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	<title>The Playdate Diaries</title>
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	<description>Trying to stay sane in my 2-kid world...</description>
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		<title>Ok, don&#8217;t hate me because I have a LIFE&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, well, well&#8230; look at what the cat dragged in! Oh, and you too? Anyway, I know I&#8217;ve been M.I.A. &#8211; can you blame me? Seriously&#8230;
Well, I&#8217;ve been a bad, bad girl. I&#8217;ve been to about 2 playdates without posting anything afterwards. Shame on me&#8230; I did visit this site afterwards. I was just too lazy to click [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=72&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/11/20/ok-dont-hate-me-because-i-have-a-life/</link>
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		<title>Thoughts on being sick&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I cannot for the life of me explain how the whole process of getting sick works. I mean, not when I&#8217;m a stay at home mom. I don&#8217;t leave the four walls of my white padded room and get sickenly ill as soon as there&#8217;s a really cool playdate to attend. *sniffle-cough-cringe*
So it is with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=71&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/30/thoughts-on-being-sick/</link>
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		<title>Playdate #7:The Character Meet-n-Greet</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Today we had a mall event where the children got to meet-n-greet with Curious George. The kids all had to be part of the &#8216;Kidgits Club&#8217; in order to participate. The information sheet states &#8216;20 minutes per child for photos&#8217; blah blah blah&#8230; something along those lines. So why is it that when you actually [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=64&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/20/playdate-7the-character-meet-n-greet/</link>
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		<title>My romance-novel life&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Somehow I don&#8217;t know how I got here, but when I think about life as a romance novel, I quickly realize that in the beginning we could only be described as follows:

Victor Luis (my husband) - a devilishly handsome rake with a comedic disposition, a sly smile, and roaming eyes. He&#8217;s never still in hopes of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=63&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/my-romance-novel-life/</link>
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		<title>You want to read MY book?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been getting a lot of messages from people telling me I should write a book. Apparently I&#8217;m a literary genius &#8211; right up there in between the world encylopedia and the infamous little black book I&#8217;m sure&#8230;
Who wants to actually pay for something that comes out of my mouth? Can you imagine all the people [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=62&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/you-want-to-read-my-book/</link>
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		<title>If you&#8217;re one of the childless few&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;you may have noticed that every single mom has a secret code language &#8211; a creative form of communication specifically tailored to their individual child(ren). Even within the same parental structure, the secret language is special, unique, and varied amongst siblings. Don&#8217;t believe me?
Let&#8217;s look at the word &#8220;baba&#8221; for example. Some parent-child structures would use [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=61&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/16/if-youre-one-of-the-childless-few/</link>
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		<title>Playdate #6: The Pumpkin Patch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OMG &#8211; I have never been to a pumpkin patch before! (And for the record, I&#8217;ve never carved a pumpkin either, but we&#8217;re not talking about my childhood inadequacies right now). I&#8217;ve passed by dozens of patches &#8211; all perfectly laid out and colorful &#8211; but I&#8217;ve never actually ventured through one. I always see [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=53&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/playdate-6-the-pumpkin-patch/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Mother&#8221; &#8211; The 8th Wonder of the World</title>
		<description><![CDATA[First of all, SHHHHHHHHHHHH&#8230; I&#8217;m hiding from the kids and husband right now &#8211; don&#8217;t you dare tell them where I am!
&#8230;so tell me, do you have kids? Do you enjoy the self-mutilation as much as I do? Sometimes I wonder what happened to me. Was I somehow demoted for bad behaviour? Why does my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=50&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/10/03/mother-the-8th-wonder-of-the-world/</link>
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		<title>The &#8220;In-Between&#8221; Days</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Want to know what I do in between all those playdate days? Not much really. I run after my 2 year old toddler half the time (you try carrying a 15.5lb 2-month old with one arm while feeding him a bottle with the other, all the while chasing an &#8220;angelic&#8221; 2 year old &#8211; at a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=49&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/09/30/the-off-days/</link>
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		<title>Playdate #5: The Birthday Party</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Why is it that as soon as you&#8217;re having fun, your kids start to go NUTS and do stuff they&#8217;ve never done before in their entire little lives? I&#8217;m talkin&#8217; tantrums, hissy fits, crying, shouting, screaming, kicking, biting &#8211; whatever their favorite is at the moment and gets your (and everyone else&#8217;s) un-divided attention.
We were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=playdatediaries.wordpress.com&blog=1793721&post=39&subd=playdatediaries&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://playdatediaries.wordpress.com/2007/09/29/playdate-5-the-birthday-party-playdate/</link>
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