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		<title>Ohmmmmmm, Ohmmmmmm, Ohmmmmm,</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:07:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I need something. I&#8217;m not quite sure what it is. Maybe it&#8217;s a bottle of wine, or a visit to the spa or a visit south or a visit to a hotel room by myself. I&#8217;m not sure what it is, but I know it&#8217;s REALLY needed right now. Yesterday I cursed in front of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=222&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Santa Baby&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 03:39:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Santa Claus, It&#8217;s hard to believe that 2010 is coming to a close. It seems like the kids just keep getting older and bigger no matter how much anti-aging serum we put in their Shreddies. I&#8217;ve been a really good girl this year so I&#8217;m hoping that you&#8217;ll bring me a time machine for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=175&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Do I need it again?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 May 2010 15:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post was in my drafts for about a month: I&#8217;m pretty sure I&#8217;ve been clinically depressed on several occasions in my life&#8230;basically most of highschool (come on, look at the photo in my last post, that would send anyone spiralling into a deep, dark depression) and a handful of times in adulthood. But in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=157&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Letter to My Younger Self&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Apr 2010 20:28:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear [1991] Jody, Someday you&#8217;re going to be a MILF: Okay, not really. And, to be fair this photo was taken before you shot two nine pound spawn from your vajayjay. (I know, right? KIDS??? Two of them.) You don&#8217;t actually look anything like this now. When you put in a little effort you still [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=118&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ray Bans&#8230;not cool.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 17:41:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a fan of the 80s fashion trends. I can sort of live with them. Hell, I&#8217;ve even bought a pair of skinny jeans. They don&#8217;t make me look skinny; nothing but starvation and dehydration can do that. But they&#8217;re called skinny jeans so they make me feel better about my back fat. And my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=130&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A day in the life&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://manitobamom.wordpress.com/2010/03/24/a-day-in-the-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 05:12:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I won&#8217;t lie to you. Sometimes being a stay-at-home mom leaves me feeling like my brain might just turn to cheese. I&#8217;m serious. Kevin might come home from work one day to find me lying in the fetal position, drooling, twirling the few wisps of hair I haven&#8217;t pulled out, chanting &#8220;mommy, where&#8217;s my mommy?&#8221;, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=96&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Death &amp; Dying&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://manitobamom.wordpress.com/2010/03/19/death-dying/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 18:49:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bettertogetherphotography</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Moira has been obsessed with death and dying lately. Maybe it&#8217;s her age, maybe it&#8217;s that she&#8217;s a little more macabre than most kids, but it&#8217;s creeping me out and I&#8217;m having a lot of trouble answering some of her very deep questions. A few months back she asked, &#8220;Mom, when do people die?&#8221; I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=85&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Run Jody, Run!!!</title>
		<link>http://manitobamom.wordpress.com/2010/03/16/run-jody-run/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:41:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The basement renovation is 90% done (we&#8217;ve just got to caulk the windows, install the baseboards, paint the door trim, build a cabinet for the breaker, build a bar and put up ceiling moldings, OH, AND we&#8217;ve still got the entire bathroom to do; okay 75% done). With the basement useable again I&#8217;ve finally got [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=79&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Farewell Facebook (procrastinitis enabler)&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://manitobamom.wordpress.com/2010/03/10/farewell-facebook-procrastinitis-enabler/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 04:24:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>bettertogetherphotography</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;ve been reading a lot of other blogs recently; you know, to spice mine up and set it apart (yeah right). It&#8217;s lots of fun to read about what other people are doing and what they think is funny and what they think you should buy and what music they recommend and what they [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=67&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Mom, your breath smells like cheese.&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://manitobamom.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/mom-your-breath-smells-like-cheese/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 04:53:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kids say the darndest things. Moira is constantly telling me things I would really rather not hear. Take this morning for instance. I was drying off after my shower and our conversation went something like this: M: &#8216;Mom, your belly is WAY bigger than mine.&#8217; J: &#8216;My head&#8217;s bigger than yours, my elbows are bigger [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=manitobamom.wordpress.com&amp;blog=11512493&amp;post=12&amp;subd=manitobamom&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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