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		<title>Standardized tests &#8230; ugh.</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/03/19/standardized-tests-ugh/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yeah, it&#8217;s that time of year again, when we plunk down stacks of tests in front of the children and expect those to be a true reflection of both a school and a child&#8217;s ability.
Clearly, I&#8217;m not a fan.
First, some kids simply aren&#8217;t good test-takers, especially with the amount of pressure placed on them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: Our morning with Jessica Dean</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/23/arkie-mama-our-morning-with-jessica-dean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Feb 2010 19:18:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, Cindy (aka Mom on a Wire) and I appeared on KATV&#8217;s Rise and Shine with Jessica Dean to discuss mommy blogging. Jessica was adorable and utterly charming. We had a wonderful time chatting over coffee when we weren&#8217;t on the air.
Please ignore the extra chin that always appears when I&#8217;m on camera. Oh, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: From sexpot to gone to pot</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/22/arkie-mama-from-sexpot-to-gone-to-pot/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My quirks]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Behold the youthful Cathy, with her big, Texas hair and dramatic makeup —
Those were the days when I could wear corduroy without the fear that someone could hear my thighs making that swish-swish sound as I walked. The days when it was fun to spend an hour (or two) on hair and makeup. Since becoming [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: I&#8217;ll be partying this weekend</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/19/arkie-mama-ill-be-partying-this-weekend/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 16:57:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Next week, I turn 40. So let the festivities begin!
Tonight, Hubs is taking me out to dinner. And then tomorrow, I&#8217;ll be heading out with my girlfriends for wine, cheese and, later, dancing. As my friend Amy says, this birthday calls for partying like you&#8217;re 20!
Does turning 40 bother me? Nope.
The only birthday freakout I&#8217;ve [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: I had a blast at the Book Blast!</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/16/arkie-mama-i-had-a-blast-at-the-book-blast/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:37:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m one of those annoying people who loves to read aloud.
&#8220;Listen to this,&#8221; I&#8217;ll say to Hubs before reading something from the newspaper, internet, my latest southern-family-drama novel, etc&#8230;
&#8220;Mmmm,&#8221; he&#8217;ll say when I&#8217;m finished.
Translation: &#8220;Why must you torture me this way?&#8221;
You can imagine, then, my delight in birthing two little people who had no choice [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: One of the most raw yet beautiful things I&#8217;ve read</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/15/arkie-mama-one-of-the-most-raw-yet-beautiful-things-ive-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:21:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[enjoying the small things]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I stumbled across Kelle&#8217;s blog, Enjoying the Small Things, quite by accident. She&#8217;s mama to two girls, one newly born, and an amazing photographer.
But this one post she wrote &#8230; it lingers with me. It&#8217;s her baby daughter&#8217;s birth story. 
Here&#8217;s an excerpt:
I knew the minute I saw her that she had Down Syndrome and nobody [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: Valentine Mommy FAIL</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/12/arkie-mama-valentine-mommy-fail/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 22:15:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning, I drove to Arkansas Tech, where I was scheduled to speak to two classes about journalism.
Minutes before my first talk, as the students took their seats, my cell phone rang.
It was my husband.
&#8220;Hello,&#8221; I murmured. &#8220;I&#8217;m about to start talking.&#8221;
&#8220;We have serious situation!&#8221; Hubs barked, nearly blowing out my eardrum in his hysteria.
&#8220;Can [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: Help me</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/09/arkie-mama-help-me/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 16:47:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The little ones]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Am cowering in a closet, listening to loud banging noises coming from one of the children&#8217;s bedrooms, where they are busily constructing a weapon of mass destruction.
Really, though, I can&#8217;t imagine what&#8217;s left to destroy. The living room looks like a toy bomb went off in it. Our long hallway has been elaborately boobytrapped, with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: Bullies and the bullied</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/04/arkie-mama-bullies-and-the-bullied/</link>
		<comments>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/02/04/arkie-mama-bullies-and-the-bullied/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 20:34:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My quirks]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few years ago, on the way home one evening, a car pulled out in front of me and — being the eloquent former Texan that I am — I let a few well-chosen words fly.
And then Tootie piped up:
&#8220;Mama, was that a bad car?&#8221;
&#8220;Yes, sweetie. That person didn&#8217;t wait for her turn. We have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Arkie Mama: The E-man freaks out over Up</title>
		<link>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/01/06/arkie-mama-the-e-man-freaks-out-over-up/</link>
		<comments>http://arkie.littlerockmamas.com/index.php/2010/01/06/arkie-mama-the-e-man-freaks-out-over-up/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jan 2010 22:08:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cathy Frye</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Motherhood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[So a few minutes before we departed my parents&#8217; Texas home yesterday, the little people finished yet another viewing of my mom&#8217;s copy of Up.
&#8220;It&#8217;s almost time to leave!&#8221; I announced.
The E-man promptly fell into hysterics.
&#8220;We&#8217;ll come visit again,&#8221; I said, hugging him.
&#8220;I don&#8217;t WANT to get old!&#8221; the E-man replied. &#8220;I don&#8217;t WANT to [...]]]></description>
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