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	<description>Good judgement comes from experience</description>
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		<title>Terrible Twos</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s approximately a week before my son turns 2 years old, and I can safely say that the Terrible Twos have arrived already.  For the last week or so life with Ryan has been punctuated with whining, yelling and irrational crying.  Temper tantrums jump out of nowhere and he goes from happily playing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Praying Mantis</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many years ago I had an incredible conversation with my cousin&#8217;s little boy.  He was about 5 at the time (holy hell, I can&#8217;t believe Reid is almost 13 now!) and came into my house, excited to tell me about an amazing creature that he had seen clinging to the wall outside my house. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Shift in Conversations</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m not sure if it&#8217;s just the upcoming election that is causing this or if it&#8217;s something greater like a huge shift in American life as we know it, but I have noticed a shift in conversations in social settings recently.
Monday night I met a friend for a drink at the Bend Distillery. As we [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Standing in the Shower&#8230;Thinking</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Remember the Jane&#8217;s Addiction song &#8220;Standing in the Shower&#8230;Thinking&#8221;?  I wish I could find a video of it, but it appears in the vast world of the internet one doesn&#8217;t exist.  Or maybe I&#8217;m just too lazy to spend any more time looking for a link.  Regardless, I never gave it much [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandiblog.com/standing-in-the-showerthinking/</link>
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		<title>Flannel and Doc Martens</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I was driving home from my son&#8217;s swim lesson and had our Sirius radio on.  I was listening to a station called &#8220;Lithium&#8221;&#8211;my new favorite.  Pearl Jam&#8217;s &#8220;Black&#8221; played on the radio, and I cranked it up and sang along.  Next came Tori Amos&#8217; &#8220;Corn Flake Girl&#8221;.  I turned up [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Olympics vs. Elmo</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Oh, the Summer Olympics!  How I love them.  The swimming, gymnastics, track&#8211;I just can&#8217;t get enough!  In my greed to consume as much Olympic programming on television as humanly possible, my dvr has been on overdrive trying to record and keep up with my thirst for athleticism.
One of the downsides of recording [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandiblog.com/the-olympics-vs-elmo/</link>
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		<title>PFL:  Part Two</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Near the beginning of the year, I wrote on this blog about something my husband, his family and I have experienced; something we call PFL.
Tonight there was a whole new twist on PFL.
After dinner, Ryan had been playing out in the grass in the backyard.  Since I had picked up all of the dog [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandiblog.com/pfl-part-two/</link>
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		<title>Cat Scratch Fever</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My cousin Derek has a cat.  She&#8217;s a fluffy calico and, as far as I can tell, she doesn&#8217;t have a name other than &#8220;Kitty&#8221;.
We were over at Derek&#8217;s house on Sunday helping out with a project for his upcoming Underground Arts Festival this Saturday.  While the men were outside building an enormous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Remember When&#8230;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[1. As a comment on my blog, leave one memory that you and I had together. It doesn&#8217;t matter if you knew me a little or a lot, anything you remember!
2. Next, re-post these instructions on your blog and see how many people leave a memory about you. It&#8217;s actually pretty funny to see the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.brandiblog.com/remember-when/</link>
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		<title>Pink Donuts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me at all knows that I have this thing for pink donuts.

I looooove me some pink donuts!  In particular, cherry cake donuts with rainbow sprinkles.  There have been times when I&#8217;ve obsessed with finding such a donut to the point that I drove 25 miles in my quest to find [...]]]></description>
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