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	<description>Life is good above the bridge</description>
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		<title>Over the river and through the woods</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amy Weighs In]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[My Every Day]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[My first visit to Minnesota was in 1991 when I went on a bike tour with a crazy bunch of high school and college aged folks. It was a ten-day tour through the southeastern portion of the state. I barely made it into the Twin Cities, but from that moment, I was in love. Maybe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weaner</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/weaner/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 17:48:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Kid]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[motherhood]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oh, weaning. I&#8217;ve been mulling over this post for awhile now. I&#8217;m right there with Leah on the topic of weaning a toddler. And silly me for thinking I had it all figured out when it came to breastfeeding. Sophie&#8217;s fourteen months old and not showing many signs of letting up. Honestly, I thought she&#8217;d [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nothing Lost, Nothing Gained</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/nothing-lost-nothing-gained/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 18:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amy Weighs In]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[giveaway]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I actually expected to gain this week. With the <a href="http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/return-to-the-canal-run/">race on the weekend</a>, I took the liberty of eating pasta, pie, and well, everything else, or at least it seemed that way. ]]></description>
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		<title>Return to the Canal (Run)</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/return-to-the-canal-run/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/return-to-the-canal-run/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:39:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be Well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[race]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2881</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The first summer I lived up in the U.P. I was training for my second Chicago marathon. I was in pretty decent shape in addition to all of the running I was doing for marathon training. I had an extensive network of beautiful trails at my disposal, but something was missing: races. Id always used [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cleaner is better</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/cleaner-is-better/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Jul 2010 16:51:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amy Weighs In]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[food]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was out on <a href="http://thisnorthernlife.wordpress.com/2010/07/10/running-07-10-10/">my long run Saturday</a> when I realized that I'm still losing weight even though I'm eating more food the last four weeks than I did during the first four. My theory is that I'm eating better. Cleaner. Maybe you can eat more if you eliminate the fake food from your life. Since I've incorporated more fruits and vegetables over processed junk (even the diet junk), I'm eating more, feeling more satisfied and generally feeling better. Happier. ]]></description>
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		<title>YoBaby is a YoMess</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/yobaby-is-a-yomess/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Jul 2010 01:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Every Day]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sophie]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sophie's been fascinated by the refrigerator. See, Mom? She IS my child. I mean, can you blame her? A magic box filled with treats! And plastic containers! And bags of things that spill all over the floor! And best of all, yogurt!]]></description>
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		<title>Run For ShelterBox</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/run-for-shelterbox/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:04:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Every Day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogging]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[charity]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scott]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[shelterbox]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2797</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Having a blogger for a boyfriend has never been a requirement for me. Blogging might be a part of my life, but it was never a thing my boyfriend Scott and I shared. And that was, and is, totally cool with me. I have been doing this blogging thing for eleven years. ]]></description>
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		<title>Graham Heaven</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/graham-heaven/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/graham-heaven/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 06:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cooking]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[graham crackers]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2741</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I've been doing a slow but steady purge of High Fructose Corn Syrup (HFCS) from our house. A large part of that reduction was eliminating soda from my diet. I'm far from perfect on this, and even though some items still live in my pantry and creep into my daily diet (I might have a little thing or Wheat Thin Fiber Select crackers and Baked Lays), I feel really great about making that adjustment. More importantly, I don't want Sophie to grow up on a steady diet of HFCS. ]]></description>
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		<title>How do you stay hydrated?</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/how-do-you-stay-hydrated/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:37:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Be Well]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My morning began with a five mile run and ended with a baby barfing all over her car seat. Yeah, that pretty much sums it up. I&#8217;ll end it with a shameless promotion: read how other bloggers and I stay hydrated and you could win $100. Hooray for contests!]]></description>
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		<title>Twenties</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/twenties/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/twenties/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jul 2010 17:11:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Amy Weighs In]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This was a challenging week food and exercise-wise, so I'm surprised and happy to see that my body's still shedding unnecessary weight. It was my highest mileage week to date (21 miles over four days) and also the highest calorie-wise. I blame the graham crackers. ]]></description>
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		<title>Apple Crumble Nom.</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/apple-crumble-nom/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/apple-crumble-nom/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Jul 2010 19:28:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2771</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<a href="http://www.deliciousmagazine.co.uk/recipes/apple-crumble-tart">This is the recipe</a>. I didn't use puff pastry, and instead made a batch of pie dough from a Martha Stewart recipe, halving the butter. Because half a cup of butter is enough for a pie, right?  I'm sure there are more buttery pies out there, but it tasted fine to me. 

Blind baking ensured the crust didn't get soggy on the bottom. I highly recommend this technique.

Happy Fourth of July, everyone!]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Girlie&#8221; is not in our vocabulary.</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/girlie-is-not-in-our-vocabulary/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/girlie-is-not-in-our-vocabulary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jun 2010 16:40:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Be Well]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[exercise]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2745</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I was never the skinny kid. There are no old photos of me prancing around in a bikini. I always felt I was normal-sized, but I've always carried weight around my middle. I remember shopping for school clothes with my mother; I was in grade school at the time. I tried on a shirt that clung at my waist and showed my small rolls of fat. "Suck in your tummy," she would say. It stuck with me. I've been sucking in my tummy ever since.]]></description>
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		<title>Because I’ll try (almost) anything once</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/because-i%e2%80%99ll-try-almost-anything-once/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/because-i%e2%80%99ll-try-almost-anything-once/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:24:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Food]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[baking]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chocolate]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2717</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Life&#8217;s an adventure, right? Let&#8217;s add this recipe to the Tried Once and Never Again (especially since a good bar of bittersweet chocolate was sacrificed in the process). Brownies should taste like brownies, even if they&#8217;re low-fat or reduced calorie. Something came over me &#8212; a brownie fever &#8212; and it had been so long [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Suits, Cake, and Me Time</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/suits-cake-and-me-time/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/suits-cake-and-me-time/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:18:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[The Kid]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[sophie]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/?p=2707</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[April 3, 2008 was the last day I wore this suit, and not comfortably. It fits. Nicely. I never thought I'd get back into this suit. Okay, maybe not never, but I feared it might be eaten by moths by the time it happened. the same moths, by the way,  who have been munching on a few of my J.Crew cashmere sweaters. Let's just say I'm not feeling very charitable toward bugs at the moment.

It turned out I needed to lose 14 pounds. That's it! Why didn't I do this sooner? 
]]></description>
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		<title>Quinoa Salad with Spinach, Tomatoes and Feta</title>
		<link>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/quinoa-salad-with-spinach-tomatoes-and-feta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.thisnorthernlife.com/quinoa-salad-with-spinach-tomatoes-and-feta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jun 2010 05:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I can&#8217;t tell you if I&#8217;ve ever eaten quinoa before. It&#8217;s possible I&#8217;ve had it in something and didn&#8217;t know it, but I know I&#8217;ve certainly never made it myself. I&#8217;m starting to get a little bored with the food I&#8217;m keeping in my regular rotation. I mean, how many turkey burgers and spinach salads [...]]]></description>
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