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		<title>We&#8217;re not the Gilmore Girls but&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 May 2013 18:41:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Melissa Cetlin, a graphic designer living in New York City. This is her take on why Mother&#8217;s Day is important to her. Through all my (questionable) phases, irrelevant of my ZIP code, through the good and the bad, my mother has always been there for me. She seems to have a never-ending supply of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Interns Wanted</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/04/22/summer-interns-wanted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 20:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Creative Digital Media Interns Wanted Are you creative? Do you think in colorful memes or Vine videos? Is posting social content part of your DNA? Touchstorm, a forward-thinking online video company and its how-to lifestyle website Howdini.com are looking for talented digital natives–journalists, designers, video experts–well-versed in digital and interactive communications, writing for blogs and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to make Earth Day relevant again</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/04/11/how-to-make-earth-day-relevant-again/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2013 16:28:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[April is full of important days, like April Fool’s Day, Arbor Day, Tax Day April 15 and a week later, Earth Day, now in its fifth decade. For some of you, Earth Day is now old hat, too easy to ignore. But the work that started that first Earth Day back in 1970 is not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carly’s Voice, a story of autism and hope.</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 16:33:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The book has a very simple title, Carly’s Voice and yet it shouts loudly and resonates strongly with families with autistic children. It’s the biography of a Canadian girl named Carly Fleishmann who is severely autistic, meaning she is not able to communicate with anyone the way differently abled children do. Carly cannot speak or [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Spring travel tips: 6 essentials for your carry-on</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/03/04/spring-travel-tips-6-essentials-for-your-carry-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:54:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I love to travel. Pick a destination and I am happy to go. I have flown great distances that easily put me on and off planes for 24 to 40 hours one way, including flying back and forth to Australia from New York many times both as a solo traveler and as a mom with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Love Your Pet</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/02/19/love-your-pet/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have a white rabbit named Coconut. He is a Netherland Dwarf rabbit which means he is quite small and can hang out somewhat comfortably in a guinea pig cage. For most of the year he lives in a wooden hutch outdoors and sometimes runs in his pen in the clover in our backyard. With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Your Way</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/02/06/valentines-day-your-way/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:56:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[by Tess Timoshin for Howdini Okay, It’s Valentine’s Day again–all those hearts and flowers and smaltzy stuff.  It starts with grade school when the kids make little mailboxes and “send” valentines to everyone in their class.  Those have morphed from simple cards to small paper games or boxes of candy, with kids coming home with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Throw a Southern-Themed Super Bowl Party!</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/01/28/throw-a-southern-themed-super-bowl-party/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/01/28/throw-a-southern-themed-super-bowl-party/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 17:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Tess Timoshin for Howdini This year’s Super Bowl is all about the game, of course, but let’s not forget the party! In my case, sports fandom has as much to do with where the game is played as who is doing the playing, so I’m excited that this year’s game between the Baltimore Ravens [...]]]></description>
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		<title>7 Tips to Keep the Flu Away</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/01/14/7-tips-to-keep-the-flu-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2013 16:04:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=421</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you have a busy, active household germs are spread through the air and on all the surfaces around you. Doctors say germs can last 48 hours or more on anything you touch. Like workplaces, schools and day care centers are viral incubators! We should not sanitize our world, but during the cold and flu [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Easy Ways to Cut Back on Eating</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/01/07/easy-ways-to-cut-back-on-eating/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 22:09:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The holidays are behind us and it’s possible, just possible, we got more than presents for the holidays, like maybe a few extra pounds? I am not a dieter nor a diet expert but I’ve been looking for a few practical tips to make it easy to cut back on the food I happily heaped [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy 2013!</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2013/01/01/happy-2013/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jan 2013 15:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is just a note from all of us at Howdini to wish you and your families a very happy new year! For those of you learning new things, we wish you discovery and delight. To those of you with a passion for doing, we wish you mastery. For those of you curious with the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>December: Keep It Simple</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/12/05/december-keep-it-simple/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2012 22:24:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[December begins and somehow this wonderful last month of the year has become synonymous with a hectic pace of gift shopping and holiday preparations.  The joy of the season and the advent of the New Year are lost.  So, let’s step back and simplify a bit. Just a little so you can catch your breath [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanksgiving Food and Tradition</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/11/15/thanksgiving-food-and-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 15:11:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving is the one national holiday totally focused on food.  After all it’s the harvest feast we are celebrating and while generations of immigrants have added a few of their own foods to the table (and vegetarians and vegans shun turkey and ham) the basics still stand. The quest for the perfect turkey has taken [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Personal Tech: Backup, Store It, Digitize It Before You Loose It.