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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>
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		<title>Celebrating the Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the years, Valentine&#8217;s Day became a little mundane to us. After so many years of being together and living together, Dave and I have come to truly appreciate the daily-ness of our love and our life together. Having Valentine&#8217;s Day seems a little less private and a little less original than the holiday had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Family Summer Vacation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is just about time to start planning for our yearly family summer get-away. And by &#8220;family,&#8221; I mean the extended family from Dave&#8217;s side. Every summer, give or take a few summers, we&#8217;ve made the effort to get away somewhere for a week or two as a family. Traditionally, it was to Gabriola Island [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/01/19/family-summer-vacation/</link>
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		<title>To Grow Old In</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Well, we finally did it. We got a house. After looking at approximately 50 houses (or what feels like 50 houses!), we finally found &#8220;the one&#8221; for us. And then, after a week&#8217;s worth of intense pain and anxiety, after putting in an offer and having it accepted, the closing date finally came today, and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/01/18/to-grow-old-in/</link>
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		<title>New Year, New Home</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to the new year. I should have had a decent post for the new year, but I don&#8217;t. December, 2009 went by in a rushed flash, and January, 2010 appears to be going the same way. A few changes have occurred in my life. One to be duly noted is that we&#8217;re making a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/01/09/new-year-new-home/</link>
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		<title>Keep On Plugging</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes I don&#8217;t know why the heck I still have a site. I hardly ever update it. It is strange where the internet has gone in the past 15 years. When I first started out, I was hand coding each entry to my website. Writing long, detailed entries about my feelings and thoughts, my opinions, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2010/01/09/keep-on-pluggin/</link>
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		<title>Dreaming of Time Off</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I am ssooo in need of a vacation. Maybe a month-long, in my fantasies. Ha! I&#8217;m looking forward to next summer, which hopefully we&#8217;ll get to go somewhere through one of those awesome family travel deals that you always see and read about in advertisements. We&#8217;re looking at Hawaii, but the plans aren&#8217;t solid yet. [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2009/10/03/dreaming-of-time-off/</link>
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		<title>In the Community</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I haven&#8217;t talked a lot about what it feels like to live and work in the same community. I haven&#8217;t been able to do that since I was still living in California, which was quite a few years ago (seven, to be exact, if you wanna get technical). But now that I&#8217;m settled into a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2009/09/29/in-the-community/</link>
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		<title>The Business of Happy</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been toying with the idea of possibly starting my own business. Actually, I&#8217;ve been toying with this for a long time. Years, even. I sometimes get the vast urge to do something really creative with my artistic endeavors, like open up a greeting card store, or try my hand at a web design business [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2009/09/29/the-business-of-happy/</link>
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		<title>Come and Stay a While</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a long time, hasn&#8217;t it? What used to come naturally doesn&#8217;t come so naturally anymore. And by this, I mean the world of blogging. I hardly have any time outside of work, family, and personal life to stay online long enough to get a decent blog entry out. Plus, I think I&#8217;m that [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://helenchatter.com/archives/2009/09/29/come-and-stay-a-while/</link>
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