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	<title>Dana McDowell &#124; Caviar Dreams</title>
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		<title>The Weekend Came Early</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 May 2013 10:30:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the few (in my opinion) perks of military life are the extended holiday weekends&#8230;that&#8217;s right&#8230;when everyone else is whooping about a three-day weekend, we get four.  So after a day that started much later than I anticipated and an afternoon of writing, Ethan picked me up and treated me like a queen with [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4762&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Way Life Looks Lately</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 May 2013 10:30:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#124; glorious sunshine &#124; &#124; kills me with cuteness &#124; &#124; beautifully colored dinner, so fresh and filling &#124; Filed under: food &#38; health, home &#38; garden, pets<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4754&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Ernest Hemingway Proposal</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 May 2013 10:30:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ernest Hemingway once said, &#8220;write hard and clear about what hurts.&#8221; I saw this recently and it made me wonder&#8230;is that what I am missing from my writing? As an aspiring author who has started countless stories throughout my life and only really finished one, I have pondered many a night about what I want [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4748&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On Personal Health</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 10:30:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve discussed various times that I have had a rough patch with body image and dieting.  Not the worst that&#8217;s ever existed in the history of  the world, but it made a big enough impact to where I&#8217;ve had a hard time eating &#8220;normally&#8221; for most of my adult life.  And while I can confidently [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4738&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Weekend in May</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:30:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my.  So we got hammered (in my opinion) with snow this weekend.  It was rather unfortunate.  I was looking forward to considerably warmer temperatures and constant sunshine, but we got freezing rain which turned into snow.  Which also meant our apartment was so chilly I had to turn the heat back on.  In May!!! [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4742&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tessie Beauty Consultation &amp; One Year Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wednesday I met up with Tess of Tessie Style to see if she could give me some pointers on all things makeup.  Since I didn&#8217;t get my makeup done for the wedding and my hair is in its awkward/growing out stage, beauty is something fun I want to feel good confident about.  First Tess went through [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4724&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A View from the Top</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 10:30:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had the honor of enjoying this view in the company of the fabulous Tess Weaver yesterday, and it rocked my socks off.  Fun makeup stuff tomorrow, lovelies&#8230;so for now, just enjoy this scene with me! &#160; Filed under: travel<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4720&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Fragile State</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 10:30:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m feeling pretty fragile today.  I sent off fifteen email queries for my book and within an hour, received three rejection replies. Whaaaat.  Granted they weren&#8217;t in my first round picks for being the most compatible literary agency for my novel content.  But all three were glaring reminders that this dream of writing may be [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4713&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Shopping List</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 10:30:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken almost a full year for me to figure out what is most needed for our apartment life as a married couple.   While little things like this new picture frame I scooped up from Etsy brighten my day, not-as-fun things like organization for Ethan&#8217;s everyday gear and storage for used towels are still [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4703&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Date Night &amp; Eating Sushi Makes Me Feel Like Molly Ringwald</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 10:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>danamcdowell</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Friday was pretty great.  I got my new glasses, dressed up and Ethan and I went out for dinner and Gatsby.  I had been planning it for weeks, and the days leading up to it I could hardly contain myself.  I spent the afternoon mulling over my closet and I came up with this crazy [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=caviardreamsblog.wordpress.com&#038;blog=35438402&#038;post=4690&#038;subd=caviardreamsblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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