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		<title>Riding the Gravy Train</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 Feb 2012 17:43:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[They don’t want to clean your toilets. They don’t want to watch your kids. They don’t want to do your laundry. And they certainly don’t want to give you a sponge bath. After major medical events such as childbirth or surgery, most neighbors want to help out in one way – by cooking food. They [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1363&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sick Fantasies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I am a frustrated housewife. I’ll admit it. As much as I’d like to say that my mind is solely preoccupied with nurturing thoughts about my family, I must confess that I have a dark side. I have fantasies. Sick fantasies. It all started after many years of housewivery, when I realized that there really [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1354&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Different Kind of Super Bowl Party</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Feb 2012 15:46:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today, while everyone is gorging on hot chicken wings, icy cold beers, creamy dips, and spicy chili slathered in onions and cheese, I’ll be guzzling 64 ounces of a pharmaceutical concoction intended to cleanse my bowels in preparation for surgery tomorrow. Yup, you read that right. Surgery. Tomorrow. Lucky me. Nothing puts a damper on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1296&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>WANTED: Mom Manager</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 18:15:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was late for the meeting. Again. With an armful of crumpled papers, I pulled my calendar from its tack on the wall, and rushed down the hall. Sheepishly, I found a seat at the table, spread my papers out around me, and began with as much authority as I could muster: “This meeting is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1281&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Carpool Blues</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:34:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I get up early in the mornin’, round about six-o-clock. Bleary-eyed and yawnin’, I gather up the flock. Pack three chillins in the van, and drive around the block. At the neighbor’s crib, two more are added to my stock. Coffee cup in hand, I head for open road. My minivan creaks under such a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1271&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Skittles-Space Continuum</title>
		<link>http://themeatandpotatoesoflife.com/2012/01/15/the-skittles-space-continuum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Jan 2012 15:47:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Where are the tickets?” I said with a half-panicked gasp. The line was moving steadily ahead, and we were almost at the admissions booth. My husband searched his wallet, while I frantically fondled my video camera case; my pockets full of gum, tissues, and Dramamine for motion sickness; and my backpack stuffed with water bottles, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1238&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Time Has Come</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Jan 2012 19:02:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“Is it time?” I thought to myself as I sipped my coffee and stared at our lifeless Christmas tree. I could flip the switch to electrify the tiny lights, top off the stagnant water in the stand, and blur my eyes to the curling branches and falling needles for one more week. Or, I could [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1219&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Office Holiday Party</title>
		<link>http://themeatandpotatoesoflife.com/2011/12/20/1211/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Dec 2011 19:53:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Four steps into the entrance of the downtown Hyatt, my feet started to hurt and I noticed a small run in my pantyhose. I took a deep breath, which was somewhat difficult considering I had bound my midsection with no less than four layers of figure-enhancing spandex, and tried to channel a festive attitude toward [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1211&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Annual Holiday Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:28:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dear Friends and Family . . . [oh boy, I can’t even get past the salutation without a dilemma. “Friends and Family” or “Family and Friends?” Better lead with “Family” unless I want to tick off our Italian relatives.] Dear Family and Friends, Merry . . . [almost forgot, the Weinsteins are on our mailing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1207&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A Christmas Carol, Redux</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:03:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lisa Smith Molinari</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Thanksgiving was over, to begin with. For some reason, my sports watch alarm went off at midnight, waking me from a strange dream, in which I was unable to run from a monster, molded from leftover stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy dripping from its outstretched arms, due to the weight of my own enormous [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=themeatandpotatoesoflife.com&amp;blog=10523332&amp;post=1200&amp;subd=middleagemuse&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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