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		<title>Mom Controversy du Jour: Are YOU mom enough?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Because apparently we have solved EVERYTHING else in the world, Time Magazine has seen fit to pit mother against mother with this inflammatory title. &#8220;Are you Mom Enough?&#8221;, indeed! Happy Mother&#8217;s Day. You can MAKE people and successfully lead them to adulthood&#8230; but, by the way, you are all still inadequate unless you can breastfeed your preschooler [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://formerlygracie.com/2012/05/mom-controversy-du-jour-are-you-mom-enough/</link>
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		<title>Tired of Being the Strong One</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Pity. We had such high hopes for 2012. My family had everything—a decent home, dream jobs, health and happy kids. After three years of struggling to find our place, we could finally say, “Yes, we are settled here. This is where we belong.” Then with one swift kick in the pants followed by twenty more, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winner, Winner! Chicken Dinner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week, not only did I blog (for once), I also happen to be hosting not one&#8230; but TWO giveaways. And the winners were&#8230; For a Samsung Rugby Smart phone from AT&#38;T, it was Stacey Nerdin (@StaceyNerdin) from Tree, Root, and Twig.   By the way, my Wonder Tech Twin, Leticia Barr is giving away a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>{Giveaway} A Memorable Mother&#8217;s Day + $100 eBay Gift Card</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I found the funniest ad the other day. It read:  &#8221;When Mom says not to fuss, she&#8217;s testing you!&#8221; Okay, I guess it&#8217;s only funny if you have ever been the unsuspecting &#8220;victim&#8221; of this particular charade&#8230; In that case, you know better than to just let the day pass quietly. I, on the other hand, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://formerlygracie.com/2012/04/giveaway-a-memorable-mothers-day-100-ebay-gift-card/</link>
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		<title>{Giveaway} The Samsung Rugby® Smart phone versus the Duffy Kid Test</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Samsung Rugby® Smart phone is dust-proof, water-proof, and supposedly kid-proof, but is it Duffy kid proof? We&#8217;ll find out&#8230; The Giveaway One lucky winner will win their very own AT&#38;T Samsung Rugby® Smart phone (retail value $449.99) to put to the test. To ENTER&#8230; Leave a comment below about your own cell phone horror story. Have your [...]]]></description>
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		<title>{Review} Samsung Rugby® Smart aka &#8220;The Indestructible Phone&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Opening day for my son’s very first year of tee ball could not have been more cold and dreary. It had rained all night and it was threatening to rain all day. The actual game and parades had already been cancelled, but we still had to show up for the team photos. Every Little League [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://formerlygracie.com/2012/04/review-samsung-rugby%c2%ae-smart-sgh-i847/</link>
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		<title>Booking a Sitter Just Got Easier with SitterScout</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Until we moved to Silicon Valley, I never had to leave my child with anyone other than family and/or  &#8221;nearly family&#8221;. With my mom, dad, sisters, brother-in-law, and tons of long-time friends within driving distance, there was never any need to hire a &#8220;stranger&#8221; or a teenager to babysit for us. If something came up [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://formerlygracie.com/2012/03/booking-a-sitter-just-got-easier-with-sitter-scout/</link>
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		<title>Life&#8217;s Unfair, But This is Ridiculous</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Getting the kids out the door this morning last week, I took one look at my son&#8217;s school shoes&#8211; the ones with the giant holes and tears worn right through the leather- and decided it was worth braving the mall to get him new ones. I promised the kids that we would go right after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>{Giveaway} Quaker Oats Leap Day Winner</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Thank you for everyone who commented, tweeted, and shared the Quaker Oats Leap Day Giveaway featured on this site. The contest is now closed. I drew the magic number&#8230; And the winner is&#8230;  Rachel Veuve (@VeuveFamily).  Yay! Congratulations! She will receive a $75 Visa Gift Card courtesy to put towards her own &#8220;Delightful Discovery&#8221; and the full product line of Quaker Oatmeal [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://formerlygracie.com/2012/03/giveaway-quaker-oats-leap-day-winner/</link>
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		<title>Leap Day 2012, and the Gracie Ran Away to the Dish</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Leap Day I was invited to make a &#8220;Delightful Discovery&#8221;&#8230; to use the &#8220;extra&#8221; twenty-four hours to try something new and out of the ordinary! With Leap Day coinciding with a typical old Wednesday with its early dismissals and karate lessons at 3 pm and dinner at 5pm, blah, blah, blah... that pretty much [...]]]></description>
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