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	<title>Musings of a Crazed Belle</title>
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		<title>Handy Woman</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, it is 6:35 AM in my part of the world and I just finished putting my dryer back together.  Oh yeah, you read that right, I dismantled my dryer. 
I bought a house, ok, a mobile home, but it has this 16&#215;16 bedroom addition on it, so I couldn&#8217;t pass it up.  I am buying [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=97&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2009/01/13/handy-woman/</link>
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		<title>Christmas</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the holiday is almost here.  I&#8217;m at mom and dad&#8217;s hanging out and spending time with everyone.  I&#8217;m excited for Christmas day and my emotions haven&#8217;t been nearly what I thought they would.
At the beginning of the month I went through a super angry week.  My boyfriend caught the brunt of it, although he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=95&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/12/23/christmas/</link>
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		<title>Talon</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It isn&#8217;t very often that I comment on things in the news.  Alot of times stuff gets my blood pressure up and what is the point.  This time I feel compelled.
I&#8217;m sure that many of you that follow adoption related issues have heard about the little guy from UT who had to be returned to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=92&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/12/18/talon/</link>
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		<title>In the Hospital</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So it&#8217;s been awhile since I wrote, with the holidays, I&#8217;ll have to post some craft pictures later, but today I want to write about expectant parents in the hospital.
Mostly I&#8217;m going to write about a comment on a post &#8220;And the Crap Continues&#8221; that I wrote awhile back.  Thanks for the comment Amaurosis.
It was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=90&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/12/15/in-the-hospital/</link>
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		<title>Something to Say, Finally</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been thinking about something long and hard with the holidays coming.  How am I going to handle them this year?  Am I going to be a depressed, crying mess because I can&#8217;t have everything that I want?  No, no I am not.  I&#8217;m tired of feeling crappy from Thanksgiving to Christmas.  My kid and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=87&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/11/18/something-to-say-finally/</link>
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		<title>Hurry Up Already</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know most of my ideas, well rants, come from forum posts, so I might as well keep that up right?
What is it with people that are adopting that want a state that has TPR in 48-72 hours?  Hurry up already and sign those papers honey, couldn&#8217;t you sign them before the baby is born?  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=85&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/10/19/hurry-up-already/</link>
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		<title>Bath Goodies = A Baby?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So the discussion about giving gifts at a first meeting between potential adoptive parents and expectant parents has come up AGAIN.
So first off of course they are already birthparents in this discussion, but I digress, semantics aside, how the heck is some body wash and lotion going to make me feel better about placing my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=82&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/bath-goodies-a-baby/</link>
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		<title>And the Crap Continues.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Sometimes the sense of entitlement that seems to flow from some people is entirely overwhelming to me.  In the adoption world I blame agencies for most of this.  I truly don&#8217;t think that expectant mothers are served by having potential adoptive parents hanging on their every move, going to appointments, being at births. 
One of the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=79&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/10/09/and-the-crap-continues/</link>
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		<title>Anti-Adoption? Me? Hilarious!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So there is a post on a forum that a frequent for adoptive parents where a person states that the first parent forums are anti adoption.  This person has stated this numerous times and states that he &#8220;can&#8217;t stand them&#8221;.  I read that as them meaning us, because apparently we are Debbie Downers. 
There is another [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=76&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/anti-adoption-me-hilarious/</link>
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		<title>Crackhead? Really?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So, reading posts today, it has once again come up that most women that place their children are assumed to be crackheads.  One person actually had to ask how to combat that, and made the comment &#8220;most people have used at some point, who are we to judge?&#8221; or some such crap.
News Flash:  An unplanned [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=belleinblue.wordpress.com&blog=4403797&post=74&subd=belleinblue&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://belleinblue.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/crackhead-really/</link>
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