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	<title>La Vie En Curlsz &#187; Blog</title>
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		<title>I call this one untitled</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yeah yeah I know &#8211; I don&#8217;t write, I don&#8217;t call&#8230; If I had a dollar for every time someone asks why I&#8217;m not on facebook much anymore, well I wouldn&#8217;t have enough to retire but more than if I had collected quarters. So what have I been up to? Do you care? No but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/i-call-this-one-untitled</link>
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		<title>In Honor of National Margarita Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well I missed this post by a day but who cares right? One of the best things about making your own juices is you often stumble on some pretty fantastic creations. Like this &#8220;Margarita&#8221;]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/national-margarita-day</link>
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		<title>Scottish Oatcakes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok so it all started when I was reading a book set in mid evil England, and the character mentioned oat cakes with honey, and I thought to myself &#8220;I must have these!&#8221; Then I thought more on it and realized they would make a great breakfast item to keep in the house. So I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/scottish-oatcakes</link>
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		<title>Hearty Irish Wheat Bread</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hearty Irish Wheat Bread So back in December I decided to start making all of my own bread, no buying in the store. Why? Cost mostly and waste. As much as I love artisan healthy breads they are expensive ranging from $4-$8 a loaf, then halfway through it&#8217;s just meh and I waste it. I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/hearty-irish-wheat-bread</link>
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		<title>Juice of the Day &#8211; Beets Beets I Love Beets</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No I did not take this photo, I drank my juice before it dawned on me, but it&#8217;s beet juice so it pretty much looks like this. This is random &#8211; because I haven&#8217;t posted anything about the fact that I&#8217;m juicing, but I have for about a month and it&#8217;s great and I feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/beets-beets-i-love-beets</link>
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		<title>Be My Guest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ll remember &#8211; this room used to look like it was sponsored by Tang&#8230;and a shelving company. Now it&#8217;s my lovely serene and calm office / guest bedroom. No pictures of the office side because photos of the back of monitors and cords make me break out into hives &#8211; plus that side of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/be-my-guest</link>
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		<title>Painting Bath Cabinets Almost Drama Proof</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found a great &#8220;recipe&#8221; to paint my bathroom cabinets. The current cabinets were scuffed, worn, dated and ugly. They are now sleek, pretty and contemporary. 1. Clean the cabinets with a deglosser/sander &#8211; Klean Strip is a great brand, you can only find it at Home Depot. 2. Let the deglosser dry, only takes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/painting-bath-cabinets</link>
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		<title>Decoration Inspiration</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As I venture forth decorating and updating my home I realize it may be fun to show off a little of what inspires me as I plan rooms because really 90% starts in my head and then I tend to stumble upon a finished product on the internet etc. It can be a little exhausting [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/decoration-inspiration</link>
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		<title>Outrage over Non Issues</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is an attempt to put some perspective out in the world. I only attempt this once every year or so, and I&#8217;m going to spend my dime on this cause. The other day Netflix said they were splitting into two companies then yada yada yada the internet lost their damn minds,  people were prepared [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/outrage-over-non-issues</link>
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		<title>Austin Craigslist Hotties</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The hotties being awesome furniture that is! Buy these items so I won&#8217;t be tempted to this chair would be a great project &#8211; picture a fabulous contemporary pattern with the traditional style and bam!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/austin-craigs-list-hotties</link>
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		<title>Buying the house was the easy part</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Being a realtor and buying a house was really interesting. I definitely see where some of my clients anxiety comes from, they are excited and hopeful and that alone makes them afraid because what if? At the same time I see where some people pass up awesome deals because they get really caught up in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/buying-the-house-was-the-easy-part</link>
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		<title>Story Boards for Bedroom and Dining Room</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love interior decorating. By the time I go out to make certain purchases believe me it&#8217;s all planned out in my head &#8211; my head is one big story board. In high school I used to put story boards together just for the fun of it. I would have books and books of cut [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/story-boards</link>
