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		<title>The circle skirt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:52:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The kids and I have memberships to Bowers Museum and Kidseum.  A few Saturdays ago we decided to go do Native American Sand Art at the Kidseum, it was cool!  I wished I had brought my camera, but I was still on my reflective, weblog hiatus.  The kids got painted on by a face painting <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/08/15/the-circle-skirt/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I got a Serger!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 04:22:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my gosh, oh my gosh, oh my gosh!  I went to an estate sale put  on by my favorite estate sale ladies last weekend (all by myself!) with some super strong, yet tempered hopes, because in the email announcing the sale, they mentioned there was a White brand serger for sale&#8230;  I did my <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/08/10/1965/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Dirty Dishes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Aug 2011 00:45:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Okay, hi.  I&#8217;m going to ignore the impulse to analyze and pontificate about my thoughts and feelings about 1. my blog, and 2. how long it&#8217;s been since I posted and 3. the reasons and instead report the happy news that I have figured out a dishwashing conundrum I&#8217;ve had for years.  The conundrum involves a <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/08/06/dirty-dishes/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>In the Garden</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/06/17/in-the-garden/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jun 2011 18:02:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;ve got some food growing in our backyard.  I am experimenting to see what I can successfully grow and in the coming years I hope to grow just a few things really well and maybe get to eat them all year with the help of some preserving, dehydrating and freezing.  This year&#8217;s food is more <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/06/17/in-the-garden/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>catch up</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/05/22/catch-up/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 May 2011 23:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh wow, it&#8217;s been so long. Not that anyone&#8217;s asking, but my reasons for not blogging for so long are quite simple. The demands on me in this season of my life make it more difficult to notch in the time to blog. But another factor is that I used to mostly do the blog <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/05/22/catch-up/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Prayer for Japan</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 Mar 2011 19:06:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every week we have some friends come over and play. Us moms organize some type of craft or activity to do while we&#8217;re together and this last week we decided to make a strand of Tibetan prayer flags in prayer for the people suffering in Japan. I had a Tibetan Prayer Flag Pack, which I <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/03/20/prayer-for-japan/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>I knitted Little Indy a jacket</title>
		<link>http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/02/26/i-knitted-little-indy-a-jacket/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Feb 2011 01:08:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jennifer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[First it looks like this. Then you fold it, sew up the shoulder seams and sew on the buttons and it becomes this. Then you put it on your cute little sucker and it becomes this. There is love in every stitch, I tell you! And there are prayers in them too. Prayers for this <a href="http://www.blessmybirth.com/2011/02/26/i-knitted-little-indy-a-jacket/"> read more <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a>]]></description>
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