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    <title>New Year Organizing</title>
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&lt;p&gt;It&amp;rsquo;s the beginning of another new year. What better time to get organized.          Try these helpful tips to get your New Year started in the right direction.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:28:07 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Gingerbread House Party, Blueprints and Recipes</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;From the very simple designs for those busy moms and dads to challenging art project for those artists among us, weve got it all. Weve also included some gingerbread recipes for holiday gifts, Hanukkah and potlucks Let the decorating begin!!!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/christmas/gingerbread-house-party-blueprints-and-recipes" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/jLgxF6BlCdA" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2004 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Light Bulb Santa Ornaments</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;              &lt;/strong&gt;Here's a great way to                recycle light bulbs! Make a bunch of them to hang on the tree or                give as gifts. This is a great craft to sit down and do with the                kids.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/christmas/light-bulb-santa-ornaments" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/ttc0ZwVu4z8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 12 Nov 2000 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>New Year's Traditions</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Eat, Drink, and Be Healthy, Wealthy, and Lucky!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;New Year's Day brings a great Southern tradition to tables across America.&amp;nbsp; It's a simple and healthy meal, and it goes something like this...&amp;nbsp; Eat your blackeyed peas to bring you good luck thoroughout the year, eat collard or turnip greens to grant you lots of MONEY, and add in a little hog jawls for good health.&amp;nbsp; ( I subsititute pork chops for hog jawls; it seems to work just as well!)&amp;nbsp;&lt;br /&gt;
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  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/new-year/new-years-traditions" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/8Ix86lhfDrc" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 01:58:16 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Keep The Kids Busy... Let The Popcorn Roll!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&amp;quot;Keeps The Kids Busy&amp;quot; list that will easily let                children be creative, eat their art supplies, make a lot of gifts                (or crafts) using inexpensive supplies and fun treats to take to                potlucks and classroom parties!&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/activities/keep-kids-busy-let-popcorn-roll" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/yNwYdjdJVJ8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 08 Nov 2005 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>10 Easy Homemade Christmas Gift Ideas You Can Make With Your Kids</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Each project takes less than 15 minutes, costs less than $10 and uses the        artwork your kids have created throughout the year.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/christmas/10-easy-homemade-christmas-gift-ideas-you-can-make-your-kids" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/8Jy3yKqru4A" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <category domain="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/kids-crafts">Kids Crafts</category>
 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2004 06:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Make a New Year's Ornament with your Kids</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;This is a fun craft to make with your kids while celebrating the new year. You can use it as an ornament on next year's Christmas tree or as a room decoration throughout the year. Either way, it's a SIMPLE way for some family fun.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/headline/make-new-years-ornament-your-kids" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/OPJSFcQ_y0Q" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 19:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>8 Ideas for Organizing Your Child's Room</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;Clean your room. Ugh! Oh, Mom. I'll do it later! This same dialog is shared by millions of parents and their children all over the world. Do you suddenly have the driving urge to get your childs room in order? Where do you start? Here are a few ideas:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/household-tips/cleaning/8-ideas-organizing-your-childs-room" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/cja7sOinJdE" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 15 May 2008 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Overweight kids ... what should a mom do?</title>
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&lt;p&gt;How did we get here?&amp;nbsp; Despite having attempted to raise healthy kids &amp;hellip; I have overweight kids!&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/week/overweight-kids-what-should-mom-do" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/uwTiuhl32I0" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:43:03 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>The One New Year's Resolution To Make (And Keep)!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;Another year,          another chance to make a fresh start. What resolutions will you make this          year? And, more importantly, which ones will you keep? After all, making          resolutions is easy, keeping them can be tough after your initial good          intentions start to fall by the wayside and old habits start to kick in.          Every year I see the same thing. The gym suddenly becomes more crowded          with the &amp;quot;newbies&amp;quot; who have admirably decided to begin a regular          exercise program.&lt;/p&gt;
  &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/new-year/one-new-years-resolution-make-and-keep" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/4RRjuIO10w8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Fri, 01 Jan 2010 00:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Recipe For 50 Quick Gift Ideas</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;These are fun and SIMPLE gift ideas that will bring a smile to the recipient!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/christmas/recipe-50-quick-gift-ideas" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/-x6qk8svah8" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 04:42:13 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Christmas Tree Decorations - Family Craft</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;Nothing says family time better than decorating the tree together as a family and enjoying lots of laughter. And nothing makes the decorations more personal than if they are made by the family. Here are some great craft ideas for making decorations.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;   &lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://mommytips.com/family-fun/holidays/christmas/christmas-tree-decorations-family-craft" target="_blank"&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/features/rssxml/~4/38vXJJEM04c" height="1" width="1"/&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Sun, 05 Dec 2010 16:16:37 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Balancing Christmas Me-ism and Christian Faith</title>
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&lt;p&gt;If you are a Christian family, then Christmas is SUPPOSED to be about celebrating the birth of Christ. I LOVE what my pastor recently said... &amp;quot;It's not YOUR&amp;nbsp;birthday!&amp;quot; So how do we balance the pressures of &amp;quot;my FRIENDS are getting blah blah blah&amp;quot; while trying to teach our kids to keep the focus where it is supposed to be?&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 11 Dec 2009 14:57:31 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Creating a Family Advent Tradition</title>
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 &lt;p style="margin: 0px"&gt;I am so exited about our new family Advent tradition! I really feel like it will help to keep our focus on Christ above all of the hustle and bustle of the busy holiday season.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:46:26 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Christmas Gift Ideas for Kids, Spouses, Family, Friends ... EVERYONE on your list!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;I know you ... you are searching the web, looking at newspaper ads ... trying to figure out that PERFECT gift for everyone on your list. Hopefully, we can help with this list of products we love!&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 00:12:57 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>25 Activities To Bring Holiday Cheer To Your Family</title>
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 &lt;p&gt;It is so easy for parents to get caught up in all of the busyness and "to do's" of the holiday season, that sometimes we forget to just stop and take a moment to enjoy the most wonderful time of the year!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Here are 25 easy activities for your family to enjoy together this month to bring merriment and cheer. You can simply choose from the list each day, or for some extra fun, put all of the activities in a decorated container, and allow the children to draw one or two out each morning after breakfast. Then you can decide how best to fit them into the day.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 05:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 05 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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