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		<title>What I Appreciate About My Family</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 01:02:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband Dale &#8211; I appreciate how you&#039;ve made me a stronger woman, mentally, emotionally and spiritually. My oldest daughter Angie &#8211; I appreciate your encouragement and positive attitude. My middle daughter Amanda &#8211; I appreciate you making me a &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/what-i-appreciate-about-my-family/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=243&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I&apos;m Irrational About</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Me? Irrational? According to my daughter Angie, I am. Lots of bottled water at the HP Summit &#8211; Sustainability fail Everytime Angie and I go to the McDonalds drive thru, and I&#039;m driving, I buy bottled water with my food. &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/what-im-irrational-about/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=242&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What I&apos;ll Remember Most About 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 00:28:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Siniša&#8217;s desk What I&#039;ll remember most about 2011 was going from a partime job to being layed off to a full time job, with a raise, without ever leaving the company I&#039;ve worked for since 1999. Now that doesn&#039;t happen &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2012/01/17/what-ill-remember-most-about-2011/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=241&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Parent&#8217;s Influence on My Personality</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:33:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks Mom and Dad. Even though I&#8217;m a Mama&#8217;s girl, I&#8217;m still very much my father&#8217;s daughter. My dad is the director of the Head Start Association of Hawaii. He&#8217;s always had a passion for youth of all ages. He&#8217;s &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/07/26/my-parents-influence-on-my-personality/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=237&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My favorite sounds of summertime.</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jul 2011 12:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trees and Taylor The winding tree One of my favorite summertime sounds is the sound of a gentle breeze blowing through the tall trees in my back yard or at the cottage. I love to sit on the deck in &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/07/14/my-favorite-sounds-of-summertime/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=230&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Favorite Form of Exercise</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Jul 2011 12:42:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gray Lake or Bust! 23 Mile Ride! I enjoy bike riding. My daughter Angie and me have been training for a 30-35 mile bike ride this summer from Sanford to our cottage on Gray Lake in Farwell, (MI) along the &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/07/13/my-favorite-form-of-exercise/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=229&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Brooke, the fishing dog</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Jul 2011 21:37:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is Booke, our family dog. (Technically, Brooke belongs to my daughter Angie.) After four summers of cottage visits she has finally discovered fishing, doggey style. Brooke is a mix of pit bull and American Boxer. She&#8217;s a dog-of-all-trades, so to speak. &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/07/08/brooke-the-fishing-dog/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=222&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bad Habits that Need to Go</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 05:48:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here and gone! Italian dark hot chocolate My name is Mary and I&#8217;m an espresso addict. It&#8217;s been one month since my last espresso. Many a time I was tempted. For example, between 9 and 10 a.m. every weekday morning, &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/bad-habits-that-need-to-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=208&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Best Musical Performance I&#8217;ve Attended</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 05:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Singing in the Rain&#8221; Umbrella The best live performance I&#8217;ve ever seen was not Cirque du Soleil, the Moscow Circus or the show outside Treasure Island hotel in Vegas. It was a dress rehearsal for the Midland Center for the &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/the-best-musical-performance-ive-attended/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=207&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My Childhood Dream Job</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 04:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nothing but a teacher. Classroom My childhood dream job was to be a teacher. For as long as I can remember, all I ever wanted to be was a teacher. (I thought about being a jocky for awhile but I &#8230; <a href="http://mtewks.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/my-childhood-dream-job/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=mtewks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=13190958&amp;post=206&amp;subd=mtewks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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