</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/11/08/personal-tech-backup-store-it-digitize-it-before-you-loose-it/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 23:59:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hurricane Sandy proved one thing in this ultra-connected world.  We are too reliant on technology and don’t know what to do with ourselves when it fails.  Our home was without power for almost nine days.  We made willy-nilly plans to charge phones and laptops. Even when smartphones had basic service they did not have 3G.  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Decorating How-to</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/11/05/autumn-decorating-how-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Nov 2012 17:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that Halloween is behind us, our thoughts turn from Jack-o-Lanterns to pumpkin pies, and turkey, and sweet potatoes and cranberry relish… Yum!  But long before Thanksgiving cooking starts, it’s time to change out the holiday décor from ghoulish to festive. The colors of autumn lend beautifully to decorating a table or doorway.  Here are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How-to Celebrate Día de los Muertos</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/10/31/how-to-celebrate-dia-de-los-muertos/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 16:50:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Day of the Dead, or Día de los Muertos, as celebrated in Mexico and in the Mexican communities in the US, is closely aligned with Halloween (a contraction of All Hallows&#8217; Eve). They both are linked to the Roman Catholic holy days of All Saints’ Day (or in old-style English, All Hallows’ Day) celebrated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Costume How-to</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/10/25/halloween-costume-how-to/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2012 19:44:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The leaves have fallen off the trees and your little ghosts, goblins and superheroes are looking forward to spooky parties, haunted houses and trick-or-treating.  Your kids have been inundated with costume commercials for weeks now and maybe you’ve had a hard time getting them to focus on just one costume.  Or maybe your child has [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Tips for Better Business Introductions</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/10/22/5-tips-to-use-for-business-introductions/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/10/22/5-tips-to-use-for-business-introductions/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Oct 2012 20:50:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every person in the workplace needs to think about how they represent themselves by the way they talk and communicate with those around them.  The words we chose–both spoken and written–make a difference in how our co-workers, bosses, employees and clients perceive our abilities.  If it’s important to dress for success, it’s even more important [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Autumn Garden To-Dos</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/28/autumn-garden-to-dos/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/28/autumn-garden-to-dos/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2012 20:41:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On a recent early autumn weekend, when the sun was shining and there was a light chill in the air, I traipsed through the New York Botanical Gardens.  It was glorious.  A few trees had a hint of red and gold in the leaves, the rose garden was in the middle of it’s second bloom [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s All About Pancakes</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/20/its-all-about-pancakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/20/its-all-about-pancakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 21:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[pancakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weekend]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=349</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It might be a Saturday when life is not frenzied or a Sunday morning when everyone is home, sleeping late. There is one way to get my gang out of bed and to the table. I simply shout, “Who wants pancakes?” and they come running. Oooh, well, running is not the right word here.  When [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Clean Out Your Closets, Swap Clothes and Make Money, Too.</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/10/clean-out-your-closets-swap-clothes-and-make-money-too/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/09/10/clean-out-your-closets-swap-clothes-and-make-money-too/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 16:16:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=347</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I spent the weekend sorting through clothes that my teens no longer wear.  I found pieces from many sizes sitting in the back of their closets and sweaters in the bottom of the hamper that are so last year (and frankly won’t fit anymore}. Some of the clothes I put aside for my niece; but, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great Labor Day Pickin&#8217;s</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/30/great-labor-day-pickins/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/30/great-labor-day-pickins/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Aug 2012 21:19:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[budget]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kids and money]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Are you a flea shopper?  A junk hunter? A purveyor of trash to treasure?  Or maybe you are just looking for a new adventure. Embrace your inner “flea.” The flea market is where oddities meet fine reproductions. Where sellers of new garments meet crafters. Where the secondhand dealer meets the antiquarian.  And it’s where pickers [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to Choose a Good Summer Book</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/07/how-to-choose-a-good-summer-book/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/07/how-to-choose-a-good-summer-book/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2012 20:44:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[reading]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sunburn]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=332</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[“How did you get that sunburn?” I asked my college-age daughter who was sporting a lobster-shell-like coloring across her mid-back just below the shoulder blades. It looked so painful. “I couldn’t reach any further down my back,” she said, “and I was reading a book.” Should I stop now to teach her how to apply [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Collecting Memories Before Summer Ends</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/01/collecting-memories-before-summer-ends/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2012/08/01/collecting-memories-before-summer-ends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Aug 2012 