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		<title>Furniture Restoration for the Lazy Martha Stewart</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last summer I took on a major furniture restoration project &#8211; it was only two pieces but by the time I finished that one little damn chair it felt like 4. It about did me in and I have been very hesitant to do another one. Except that this year I am buying a house [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/furniture-restoration</link>
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		<title>Thieves in Purple Suburban</title>
		<description><![CDATA[List serve mention of the day goes to &#8216;Thieves in a Purple Suburban&#8217; &#8211; first off the idea of &#8220;thieves&#8221; running loose in the neighborhood brings images of plundering, pirates and mayhem &#8211; secondly they&#8217;re in a purple suburban, I know it&#8217;s Austin but really there can&#8217;t be too many of those around.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/thieves-purple-suburban</link>
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		<title>The Story of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Story of Halcyon Crane by Wendy Webb I absolutely loved this book! It&#8217;s light and easy and just fun. It was brought up at book club many times and so I just had to grab it. I&#8217;m glad we didn&#8217;t do it for BC, I don&#8217;t think there is a whole lot to discuss, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/the-story-of-halcyon-crane-by-wendy-webb</link>
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		<title>Little Reading Buddy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My little reading buddy &#8211; she makes herself completely comfortable despite your discomfort. Nice little bookmark system isn&#8217;t it? She doesn&#8217;t make things easy &#8211; I had to literally lift her paw so I could turn the pages.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/little-reading-buddy</link>
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		<title>Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dark Enquiry by Deanna Raybourn This is the fifth in a series and of course it&#8217;s a series I absolutely fell in love with from the start. If you like late Victorian England murder mystery / romance then this is your cuppa. Dark Enquiry follows our favorite couple Julia and Brisbane as they have returned [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/dark-enquiry-raybourn</link>
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		<title>Tango in the Sun Set</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You don&#8217;t see as much of Tango, simply because sometimes he&#8217;s too quick to be photographed. But he does love to sunbathe and this captures him too well.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/tango-in-sun-set</link>
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		<title>Defend and Betray by Anne Perry, William Monk Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Defend and Betray by Anne Perry &#8211; #3 in the William Monk Series In an earlier post I told you I would be testing the waters of Anne Perry and her mammoth Victorian Mystery series. Well out of the two series I have to say I think the William Monk series has a bit more [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/defend-and-betray-anne-perry</link>
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		<title>A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Visit From the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan Last night my book club met to discuss our latest and greatest, A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan. And unlike our last meeting, the opinions on this one were mixed. Overall I think even if you don&#8217;t love it you will find it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/a-visit-from-the-goon-squad-jennifer-egan</link>
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		<title>Dear Gym, It&#8217;s Not You It&#8217;s Me</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No really. And as I wrote my gym today I realized I have been avoiding this for a month, it&#8217;s like an awkward break up. You knew it was coming, I was distant, not spending time with you like I used to. When I got there my heart didn&#8217;t seem into it. You heard a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/dear-gym</link>
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		<title>The Birth House by Ami McKay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Birth House by Ami McKay I am a member of an awesome book club where we typically always pick great books. I missed a week so I missed the discussion around why this book was picked. I looked it up and read the synopsis and thought, really? Why in the world did they want [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/the-birth-house-ami-mckay</link>
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		<title>Anne Perry Series</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Currently I am wading through two mother of all mother series. Imagine my surprise and elation (man how long have I been waiting to use &#8220;elation&#8221; in a sentence) when I stumbled upon two period piece series, both Victorian mystery series?! Now the first one, Thomas &#38; Charlotte Pitt series, currently numbers up to 26 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/anne-perry-series</link>
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		<title>Sebastian St Cyr Mysteries</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love a good book series, I also love TV mini series but that&#8217;s not the point. I search for series and when I find one or hear of one I imagine that my pupils dilate as my heart starts beating, butterflies flutter and is that drool in the side of my mouth? I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/sebasitan-st-cyr-mysteries</link>
