Perhaps I can tell hubby that I have some pain pump assignments that I need to complete by this weekend that I don’t have time to attend his nephew’s wedding dinner.

What a lame excuse! I think I should come out with a more convincing solution.

Or I can say I have new stocks of Jessica Simpson pump shoes arrive on Saturday that I must be at home waiting for the delivery.

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I really hate attending wedding dinners, especially relatives’ wedding functions!

There is no way I can get away from this wedding dinner this Saturday. It’s hubby’s nephew’s wedding. We are living in the same village, a few blocks away.

If I don’t go, a lot of their relatives will talk behind my back. But if I go, I will be bored to death. I would rather spend my time blogging and updating my niche blogs and stores with cheap gifts.

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Michelle K. Cabral is proof that service in the military can help set you up for a good job in the fiber optic sector.

Born and raised in Kailua, the former Michelle Borengasser joined the U.S. Army on a delayed-entry program while still attending Kalaheo High School. So while her peers were out cruising and partying on weekends, she was at an old gym at Fort DeRussy in Waikiki going through military drills in preparation for going into the service full time.

Upon graduation, Cabral next spent 13 years full time in the Army, traveling the world and learning a trade, which led to her being hired nine years ago as a network technician doing transport, switch services, data services and installing fiber optic cables for customers in Hawaii.

Cabral, 40, also is a widowed mother of two; her husband, Curtis, was killed in 2003 when he was hit from behind on his motorcycle by a drunken driver.The couple’s two children are daughter Shelby, age 8, and son Logan-Michael, age 6, with whom she lives in Kailua.

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