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		<title>50 things to do in 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 00:22:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have decided to write out 50 things to do in 2010. Actually it was Lauretta&#8217;s idea but now she has a man she is showing off by writing a list of &#8220;50 things to do as a couple in 2010&#8243; &#8211; whatever  
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have decided to write out 50 things to do in 2010. Actually it was Lauretta&#8217;s idea but now she has a man she is showing off by writing a list of &#8220;50 things to do as a couple in 2010&#8243; &#8211; whatever <img src='http://www.diaryofablackgirl.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_biggrin.gif' alt=':D' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>So I won&#8217;t bore you with the whole 50 but here&#8217;s ten</p>
<p>1. Swim naked in the Caribbean sea</p>
<p>2. Go and see Roachford live in concert (booked for end march!)</p>
<p>3. Go to Dominica (booked for July!)</p>
<p>7. Lose 70 lbs minimum &#8211; a work in progress!</p>
<p>8. Speak at 10 events on running an internet business (none booked so far)</p>
<p>9.  Sing out loud on a crowded train (I&#8217;ll leave that one till 30 Dece 2010 probably)</p>
<p>10. Get off my computer before 9pm for at least 6 months of the year (hopefully the summer will help me achieve that one!)</p>
<p>So that&#8217;s ten of my 50 &#8211; others include asking a man out on a date, exercising every day for a whole month (miracle if I manage that one), bring in the BIGGEST contract I have ever won so far until now and get myself a proper office.</p>
<p>Have you decided to do anything special for 2010?</p>
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		<title>Big lip, big hip, big breasted&#8230;. so what if I am a black woman</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Chris Gardner the pursuit of Happyness</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 11:44:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This video is so amazing! Have you seen the film? Truly brilliant and inspirational
At 3 mins into the video there is a great quote from his mum  
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<p>This video is so amazing! Have you seen the film? Truly brilliant and inspirational</p>
<p>At 3 mins into the video there is a great quote from his mum <img src='http://www.diaryofablackgirl.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday Lauretta</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Dec 2009 08:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Why is it so easy for sex to come before dating now?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Dec 2009 17:42:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sex before marriage was taboo, then it became acceptable, a thing most people accepted.  Now it seems the whole dating scene is going one step further forward and there is a rush to scratch a desired itch sex before dating even begins  &#8211; or at least on the first date.
Never mind the old fashioned ways [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sex before marriage was taboo, then it became acceptable, a thing most people accepted.  Now it seems the whole dating scene is going one step further forward and there is a rush to scratch a desired itch sex before dating even begins  &#8211; or at least on the first date.</p>
<p>Never mind the old fashioned ways of taking her out, picking her up, spending time getting to know each other. Now, it&#8217;s all about come round to mine, I&#8217;ll cook and then let&#8217;s have sex. In fact to save on money why not just do that most weekends!</p>
<p>In a world of sex before dating and a woman who refuses to sleep with unforbidden fruit until she has decided it is ripe and juicy enough for her to share herself with how does one ever manage?</p>
<p>I thought my problem might be trying to do this thing myself &#8211; you know &#8211; be actively out there looking. Isn&#8217;t that what people keep telling me&#8230; get out there, go to places, join things, be in online dating sites &#8211; all that kind of thing to find a man.</p>
<p><strong>In the spirit of letting go and letting God today</strong>, right this second, I just deleted my online dating profiles and I am leaving this one in his Hands. I am going to let go of my desire to be with anyone and be happy with just me. And I am going to do that because I know to get power you have to let go of your need for power, to get riches you have to let go of your need to be rich. So to find a man that wants to  focus on ME &#8211; the woman <strong>behind</strong> the face, lips, tits and arse &#8211; who has a brain and is so much more &#8211; I am going to have to let go of wanting to be in a relationship.</p>
<p>In 2010 I am in God&#8217;s hands. My life will be about accepting whatever He brings to me. No fuss, no wanting something different. I will just work with what I have.</p>
<p>And if I ever post on here again about joining an online dating site please remind me of that fact!!!!</p>
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		<title>A little plug for work</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 15:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blogs & Blogging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My freelance work online includes being Membership Manager  at Blog Success  &#8211; helping people develop and run successful blogs. So if any of the diary readers would like to run their own blog and develop an income doing it check out some great videos on a method called 10 10 30 -
10 blogs, 10 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My freelance work online includes being Membership Manager  at<a href="http://www.blogsuccess.com/diane" target="_blank"><strong> Blog Success </strong></a> &#8211; helping people develop and run successful blogs. So if any of the diary readers would like to run their own blog and develop an income doing it check out some great videos on a method called 10 10 30 -</p>