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		<title>The Winter Sea by Susanna Kearsley</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Winter Sea &#8211; Susanna Kearsley This book popped up on my radar when Barne&#8217;s and Noble recommended it based on what I had previously bought. I read the summary and thought &#8220;ok, maybe&#8221; so I downloaded a sample and went on to the next book that I really wanted to read. Flash forward a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/the-winter-sea-by-susanna-kearsley</link>
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		<title>Mystery Shots</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I need one of those assistants where I just hand the camera over to when I finish and they hand me another camera &#8211; because obviously I can&#8217;t keep up with actually &#8220;developing&#8221; photos. These were taken last summer and I just stumbled upon them now.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/mystery-shots</link>
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		<title>TED Prize, Can Art Change the World?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Not sure if you know about TED or the TED prize (technology education design), but you can catch TED Talks on Hulu Plus. I love it, it&#8217;s very interesting and informative. Bringing people from various walks of life to an audience in a semi lecture format to discuss their &#8220;wish&#8221;, those that win the TED [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/ted-prize</link>
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		<title>Recent Reads, No Gluten Involved</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Since everything in today&#8217;s America must start with the phrase gluten free, I thought it necessary to throw that in. But that&#8217;s not what this post is about. I&#8217;d say being sick means I have more opportunity to read. But I prefer my nose in a book whether I&#8217;m sick or not. There are some [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/recent-reads</link>
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		<title>Sick Woman&#8217;s Guide to Sanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like most right now I&#8217;ve been sick. Most people aren&#8217;t pleasant when they&#8217;re sick so I&#8217;ll not make the cliche excuses for my behavior, suffice it to say it&#8217;s best that I&#8217;m left alone in my cave. Which is fine because my cave is one of the most pleasant places to be even when I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/sick-womans-guide-to-sanity</link>
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		<title>She&#8217;s a Healthy Lady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So today Mow &#8211; and yes that is officially her name, as of well a while now &#8211; went to the vet. And indeed she is a she. I finally braved it and put my hand under her belly yesterday, was pretty sure I felt some titties (never thought I&#8217;d get to type that phrase [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/shes-a-healthy-lady</link>
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		<title>Miss No Name aka Mow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So this stray has been hanging around this neighborhood for years. I know because when I would come over to Sandra&#8217;s house it was always around. It always seemed kinda scroungy and smelled like pee &#8211; blech. But of course all it takes is me moving in for it to decide, I like you, you&#8217;re [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/miss-no-name-aka-mow</link>
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		<title>Cutting for Stone</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s such a pleasure to feel immersed in a story, to hold on to a story and not want it to end. This is how I felt with Abraham Verghese Cutting for Stone. Granted, the first 100 pages was a bit tough to get through making it a slow start for me. But after that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/cutting-for-stone</link>
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		<title>Vimeo Rockstars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Vimeo killed the radio star&#8230;wait wrong song. I love Vimeo &#8211; so many of the videos on there are just insanely creative. There&#8217;s this one particular artist that really captures my attention. His animation is often made from PAPER! I can&#8217;t even get those MASH paper games to work much less an entire animated video. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/vimeo-rockstars</link>
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		<title>Adios Words and Phrases</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are just some words and phrases that now make me cringe when I hear them. The other day I was listening to a very intelligent woman discuss a very intelligent subject (vague enough?)&#8230;problem was her filler words made her sound like a 13 year old moron. &#8220;Like um you know&#8221;&#8230;. I&#8217;m sorry I can&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/adios-words-and-phrases</link>
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		<title>Books books and more books</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes I&#8217;m a book worm. In fact at about 9:30 pm last night I was waiting for The Scabs to go on stage only to find out they weren&#8217;t going on till midnight. My first thought, &#8220;I knew I should have brought my book&#8221;. Pitiful eh? I don&#8217;t care, I typically have a book with [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/books-books-and-more-books</link>
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		<title>Give Ebla a Chance &#8211; More Happy Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No really &#8211; don&#8217;t you DARE stop listening after the first 15 seconds. This group is amazing. A fantastic fusion of classical and electric and sugar and spice and all things nice. You know when you&#8217;re at the movies and a score just blows you away &#8211; that&#8217;s the feeling here. The entire album (yes [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/give-ebla-a-chance-more-happy-music</link>
