<?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'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726</id><updated>2009-10-13T15:51:20.076-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Opinionated Brandi</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>7</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-6130285659313812139</id><published>2009-03-30T09:20:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2009-03-30T09:22:55.652-06:00</updated><title type='text'>So...I was just thinking...</title><content type='html'>I'm a slacker...... I don't blog anymore....I used to like blogging...and I'm pretty sure I still do like blogging...and now that I find myself with some extra time on my hands I figured I'd start again...but not today....keep on eye out and look for me on April 1st..&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I've got lots to share!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-6130285659313812139?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/6130285659313812139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=6130285659313812139' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/6130285659313812139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/6130285659313812139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2009/03/soi-was-just-thinking.html' title='So...I was just thinking...'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-5367677333913030333</id><published>2008-04-29T09:33:00.022-06:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T10:56:07.772-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Birthday'/><title type='text'>Another Year......</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;...Has come and gone, my little princess turns 5 today....&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="left"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It's your birthday time again;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;It's true; There's no denying, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Another year has come and gone;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;You know that I'm not lying.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So for you the birthday girl, &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here is what I want to say:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I hope this birthday is the best one yet,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;In every delightful way.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;So Happy Birthday to you,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Have lots of birthday fun!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;May your birthday wishes all come true,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Even if you have a ton.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPokXubNI/AAAAAAAAAFc/X2IlA0BM_-Y/s1600-h/101_0479.JPG"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194708253571706066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPokXubNI/AAAAAAAAAFc/X2IlA0BM_-Y/s320/101_0479.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPWEXubMI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Mqx5H8NCFdA/s1600-h/101_0512.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194707935744126146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPWEXubMI/AAAAAAAAAFU/Mqx5H8NCFdA/s320/101_0512.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPEUXubLI/AAAAAAAAAFM/M2Pfey0VeIE/s1600-h/101_0547.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194707630801448114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPEUXubLI/AAAAAAAAAFM/M2Pfey0VeIE/s320/101_0547.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdOoUXubKI/AAAAAAAAAFE/pUdvRubfYX8/s1600-h/101_0635.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194707149765110946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdOoUXubKI/AAAAAAAAAFE/pUdvRubfYX8/s320/101_0635.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdOT0XubJI/AAAAAAAAAE8/WoUTOElvzvM/s1600-h/101_0667.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194706797577792658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdOT0XubJI/AAAAAAAAAE8/WoUTOElvzvM/s320/101_0667.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194706415325703298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdN9kXubII/AAAAAAAAAE0/99T8cVTKhi4/s320/101_0728.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdNv0XubHI/AAAAAAAAAEs/bpgv-m_v7jc/s1600-h/101_0742.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194706179102502002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdNv0XubHI/AAAAAAAAAEs/bpgv-m_v7jc/s320/101_0742.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdMrEXubGI/AAAAAAAAAEk/KkHLJ8qUbd0/s1600-h/101_0820.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194704997986495586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdMrEXubGI/AAAAAAAAAEk/KkHLJ8qUbd0/s320/101_0820.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdE8EXubFI/AAAAAAAAAEc/V0QcAlde7xc/s1600-h/101_0836.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194696493951249490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdE8EXubFI/AAAAAAAAAEc/V0QcAlde7xc/s320/101_0836.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdEW0XubEI/AAAAAAAAAEU/VpeI3dEBSoA/s1600-h/100_0904.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194695854001122370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdEW0XubEI/AAAAAAAAAEU/VpeI3dEBSoA/s320/100_0904.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdEFEXubDI/AAAAAAAAAEM/uueHaQ0q8Wo/s1600-h/100_0920.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194695549058444338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdEFEXubDI/AAAAAAAAAEM/uueHaQ0q8Wo/s320/100_0920.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdDt0XubCI/AAAAAAAAAEE/kkJCQAL_ggI/s1600-h/100_0960.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5194695149626485794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdDt0XubCI/AAAAAAAAAEE/kkJCQAL_ggI/s320/100_0960.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;As we observe your birthday now,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Your cake and gifts don't matter much.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;These common things aren't really you,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Ribbons, paper hats and such.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;We celebrate a person who&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Brings happiness to everyone,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Someone who gives more than she gets,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And fills our lives with joy and fun.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So Happy Birthday, and many more!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;We hope you make it to a hundred and two,&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Because we cannot even dream&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;What life would be like without you.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-5367677333913030333?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/5367677333913030333/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=5367677333913030333' title='8 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/5367677333913030333'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/5367677333913030333'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/04/another-year.html' title='Another Year......'