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		<title>if it ain&#8217;t broke&#8230;(or how I learned to say no to the medical establishment)</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2011/10/12/if-it-aint-broke-or-how-i-learned-to-say-no-to-the-medical-establishment/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had a recent experience with the medical community, and not a very good one I might add.  While not necessarily blaming my grandson for my injury, let me just say that I was holding him when the freakish incident involving my knee occurred.   Now, I’ve never known anyone who’s injured their knee while in the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=767&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the grandma name</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:48:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As soon as my daughter-in-law told me she was pregnant I got on the phone to my best friend in Texas. &#8220;I&#8217;m going to be a Grandma!&#8221; I told her, barely believing it myself. When you reach a certain age &#8211; or more importantly, when your only child does &#8211; thoughts turn to the next [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=758&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the return of observant</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Sep 2011 08:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back&#8230;..and I&#8217;m a grandma.    Yeah, and I&#8217;m rockin&#8217; that shit, too.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=756&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>separate ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 22:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/?p=738</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Disclaimer:  Yeah, it&#8217;s been a few months since I&#8217;ve posted so my Ticonderoga&#8217;s a little rusty &#8211; but here goes: Let me start out by wishing Mr. Ex-Boyfriend a hale and hearty CONGRATULATIONS! on his recent nuptials.  I&#8217;m happy report that I was drinking beer, noshing on (among other things) a deconstructed BLT and ceviche in  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=738&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Protected: caution: bad weather ahead</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 16:06:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Pretty Girls</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/pretty-girls/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 20:26:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[She’s the kind of woman that has the characteristics I covet:  Bouncy personality, great people skills, and most importantly – normally proportioned legs that actually fit into a pair of knee-high boots.   I imagine she never has fat days, and I’d bet my 401(k) pittance that she’s never had a fat month or (most definitely) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=722&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>the color of waiting</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/07/30/the-color-of-waiting/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2009 14:49:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/?p=713</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The color of waiting is white.  It shows no pity to those who succumb and it wraps itself around you saying:  “Now you are mine for awhile.”  It fills your head with its dense cotton batting and settles in your abdomen where its presence makes itself known with an ever-growing sense of anxiety.  Waiting is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=713&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>to disregard thee</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/07/27/to-disregard-thee/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2009 17:53:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“You have 1 friend request” my Facebook account informed me today. Whenever I see someone’s requesting me as a friend, my first reaction is always one of bewilderment.   I mean, my circle of friends is purposely small, so the people I consider my real friends have long been in on my Facebook page.   These days, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=707&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ask Aunt Pittypat</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/04/27/ask-aunt-pittypat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2009 12:48:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After fleeing her hometown of Atlanta during General Sherman&#8217;s siege, Aunt Pittypat lived out her remaining years in a small town in Georgia.  Now, through the miracle of cloning, Aunt Pitty has been brought back to life, where she is able to fulfill her greatest dream &#8211; to advise Southern women in proper behavior.  Unfortunately though, 150 years have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=450&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>stripping away the layers</title>
		<link>http://observantbystander.wordpress.com/2009/04/21/stripping-away-the-layers/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2009 18:55:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve spent the past several days and nights stripping the wallpaper in one room of my house.  It&#8217;s a chore I&#8217;ve done in many other rooms of my home and each time I&#8217;m confronted with a different set of challenges to meet and overcome, because once the first layer&#8217;s removed, you never know what (if anything) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=observantbystander.wordpress.com&amp;blog=730220&amp;post=681&amp;subd=observantbystander&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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