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	<description>Finding my way through life, career and motherhood.</description>
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		<title>&#8216;How Many Days Until &#8230;&#8217; Paper Chain</title>
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My son knows that Easter is coming and that we will be traveling to MomMom and PopPop&#8217;s house this year. He is so excited and keeps asking, every single day, &#8220;how many days until Easter?&#8221;
I got tired of saying, &#8220;it&#8217;s a lot of days.&#8221; Or, &#8220;it&#8217;s a long time away.&#8221; At Christmas, we use an [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/03/05/how-many-days-until-paper-chain/</link>
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		<title>Parenting Issues Making the News</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been seeing a lot of hot parenting topics on the news lately on which I would love to write full blog posts, but life intersects and they don&#8217;t get written. Tonight I thought I would highlight some of them here so that I don&#8217;t completely miss the boat and can share what I think [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/03/02/parenting-issues-making-the-news/</link>
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		<title>Breaking Up With Your Daycare Provider</title>
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It&#8217;s hard to leave your children with a day care provider, nanny or other care giver while you are away working, but many of us have to do it everyday. It&#8217;s harder when you are not happy with the level of care your child is receiving. Sometimes you have to break up with your daycare [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/24/breaking-up-with-your-daycare-provider/</link>
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		<title>How A Few Words Made My Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of mine just sent me a quick Instant Message to say, &#8220;hi.&#8221; In it, she confessed that she thinks of me every time she sees Erin Burnett on TV. Erin is a financial guru for CNBC. This two minute conversation made my day. Why?
I looked at Erin&#8217;s Web site and saw her photo [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/23/make-someones-day/</link>
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		<title>Is alice.com Worth It?</title>
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I’ve been seeing a lot of ads and promotions for alice.com and decided to give it a try. Count me in on something that can save me valuable time. I  signed up for the free account and began to search the site for items I typically purchase. Initially I was disappointed with the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/17/is-alicecom-worth-it/</link>
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		<title>Some Days You Just Need to Be Alone</title>
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This was at a hotel I stayed at last year and I just couldn&#8217;t resist taking the photo. Every now and then moms just need a sign like this to tell everyone that we need some alone time.
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		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/15/some-days-you-just-need-to-be-alone/</link>
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		<title>Last Minute Valentine&#8217;s Day Activities and Gift Ideas</title>
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Baby photo credit: doriana_s

If you have simple PhotoShop skills you can follow my easy to use instructions to download this free photo frame (shown above) and add your own image inside the red frame. Instructions are at the end of this post.
There&#8217;s time to make chocolate covered strawberries. And, they&#8217;re quick and easy. The kids [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/13/last-minute-valentines-day-activities-and-gift-ideas/</link>
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		<title>Easy Chocolate Wedding Cake (or Any Day of the Week Cake)</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I recently finished reading &#8220;A Homemade Life: Stories and Recipes from My Kitchen Table&#8221; by Molly Wizenberg, with my book club. It&#8217;s a memoir of a woman&#8217;s life as she progresses through the passing of her father, a move to Paris and the eventual finding of the man she will marry. It&#8217;s a quaint story [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/08/easy-chocolate-wedding-cake-or-any-day-of-the-week-cake/</link>
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		<title>Wear Red, Ana Duggar, Roses and Fantasia</title>
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Wear Red Day
Today is &#8220;National Wear Red Day,&#8221; a day inspired by The American Heart Association to bring awareness that the number one killer of women is heart disease. From their Web site:
We&#8217;re working hard to change the perception that heart disease is a &#8220;man&#8217;s disease.&#8221; And it&#8217;s working! By teaching more and more women [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/05/975/</link>
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		<title>Finding Your Element</title>
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Sir Ken Robinson&#8217;s latest book (2009), &#8220;The Element: How Finding Your Passion Changes Everything&#8221; tackles how to live your passion &#8212; how to be in your element. I&#8217;ve had the pleasure of hearing Robinson speak in person when he was a guest at the University where I work, and enjoyed how he spoke so freely [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.balancingmotherhood.com/2010/02/02/finding-your-element/</link>
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