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		<title>A Fond Farewell</title>
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The time has come for some of my plates to stop spinning. This will be my last post, as I&#8217;m no longer so close to home after all. 
We are moving to Ohio- Jeff&#8217;s actually already there and I&#8217;m here getting us all ready to join him. I&#8217;ve been a Northwest Indiana resident all of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How To Train Your Dragon Live Spectacular Comes to Chicago</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jul 2012 17:09:52 +0000</pubDate>
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Dreamworks presents a dynamic live show of How To Train Your Dragon at the United Center July 26-29. Twenty-three enormous fire-breathing dragons come to life, and kids (and parents!) will love watching a young dragon hunter become a dragon friend.  The animated movie is one of my kids&#8217; favorites. We can&#8217;t wait to see [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Chicago Shakespeare Theater presents Disney&#8217;s Beauty and the Beast</title>
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Live on stage this summer at Navy Pier is Disney&#8217;s Beauty and the Beast. We are big fans of the Chicago Shakespeare Theater and can not wait to see the show on Sunday! While I think this &#8220;tale as old as time&#8221; is a story for boys and girls of all ages, Ivy and I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Elementary Expressionism in Valparaiso</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Jun 2012 15:12:58 +0000</pubDate>
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Last fall, the Valparaiso Redevelopment Committee commissioned their eight elementary schools to decorate the city&#8217;s brand new bike lockers. Each school&#8217;s art teacher chose an art style and famous artist to inspire the students to paint or draw one of the community&#8217;s landmarks for this exciting project. 

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		<title>Key Lime Cove Waterpark offers Behind The Scenes Tour for National Water Safety Month</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 20 May 2012 22:52:49 +0000</pubDate>
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KeyLime Cove in Gurnee, IL - about a two hour drive or so from Northwest Indiana- invites guests to take a sneak peek behind the scenes of the water park. My family was given a complimentary stay last week at the beautiful waterpark, and we enjoyed the special tour open to the public on Friday [...]]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a fantastic article in today&#8217;s Lifestyle section of the Times about Listen To Your Mother - I&#8217;m the director and producer of Listen To Your Mother Northwest Indiana for a second year. 

It&#8217;s a thrill to present fourteen amazing local women reading their own writings about motherhood. Some will speak about their moms, some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Oh Steam Mop, Where Have You Been All My Life?</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 May 2012 01:25:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[While staying with my sister-in-law and family over spring break in Michigan, I admired their steam mop. Yes, their steam mop. 
It sanitized while it shined their bathroom floor. We left and it&#8217;s all I could think about. I had to have one.
So I began researching these magical steam mop things- what kind should I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Toydozer</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Apr 2012 16:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
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I&#8217;ve seriously considered buying a snow shovel to be used in our playroom - especially for the all the Legos and &#8220;guys&#8221; and puzzle pieces and - now that I am in the world of GIRLS - POLLY POCKETS OMG. Tiny everything! How do you keep it picked up? I usually just close the door, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Healthy You, Healthy Mom, Happy Family?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2012 15:34:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[So, if we can keep this just between us, I&#8217;ve been really focused on my health and wellness lately and I really really really hope this time it sticks. I know that it probably won&#8217;t, but I only pray that I won&#8217;t wait as long next time to get back on track again. But PS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Have you heard&#8230; ?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2012 00:48:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[TOMS - everybody&#8217;s favorite shoe that gives back - is giving one customer each week a chance to follow their purchase around the world. Winners will go on a TOMS Giving Trip, and founder Tom Mycoskie plans to join a few of those journeys! 

&#8220;TOMS Giving Trips taken through the TOMS Ticket to Give program [...]]]></description>
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