13:59:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Helen Jonsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dessert]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[photos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[summer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=333</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow! August already. If you are like me, you look at the calendar and are surprised that summer is on the wane. The kids are heading back to school in a matter of weeks. Some colleges and school districts start in mid-August or some sports programs have training schedules for weeks before the first day [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dad&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/06/16/dads-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/06/16/dads-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2011 19:32:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[dads]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Father's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gadgets]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gifts for guys]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[iPhones]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=326</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Just a guess, but I’m thinking dads must tire sometimes of the endless requests for them to hand something over.  Allowance, car keys, tuition, house payments.  As some unknown person said, a father is a guy who has snapshots in his wallet where his money used to be.  I hope for most fathers this is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diploma in Hand, Now What?</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/06/12/diploma-in-hand-now-what/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/06/12/diploma-in-hand-now-what/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jun 2011 20:30:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career advice]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[career coach]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[college graduate]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[first job]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interview]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[interviewing]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Maggie Mistal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unemployment]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=317</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I read in the New York Times that new college graduates are having a terrible time finding jobs, especially jobs that require the degree they now possess.  I didn’t really need to read this in the paper, since I have been hearing from graduates, and their anxious parents, about the dismal job market. I still [...]]]></description>
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		<title>California Schemin’</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/17/california-schemin%e2%80%99/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/17/california-schemin%e2%80%99/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 18:37:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Arnold Schwarzenegger]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[infidelity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Maria Shriver]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=304</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, Arnold.  Arnold, Arnold, Arnold, Arnold. Sigh. If you’re wondering how the Governator (or anyone) could do something like this, marriage and family therapist Esther Perel sites many reasons why people are unfaithful.  Here are some important questions, and answers, about infidelity. How to understand infidelity]]></description>
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		<title>Have Your Cake</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/17/have-your-cake/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/17/have-your-cake/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 May 2011 14:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Betty Crocker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday cakes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday parties]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday party]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthday party ideas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[birthdays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cake decorating]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cakes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Some of the most popular postings on Howdini’s YouTube channel, based on viewer comments, are the ones that demonstrate how to turn ordinary cakes into creative masterpieces.  And it seems that our youngest viewers are especially enjoying these how-tos, like Mia and Ava, who sent us a note with their dad’s help.  I guess if [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Great mothers, for $500</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/05/great-mothers-for-500/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/05/great-mothers-for-500/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 May 2011 13:59:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Amy Chua]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mother's Day gifts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tiger Mother]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=291</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[My mother was a lot of things when I was growing up.  She was hopelessly out of touch with what was cool.  She was never stylish.  She was, more than a few times during my adolescence, embarrassing.  But now that I’ve read Amy Chua’s Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, I can at least be [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Common Sense</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/01/common-sense/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/05/01/common-sense/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 19:20:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate Middleton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prince William]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[princess]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[princess cake]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Royal Wedding]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=281</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don’t know if you’ve heard, but there was a wedding across the pond last week. I asked all three of my daughters if they’d want to marry a prince (of the royal variety, not just an everyday great guy) and they couldn’t say no fast enough.  They see the footage of Kate Middleton walking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bottom of the 9th</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/21/bottom-of-the-9th/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/21/bottom-of-the-9th/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Apr 2011 15:43:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=288</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[This spring, for the time since my oldest started t-ball (the most excruciating game in the history of spectating, easy), I have no one playing baseball or softball.  One is still eligible for our town’s rec league, but she opted out for the first time.  Nobody plays for the high school team.  Baby #1 does [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eye Makeup as Metaphor</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/14/eye-makeup-as-metaphor/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/14/eye-makeup-as-metaphor/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 15:10:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The four stages of a woman’s life, as seen through her make-up bag, and Howdini videos: 1)   How to create a dramatic Lady Gaga look 2)   How to apply dramatic eye makeup for an evening look 3)   How to get a beautiful look with drugstore makeup 4)   How to conceal dark circles under eyes]]></description>
