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		<title>We really do buy the good dog food&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.cortnyhelmick.com/2010/09/we-really-do-buy-the-good-dog-food/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 05:02:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cortny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know it&#8217;s been a month&#8230; and here&#8217;s another dog post.
I hope to retro-actively post some stuff about visits and visitors. Perhaps forthcoming.
Meanwhile, here&#8217;s our ritual at the food bowl. I usually just leave her there, but sometimes I coach her. The long video is from a couple months ago. The short ones are from [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I know it&#8217;s been a month&#8230; and here&#8217;s another dog post.</p>
<p>I hope to retro-actively post some stuff about visits and visitors. Perhaps forthcoming.</p>
<p>Meanwhile, here&#8217;s our ritual at the food bowl. I usually just leave her there, but sometimes I coach her. The long video is from a couple months ago. The short ones are from yesterday.</p>
<p>Ruby, on the other hand, begs me for meals two hours in advance, and devours hers (and sometimes Tilly&#8217;s) quickly.</p>
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		<title>Pictures of Matilda on top of stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 06:40:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cortny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It is fun to put Matilda on top of things and see what she does.
Last week it was a Crate and Barrel Box.

She was pissed.
Today I put her on the lawn chair.

Nope, she didn&#8217;t like that so much either. Oh well.
We don&#8217;t have anything else to put her on right now. If we think of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is fun to put Matilda on top of things and see what she does.</p>
<p>Last week it was a Crate and Barrel Box.</p>
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<p>She was pissed.</p>
<p>Today I put her on the lawn chair.</p>
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<p>Nope, she didn&#8217;t like that so much either. Oh well.</p>
<p>We don&#8217;t have anything else to put her on right now. If we think of something, you&#8217;ll see a photo of it.</p>
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		<title>Seafood Fest, 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 12 Jul 2010 03:41:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cortny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our neighborhood hosts Seafood Fest every year. It&#8217;s a really a Scandinavian festival, too, since Ballard is a Scandinavian neighborhood. (That&#8217;s why the Swedish meatballs &#8211; yum!) It&#8217;s the best festival to buy your helmet with horns, if you were looking for one of those.





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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Our neighborhood hosts Seafood Fest every year. It&#8217;s a really a Scandinavian festival, too, since Ballard is a Scandinavian neighborhood. (That&#8217;s why the Swedish meatballs &#8211; yum!) It&#8217;s the best festival to buy your helmet with horns, if you were looking for one of those.</p>
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		<title>Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jun 2010 04:54:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cortny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I spend four days in the Chicago area. I was visiting my friend Pauline &#8212; we were joined at the hip sophomore year of High School when we lived in Bloomington. And I haven&#8217;t spent a whole lot of time with her since then&#8230; I finally followed through on a visit to her [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I spend four days in the Chicago area. I was visiting my friend Pauline &#8212; we were joined at the hip sophomore year of High School when we lived in Bloomington. And I haven&#8217;t spent a whole lot of time with her since then&#8230; I finally followed through on a visit to her house to meet her one-year-old daughter Amelia, and get to know her husband Nate a little better.</p>
<p>We had a great time, like no years had gone by (with the exception of college degrees, husbands, kids, dogs, etc&#8230;)</p>
<p>We spent a morning at the Science and Industry museum, another day running around downtown Naperville (including a paddleboat ride and some Red Mango), and had some fun at the Arboretum kids&#8217; area. We also fit in a yoga class at a Baptiste studio run by a fellow level 1-er of mine (I think we converted another yogi&#8230;) and saw the Sex and the City Movie. A really fun visit!</p>
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		<title>Happy Birthday, Ruby!</title>
		<link>http://www.cortnyhelmick.com/2010/05/happy-birthday-ruby/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 16 May 2010 06:29:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>cortny</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, I know, I&#8217;m about a year behind on the blog. But I couldn&#8217;t let Ruby&#8217;s birthday go by without a mention.
Miss Ruby is NINE today. How quickly our children grow up&#8230; I realized I didn&#8217;t have any of her baby pics digitally. (Remember film?!) So I scanned some in honor of her birthday.
I took [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Yes, I know, I&#8217;m about a year behind on the blog. But I couldn&#8217;t let Ruby&#8217;s birthday go by without a mention.</p>
<p>Miss Ruby is NINE today. How quickly our children grow up&#8230; I realized I didn&#8217;t have any of her baby pics digitally. (Remember film?!) So I scanned some in honor of her birthday.</p>
<p>I took some video&#8230; but it looks just like the video from Tilly&#8217;s Brithday. :)</p>
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