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	<title>Sound Check Mama &#187; happiness</title>
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		<title>Saturday Night and the Single Mom</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2012/01/05/saturday-night-and-the-single-mom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 03:09:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my latest column for Birmingham Parent. Read it and come back and tell me what you think. Thanks! Copyright &#169; 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed on other websites breaches copyright. If this content is not in your news reader, it makes the page you are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Girl trip!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Oct 2011 23:37:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley and I took our first mama-daughter trip two weeks ago during her Fall Break, and we had a great time. The only thing we argued about was what music to listen to &#8230; we compromised by using headphones (her) and plugging my music player into the truck&#8217;s radio. There&#8217;s just so much Selena Gomez [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Riley!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2011 03:34:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Riley turned 10 on Monday! I cannot believe I have a 10-year-old. She celebrated with a sleepover (the five girls were loud and fun), a Justin Bieber cake, pizza, and ice cream. Her dad and I got her an iPod touch, and she is thrilled. She has already downloaded Angry Birds and Ninja Fruit. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>When is it OK to move on?</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/08/19/when-is-it-ok-to-move-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 04:49:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has it been long enough? It&#8217;s been more than a year that I&#8217;ve been on my own &#8230; which isn&#8217;t long at all seeing that I was married for 15 years. Is it OK to admit that I miss not a specific person but companionship? Having someone to hang out on the couch with, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Justin Bieber is cute. My girl watching JB? Cute overload!</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Feb 2011 16:19:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, Riley&#8217;s BFF&#8217;s mom and I took the girls (and BFF&#8217;s little brother) to see Justin Bieber&#8217;s Never Say Never 3D. I went into it expecting your typical cheesy Disney/Nick platitudes and overprocessed pop, and was pleasantly surprised. It wasn&#8217;t any of that. It was good, and I came out a Justin Bieber fan. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas in pictures</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2011/01/05/christmas-in-pictures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Jan 2011 03:19:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sound Check Mama</dc:creator>
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		<title>Blue Christmas</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2010/11/30/blue-christmas-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Dec 2010 01:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every time I&#8217;ve come here to write, I&#8217;ve decided against it. But today&#8217;s the day. I&#8217;m going to talk about what&#8217;s been going on the past five months. But not in too much detail. Details suck sometimes. I will be a single mom probably by the first of the year. Sometimes things just don&#8217;t work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good progress</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2010/10/03/good-progress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Oct 2010 05:49:12 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some good news about Riley and her auditory-verbal therapy &#8230; our therapist cut us back to every other week instead of every week! After seven years of weekly sessions (give or take holidays and illnesses), it&#8217;s nice that she&#8217;s made so much progress that we can go less often. Her expressive vocabulary is better, her [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Moving forward</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2010/09/19/moving-forward/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 01:59:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Remember a few weeks back when I did the best breakup songs? Now here&#8217;s list of good &#8220;get over it, move on, stop moping&#8221; songs. Things might or might not be resolved, but it&#8217;s time to get back to living. Do you have any to add? Copyright &#169; 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Ending</title>
		<link>http://www.soundcheckmama.com/2010/07/25/happy-ending/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 25 Jul 2010 16:54:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I first heard this song during Riley&#8217;s dance recital rehearsal and loved it. It&#8217;s beautiful and sad, and the dance that was done with it was gorgeous. I finally downloaded Happy Ending by Mika today and found this video. Copyright &#169; 2008 This feed is for personal, non-commercial use only. The use of this feed [...]]]></description>
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