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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 04:02:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello, citizens of earth, Chris Hadfield, Commander of the ISS (International Space Station) took some time to answer questions from Canadian school students while up in space.  Today&#8217;s question:  Can you wring water out of a washcloth? We find out. This man can do almost anything.  First, he demonstrates water&#8217;s jello-like tendency in space.  Now &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9240&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Weight loss after 50: Stick to the plan to stay on target</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 04:03:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Wendy, You know that old saw about how it&#8217;s better to beg forgiveness than ask for permission? I&#8217;ve discovered that when it comes to food and weight loss, the opposite is more likely to be the case. I&#8217;ve talked a lot here about tracking the food I eat. That&#8217;s really a key component of &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9234&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Junk mail is your friend: What your mailbox sticker really means</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/17/junk-mail-is-your-friend-canada-post-consumers-choice-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 04:02:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Wendy, Yesterday I got the weirdest letter in my for-real mailbox (as opposed to my not-for-real email inbox). It was from our esteemed national postal service, Canada Post, and it was marked IMPORTANT INFORMATION INSIDE, so naturally I rushed to open it. I mean, who doesn&#8217;t want to receive IMPORTANT INFORMATION? It was a &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9217&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Lies, damn lies and Linda&#8217;s lies</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/16/lies-damn-lies-and-lindas-lies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 04:02:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Karen, I&#8217;ve been out of town for a week and now that I&#8217;m back, I took some time yesterday to catch up on my reading.  There was an article in Vanity Fair that probably you already know about:  a American college football player who pretended or was duped into believing he had an on-line &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9205&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Awesome Advice Central lets it all hang out</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/15/awesome-advice-central-lets-it-all-hang-out/</link>
		<comments>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/15/awesome-advice-central-lets-it-all-hang-out/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 04:02:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A lying shame Dear Awesome Advice Central, How do I make my wife a better liar? See, the Missus is way too honest. In fact, her honesty got me Into some hot water last week. I had to go to a business meeting last Thursday. But I usually play golf on Thursdays, see? It was &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9193&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A touch of grey&#8230;or possibly purple: The great midlife hair-colour decision</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/14/a-touch-of-grey-or-possibly-purple-the-great-midlife-hair-colour-decision/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 04:03:44 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[The Boomer Fashionista]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aging]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Wendy, I got roped into accompanying Rachel and her friend Peter to the beauty salon on the weekend. I wasn&#8217;t going as a customer, mind you—my role was to provide moral support (in Peter&#8217;s case) and financial aid (in Rachel&#8217;s). Oh, and to buy us all lunch at a local trendy bistro. I mean, &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9177&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>My trip to Monaco</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/13/my-trip-to-monaco/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 04:02:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Karen, You might have noticed my presence was decidedly unpresent last week.  I&#8217;m afraid I was off traveling with Lars, this time to Monaco for 5 days. He had to go for business and I tagged along to carry his suitcases, hold his wine glass at cocktail parties and just generally have a good &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9157&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mother&#8217;s Day video extravaganza</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/12/mothers-day-video-extravaganza/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 04:03:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Readers, It probably hasn&#8217;t escaped your notice that today is that special day when we raise our coffee mugs in the general direction of mothers everywhere. So we thought we&#8217;d contribute to the merriment, festivities, and potted plant extravaganza with a few videos to delight, amuse, and entertain. Or at least keep you more &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9082&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Fat oppression is alive and well</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/11/fat-oppression-is-alive-and-well/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 04:03:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>afterthekidsleave</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fashion]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Wendy, I know you&#8217;ve been off-line for the past few days, so you probably haven&#8217;t heard about the giant Internet kerfuffle surrounding certain odious statements from Abercrombie &#38; Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries. Basically, he made explicit what a lot of people had already figured out for themselves: that A&#38;F caters to thin people only, &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9104&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Spring has been cancelled. Long live summer!</title>
		<link>http://afterthekidsleave.com/2013/05/10/spring-has-been-cancelled-long-live-summer/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 04:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>afterthekidsleave</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Wendy, I don&#8217;t know what spring&#8217;s been like over in your parts (okay, I did hear something recently about &#8220;snow in April,&#8221; which must have been a bit surprising), but around here, we seem to have missed it entirely. Last week, right up until April 30, it was slushing and sleeting and windy and &#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=afterthekidsleave.com&#038;blog=38591757&#038;post=9087&#038;subd=afterthekidsleave&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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