were children and save it for times when we are older to give up the good kick in the butt to do what we want to do now. Before we didn't know better to take risk. Now, we give ourselves restrictions and call it responsibility. Would it be just as responsible to show our kids that we don't have restrictions; that we could still do any dream we have or anything we put our minds to.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Actor Robert David Hall, Dr. Al Robbins on CSI Las Vegas, did not become an actor until he lost BOTH his legs in a car accident. He was 31 years old at the time. This is what he said about becoming an actor. "I had never started out wanting to be an actor. But after the accident, people told me ‘You could never be an actor now’. When people tell me I can’t do something, that’s when I want to do it."&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Inspiring!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's make our dreams come true.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8123444041093878706-5508485630753162896?l=eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/feeds/5508485630753162896/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8123444041093878706&amp;postID=5508485630753162896' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/5508485630753162896'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/5508485630753162896'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/2009/06/inspiring.html' title='Inspiring'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317326861569048477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123444041093878706.post-439656590584492080</id><published>2009-06-03T08:03:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-06-03T08:04:16.509-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Jon +/- Kate</title><content type='html'>&lt;meta equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"&gt;&lt;meta name="ProgId" content="Word.Document"&gt;&lt;meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 11"&gt;&lt;meta name="Originator" content="Microsoft Word 11"&gt;&lt;link rel="File-List" href="file:///C:%5CDOCUME%7E1%5CCMELEN%7E1%5CLOCALS%7E1%5CTemp%5Cmsohtml1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml"&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:worddocument&gt;   &lt;w:view&gt;Normal&lt;/w:View&gt;   &lt;w:zoom&gt;0&lt;/w:Zoom&gt;   &lt;w:punctuationkerning/&gt;   &lt;w:validateagainstschemas/&gt;   &lt;w:saveifxmlinvalid&gt;false&lt;/w:SaveIfXMLInvalid&gt;   &lt;w:ignoremixedcontent&gt;false&lt;/w:IgnoreMixedContent&gt;   &lt;w:alwaysshowplaceholdertext&gt;false&lt;/w:AlwaysShowPlaceholderText&gt;   &lt;w:compatibility&gt;    &lt;w:breakwrappedtables/&gt;    &lt;w:snaptogridincell/&gt;    &lt;w:wraptextwithpunct/&gt;    &lt;w:useasianbreakrules/&gt;    &lt;w:dontgrowautofit/&gt;   &lt;/w:Compatibility&gt;   &lt;w:browserlevel&gt;MicrosoftInternetExplorer4&lt;/w:BrowserLevel&gt;  &lt;/w:WordDocument&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt;&lt;xml&gt;  &lt;w:latentstyles deflockedstate="false" latentstylecount="156"&gt;  &lt;/w:LatentStyles&gt; &lt;/xml&gt;&lt;![endif]--&gt;&lt;style&gt; &lt;!--  /* Style Definitions */  p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal 	{mso-style-parent:""; 	margin:0in; 	margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:12.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";} span.textexposedhide 	{mso-style-name:text_exposed_hide;} span.textexposedshow 	{mso-style-name:text_exposed_show;} @page Section1 	{size:8.5in 11.0in; 	margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in; 	mso-header-margin:.5in; 	mso-footer-margin:.5in; 	mso-paper-source:0;} div.Section1 	{page:Section1;} --&gt; &lt;/style&gt;&lt;!--[if gte mso 10]&gt; &lt;style&gt;  /* Style Definitions */  table.MsoNormalTable 	{mso-style-name:"Table Normal"; 	mso-tstyle-rowband-size:0; 	mso-tstyle-colband-size:0; 	mso-style-noshow:yes; 	mso-style-parent:""; 	mso-padding-alt:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; 	mso-para-margin:0in; 	mso-para-margin-bottom:.0001pt; 	mso-pagination:widow-orphan; 	font-size:10.0pt; 	font-family:"Times New Roman"; 	mso-ansi-language:#0400; 	mso-fareast-language:#0400; 	mso-bidi-language:#0400;} &lt;/style&gt; &lt;![endif]--&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Go Team Jon!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There are so many points that bothered me about the show and about Kate tonight. I'll just say a few of them now.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kate said Jon used to like the fans and now it’s like he has changed. I think this is true. When you life is "your business", as he so truthfully and realistically put it, then you no longer have the freedoms that your life once had when being recognized from time to time was nice. Now Kate is the one seeking the public's eye. I have been hearing people say they feel she is exploiting the children before all this controversy began. I think she saw it as an opportunity to make money off her family and situation and she took it. I do believe she did make the decision for her family because she saw that more money would give the kids better lives. &lt;span class="textexposedhide"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;However, none of the decisions made by Kate is justification for Jon to be unfaithful to the marriage. But, we don't know exactly what went on between them when the cameras aren't on them. As I remembered it, all Kate said is that Jon made a mistake, and Jon said he did not cheat on Kate.