<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Housewifery @ grerp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Housewifery) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 grerp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 29 Aug 2008 13:45:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Housewifery @ 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>Midwestern delicious</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/midwestern_delicious.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/midwestern_delicious.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Oct 2007 16:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=midwestern%5Fdelicious</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Here is the dinner I made last night.&nbsp; Our friends, P.J. and A.M. came over and I made the kind of dinner Mom used to make: noodles with beef gravy, bread, green beans and cherry jello with pineapple.&nbsp; And chocolate cake for dessert.&nbsp;]]></description><category>midwestern eating</category><category>food</category></item><item><title>Blah</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/blah.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/blah.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 04 Aug 2007 21:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=blah</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[And see someone you only vaguely recognize?&nbsp; You know, I exercise regularly, don&#39;t drink, don&#39;t smoke, never did drugs, never went to the tanner, and yet here in the mirror, at age 36 - feeling not at all middle-aged, really - is this wh]]></description></item><item><title>Broken, working, broken</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/broken_working_broken.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/broken_working_broken.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=broken%5Fworking%5Fbroken</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The past couple of days, I&#39;ve really been trying on the Ms. Fix-it role again.&nbsp; Since J. finished fixing the dishwasher on Monday (Yay, we have a dishwasher again!&nbsp; My hands can rest and recover!), a number of things have gone kaput.&nb]]></description><category>home repair</category></item><item><title>Home improvement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement_1.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement_1.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 05 Nov 2006 03:57:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fimprovement%5F1</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been a sawdusty week here at Chez P, metaphorically, at least.&nbsp; J. has been putting in our new Pella windows (and thank God for those - I HATED our old windows; they were leaky and never looked clean, even after you&#39;d killed two who]]></description></item><item><title>I don&apos;t know how the housewives of yesteryear did it...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_dont_know_how_the_housewives_of_yesteryear_did_it.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/i_dont_know_how_the_housewives_of_yesteryear_did_it.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=i%5Fdont%5Fknow%5Fhow%5Fthe%5Fhousewives%5Fof%5Fyesteryear%5Fdid%5Fit</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I spend gobs of time cleaning my house and working in my yard, and things are nowhere near immaculate or manicured around here.  Sometimes it can get pretty discouraging.  Of course, I have J., Max, and Rosie all working against my efforts]]></description></item><item><title>Scraping and Painting</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/scraping_and_painting.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/scraping_and_painting.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Aug 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scraping%5Fand%5Fpainting</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Looking back at my to-do  list, let's see how far I've gotten.  Summer is coming to a close, and I've probably got only 6-8 more weeks outside to accomplish projects.  Here's what I wrote in the beginning of May, along with]]></description></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>Back outside</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_outside.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/back_outside.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 04 May 2006 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=back%5Foutside</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Spring is here!!!Finally!!!After about 5 consecutive days of rain/drizzle, we had a beautiful sunny day today, so Max and I were back in the yard. Last week I did a bunch of yard work, cleaning up everything after the long winter, fixing the new tree]]></description></item><item><title>Nice day</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_day.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/nice_day.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 02 Oct 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=nice%5Fday</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today was beautiful - the kind of beautiful you take for granted in July or August but feel like you have to soak in in October. V. sunny and warm; lovely. I suppose it's too bad we didn't do outdoors stuff today, but the sun was still nice t]]></description></item><item><title>Rosie problems</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosie_problems.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/rosie_problems.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 08 Apr 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rosie%5Fproblems</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Thank God, it's finally nice out again. It's such a relief after the long, long winter. Finally, we can go out in the backyard and Rosie can more or less escape from Max. He's taken to sort of stalking her and trying to get a reaction. It]]></description></item><item><title>Quick update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/quick_update.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/quick_update.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=quick%5Fupdate</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Yesterday I managed to accomplish an important and pressing goal: getting Max&#39;s Social Security number applied for. J. and I spent and hour waiting at SS headquarters here in GR. We really needed to do this because without his SS# we can&#39;t in]]></description></item><item><title>Max&apos;s favorite books</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/maxs_favorite_books.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/maxs_favorite_books.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2005 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=maxs%5Ffavorite%5Fbooks</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Right now they are two:Big Red Barn by Margaret Wise Brown He really likes this one A LOT. When I get to the end of the story, he kind of flaps his hands and makes a whimpering noise, letting me know that he wants to hear it again. When I get to the]]></description></item><item><title>Oh, and...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/oh_and.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/oh_and.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Oct 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=oh%5Fand</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[...Rosie has fleas. She may also have seasonal allergies, but it wasn&#39;t seasonal allergies hopping its little black-shelled self across her belly last night. Hoo ha.  I spread the Advantix across her back as the vet advised, and she shook like a]]></description></item><item><title>Cleaning, getting ready</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/cleaning_getting_ready.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/cleaning_getting_ready.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 28 Sep 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=cleaning%5Fgetting%5Fready</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend was definitely chore-laden. I went to breakfast at V.&#39;s house Saturday morning. After breakfast everyone left to go to A1&#39;s soccer game, but Mom and I stopped on the way to look for fabric and a bumper-pad pattern at JoAnn&#39;s]]></description></item><item><title>Bathroom tile</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/bathroom_tile.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/bathroom_tile.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=bathroom%5Ftile</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Recently I noticed that the linoleum floor in our bathroom had obviously gotten wet and had started mildewing underneath the plastic. I tried spraying bleach into the crevice between the dust boards and the wall tiles, but this did no good. We hated]]></description></item><item><title>Gardening</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/gardening.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/gardening.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 04 May 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=gardening</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We did more yardwork this weekend. J. put in a little addition to our patio for the grill and I ripped up grass, pulled up and cut out that nefarious rosebush by the roots, and planted hostas that Dad gave me. It&#39;s kind of amazing. I can clean my]]></description></item><item><title>Many little tasks</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/many_little_tasks.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/many_little_tasks.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 26 Apr 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=many%5Flittle%5Ftasks</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend has been pretty busy, but with lots of little stuff. Yesterday I dug up more grass from around the patio, moved my mini-irises, and mulched. Then I burned a music CD, did four loads of laundry, walked the dog twice, and went over to Mom&]]></description></item><item><title>Home improvement</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/home_improvement.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 17 Apr 2004 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=home%5Fimprovement</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So last night while J. was at work, I decided to caulk the front door and install a new porch light. The front door project was mandatory as we&#39;ve been getting rain in our basement every time anything falls from the sky. So I got out the indoor/o]]></description></item><item><title>More stuff accomplished</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_stuff_accomplished.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/more_stuff_accomplished.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=more%5Fstuff%5Faccomplished</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I wrote out my Christmas cards. Yay, done with that! We went to mass this morning and then to lunch at my parents&#39; house. Then I came home, walked Rosie, took a nap, and then walked Rosie again. J. went to a communal penance service at St.]]></description></item><item><title>20 passport photos for $1.74</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://grerp.blog-city.com/20_passport_photos_for_174.htm</guid><link>http://grerp.blog-city.com/20_passport_photos_for_174.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 14 Dec 2003 04:59:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://grerp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=20%5Fpassport%5Fphotos%5Ffor%5F174</comments><dc:creator>AAR Rachel</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[So, yesterday was my day off, and it was pretty dang busy. I got up, took Rosie for a long walk, installed AOL 9.0 on my computer (tried to download this, but it was going to take 5 hours or something, so I ordered it through the mail), uninstalled v]]></description></item></channel></rss>