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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>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>Do You Know What You&#8217;re Doing?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2009 08:22:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December, 2008 was an exceptionally snowy month here in the mild and rainy Pacific Northwest. We had so much snow that anyone who had decided to put off Christmas shopping till the last week either needed chains or snow tires to get around our area, or wait until the roads were passable.
Tired of being cooped up, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1624&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just What I Needed</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2009 10:53:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The NICU paged me during the time when they were to be running an EEG on my baby girl. They needed me back in her room.
I entered the room to loud cries. &#8220;Mrs. Lopez, is there any way you can calm her down without nursing her right now while we apply these electrodes to her [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1264&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cash for Cans</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 11:09:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our family is large enough that taking our soda cans to a recycling company rather than conveniently tossing them into the recycle bin is worth the time and effort.
Five months ago (the last time I took a load of cans to the recycling company) I received $.60 per pound, earning $8.40 for the fourteen pounds of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1171&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Monkeys at Staples</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Dec 2008 10:53:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids can (and do) find ways to entertain themselves when I drag them around on errands with me. I suppose it can be amusing.
Last week, having already trekked through a craft store with four of our kids in search of clear glass ornaments to decorate, we drove across town in the snow to order [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1137&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Theology of Santa</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 11:13:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our fourth-grade son was thinking today while we were on a family outing, and out of the blue he said, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think it&#8217;s right that Santa gets to judge us. He&#8217;s acting like God, but only God can judge us.&#8221;
His statement was so profound that I was speechless at first. What kind of thought process [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1091&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Dec 2008 10:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I figure I&#8217;d better get this post published before late tomorrow night&#8230;I may be singing a different tune about the wintry weather after the ice storm that is projected to hit our area; we&#8217;ll likely be without power for a few days.
Three snow days.
Three snow days in a row, the last three school days leading right [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=1038&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hot Breakfast</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:21:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One thing&#8230;one fantastic memory from my childhood&#8230;is that I could always depend on my mother to be up before us ~~ humming in the kitchen, no less ~~  preparing a hot breakfast before we left for school. She has always been an early riser.
She didn&#8217;t always cook oatmeal, but I did eat enough oatmeal as a kid to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=alexawrites.wordpress.com&blog=1504217&post=964&subd=alexawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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