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	<title>WIRL Project &#187; Andrea Curtis</title>
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		<title>Help Me Get My Sexy Back!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 May 2015 18:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Curtis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As a stay at home and homeschooling mom with a husband who is working and going to school full time, I almost never get alone time for just me. I feel I have forgotten how to take care of me. I want to feel like a sexy woman again. I am no longer breast feeding or pregnant and all my kids but one are potty trained. I want &#8220;me&#8221; back. I feel in the past 8 years of mothering I have lost all sense of &#8220;me&#8221; and being a &#8220;woman&#8221;. So I need your help! Money is not fluid at all I have very little to work with so please me conservative in some of your recommendations money wise. Here&#8217;s a list of what I need help with. Comment below to respond to ANY question. Your advice is GREATLY appreciated!! 1) I have been using my husbands razor to shave my legs for 8 years. Do you recommend a good woman&#8217;s razor that gives a close shave so I can have smooth sexy legs again? 2) I almost never work out. I need to work out badly. I cannot afford a gym. What are some moves I can do in the morning before my children wake up that I can do to get toned up again? 3) Facial care. I have been using soap. Dove soap or just something that looked pretty at Marshalls for my face. But my pores on my nose still feel bumpy I want this to go away. What (facial care) products do you like? remember $ not $$$? 4) Please help me with quality shoes for support and comfort for my older over weight self that wont make my feet hurt at the end of the day! I was considering Lands End. I don&#8217;t want to look like a grandma and I don&#8217;t want to look like a Kardashian. Something practical for a busy mom but still cute. This I&#8217;m willing to spend a bit more on. I feel comfortable with Lands Ends prices. 5) Make up. I rarely were make up. But when I do I don&#8217;t want to look like a 13 year old. I know how to put it on, but I just want some suggestions for some great, yet inexpensive, products. 6) Hair clips and products to do your hair with that you love. Brushes, clips, and product. Go! I have been wearing my hair in pony tail my whole life, I want to feel like a woman! 7) Nail care products, so my old looking nails from scrubbing tubs don&#8217;t look so shabby. 8) I always just bought the cheapest and best smelling deodorant. Should I be looking into this more? What do you use? 9) Moisturizer for my hands and skin. Not lotion! 10) Sunscreen for me and my kids. Do you have a favorite? Why? &#160; Thanks for reading and sharing your favorite things with me! &#160;]]></description>
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		<title>Are you Neighborly?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 May 2015 18:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Curtis]]></dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I like to think of myself as a friendly person. I like the idea of knowing my neighbors. If I needed to borrow an egg or a half a cup of sugar. If I was in need of help I would like to think I could go to a neighbor in case of any minor or even a major emergency. I would be happy to do any of these things for my neighbors. Wouldn&#8217;t you? Well I live in a cul de sac full of people and only there of the seven neighbors are semi-friendly. Yes I just said semi-friendly. They wave, if I wave. But the others, forget it! I don&#8217;t care where you&#8217;re from, I just think its plan rude. Every time I see them walking to their car, getting out of their car, or in their backyard I wave with a smile. What do I get back? A blank stare. WTF I know they saw me!! They stared at me. And even if they weren&#8217;t looking at me I know they saw my 45 second wave with a huge grin in their peripheral vision desperately hoping they would precipitate in our waving ceremony so I don&#8217;t look like an idiot waving in thin air for no reason. But no, just a stare. If you ask me they looked stupider than me. Well maybe not. Why is this happening! Is knowing your neighbor a thing of the past? I don&#8217;t get  it. I hate it. I never felt so lonely in such a crowded cul de sac! I think it makes us a stronger community if we know one another. When I was a kid I ran into some of my neighbors houses without even knocking. We went a vacations together. They were almost family. And sometimes even closer than family. &#8220;Neighbor&#8221; is mentioned in the Bible 46,227 times! Neighbors are important people! So lets change this, I want to! When a neighbor moves in, go over, introduce yourself, bring them a casserole. Have a cookout! Be Neighborly! &#160; &#160;   *Featured Image Source: cordera.com]]></description>
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		<title>Children Bodily Fluids 101</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Apr 2015 14:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Andrea Curtis]]></dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bodily Fluids]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Poop]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Puke]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Snot]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The other day my 4 year old told our roofer proudly she could wipe her own bottom now when she poops. I was only slightly surprised she said this to him knowing her personality. I laughed it off and began thinking about the ugly process of teaching her and her two older sisters how to properly wipe. No one prepared me for this! I thought of parenting as moments in hallmark movies. Boy was I off. Granted there are moments of pure joy. But on a daily basis. We deal with bodily fluids with young children. There is no dealing with Children&#8217;s Bodily Fluids For Idiots book. So heres my cliff note version of dealing with children&#8217;s bodily fluids 101: Wiping. I can&#8217;t help you with boys, I&#8217;ve got all girls. I literally bent over and demonstrated the process and the importance to wipe away form their vagina. I showed them about how large of piece of toilet paper to use. My first daughter was a disaster, she used tiny pieces of toilet paper, getting poop on her fingers and wiping the wrong direction causing an infection! They don&#8217;t know this stuff, so I have to teach her!  When is comes to diapers and poop, Huggies dealt with poop the best for us. Unless you want to get a whiff of poop next time your tuck your hair behind your ear, don&#8217;t stick your finger anywhere near the edges to check for a bowl movement. Just assume the worst. Puke! Puking is the worst of all bodily fluids. Although it&#8217;s not as common, thank God. It&#8217;s the most disgusting. They don&#8217;t understand they are about to erupt like a volcano, they just stand or lay there as it comes pouring out of them with a confused look on there face as they see us running with a look of disgust and fear all at once. When my girls were little toddlers the fast approaching or hovering buckets scared them and confused them. In turn the buckets didn&#8217;t help much until they understand. Dangling them over a sink or toilet is just not realistic for a bouncy toddler either. Since I am not a fan of scrubbing puke out of carpet, fabric, bed rails, and carseat buckles I have come to this&#8230; we stay at home in a practical designated area; usually the family room. I make a play area of layered towels, only allowing hard and easy to clean toys. If they want to sit on my lap, I drape a towel over both of us as if it were a blanket. When puking begins I pull the sides of the towel vertical to prevent spilling over the sides. When vomit session ends I roll up her vomit contaminated towel and wash it. During sleeping times I made beds of towels layered on the floor and I would sleep near by. It was so much easier to clean up and get them back to sleep. Making a bed over and over on a puking night, is horrible. Keep it practical keep it easy. Snot and Boogers!! It&#8217;s all the time! They are either teething, have a cold, or allergies. Snot is gonna happen. Nose picking is gonna happen. We have all blown our noses and still couldn&#8217;t get that wretched dried nasal mucus, so as civilized adults we quickly retrieve it and dispose it and promptly washing our hands. We have all done it! So how can we expect our little humans to not reach for an aggravating piece of dried nasal mucus in their nose. It&#8217;s what we do with the booger thats important. Yelling and asking them to not pick their nose may just lead them to hiding the evidence by eating it! (retching sound) That is not ok with me! I keep those little packs of tissues everywhere! In my purse, my van, the diaper bag, in each room in the house. Every time I catch them digging for gold, I hand them a tissue. Now they come find me, &#8220;Mom, I have a booger!&#8221;&#8230; Hey I prefer it than scraping boogers off of walls and furniture. Someone should warn us parents about this stuff. There are books that share about what toys are good for fine motor skills. What about this stuff?! This is what its really like.]]></description>
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