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		<title>My Happy Music</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There are and always are and always will be soooo many bands, sooo many songs soooo much music that make me happy. I listen to it all day long, whether it&#8217;s pandora (till I run out of minutes) or last fm or just my Itunes. At the moment the song that makes me happy is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/my-happy-music</link>
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		<title>Have a Seat</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So here&#8217;s how this project got started. I decided I wanted a vanity. I found a great buy at the Round Rock Antique Mall. It&#8217;s gorgeous and not too fru fru, in my opinion. But no chair. So the hunt was once again afoot. Found a cute little chair at the Austin Antique Mall but [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/have-a-seat</link>
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		<title>Princess Paws</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sable, a.k.a &#8220;Princess Paws, little shit, fat maw maw&#8221; &#8230;but mostly it&#8217;s just Sable &#8211; said in a very exasperated tone. She&#8217;s cute though huh? And anything you set down is apparently her throne, anything!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/princess-paws</link>
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		<title>For the inner old southern lady</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this fabric so much I want to wrap my house in it, or maybe just re upholster a couple of chairs with it.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/inner-old-southern-lady</link>
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		<title>Junk Store Finds</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Cruising Burnet road, I saw this sad little cutie sitting on the sidewalk. Though it looked awful it was in pretty good shape. The drawers worked and it was sturdy. I thought it would make a great TV stand for now, and would have multiple other uses down the road. The hoarder proprietor of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/junk-store-finds</link>
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		<title>Art for the masses?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Who was it that said art shouldn&#8217;t be for the masses? Do you think perhaps he looked into the future and saw Da Vinci&#8217;s work being displayed on a suped up truck? The Lord&#8217;s Supper &#8211; To Go Version &#8211; Would you Like Fries with that?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/art-for-the-masses</link>
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		<title>Salad Dressing is a Must</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I mean let&#8217;s be honest &#8211; the best part of the salad is the dressing &#8211; unless there is some cheese hiding in there. But the grocery stores have failed me &#8211; they are all sweet or just bleh tasting and expensive. So I&#8217;m on the hunt for a collection of fantastic sald dressing recipes. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/salad-dressing-is-a-must</link>
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		<title>A woman&#8217;s life journey&#8230;through the eyes of Facebook</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Women LOVE pictures, we&#8217;ll take pictures of just about anything. Our dog, fireworks (?), food (??), your dog (???). And the internet provides the perfect platform for women &#8211; an endless world of voyers to look at our pictures. I&#8217;ve notice there is a distinct evolution of photos for women in the Facebook world, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/a-womans-life-journey-through-the-eyes-of-facebook</link>
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		<title>The Bean Trees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve recently fallen in love with Barbara Kingsolver. Our book club is reading The Lacuna for September so I grabbed a few of her other books. I really connected with this book and its characters. It was a great introduction to this author. It&#8217;s a quick read and well worth the time. And the three [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/the-bean-trees</link>
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		<title>Windmills version 2.000</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most can agree the interesting thing about Texas is it&#8217;s vast contrasts. From lush hills to the coast to the desert plains &#8211; from sea to shining sea, when did I swallow Garrison Keeler and his banjo? Anyway, this weekend I agreed to ride along with the adopted family to visit my mom and the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/windmills-version-2-000</link>
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		<title>Cheap er Economical Decorating</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love making a space my own, whether it&#8217;s house sitting or staying in a hotel or visiting my mothers. Adding little decorating touches can really make a room feel like home. Here are some affordable and easy decorating items that I love. I love plants &#8211; and succulents are easy to take care of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/cheap-er-economical-decorating</link>
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		<title>A Reliable Wife, She&#8217;s a Keeper</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A Reliable Wife by Robert Goolrick I ran across this book when it first came out and it sounded odd and dark and a bit morbid&#8230;meaning, right up my alley. Sure enough I loved it, couldn&#8217;t put it down, sat through stop lights reading this book. It&#8217;s certainly not for everyone. It&#8217;s not one of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/a-reliable-wife-shes-a-keeper</link>
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		<title>Tiny Houses</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this idea &#8211; it reminds me of Texas architect Brad Kittel&#8217;s Tiny Texas Houses. In fact I&#8217;d venture to say Brad&#8217;s been doing this far longer than this guy &#8211; but oh well Yahoo didn&#8217;t come to Texas. But notice these are MEN designing these houses &#8211; I seriously doubt many women would [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/tiny-houses</link>
