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Dear Sagan,

I can’t believe this is possible, but everyone around you is even more in love with you than they were last month! I KNOW! Eleven months....&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

You’re making it harder and harder to write these letters. Primarily, you’ve become so much more fun, so much more interesting, that I...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

It’s hard for me to believe that everything that’s happened this month actually happened.  From two days after Christmas... to now?!? Wow....&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

Merry eighth month!  I have to say, when you were conceived, Dad and I had no inkling what great timing we’d achieved vis a vis your age...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

Well, your Monthly Newsletter’s a few days late this time because you’ve been sick. And wow, I didn’t know exhaustion until I knew Sick...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

You’ve been breathing air for 6 months!  Congratulations!

You’ve done so much this month. So much input! So much adventure! So many bumps...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

Wow, five months, huh? I can’t believe I’ve known you this long! Then again, I can’t believe I haven’t known you for much, much longer...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

You’ve been amazing this month. Seriously. Every day holds a new discovery.

You went to New Braunfels with the Smith Clan; we go every year....&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

Congratulations! You made it through your fourth trimester! This month started with your 2-month checkup, where you got lots of shots (prepare...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

This month has been amazing. We’ve found our groove, you and I. Our days have been busier – we’ve left the house on at least half of them – but...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear Sagan,

Welcome to your first Monthly Newsletter! I got the idea from a blogger named Heather Armstrong; she wrote them to her daughter Leta.  I hope to...&lt;br/&gt;
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Weird Al Yankovic
He sports the chains and knows SO MUCH about rap already.  A handy rhyming helper!
Bjork
She would make my clothing (and voice) seem less loud.  Plus, access to...&lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</description><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://iridescesent.blogspot.com/2009/01/why-my-hip-hop-posse-would-include.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IridesceSent/~3/AE250V6t2Ws/in-defense-of-my-vice.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Summer)</author><pubDate>Sun, 01 Feb 2009 14:52:52 PST</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706820.post-1744610290135788888</guid><description>::IN DEFENSE OF MY VICE::    
  Bourbon Mint Tea by thebittenword.com  I&amp;#39;ve enjoyed aspartame since I was a wee one; &amp;quot;iced tea&amp;quot; in my household growing up had these little white pills...&lt;br/&gt;
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[[ This is a content summary only. Visit MyWebsite.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]</description><media:thumbnail xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" url="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2496538577_8e51146533_t.jpg" height="72" width="72" /><thr:total xmlns:thr="http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0">0</thr:total><feedburner:origLink>http://iridescesent.blogspot.com/2009/01/in-defense-of-my-vice.html</feedburner:origLink></item><item><title></title><link>http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IridesceSent/~3/39oSf5K88Fs/joke-i-made-up-yesterday-q-what-do.html</link><author>noreply@blogger.com (Summer)</author><pubDate>Sun, 06 Apr 2008 06:50:00 PDT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3706820.post-8684780074904676923</guid><description>::A JOKE I MADE UP YESTERDAY::

Q: What do Spanish-speakers call a short German dance?

A: Un polkito!

(This joke is inspired by my class's Reading Buddies class, a clan of second-grade Mexican...&lt;br/&gt;
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Dear god, it's been forever since I've posted.  Being a teacher is time-consuming, 'specially when I want to be a good owner to Oscar, a good wife to Austin, and a good self...&lt;br/&gt;
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Know what's rad?  Being at home during sunset.  On a work day.

I don't think this has happened since I've started teaching.  It happened today.&lt;br/&gt;
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I'm married now!  

The wedding?  Magnificent.  The honeymoon?  Fabulous.  The return to real life?  Harrowing.  

But!  Some of our pictures are up on our photographer's...&lt;br/&gt;
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The new Radiohead is perfectly titled.  It's less harsh, decidedly less melancholy, and warmer than their previous effort.  Whereas Hail to the Thief, with its electronic glitch and...&lt;br/&gt;
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Only this is enough to make me inject energy into the blogosphere instead of seeping it out.&lt;br/&gt;
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.: Delighted in breakfast at Cafe Brazil.
.: Deposited my first paycheck since July 31.
.: Shopped for wedding shoes for Austin and me, both brick-and-mortar and online. ...&lt;br/&gt;
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Battered, bruised, bloodied, and triumphant, I arise from My First Week of School:  

I never knew my feet could hurt that much and still function.  
I never knew I had so much...&lt;br/&gt;
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Tomorrow is the first day of school.  I am scared, excited, nervous, and ecstatic all at once.  It's the culmination of a process I started almost a...&lt;br/&gt;
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While at Target, I was checking out bargains in the school suppy section, when I saw some Gel Gems-like window clings.  They had phrases available in addition to the...&lt;br/&gt;
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There comes a time in every young woman's life when she thinks, even for a fleeting moment, that she has arrived.  I had one this morning, when I realized that my entire shower...&lt;br/&gt;
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