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		<title>So, what do YOU want to talk about?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[As you well know, I can natter on about very little, and maybe we can motivate Coco back for a post.  What&#8217;s on your mind?  Any new challenges to discuss?
And how can I get my three-months-without-an-accident, fully pee-potty-trained kid to POOP on the potty!?!?!?
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		<title>FCC = Faking China for our Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My post-Chinese New Year/Spring Festival reflection this year is that while I may not be flunking Culture 101 with Elsie, at best, I&#8217;m maintaining a C-.
Areas where I am doing well:

Finding other families like ours for Elsie to relate to. OK, I have hit a pretty solid homerun here. Between our travel group, people I met [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=204&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2009/02/18/fcc-faking-china-for-our-children/</link>
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		<title>Imposter</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Octomamas are not pleased that triplets mother in the news is being called the &#8220;octo mom.&#8221;  There is, was, and always shall be, just one.  Oh, wait, two.  And at one point three&#8230;
Anyway, she is not one of us.
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		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2009/02/12/imposter/</link>
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		<title>Resolve Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m hanging out solo tonight with a sleeping kiddo in our hotel room, while Jasper hangs with his 94-year-old grandma.  I&#8217;m having a rockin&#8217; internet new year&#8217;s eve, so I thought I&#8217;d post here some resolutions for 2009.  I usually resolve many things so that if one or two come true, I feel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=197&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Freaky Crushes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OK, I need a little break from all things holiday at the moment, and this topic skittered across my brain last night watching the Food Network.  It reappeared in my brain this morning when I heard on the radio that it is Brad Pitt&#8217;s birthday today (he&#8217;s 45, and apparently moisturizes frequently).
My topic/question is:  who [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=178&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/12/19/freaky-crushes/</link>
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		<title>Not ready to throw in the octo-towel</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, NaBloPoMo is over, and we survived with just one or two missed days. Thanks, Coco, for covering my hiney several times along the way.
I just send the URL to a friend today, and I was re-reading some of the November posts, and then some of our early posts, and it made me think. We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=174&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/not-ready-to-throw-in-the-octo-towel/</link>
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		<title>Judgment</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, my mom&#8217;s family, whom we&#8217;re visiting now, is every which kind of crazy.  There is a lot of alcoholism and other dysfunction, so when everyone gets together, we&#8217;re never sure what to expect.  Our branch of the family and one other branch are considered the &#8220;hoity toity&#8221; ones that &#8220;have money.&#8221;  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=171&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/judgment/</link>
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		<title>50/50?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I hesitated last night when I typed that Jasper and I share the parenting load 50/50.  Because some days, I know, it seems a lot more like 65/35, with Jasper spending more time with Mavis than I do.  I feel inordinately guilty about these days, even though I do spend 1.5 days a week with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=169&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/5050/</link>
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		<title>Abundance</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In a time in our world where so many have so little, I sometimes feel embarrassed about all we have. We are far from wealthy, but we have a cozy home, plenty to eat, manageable non-mortgage debt, and steady income.  We have wonderful friendships, and mostly healthy families that we get to see pretty frequently.
Most [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=167&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/11/27/abundance/</link>
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		<title>Thankful</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I got my first hand-turkey from Mavis (via her teachers), declaring her &#8220;thankful for Mama.&#8221;  As my Facebook status reads right now, tonight I&#8217;m feeling mostly thankful for her 7 pm bedtime.  But there are a few other things, too, besides the obvious &#8220;friends and family&#8221; answer:

my husband, who shares this parenting business with me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=octomama.wordpress.com&blog=2665440&post=165&subd=octomama&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://octomama.wordpress.com/2008/11/26/thankful/</link>
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