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		<title>In Like a Lamb</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ah.. the first of March.. hard to believe.
Here in Southern Manitoba, March can still mean a whole lot of winter&#8230; but  with the mild temps and the warming sun,  the first inkling  of spring hopes  are felt dancing about, impatient to burst forth.
Signs of the big melt are everywhere.  The five foot snow drifts lining [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3651&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sadie&#8217;s Story &#8230; part three</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/02/15/sadies-story-part-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 17:01:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Springer Spaniel]]></category>

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 Sadie is one great dog and to this day I often [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3603&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>With Glowing Hearts</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/02/12/with-glowing-hearts/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 16:54:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I am Canadian]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So proud to be Canadian.

Let the games begin!

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		<title>Welcome Baby Gabriel</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 14:53:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[family]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On February 5th at 0349, Baby Gabriel entered this world, weighing in at 4 pounds 1 ounce,&#160; a little earlier than expected but breathing on his own and from all reports,&#160; doing fine.&#160;&#160; Cyni, my granddaughter, was not expecting to celebrate his birth day until mid March, but Wee Gab.. well&#8230; he had other plans. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3586&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Gift</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/01/25/the-gift/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Jan 2010 20:32:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sunday is ‘Mom Day’.  I am off every second Sunday and every Sunday  that I am off, I pick Mom up and we do the Safeway /Casino run.  First we get her groceries, and then we head to our local casino for an hour of  play time.    Mom, with  her physical limitations and her failing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3571&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Feeling a little Zapped</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/01/12/feeling-a-little-zapped/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Jan 2010 15:47:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[just me]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew as soon as I opened the door and walked in that the wait was going to be a long one.  Practically every chair in the room was taken.  The majority of the patrons were elderly, with some being younger and obviously caregivers and there to assist.   I guess that placed me somewhere in-between.
Resisting [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3537&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Seven Sunday Gratitudes</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/01/10/seven-sunday-gratitudes-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Jan 2010 16:49:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gratitudes]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[1)  Waking up to  the pitter-pat of kitty paws on  the bed comforter.   Feeling  the softness of kitty whiskers against my face&#8230; even if it is only 5:30 in the morning.
2) Me and the dogs heading out for our morning walk &#8230;. so happy to see that the ‘mini sidewalk plow’ has been by.    Warmer [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3518&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saturday Morning</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2010/01/09/saturday-morning/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2010 15:26:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[I am Canadian]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Winnipeg]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cats]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[and the livin’ is easy.. finally!!
This morning I start my stretch of four days off&#8230; and that always has me feelin&#8217; good.   But especially this week.. as it has been a bit of a rough one&#8230;  Bear has been sick.
He started vomiting Monday morning and stopped eating at much the same time.   The strange thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3498&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas Past</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2009/12/22/christmas-past/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 16:46:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[dogs]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[photography]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I find I often leave Anvilcloud’s blog feeling inspired.  This visit was no exception.  His post on  A Short Story Made Long reminded me of how our Christmas Present is so forever intricately interweaved with our Christmas Past.
In no time I found myself leafing through my own too small accumulation of vintage Christmas photos, finding [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3429&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>10</slash:comments>
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		<title>It&#8217;s in the little things</title>
		<link>http://simplycol.com/2009/12/19/its-in-the-little-things/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 16:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Col</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[gratitudes]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and realize they were the big things. ~ Robert Brault
1) Ah.. a warming trend.  Warm enough that on realizing that I had  left the house wearing only my little cotton gloves, I didn’t feel the need to stop the car and run back inside [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=simplycol.com&blog=5805120&post=3403&subd=simplycol&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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