<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from dondi.blog-city.com</title><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 dondi.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from dondi.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Fall, Snow and other things</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/fall_snow_and_other_things.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/fall_snow_and_other_things.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 23:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fall%5Fsnow%5Fand%5Fother%5Fthings</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&lt;!--[if gte mso 9]&gt; 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It will be a short-term arrangement about 6 months.&nbsp; Once we are settled in we will begin a search for a house-- one of the most exciting parts of the move for me.&nbsp; Once we had the]]></description></item><item><title>Stress!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/stress.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/stress.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=stress</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The past few weeks have been very stressful for me.&nbsp; First came two competing job offers, a rushed decision, and then regret.&nbsp; I know that no matter which choice I made, there would be some form of regret and that neither option would have]]></description></item><item><title>Changes abound!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/changes_abound.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/changes_abound.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2009 01:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=changes%5Fabound</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The past few weeks have brought a lot of changes into my life.&nbsp; Some are going to be good (work) and some not so good (moving).&nbsp; But change is exactly what I have been needing.&nbsp; This year I decided to put myself out there and to take m]]></description></item><item><title>Moving</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/moving.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/moving.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 09 Jul 2009 23:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=moving</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend after many hours of discussion and weeks of indecision, Ted and I made the decision to move to Minneapolis.&nbsp; He is being offered a management role at the company he has been working remotely for for the past 3 years.&nbsp; Part of t]]></description></item><item><title>vacation, happy cat, sad belly</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/vacation_happy_cat_sad_belly.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/vacation_happy_cat_sad_belly.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2009 21:47:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=vacation%5Fhappy%5Fcat%5Fsad%5Fbelly</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Monday and Tuesday, Ted and I acted like tourists downtown.&nbsp; As the possibility of leaving Chicago becomes more real, I have an increased desire to see and do things that I haven&#39;t.&nbsp; I am just glad to have one more summer of opportunity]]></description></item><item><title>Reconnect</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/reconnect.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/reconnect.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 May 2009 14:20:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=reconnect</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I am now forbidding myself from using the internet in the morning.&nbsp; I thought I could quickly check email but should have known that catching up on two weeks of messages would take more than 10 minutes.&nbsp; A nice surprise was waiting.&nbsp; A]]></description></item><item><title>GREAT Weekend</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/great_weekend_1.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/great_weekend_1.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 14:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=great%5Fweekend%5F1</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It was truely a GREAT weekend.&nbsp; The weather was perfect, my energy was high, and Tibult ate some treats!&nbsp; YAY! He ate a fair number of treats both yesterday and this morning.&nbsp; He is acting much more normal.&nbsp; Last week was very dep]]></description></item><item><title>Tibult is home and good news</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/tibult_is_home_and_good_news.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/tibult_is_home_and_good_news.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 13:19:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=tibult%5Fis%5Fhome%5Fand%5Fgood%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tibult came home on Monday.&nbsp; The first few days were a bit rough: getting him reacquainted with the other cat, figuring out all the medicines, getting into a routine of the tube feeding. Tibult has narrow tube going from his nose into his stomac]]></description></item><item><title>Hoping for fatty liver</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/hoping_for_fatty_liver.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/hoping_for_fatty_liver.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hoping%5Ffor%5Ffatty%5Fliver</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[To fill in the back story on Tibult at the vet:&nbsp; When a cat changes his eating habits and starts to loose weight, don&rsquo;t believe the vet when he says there is nothing wrong.&nbsp; Tibult changed his eating sometime around the first of the y]]></description></item><item><title>Cloudy day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/cloudy_day.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/cloudy_day.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Jan 2009 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cloudy%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today was so cloudy and dark that I did not want to get out of bed.&nbsp; Last week wasn&#39;t my best week at work.&nbsp; It was a daily challenge to get anything done.&nbsp; I must have had a dark cloud of negativity hanging over me.&nbsp; I just w]]></description></item><item><title>Chex Mix Please</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/chex_mix_please.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/chex_mix_please.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=chex%5Fmix%5Fplease</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last night Ted and I were at Dominick&#39;s doing some much needed grocery shopping.&nbsp; We were about done shopping when Ted decided to get some cereal.&nbsp; To be honest there are several isles at the grocery store that I avoid and some that I m]]></description></item><item><title>Argh!!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/argh.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/argh.