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		<title>What a Fine Mess This Is</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 12:55:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Yook, Daddy! YEGOs!!&#8221; says my son, holding up the Folgers can of plastic toy bricks I had hidden, unsuccessfully I might add, behind the couch. Then, in typical fashion, he pours the can&#8217;s entire contents all over the floor, once again thwarting my attempts to clean up. I&#8217;ve always liked having things neat and orderly. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=686&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Daddy Strikes Again</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:17:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hey! Where&#8217;s Lady?&#8221; asks Antonella, speaking of her pet ladybug, which had been residing inside a juice glass on top of the fireplace mantel. That is, until I threw it out earlier that day. She hadn&#8217;t mentioned or even looked at the darn thing in a week. Now, as we&#8217;re entertaining some friends on a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=651&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Pet Rocks and Toy Animal Urinals</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:31:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Antonella&#8217;s pet rock &#8220;Where my Oink and my Moo?&#8221; asks Isaac, scouring the house for his two favorite toys – a wooden pig and cow – which are actually just broken ice-cream spoon handles. &#8220;Can I keep it? Please!&#8221; asks Antonella, picking up a baseball-sized rock next to a sidewalk planter. Once home, she gives [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=594&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Five Posts of 2011</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 16:43:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanks to all of you who supported me and my writing in 2011. It really was a great year! Here are my Top Five Posts of the year, according to the number of visitors to my blog&#8230; The Aging Process  (April 2011) Father-Daughter Bonding&#8230; in the Men&#8217;s Room  (January 2011) Hurricane Isaac  (March 2011) Daddy&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=579&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s My Wonderful Life</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 12:52:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It sounded like a good idea. Take a 23-month-old to a 2-hour-long, black-and-white, largely dialogue-driven movie right smack in the middle of dinner time. On second thought, no it didn’t. As part of our ongoing efforts to establish some Christmas traditions, Cassie and I took our son, Isaac, and my 4-year-old daughter, Antonella, to The [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=563&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Official&#8230;I&#8217;m the Babble King! (Of course, we&#8217;ve always known that.)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Wine Through a Straw &#8212; A New Christmas Tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Now that my kids are getting older, my wife and I are excited to share some Christmas traditions with them, like decorating the tree, driving around to see the lights, and watching &#8220;A Christmas Story&#8221; over and over again until you can recite the entire movie. Backwards. This year we started a brand-new tradition by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=522&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Frankly, Dora, I Don&#8217;t Give a&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://valentinebrkich.wordpress.com/2011/12/07/goodbye-dora-hello-scarlett/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:39:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Parenthood is certainly not for the faint of heart or, in regards to diapers, the delicate of nose. This is especially true during the first few years, when the sleepless nights, exhausting days, airborne mashed potatoes, temper tantrums, and unpredictable bodily functions – theirs, not yours – can make you wonder if you’ll ever get [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=493&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Turkey Dupas and Schlitz</title>
		<link>http://valentinebrkich.wordpress.com/2011/11/22/turkey-dupas-and-schlitz/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Nov 2011 12:46:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>brkichvj</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For me, Thanksgiving has always meant driving over the river and through the woods (literally) to Grandma&#8217;s house for a wonderfully satisfying day of sloth and gluttony. The grownups would sit around the living room drinking beer, watching the Detroit Lions play some other team, while us kids would escape to the basement to play pool [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=473&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Battle of Dinnertime</title>
		<link>http://valentinebrkich.wordpress.com/2011/11/11/the-battle-of-dinnertime/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 13:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[“More thoy thauce, peas!” yells my son, the salty brown liquid running down his chin and dripping onto his plastic bib. Just moments before, he put the tiny dish of soy sauce up to his mouth and slurped it down as if it was leftover milk in a bowl of cereal. We had given it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=valentinebrkich.wordpress.com&amp;blog=10639147&amp;post=449&amp;subd=valentinebrkich&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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