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/SBdPokXubNI/AAAAAAAAAFc/X2IlA0BM_-Y/s72-c/101_0479.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>8</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-6141603838220107110</id><published>2008-04-09T13:39:00.003-06:00</published><updated>2008-04-09T13:50:47.702-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wordless Wednesday'/><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday: Light at the end of the tunnel</title><content type='html'>&lt;div align="center"&gt;Here we go again....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;A Wordless Wednesday Post that will have some words....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;a href="http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/24/64/23116424.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://images.jupiterimages.com/common/detail/24/64/23116424.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I have been lost for a while.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I have tried to 'pretend' that everything was ok when it wasn't.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I have even come out to people that I am having a few problems.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But in doing so I haven't been completely honest.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I was trying to hide my emotions and feelings from people.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But I was hiding them from myself.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I'm not hiding anynmore.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I was faced with an extremely grave situation.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And I was forced to see things.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;Things I have been hiding from myself for a VERY long time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I LOST GOD!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;He tried to be there for me and I pushed him away.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But...guess what?&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I FOUND HIM!!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;(for reals this time)&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;His grasp is so strong, and I will never let go.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I will have moments of weakness from time to time.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;But I have great friends and an amayzing family to help me.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;The Light at the End of The Tunnel is so bright.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;I hope you all can find it too.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;And a BIG thank you to all my blogging and myspace friends who have quietly helped me.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div align="center"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-6141603838220107110?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/6141603838220107110/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=6141603838220107110' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/6141603838220107110'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/6141603838220107110'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/04/wordless-wednesday-light-at-end-of.html' title='Wordless Wednesday: Light at the end of the tunnel'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-3644931363184061852</id><published>2008-04-04T12:23:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-04-04T12:29:06.475-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='This Crazy World'/><title type='text'>The Pregnant Man....</title><content type='html'>I'm am pretty sure a good amount of women all around the world have wished that their husband would get pregnant........&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The majical fairy answered your prayers.....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www2.oprah.com/tows/pastshows/200804/tows_past_20080403.jhtml?promocode=HP31"&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;em&gt;Here&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Did anyone actually watch this show??? I wish I would have known...I would have DVR'd it!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So what do you think about it?&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:180%;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-3644931363184061852?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/3644931363184061852/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=3644931363184061852' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/3644931363184061852'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/3644931363184061852'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/04/pregnant-man.html' title='The Pregnant Man....'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-1634280424162536205</id><published>2008-03-27T16:45:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2008-04-29T09:33:05.496-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Pictures'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Thursday Thirteen'/><title type='text'>Thursday Thirteen: Us Girls and Our Man!!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woHphEyHI/AAAAAAAAAC8/WoNv3c29wVg/s1600-h/101_0501.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182561383065372786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woHphEyHI/AAAAAAAAAC8/WoNv3c29wVg/s320/101_0501.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woIJhEyII/AAAAAAAAADE/2d0oOo6xAkU/s1600-h/101_0748.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182561391655307394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woIJhEyII/AAAAAAAAADE/2d0oOo6xAkU/s320/101_0748.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woIphEyJI/AAAAAAAAADM/ENb2vIpElgQ/s1600-h/101_0749.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182561400245242002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woIphEyJI/AAAAAAAAADM/ENb2vIpElgQ/s320/101_0749.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woJJhEyKI/AAAAAAAAADU/-s-glVDjie0/s1600-h/101_0760.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182561408835176610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woJJhEyKI/AAAAAAAAADU/-s-glVDjie0/s320/101_0760.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woJZhEyLI/AAAAAAAAADc/aTZmzTW2fCI/s1600-h/101_0763.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182561413130143922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woJZhEyLI/AAAAAAAAADc/aTZmzTW2fCI/s320/101_0763.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnQphEyCI/AAAAAAAAACU/PQ1Z2DE-Lkc/s1600-h/101_0055.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182560438172567586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnQphEyCI/AAAAAAAAACU/PQ1Z2DE-Lkc/s320/101_0055.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnRJhEyDI/AAAAAAAAACc/vaLZw-ietO8/s1600-h/101_0095.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182560446762502194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnRJhEyDI/AAAAAAAAACc/vaLZw-ietO8/s320/101_0095.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnRphEyEI/AAAAAAAAACk/auFf8lSIOJw/s1600-h/101_0362.