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		<title>Just a quick sock update</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The sock hater pranced around my bedroom last night wearing these, which I purchased for MYSELF with my brand new clogs on Saturday. It&#8217;s a good thing sierra trading post has smartwool seconds on major clearance right now. He wanted me to order them, so please cross all digits for us. I know there are [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=247&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 02:45:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have always gotten a lot of jokes about my last name.  It&#8217;s more common here on the east coast where I currently live than it was on the west coast, but it&#8217;s still the object of a good yuck, yuck upon meeting someone.  It rhymes with Peeper and it does not describe my family [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=222&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in canning #2: Blueberry lavender jam</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Aug 2011 22:09:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m afraid I didn&#8217;t do any actual canning on Saturday (Can-It-Forward Day), as I was attending the baby shower to end all baby showers.  (The dress here with two matching hats was my gift).  It was cool last Thursday (fall is coming quickly to Vermont, as usual) so I did quite a lot.  Today&#8217;s recipe is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=205&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Adventures in canning #1: spicy dilly beans</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 01:38:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past two summers I&#8217;ve been experimenting with canning.  My extremely picky kid who loves strong tasting foods (especially tart, spicy, &#38; salty) likes pickles of various sorts, and since pickles are crazy expensive at the rate he eats them, I thought it might be worthwhile to learn to make them myself!  Several years [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=175&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A sensitive kid&#8217;s guide to back-to-school shopping</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 01:37:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[1. Make your mom do it, then scream about it for hours at a time.  Run around naked, and refuse to get dressed.  Cry, and make your mom cry.  Voilà, finis! But seriously.  It&#8217;s that time of year when I begin to shake uncontrollably when I think of clothing my sensory-challenged child for the colder [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=160&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Cutest dress ever!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I really hope she doesn&#8217;t see this&#8230;but I just finished this for a friend&#8217;s baby due in October. It&#8217;s the Daisy Dress pattern from Minnowknits, knit in berocco weekend. It turned out so cute, I can&#8217;t wait to share it!! I also made a matching purple hat.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=3&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Another reason to avoid graduate school</title>
		<link>http://onthebeans.wordpress.com/2011/08/02/debt-deal-boosts-pell-grant-funding-cuts-student-loans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Aug 2011 13:21:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Debt Deal Boosts Pell Grant Funding, Cuts Student Loans. I am so angry about this I don&#8217;t even know what to say.  The new budget bill cuts funding for subsidized stafford loans for graduate students.  This is what people do with subsidized stafford loans for graduate school: Become better teachers Become social workers Become therapists [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=123&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Resurrection and rebirth!</title>
		<link>http://onthebeans.wordpress.com/2011/08/01/hello-world/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 01:05:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, long lost blog readers! I&#8217;ve decided to migrate the blog from blogger to wordpress and give it a new title and mission. I think that my lack of blog upkeep was due to a blog identity crisis&#8211;is my blog about the two monsters? Is it only about the kids? Is it a craft blog? [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=1&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>To my picky, picky, tactile hypersensitive children</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 13:52:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>onthebeans</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Look, I know you are sensitive about how your clothes feel. I get it. I really do. I don&#8217;t like pants that are too tight or shirts that are too loose. I am not a huge fan of socks, but I wear them in the winter. I don&#8217;t like when my sleeves bunch in my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=40&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Apparently it pays to hire an expert</title>
		<link>http://onthebeans.wordpress.com/2010/08/28/apparently-it-pays-to-hire-an-expert/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Aug 2010 14:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I recently commented to a friend that we have our own &#8220;c&#8221; word in our house. The &#8220;c&#8221; word is &#8220;crumbs.&#8221; The boychild&#8217;s particular side of the autism spectrum tends towards the OCD/anxiety, and about a year ago, just after we moved into this house, he developed this weird phobia/obsession/ritual about crumbs. He is really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=onthebeans.wordpress.com&amp;blog=25713885&amp;post=39&amp;subd=onthebeans&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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