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		<title>The Color of Bizarre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 May 2012 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Of all places, it began in an obscure corner of a local pharmacy, with child in tow. My incapacitating infatuation with a certain hue of green paint, that is. Who does that? What sort of deranged mother follows a late &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/05/21/the-color-of-bizarre/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2622&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[While it’s true the term “motherhood” is a simple collection of ten letters, specifically arranged for ease of pronunciation, it is suggestive of so much more. In sum, I regard it as a wholly intangible, behemoth-like affair that effectively upended &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/05/12/m-is-for-motherhood-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2667&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All is Fair in Love and Mommy Wars</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[I made a solemn vow not to tread anywhere near the Hilary Rosen/Ann Romney brouhaha that erupted recently, thrusting the infamous Mommy Wars to the fore yet again. But I simply couldn’t resist. Not because I have a compelling desire &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/04/23/all-is-fair-in-love-and-mommy-wars/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2613&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Mommie Dearest</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:32:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Always and forever, I am blown away by the seemingly trivial things my kids remember about their lives. The stuff that apparently pools and coagulates in the corners of their minds, having made some sort of lasting impression upon them &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/04/18/mommie-dearest-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2609&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>We Put the &#8220;Mad&#8221; in &#8220;Mad Scientist&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Apr 2012 16:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s April—Weird Science Month, apparently. At least in this asylum it is, particularly given that my fifth-grade progenies were recently assigned a school project that was deemed categorically intoxicating. An exercise in academia devoted entirely to my brood’s abiding love &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/04/11/we-put-the-mad-in-mad-scientist/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2593&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve always loved the springtime—especially the warm embrace of April. Of all the seasons, I’m inclined to say that it is my favorite—partly because baseball is back and the school year is drawing its last breath, but mostly because it &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/04/03/april-awakening-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2585&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Seven Habits of Highly Defective Parents</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 15:06:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sarcasm aside, Stephen Covey should have written a book with the abovementioned title. Not that he failed spectacularly as a father, but because people tend to more readily grasp what doesn’t work, as opposed to what does. Like tightrope walking, &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/03/26/the-seven-habits-of-highly-defective-parents/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2579&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worms Fail Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 16:16:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a routine by which my children leave the house each school day. It’s a fairly logical succession of events that usually culminates with a mad dash to the bus stop, backpacks and jackets flapping as they run, their &#8230; <a href="http://melindawentzel.com/2012/03/22/worms-fail-me-3/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melindawentzel.com&#038;blog=11651959&#038;post=2575&#038;subd=planetmomblog&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Let&#8217;s Panic About Babies!</title>
		<link>http://melindawentzel.com/2012/03/16/lets-panic-about-babies-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2012 22:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Dear Diary</title>
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