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182560455352436802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnRphEyEI/AAAAAAAAACk/auFf8lSIOJw/s320/101_0362.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnR5hEyFI/AAAAAAAAACs/bycoAVloRVs/s1600-h/101_0363.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182560459647404114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnR5hEyFI/AAAAAAAAACs/bycoAVloRVs/s320/101_0363.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnSZhEyGI/AAAAAAAAAC0/w0qjb5x1zv4/s1600-h/101_0403.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182560468237338722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wnSZhEyGI/AAAAAAAAAC0/w0qjb5x1zv4/s320/101_0403.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmjphEx_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/LNJthzm4Z2g/s1600-h/100_0103.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182559665078454258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmjphEx_I/AAAAAAAAAB8/LNJthzm4Z2g/s320/100_0103.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmkJhEyAI/AAAAAAAAACE/ihce5OhbFus/s1600-h/100_0125.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182559673668388866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmkJhEyAI/AAAAAAAAACE/ihce5OhbFus/s320/100_0125.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmkZhEyBI/AAAAAAAAACM/kmieDDIJMj8/s1600-h/100_0217.JPG"&gt;&lt;img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5182559677963356178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-wmkZhEyBI/AAAAAAAAACM/kmieDDIJMj8/s320/100_0217.JPG" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-1634280424162536205?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/1634280424162536205/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=1634280424162536205' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/1634280424162536205'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/1634280424162536205'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/03/thursday-thirteen-us-girls-and-our-man.html' title='Thursday Thirteen: Us Girls and Our Man!!'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_6lKg9Wb_Gis/R-woHphEyHI/AAAAAAAAAC8/WoNv3c29wVg/s72-c/101_0501.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-8288995577886840192</id><published>2008-03-26T19:14:00.002-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T19:25:32.982-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Wordless Wednesday'/><title type='text'>Wordless Wednesday: A Lesson: You can't always judge a book by it's cover</title><content type='html'>&lt;div&gt;So I'm trying something new.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Wordless Wednesday....&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;just post a picture.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;Here is the picture......&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 320px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/03/easter2.jpg" border="0" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Go here...to this link...and read the story behind the picture.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=4757"&gt;http://www.ragamuffinsoul.com/?p=4757&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then read it from his wife's point of view....&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://whittakerwoman.typepad.com/whittaker_woman/2008/03/mom-are-you-cry.html"&gt;http://whittakerwoman.typepad.com/whittaker_woman/2008/03/mom-are-you-cry.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-8288995577886840192?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/8288995577886840192/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=8288995577886840192' title='3 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/8288995577886840192'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/8288995577886840192'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/03/wordless-wednesday-lesson-you-cant.html' title='Wordless Wednesday: A Lesson: You can&apos;t always judge a book by it&apos;s cover'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>3</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4974470901481160726.post-5263386276914394897</id><published>2008-03-18T15:11:00.006-06:00</published><updated>2008-03-26T19:38:59.020-06:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='life'/><title type='text'>Dear Life</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Dear Life-&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I know sometimes I can be a complainer. I whine too much about the smallest little things, and I know I can not change them. But a break every now and then would be nice. I have been extremely (im) patient but due to certain circumstances, I can no longer wait. I will make a list for you. (In hopes that a list is easier to follow, then my constant ramblings.)&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ol&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Enough is enough. I know I live in Colorado, but can a girl catch a break? I am SICK AND TIRED of winter....I want to be able to get a pedicure and wear open toed shoes, oh and a dress....that would be nice.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I keep asking for you to make the days longer....now I will settle. You don't have to make everyday longer......just about 15 minutes on thursdays so I can shave my legs....PLEASE?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;I need to get my nails done, and my hair cut....could you schedule that for sometime during my sleeping hours....that would be sooo great.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Oh...and while your at it. Teach Makayla her address and phone number.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Next week is spring break. And while I'll be Super-Duper-Uber busy. Give my friends a nice week with some warm weather and minimalize the stress....we can do without for a week. K?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;F.Y.I I honestly believe that if you just ease up a little people would stop calling such bad and nasty names.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Life doesn't have to be a B****, ya Know?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;span style="color:#000000;"&gt;Oh...and Thank you for so graciously answering all these requests in such a timely manner (cause I know you will)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;~Brandi&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/4974470901481160726-5263386276914394897?l=opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com'/&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/feeds/5263386276914394897/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=4974470901481160726&amp;postID=5263386276914394897' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/5263386276914394897'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4974470901481160726/posts/default/5263386276914394897'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://opinionatedbrandi.blogspot.com/2008/03/dear-life.html' title='Dear Life'/><author><name>Brandi</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/12240455008295914974</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:extendedProperty xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' name='OpenSocialUserId' value='14211165431406688616'/></author><thr:total xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'>2</thr:total></entry></feed>