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		<title>My most popular post &#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:24:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8230; seems to be the one about &#8220;kicky vs kinky&#8221; on Sesame Street. At the very least, it&#8217;s the post that has inspired the most comments. Definitely people are of two minds on that one! I&#8217;m wondering &#8211; are people finding my blog because they&#8217;re searching for &#8220;this is kinda kicky/kinky&#8221;?
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		<title>John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Mar 2009 01:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*sings merrily* John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt, His name is my name, too.
Whenever we go out,
The people always shout,
There&#8217;s John Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt!
Have you ever had a friend who is so similar to you that it&#8217;s scary? Like the two Stephanies in your high school math class who both took drum, ate red licorice, wore size [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=342&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Baking potatoes exploding?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Feb 2009 21:35:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I always thought that it was a myth and that my mother was silly for insisting that we poke baked potatoes. I forgot to poke them tonight and didn&#8217;t think anything of it.
Well, I shall go on record to say that it is not a myth at all.  They explode.  It&#8217;s a gentle [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=340&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sesame Street Reads my Blog</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:20:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Take a look. Kurt from Sesame Street Workshop commented on my post! I&#8217;m completely blown away. Oh, I don&#8217;t think that Sesame Street is subscribed to my blog or anything like that, although that would be pretty cool. I&#8217;m sure they have a Google alert (or something similar) alerting them to posts like mine. But [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=329&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Countdown: Three More Sleeps</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Dec 2008 04:06:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Are you ready? I&#8217;m not. I could spend another month baking and fussing and cleaning. All for one day!
Have I mentioned yet how very much I love Christmas? I know I shouldn&#8217;t focus so much of my time and attention on one holiday, but I love everything about Christmas. The careful selection of gifts for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=300&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Laundry softeners</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Dec 2008 16:39:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Vinegar and Baking Soda Softener
2 cup vinegar
2 cup baking soda
4 cup water
Carefully mix together over a sink, because it fizzes. Pour into a plastic ball. Use 1/4 cup in a Downy ball during the wash.
Stretching Store Bought Softener
Mix cheap liquid fabric softener with water. Soak facecloths (I&#8217;d recommend the cheap baby facecloths) in this, wring [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=239&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Granting a Wish with Sears</title>
		<link>http://trailmixup.wordpress.com/2008/12/16/granting-a-wish-with-sears/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Technosailor is, with the help of Sears, granting a Christmas wish to one lucky reader. I&#8217;ve filled in my information. Money&#8217;s incredibly tight this year, and it would be amazing to give Pierre a Playstation 3 and a copy of Fallout 3.
At any rate, go on and take a look.

Posted in Parenting    [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=181&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Buddies Questions</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Dec 2008 23:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Facebook has an application called My Buddies, where people are asked various yes/no questions about those on their friends list. Well, I had to laugh when I logged on and found out that the following questions have been asked about me:
Do you think Marie is often late for work?
Do you think Marie is an alcoholic?
Do [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=176&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bert and Ernie &#8230; This IS kinda kinky?</title>
		<link>http://trailmixup.wordpress.com/2008/12/11/bert-and-ernie-this-is-kinda-kinky/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 16:14:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, this is an odd title, and it&#8217;s going to be an odd post. I am an open-minded sort of person. I am most certainly not homophobic, nor am I opposed to alternative sexuality among consenting adults. If you&#8217;re practicing safe and consensual sex, then do whatever you want. AND I really like Sesame Street [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=170&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If I were a fiction character</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:09:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Marie Beausoleil</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meme]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve decided to treat myself like a fiction character, filling out one of those &#8220;Character charts&#8221;. Hopefully some people will find this interesting. If you like it, grab it and
• What is your name? Do you have a nickname? &#8212; Marie Cachet Beausoleil is my married name. I grew up with a name that sounded [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=trailmixup.wordpress.com&blog=2215930&post=126&subd=trailmixup&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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