<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2009 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:42:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from grerp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Favorite Comfort Reads</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/favorite_comfort_reads.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/favorite_comfort_reads.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 18:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=favorite%5Fcomfort%5Freads</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[comfortThe Windflower by Sharon &amp; Tom CurtisThe Shadow and the Star by Laura KinsaleSimply Irresistible by Rachel GibsonHeaven, Texas by SEPTruly, Madly Yours by Rachel GibsonArchangel by Sharon Shinn3-hankyThe Bronze Horseman by Paullina SimonsT]]></description></item><item><title>Can&apos;t figure out how to best screw over my credit card company</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cant_figure_out_how_to_best_screw_over_my_credit_card_compa.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cant_figure_out_how_to_best_screw_over_my_credit_card_compa.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cant%5Ffigure%5Fout%5Fhow%5Fto%5Fbest%5Fscrew%5Fover%5Fmy%5Fcredit%5Fcard%5Fcompa</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So.&nbsp; This  is going on all over. I just checked my credit card (my 1 credit card that I&#39;ve had for 20 years and has been owned and bought out and owned and bought out by about 6 banks and is now owned by one of the biggies that got TARP mone]]></description></item><item><title>New grerp content</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_grerp_content.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_grerp_content.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 02:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fgrerp%5Fcontent</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I haven&#39;t been so good about blogging lately, but I have written a bit for AAR, including 4 new reviews:Undone by Karin Slaughter  (I liked her last Will Trent  book a lot better) Lord of Scoundrels by Loretta Chase &nbsp; And 2 mediocre-to-bad r]]></description></item><item><title>Books purchased new in 2009</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/books_purchased_new_in_2009_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/books_purchased_new_in_2009_1.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 17:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=books%5Fpurchased%5Fnew%5Fin%5F2009%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Since I do this every month for Eagerly Awaiting , I thought I&#39;d look back and see what panned out for me out of the books I parted with hard-earned money for.&nbsp; If this seems a meager number, remember we are on a very fixed budget.&nbsp; Als]]></description></item><item><title>Milo&apos;s Big Adventure/Rachel&apos;s Heart Attack</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/milos_big_adventurerachels_heart_attack.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/milos_big_adventurerachels_heart_attack.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 13:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=milos%5Fbig%5Fadventurerachels%5Fheart%5Fattack</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So last night Milo got lost.&nbsp; Or, at least, I had no idea where he was.&nbsp; I am very careful with my dogs.&nbsp; They have collars; they walk on leashes.&nbsp; I supervise them pretty closely even when they are in the backyard.&nbsp; Still, i]]></description><category>lost dogs</category><category>dogs</category></item><item><title>Favorite Heroes, Heroines, &amp; Couples</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/favorite_heroes_heroines__couples.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/favorite_heroes_heroines__couples.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 26 Sep 2009 03:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=favorite%5Fheroes%5Fheroines%5F%5Fcouples</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[AAR is polling for your favorite heroes, heroines, and couples.  Below are mine.  Go vote for yours!]]></description></item><item><title>Not calling it a recession anymore</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_calling_it_a_recession_anymore.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_calling_it_a_recession_anymore.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 09 Sep 2009 00:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fcalling%5Fit%5Fa%5Frecession%5Fanymore</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, so I spent the summer trying to keep Max entertained, gardening, canning, listening to the Harry Potter series on audio, and obsessively reading everything I can about this economic downturn.&nbsp; This last one is an illness, I know.&nbsp; But]]></description><category>great</category><category>recession</category><category>depression</category><category>economy</category><category>money</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: The Eyre Affair by Jasper Fforde</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_the_eyre_affair_by_jasper_ffo.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_the_eyre_affair_by_jasper_ffo.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 02:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fthe%5Feyre%5Faffair%5Fby%5Fjasper%5Fffo</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The Eyre AffairJasper FfordeFantasy/Alternate Reality 2001Rating: B&nbsp;&nbsp;&quot;The Eyre Affair is a little bit of everything - adventure, romance, alternate reality - and a whole lot of fun. I didn&#39;t know quite what to expect from it; in re]]></description><category>books</category><category>fantasy</category><category>alternate reality</category><category>jasper fforde</category></item><item><title>Garden update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/garden_update.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/garden_update.