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		<title>Why my kid is probably going to hate his baby sister</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Nov 2008 18:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have lost my freaking mind. Seriously, I&#8217;m hoping this is pregnancy-related only, and it will come back sometime after those crazy newborn weeks? Because if not, I&#8217;m going to need some HELP. I&#8217;ve totally lost the ability to react to normal toddler behaviors with anything approaching normalcy. No, instead, I&#8217;m some kind of crazed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=356&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>32 weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Nov 2008 13:29:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Worth A Thousand Words]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This is actually from two Saturdays ago &#8211; 30 weeks &#8211; but I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;ve changed much since. I&#8217;m still feeling really well. I&#8217;ve gained less with Doodlebug than I did with Smooch, and being active (ie, not on bedrest) has been a big help. I still can&#8217;t wait for her to get here&#8230; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=354&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exes and Owes &#8211; Part Two</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/11/11/350/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Nov 2008 13:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m writing about the things that are raising my internal alert level to, like, magenta. (You know: I’ve gone beyond plain old orange &#38; red, here, people.) What started as a single post morphed into a series. Depressing, but true. You can find part one here.   One of the other things keeping me up [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=350&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This post&#8217;s just six words long.* **</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/11/10/this-posts-just-six-words-long/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Nov 2008 15:13:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My biggest problem? Finding balance, dammit.       *Not really, because a girl&#8217;s got to explain &#8211; I&#8217;m jumping on Mrs. Chicken&#8217;s bandwagon and doing the six-word memoir meme. Go read hers; it&#8217;s way better than anything I could come up with. **Anyone remember the old song, &#8220;I&#8217;ve Got My Mind Set On You?&#8221; [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=346&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>And then I went to get my free Starbucks.</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We only waited about 15 minutes in our voting line this morning, but Gruff and I were prepared: a hot cup of coffee in my travel mug, a diaper bag stocked with snacks and a change of clothes, Smooch&#8217;s mini backpack full of toys, and the travel potty and an extra blanket in the understorage [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=343&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Exes and Owes &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/11/03/exes-and-owes-part-one/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Nov 2008 13:19:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I’ve battled anxiety in different forms and fashions. As a kid, I had a brief struggle with mild agoraphobia – fears about being alone in big crowds – that resolved by the time I entered middle school. What was left behind was, I think, some form of social anxiety. (I know – [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=339&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Weekend&#8217;s Low -and High- Points</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/10/20/the-weekends-low-and-high-points/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:04:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[His scream pierced the night. &#8220;Mommy! Mommy! My mommy!&#8221; Before I could move my heavy form off the mattress, Gruff was up and out our door. I heard Smooch&#8217;s voice louder &#8211; hitching sobs and cries for me. Gruff soothed and whispered and patted, but Smooch only got more upset. &#8220;That&#8217;s enough.&#8221; Tired and frustrated [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=334&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friday Play</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:33:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m working on the desktop computer downstairs when Smooch walks past me with a blanket over his shoulder and a couch pillow tucked under one arm. He goes into our bathroom and then comes back out. &#8220;My tum-puter? You get it?&#8221; &#8220;The laptop? It&#8217;s upstairs. Why do you need it?&#8221; &#8220;Bafroom, a big storm, scare [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=332&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Today, in the bathroom</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/today-in-the-bathroom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:10:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Smooch wanders in. &#8220;Mommy, you pee-pee?&#8221; He pats my leg. &#8220;You penis, point down!&#8221; (Hmmm, I guess he&#8217;s heard that reminder a few times when he&#8217;s sitting down, huh?) &#8220;I don&#8217;t have a penis, Smooch.&#8221; &#8220;Where penis go?&#8221; Look of slight confusion crosses his face. He pulls down his underwear (the only clothing he&#8217;s currently [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=330&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I would have posted last night, had my *&amp;$@#! internet connection been working&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://fizzledink.wordpress.com/2008/10/03/what-i-would-have-posted-last-night-had-my-internet-connection-been-working/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Oct 2008 12:26:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good Lord. Did this woman seriously just &#8220;give a shout-out&#8221; to a 3rd grade class? Someone help her. Posted in Uncategorized<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fizzledink.wordpress.com&amp;blog=1716083&amp;post=328&amp;subd=fizzledink&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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