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	<title>Thrilled by the Thought</title>
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		<title>How to Celebrate a Half Birthday</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you know?  Half birthdays do not require a lot of fanfare, but they do require a certain amount of attention.
To do a half birthday properly, wish a happy half birthday to the half-birthday girl.  Give her lots of kisses and tell her how much you love her.
Then give her a half donut (chocolate please).

If [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/09/07/how-to-celebrate-a-half-birthday/</link>
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		<title>Free Hugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Some things bring an instant smile to your face.  Like when your almost-3 year old says, &#8220;You look so pretty!&#8221;  Or when you step outside and feel YOUR perfect temperature, like the day was created just for you.  Or when your husband does an incredibly thorough job of cleaning the refrigerator.
Or when you see a group of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/09/06/free-hugs/</link>
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		<title>Shocking Sentences</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many funny sentences escape the mouths of the members of my household, especially since one  child often peppers her speech with German and the other is learning to speak for the first time ever.  Some of my favorite sentences spoken by my toddler lately are:
You look soooooo pretty today, little one!
I&#8217;ll be grown up in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/31/shocking-sentences/</link>
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		<title>Germans and Their Forks</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Kristina left a comment telling me that Germans eat french fries with little forks.  Of course, I had to investigate.  So I asked my resident German, &#8220;Do you eat french fries with a fork?&#8221;  (See what a good investigator I am!)
Her reply: &#8220;YES!  IT&#8217;S SO MUCH CLEANER THAT WAY!&#8221;
I suppose&#8230;but it&#8217;s not really finger lickin&#8217; [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/27/germans-and-their-forks/</link>
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		<title>Erin Nightingale, Pianist Extraordinaire</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Could you use something uplifting today?  Well then, I&#8217;ve got just the thing for you.
Meet Erin Nightingale, 14 year old Californian.  She is nearly 100 % blind.  She can see light, color and shadow, which only sometimes allows her to recognize people and objects.  She was born that way.  She also has limited use of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/26/erin-nightingale-pianist-extraordinaire/</link>
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		<title>High School Registration Makes Me Sick</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Let me tell you about a special hell reserved for high schoolers and their parents/guardians.  Oh, you have a high schooler?  Well, then surely you already know this place.  Don&#8217;t have a high schooler?  Prepare and beware.
Of what, you ask?
HIGH SCHOOL REGISTRATION
Do not bring a toddler.  And actually, if there is any possible way for you [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/21/high-school-registration-makes-me-sick/</link>
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		<title>Germany vs. USA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Things that are different between Germany and America, according to my uber wonderful foreign exchange student.

Our refrigerator (which is bottom of the  line) is HUGE!  HUGE, according to German standards.  Let me tell you something: Our fridge doesn&#8217;t even compare with my mom&#8217;s or my sister&#8217;s or anybody&#8217;s refrigerator I&#8217;ve seen around here because it&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/17/germany-vs-usa/</link>
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		<title>She&#8217;s Here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our German daughter (technically, she&#8217;s our foreign exchange student, but that&#8217;s a mouthful) is here!  She arrived yesterday and the hilarious cultural confusions began happening immediately.
We waited patiently for her to arrive, practicing our sign holding along with several other families awaiting their German exchange students.


Soon, she came off the plane down the walkway with a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/15/shes-here/</link>
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		<title>Ending Childhood Sex Slavery</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is not just a Utah thing, but the first part of this post is directed to people living in and near Utah.  Please, PLEASE don&#8217;t stop reading if Utah doesn&#8217;t apply to you!  This is important! 
If you live in Utah, have you heard about Candlelight Serenade?  Oh my goodness, if you want to donate [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/13/ending-childhood-sex-slavery/</link>
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		<title>Lack of Creativity, Working at Home and Bagpipes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sorry for the lack of posting lately.  A few weeks ago, I was having bursts of creative thoughts at all times of the day and night.  My mind was on overload and I spent a good part of every day searching for paper on which to write my amazing ideas.
So then I bought a cute little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.thrilledbythethought.com/2010/08/11/lack-of-creativity-working-at-home-and-bagpipes/</link>
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