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	<title>hi, idea</title>
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	<description>Cheris on ESL, parenting, Austin, and more</description>
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		<title>crafty?</title>
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So I asked for a Crash Course Sewing class at the Stitch Lab for Christmas.  My mom was nice enough to give me her sewing machine, and I&#8217;ve been telling myself for ages I&#8217;d learn how to do more than sew a straight line.  My in-laws were nice enough to get me that class and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/03/05/crafty/</link>
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		<title>first memories</title>
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Violet is getting to that age now; the age when she will acquire her &#8220;first memory.&#8221;  You know&#8230; the one she&#8217;ll recall as an adult.  So of course I&#8217;ve added this to my Pile o&#8217; Things to Worry About.  Obviously I hope her first memory will be warm and fuzzy: tending the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/03/02/first-memories/</link>
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		<title>gross and grosser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re just inching out from under 3 solid weeks of illness in this house.  And for the first time in years, the hardest hit has been me.  This is what I get for secretly thinking I&#8217;m uber-healthy and have a super-hero immune system: karma bitch-slaps me and then kicks me in the stomach.

So rather than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/02/19/gross-and-grosser/</link>
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		<title>Happy Birthday little girl</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow.  Five.  
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		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/02/01/happy-birthday-little-girl-2/</link>
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		<title>Graham&#8217;s Twitter year-in-review</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This morning Graham woke up screaming&#8230; and screamed non-stop for about an hour.  Apparently the fact that I would not let him run around in wet pants makes me the worst mommy ever.
Sooooo&#8230; I thought I&#8217;d do a post focusing on Graham cuteness instead.  It&#8217;s there.  I promise.  Must. Remember.

Behold, Graham&#8217;s best Twitter quotes of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/01/29/grahams-twitter-year-in-review/</link>
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		<title>new year&#8217;s revelation:  we&#8217;re burned out</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Imagine that you work in an office.  But at this job you wake up in the morning already at your cubicle.  Before you can grab some coffee, or even pee, there are two demanding coworkers hovering over you.  They follow you to the bathroom.  They bark orders while you eat.  They need projects to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/01/26/new-years-revelation-were-burned-out/</link>
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		<title>Pictures!  With all four of us!</title>
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As the family photographer, it&#8217;s rare for me to appear in any photos.  It&#8217;s even more rare for all of us to be in a photo together.  So at the Ike auction last spring I was happy to bid on several photography sessions from some local mama photographers.  I actually won a sitting from Virtu [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2010/01/03/pictures-with-all-four-of-us/</link>
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		<title>here&#8217;s what I&#8217;m trying to remember</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the past few short months Graham has:

moved from crib to bed
outgrown his highchair
lost his nap
broke his arm
stopped wearing diapers
started &#8220;school&#8221;
sprouted molars
learned to talk like a 4 year old

So in a blink he has made a giant leap from baby to kid.  No wonder he&#8217;s so grouchy.  He has no idea what the hell is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2009/12/02/heres-what-im-trying-to-remember/</link>
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		<title>backseat conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scene:  Driving home.
VIOLET:  Mom, when is dinner?
ME:  Dinner was two hours ago and you didn&#8217;t eat it.  That&#8217;s it.
V:  But Mom!  I&#8217;m hungry!  I want dinner!
M:  I guess you missed your chance to eat dinner.  I&#8217;m not making you another one.
V (furiously):  If you don&#8217;t make me something to eat, I&#8217;m going to EAT YOU!!
GRAHAM [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2009/10/27/backseat-conversation/</link>
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		<title>something to ponder</title>
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We got an invitation a few weeks ago to a kid birthday party.  In it I was amazed to find a note indicating where the child was registered for gifts.  I have to admit that I was, well, a little creeped out.  Imagining any kid wandering through a toy store, marking down all the items [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://cheris.lifford.org/2009/10/21/something-to-ponder/</link>
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