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    <title>Your Daily Cup of Inspiration!</title>
    
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    <updated>2009-11-13T05:00:00-05:00</updated>
    <subtitle>Encouragement and Inspiration for the Mocha Christian Woman!</subtitle>
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        <title>It's In There</title>
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        <published>2009-11-13T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-12T19:00:57-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Manifestation of Your Dreams" />
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Women's Inspirational" />
        
        


    <content type="html">The other day, during bath time, I shampooed both the boys' hair, but I didn't wash it out right away. I let it sit while they played with their tub toys for a little while. Well, when time came to...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Thoughtful Thursdays: Installment #16</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a6864679970b</id>
        <published>2009-11-12T08:16:01-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-12T08:15:35-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        
        


    <content type="html">Sometimes, we can go through the motions in life... going about our day-to-day routines, when somebody else is suffering quietly without us even knowing it. The other day, I was on Facebook chatting with friends and family, laughing and having...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Undergoing Construction</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a67bdbf7970b</id>
        <published>2009-11-11T16:25:58-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-11T16:25:58-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        
        


    <content type="html">Hi Daily Cup readers! My blog is undergoing construction today. So, if things look a little goofy and out of sorts, the blog is being worked on. Should be done in a day or so... thanks for your patience. Dianna&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>My Lesson from A DVD</title>
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        <published>2009-11-11T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-10T23:44:42-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
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        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Women's Inspirational" />
        
        


    <content type="html">I purchased a DVD about a month ago and it taught me something profound that I think you ought to know. Discover what that is in today's Daily Cup of Inspiration at www.diannahobbs.com.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Change Your Picture</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330128756e17b8970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-10T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-10T00:42:36-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Change" />
        
        


    <content type="html">OK, so I put a new picture up on Facebook yesterday... I got it taken a couple of months back, after utilizing the same picture since 2004. Yep, the picture on the header of this site was taken 5 years...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Worn but Working</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a664e201970b</id>
        <published>2009-11-09T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-09T03:56:06-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Women's Inspirational" />
        
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    <content type="html">I vividly remember when my old laptop computer broke...for good. I'd had it for almost five years and I was pretty attached to it. Although the power chord kept slipping out of the the side of the computer because it...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>We Have to Do It</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a6afeefa970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-06T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-06T02:54:55-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Women's Inspirational" />
        
        


    <content type="html">Last night, while combing my oldest daughter Kyla's hair before bed, she and I began chatting randomly as we often do. I like to hear what she's thinking about, what her dreams are... all that good stuff. Well, at ten...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Why Thoughtful Thursdays? Installment #15</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a65542b2970b</id>
        <published>2009-11-05T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-05T00:50:46-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Thoughtful Thursdays" />
        
        


    <content type="html">Wondering why every Thursday is a time devoted to praying for others on my blog? Then, read today's post and also, join me in praying for those on this week's "Thoughtful Thursdays" list at www.diannahobbs.com.&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>Time for a Self-Evaluation</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a651a5a1970b</id>
        <published>2009-11-04T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-04T01:14:41-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Life Management" />
        
        


    <content type="html">I was busy doing some writing and editing last night, while eating leftover birthday cake, when all of a sudden, it hit me. "We're already into November!" I thought to myself. "Before we know it, we'll be entering into 2010."...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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    <entry>
        <title>The Little Things</title>
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        <id>tag:typepad.com,2003:post-6a00e00987611388330120a6a2b47e970c</id>
        <published>2009-11-03T05:00:00-05:00</published>
        <updated>2009-11-02T23:41:26-05:00</updated>
        
        <author>
            <name>Dianna Hobbs</name>
        </author>
        <category scheme="http://www.sixapart.com/ns/types#category" term="Women's Inspirational" />
        
        


    <content type="html">Yesterday was my birthday and I had such a wonderful time hanging out at home with my husband and the kids. Well, after my "party" was over and we'd all eaten our homemade cake and some ice cream, it was...&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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