<p><strong>10 blogs, 10 niches, $30 a day &#8211; bringing in an income of $9k a month.</strong></p>
<p>It will take a while to get them up to that level but like I always say &#8211; time is going to keep moving anyway so why not spend it developing something that could make a difference in your life.</p>
<p>So thats the commerical plug from me . Find out more at <a href="http://www.blogsuccess.com/diane" target="_blank">http://www.blogsuccess.com/diane</a></p>
<p>We need more successful black bloggers!</p>
<p>I have loads of free information about how to set one up but you still need to learn the tricks/techniques to make it successful.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.makemoneyblogging.tv/how-to-start-a-blog/" target="_blank"><strong>You can find a page on how to start a blog here</strong></a></p>
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		<title>It is so easy to just not bother anymore</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter came to me and told me she has had enough of blogging. After writing for over 18 months &#8211; sometimes twice a day she has run out of steam and doesn&#8217;t want to do it anymore, she just can&#8217;t be bothered.. I was getting her to blog because
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My daughter came to me and told me she has had enough of blogging. After writing for over 18 months &#8211; sometimes twice a day she has run out of steam and doesn&#8217;t want to do it anymore, she just can&#8217;t be bothered.. I was getting her to blog because</p>
<p>1. She is a writer and its a good way to be out there and get known/build a following</p>
<p>2. I don&#8217;t want her waiting tables in uni and her blog can provide her with an income if she starts now</p>
<p>But never one to push my agenda I decided to leave her free to choose. I told her 12 months from now when she is in university and looks back on this day she will probably wonder how things might have been. Hindsight is a wonderful thing. I also let her know that since hitting 18 in September she is now free to sign up for sites where she can advertise and make money with her blog.</p>
<p>She went away &#8211; and 2 hours later came back and told me she has added 30 new blog posts!</p>
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		<title>2010 for Dee</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 10:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 for me is about letting go and letting God. I am tired of goal setting and am handing my life over!
The thing is I have no idea what to do with myself now that I have decided that  

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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>2010 for me is about letting go and letting God. I am tired of goal setting and am handing my life over!</p>
<p>The thing is I have no idea what to do with myself now that I have decided that <img src='http://www.diaryofablackgirl.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> <strong><br />
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		<title>Nice guy but not a thing to say</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 10:20:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>DianeCorriette</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I joined eharmony (nice site) and Match.com
Met a guy on eharmony (there are all of 2 black men on there so I won&#8217;t be around there for more than a month!) and he is really nice but I have nothing to say to him. 20 minutes into a conversation and I run out of steam [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I joined eharmony (nice site) and Match.com</p>
<p>Met a guy on eharmony (there are all of 2 black men on there so I won&#8217;t be around there for more than a month!) and he is really nice but I have nothing to say to him. 20 minutes into a conversation and I run out of steam &#8211; which is just not me. I am not the worlds biggest talker, I leave that to Lauretta <img src='http://www.diaryofablackgirl.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' />  but I can hold a conversation and I can usually initiate one too or breathe life into one if it is dying.</p>
<p>I just have nothing in common with this man &#8211; such a shame.</p>
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		<title>What do you say to a man who is grooming you?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 21:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since attending church in September 08 I have been helped by many people concerned with my spiritual development (bless them!) but one man showed his true colours this week when he announced that in fact he was helping me because he was &#8220;grooming&#8221; me for him &#8211; can you believe such crazy talk!
Everything he had [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Since attending church in September 08 I have been helped by many people concerned with my spiritual development (bless them!) but one man showed his true colours this week when he announced that in fact he was helping me because he was &#8220;grooming&#8221; me for him &#8211; can you believe such crazy talk!</p>
<p>Everything he had done to help me with prayer, understanding the bible and anything else was all because he had me down on his list to be his next wife.</p>
<p>Let&#8217;s just say that the unGodly woman in me is still alive and well and prone to surf when she meets idiots like that one. He left with a clear message where he could stick is grooming but still wanted me to &#8220;think about it!&#8221; &#8211; some men just can&#8217;t understand the phrase HELL NO!</p>
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