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	<title>Comments on: Would you hold it near as it were your own?</title>
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		<title>By: heather</title>
		<link>http://www.afreeman.org/2009/05/28/would-you-hold-it-near-as-it-were-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-10471</link>
		<dc:creator>heather</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:52:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>We had &quot;adventures&quot; on little trails at parks and it is adorable how much serious adventuring ever got done, but, it was good.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;heathers last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://theghostofasmile.blogspot.com/2009/05/o-valencia.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;O, Valencia!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>We had &#8220;adventures&#8221; on little trails at parks and it is adorable how much serious adventuring ever got done, but, it was good.</p>
<p><abbr><em>heathers last blog post..<a href="http://theghostofasmile.blogspot.com/2009/05/o-valencia.html" rel="nofollow">O, Valencia!</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: admin</title>
		<link>http://www.afreeman.org/2009/05/28/would-you-hold-it-near-as-it-were-your-own/comment-page-1/#comment-10470</link>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 04:28:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Nurse - Really, Boy Z says bir as well, but that middle i sometimes sounds like &#039;ee&#039;, so creative license you know.

Beth - I&#039;m not sure about that, but thanks!

Jan - It all starts to sound the same after a while - stoned hippies noodling on guitars. Yawn. ;)

Jill - I&#039;ll be trying that approach soon. I firmly believe that parenting involves a fair bit of deceit. 

Carolyn - I&#039;m going to enjoy it, I know that there&#039;s a limited amount of time before he doesn&#039;t want to hang out with me at all. 

April - I know. Peace and quiet, right?

Ariza - Blog comment as invite doesn&#039;t really work that well! I forgot about football, but truth be told, I&#039;d rather avoid Noarlunga whenever possible.

Maggie - Thanks!

Muskrat - I&#039;ll write that story one of these days, but it&#039;s got a crap ending. I hate crap endings.

CMGD - I don&#039;t mind him going around in circles, it&#039;s the neediness that I can&#039;t cope with some days. If he&#039;s distracting himself, even in an annoying way, that&#039;s preferable to me having to carry him around.

ANymommy - Thanks. 

Yello - I don&#039;t really pack that much in these days and if I did it more often, we wouldn&#039;t be able to pay rent.

Veloci - Thanks.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Nurse &#8211; Really, Boy Z says bir as well, but that middle i sometimes sounds like &#8216;ee&#8217;, so creative license you know.</p>
<p>Beth &#8211; I&#8217;m not sure about that, but thanks!</p>
<p>Jan &#8211; It all starts to sound the same after a while &#8211; stoned hippies noodling on guitars. Yawn. <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p>Jill &#8211; I&#8217;ll be trying that approach soon. I firmly believe that parenting involves a fair bit of deceit. </p>
<p>Carolyn &#8211; I&#8217;m going to enjoy it, I know that there&#8217;s a limited amount of time before he doesn&#8217;t want to hang out with me at all. </p>
<p>April &#8211; I know. Peace and quiet, right?</p>
<p>Ariza &#8211; Blog comment as invite doesn&#8217;t really work that well! I forgot about football, but truth be told, I&#8217;d rather avoid Noarlunga whenever possible.</p>
<p>Maggie &#8211; Thanks!</p>
<p>Muskrat &#8211; I&#8217;ll write that story one of these days, but it&#8217;s got a crap ending. I hate crap endings.</p>
<p>CMGD &#8211; I don&#8217;t mind him going around in circles, it&#8217;s the neediness that I can&#8217;t cope with some days. If he&#8217;s distracting himself, even in an annoying way, that&#8217;s preferable to me having to carry him around.</p>
<p>ANymommy &#8211; Thanks. </p>
<p>Yello &#8211; I don&#8217;t really pack that much in these days and if I did it more often, we wouldn&#8217;t be able to pay rent.</p>
<p>Veloci &#8211; Thanks.</p>
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		<title>By: Jill/Twipply Skwood</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jill/Twipply Skwood</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 03:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Arizaphale - I&#039;m so glad I don&#039;t know what a dag is!  :-)  :-)  :-)