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		<title>A Failed Attempt at Flirting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have found in my lifetime that quite a few guys just don&#8217;t get my sense of humor. I don&#8217;t know why, maybe they aren&#8217;t used to women having a sense of humor &#8211; but usually it boils down to their lack of humor&#8230;or maybe I&#8217;m only funny to the other voices in my head. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/a-failed-attempt-at-flirting</link>
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		<title>Does working at an office equal less productivity?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today I stumbled on a blog post where the author aired her husband&#8217;s dirty laundry. Literally! Apparently he works from home and that keeps him from changing his underware&#8230;.for days and days!! Blech. Oddly I cant make it through a full day most times without at least two different pair. What? More than you wanted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/office-equal-less-productivity</link>
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		<title>Rubicon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh AMC how I love you so. Since childhood you&#8217;ve been one of my favorite things in life. So August first is the premiere of a new series Rubicon. BUT in all their brilliance they have put the intro episode on line. Espionage, murder and conspiracy. You couldn&#8217;t get a better recipe if you crawled [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/rubicon</link>
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		<title>4th of July Slumber</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Lately I&#8217;ve been working close to non stop. First is real estate and then I have a side business of web design. It&#8217;s fun and I&#8217;m thankful I get to do both and do both well, but it leaves little time in the day for things like fun or sleep. So this fourth of July [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/4th-of-july-slumber</link>
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		<title>Drinking on the Job</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It may be &#8220;The bar you can bring the parents to&#8221; but don&#8217;t expect the drunk sign maker not to hit on your mom!]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/drinking-on-the-job</link>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t get your vanity</title>
		<description><![CDATA[10 Curlsz bucks to the person that can tell me what in the hell this plate says&#8230;. *curlsz bucks only redeemable with the red headed goat handler in the Pitcairn islands]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/i-dont-get-your-vanity</link>
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		<title>Geeze make up your mind already</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know &#8211; my blogs are all over the place &#8211; there is a method to the madness, but it&#8217;s still madness however you paint it. When I first started blogging I jumped on the blogspot bandwagon with my first blog. Then I created a site for my photography. THEN I decided and began fixating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/geeze-make-up-your-mind-already</link>
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		<title>Rachel Zoe, It&#8217;s bananas&#8230;I&#8217;m dead.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve tried to watch the now super hyped up show &#8220;The Rachel Zoe Project&#8221; on Bravo. But I just can&#8217;t. This valley girl meets fashionista train wreck has to stop. Below is a pretty accurate parody on what I see when I watch this show.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/rachel-zoe</link>
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		<title>Dear Diary: Northern Transplant to Sunny Texas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In honor or our HELLACIOUS Texas Summer &#8211; Take no offense, simply enjoy. Dear Diary Just moved to Texas ! Now this is a state that knows how to live!! Beautiful sunny days and warm balmy evenings. What a place!It is beautiful. I&#8217;ve finally found my home. I love it here.. June 14th: Really heating [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/dear-diary-northern-transplant-to-sunny-texas</link>
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		<title>Sheep Dog Bangs</title>
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		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/sheep-dog-bangs</link>
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		<title>Photo Essay: President&#8217;s First 167 Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love photo essays. It&#8217;s the photographer in me I suppose. In fact I own several photo essay books &#8211; I highly recommend the Life essay book by the way. These are great shots! Several made me smile &#8211; but #30 truly made me laugh out loud! Click here to see entire essay.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/photo-essay-presidents-first-167-days</link>
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		<title>Your scarf is choking you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was on the fence on the Burberry scarf trend until I walked into a business on a hot Texas spring day and saw a soccer mom sporting her tan skirt, hot pink top and Burberry winter scarf. First of all pick a season to dress for here. Second of all I&#8217;m sorry to tell [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/your-scarf-is-choking-you</link>
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		<title>Fashion Trends Run Amuck, Part One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Discussing the sheep dog bangs started me thinking. There are a lot of trends that once they hit mainstream, and by main stream I mean those that didn&#8217;t wear the trend within the first couple of years of it being out &#8211; but the tail end years when it&#8217;s on its way out, they start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/fashion-trends-run-amuck-part-one</link>
