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		<title>Our frugal kitchen upgrade</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/17/our-frugal-kitchen-upgrade/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Jun 2013 20:16:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been meaning to share with you my latest miracle, but today has been a tiring and stressful day so I&#8217;m afraid I won&#8217;t give it over with the enthusiasm it deserves.  But since this directly relates to my stressful day and the busyness in our house right now, I&#8217;d better explain! Since we&#8217;ve moved [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7977&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>School parties, performances and events &#8211; nice but not something I&#8217;ll miss much</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/school-parties-performances-and-events-nice-but-not-something-ill-miss-much/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Jun 2013 17:39:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, I attended ds5&#8242;s siddur party.  A few days before that, I attended dd16&#8242;s high school event that is in lieu of a graduation ceremony. This coming week there will be a performance of some sort for dd12.  As the school year winds down, there&#8217;s a lot going on! In the past two school [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7964&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ordering missing parts from company and save money!</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/12/ordering-missing-parts-from-company-and-save-money/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:38:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[frugal strategies]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Before Yirmiyahu was born, we were given some baby items, including a high chair.  At the time, I was told the high chair was missing some screws, but since the factory of the company (Keter) that makes this high chair is located in Karmiel I planned to buy the missing screws from them. Fast forward [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7961&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Speech and communication assessment for Yirmiyahu</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/09/speech-and-communication-assessment-for-yirmiyahu/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2013 19:29:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past Thursday was my last day at Shalva in Jerusalem, something that I had very mixed feelings about.  I don&#8217;t enjoy the long travel time to get to Jerusalem, but once I&#8217;m there I enjoy it so much.  The therapists are so encouraging and warm, about me as a mother and about Yirmiyahu.  It&#8217;s [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7945&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">You should see how much he loves this when it has bubble and lights at the same time!</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">Yirmiyahu gazing at his sister, mesmerized by her flute playing</media:title>
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		<title>Fun &#8211; restoring a missing component to my busy life</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/08/fun-restoring-a-missing-component-to-my-busy-life/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Jun 2013 19:38:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have so many things I&#8217;ve been thinking about and working on lately that I want to share with you!  Okay, let me just start with one thing and hopefully as time will allow I&#8217;ll be able to share about more of them. On Thursday one of my closest friends from the US who is [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7955&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Not seeing the beauty in ourselves that is obvious to others</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/04/not-seeing-the-beauty-in-ourselves-that-is-obvious-to-others/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Jun 2013 21:39:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[miscellaneous]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago,  a friend gave me a really lovely compliment.  My response was to downplay it, and she asked me if I thought she was just saying it or that she really meant it.  It was so different from how I viewed myself that even though I knew she was totally sincere, I [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7937&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Geeks Shall Inherit the Earth &#8211; a great title for a great book</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/03/the-geeks-shall-inherit-the-earth-a-great-title-for-a-great-book/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jun 2013 19:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[homeschooling]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I have some homeschooling related questions that I&#8217;d like to answer, one of which is, how do I propose to help my children integrate socially in this culture if they aren&#8217;t going to be in school?  It&#8217;s a good question and I&#8217;ll address it in a different post!  Right now I&#8217;ll share about a [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7934&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Eleven months &#8211; some Yirmiyahu cuteness to share</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/02/eleven-months-some-yirmiyahu-cuteness-to-share/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 02 Jun 2013 15:08:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[parenting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Trisomy 21]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s impossible for me to tell you how much happiness Yirmiyahu has brought to our family since he was born eleven months ago, or to figure out how so much love and light can shine out of one little body.  All of his siblings love holding and playing with him, from the oldest to the [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7914&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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			<media:title type="html">Once Yirmiyahu learned to sit us, ds7 decided it was time to teach him to play ball</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">At ds5&#039;s birthday party at kindergarten - having fun watching the action</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;Hmm, this is interesting.&#34;</media:title>
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			<media:title type="html">&#34;I love when Eliyahu reads to me!&#34;</media:title>
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		<title>October Baby &#8211; movie review</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/06/01/october-baby-movie-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Jun 2013 18:17:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rarely watch movies, and when I do they&#8217;re usually edutainment type films about nutrition or something like that. I was recently reading something &#8211; can&#8217;t remember what &#8211; and it referenced Gianna Jessen, an abortion survivor whose true life story had been turned into a movie.  The small bit of information I read triggered [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7882&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Life after aliyah: What does it take to make it in Israel? &#8211; article</title>
		<link>https://oceansofjoy.wordpress.com/2013/05/31/life-after-aliyah-what-does-it-take-to-make-it-in-israel-article/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 May 2013 13:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Avivah</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the text of an article from the Haaretz newspaper that I thought was interesting.  I&#8217;ve touched on a number of the points mentioned below when sharing about the aliyah process and I found the below article worth reading. ********************************** Life after aliyah: What does it take to make it in Israel? Trials, tribulations and [&#8230;]<img alt="" border="0" src="https://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=oceansofjoy.wordpress.com&#038;blog=9739677&#038;post=7907&#038;subd=oceansofjoy&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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