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		<title>Makes Me Think</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:56:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have laryngitis.  Horribly, awful, laryngitis.  The sort where even whispering is difficult. This has led to a couple of hilarious things happening around my house.
First, I have noticed that since I can&#8217;t talk above a whisper, everyone gets really close to talk to me and they whisper right back.  They are way more attentive [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Neighbor Kids, Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2009 12:16:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So somehow our house has become playground central.  Which really is fine most of the time.  I like having all the kids over here.  I like hearing what they are up to, what games they are playing, just getting to know them all.  And you know what?  I really like kids.  They are all good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Meetings</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:35:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have a huge desk top calendar hanging inside my pantry door.  On it I write the schedule for everyone &#8211; doctor appointments, sports practices, games &#8212; you name it.  As well as our weekly menu.  I call the calendar my brain. 
But as  my children have gotten older, I have felt the need to add weekly family meetings [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Splurging During a Bad Economy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Mar 2009 13:29:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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I read this article in the New York Times this morning and it made me laugh.  Every single time I go to the grocery store lately I buy myself a candy treat.  Most recently, I have  been buying a little bag of Jelly Bellies.  (I found that if I buy the larger, more economical bag, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding the Joy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:57:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year it was hard for me to get into the spirit of Christmas.  Probably because we were so busy for the month between Thanksgiving and Christmas.  And we traveled to Florida for a week.  I am sorry all you people who live in warm climates, but it just does not seem like Christmas when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>One of Those Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 11:48:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every year I promise myself that I will get my act together for Halloween well in advance.  And then every year I don&#8217;t do it.   I&#8217;m not sure if it is because it is  not a &#8220;real&#8221; holiday.  I mean, I am all prepared for Thanksgiving and Christmas every year.  Sure I might be up until [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast of Champions</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Oct 2008 11:38:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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We have all heard our entire lives that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. 
I find that it is challenging to find the time to get a truly healthy, hot meal into my children so early in the morning, particularly if we need to hurry up and get out of the house [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Twelve Years Ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Sep 2008 19:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1996 was a long time ago.  It is the year my second son was born, but other than that I am at a loss for what I was doing.  
 One woman bought a McDonald&#8217;s hamburger. 
And she still has it. Even more shocking, it looks exactly the same as the day she bought it. If that doesn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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		<title>September Is National Disaster Preparedness Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Sep 2008 02:50:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all of us live in areas where we are going to be hit by tornadoes, tsunamis, or flash flooding.  But most of us will at one time or another experience a situation where our comforts that we expect living in the 21st century, are stripped away.  
Maybe just for a day or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fresh from the Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Sep 2008 03:18:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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Even though summer is coming to an end and the nights are growing colder, our garden continues to produce. Not much, mind you.  A couple of tomatoes, a small sweet green pepper, a few hot peppers.  My daughter tells me there is a yellow squash that is starting to grow.  I only hope that it [...]]]></description>
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