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	<title>Balancing Motherhood</title>
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	<description>Finding my way through life, career and motherhood.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>This Mother&#8217;s Day Do Something For Yourself</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/09/this-mothers-day-do-something-for-yourself/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Ladies, this year, don&#8217;t leave the Mother&#8217;s Day planning up to your spouse, OR your kids. Decide how you want to spend your Sunday and let the family know. This will take all expectations away and you&#8217;ll end up being happier.
Sure, it takes some of the surprise out of it, but it really gives you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much&#8217; &#8212; Isn&#8217;t That You?</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/08/meditations-for-women-who-do-too-much-isnt-that-you/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:49:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The other morning I picked up a book from my bookshelf that reminds me to slow down and take time for me. &#8220;Meditations For Women Who Do Too Much,&#8221; is a daily journal to guide women through life without being &#8220;workaholics, rushaholics, and careaholics.&#8221;
I particularly like the entry for March 15: Alone Time.
Alone time is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Work? Motherhood? Both?</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/07/work-motherhood-both/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 May 2008 14:17:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[This topic of working or staying at home comes up all the time for moms. Here&#8217;s an article talks about the ups and downs for working moms &#8212; and those who want to go back to work after significant time off.
It also gives a few tips on how to negotiate a part-time or flex-time position [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Links To Free Stuff</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/06/links-to-free-stuff/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 13:32:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I just found a Twitter page that lists Web sites that are offering free (yes, FREE) products. The Twitter writer is Stefani from Mommy Enterprises. She&#8217;s created the page just for the free stuff she finds.
I&#8217;ll be writing more about Twitter in the future, but for those who&#8217;ve never used it, it&#8217;s a micro-blogging tool [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got a Product or Business Idea? &#8216;Mother of Invention Grant&#8217; Is Waiting For You</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/05/got-an-idea-grant-is-waiting-for-you/</link>
		<comments>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/05/got-an-idea-grant-is-waiting-for-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 13:24:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Inspiration]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Mom]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Tips]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I got a press release today about an interesting contest (grant) for innovative moms. Here&#8217;s the official release:
This Mother’s Day, May 11, Whirlpool brand will kick-off the fourth annual Mother of Invention Grant Program – just in time for the 100th anniversary of Mother’s Day.  In the past three years, Whirlpool brand has recognized [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Friday&#8217;s Findings</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/02/fridays-findings/</link>
		<comments>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/02/fridays-findings/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 14:13:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Balance]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some sites of interest for your Friday, pre-weekend reading:

BogHer is capturing ideas of the best things your mother told you. Contribute here.
The 10 Talents of Parenting: Balance. It&#8217;s about finding emotional balance.
Does parenting help in running a business? Read about it in &#8220;The Parent Preneur Edge&#8221; book. 
Read 43folders.com&#8217;s take on clutter.

Bedtime stress [...]]]></description>
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		<title>&#8216;A Central Florida Mommy Blogger You Should Know About&#8217; &#8212; Hey, That&#8217;s Me!</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/01/a-central-florida-mommy-blogger-you-should-now-about-hey-thats-me/</link>
		<comments>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/05/01/a-central-florida-mommy-blogger-you-should-now-about-hey-thats-me/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2008 13:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Orlando and Central Florida]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Central Florida]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My friend, Ashley, has a great blog about the goings-on in Central Florida. Ashley and I used to work together in the media business so we have the same love for great content and story telling. He recently asked me if I would participate in a profile story for his site, Pulse of Central Florida. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Importance of Taking Time for Yourself: Recharge That Battery</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/04/30/the-importance-of-taking-time-for-yourself-recharge-that-battery/</link>
		<comments>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/04/30/the-importance-of-taking-time-for-yourself-recharge-that-battery/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I really believe in the importance of taking a breather, doing something you love or enjoy. By taking a break, even if for a moment, you can recenter yourself and be a better mother, friend, spouse or just be a better self.
I recently found a video (thanks Gustavo) describing this philosophy, from a man. Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Life After Motherhood</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/04/29/life-after-motherhood/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Is there any such thing as life after motherhood? I think not. Someone found BalancingMotherhood.com by searching for that phrase. I don&#8217;t think there is a possibility of an &#8220;after motherhood&#8221; scenario. Even when your children grow up and leave the house, you are still always a mother. Later in life you&#8217;ll be a grandmother.
Women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Do You Start Giving Your Child An Allowance?</title>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/04/28/when-do-you-start-giving-your-child-an-allowance/</link>
		<comments>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2008/04/28/when-do-you-start-giving-your-child-an-allowance/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 14:07:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Alicia at BalancingMotherhood.com</dc:creator>
		
		<category><![CDATA[Children and Kids]]></category>

		<category><![CDATA[Finances]]></category>

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		<category><![CDATA[Saving money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Read a great article this weekend in &#8220;The Orlando Sentinel&#8221; about allowances for children. Here&#8217;s some of the advice the author gives about how much to give your kids:
Beginning around the ages of 5 to 7, give 50 cents for each year old the child is.
At age 10, give $1 per years old.
Ouch, that second [...]]]></description>
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