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		<title>Something to chew on</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/12/09/something-to-chew-on/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 20:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about Raul&#8217;s school and his liking to the new school he started this year here. I recently read this article on his school here that I thought made an interesting read to share with you all. Everything the founder speaks in this article made total sense to me. Would love to hear some of your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1852&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Navarathri &#8211; in pictures</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2011 19:13:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Top left: Goddess Durga nestled and decorated with oleanders Bottom Right: Priest chanting slokhas is lullaby to the dog&#8217;s ears Just in case you are wondering: The one in the blue saree is yours truly!<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1846&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tough Love?</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/09/30/tough-love/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Sep 2011 17:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1843</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[is how we try to get them to be stronger individuals&#8230; Sands and Meg at the local art store. Meg drops an item from the shelf on the floor accidentally and a little cocky about getting to be taller than mom L Sands: Meg, make sure you pick the item up and put it back [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1843&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It is now a custom</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/09/29/it-is-now-a-custom/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Sep 2011 16:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wrote about it here a couple of years back. Every time Navarathri was round the corner the heart earned to do the things mom had got us sisters used to, all through childhood aka setting up the golu padi* with makeshift steps, climbing the attic to retrieve the dolls that were wrapped and boxed [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1840&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do you watch for fun?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Sep 2011 22:27:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1838</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In our household there are a few shows that we watch as a family, others that interests each of us and some others we endure to respect the interests of grandpa and grandma. It is hard not to miss the melodrama in these shows even if you go as far away from the idiot box as possible [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1838&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Parenting &#8211; all about afterthoughts?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Sep 2011 22:32:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1835</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Action -  Working early hours to ensure I leave on time and drive like a maniac to attend Meg’s freshman volleyball games. Return home in a ready to yell at everyone an exhausted state 14-15 hours after I left it in the morning.   Afterthought: Every time I want to get frustrated with this crazy [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1835&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What do I know?</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/08/26/what-do-i-know/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Aug 2011 16:01:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1799</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have only carried him inside me for 9 months and then raised him for 11 years. Between him and his sister, I have raised them solely to prove me wrong and eat my own words. But as long as I am wrong and they are happy with that path,  I am willing to be wrong [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1799&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Introspection</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/08/22/introspection/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Aug 2011 16:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1828</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Longing acceptance Lacking acknowledgement Looking for the warmth of understanding The line between content and discontent is but slim and hazy The good outweighs the bad The mind knows that life is a series of ups and downs Yet the heart yearns for something that eludes it Rather than find pleasure in the little blessings [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1828&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Aapki farmaaish</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/aapki-farmaaish/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Aug 2011 22:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/?p=1824</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[She requests and I oblige&#8230; Not often does it happen this promptly but there is always an exception Here&#8217;s what I have to say missy. My response in blue! A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE … - Enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1824&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ravihi janmadinam aacharat, buddy!</title>
		<link>http://sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com/2011/08/08/1819/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Aug 2011 22:12:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Raul, You turned 11 last week. If that title didn’t make sense, it is “Happy birthday” in Sanskrit for my baby who loves learning languages and starts learning Latin this year. Despite my best laid plans of writing this the day before your birthday, things just didn’t go the way I planned four your [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=sandsrandomramblings.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3420245&amp;post=1819&amp;subd=sandsrandomramblings&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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