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=garden%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been awhile since I blogged.&nbsp; I went on vacation - a week at Lake Fremont with my family - and I had to work like a demon to get stuff done for AAR beforehand.&nbsp; Then when I got home the message boards debuted in their new location,]]></description><category>garden</category><category>gardens</category><category>gardening</category><category>container gardens</category><category>container gardening</category></item><item><title>CSA Veggies</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/csa_veggies.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/csa_veggies.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 Jun 2009 18:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=csa%5Fveggies</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, they are coming in.&nbsp; The vegetables are definitely coming in.&nbsp; This week we got: KohlrabiSpinachLoose lettuce greensRomaine lettuceSwiss chardKaleParsleyRadishesAnd I actually still have some bok choy and parsley (it&#39;s so yummy, b]]></description><category>garden produce</category><category>csa</category><category>community sponsored agriculture</category><category>cooking</category><category>greens</category></item><item><title>The Time Traveler&apos;s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_time_travelers_wife_by_audrey_niffenegger_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/the_time_travelers_wife_by_audrey_niffenegger_1.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ftime%5Ftravelers%5Fwife%5Fby%5Faudrey%5Fniffenegger%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Note: This is really a faux &quot;Once More with Feeling&quot; review since I wrote down these thoughts when I read the book nearly six years ago in October 2003. It&#39;s been in the back of my mind that they were making a movie out of this...eventu]]></description><category>time travelers wife</category><category>audrey niffenegger</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Duran</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_bound_by_your_touch_by_meredith_duran.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_bound_by_your_touch_by_meredith_duran.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 17:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Fbound%5Fby%5Fyour%5Ftouch%5Fby%5Fmeredith%5Fduran</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new DIK review up at All About Romance for Bound by Your Touch by Meredith Higgins.&nbsp; Check it out  .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category><category>meredith duran</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Mr. and Mrs. Wrong by Fay Robinson</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_mr_and_mrs_wrong_by_fay_rob.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_mr_and_mrs_wrong_by_fay_rob.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:02:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fmr%5Fand%5Fmrs%5Fwrong%5Fby%5Ffay%5Frob</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp; Mr. and Mrs. Wrong Fay Robinson  Harlequin Superromance #1012&nbsp; 9/2001Rating: B+&nbsp;&quot;Lucky and Jack Cahill have been married for less than a year when Jack decides to move out. The two of them love each other very much, but they can]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>romance novels</category><category>fay robinson</category></item><item><title>Fixed my own faucet</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/fixed_my_own_faucet_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/fixed_my_own_faucet_1.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2009 04:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=fixed%5Fmy%5Fown%5Ffaucet%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J. says I should blog about this because I was so stoked at my success in fixing my own ball joint faucet.&nbsp; Saturday, I was cleaning up after cooking lunch and I noticed that the hot water was no longer coming out.&nbsp; At all.&nbsp; Since I sp]]></description></item><item><title>2009 garden (#1) is in</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/2009_garden_1_is_in.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/2009_garden_1_is_in.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=2009%5Fgarden%5F1%5Fis%5Fin</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well, after a month or more of double ditching (digging a ditch, piling the dirt to the side, adding layers of leaves and cow manure, then piling the dirt back in) a roughly 16 ft. by 12 ft. plot of land, I&#39;ve got the garden almost all in.&nbsp;]]></description><category>gardening</category><category>garden</category><category>planting</category></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_remember_me_by_sophie_kinsel.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_remember_me_by_sophie_kinsel.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 25 May 2009 14:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Fremember%5Fme%5Fby%5Fsophie%5Fkinsel</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Remember Me? Sophie Kinsella Chick Lit 2008Rating: B&nbsp;&quot;Sophie Kinsella&#39;s newest book, Remember Me?, dangles from an interesting premise: What if you woke up tomorrow and everything that you didn&#39;t like about your life was transformed]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>chick lit</category><category>sophie kinsella</category></item><item><title>Some thoughts on RPattz</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/some_thoughts_on_rpattz.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/some_thoughts_on_rpattz.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 23 May 2009 01:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=some%5Fthoughts%5Fon%5Frpattz</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve found the whole RPattz thing to be so interesting, from every angle - the crazy [really - lunatic] fans, the originally manufactured but now organically growing hype, the media coverage, even Robsten, which I am not too sold on as a fact but]]></description><category>robert pattinson</category><category>rpattz</category></item><item><title>Not just ignorance</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_just_ignorance.