&lt;br /&gt;I don't think that he is going to show emotion for Kate at all &lt;span class="textexposedshow"&gt;because he is angry at her and Kate is playing the victim. I think he is showing a lot of resentment towards her. When Kate was at home with the kids, he was at work, at a real job, not a celebrity pampered book and talk show tour, and when he got off work, he was right there with her at home with the kids sharing the responsibility. Now, he was forced to quit his job, which for a man to have the feeling of supporting his family is very important to him and what makes him feel like a man, to stay home every day with the kids while she is traveling all over, without him or the kids.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;p class="MsoNormal"&gt;Jon loves being with his kids, but once again Kate has striped him of his manhood.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I recommend to Kate to pick up the book, "For Women Only" by Shaunti Feldhahn and read it. After all, she is in those bookstores often.&lt;span class="textexposedshow"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;  &lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8123444041093878706-439656590584492080?l=eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/feeds/439656590584492080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8123444041093878706&amp;postID=439656590584492080' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/439656590584492080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/439656590584492080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/2009/06/jon-kate.html' title='Jon +/- Kate'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317326861569048477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123444041093878706.post-723389075256810434</id><published>2009-04-22T12:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2009-04-22T12:58:37.986-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Cakes</title><content type='html'>Hello!  I have started taking cake decorating classes!!  They have been going on for a couple of months now.  I have made some cakes that I really like, including a really cool Bunny cake for Easter. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I am so very excited!!  My aunt called last night and she needs me to make a wedding cake for this coming weekend.  I am so excited! (I can't say that enough.)  It is all I have thought about since she called.  It was the first thought I had when I woke up this morning.  I have a complete clean slate on the design, so I can do anything that my mind will come up with.  Should I go simple?...Should I go flowers??...IDK!!   I have been online ALL DAY looking at different cake designs to get ideas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Now, I am going to start sketching out the ideas I have and put it all together in the design. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;It's wedding season!  I am so excited and just wanted to do everything with weddings all the time.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Plan, cakes, PHOTOGRAPHY!!    ANYTHING ANYONE NEEDS!!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8123444041093878706-723389075256810434?l=eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/feeds/723389075256810434/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8123444041093878706&amp;postID=723389075256810434' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/723389075256810434'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/723389075256810434'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/2009/04/cakes.html' title='Cakes'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317326861569048477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8123444041093878706.post-5825378815953339116</id><published>2008-11-19T16:44:00.001-08:00</published><updated>2008-11-19T16:44:31.770-08:00</updated><title type='text'>test post</title><content type='html'>test post&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/8123444041093878706-5825378815953339116?l=eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/feeds/5825378815953339116/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=8123444041093878706&amp;postID=5825378815953339116' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/5825378815953339116'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/8123444041093878706/posts/default/5825378815953339116'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://eventsofcharlotte.blogspot.com/2008/11/test-post.html' title='test post'/><author><name>Lisa</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/09317326861569048477</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
