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		<title>The Sun Shines In</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 01:30:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a long and difficult year we are finally feeling the sun shine on us and the difficulties slowly moving past. We were granted a modification of our loan. We made our first mortgage payment and we have managed to save up for at least two more during the modification period. I am gainfully employed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=93&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spoke a little too soon&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 01:55:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I have some bad news &#8211; I am not overall feeling bad to qualify my post. We applied for the loan modification and while it continues, we received a letter from the attorney representing the &#8220;private investor&#8221; on our mortgage &#8211; they set an auction date. They obviously aren&#8217;t interested in modifications. We likely [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=90&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A New Day Dawns</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2009/04/23/a-new-day-dawns/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 00:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a while since I posted mostly because I felt I was saying the same things over and over again. But also because I was going through a transformation. While I do not pretend to believe my path is right for everyone &#8211; it is the one I took and it lead me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=86&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Sunshines In</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2009/01/30/the-sunshines-in/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 03:32:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[FINALLY a post I can be uplifting about. It has been a long hard road, but I know why I&#8217;ve been on it and I&#8217;m not about to doubt it ever again. In the past few weeks I have found my faith. I never was much for religion in my past &#8211; I did go [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=83&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2009 &#8211; what will this year be like?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 21:28:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As in 2008 I had hoped to have at least one uplifting post one of these days. Alas that isn&#8217;t today so much! We made it through the holidays by the skin of our teeth. The kids got toys from &#8220;Toys for Tots&#8221; which I kinda felt bad about since all my life I&#8217;ve been [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=80&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>God &#8211; please help us&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 22:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spoke to a friend of mine this week and he renewed my commitment to God &#8211; probably just in time. Things are going south again as if it is even possible. A client of ours owes us money, we stopped providing the service after many weeks of letting him know it was eminently ending. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=77&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Smiling?</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/smiling/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I couldn&#8217;t believe it the other day when my husband and I came face to face at work, smiling. We caught ourselves in that moment and said to each other: &#8220;Are things getting better finally?&#8221; I can&#8217;t help thinking they are &#8211; but worrying I&#8217;m premature in feeling that way. And that I might jinx [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=74&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Electrical Company Came Today</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/21/electrical-company-came-today/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Oct 2008 21:03:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wish it was because I won a year&#8217;s supply of electricity &#8211; or they were handing out new electric cars for free. Nope &#8211; they came to shut off the electricity. Since you are reading this you can assume we mustered up enough to keep the lights on for a few weeks. We never [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=70&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I don&#8217;t know what to do&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/10/i-dont-know-what-to-do/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:29:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This has been a strange few days. My anniversary was this week and unfortunately we didn&#8217;t really celebrate it all that much. In fact, even worse than normal, we celebrated in two separate rooms of the house because my husband wanted to watch something else on TV. It was quite lonely to be sitting there [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=67&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The world is unbelievable &#8211; in the best way</title>
		<link>http://crystalballroom.wordpress.com/2008/10/08/the-world-is-unbelievable-in-the-best-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 19:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I do not have words to explain how humbled I am by all those who have reached out to help me. Those who have provided some mental support (thank you!) and those who have stepped forward with financial (thank you too!). The Godmother to my child stepped forward and gave us the outstanding balance on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=crystalballroom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3703189&amp;post=62&amp;subd=crystalballroom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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