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		<title>Five Simple Tips To Get Your Finances Under Control</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2009 18:50:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Dragon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This article comes to us from Gabriela Michelle, about how she reeled in her family&#8217;s finances and made it possible to become a stay-at-home mom.  Since we&#8217;re stay/work at home moms, too, we thought these tips were great and wanted to share them with you.  You might be surprised at the possibility of living on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Mouth of Babes: The Once-Over</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 13:12:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tisha Tolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my daughter who is 6 asked about having some ice cream for her nightly snack. I told her that there was no ice cream left because someone ate it all. She shook her head from side to side and just said &#8220;Daddy&#8221;. I politely informed her that her daddy was not the one who [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Time for a Checkup?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 May 2009 16:31:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Dragon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My kids (ages 6 and 3) had doctor appointments today.  Just their annual physicals, no big deal.
After only about 5 minutes of waiting in the toy room, we were brought into the exam room.  The nurse proceeded to do all that preliminary stuff &#8211; blood pressure, weight, height, can they hop on one foot?  Then [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How I Plan to Work During the Summer&#8230;At Home&#8230;With the Kid</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 May 2009 20:56:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tisha Tolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last year around this time, I was very anxious about how my first summer working from home and managing a kid was going to work out. I wrote about it on our former website and you can find the post here. Funny enough, now it is such a blur, I can hardly believe it was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>From the Mouths of Babes</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 14:51:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Dragon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My 6 year old had a field trip to the Post Office with his first grade class on Friday.  Apparently, the trip was to mail mother&#8217;s a letter for Mother&#8217;s Day! The letters were created &#8220;adlib&#8221; style &#8211; the teacher created a letter and left several pieces blank for the kids to fill in&#8230;  My [...]]]></description>
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		<title>US Moms Guiltier than Moms in France</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Mar 2009 18:11:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Dragon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kathy Murdock over at AllBusiness.com is reading Perfect Madness: Motherhood in the Age of Anxiety by
Judith Warner.  She shared some of her thoughts on what she&#8217;s read so far on her blog.  I&#8217;m so interested in the book that now I&#8217;m going to have to pick up a copy I think.
Apparently, the author of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What I&#8217;ve Learned About Working From Home</title>
		<link>http://empoweringmomblog.com/2009/01/what-ive-learned-about-working-from-home.html</link>
		<comments>http://empoweringmomblog.com/2009/01/what-ive-learned-about-working-from-home.html#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Jan 2009 01:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trisha Wagner</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It been over two weeks since I&#8217;ve punched a clock and my &#8211;how things have changed.  I don&#8217;t know about the rest of you, but I am one of those people that learns by doing.  I am smart enough to know that I don&#8217;t have a clue sometimes and while I listen to people with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>GUEST POST: Taking Control</title>
		<link>http://empoweringmomblog.com/2009/01/guest-post-taking-control.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jan 2009 13:55:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tisha Tolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a guest post from Jody Richards, a student of Make Money From Writing. Jody is currently exploring a new career, working from home and has asked to guest post on Empowering Mom Blog. Congratulations Jody! It&#8217;s a great post! You are on your way!
When I was graduating high school, I was sure I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>More Resolutions for your Mom Life</title>
		<link>http://empoweringmomblog.com/2009/01/more-resolutions-for-your-mom-life.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jan 2009 15:55:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tisha Tolar</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kelly over at The Healthy Parenting blog just sent me a link to a great post about the 50 Life Improving New Year&#8217;s Resolutions. I think it is a great read and you should check it out today! The writer mentions that the information is directed at new mom in 2009 but for the most [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Good Morning, Mommy</title>
		<link>http://empoweringmomblog.com/2008/11/good-morning-mommy.html</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 12:12:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Debbie Dragon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Between 11:15pm and 1am, I returned my almost-three-year-old to his bed 3 times. Each time he staggers in like a small, sleepwalking drunk dude, bouncing into walls and with his eyes barely open, and says &#8220;good morning, mommy!&#8221;  The fourth time he came into my room I gave up and pulled him into bed with me &#8211; [...]]]></description>
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