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	<description>The Life Happenings of Michael &#038; Maria</description>
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		<title>Time to Reflect</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Jan 2012 05:32:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it&#8217;s that time of year again. We look back at our accomplishments and failures from last year and strive to do better/more next year. Yeah&#8230; I&#8217;m looking forward to hitting the breaks. It&#8217;s time for Maria and I to reflect on our accomplishments but in the mind frame of &#8220;Are we happy?&#8221;. And I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Independence Revolution has Begun</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 20:49:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, it happened. Far sooner then I imagined. I knew it would come, perhaps in five or so years, but not today. I was wrong. Isabella and I went outside to play in this winter&#8217;s first snow. She went over to her friend&#8217;s house, coaxed her outside, and turns to me. &#8220;Dad, you can go [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Finding Joy in the Small Things</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Dec 2011 01:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tonight I remembered how nice the simple things in life can be. We have a tradition in our house of doing Christmas light rides nearly every night from Thanksgiving to New Years, so tonight we loaded up the car and took the Mecca to Olin Park. Boy was it packed!! The kids had an absolute [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Night the Oven Went Poof</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Dec 2011 00:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, we experienced something I never thought would happen to us&#8230; A kitchen fire. We were prepping for dinner and Maria walked past the stove and noticed flames, sparks, and smoke, oh joy!! She called me inside and I immediately sent everyone to the neighbor&#8217;s house. I was able to put out the fire [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Alone at Night with the Crazies</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2011/11/30/alone-at-night-with-the-crazies/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:03:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Michael</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It seems crazy how life takes twists and turns. I sit here in the dark, rocking my snoring son Noah to sleep for the fifth time tonight. Thoughts race through my head on how life was and how it might be in the future. It&#8217;s sometimes hard to stay grounded in the present, without drifting [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I forgot about this thing!</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2008/12/10/i-forgot-about-this-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 20:33:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all! I hate to admit it, but I&#8217;ve been facebook plagued lately and forgot to update our lovely website. Life is great here in Madison, well minus the cold and snow. We are enjoying spending the winter in our beautiful new basement, gas fireplace and all. Isabella is 21 months old now, talking a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Catch up day&#8230;.</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2008/08/21/catch-up-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Aug 2008 18:55:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi! I finally got a chance to post some pics from July and August. So far they have been very busy months for us. In July, Isabella discovered how much she loved her pool, and by now she&#8217;s kind of over it. Mike stood up in Patrick&#8217;s wedding in Milwaukee on the 19th. We had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>July, July</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2008/07/09/july-july/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 17:49:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh my goodness, where to start&#8230;.well happy late 4th first of all. We have been so busy landscaping, I have totally neglected my web responsibilities. June was a busy and fun month for us. We took Isabella to the zoo, and had our annual Wescott/Budde family party at the Kahlahari. Everyone had a great time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy June&#8230;almost</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2008/05/28/happy-junealmost/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 May 2008 19:16:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi all! I looked at pics the other night and realized I needed to add some new ones. There are a few new basement pics in the remodel folder, and new pics of Isabella and our lovely yard work are in the May 2008 category. Lots of changes coming for us&#8230;our front birch tree is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Almost May</title>
		<link>http://www.mikeblock.com/2008/04/29/almost-may/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Apr 2008 02:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Maria</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi! Just wanted to give a quick life update from our end. We have cycled through the cold/cough bug that has been going around, and we&#8217;ve had germs in the house going on 3 weeks now. Mike is pulling up the rear of getting everyone healthy again! Isabella is growing up so quickly. She loves [...]]]></description>
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