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		<title>National Day of Unplugging</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Mar 2010 02:00:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How addicted are you to technology?  Can you go twenty-four hours without using your cellphone, laptop, checking email, etc?
A group is urging people to participate in the National Day of Unplugging by observing the Sabbath and unplug from sundown Friday to sundown Saturday.  While their group primarily is focused on reaching out to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kiss Me, I&#8217;m an Irish Wanna-be</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 13:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am not Irish. Not one little bit. My husband is Italian. And yet, come March 17, we break out the green.
A friend of mine dyes whatever milk is in the bottle green for St Patricks Day. The leprechauns do it. While I think it is an adorable idea, I know my children would balk [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breakfast, It&#8217;s What&#8217;s for Dinner</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 20:49:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today is free pancake day at iHop! 
From their website:
Since beginning its National Pancake Day celebration in 2006, IHOP has raised more than $3.25 million to support charities in the communities in which it operates. While IHOP&#8217;s National Pancake Day typically takes place on Shrove Tuesday,this year the company will host its free pancake event on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Need Fresh Air!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 17:20:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember when you were a kid and your parents would tell you to go outside and get some fresh air?  Turns out, like most things, that they were right.  Spending time outside, even in winter, is good for you.  I  remember taking books outside to read when I was a kid.  It was a compromise [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m Baaaaaaaack</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2010 15:09:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/?p=593</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[After taking an impromptu hiatus for Christmas and New Year, I have returned from the dead.  Okay, maybe I wasn&#8217;t actually dead, but after after all the chaos and running around dead seemed like it would  be a very restful option.
I read  comments that some of  you left having issues with features on the Handiland site and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title>
		<link>http://www.handipoints.com/mommypoints/uncategorized/happy-thanksgiving-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 20:09:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.  ~Thornton Wilder
 
Wishing all of you a day filled with family, friends, love, and above all an awareness of all the things for  which you are thankful.
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		<title>Remembering</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:43:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the 11th hour, on the 11th day of the 11th month, we remember&#8230;
I remember as a child that veterans all seemed so old and from wars fought so long ago.  It was something from the past.  I wish I could say the same things now.
Where I used to see old men I now see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>40th Anniversary of Sesame Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 18:22:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wow, I am old.  I can remember watching this show as a child, when it first came on the air!  I remember vastly prefering The Electric Company&#8211; anyone remember that show?&#8211; to Sesame Street.
Over the past few months my 4yr old son has been watching Sesame Street videos on my iPhone.  It has been a [...]]]></description>
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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>
				<category><![CDATA[Children]]></category>
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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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