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	<description>My random life experiences as I follow my heart and travel to Australia for love...</description>
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		<title>Silver Linings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been in a funk lately. I think if you&#8217;ve read my posts (or noticed the lack thereof), that fact is pretty clear. I have many reasons for the funk, but most of those reasons will not be going away any time soon so maybe it&#8217;s time for me to suck it up and just accept all the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1609</link>
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		<title>Stop Moving Away</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know I have no room to talk, since 2.5 years ago I left my friends and family and moved halfway around the world&#8230; but would our friends and family in Sydney please stop moving away?
One of the biggest struggles I face working from home is that I have not had the chance to make [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1607</link>
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		<title>So Boring I Don&#8217;t Even Have a Good Title</title>
		<description><![CDATA[How can one feel so overwhelmed, yet so bored at the same time? I have so much going on in my brain, yet nothing to write about. No cool stories to share, no interesting experiences. None, zip, nada. I&#8217;m really going to struggle to pull ANYTHING out of my hat to try to keep my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1602</link>
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		<title>Sick In Sydney</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in Sydney, feeling miserable.
My trip to the US was great. I got SO much accomplished for the wedding and now there&#8217;s not much more I can do until August. That&#8217;s exciting and sad at the same time. The lower stress levels are beneficial, but the fun of planning will be missed. I suppose there [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1598</link>
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		<title>Can I Breathe Yet?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am always a bad blogger when I come back to California. My life in Sydney is pretty simple and straight forward- I am not a super busy person all of the time. But when I come back for visits I sometimes feel like I have no time to breathe! Why haven&#8217;t I blogged lately? Let&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1591</link>
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		<title>Letters</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Jet Lag,
I hate you. I really do. You make me so tired. You cause me to sleep through my alarm for over 10 minutes. TEN!! While this may not seem a lot to some people, let it be known that in an entire year, my alarm only goes off probably 10 times total! I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1588</link>
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		<title>Airplanes for Dummies</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In case you need some explanation&#8230;

 


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		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1584</link>
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		<title>A Perfect Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The sun was nice enough to peep out from behind the clouds for just one day this week.  Of all the days for the sun to make an appearance, Tuesday the 26th was the most optimal day. Why? Because Tuesday was Australia Day&#8230; the Aussie equivalent of the 4th of July.
Our day consisted of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1582</link>
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		<title>Wedding Update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With just over 7 months to go, I think we are in pretty good shape with the wedding planning. In all reality, I think I&#8217;m way ahead of where some people would be at this stage, but I still feel like there is so much to do. Some things I have NO idea about&#8230; like transportation, men&#8217;s tuxes and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1575</link>
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		<title>Happy Things</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because I have nothing else to write about, I&#8217;m writing about things that make me happy this week.
Picnics by the beach with Andrew on Sunny Sundays.
Wedding planning- how can you NOT like picking colors and music and flowers and all that wonderful stuff?
Farmville on Facebook&#8230; yes, I know, I&#8217;m pathetic.
Walking down to the park by [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1578</link>
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		<title>Aussie-ism Slips of the Tongue</title>
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I&#8217;ve definitely picked up some Aussie-isms since moving here over 2 years ago. I think them in my head quite often, but I don&#8217;t usually speak them out loud. Really I like to think I&#8217;m just picking up Andrew-isms but when I was home in June last year my friends quickly pointed out that &#8216;yeaaauuuhhh&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1566</link>
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		<title>1 Year Left</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have until the end of this year to finish my 101 goals.  I know for a fact I won&#8217;t accomplish them all but I&#8217;m not too worried. The fact that I will complete A LOT of my goals by 12/31/10 is still an achievement to me!  Here&#8217;s a little update of a few more things I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1557</link>
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		<title>I Live Here</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but I love vacationing in tropical places with beautiful crystal clear water. When planning a trip I scope out pictures of the beaches to try to find the spot that looks the best. I&#8217;ve been to places like Cancun, Costa Rica, Maui and Fiji and the gorgeous clear oceans always [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1555</link>
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		<title>2009 Review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Looking back on 2009, I&#8217;m filled with happiness and sadness. For a lot of people, 2009 was one of the toughest years they&#8217;ve had in a long time. I had to watch a lot of people around me suffer and struggle so I feel VERY fortunate that Andrew and I actually had a good year even through all [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1552</link>
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		<title>The Greatest Show on Earth</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No, I&#8217;m not talking about the circus. I&#8217;m talking about the Sydney Harbour fireworks on New Year&#8217;s Eve. I do believe that Sydney is probably the most amazing place to be to ring in the new year. Watch the video below and I&#8217;m sure you will find it hard to disagree. I recommend viewing in full [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://elsja.com/blog/index.php/archives/1548</link>
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