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		<title>As Sophia Loren Says</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You must suffer for beauty. Thank you Autum Blankenship &#8211; this is her mother holding her daughter down for the oh so familiar female right of passage.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/as-sophia-loren-says</link>
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		<title>Toothless Demi</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yes I follow Demi Moore on Twitter &#8211; why? Because she posts stuff like this &#8211; No shame. Apparently she has one false tooth &#8211; who knew?]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/toothless-demi</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a penthouse, it&#8217;s a hotel room, wait it&#8217;s an airstream?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s all three I suppose &#8211; guess it doesn&#8217;t matter when it looks like this &#8211; sign me up. A South African hotel has decided to start incorporating luxury airstream&#8217;s on their roof. Each dwelling complete with a little yard and all the bells and whistles. Cape Town is on my list to visit &#8211; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/penthouse-hotel-airstream</link>
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		<title>Potential Child Prodigy in the Family</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have to brag er share&#8230;My non biological sister Julie emailed me today to share about my niece. This past weekend I handed over a docking station speaker combo to Julie for her new IPod. Since then she has relished in the awesomeness that is everything IPod speakers. The other day she was playing Bryan [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/potential-child-prodigy-in-the-family</link>
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		<title>Sexting</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As if parent&#8217;s don&#8217;t have enough to worry about &#8211; now we have &#8220;Sexting&#8221; &#8211; which according to Wikepedia is is the act of sending sexually explicit messages or photos electronically, primarily between cell phones. What the definition leaves out is that it&#8217;s prominent amongst teens. Ahhh teens &#8211; one more reason for me not [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/sexting</link>
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		<title>Shopping on the flip side</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m all about saving now &#8211; and as a cosmetic junkie&#8230;well this is the area to save for me. When it comes to skin care I stick to what works for me despite the cost &#8211; due to my sensitive skin. Mass marketed skin care usually has tons of fragrance in it which can do [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/shopping-on-the-flip-side</link>
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		<title>Can we cook ourselves thin?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a country that is obsessed with weight loss it was no surprise that a women&#8217;s channel such as Lifetime jumped on the bandwagon. So when I saw the ad for cooking thin I was skeptical but interested. I caught an episode while on the elliptical today and have to say they successfully snagged my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/can-we-cook-ourselves-thin</link>
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		<title>Smooth as Jill Scott</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Where have I been? How have I missed this wonderful singer? Recently I have fallen in love with a BBC show that is now on HBO &#8211; No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency &#8211; new female detective in Botswana Africa, actually filmed in Botswana. Based on a book series, it&#8217;s completely original and new and different [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/smooth-as-jill-scott</link>
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		<title>Arranged Marriages</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I received a message from a friend in London the other day. &#8220;I have some huge news for you, I&#8217;ll tell you when I actually catch you online.&#8221; I knew he had been in India the last two months &#8211; he and his brother are native Brits but his parents migrated from Northern India many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/arranged-marriages</link>
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		<title>Our Economic History, an &#8220;Aha&#8221; Moment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Everyone is talking economy &#8211; it&#8217;s the proverbial super star of our day. Everywhere you go another &#8220;schmuck&#8221; has his or her opinion &#8211; and most of the times their opinion leaves us thinking &#8220;ok, so?&#8221; But when Elizabeth Warren spoke of our history (since 1792) of banking and financial crisis it suddenly became so [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/our-economic-history</link>
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		<title>Two min fourty one sec of smiles&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love this so much I realized at the end I had a huge smile on my face the entire time &#8211; thanks Denby for posting this I snagged it from you.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.curlsz.com/two-min-fourty-one-sec-of-smiles</link>
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		<title>The Vanilla Orchid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[No this isn&#8217;t another plant entry &#8211; though I could share with you how excited and proud I am of my plants that were started from seeds and bulbs&#8230;but I&#8217;ll spare you. Instead I wanted to take some blog space to show you my friend Molly&#8217;s new business venture, the Vanilla Orchid. Molly is a [...]]]></description>
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