<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:blogger='http://schemas.google.com/blogger/2008' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd="http://schemas.google.com/g/2005" xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143357091091732243</id><updated>2026-01-11T02:09:20.336-07:00</updated><category term="family time"/><category term="My Happiness Project"/><category term="blogging"/><category term="6 word Saturday"/><category term="NaBloPoMo"/><category term="Dear so and so"/><category term="Super Sunday Series"/><category term="thankfulness"/><category term="ME time"/><category term="vacation"/><category term="holidays"/><category term="mommy guilt"/><category term="Lilly"/><category term="anxiety"/><category term="self-control"/><category term="weekends"/><category term="worry"/><category term="friendship"/><category term="perfectionism"/><category term="school"/><category term="consuming emotions"/><category term="transitions"/><category term="behavior challenges"/><category term="birthday"/><category term="fear"/><category term="gifted traits"/><category term="sleep"/><category term="disappointment"/><category term="gifted signs"/><category term="montessori"/><category term="routine"/><category term="Follow Friday"/><category term="IQ testing"/><category term="Youngest. Oldest"/><category term="food"/><category term="gifted idiosyncracies"/><category term="hope"/><category term="sibling issues"/><category term="asynchronous development"/><category term="awards"/><category term="back to school"/><category term="Technical Question Tuesday"/><category term="hunger"/><category term="love"/><category term="patience"/><category term="piano"/><category term="television"/><category term="work"/><category term="Gifted Twitter Chat."/><category term="editorials"/><category term="meals"/><category term="overexcitability"/><category term="productivity"/><category term="random thoughts"/><category term="reading"/><category term="summer"/><category term="book club"/><category term="choices"/><category term="first day of school"/><category term="goal setting"/><category term="grounding"/><category term="growth"/><category term="gymnastics"/><category term="marriage"/><category term="proactive"/><category term="ungratefulness"/><category term="yelling"/><category term="Youngest"/><category term="cycles"/><category term="down time"/><category term="embarassment"/><category term="ethics"/><category term="family mission statement"/><category term="imagination"/><category term="organization"/><category term="writing"/><category term="Husband"/><category term="Introducing my first gifted girl"/><category term="Oldest"/><category term="SENG"/><category term="TV"/><category term="advocacy"/><category term="book review"/><category term="church"/><category term="extroverts"/><category term="fads"/><category term="friendly friday"/><category term="guest post"/><category term="health"/><category term="introverts"/><category term="letting go"/><category term="money"/><category term="motivation"/><category term="nutrition"/><category term="our lady peace"/><category term="projects"/><category term="promoting"/><category term="public speaking"/><category term="shoe tying"/><category term="updates"/><category term="volunteering"/><title type='text'>Loving My Children&#39;s Gifts</title><subtitle type='html'>You can find us at the intersection of smart and cool.  Directing traffic.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://gifts2love.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default?max-results=3'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gifts2love.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><link rel='next' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default?start-index=4&amp;max-results=3'/><author><name>Missy | Literal Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00662949489653215361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2Fh04M8BrC8nAAyH1kQE8S1aE5rR4SWIOtueoQ7xZR6wo5PHqc5jNRD08t2kS9XCXHND073SfbshD9ddFA85BsuJgA8vGbzEwlg9pM9auI-JbFYMeBf1Sz96TkU4gQ/s220/application+pic.JPG'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>266</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>3</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143357091091732243.post-8193925101998789372</id><published>2011-05-23T19:37:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-05-23T19:37:01.690-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Come Join Me at My New Site</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;A little over 2 months ago, I made the switch to a new blogging site called &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;The Literal Mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;.&amp;nbsp; I love the new concept and new blog, but I also miss many of you!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I just installed Google Friend Connect at the new location.&amp;nbsp; Would you consider clicking &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;here&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt; and joining me on Google Friend Connect there?&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;I would be most appreciative.&amp;nbsp; And for all new GFC followers at The Literal Mom this week, I will enter you into my Summer Series - &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/literal-mom/2011/05/literal-quote-of-the-day-2.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Literal Mom of the Day&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;, beginning on Thursdays next week.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Hope to see you soon!&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;br /&gt;
&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style=&quot;text-align: center;&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;Missy - The Literal Mom&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/8193925101998789372'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/8193925101998789372'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gifts2love.blogspot.com/2011/05/come-join-me-at-my-new-site.html' title='Come Join Me at My New Site'/><author><name>Missy | Literal Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00662949489653215361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2Fh04M8BrC8nAAyH1kQE8S1aE5rR4SWIOtueoQ7xZR6wo5PHqc5jNRD08t2kS9XCXHND073SfbshD9ddFA85BsuJgA8vGbzEwlg9pM9auI-JbFYMeBf1Sz96TkU4gQ/s220/application+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143357091091732243.post-5593102959210813144</id><published>2011-03-21T19:07:00.000-06:00</published><updated>2011-03-21T19:07:59.125-06:00</updated><title type='text'>Come Visit My New Site</title><content type='html'>And I&#39;m back, officially!&amp;nbsp; Today, my new site, &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/&quot;&gt;http://www.literalmom.com/&lt;/a&gt; was launched and I&#39;m so happy to be back!&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/&quot;&gt;The Literal Mom&lt;/a&gt; is an exploration of what it really means to be a Mother, a Parent.&amp;nbsp; It&#39;s so much more complicated than we all thought when we started out.&amp;nbsp; Isn&#39;t it?&lt;br /&gt;
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So come visit, become a follower, comment, enjoy, and maybe even learn a little bit.&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;
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&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.literalmom.com/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-size: large;&quot;&gt;www.literalmom.com&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt; - join today.</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/5593102959210813144'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/5593102959210813144'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gifts2love.blogspot.com/2011/03/come-visit-my-new-site.html' title='Come Visit My New Site'/><author><name>Missy | Literal Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00662949489653215361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2Fh04M8BrC8nAAyH1kQE8S1aE5rR4SWIOtueoQ7xZR6wo5PHqc5jNRD08t2kS9XCXHND073SfbshD9ddFA85BsuJgA8vGbzEwlg9pM9auI-JbFYMeBf1Sz96TkU4gQ/s220/application+pic.JPG'/></author></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4143357091091732243.post-7486430377895963039</id><published>2011-03-07T12:34:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2011-03-07T12:34:48.825-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I&#39;M COMING BACK!</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: large;&quot;&gt;My new&amp;nbsp;site is coming.&amp;nbsp; Stay tuned -&amp;nbsp;details and website location coming soon.&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;</content><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/7486430377895963039'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/4143357091091732243/posts/default/7486430377895963039'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://gifts2love.blogspot.com/2011/03/im-coming-back.html' title='I&#39;M COMING BACK!'/><author><name>Missy | Literal Mom</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/00662949489653215361</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='24' height='32' src='//blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge2Fh04M8BrC8nAAyH1kQE8S1aE5rR4SWIOtueoQ7xZR6wo5PHqc5jNRD08t2kS9XCXHND073SfbshD9ddFA85BsuJgA8vGbzEwlg9pM9auI-JbFYMeBf1Sz96TkU4gQ/s220/application+pic.JPG'/></author></entry></feed>