<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499891891121688732</id><updated>2011-12-13T12:37:24.552-08:00</updated><title type='text'>An Improvised Life</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://animprovisedlife.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7499891891121688732/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://animprovisedlife.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05588612406988863008</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>1</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7499891891121688732.post-6717098096208311074</id><published>2011-12-12T09:27:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2011-12-12T09:27:03.096-08:00</updated><title type='text'>Who Am I?</title><content type='html'>The temptation to start singing " Two, four, six, oh, Onnnnnnnne!" is really huge but doesn't translate as well as I'd like to the written word. Nonetheless, I'll imagine all of you just started singing your favorite part of 'Les Miserables' because I like all my funny little thoughts like that.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'm writing today for the same reason I used to thoroughly clean my dorm room when I had a huge paper due. Somehow, doing something else when I have a chore to do makes sense to me. The irony of writing when I should be cleaning my house is just too ...ironic. Nope, no better word for it.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;So who am I? A work in progress is who I am. I'm 37 and still, I have days where I wonder what I'll be when I grow up and friends I hope to be like when I do eventually. I do many things that are grownup-esque in nature. I make sure my family is fed, clothed, and generally cared for in a myriad of ways. I pay bills and taxes. I grocery shop. I take my car to get maintenance. I'm married and have kids, which is about as grown-up as I ever imagined. Yet, there is still a large quality of "winging it" to my life. Improvised.&lt;br /&gt;Some days I like that better than others. And I like to make stuff, often, make something out of very little.&lt;br /&gt;So, although planning ahead and time management are not my strong suits, I would like to share with you some of my impulses towards craftyness. Enjoy.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/7499891891121688732-6717098096208311074?l=animprovisedlife.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://animprovisedlife.blogspot.com/feeds/6717098096208311074/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://animprovisedlife.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-am-i.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7499891891121688732/posts/default/6717098096208311074'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/7499891891121688732/posts/default/6717098096208311074'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://animprovisedlife.blogspot.com/2011/12/who-am-i.html' title='Who Am I?'/><author><name>Jennifer</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05588612406988863008</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
