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		<title>Grab the Tissue Box First</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 14:06:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If  you haven&#8217;t read anything that made you cry today, read this story. 
It is about a little girl who was diagnosed with terminal cancer.  Unbeknownst to her family, she drew hundreds of pictures and wrote notes and hid them all over the house.   Once she died, her family began  finding them. 
Heartbreaking for sure, but I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Overheard</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Oct 2009 12:57:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My oldest son, a teenager, was telling me that he really needs a raise in his allowance.
But, you haven&#8217;t even been doing any chores at all to earn the allowance you are already getting, I said.
Well, I think going to school and playing football count as my chores.
Hahaha.  No, they do not.
But it got me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>To Vaccinate for the Flu, or Not?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 03:35:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=573</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There has been a lot of talk in my extended neighborhood, and among friends and family, about whether or not to vaccinate our kids for the H1N1 virus, the Swine Flu.  I have never had my children vaccinated for the flu.  None of my kids have any underlying health conditions such as asthma so it has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Birthday Party Etiquette</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/uncategorized/birthday-party-etiquette-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 22:14:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My daughter was invited to a classmates 7 yr old birthday party this weekend.  When I got the invitation I was happy to see that it was a home party, not some completely over the top extravaganza.   I went to the party assuming that I would be able to just drop her off.  Isn&#8217;t that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Costumes</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/uncategorized/halloween-costumes-3/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:26:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am heading out to buy my children Halloween costumes.  We have many, many costumes so I don&#8217;t need that many, but I do need some accessories and my daughter needs a costume.  Wish me luck finding her something that doesn&#8217;t make her look like a streetwalker.
This  might make sound really geriatric, but what happened [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Travelin&#8217; Mom</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=567</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am out of town this week on a business trip. I don&#8217;t travel all the much, a hand full of times per year for business and maybe one or two other times for fun, but my children still do not love it when I am gone from home.
What I do when I am traveling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When You Get Lemons&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:31:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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It has been raining a LOT the past few weeks.   But my children have not seemed to mind all that much. They have been thrilled to play in the rain, sometimes wearing bathing suits.  Jumping in puddles.  Splashing in the street.  Luckily the weather has cooperated in so far as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Largest Pumpkin</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:41:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ 
This pumpkin holds the offical world&#8217;s record for the largest pumpkin weighing in at 1725 pounds.  That&#8217;s a lot of pumpkin pie. 
I love these sort of contests.  I know that there must be some sort of county fair near where we are living where there are pie eating contests, ferris wheels, and the largest vegetables [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Simple Ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 10:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=557</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you seen this video yet?  It is truly an incedible and uplifting story.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arD374MFk4w
My 8 yr old son is studying simple machines in his third grade classroom and I sent the link to his teacher.  The story incorporates all the things to which we hope our children aspire.  A boy who was inspired  by a book  from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Return to Traditions</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 20:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week I read at msnbc that people are returning to tradition this holiday season. No one is going for the latest fads, instead returning to the traditional colors and styles of years gone by.   It isn&#8217;t too hard to deduce that people are seeking is the security of the past, a reminder of when times [...]]]></description>
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