<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Good stuff @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Good stuff) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:36:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Good stuff @ 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>Wireless!!!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/wireless.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/wireless.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2008 16:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=wireless</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Grerp has just gone WIRELESS!&nbsp; Woo hoo!&nbsp; So, weeks after the purchase of a new laptop and wireless router, I am up and running.&nbsp; And all the computer stuff, the wires, the modem, the router, the cords are all upstairs and out of the wa]]></description><category>wireless internet</category><category>wireless routers</category></item><item><title>Spending Uncle George&apos;s bequest</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/spending_uncle_georges_bequest.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/spending_uncle_georges_bequest.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:38:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=spending%5Funcle%5Fgeorges%5Fbequest</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is where our tax refund is going.]]></description></item><item><title>RIP Max&apos;s Nap</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rip_maxs_nap.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rip_maxs_nap.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 21 Sep 2007 01:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rip%5Fmaxs%5Fnap</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Or maybe that should read: RIP Rachel&#39;s Nap.&nbsp; Sob.Max has been in the process of giving this afternoon staple for awhile now.&nbsp; First it was miss a nap now and then, then it was hit-or-miss napping, and now it&#39;s pretty much no nap at]]></description></item><item><title>Milestone Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/milestone_day.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/milestone_day.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2007 02:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=milestone%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today J. and I hit a major financial milestone.&nbsp; We&#39;ve been working toward this for a long time, almost 9 years - saving, scrimping, making double payments, throwing any tax refund money towards it.&nbsp; I don&#39;t want to come right out a]]></description></item><item><title>This Consumer Reports: Top 5 Fast Food Choices</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/top_5_fast_food_choices.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/top_5_fast_food_choices.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 02:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=top%5F5%5Ffast%5Ffood%5Fchoices</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Okay, to save face here, my favorite local restaurants are local joints, owned and operated by immigrants: Mikado, a sushi place, Osta&#39;s, which has Lebanese food, and Bosna Express, which is Bosnian.&nbsp; But the fact is, we can&#39;t afford to]]></description><category>fast food</category><category>food</category></item><item><title>Counting blessings</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/counting_blessings.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/counting_blessings.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2007 02:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=counting%5Fblessings</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[See previous  for context.  Mary gave me the link to Ask Moxie , a parenting Q&amp;A site.&nbsp;&nbsp; There are plenty of entries here on dealing with fractious three-year olds.&nbsp; Yeah!&nbsp; Advice!So in perusing these entries, I realized that]]></description><category>terrible 3s</category></item><item><title>Up North</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/up_north.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/up_north.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 23 Apr 2007 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=up%5Fnorth</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[J., Max, Rosie and I are up here in Petoskey for four days on sabbatical.&nbsp; Can I say how much I love coming up north?&nbsp; First of all, the Petoskey area is gorgeous.&nbsp; If the winter wasn&#39;t a month longer and my family wasn&#39;t all i]]></description></item><item><title>Hand-holding phase</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/handholding_phase.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/handholding_phase.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 16 Apr 2007 01:29:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=handholding%5Fphase</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[After spending the last two years actively avoiding holding my hand, Max is now going through a hand-holding phase.&nbsp; I&#39;m not sure what&#39;s behind it, but now if I hold out my hand, he&#39;ll slip his little one into mine without thinking.&]]></description></item><item><title>Social</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/social.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/social.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 06 Mar 2007 02:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=social</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Anyone who knows me IRL knows that I&#39;m not the most gregarious person on the planet.&nbsp; I&#39;m not a true introvert, and I am capable of socializing and even enjoying it, but I don&#39;t generally need that much interaction from other people.]]></description></item><item><title>Millie&apos;s Tailgate Brownies</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/millies_tailgate_brownies.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/millies_tailgate_brownies.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2007 23:53:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=millies%5Ftailgate%5Fbrownies</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One more recipe I just have to share.  