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		<title>Frugal maternity fashion: Non-maternity clothes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the third in a three-part series on frugal maternity fashion. I meant to publish this back in December but life got in the way! Anyhow, better late than never&#8230; The majority of my maternity wardrobe came from regular shops.  It was easier than I thought to find non-maternity clothes that fit my growing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Frugal maternity fashion: &#8220;Real&#8221; maternity clothes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is part two of my three-part post series on frugal maternity shopping. You can read the first post here. While I did manage to score quite a bit of my wardrobe at thrift stores, I did also pick up some things new. However, rather than visiting the usual suspects (Motherhood and Thyme) I looked [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/12/frugal-maternity-fashion-real-maternity-clothes/</link>
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		<title>Frugal maternity fashion: Thrift Stores</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I meant to write about this back when I was still pregnant but never got around to it! Then, last weekend one of the vendors at the Royal Bison Craft Fair got to chatting with me about baby and maternity stuff, and I remembered my post idea! When my belly started expanding back at the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/12/frugal-maternity-fashion-thrift-stores/</link>
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		<title>Butternut Squash Mac and Cheese</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s not a very exciting way to end several months of not-blogging, but I wanted to share one of my favourite cold weather comfort food recipes. I made this on the weekend to share with Judy before we headed out for an afternoon of craft show hopping. This recipe is based on one I found [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/11/butternut-squash-mac-and-cheese/</link>
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		<title>Four weeks!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our little man turned four weeks old yesterday. It&#8217;s been a pretty fun ride so far, and I am glad I am blessed with the ability to fall back asleep at the drop of a hat because it has made the middle-of-the-night changings and feedings a lot more bearable. Another thing I&#8217;m happy for is [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/09/four-weeks/</link>
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		<title>Timeraiser</title>
		<description><![CDATA[When I heard about Timeraiser Vancouver last week on Miss604&#8242;s blog I thought it sounded like an awesome idea. It&#8217;s an art auction but instead of bidding in dollars you bid your time (volunteer hours) for local charities and non-profits. I was sad that I wouldn&#8217;t be able to participate since I no longer live [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A belated Fringe post</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Unfortunately this year&#8217;s Edmonton Fringe overlapped with the arrival of our new baby so I didn&#8217;t get a chance to check out any of the ticketed shows. However, since we live in the neighbourhood, we took the opportunity to walk over and visit the festival grounds on the last day of Fringe. Robert slept in [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/09/a-belated-fringe-post/</link>
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		<title>He&#8217;s here!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Our son, Robert Matthew Sameoto, arrived at 10:39am on Sunday morning. Posting here will be light while we get used to our new &#8220;roommate.&#8221; In the meantime check our Flickr album for more photos of our little man.]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/08/hes-here/</link>
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		<title>Finds from the EPL book sale</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday I checked out the Edmonton Public Library book sale. I showed up in the mid-afternoon so the selection was a bit picked over, but I still managed to find a few things and spend a whopping $4: Generation X &#8211; I can&#8217;t believe this book is almost 20 years old! And I can&#8217;t believe [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.jkparker.ca/2010/08/finds-from-the-epl-book-sale/</link>
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		<title>Two favourite parenting websites</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With the impending arrival of our bundle of joy (any day now, I hope!) I&#8217;ve been checking out parenting blogs, message boards, and other websites. A lot of what I have found out there is fairly conservative, traditional, and doesn&#8217;t really speak to me. However, I have come across two favourites that I now check [...]]]></description>
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