<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from carolinagirl1.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 carolinagirl1.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2009-11-23T00:39:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009:1</id><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-23:links.412191848</id><title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/happy_thanksgiving_1.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;Just a note before the week starts to wish everyone a&nbsp;Happy Thanksgiving.Make it a wonderful day!Am not sure what is happening with my site as I only seem to be able to center everything, not align left.&nbsp; Oh, well....never a dull mome]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/happy_thanksgiving_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-23T00:39:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-23T00:39:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-21:links.412191685</id><title>Thank You to Family and Friends</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/thank_you_to_family_and_friends.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;I arrived back home last night (Thursday) and went to work today...not being able to&nbsp;face more than one day!!&nbsp; I&#39;ll work Monday thru Wednesday and then drive back to NC on Thanksgiving Day for a long weekend with my mother, before]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/thank_you_to_family_and_friends.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-21T03:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-21T03:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-16:links.412191097</id><title>Update</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/update_4.htm"><![CDATA[Monday, November 16:&nbsp; Things seem to be looking up and it appears that my mother will be moved to a &quot;skilled nursing facility&quot; in her home town.&nbsp; She just wants to be close to home and I want her to have good care and therapy that]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/update_4.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-16T20:50:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-16T20:50:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-15:links.412189908</id><title>Things Can Change on a Dime....</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_10.htm"><![CDATA[Auldbrass Revisited: Without totally boring you with Auldbrass, I would like to include THIS ARTICLE as the definitive piece ona Auldbrass and Joel Silver's restoration of it.  It's from a 2003 NY Times article and I wish I'd found it before thAe tou]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_10.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-15T01:44:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-15T01:44:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-09:links.412189824</id><title>Frank Lloyd Wright&apos;s Auldbrass</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/frank_lloyd_wrights_auldbrass.htm"><![CDATA[Sunday was a totally relaxing, enjoyable day.  The weather was perfect and the company was nice.  Janeen is low-key, pleasant and unpretentious, with a good sense of humor.....thus good company.  We met up and got to the site (literally in the middle]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/frank_lloyd_wrights_auldbrass.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-09T23:46:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-09T23:46:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-07:links.412189651</id><title>Something to Make You Smile</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_9.htm"><![CDATA[If this clip doesn't make you smile, seek professional help!  This is sooo cute and the orangutan just cracks me up....what a scene stealer!  Thanks, Jan, it made my day!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_9.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-07T16:28:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-07T16:28:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-11-01:links.412188910</id><title>November - The Beginning of the End (of the Year!)</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/november_ushers_in_the_end_of_the_year.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;It's been a fairly quiet week, with the exception of the last few days.  At work, word has gotten out that I'm retiring and I've gotten lots of calls, emails and kind words expressing both regret at my leaving and wishing me well in my retireme]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/november_ushers_in_the_end_of_the_year.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-11-01T13:43:00Z</updated><published>2009-11-01T13:43:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-10-26:links.412187772</id><title>On the Countdown...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/on_the_countdown.htm"><![CDATA[Thank you to Eileen, Jean and Doug, Ann and Jan (my faithful readers) for the congratulatory messages.  Now that the decision has been made, I'm looking forward to it and have begun making a list of things to keep me busy while I'm adjusting to havin]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/on_the_countdown.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-10-26T21:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-26T21:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-10-21:links.412187559</id><title>Breaking News!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/breaking_news.htm"><![CDATA[It's official - as of yesterday, Donna is retiring, effective January 1, 2010!!  You may have gathered that there have been things going on at work (that are best not discussed here) that led me to decide this was the time to do it.  The first VP and]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/breaking_news.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-10-21T22:31:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-21T22:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-10-12:links.412186111</id><title>Simple Pleasures</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/simple_pleasures.htm"><![CDATA[This weekend has been the antidote to last weekend's non-stop pace.   This weekend, I stopped!  After doing my grocery shopping on Thursday evening, I haven't left the house for three days.....and it's been wonderful!  It hasn't been total decadence]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/simple_pleasures.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-10-12T19:53:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-12T19:53:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-10-07:links.412185537</id><title>Still Here</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/still_here_1.htm"><![CDATA[Yes, I&#39;m still here!&nbsp; It seems like a long time since I&#39;ve written, possibly because I&#39;ve been meaning to do it and haven&#39;t had the time.&nbsp; Today is the first day in ages&nbsp;where I&#39;ve had a bit of quiet down time at wo]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/still_here_1.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-10-07T23:31:00Z</updated><published>2009-10-07T23:31:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-28:links.412184450</id><title>The Simple Joys of a Day Off</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/the_joys_of_a_day_off.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp; &nbsp;Today (Monday)&nbsp;is Yom Kippur and I have the day off.&nbsp; Usually I luck out with several days off around High Holy Days, but this year they were mostly on the weekend and this is the only day I&#39;ve gotten.&nbsp; This also happe]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/the_joys_of_a_day_off.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-28T20:07:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-28T20:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-19:links.412183360</id><title>A New Year&apos;s Greeting for Our Time</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/a_new_years_greeting_for_our_time.htm"><![CDATA[Rosh Hashanah ushers in the Jewish New Year and the following is a greeting received from a friend - and which I thought worth passing on.