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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 18:31:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When was the last time you successfully changed a habit? Why did you decide to change? There&#8217;s only one thing that motivates me: When I think it&#8217;s the right thing to do. Over the past couple of years, I&#8217;ve changed two major habits: Recycling and exercising. I recycle and exercise because I know it is &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2012/01/15/changing-a-habit/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2459&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:15:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[All I want to do is clean: Take down all the Christmas decorations, get rid of that dead stiff tree, clean my house and de-clutter. I just want a clean house for New Years. But that&#8217;s not going to happen, at least not this weekend. I don&#8217;t have time to do all that cleaning and &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/31/what-are-you-doing-for-new-years/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2453&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas 2011- Recap</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:54:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a big sucker for Christmas Traditions: We eat the same foods, read together the same verses, sing the same carols, light the same candles, put up the same ornaments, bake the same cookies and breads, and the list goes on and on. But there were a few experiences that were new this year. See? &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/26/christmas-2011-recap/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2433&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Dad &#8211; Better Known as Papa</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 00:24:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our girlie turns 7 this Friday. My oh my how time flies. My husband has been thinking about his gift to her for a couple of weeks now. Last night he spent all evening making&#8230;. the packaging. Yes. That&#8217;s my husband. So this will be the gift: Tin Tin IMAX 3-D on Christmas Day. And &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/21/dad-better-known-as-papa/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2345&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Last Night &#8211; Swedish Christmas Tradition</title>
		<link>http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/14/last-night-swedish-christmas-tradition/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:13:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[December 13th is St. Lucia Day. And you can read more about it here. All over the world, people remember this day. We celebrate it as part of our Swedish Christmas (almost here) tradition. We have a fika, listen to an amazing choir stream on the internet, and thanks to our friend Åsa, who passed &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/14/last-night-swedish-christmas-tradition/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2331&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Claustrophobia</title>
		<link>http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/06/claustrophobia/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:53:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not until I spent the long weekend in Redding CA did I realize how claustrophobic I&#8217;ve been feeling. I live in a densely populated city with car traffic jams and cart traffic jams. And when I get home, my living quarters are tight. It feels like there&#8217;s always something less than 3 feet in front &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/06/claustrophobia/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2312&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Butterfly Party</title>
		<link>http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/05/butterfly-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 21:57:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a very piratey 6th birthday, my daughter decided that for her 7th birthday, she wanted to go with a butterfly theme. And thanks to pinterest, I soon began pinning anything  and everything I can find on butterfly themed crafts and DIY butterfly party ideas. Every mom has their creative &#8220;leanings.&#8221; Some lean on party &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/05/butterfly-party/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2301&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Friends</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Dec 2011 17:37:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This year for Thanksgiving, we were a little miffed about what to do. My immigrant parents never incorporated Thanksgiving into our family traditions, so it&#8217;s not something we try to celebrate together. So ever since Magnus and I were married, Thanksgiving has been spent amongst close friends. But this year, all of our close friends &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/12/04/friends/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2288&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Movie: Tree of Life &#8211; Some Thoughts</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Nov 2011 01:53:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Life without God is like&#8230;. That&#8217;s my take away from this movie. The audience follows a family during the &#8217;50s as they struggle with lost of innocence and meaning of life. There are no answers. Instead, the audience is given at least 20 minutes of continuous breathtaking images of &#8220;nature.&#8221; The audience is awed by &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/11/18/the-movie-tree-of-life-some-thoughts/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2279&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>This Holiday Called Halloween</title>
		<link>http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/11/02/this-holiday-called-halloween/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up, I didn&#8217;t celebrate Halloween. This was mostly because we were an immigrant family. Each year, I was either a Chinese girl (which I already was) dressed in my aunt&#8217;s traditional Qi-pau, or a gypsy (wearing a couple of scarves that my mom would lend me.) We trick-or-treated once. And only because another family &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://lilyofthevalleygirl.com/2011/11/02/this-holiday-called-halloween/">Keep&#160;reading&#160;<span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=lilyofthevalleygirl.com&amp;blog=825954&amp;post=2265&amp;subd=lillyofvalleygirl&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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