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		<title>Hair, Done Cute</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/08/hair-done-cute/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/04/08/hair-done-cute/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2011 16:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=273</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Braids have been around for a long time.  Think Pocohantas.  And Laura Ingalls.  I used to braid my girls’ hair, then we moved up to French braiding, then to the don’t-touch-my-hair-mom phase.  We’re still in that one.  They only braid their hair when they need to wear a helmet to ski, or if they were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gas Pains</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/03/31/gas-pains/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/03/31/gas-pains/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 31 Mar 2011 15:00:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[better gas mileage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fuel efficiency]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gas mileage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=269</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I drive a mini-van.  I know people make fun of mini-vans, and, by extension, those who drive them, but it is the official vehicle of the suburban soccer mom.  However, when I think about it, an awful lot of vehicles spilling out kids at the field are SUVs, which seem to use an awful lot [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Got Organic Milk?</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/03/10/got-organic-milk/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/03/10/got-organic-milk/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Mar 2011 17:52:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Anna Lappe]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[eco-friendly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[green living]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Howdini]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[local food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[locavore]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Micheal Pollan]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Omnivore's Dilemma]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Small Planet Institution]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Did you know that cows shouldn’t be eating corn?  They’re grass eaters by nature, with stomachs perfectly designed to digest it, yet they’re usually fed corn for a variety of reasons, none of which take into account your health as a beef eater.  This is one of the eye-openers delivered in Michael Pollan’s “The Omnivore’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frosty&#8217;s Fat For A Reason</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/25/frostys-fat-for-a-reason/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/25/frostys-fat-for-a-reason/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:30:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[HOWDINI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[diet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how-to videos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[staying fit during winter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[video]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weight gain]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter weight gain]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not a fan of winter.  But I suffer through it gladly for two reasons:  spring and fall.  Without weeks and weeks of cursing the icy back steps, the icy walkway, the icy driveway, and the iciness in general, would that first warm breath of air in late March or early April be as sweet?  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Bedbugs: Sweet Dreams Are Made of This?</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/18/bedbugs-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/18/bedbugs-sweet-dreams-are-made-of-this/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Feb 2011 19:30:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[bed bugs]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When my children were little, I would tuck them in saying “night, night, sleep tight, see you in the morning light.”  I know the actual words to that little ditty offer a warning against letting the bedbugs bite, but I always thought that was a bizarre thing to tell toddlers as they were lying in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I Heart Valentine&#8217;s Day</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/11/i-heart-valentines-day/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/02/11/i-heart-valentines-day/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 16:39:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Be Mine.  True Love.  4 Ever.  If you mean these things, don’t bother putting it on a dinky conversation heart.  Say it with chocolate.  Heart-shaped.  With drizzled icing.  And make it fat-free.  Well, maybe in a future world ruled by women.  For now, three out of four is going to have to do. Watch Liv [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sookie&#8217;s Got It Going On</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/26/sookies-got-it-going-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/26/sookies-got-it-going-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:01:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the long, long list of why “Gilmore Girls” was one of the best shows EVER, here’s one:  Sookie was overweight, and nobody ever mentioned it.  The best friend of the main character, Sookie was overweight the entire series, as were two supporting characters (Miss Patty &#38; Babette), but you never heard a word about [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finger, Meet Light Socket</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/20/finger-meet-light-socket/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/20/finger-meet-light-socket/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2011 17:58:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[organic]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[organic hair products]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[winter hair]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[At the end of baby #1’s second year of pre-school, she came home with a scrapbook filled with pictures of her activities throughout the year.  