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Jill/Twipply Skwoods last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://mightaswelltry.blogspot.com/2009/05/none-for-me-thanks.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;None for Me Thanks&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Arizaphale &#8211; I&#8217;m so glad I don&#8217;t know what a dag is!  <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' />   <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':-)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em>Jill/Twipply Skwoods last blog post..<a href="http://mightaswelltry.blogspot.com/2009/05/none-for-me-thanks.html" rel="nofollow">None for Me Thanks</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: velocibadgergirl</title>
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		<dc:creator>velocibadgergirl</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Jun 2009 02:40:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Love the photos, and the story. Hanging out by streams = good times :)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Love the photos, and the story. Hanging out by streams = good times <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: yellojkt</title>
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		<dc:creator>yellojkt</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 20:46:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Your Wednesday&#039;s are so tiring because you pack so much in. If you were doing it more frequently, you&#039;d be more relaxed about the pace.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;yellojkts last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Foma/~3/doqiV--a_bU/comics-list.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Comics  List&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Your Wednesday&#8217;s are so tiring because you pack so much in. If you were doing it more frequently, you&#8217;d be more relaxed about the pace.</p>
<p><abbr><em>yellojkts last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Foma/~3/doqiV--a_bU/comics-list.html" rel="nofollow">The Comics  List</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: anymommy</title>
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		<dc:creator>anymommy</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 22:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It&#039;s amazing how difficult and long and yep, for me at least, boring, the days with a toddler can be.  And, yet, you have to treasure them because we&#039;ll all miss them.  A lovely post.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;anymommys last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsThereAnyMommyOutThere/~3/5EXbo8pudks/voices-in-my-head.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Voices in My Head&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It&#8217;s amazing how difficult and long and yep, for me at least, boring, the days with a toddler can be.  And, yet, you have to treasure them because we&#8217;ll all miss them.  A lovely post.</p>
<p><abbr><em>anymommys last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/IsThereAnyMommyOutThere/~3/5EXbo8pudks/voices-in-my-head.html" rel="nofollow">Voices in My Head</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter</title>
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		<dc:creator>Coal Miner's Granddaughter</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 May 2009 01:35:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Ty-man is also a Papa. And our oldest boy is Bubba simply because that&#039;s easier than &quot;Brother.&quot; Glad you&#039;ll be a Bubba, even if only for a little while.

As our kids are getting older, I&#039;m figuring out that all the activities I plan are really to keep myself entertained more than the kids. Because if I spend one more day watching them wind around the kitchen island on their plane, firetruck, and train? I&#039;ll go nuts. They could do it constantly.

Glad you&#039;ve found a muddy creek full of peace and happiness. :)

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;Coal Miner&#039;s Granddaughters last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coalminersgd/~3/KU2F9x1SFho/irritable-vowels.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;Irritable Vowels&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ty-man is also a Papa. And our oldest boy is Bubba simply because that&#8217;s easier than &#8220;Brother.&#8221; Glad you&#8217;ll be a Bubba, even if only for a little while.</p>
<p>As our kids are getting older, I&#8217;m figuring out that all the activities I plan are really to keep myself entertained more than the kids. Because if I spend one more day watching them wind around the kitchen island on their plane, firetruck, and train? I&#8217;ll go nuts. They could do it constantly.</p>
<p>Glad you&#8217;ve found a muddy creek full of peace and happiness. <img src='http://www.afreeman.org/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
<p><abbr><em>Coal Miner&#8217;s Granddaughters last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/coalminersgd/~3/KU2F9x1SFho/irritable-vowels.html" rel="nofollow">Irritable Vowels</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: muskrat</title>
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		<dc:creator>muskrat</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 18:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Bocephus!  That makes me laugh.  You need to write about your family traditions sometime.  Or how you were born to boogie.  And about your country state of mind and how you are young country.  

I&#039;m not feeling it.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;muskrats last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FatherMuskrat/~3/Xvlb_UfGPaE/&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;muskrat to meet bloggers, take 5&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Bocephus!  That makes me laugh.  You need to write about your family traditions sometime.  Or how you were born to boogie.  And about your country state of mind and how you are young country.  </p>
<p>I&#8217;m not feeling it.</p>
<p><abbr><em>muskrats last blog post..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/FatherMuskrat/~3/Xvlb_UfGPaE/" rel="nofollow">muskrat to meet bloggers, take 5</a></em></abbr></p>
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		<title>By: maggie, dammit</title>
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		<dc:creator>maggie, dammit</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 17:29:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Mmmmmm.

Good one, Bubba.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Mmmmmm.</p>
<p>Good one, Bubba.</p>
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		<title>By: arizaphale</title>
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		<dc:creator>arizaphale</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2009 16:15:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>PS: Did you take that ripple shot????????? If so, I officially hate you.

&lt;abbr&gt;&lt;em&gt;arizaphales last blog post..&lt;a href=&quot;http://arizaphale.blogspot.com/2009/05/benefits-of-teenager.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;The Benefits of Having A Teenager&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/abbr&gt;&lt;/em&gt;</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>PS: Did you take that ripple shot????????? If so, I officially hate you.</p>
<p><abbr><em>arizaphales last blog post..<a href="http://arizaphale.blogspot.com/2009/05/benefits-of-teenager.html" rel="nofollow">The Benefits of Having A Teenager</a></em></abbr></p>
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