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		<title>Staging your home for maximum sales return.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Aug 2011 23:38:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a bit of a hiatus due to scheduling and, I hate to admit, writer&#8217;s block (my friend Susie calls it &#8220;Bloggage&#8221;)  I&#8217;ve returned with gusto to my blog as new questions have been coming at me now for a few weeks.  The real estate market in Vancouver continues to be on the upswing and while some houses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kindness is contageous.  Pass it on.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 20:15:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[February 14th &#8211; 20th is Random Acts Of Kindness Week.  Yes&#8230; it&#8217;s true and I love that someone made this official.  I love engaging in random acts of kindness and I love stories about them because being kind to others makes us happier people.  Check out some great ideas from the Random Acts of Kindness Foundation like anonymously sending [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Living Life The Old Fashioned Way.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Feb 2011 02:22:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend I went ice fishing.  Yes, me.  The city girl.  Minus 12 or so, in a little tent for five hours with four adults and three dogs (and for a few moments two giant teen aged boys who popped in to see what we were up to).  And, I was reassured, 3 feet of ice holding us all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Fire As Art</title>
		<link>http://www.masondesigngroup.com/design/fire-as-art/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Jan 2011 18:13:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You absolutely must see what the folks at Fire Features are up to.  You&#8217;ll never look at your fireplace the same way again.  See Elena Colombo&#8217;s work and dream!]]></description>
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		<title>Crock Pots Are Hip.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 18:31:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all, It&#8217;s January and I&#8217;m feeling oh so fat from gorging myself on the excesses of the holidays.  The old muffin-top has taken on a life of it&#8217;s own and I think it high time to empty the pantry of food that was holiday guest treats and to stock it with sensible and healthy eats.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Designing our future.</title>
		<link>http://www.masondesigngroup.com/thoughts/designing-our-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 18:29:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy New Year!  My first blog of 2011 isn’t directly about design.  Well, not really.  But, well&#8230; perhaps it is.  Perhaps it&#8217;s about designing our lives. My blog is about optimism. I am a glass-half-full kinda girl.  I not only see my glass as half-full, but it’s a hand carved crystal flute from Europe, half-full of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Found some more fun gifts – for your loved ones or for yourself!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Nov 2010 06:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The hunt for the perfect gift continues as the clock ticks towards Christmas. So here I go again&#8230; and here are some cool &#8211; or so I think &#8211; gift ideas to get your creative shopping juices flowing! This chip and dip bowl from Neimen Marcus is so great and functional that I am buying [...]]]></description>
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		<title>‘Tis the Season… for unique gift ideas</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been on the hunt for fun new ideas for Christmas gifts.. here are a few I just have to share with you. I love this gift! Let&#8217;s face it, our brains get full and our world is so big on numbers that I often can&#8217;t remember my phone number let alone recall yet another [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home is where the hearth is…</title>
		<link>http://www.masondesigngroup.com/design/home-is-where-the-hearth-is/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:14:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>ruth</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love Christmas because it is a time deck out the house like never before!  Let&#8217;s all commit to decorate with a plan for the holidays.  Be careful not to overload your house with items that will only serve to water down your efforts and be distracting. The fireplace, for those fortunate enough to have one, is a natural [...]]]></description>
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