<?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:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' 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-9619477</id><updated>2023-09-16T09:36:05.080+02:00</updated><title type='text'>ElvaFriend</title><subtitle type='html'>Bits and pieces of my life and thoughts on things.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default?alt=atom'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>ElvaFriend</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01512830284452324134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>3</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>25</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619477.post-110324614684750166</id><published>2004-12-17T01:33:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-12-17T02:15:46.846+01:00</updated><title type='text'>Christmas shopping - hate it!</title><content type='html'>Everyone seems to be writing about their Christmas shopping. I haven&#39;t started yet!&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/feeds/110324614684750166/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9619477&amp;postID=110324614684750166' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110324614684750166'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110324614684750166'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/2004/12/christmas-shopping-hate-it.html' title='Christmas shopping - hate it!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/blank.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619477.post-110315063755942964</id><published>2004-12-15T23:32:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-12-16T00:16:39.120+01:00</updated><title type='text'>What about doing something else?</title><content type='html'>I&#39;ve been thinking about doing something else in my life. Maybe switch careers, I don&#39;t know. It&#39;s not that easy these days. And I have a great job, really! It&#39;s more about doing something new, something for myself at some stage.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Maybe it&#39;s time to start thinking about starting my own business after all. Quit dreaming start working on it. If it&#39;s what I want. Or I&#39;ll be stuck forever ...&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Today I haven&#39;t done anything useful at work. I got so caught up in this blogging thing. (Well not this one, but another one with a bit more &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;serious &lt;/span&gt;content). It&#39;s like a new door has opened for me. I feel as excited as I remember being in the mid-90s when I came across an article on chatting. I sat up night after night (even mornings!) chatting. My husband almost went nuts! He must have thought I had an Internet lover! But it&#39;s so fascinating. You get in touch with people you&#39;d never met the &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;usual &lt;/span&gt;way. And you can make good friends.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wonder if you can make &lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic;&quot;&gt;blog friends&lt;/span&gt;? Probably. Let&#39;s see what happens as I continue this path of blogging ...&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/feeds/110315063755942964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9619477&amp;postID=110315063755942964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110315063755942964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110315063755942964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/2004/12/what-about-doing-something-else.html' title='What about doing something else?'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01512830284452324134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619477.post-110308043071356133</id><published>2004-12-15T04:09:00.000+01:00</published><updated>2004-12-15T04:18:58.630+01:00</updated><title type='text'>My first!</title><content type='html'>I have just discovered blogging!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck as I enter this new world - I think I will have loads of fun here! I&#39;m thinking of writing more or less what I feel like ... Let&#39;s see where it all ends up!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I live in Sweden with my two daughters and a dear husband. Work as a consultant. Had the Internet bug when I discovered chatting, but have not been so active the last few years. But, when I look at my watch now its past 4 A.M. so I guess I am an addict again ... :-P&lt;br /&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/feeds/110308043071356133/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=9619477&amp;postID=110308043071356133' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110308043071356133'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/9619477/posts/default/110308043071356133'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://elvafriend.blogspot.com/2004/12/my-first.html' title='My first!'/><author><name>Anonymous</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/01512830284452324134</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='https://img1.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>