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		<title>I&#8217;ve Been Robbed of my RSMFCS&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://alexawrites.wordpress.com/2009/12/16/ive-been-robbed-of-my-rsmfcss/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 05:42:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alexa</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not literally.
Among the few things I really anticipate around Christmas time, Fred Meyer got me all excited when I saw my favorite self-indulgent holiday &#8220;grab-n-go&#8221; treat: Russell Stover marshmallow filled, dark chocolate covered Santas.
Not the knock-off Hershey&#8217;s marshmallow Santas, and not the unpalatable Palmer brand marshmallow Santas.
The ones that only Russell Stover does right&#8230;with creamy marshmallow filling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2088&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Better Kid than I Was</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 18:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our oldest son turns 13 this week.
When I turned 13, I had already partaken of cigarettes (although I didn&#8217;t keep smoking them because they made me barf). Before 13, regardless whether I lived with my dad or  my mom, my friends and I were sneaking out at 1:00 AM and walking to the high school to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2022&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To Laugh at (with) Oneself</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:30:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ I don&#8217;t know what I would do without a sense of humor about  myself.
Oh, wait. Yes I do. I would do things like&#8230;well, like take everything personally.
I would probably also second guess everyone else&#8217;s motives for laughing around me. I would assume that people are laughing at me. I would believe that everyone thinks I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=2014&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Toilet Terrors</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2009 08:28:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[~~ Our daughter gave me permission to tell this story. Thanks, &#8220;Sis,&#8221; for being able to laugh about it now. ~~
I had some wacky, unreasonable fears as a child.
One of those was my fear of the toilet clogging. I guess I was convinced that a clogged toilet would overflow and flood the house and we [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1730&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Because I Can</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2009 09:42:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I underwent a pretty major surgery five days ago. I recover quickly from surgery&#8230;.quicker than the average patient, so I wasn&#8217;t intimidated by the &#8220;major&#8221; part.
Well, they say it&#8217;s major. I guess it is considering the list of &#8220;Don&#8217;ts&#8221; my surgeon gave me (this is only a partial list):
I&#8217;m supposed to avoid climbing stairs for a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1710&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My &#8220;Tall&#8221; Sunglasses</title>
		<link>http://alexawrites.wordpress.com/2009/03/23/my-tall-sunglasses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Mar 2009 09:27:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My younger sister passed me up in height when I was in sixth grade. I never caught up. Today, she&#8217;s 5&#8242;9&#8243; &#8212; a full six inches taller than I.
I have always wondered how it feels to be taller&#8230;not statically and for just a moment, as in using a step stool to reach something&#8230;but to be [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=688&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m 40 Today!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Feb 2009 08:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Aging doesn&#8217;t scare me. Not one bit.
The effects of aging I&#8217;m not so fond of (excluding the gray hair, which I appreciate and desire more of). I&#8217;m especially frustrated with that saggy abdominal skin&#8212;exercise doesn&#8217;t fix that! &#8212; that happens when you have a baby after age 34 &#8212; my skin&#8217;s elasticity suddenly betrayed me after [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1473&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is That a Trick Question?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 07:27:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the early 1990&#8217;s when &#8220;dollar stores&#8221; were kind of the &#8220;new thing,&#8221; another young mother and I went window shopping at the mall, pushing strollers with our young sleeping babies.
The store called &#8220;Everything&#8217;s $1&#8243; invited unnecessary spending with its wall-to-wall display of colorful variations of &#8220;must haves&#8221; that one usually doesn&#8217;t need and non-durables that [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1450&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Balance Ball</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 09:43:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I bought a balance ball last summer, intending to work on my core and rehabilitate my abdominal muscles after last year&#8217;s surgery.
Well, I guess being in my 30&#8217;s means having equilibrium issues&#8230;which I should have remembered after showing-off my fancy bar-twirling tricks at the playground for my kids. Wow. I may still be able to spin around that bar like [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1418&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Party In My Head</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jan 2009 09:34:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I start laughing about a funny memory that pops into my head.
But it doesn&#8217;t just make me smile. My visual recall of the event takes me back to it, as in re-living the moment.
These are the kinds of memories that are funniest after-the-fact; the kind that aren&#8217;t all that amusing at the moment but are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1251&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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