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		<title>Dinnertime</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So I&#8217;m working a job now where I don&#8217;t get home until after 8:15 p.m., but Rick is working a more normal schedule. That means that he gets home hungry for dinner three hours before I&#8217;ll even be hopping into the Buick Regal to wend my scenic way back to the nest. If I start [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=522</link>
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		<title>Smells vs. scents vs. odors</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Scent is a very important sensation.  It jolts our memory, evokes emotions and stimulates our appetite, as well as warning us away from situations that may be hazardous to us, like 0bviously spoiled food, house fires, and skunks. I enjoy experiencing many different scents: Other peoples&#8217; colognes, freshly-washed laundry hanging on a clothesline or drying [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=515</link>
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		<title>So very proud of Emily and Corey</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Friday will be an amazing day for two people I love dearly.  My niece, Emily, and my nephew, Corey, are graduating from Marine boot camp on Parris Island that day, and I&#8217;m so proud of them! I can&#8217;t imagine anything more difficult than making it through Marine boot camp.  It&#8217;s a psychological and physical trial [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=511</link>
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		<title>Writing to feel good, feeling good to write?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;d like to be able to write stories that entertain people, that take them away from their own world and into another place that allows them to relax and feed their souls with situations and feelings that are new to them. Isn&#8217;t it the best feeling to have a great book in your hands, one [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=502</link>
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		<title>Still not over it</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a slob.  Happily, I live in t-shirts (the bigger, the better to cover my muffin-top) and shorts during the summer, blue jeans in the winter. So when I took a dozen t-shirts and one cotton button-down shirt out of my wardrobe last week, perfectly good, colourful shirts, you know there had to be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lists for remembering</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is probably a symptom of my OCD, but I&#8217;ve been motivated lately to create a list all of the addresses and telephone numbers at which I&#8217;ve resided throughout my life.  When I was applying to my present employer, I had to list my addresses for the past five years, and it was a little [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=492</link>
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		<title>A remarkable man leaves a tremendous hole in our hearts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a terribly sad week for us. Rick&#8217;s wonderful grandfather was diagnosed with a critical injury to his aorta, and due to problems with his kidneys and other vascular problems which he&#8217;d been dealing with for ten years, surgery to repair the transection, or tear, was impossible. This horrible news left his family members [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=485</link>
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		<title>Texting works fine for its intended purpose</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the weekend my husband and I had to go home to Michigan and see his wonderful grandfather, who&#8217;s critically ill. It was a sad, strained, hastily-arranged trip, and as a result I found it necessary to communicate with several different people simultaneously. Texting filled that bill to a &#8216;t&#8217;. It allowed me to update [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=481</link>
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		<title>Correct collar sizing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A friend of a friend found a collarless, buff cocker girl alongside the road this afternoon. It was fortunate that he&#8217;d come upon her when he did, because she was scavenging among some garbage, and was gagging on a piece of plastic wrap that was stuck halfway down her throat.  Mygod. Just in time. She&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=476</link>
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		<title>Toaster oven useful for small households</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love my toaster oven. I&#8217;d even go as far as to say that it&#8217;s an essential piece of kitchen gear. It&#8217;s not often that I endorse a specific piece of kitchen equipment. Many tasks have been accomplished over the years using nothing more than a good knife, a sufficiently-large cutting board and basic cookery [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://karadulac-shields.com/?p=471</link>
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