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		<title>thankful. 11.11.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
For BOOKS.  
I read so many books at the &#8220;same time.&#8221;  Authors are like friends.  I just pick who I want to have a conversation with and/or what I want to &#8220;converse&#8221; about at that time and open up a book that fits.  Today I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4886&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/11/thankful-11-11-09/</link>
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		<title>thankful. 11.10.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
For my ability to write without pain or numbness in my hand.  I&#8217;m thankful the arthritis in my neck is not causing me pain or limited movement right now.  I&#8217;m thankful for the days I forget I even have arthritis in my neck.  
THANK YOU, LORD!!!

I&#8217;m [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4852&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/thankful-11-10-09/</link>
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		<title>thankful. 11.09.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
For music.  The music we&#8217;ve been leading at church has been beautiful.  This week, my favorite was None But Jesus by Brooke Fraser.

THANK YOU, LORD!

I&#8217;m participating in a month of Thanksgiving hosted by Rebecca Writes.  If you want to join in, post something you are thankful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4879&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>thankful. 11.06.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
So very, Very, VERY thankful that FirstHusband helps FavoriteSon with his math homework.  Here&#8217;s some of the conversation from last night:  
(this was a pretty laid back conversation &#8211; there was no &#8220;tone&#8221; or irritation)
FirstHusband:  Please stop whining about Pythagorean theorem, I&#8217;m not even sure it&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4859&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/06/thankful-11-06-09/</link>
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		<title>I couldn&#8217;t stop myself.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I tried.  I tried to look away.  I just couldn&#8217;t.  I tried to look at the magazines.  The candy.  The cookbooklets.  Even the National Enquirer.  It was no use.  It was compelling.  Like a bad toupee.  I know I was staring.  
The girl in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4862&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/i-couldnt-stop-myself/</link>
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		<title>thankful. 11.05.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
No one in my immediate family has ever suffered from a life-threatening illness.  I&#8217;m thankful for my acute awareness that my family&#8217;s health is due to the grace and mercy of God, whose reasoning I don&#8217;t pretend to comprehend, and not because of anything we have done or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4847&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/05/thankful-11-05-09/</link>
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		<title>thankful. 11.04.09</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m so thankful . . . 
Last year, we found an allergist who prescribed a season allergy treatment for my son which left him nearly symptom free for the first time in his entire LIFE.  We just got back from his annual check-up with new prescriptions already called into the pharmacy.  This is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4842&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/04/thankful-11-04-09/</link>
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		<title>search:  &#8220;hypertrophic scar&#8221;</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Back in June, in a 7 Quick Takes post, I mentioned (in take #6) that I was developing keloid scarring after my surgery.  In my case (thankfully), I should use the term &#8220;hypertrophic&#8221; scarring.  I get a lot of hits on that post and I see the search string nearly EVERY day in [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4821&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/03/search-hypertrophic-scar/</link>
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		<title>Stop holding me a-counter-able!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So says FavoriteSon.  Three days after I declared myself the &#8220;counter tyrant.&#8221;  
Every time I see one tiny little thing on the counter, I start asking, &#8220;Who left this here?&#8221;  &#8220;Who used this?&#8221;  &#8220;What is this?&#8221;  &#8220;Where does this go?&#8221;  &#8220;Can I get rid of this?&#8221;
Then I start calling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4816&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/stop-holding-me-a-counter-able/</link>
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		<title>expensive tedium exposed.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve been reading a little C. S. Lewis lately.  Today I read the November 1st and 2nd entries from &#8220;A Year with C. S. Lewis: Daily Readings from His Classic Works.&#8221;  He&#8217;s a tough read.  I may have mentioned before that I respond to his writing in a number of different ways.
Sometimes, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4799&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/expensive-tedium-exposed/</link>
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		<title>I can&#8217;t believe I&#8217;m one of &#8220;those&#8221; people.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[You know, one of those people who sets off their car alarm and then can&#8217;t figure out how to turn it OFF.  
And I was SITTING in it at the time.  Talking on the cell phone to FirstHusband &#8211; shouting over the incessant horn:
&#8220;Did you know this van had an alarm?&#8221;
&#8220;No.&#8221;  (pause) [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4787&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/10/31/i-cant-believe-im-one-of-those-people/</link>
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		<title>do they make Garanimals for women?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Seriously.  Somebody teach me how to dress.  Oh, who am I kidding?  I don&#8217;t want to LEARN how to dress, I just want someone to pick out my clothes for me.  Jewelry too, please.  And I already have a haircut scheduled for Thursday.  
Okay.  Got that out of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4741&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/do-they-make-garanimals-for-women/</link>
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		<title>pray-ers wanted.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This Sunday is a very specific answer to a very specific prayer.  Here&#8217;s what I&#8217;ve been praying for months:
&#8220;Lord, please allow me to use my voice &#8211; speaking and singing &#8211; for your glory.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s the answer:
I&#8217;m leading praise and worship for three services at my church this Sunday.  AND I&#8217;m delivering the message [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4726&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/pray-ers-wanted/</link>
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		<title>this is why . . .</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know who is lost.  Or who survived.  I don&#8217;t know the name of the biggest loser.  I can&#8217;t tell you the name of one &#8220;real&#8221; housewife, whether they are from Hotlanta or PoDunk, Alabama.  (Is there really a PoDunk, Alabama?)  I have no idea why Kim Kardashian is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4691&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/10/22/this-is-why/</link>
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		<title>skunks are actually beautiful animals.</title>
		<description><![CDATA[So says FirstHusband.  AFTER we spent nearly two hours coaxing one out of our FAMILY ROOM!!  
OUR. FAMILY. ROOM.
That&#8217;s just wrong.  
Remember the &#8220;squirrel in the chimney&#8221; story?  All about how we dealt with extracting squirrels from our family room?  Four times?  Now I understand.  God was just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com&blog=2050535&post=4667&subd=pragmaticcompendium&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
		<link>http://pragmaticcompendium.wordpress.com/2009/10/21/skunks-are-actually-beautiful-animals/</link>
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