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		<title>Save the Tigers</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2012 06:49:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It started out innocently enough:  &#8221;Mom, is it true that there aren&#8217;t as many tigers now as there used to be?&#8221; I have been preparing myself for the birds and the bees talk for a while now, I think I&#8217;m as ready as I&#8217;ll ever be for those questions.  But I was not ready to &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2012/01/04/save-the-tigers/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1768&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Letter to Santa</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:52:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Santa, We are going to give you a present that&#8217;s golden glass.  Why doesn&#8217;t our green pen work?  This letter is from Piper Angeline MacDonald.  I have the Rudolph movie, you are in it.  Our refrigerator door doesn&#8217;t work.*  How are the elves?  Why do all the elves work all day and all night?  &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/12/05/letter-to-santa/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1762&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Love my pancakes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 05:52:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well I won&#8217;t lie, this year has been a particularly challenging one for me and for our family.  Most of it was spent in one transition or another, which is tough enough on adults but really disorienting for children.  Moving is hard.  I know.  It could be much worse, people do this all the time, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/12/03/love-my-pancakes/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1758&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Just Say No to Mama Guilt</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 08:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh hi, it&#8217;s nice to see you again!  What&#8217;s that you say, I look pretty good?  There&#8217;s a bit of a spring in my step?  I&#8217;m&#8230;chipper? Well you see darling, I went away to Calgary for my best friend&#8217;s bachelorette party for 4 whole days.  All. by. myself.  And I gave myself a special little &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/11/17/just-say-no-to-mama-guilt/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1755&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Halloween Witch</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Nov 2011 00:19:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So who is this Halloween Witch?  Do you know her?  Does Dad know her?  How did you meet her?  Why does she want all my candy? Isn&#8217;t that too much sugar for her?  Is it like protein for her?  Where does she lives?  Where in the woods?  Is she a nice witch?  Does she only &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/11/09/the-halloween-witch/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1749&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sigh!</title>
		<link>http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/30/sigh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 16:39:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>jitterbugmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[How can this, poorly made, admittedly kind of creepy, sock puppet melt your heart? When your daughter chooses it over all other things she owns for her school&#8217;s show and tell because she made it with her Mama.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1745&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boo!</title>
		<link>http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/24/boo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Oct 2011 05:22:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fruit bat! &#160; No, Spiderman. No, fruit bat. No Spiderman. No, fruit bat. No, Spiderman. &#160; Wait!  Tiger!  No, pilot!  No, peacock!  No, tiger!  No, peacock! No!  FRUIT BAT! &#160; She wants to be a fruit bat for Halloween.  Not just a bat, a fruit bat.  Not to be confused with vegetable bats or any &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/24/boo/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1740&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Calling All Mediocre Crafters!</title>
		<link>http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/13/calling-all-mediocre-crafters/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 05:47:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s a confession: I am a crafting hack.  An imposter in the world of the creative.  A poser.  I&#8217;m an okay knitter, I guess, as long as the project is fairly simple and I have the time to start over 5 or 6 times.  But I&#8217;m a terrible seamstress.  I&#8217;m kind of rough and careless &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/13/calling-all-mediocre-crafters/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1734&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hello old friend</title>
		<link>http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/08/hello-old-friend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Oct 2011 04:16:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is Canadian Thanksgiving weekend.  We are unpacked and settling into our new home.  Today, I baked my first loaf of bread in 6 months.  I bought a new pair of jeans.  Though it was sunny and warm out, I slipped into my favorite article of clothing.  Ahhh, the black turtleneck.  Mine boasts rather unbecoming &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/10/08/hello-old-friend/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1731&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>with an open heart</title>
		<link>http://pipandbeck.com/2011/09/19/with-an-open-heart/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 14:53:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working really hard to not think about it for over a month now.  You focus on the immediate, what needs to get done today.  You deal with what you see, what impacts your daily life, or the people you love first.  Of course.  But for a month now, my heart keeps taking me &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://pipandbeck.com/2011/09/19/with-an-open-heart/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pipandbeck.com&amp;blog=14903527&amp;post=1727&amp;subd=pipandbeck&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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