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		<description><![CDATA[When my email newsletter, Simple Times, was switched to a new server last year, I lost all the back issues and the online archives.  Trying to make sure I have a back-up archive in place this time, I just finished uploading  the past year&#8217;s worth of Simple Times&#8217; issues to a new online archive.
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		<description><![CDATA[If I want to know what a word means, I usually run to my dictionary or do a quick search online.  Keeping true to my normal mode of operation, here’s what I found in my first search for the meaning of “frugality.”
 
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		<title>Easy Autumn Craft Ideas</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are a couple of ultra-easy Autumn craft ideas.
Leaf Prints:
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		<description><![CDATA[Our family&#8217;s annual Halloween tradition is to pop a bunch of popcorn, brew some spiced apple cider, turn down the lights, and watch Frank Capra&#8217;s classic movie, Arsenic and Old Lace, starring Cary Grant as Mortimer Brewster.
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&#8216;Tis the season &#8230; to dress in costumes, that is.
Whether your family celebrates Halloween or not, it seems like costume parties are all the rage this time of year.  From harvest parties to office parties, it always seems I have to come up with some sort of costuming option for at least one person in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thesimplemom.wordpress.com&blog=1158648&post=383&subd=thesimplemom&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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