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		<title>Sleep is Near</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been working a lot lately. All of last week, I was in training for a really neat new counselling theory and practice. I&#8217;m excited to start using it. And then today, even though it was Saturday, I was in another training for half the day. I feel a bit like a worked-out zombie, to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/05/08/sleep-is-near/</link>
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		<title>Magical HGTV</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that we went through while house searching was trying to find the perfect &#8220;material&#8221; for our new home. We&#8217;ve seen all sorts of sinks and counter tops. All sorts of closets &#8211; from sliding door types to walk-ins, to just average ones. What we didn&#8217;t see, however, is a stone sink. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/05/03/magical-hgtv/</link>
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		<title>The Work Week</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the start of another work week. This week, I have some serious things to do at work. Tomorrow, we have our annual conference for the program I work for. Every year there is a conference that this program heads up and leads, and creates. It is to inform and educate local agencies far [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/26/the-work-week/</link>
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		<title>Feeling Alive</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am constantly amazed that I still love what I do for a living. Each new job I get, it further instills in me the endless possibilities of &#8220;feel good&#8221; vibes when I can help people, and when I am positively contributing to my community. This new job I am in&#8230; it really tests everything [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/20/feeling-alive/</link>
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		<title>What We Are Doing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, I went to this wonderful neuroscience conference in Vancouver, where there were several speakers who presented on their perspective of our homeless and drug problem in the urban community. It was a full day dialogue, and it was fascinating. Absolutely fascinating. Not only did it get political and scientific, it also got very deep [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/17/what-we-are-doing/</link>
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		<title>Random Likes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve seen people do this on their blogs, and I really enjoyed reading them, so I thought I&#8217;d do the same. These are random things I like:
* sunny days
* weekends (I&#8217;m sure you don&#8217;t have to guess why)
* mornings with my Lily Bean where I get her all to myself
* going out with our Lily [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/17/random-likes/</link>
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		<title>Food Intake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[One of the things I&#8217;ve really begun to notice (more so than usual, that is) is how much of a consumerist family we are. Mostly it&#8217;s in food. Our food intake has gone up exponentially ever since Lily was born. And we&#8217;re not really the type to look at prices when it comes to food [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/08/food-intake/</link>
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		<title>Moved In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we&#8217;re all moved in now, and there isn&#8217;t a whole lot of unpacking to do anymore, thankfully&#8230; as long as we sort of more or less ignore the garage, which is still a bit filled up with unpacked items here and there. Most of them belong in the garage, so that&#8217;s okay. Some are [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/04/07/moved-in/</link>
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		<title>To the Anti-Obamas Out There</title>
		<description><![CDATA[(from http://nica24.dailykos.com/)
You didn&#8217;t get mad when the Supreme Court stopped a legal recount and appointed a President.
You didn&#8217;t get mad when Cheney allowed Energy company officials to dictate
energy policy.
You didn&#8217;t get mad when a covert CIA operative got outed.
You didn&#8217;t get mad when the Patriot Act got passed.
You didn&#8217;t get mad when we illegally invaded [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/03/30/to-the-anti-obamas-out-there/</link>
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		<title>Float Status</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The big move is coming this weekend, and boy do we have some anxiety butterflies in our tummy! It will not be easy to move with a toddler, but we have lots of generous hands to help us out. We&#8217;re actually dedicating the whole upcoming 4-day weekend to moving, so it won&#8217;t be too bad, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/02/22/float-status/</link>
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