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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 May 2012 04:41:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The phone rang at the crack of dawn.  On the other end, there was silence followed by a gasp of breath and high-pitched, hysterical laughter.  It was my mother and she was still laughing about the previous nights event in &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/05/09/give-your-mom-the-gift-of-laughter-for-mothers-day/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2265&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[Something surprisingly magical happened this week. Only, I was wearing a paper dress that tied in the back not a sparkly gown with a crinoline and my Fairy Godmother wore a lab coat and waved a rather large Q-tip instead &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/05/04/menopot-the-musical/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2241&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Secret To A 50 Year Marriage &#8211; Sliders and A Good Scotch</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 03:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[One summer afternoon, a leggy blonde teenager by the name of Sandi, threw caution to the wind and staged a one-woman badminton game in her front yard to grab the attention of a duck-tailed boy named Charlie, who lived across &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/04/30/the-secret-to-a-50-year-marriage-sliders-and-a-good-scotch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2211&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Why Midlife Women Don&#8217;t Drive Corvettes</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Apr 2012 04:15:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>thelaughingmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can honestly say that I have never met a woman going through a midlife crisis who has the urge to trade in her mini-van for a Corvette.  We tend to make midlife splurges on high power shape wear, department &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/04/27/why-midlife-women-dont-drive-corvettes/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2205&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Erma Bombeck Writers&#8217; Workshop &#8211; A Unique Chance To Study &#8220;Funny&#8221;</title>
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		<dc:creator>thelaughingmom</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;You&#8217;re going to expose our personal lives to the public, exploit our children, and hold up our intimate moments together for the world to see?&#8221;   &#8220;I get three bucks a column,&#8221;  I said.   He smiled.  &#8221;Why didn&#8217;t you &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/04/24/erma-bombeck-writers-workshop-a-unique-chance-to-study-funny/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2197&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Apr 2012 07:35:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I&#8217;ll be damned if I&#8217;m gonna be another chubby, bleached-blonde soccer mom driving her kids around in a mini-van with one hand on the steering wheel and a Big Mac in the other.&#8221; I believe those were my exact words &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/words-i-thought-id-never-say-hey-im-a-soccer-mom/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2190&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2012 05:37:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I actually made a chandelier out of my gallstones, IV tubing and some hospital socks, but you don’t really want to see that….&#8221; -Miss Mustard Seed on getting her gallbladder removed.   Ever feel like you need a &#8220;happy pill&#8221; to &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/03/15/diy-home-decor-blogs-are-better-than-prozac/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2154&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Is The Male Robin A Perfect Baby Daddy?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2012 23:32:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Reblogged from The Laughing Mom: Spring has sprung.  Mother nature never fails to put on a spectacular show in our backyard featuring fragrant lilacs, light violet clematis, purple Irises and bright red roses all flanked  by a lush carpet of bright green &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/03/14/2168/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2168&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Mar 2012 04:27:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s the end of an era.  No more eggs can be laid.  The chicken has been hatched and the rooster is singing, &#8220;cocka-doodle-doo, it&#8217;s time to go back to work for you!&#8221; That&#8217;s right, after nearly a decade of lounging &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/03/06/mama-hen-earns-some-scratch/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2158&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;W&#8221; &#8211; The Other Scarlet Letter</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:27:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Ah, but let her cover the mark as she will, the pang of it will be always in her heart &#8211; and on her ass.&#8221; Adapted from Nathaniel Hawthorne&#8217;s classic novel, The Scarlet Letter Fat bottomed girls may make the &#8230; <a href="http://thelaughingmom.wordpress.com/2012/01/21/w-the-other-scarlet-letter/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=thelaughingmom.wordpress.com&#038;blog=12756967&#038;post=2119&#038;subd=thelaughingmom&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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