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	<title>Embracing the Madness</title>
	
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		<title>What Madness?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sure many of my readers have came by and said, &#8220;what madness, all you do is go on vacation and spend the day with your family, lounging around, floating down the river&#8221;. It probably does look like that. Of course, it&#8217;s summer, I am a teacher, I am off (well sort of). I teach [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Writer’s Block</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[  Nuff Said!]]></description>
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		<title>Tweens and Technology</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 24 Jul 2010 19:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://embracingthemadness.com/?p=127</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I am very sure there are very few parents of tweens that have not been hounded for a cell phone, facebook, MySpace, or twitter account. Kids are more “connected” now than they have ever been. Technology is not the root of all evil, however, with tweens if not appropriately monitored it can quickly become such. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Signs You Are Living with A Tween</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 14:35:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Eye rolling- Often accompanied with the head roll- This is when parents typically threaten to hand them their eyes if they roll them one more time.  2. They know EVERYTHING- Clearly we are mere peons who have lived sheltered in a closet because we no longer know ANYTHING at all.  3.Talking Back- Anything you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 9th Anniversary</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jul 2010 21:38:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[    July 19, 2001   Khari and I have been married 9 years today. I had this long post planned about how met and all that good stuff in between, and I will post it one day, just not today. The last 9 years have not always been easy. We have been through it [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When Kisses Don’t Work</title>
		<link>http://embracingthemadness.com/2010/07/when-kisses-dont-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jul 2010 19:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://embracingthemadness.com/?p=107</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I miss the days when mommies kisses would fix any and every thing. A smashed finger, a scratch, even hurt feelings, all it took was a kiss or two from mommy. This morning Justice (will be 8 on Tuesday) came in crying because she shut the door on her finger. I kissed it and said [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 22:45:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a mom of two girls, I am constantly taking care of hair. Here are a few (ok a lot) of pics of the girls hair through the years.  ]]></description>
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		<title>Back Running</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 13:39:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I Started back running, jogging, jog/walking today. After dropping the girls off at camp today I decided to head to the gym and give it a try. Remember, I haven&#8217;t ran in over six weeks when I dislocated and broke my toe( you can read about that at Running a 5k), so I wasn&#8217;t sure [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is It Just PMS?</title>
		<link>http://embracingthemadness.com/2010/07/pmdd-pm/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 17:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ We&#8217;ve all seen and heard the jokes about PMS. For most of us PMS leaves us a little bitchy difficult to get a long with, cravings, and cramps. However, according to http://pmdd.factsforhealth.org/what/ 5% of women suffer from a severe form of PMS, Premenstrual Dysphoric Disorder (PMDD).  PMDD disrupts your every day living. It is at its [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Texting and Driving</title>
		<link>http://embracingthemadness.com/2010/07/texting-and-driving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Jul 2010 14:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tracie</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She was 18, homecoming queen, an athlete, the oldest of 5. She had a smile that would light up the world. Two days earlier, May 25, 2010, she graduated from high school. The world was hers. On her senior page she had written “live each day as if it was your last”, that’s exactly how she lived. [...]]]></description>
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