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	<description>A city girl's guide to life, liberty and all things good on the East Central Illinois prairie.</description>
	<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>acheiving acceptance</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/acheiving-acceptance/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2008 15:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s taken a long time for my parent&#8217;s north Chicago suburban friends and acquaintances to understand and accept that I actually live here. I&#8217;m not a student, and never have attended the local land grant institution. I own a house here, pay taxes here, vote here, gave birth to my child here (wow we actually [...]]]></description>
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		<title>tea party</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 May 2008 13:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a sucker for a lot of things, among them 1) tea parties and 2) Allerton Park. So how cute is this: 
&#8220;Allerton Park and Retreat Center in Monticello will feature a Mad Hatter’s Tea Party on May 18. This themed event will include games, stories, activities and costumed characters plus tea party goodies and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>happiness is &#8230;</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/05/09/happiness-is-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 19:25:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[beautiful roses for Mother&#8217;s Day, the Market at the Square opens tomorrow, the students are leaving, the new walking path in Morrissey Park, Linens &#8216;n Things not closing, Alto Vineyards&#8217; Music Under the Vines (season starts this weekend), a baby/maternity/kids garage sale, and did I mention that the students are leaving?
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		<title>an update on old business</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/05/06/an-update-on-old-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 May 2008 18:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, looky here. In my inbox today was an announcement from Paris&#8217; Boutique about the brand new Mommy Mixer event! You guys know the drill. And guess what, there&#8217;s even a discount. Instead of $100, this one time only, the registration fee will be just $50. Yes, that&#8217;s 50% off! And there will be a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>chocolate on demand</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/05/05/chocolate-on-demand/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 15:45:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Campustown]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Recently, the news that Ruben&#8217;s chocolates was closing up shop hit close to my heart. Ruben&#8217;s had an amazing selection of delicacies, and their homemade ice cream was to die for. And the sauce! Oh my heart aches for the sauce.
That leaves us with really one dedicated chocolate shop left in Champaign-Urbana, Moonstruck. Recently Moonstruck, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>open and shut</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/05/02/open-and-shut/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 May 2008 13:57:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I found this week&#8217;s re-opening of the Wendy&#8217;s on North Prospect and the closing of Jillian&#8217;s to be quite amusing.
First off, Jillian&#8217;s. I remember the last time I was in the place, it was to watch a Cubs playoff game in 2003. Seriously. The only reason I was there was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>weekend of the dog</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/04/30/weekend-of-the-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:35:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Free stuff]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[This weekend marks the annual Mutt Strutt, a fundraiser benefiting the Champaign County Humane Society. If you or your dog likes to walk, this event is for you. Head over to Centennial Park on Saturday morning or register online. There will be a blessing of the dogs before the walk starts at 9 a.m. After [...]]]></description>
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		<title>it&#8217;s all greek to me</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/04/29/its-all-greek-to-me-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 14:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s an annual rite of passage. Every year around this time I get a letter from my Greek past, imploring me to allow it to become part of my present.
Yes, I was a sorority girl. Of course at my alma mater, we liked to believe that our Greek system was better than those at other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>score one for the puppy dog</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/04/25/score-one-for-the-puppy-dog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 20:09:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Killer Cockapoo did her job this spring. She chased away most of the rabbits that normally make my garden their own private buffet, and for the first time since I planted them four years ago, we finally had more than one tulip bloom in the backyard.
Here&#8217;s the evidence:

So maybe there&#8217;s hope for my tomatoes.
 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>hot off the presses</title>
		<link>http://lbotp.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/hot-off-the-presses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Apr 2008 20:54:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can no longer search by name on the Champaign County Property Record Search web tool, due to &#8220;privacy concerns.&#8221;
Property Records are public record, so this is very disappointing. Don&#8217;t blame me; it&#8217;s been months since I posted about how looking up how much people paid for their houses was one of my favorite pastimes.
Perhaps [...]]]></description>
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