&nbsp; It&#39;s great to acknowledge everyone&#39;s New Year and have the opportunity to start anew...one more t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/a_new_years_greeting_for_our_time.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-19T23:57:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-19T23:57:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-18:links.412182374</id><title>Rational Again.....I Think!!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/rational_againi_think.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;Sunday: Today has been a quieter, calmer day.&nbsp; I&#39;ve gotten reinforcement messages from Sandra, Cheryl and Jan, which have helped me put things in perspective.&nbsp; Things are still a bit scary out there, but I do think we will get a s]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/rational_againi_think.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-18T00:16:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-18T00:16:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-13:links.412182251</id><title>SC Politicians Strike Again!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sc_politicians_strike_again.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;A four day week was nice.&nbsp; Sometimes a four day work week only means doing five days of work in four - not fun.&nbsp; This wasn&#39;t one of those weeks.&nbsp; It seemed like a normal week, only shorter!&nbsp; We have a couple of weeks to]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sc_politicians_strike_again.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-13T00:54:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-13T00:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-07:links.412181534</id><title>The Luxury of Time</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_8.htm"><![CDATA[I was definitely looking forward to this weekend and really needed it.  On Friday I received an email from my neighbor asking if I was going to be around and, if so, whether or not I wanted to go out to dinner (the favorite pastime here).  My respons]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_8.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-07T22:47:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-07T22:47:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-09-05:links.412181385</id><title>Labor Day Weekend 2009</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/labor_day_weekend_2009.htm"><![CDATA[Last weekend was enjoyable but seemed all too short.  The brunch on Sunday was fun - the food was excellent and I always enjoy seeing the congregants outside of the office.  I've known and liked the ladies who gave it since I've been at the synagogue]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/labor_day_weekend_2009.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-09-05T01:15:00Z</updated><published>2009-09-05T01:15:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-29:links.412180761</id><title>There&apos;s Nothing Like a Good Cry.....</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/theres_nothing_like_a_good_cry.htm"><![CDATA[It&#39;s been a busy, stressful &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;and emotional week.&nbsp; Today my schedule has revolved around the funeral of Senator Kennedy.&nbsp; I knew it would evoke a good cry, and it has. His elder son gave a very moving eulogy,]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/theres_nothing_like_a_good_cry.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-29T22:49:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-29T22:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-27:links.412180626</id><title>The Lion of the Senate</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/the_lion_of_the_senate.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;The Lion of the SenateWell, I was still reeling from the experience of the &nbsp;&quot;Health Care Forum&quot; pep rally on Saturday, when the news came that Ted Kennedy had died.&nbsp; I knew that he was not doing well when he didn&#39;t]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/the_lion_of_the_senate.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-27T11:55:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-27T11:55:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-26:links.412180401</id><title>Sunday:  Another Day in Paradise</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sundayanother_day_in_paradise.htm"><![CDATA[Sunday was not as I expected....I expected to do nothing!&nbsp; Allan called just as I was getting started and we had a nice, long conversation.&nbsp; It was late morning before I started to bake my portabello mushrooms.&nbsp;The cheese was frozen an]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sundayanother_day_in_paradise.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-26T01:24:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-26T01:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-23:links.412180118</id><title>More Than You Ever Wanted to Know</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/saturday_in_pictures.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;Ibis Grazing on the Golf Course&nbsp;&nbsp;Swiss Cheese &amp; Spinach Quiche&nbsp;&nbsp;Rep. Wilson at Health Care Pep Rally&nbsp;&nbsp;GabbyThe week ended with me thinking that I had nothing planned for the weekend, but that suddenly cha]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/saturday_in_pictures.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-23T00:17:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-23T00:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-15:links.412179532</id><title>Sunday, Sunday....</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sunday_sunday.htm"><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/sunday_sunday.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-15T21:14:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-15T21:14:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-15:links.412179479</id><title>Friday, August 14</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_7.htm"><![CDATA[Another hectic week.  We are now back in the newly renovated building, which is still incomplete.  The office is pretty much finished and i very nice,  but the sanctuary has no carpeting, not benches, etc., so there is still a lot to complete....but,]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/next_7.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-15T02:49:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-15T02:49:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-08:links.412178929</id><title>Weekend Update 08/09/09</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/weekend_update_080909.htm"><![CDATA[As you can tell, after my last entry I started playing with my site.&nbsp; I&#39;d wanted to re-do it for a while but have not had the time.&nbsp; Once I got started, I couldn&#39;t let it hang half done.&nbsp; So, I was up a while trying to reclaim]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/weekend_update_080909.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-08T23:11:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-08T23:11:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:carolinagirl1.blog-city.com,2009-08-07:links.412178900</id><title>TGIF!</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/tgif_2.htm"><![CDATA[Yes, it's Friday...and  not a moment too soon!  Monday was one of the most exhasperating days I've had at work in a long time, and I'm not sure I'd still be hanging in if the rest of the week had continued that way.  The copier has been down all week]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://carolinagirl1.blog-city.com/tgif_2.htm"/><dc:creator>Donna</dc:creator><author><name>Donna</name></author><updated>2009-08-07T23:18:00Z</updated><published>2009-08-07T23:18:00Z</published></entry></feed>