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		<title>My big news: new blog site</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jul 2006 14:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m moving my blog off the WordPress site to my own little real estate on the web. The new address is a just a bit different from this one. 
books are our friends 
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		<title>The baby is a dictator</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jul 2006 19:01:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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Lucy, 14 months, is in true toddler mode. Her favorite game is yanking books off the shelves and making a large carpet of them on the floor. Her mother is not too fond of the follow-up game, &#8220;Pick Up Lucy&#8217;s Mess.&#8221; From the bookshelves, she goes over to her next favorite thing to do: Dumpster [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=monicabrand.wordpress.com&blog=97678&post=77&subd=monicabrand&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>You know you&#8217;re a book nerd when</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jul 2006 17:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You dream of buying this for your six-year-old boy.  The lecturer at the library recommended it when we were there the other day. 
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		<title>Resolved</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jul 2006 15:18:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I found it in the closet under a t-shirt. Duh. 
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		<title>At 5:16 pm eight years ago</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 23:03:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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You made me a mommy. Happy Birthday to you, my eldest girl. 
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		<title>This could turn out to be my most embarrassing day ever</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jul 2006 14:32:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve lost my bra. That&#8217;s right. I took it off last night and now it&#8217;s gone. Can&#8217;t find it. Looked everywhere I&#8217;ve thought to look and it&#8217;s just not there. Maybe I shouldn&#8217;t have left it on the coffee table after taking it off in the living room last night while watching TV. Don&#8217;t all [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=monicabrand.wordpress.com&blog=97678&post=92&subd=monicabrand&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On the cover of Better Homes and Gardens, we ain&#8217;t</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2006 00:43:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m stressed this week. I&#8217;ve yelled – a lot &#8211; at the kids, burned Doc with dinner (long story), and fantasied about large amounts of chocolate.
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		<title>Happy birthday to my firecracker boy</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jul 2006 14:35:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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Today Edmund is beyond the three&#8217;s.  I never thought I would have a baby born on a major holiday. My third-born came several days late, so when I woke up the morning of July 4, 2002, and I knew baby was fiinally coming, I thought, &#8220;This is going to make birthday party themes a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=monicabrand.wordpress.com&blog=97678&post=86&subd=monicabrand&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Reflections</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jul 2006 00:13:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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I took Susan, Peter and Edmund to the large creek near our house this afternoon. I was going to bring a book, but at the last minute decided against it, and to wear my water shoes instead. I&#8217;m glad I did. As much as I love reading outside on a beautiful day, it&#8217;s fun wading [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=monicabrand.wordpress.com&blog=97678&post=84&subd=monicabrand&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Understanding Edmund</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jun 2006 01:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Monica</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I took Peter, 6, and Edmund, almost 4, to the library after dinner tonight for a lecture about reptiles and amphibians. During the slide presentation, I kept thiniking of a book I recently checked out &#8211; and never finished &#8211; The Minds of Boys by Michael Gurian and Kathy Stevens. Who can understand the mind [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=monicabrand.wordpress.com&blog=97678&post=81&subd=monicabrand&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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