<?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-5886359814160441025</id><updated>2011-04-27T14:00:52.848-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Perfect Pen</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>`</name><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>10</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5886359814160441025.post-1417214237931043267</id><published>2010-04-13T15:22:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.367-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Kim's Angels</title><content type='html'>So, here it is... me coming OUT on my blog! Ahhh! &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Also, some notes I forgot during the recording:Kim&amp;#39;s Angels is not yet a non-profit. We cannot afford to hire a lawyer to help us with the application process so it&amp;#39;s taking us some time... and then we need to raise a good amount of money before we can even send in the application for the fee. As of right now, all of the &amp;quot;forms&amp;quot; on our&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-1417214237931043267?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/1417214237931043267/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2010/04/kim-angels.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1417214237931043267'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1417214237931043267'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2010/04/kim-angels.html' title='Kim&amp;#39;s Angels'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-5742105115612075451</id><published>2010-04-05T04:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.369-07:00</updated><title type='text'>It's been a looooooong time.....</title><content type='html'>A lot has changed.... but not too much. :) I am still me, still Young Momma... considering being just ME on my blog very soon though! Maybe not just yet though.....I have missed blogging, I have missed reading every ones blogs and getting comments on mine. I have had wonderful blog ideas and have been wondering about you all! I see that I&amp;#39;m still getting visitors often, and I appreciate the&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-5742105115612075451?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/5742105115612075451/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2010/04/it-been-looooooong-time.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/5742105115612075451'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/5742105115612075451'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2010/04/it-been-looooooong-time.html' title='It&amp;#39;s been a looooooong time.....'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-803261370683590646</id><published>2009-12-30T19:38:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.371-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Blessings</title><content type='html'>I know I get on here a lot and complain or talk about being broke. Lately though, I&amp;#39;m taking into consideration just how blessed we are. Don&amp;#39;t get me wrong, we are still definitely broke, and are still living in a horrible neighborhood in a condo that is too small for the four of us, let alone my SIL and niece who have moved in with us due to their own issues. However, those things are made to&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-803261370683590646?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/803261370683590646/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/12/blessings.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/803261370683590646'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/803261370683590646'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/12/blessings.html' title='Blessings'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-1053732945756692857</id><published>2009-11-20T07:57:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.375-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Created</title><content type='html'>Who am I?? Who are you??It&amp;#39;s questions that we ask all too often. Growing up, we always want to know who we are. Who we want to be. As little girls, we play Barbie&amp;#39;s and House, pretending we are something that we hope to one day become. What teenage girl doesn&amp;#39;t ask themselves &amp;quot;Who am I?&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;What does this mean about me?&amp;quot;Growing up, I went through a lot of phases. I went through a super girly&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-1053732945756692857?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/1053732945756692857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/created.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1053732945756692857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1053732945756692857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/created.html' title='Created'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-4333983696896982467</id><published>2009-11-16T05:52:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.378-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend</title><content type='html'>I&amp;#39;m trying really hard... to grow up, to not judge. I&amp;#39;m trying really hard to be a good person, to stand up for what I believe but also understand other peoples positions...But that&amp;#39;s really hard to do when it comes to my youngest brother, Juvie. I want to believe he&amp;#39;s doing what&amp;#39;s best, I want to believe he&amp;#39;s doing good now... but he has such a long history of messing up - it&amp;#39;s hard to just&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-4333983696896982467?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/4333983696896982467/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/4333983696896982467'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/4333983696896982467'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend.html' title='Weekend'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-6051991016711107946</id><published>2009-11-15T04:25:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.380-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Weekend Wonders</title><content type='html'>This weekend has been a trip - and it&amp;#39;s not even over yet! Friday started with a phone call from my little brother, Juvie.Now, let me catch you call up a little. Juvie is the daddy of Chubs, ex-boyfriend of the now single mom Lonely. (see the side bar, left side. it&amp;#39;s not that complicated, lol) Juvie has a new girlfriend... who we shall call.... Lips. Anyway, in early October Juvie called me to&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-6051991016711107946?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/6051991016711107946/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-wonders.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/6051991016711107946'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/6051991016711107946'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/weekend-wonders.html' title='Weekend Wonders'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-596230710710909418</id><published>2009-11-12T17:07:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.382-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Putting Pride Aside</title><content type='html'>It&amp;#39;s not an easy thing to do. Pride is so deeply ingrained in most of us, and we don&amp;#39;t even realize it... but it&amp;#39;s there. I wouldn&amp;#39;t have really thought of myself as a &amp;quot;proud&amp;quot; person, meaning I don&amp;#39;t let my belongings and material objects make me who I am. I&amp;#39;m not that way...But a few weeks ago, my pride was brought to light, and put in check. With us having financial hardships, we&amp;#39;ve had to make&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-596230710710909418?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/596230710710909418/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/putting-pride-aside.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/596230710710909418'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/596230710710909418'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/putting-pride-aside.html' title='Putting Pride Aside'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-8604699604450347188</id><published>2009-11-07T23:40:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.385-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Computers, Cars, and Crap</title><content type='html'>So, now, ontop of my computer being broken, my stove has broken. We dropped a glass bottle of olive oil on the surface of our glass top stove, and it shattered the entire surface. Then the registration came up on BOTH of our cars, just as our insurance was canceled for non-payment. I&amp;#39;m tellin&amp;#39; you, when it rains, it pours. And frankly, I&amp;#39;m sick of being soaked!!! :) However, things are getting a&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-8604699604450347188?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/8604699604450347188/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/computers-cars-and-crap.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/8604699604450347188'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/8604699604450347188'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/11/computers-cars-and-crap.html' title='Computers, Cars, and Crap'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-648183501745892241</id><published>2009-10-15T20:18:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.388-07:00</updated><title type='text'>So let's get down to it. No one likes to talk about it, because</title><content type='html'>So let&amp;#39;s get down to it. No one likes to talk about it, because it can be embarrassing. No one likes to hear about it, because it can be uncomfortable. However, it&amp;#39;s the truth. It&amp;#39;s what&amp;#39;s going on today, in too many households.We are BROKE.I&amp;#39;m not even going to lie. I&amp;#39;m not going to soften the story. When have I ever? Jay used to love reading about my wonderful financial adventures.We&amp;#39;re&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-648183501745892241?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/648183501745892241/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-let-get-down-to-it-no-one-likes-to.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/648183501745892241'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/648183501745892241'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2009/10/so-let-get-down-to-it-no-one-likes-to.html' title='So let&amp;#39;s get down to it. No one likes to talk about it, because'/><author><name>`</name><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-5886359814160441025.post-1511748778193116689</id><published>2008-04-13T15:08:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-04-04T09:48:09.390-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My AWARDS</title><content type='html'>1st: Thanks Denise!~~~~~2nd: Thanks Mesa!3rd:Thanks Kimmy &amp;amp; Kristen!~~~~~~~~~~~4th: Thanks Sandy!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5886359814160441025-1511748778193116689?l=perfectpen.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/feeds/1511748778193116689/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-awards.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1511748778193116689'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/5886359814160441025/posts/default/1511748778193116689'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://perfectpen.blogspot.com/2008/04/my-awards.html' title='My AWARDS'/><author><name>`</name><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>
