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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We have worked hard the past 3 weeks doing more home renovations at Barefoot Cabin than we have ever done before. It has been a dream come true for us, but it has also been a s-t-r-e-t-c-h in every sense &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/2013/06/18/the-other-side-of-trouble/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theromanticvineyard.com&amp;#038;blog=6995053&amp;#038;post=9384&amp;#038;subd=theromanticvineyard&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Expect-cations</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 09:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>You may have never put these two words together, but most likely you pack them both when heading out the door for your family get-away: Expectations and vacations. They seem to go hand in hand. But is this a good &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/2013/06/17/expectcations/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theromanticvineyard.com&amp;#038;blog=6995053&amp;#038;post=9376&amp;#038;subd=theromanticvineyard&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>Our Views Have Changed</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Jun 2013 13:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debi Walter</dc:creator>
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		<description>When we bought Barefoot Cabin we knew upfront there were several things that needed to be done to make the property safer&amp;#8211;like cutting down the 9 dead trees surrounding the cabin. It was sad to see these sentinels that used &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/2013/06/10/our-views-have-changed/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theromanticvineyard.com&amp;#038;blog=6995053&amp;#038;post=9368&amp;#038;subd=theromanticvineyard&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<description>When most couples get married they are filled with hope of building a family together. Some choose to wait a few years to begin, some decide they don&amp;#8217;t want to wait at all and end up getting pregnant on their &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/2013/06/07/the-wedge-of-infertility/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theromanticvineyard.com&amp;#038;blog=6995053&amp;#038;post=9356&amp;#038;subd=theromanticvineyard&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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		<title>It’s About Time or What An Alarm Clock Taught Me About Marriage</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jun 2013 09:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Our next Barefoot Cabin analogy came when Tom and I were told by our rental agency that we should provide an alarm clock in every bedroom. I can&amp;#8217;t remember the last time we actually bought one, so we headed to &amp;#8230; &lt;a href="http://theromanticvineyard.com/2013/06/06/its-about-time-or-what-an-alarm-clock-taught-me-about-marriage/"&gt;Continue reading &lt;span class="meta-nav"&gt;&amp;#8594;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=theromanticvineyard.com&amp;#038;blog=6995053&amp;#038;post=9362&amp;#038;subd=theromanticvineyard&amp;#038;ref=&amp;#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" /&gt;&lt;div class="feedflare"&gt;
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