I&#8217;m back from my weekend getaway &#8211; it was a beautiful time. Forgive me for missing my Friday and Saturday posts &#8211; I didn&#8217;t even bring my laptop with me. I just wanted to focus on face time without distractions. I&#8217;ve said this before and I&#8217;ll say it again &#8211; if you make your weekends eventful, it makes it a lot easier to go back to another work week, so make something out of your weekends! Also, I saw The Decades Show this weekend for  <span><a href="http://www.charleneprecious.com/blog/im-back-january-15-2012/" class="readmore">Continue reading &rarr;</a></span>{"id":9845,"date":"2012-01-15T16:48:44","date_gmt":"2012-01-15T21:48:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/charleneprecious.com\/blog\/?p=9845"},"modified":"2012-01-15T16:48:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-15T21:48:44","slug":"im-back-january-15-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.charleneprecious.com\/blog\/im-back-january-15-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m back from my weekend getaway &#8211; it was a beautiful time. Forgive me for missing my Friday and Saturday posts &#8211; I didn&#8217;t even bring my laptop with me. I just wanted to focus on face time without distractions.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve said this before and I&#8217;ll say it again &#8211; if you make your weekends eventful, it makes it a lot easier to go back to another work week, so make something out of your weekends!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I saw <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thedecadesshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Decades Show<\/a> this weekend for an evening entertainment and they were absolutely phenomenal. I love, love, LOVE talented people. I just want to hug them and tell them how awesome they are.<\/p>\n<p>On another note, a little bit of Mark Twain brilliance:<br \/>\n<font size=3>&#8220;Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. 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