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/not_just_ignorance.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 17 May 2009 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=not%5Fjust%5Fignorance</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Flagrant denial and stupidity are on display here.&nbsp; Excuse the naivet&eacute;, but I&#39;ve been trying, recently, to blame at least part of Americans&#39; galactic economic mess on poor education and general ignorance about money.&nbsp; This gu]]></description></item><item><title>A closet full of clothes, but I still wear all the same stuff</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/a_closet_full_of_clothes_but_i_still_wear_all_the_same_stuf.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/a_closet_full_of_clothes_but_i_still_wear_all_the_same_stuf.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 16 May 2009 03:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=a%5Fcloset%5Ffull%5Fof%5Fclothes%5Fbut%5Fi%5Fstill%5Fwear%5Fall%5Fthe%5Fsame%5Fstuf</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I know this comes as a surprise, but I actually have a lot of clothes.&nbsp; A lot of clothes.&nbsp; I never buy them (except at garage sales v. occasionally).&nbsp; Everyone just gives them to me.&nbsp; And plenty of them are really nice, particular]]></description></item><item><title>Once More with Feeling Series: Fifteen by Beverly Cleary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_fifteen_by_beverly_cleary.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/once_more_with_feeling_series_fifteen_by_beverly_cleary.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 May 2009 02:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=once%5Fmore%5Fwith%5Ffeeling%5Fseries%5Ffifteen%5Fby%5Fbeverly%5Fcleary</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[FifteenBeverly ClearyYA&nbsp; 1956Rating: A&nbsp;&quot;There is something about adolescence, those teenage years, that marks you and leaves its brand for life. It&#39;s a time of an enormous breadth of feeling; breathless excitement, staggering humil]]></description><category>books</category><category>all about romance</category><category>ya lit</category><category>beverly cleary</category></item><item><title>Why I am crap at travel</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/why_i_am_crap_at_travel.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/why_i_am_crap_at_travel.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 04 May 2009 03:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=why%5Fi%5Fam%5Fcrap%5Fat%5Ftravel</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I have never really been very good at traveling.&nbsp; The whole &quot;It&#39;s out of my hands&quot; is so not my thing.&nbsp; I fret about my luggage getting scanned and then getting lost.&nbsp; I worry that I will lose my carry-on or that someone]]></description></item><item><title>Twilight DVD Commentary</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/twilight_dvd_commentary.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/twilight_dvd_commentary.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 22:13:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=twilight%5Fdvd%5Fcommentary</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Last week I reviewed Twilight , so this week I thought I&#39;d comment a bit on the extras, specifically, the commentary by the movie&#39;s director, Catherine Hardwicke, as well as its two leads, Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. &nbsp;]]></description><category>twilight</category><category>edward cullen</category><category>robert pattinson</category><category>kristen stewart</category><category>catherine hardwicke</category></item><item><title>Cheating on My Blog: Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_catch_of_the_day_by_kristan_higgins.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cheating_on_my_blog_catch_of_the_day_by_kristan_higgins.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2009 19:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cheating%5Fon%5Fmy%5Fblog%5Fcatch%5Fof%5Fthe%5Fday%5Fby%5Fkristan%5Fhiggins</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;I have a new DIK review up at All About Romance for Catch of the Day by Kristan Higgins.&nbsp; Check it out .&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.]]></description><category>books</category><category>reviewing</category><category>all about romance</category><category>kristan higgins</category></item><item><title>About d@mn time</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/about_dmn_time.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/about_dmn_time.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2009 03:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=about%5Fdmn%5Ftime</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Montcalm County has finally, under much public pressure, voted to discontinue giving their animal shelter pets to R&amp;R Research, Inc. , a company that either sells them or euthanizes them.&nbsp; This is definitely a victory for the domesticated an]]></description></item><item><title>Watching Twilight</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/watching_twilight.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/watching_twilight.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:12:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=watching%5Ftwilight</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I blogged over at the All About Romance News &amp; Commentary blog about my delicious experience watching the movie Twilight.&nbsp; Check it out!]]></description><category>twilight</category><category>robert pattinson</category><category>russia</category></item></channel></rss>