In one of them she was visiting baby Jesus in the church school’s manger scene, smiling like an angel, and sort of looking like one due to her halo of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Your Chance to Win: The Autodesk® Homestyler® New Year, New Room Sweepstakes</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/17/your-chance-to-win-the-autodesk%c2%ae-homestyler%c2%ae-new-year-new-room-sweepstakes/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/17/your-chance-to-win-the-autodesk%c2%ae-homestyler%c2%ae-new-year-new-room-sweepstakes/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all know what it’s like to make (and break) New Year’s resolutions. Whether it’s going to the gym more, eating better or redecorating your place, it seems like many are broken by the time February rolls around. Autodesk can’t help you with that gym membership that’s collecting dust, but they can help turn your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome to 2010. I Mean 2011.</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/04/welcome-to-2010-i-mean-2011/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2011/01/04/welcome-to-2010-i-mean-2011/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jan 2011 16:02:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can tell it’s early January not by the calendar, or the fact that every time I write the date down, I have to change the year to the correct one.  No, I always know it’s early January when I show up at the gym for my regular workout/hangout with either Regina (Tuesdays) or Jackie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Howdini Holiday Help</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/12/17/howdini-holiday-help/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/12/17/howdini-holiday-help/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Dec 2010 17:23:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes, the drudgery of the holiday season tries really hard to show up the joy, especially when you’re she-who-is-in-charge-of-making-everybody-else’s-Christmas-merry, or whatever the equivalent holiday is in your house.  What you need is help.  From gurus.  Help making appetizers, desserts, and a good impression on his parents and your boss; decorating festively with evergreens, candy canes, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wanted: Used Gifts</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/12/07/wanted-used-gifts/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/12/07/wanted-used-gifts/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 18:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Around this time every year, I ask myself the same question: why haven’t I finished my Christmas shopping?  And more importantly, why haven’t I started my Christmas shopping?   For my many, many teenage children, I tend to adhere to their wish lists, since I am far too old to choose what the well-dressed, high school [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thanks for Not Making Me Host</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/23/thanks-for-not-making-me-host/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/23/thanks-for-not-making-me-host/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 16:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When Thanksgiving rolls around each year, I am always thankful for the same thing:  we celebrate Thanksgiving with my husband’s family, who all live in New England, so my wonderful sisters-in-law take turns hosting. That makes the food fest more centrally located to everybody but us, and believe you me, I’d rather do the driving [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey, With a Twist</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/22/turkey-with-a-twist/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/22/turkey-with-a-twist/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:48:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Maybe you’ve done your share of drinking bourbon while “cooking” in the kitchen, but did you ever think of offering some to the poor turkey who’s about to become your Thanksgiving dinner?  Apparently, bourbon, water, sugar, salt &#38; ice make more than just a mean cocktail; they’re the key ingredients for a brine that will [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gobble, Gobble, Redux</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/18/gobble-gobble-redux/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/18/gobble-gobble-redux/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[mayo-free turkey salad]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thanksgiving]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=198</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[If on Thanksgiving I am thankful for good family, good friends, etc., then the day after I am thankful for leftovers.  (Not black Friday sales, to which you could not pay me to go.) I personally keep an eye on the stuffing consumption on Thursday, hoping that Friday’s lunch will feature said stuffing, even better [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eventually They’ll Get Hungry</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/09/eventually-they%e2%80%99ll-get-hungry/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/09/eventually-they%e2%80%99ll-get-hungry/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Nov 2010 13:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.howdini.com/blog/?p=194</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[November 9, 2010 &#8212; Call of Duty: Black Ops is released. Teenage boys all over the land take to their basements and headsets (after a long wait in a long line at the game store). My son is one of them. He takes his sister with him. I haven’t seen them in hours. I need [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You Want to Put the Stove Where?</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/04/you-want-to-put-the-stove-where/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/11/04/you-want-to-put-the-stove-where/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 17:11:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[home improvement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kitchen design]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[kitchen renovation]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Do you know how hard it is for a right-brained person such as myself to decide what to do with space that doesn’t exist yet?  The kitchen was getting bigger and while I knew there were certain things I wanted (a walk-in pantry, an island with stools) there was no way I could even begin [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Halloween Happiness</title>
		<link>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/10/26/halloween-happiness/</link>
		<comments>http://www.howdini.com/blog/2010/10/26/halloween-happiness/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Oct 2010 15:49:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Olsen</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[halloween]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Could there be a holiday better than Halloween?  Growing up we adored it, and who wouldn’t?  You didn’t have to go to church, you got to dress up, scoop the disgustingly fun stuff out of pumpkins, and best of all, get candy for free.   Oh, the candy.  And even though my mom tried her hardest [...]]]></description>
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