I have no idea who Millie is, but these are the best brownies I've ever eaten.  One of our library board members used to bring them into the library for the staff at Christmastime.  I'm no]]></description><category>recipes</category><category>brownies</category></item><item><title>New furniture</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_furniture.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_furniture.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Ffurniture</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[They've arrived - our new couch and loveseat.  The movers brought them about 9 AM this morning.  They called at 8.  I was barely awake.  I got up, got Max up, fed Rosie, got J. up, and then we moved our old couch, chair, and c]]></description></item><item><title>Happy (belated) Mother&apos;s Day, Mom</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_belated_mothers_day_mom.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_belated_mothers_day_mom.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 19 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fbelated%5Fmothers%5Fday%5Fmom</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Mom, this picture is pretty telling.  You look like a picture of serenity, and that's only because you are.  Really.  You're practically unflappable.  Which is not to say that you have no emotions.  I know you have em]]></description></item><item><title>New clothes</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_clothes.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/new_clothes.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fclothes</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well...New-to-me clothes. John's Aunt K. has pretty expensive taste in clothes. We went to visit her this weekend, and she'd been saving up stuff to give me. The last time we went to see her, in November, I walked away with a boatload of stuf]]></description></item><item><title>Easter egg hunt</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/easter_egg_hunt.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/easter_egg_hunt.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Apr 2006 02:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=easter%5Fegg%5Fhunt</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Max, J., Bumpa, Nana, and I all went to an Easter egg hunt this morning at St. Timothy's. They had quite a 'do. We barely made it for the egg hunt as everyone was slow in getting out of the house, but Max did pick up about six and they had ki]]></description></item><item><title>I&apos;m  a winner!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/im__a_winner.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/im__a_winner.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 15 Mar 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=im%5F%5Fa%5Fwinner</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Hey, hey, hey!!!I got the call today from the Comstock Park library branch of KDL saying I'd won a gift certificate for my two-bingo submission. Yay! I really worked hard for those two bingos. Time way, before Max, I could have whipped out 9-10 b]]></description></item><item><title>Last day to be 34</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_day_to_be_34.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/last_day_to_be_34.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jan 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=last%5Fday%5Fto%5Fbe%5F34</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here's me waving good-bye to my early thirties... [whimper]Although I feel good and wouldn't go back to being 25 for anything (25 was a good year, but the financial, emotional, career, love-life uncertainty...ack) 35 seems like just a steppin]]></description></item><item><title>Sold my car!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/sold_my_car.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/sold_my_car.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sold%5Fmy%5Fcar</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Two weeks ago, we thought we'd sold the car to H. who frankly, with no money to his name, could do worse than buy a car that gets decent mileage. He was down visiting and said he'd take it (good of him, since R&R were prepared to foot the]]></description></item><item><title>Happy Mother&apos;s Day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_mothers_day.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/happy_mothers_day.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=happy%5Fmothers%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It's my first personal Mother's Day, and it's been so fun. We went to mass this morning where Max wriggled and screeched and had to be taken out but everyone else apparently thought he was just too cute for words. (?) It's kind of ama]]></description></item><item><title>Back to life, back to reality, back to the here and now-ow-ow...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_to_life_back_to_reality_back_to_the_here_and_nowowow.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_to_life_back_to_reality_back_to_the_here_and_nowowow.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Fto%5Flife%5Fback%5Fto%5Freality%5Fback%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fhere%5Fand%5Fnowowow</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The weather was beautiful; warm and sunny. R&R's house is gorgeous. I'll never have a house that nice, and just walking in makes me aware of how shabby my own baseboards and linoleum are looking. It's brand new, Spanish-villa-styled w]]></description></item><item><title>Beautiful baby</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/beautiful_baby.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/beautiful_baby.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Mar 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=beautiful%5Fbaby</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, we're down here in Florida at R&R's expense. This is such a good deal, I can't even express how good it is. We flew down here on R&R's frequent-flyer miles, and we're staying in their gorgeous house and eating their wo]]></description></item></channel></rss>