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		<title>Taking Some Time</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends,
I am going to take a little time away from blogging to really pray and consider my priorities.  When I started blogging, I felt truly directed by God to write and encourage.  As time has passed, I sometimes feel that I have to write something whether I am getting any direction from God, or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=782</link>
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		<title>Small Changes</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In keeping with my 2010 focus on gifts, I am happy to report that I have a real, genuine motivation to make some small changes for better health.  Let me emphasize small&#8230;

I am monitoring my caffeine intake with the goal of drinking fewer caffeinated beverages and cutting myself off completely at a certain time of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=780</link>
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		<title>Five Ways to Brighten Up a Blah Winter Day</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Whether you have been indoors too long, or you are simply tired of cold air and gray skies, try these suggestions to give an ordinary day some extra zing!
1.  Put on your walk-man or iPod or and listen to some great music&#8211;something with a good beat that makes you want to move!  Then, move!  Dance [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=775</link>
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		<title>Home Today</title>
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Today is the fifth day this week that we have experience sub-zero temperatures.  There are snow drifts in our roads and blowing snow.  It&#8217;s not a good time to get out.  It hasn&#8217;t been a good time to get out for several days.  While I am normally prone to cabin fever during such times, right [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=771</link>
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		<title>My Word of the Year for 2010:  Gifts</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Over the last few days, I have been thinking about my word for the year.  It&#8217;s so hard to limit myself to just one, with so many great word possibilities out there, but I find comfort in the fact that if I get a good handle on one word, I can take on a new [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=769</link>
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		<title>The Word of the Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize that many of you are probably already familiar with the resolution revolution in which instead of making traditional new year&#8217;s resolutions, you choose one word to model your life around, and to give you guidance and direction.  Check out the link above for more information, and consider choosing a word for 2010.  I [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=767</link>
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		<title>The Joy of Using What You Love</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Is it just me, or do you ever find yourself receiving a gift that you absolutely love, and then saving it?  A few weeks before Christmas, I won the beautiful messenger bag (pictured left) from Sew Sweet Quilt Shop&#8217;s blog give-away.  It is a gorgeous bag&#8211;beautiful fabric, sturdy, with lots of interior and exterior [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=762</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Eve!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I love New Year&#8217;s Eve.  It&#8217;s not about going to parties, drinking champagne or wearing glittery dresses to me.  It&#8217;s all of the wonderful possibilities, the dreams, the aspirations for the new year and a new improved me.  This year, I must confess that the end of 2009 has caught me off guard.  This week, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=758</link>
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		<title>Really Relaxing!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the weeks before my semester ended and Christmas vacation began, I made big plans!  I am not talking about Christmas plans; I am talking about all of the stuff I was going to accomplish over break&#8211;design a new class, write up new assignments for my existing courses, get a big jump on spring class [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=755</link>
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		<title>Merry Christmas!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello!  Merry Christmas Eve!
The tree lights are on, the Christmas Day cheesecake is in the fridge and the last sheet of raspberry and almond shortbread thumbprints are in the oven.  Gifts are stacked on every flat surface.   My in-laws are en route from Virginia and we are expecting seven inches of snow tonight!  My Sweetie [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://wholesometalk.com/?p=752</link>
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