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		<title>Valentine&#8217;s Day Recipe &#8211; I heart V-Day!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love Valentine&#8217;s Day. Not in a mushy, romantic way&#8230; but in a &#8220;I-Love-to-Celebrate-People-I-Love&#8221; way. I find our days go so fast and furious that we don&#8217;t necessarily stop and take the time to tell those we love&#8230; that we love them. The kids are all over Valentine&#8217;s Day this year &#8211; they are finally [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Playdates with XBox 360 and ToysRUs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Although it hasn&#8217;t much felt like it around here, we are in the middle of winter, and it&#8217;s definitely not shorts weather. It&#8217;s a great time to think about indoor activities with the family. And if you can have active indoor activities? So much the better. Living with boys, video games are a big part of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/playdates-with-xbox-360-and-toysrus/</link>
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		<title>Cheerios Heart Healthy Giveaway!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[February is all about hearts. These ones: and these ones: I am talking about the latter.  And so are the folks at Cheerios. Cheerios has just released a new site &#8211; Cheerios.ca. Just like each box of their classic cereal, it’s chock-a-block full of goodness.  From cholesterol and heart health tips to first finger foods [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/cheerios-heart-healthy-giveaway/</link>
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		<title>Make Death Wait: A Campaign from the Heart and Stroke Foundation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[OUR MISSION: SAVE MORE LIVES. The mission of the Heart and Stroke Foundation (HSF) is to reduce deaths due to heart disease and stroke by 25% by 2020. That’s 25,000 lives &#8211; the size of a typical town &#8211; that could be saved every year. A recent HSF survey reveals that Canadians aren’t making time [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/make-death-wait-a-campaign-from-the-heart-and-stroke-foundation/</link>
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		<title>George&#8217;s Cream: Helping Canadians Combat Their Dry Skin!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s as Canadian as backbacon, tuques, the Leafs losing the Stanley Cup and &#8216;eh&#8217;. Dry skin in the winter. We Canadians suffer the winter skin blahs with symptoms such as dry, flaky and chapped skin caused by dry air and wind. Dry conditions are also caused by indoor heating, which, when combined with the cold [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/georges-cream-helping-canadians-combat-their-dry-skin/</link>
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		<title>How to Make a Cars2 Cake</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Boy just turned 5. And the birthday was simply not going to happen without a Cars2 cake. The challenge was on. Not bad for an amateur huh? So how did I make the Cars 2 Cake? Easy! 1. Make a slab cake using any easy recipe. I am a huge fan of the Betty [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/how-to-make-a-cars2-cake/</link>
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		<title>Fibre One Chill Challenge &#8211; Are you Game?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sooooo &#8211; have you kept your resolution? They say it takes 28 days to establish a new habit&#8230; so is it working?! The most common resolutions are to eat healthier and exercise more. Sound familiar? One thing I have been pushing in our house is to increase fiber in our diet.  A scoop of ground [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/02/fibre-one-chill-challenge-are-you-game/</link>
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		<title>HelpMeSara Podcast &#8211; Parenting a distractible, inattentive or hyperactive child</title>
		<description><![CDATA[HelpMeSara Podcast &#8211; Parenting a distractible, inattentive or hyperactive child If you&#8217;re concerned that your child may be more distractible, inattentive or hyperactive than the average child his or her age, then you&#8217;ll want to listen to this episode. You will learn more about why this happens, what to do and not to do about [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/01/helpmesara-podcast-parenting-a-distractible-inattentive-or-hyperactive-child/</link>
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		<title>What is Balance, really?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[What is Balance, Really? When you think of “balance”, what generally comes to mind?  If you’re like most people, balance conjures thoughts of giving equal attention to every aspect of our lives, like the pieces of a pie.  This way of thinking leads people (especially busy moms!) to feel quite pressured, as they struggle to [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/01/what-is-balance-really/</link>
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		<title>Fresh start for 2012 &#8211; stepping back from some mothering responsibilities</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A new year is a great excuse for starting fresh. My fresh start for 2012 is to begin the process of letting go of some of my mothering responsibilities. Now that my children are older (12 and twenty) and fully capable of making their own beds, for example, or bringing their laundry hampers into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://practicalmum.com/2012/01/fresh-start-for-2012-stepping-back-from-some-mothering-responsibilities/</link>
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