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=argh</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago I went to sign up for the Math GRE but got interupted.&nbsp; By the time I got back to it the deadline had passed.&nbsp; So my only option left to&nbsp;have a chance of taking&nbsp;it before&nbsp;April is to do &quot;Stand-by&quot; te]]></description></item><item><title>letting time slip by</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/letting_time_slip_by.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/letting_time_slip_by.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 17:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=letting%5Ftime%5Fslip%5Fby</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It seems that time has been passing me by.&nbsp; I have been on the brink of a major, life-changing&nbsp;decision for several months now.&nbsp; And I have been unable to move forward with what needs to be done to bring the change.&nbsp; I have been d]]></description></item><item><title>great weekend</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/great_weekend.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/great_weekend.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=great%5Fweekend</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend went pretty good.&nbsp; Friday night I joined a group of people from work for a drink at a local bar.&nbsp; The night was very fun and it was a much needed as I don&#39;t have daily interactions with most of them.&nbsp; The weather was b]]></description></item><item><title>Things are looking up</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/things_are_looking_up.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/things_are_looking_up.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Sep 2008 22:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=things%5Fare%5Flooking%5Fup</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Whoa what a week!&nbsp; It just feels like I was on the go every night this week.&nbsp; I worked late a couple nights and was able to hang with a good friend last night (thai food and mario kart Wii).&nbsp; My personal training sessions are helping m]]></description></item><item><title>End of summer blues?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/end_of_summer_blues.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/end_of_summer_blues.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=end%5Fof%5Fsummer%5Fblues</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The past few weeks have been a bit stressful to me.&nbsp; I wasn&#39;t feeling well and ended up going to the doctor.&nbsp; I was put on some antibiotics that made me feel better most of the time but really sick a few times a day.&nbsp; I am finally]]></description></item><item><title>update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/update.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/update.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 18 Aug 2008 20:26:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=update</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Seems that I have been using exclamation points a lot lately.&nbsp; I am not sure what that is about.&nbsp; Anyway, things have been going well.&nbsp; I am still settling into my new work group and office.&nbsp; I got a couple pictures for the walls]]></description></item><item><title>Baby Shower!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/baby_shower.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/baby_shower.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2008 23:50:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=baby%5Fshower</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Going to a baby shower is not the greatest thing in the world for me.&nbsp; I generally have as little to do with them as possible.&nbsp; So what felt like an entire weekend devoted to traveling to/from a baby shower was not the most relaxing weekend]]></description></item><item><title>What a fun weekend!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/what_a_fun_weekend.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/what_a_fun_weekend.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2008 13:22:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fa%5Ffun%5Fweekend</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ted and I got out of the city last weekend in honor of my birthday.&nbsp; We went to the beach but we didn&#39;t go south, we went north.&nbsp; We stayed at a Bed and Breakfast in South Haven MI.&nbsp; It was a good couple of days.&nbsp; We rented bi]]></description></item><item><title>Open the flood gates, here it comes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/open_the_flood_gates_here_it_comes.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/open_the_flood_gates_here_it_comes.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jul 2008 18:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=open%5Fthe%5Fflood%5Fgates%5Fhere%5Fit%5Fcomes</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I was having some problems with blog city and my internet browser at work so I haven&rsquo;t blogged in a while.&nbsp; (Yes, I admit it I blog at work.&nbsp; Who wants to look at a computer screen at home when they were forced to stare at one for 8 h]]></description></item><item><title>Cookout and shopping</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/cookout_and_shopping.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/cookout_and_shopping.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cookout%5Fand%5Fshopping</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The weekend was great.&nbsp; Ted and I had a few friends over for a vegetarian cookout.&nbsp; Ted has been a vegetarian since November and I have drastically reduced my meat consumption also.&nbsp; For the most part we are keeping the house meat free]]></description></item><item><title>Summer and beyond</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/summer_and_beyond.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/summer_and_beyond.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=summer%5Fand%5Fbeyond</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Summer is in full swing here in Chicago.&nbsp; The trees are blooming and filling the air with their fragrance.&nbsp; Gardens are full to the brim with buds and leaves.&nbsp; It has been truly lovely to walk to work recently.&nbsp;&nbsp;Perhaps it is]]></description></item><item><title>Commuting and being thankful</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://dondi.blog-city.com/commuting_and_being_thankful.htm</guid><link>http://dondi.blog-city.com/commuting_and_being_thankful.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Jun 2008 16:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://dondi.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=commuting%5Fand%5Fbeing%5Fthankful</comments><dc:creator>dondi</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last week I went to training for four days.&nbsp; I am usually excited about training -- sitting and learning, doing exercises and relaxing is always a dream, but this time it seemed more of a chore than usual.&nbsp;&nbsp; The training was in Schaumb]]></description></item></channel></rss>