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        <description><![CDATA[Tips and Tricks of the Stay-at-Home Trade ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[New Blog]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2017 18:21:04 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World! This is a quick post to let you all know that I am moving blogs. Blogger has some features that over-blog did not, so working on transferring over to blogger. :)
This is my new blog.
So, here is the link! Go check it out and follow and all... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[5 Ways to Keep Baby Happy in the Car]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2017 02:36:29 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World! Sorry for the late post. My family and I were on vacation last week, and this blog is not well-read enough to merit taking time out of that to write a post. :) That being said, since we spent a good deal of our time in the car, I have figured... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How to Ditch New Year's Resolutions, Part 2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2017 17:47:09 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[I'm never going to yell at my kids again! I will read my Bible every day... I will change my outlook on life! We will spend more time together as a family. All these resolutions sounds great and wonderful! But they are again, point blank statements and... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Ditching New Year's Resolutions for Life Resolutions, Part One]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2017 23:42:45 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello world! The eighth of January has rolled around and with it, resolve to keep resolutions is fading fast. I know, because it's what has happened to me year after year in the past. This year however, I didn't make any. Through a combination of not... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[2016 - Yeah, That Happened]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2017 17:10:23 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[****Warning...Long Post**** Hello World, And there we have it...2016 has left us and 2017 has rolled around with a whole new year full of second chances, new beginnings, paths to pursue our dreams, and opportunities to learn more about ourselves and those... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Teething Tips-How to Survive]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2016 01:22:52 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World! So Eleanor is now fully in the stages of teething....I know, rough. Symptoms include heavy drooling, gnawing on anything she can get her hands on, sore bottom, Nagasaki nappies, and two tiny little teeth poking out from her bottom gums. I... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lovely Liquid Lipstick]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2016 23:56:14 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World! Today, I am going to review the Revlon Colorstay Ultimate Liquid Lipstick. I have been interested in liquid lipstick for a while, but I hadn't mustered up the courage to actually buy one until the other day. Some of the worries I had were... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Sensory Games for Eleanor!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2016 21:42:23 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World! Well...I know it's been a little over a week. I wanted to write this post on Friday but what with a huge cookie order, writing has been put on the back burner. But still, not too bad considering a year went by once between posts. ;) So, the... ]]></description>
        <dc:creator><![CDATA[Laurie Shepherd]]></dc:creator>
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    <title><![CDATA[Six Months Later]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2016 23:04:36 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hello World, I know, I know, save the comments on how long it's been...lets see....six months? I know because our darling little Eleanor is about to be a half a year old! I can't believe it. Time has flown so fast. However, I have now made a new commitment,... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Meet the Newest Addition]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 16 Jun 2016 21:14:50 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[She finally came! Sunday, June 5th at 6:08 in the morning, Eleanor Rosamund Grace made her 9 pound 3 ounces debut into this world. :) Labor went well and fast and Joe was absolutely amazing at encouraging and being a strong arm to lean on and willing... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Baby Shower]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2016 22:58:16 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[A couple of weeks ago, Savannah, a good friend of mine was over at the Daniels and after hearing that we hadn't had a baby shower, very kindly and amazingly offered to throw us a baby shower. :) It was a small affair, but she did an amazing job of making... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Catch Up]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2016 22:32:04 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Life has been busy. But, as we are finally settled down for awhile, I thought I'd put up some pictures of our goings on in the last couple of months.
While we were down in Austin, we went to Lake Pflugerville with Gretchen and Heidi and had a good time... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Visit to New York]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 11 May 2016 23:20:01 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Through an unforeseen series of events, we found ourselves having to fly back to the States. For some reason, any cancellation/delay/reschedule/equipment malfunction decided to happen to us on our way home and our trip took about twice as long, but thanks... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mum and Dad's Visit Cont.]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2016 22:36:49 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[During Steve and Debbie's visit to our house, we took them to the Dammann's house church for Sunday worship. The language barrier really wasn't too much of an issue. Just like-minded Christians spending time together and praising the same God. It was... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Aftermath of the Fire ]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 25 Apr 2016 22:25:13 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Just got my camera recharged recently... ;) and found some pictures of some other goings on. So, here are pictures of the site of the fire next to Joe's office the day after. Apparently, it had been a luggage storage place. Kind of sad to see all of the... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Lunch with Friends]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 15 Apr 2016 01:00:47 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We went out to lunch with Jeffrey and Audrey. We went to a really nice and cozy pizza place, and the food was really nice. Thanks for being such great friends!!
Huge portions for France... ;) A massive Calzone, and a very tasty salad. Pizzas and good... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[At the Dammann]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 12 Apr 2016 00:12:40 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Here are some pictures of some of the times that we spent at the Dammann's house in March. :) They are lots of fun to hang around, and Joe is very popular with the kiddos.
Bruno's birthday called for some pretty spectacular celebrations and delicious... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Bump Pictures!!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Sat, 09 Apr 2016 20:50:44 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Thought it about time to do some more bump pictures. Little Shepherd is still incredibly active and enjoys jabbing me in the ribs....Still not quite sure on an exact due date, but we are looking forward to meeting him/her whenever they decide to show... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Mum and Dad Shepherd Come to Visit!]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2016 20:28:02 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[At the end of February/beginning of March, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Shepherd came down to our house. Joe's parents have always loved doing long drives so they decided to drive down and spend a long weekend with us, and the Dammann, Sadly, it was really wet... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[How Time Flies]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2016 23:07:40 +0200</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Things have been quite mad in our life recently. Some of y'all know the story and for the rest of you there will be a following blog post explaining what happened. So, in the meantime, here are a few pictures of what happened in February. We went out... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Nimes Shopping and Dirt Bike Track]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2016 14:31:03 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[We had a lovely day out walking around Nimes. We did some shopping for maternity clothes and finished up the day with a trip to a local dirt bike track.
The Aftermath
We had a great time getting filthy. Joe sprained his anke quite badly, fortunately he... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Trip to the Beach no. 2]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2016 16:40:51 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Well, considering we live only half an hour from the beach, and that it is on the way home from the midwife, we took the opportunity to visit the beach. This time, I took a lot more pictures so you guys can see more of the beautiful ocean we live near.
Very... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[The Zoo]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2016 15:33:04 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Thursday, the fourth of February, we had a day out in Montpellier. The main reason for the visit was a trip to the midwife, but we took the opportunity to visit the zoo again. This time, we had much more time to go around and therefore took many many... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Just Because]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Mon, 08 Feb 2016 15:08:06 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[What do you do when you have marshmallow, a candle, and two very desirous of s'mores people? YOU MAKE S'MORES!!! Plus, if you put a little bit of Toblerone on your s'more....heaven!!
Of course, a s'more wouldn't be good unless it's going up in gorgeous... ]]></description>
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    <title><![CDATA[Snow and Homemade Donuts]]></title>
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    <pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2016 15:01:20 +0100</pubDate>
    <description><![CDATA[Hi guys! Just a quick update for the fun of it. Yes, I said snow!! Well...there were white flakes of the stuff floating down from the sky. However, it didn't manage to stay on the ground at all. It was really pretty whilst coming down though. I tried... ]]></description>
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