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		<title>The Year in Review</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Dec 2008 14:37:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This post can take many forms.  I may talk about the world view in review but the original intent is to review the aspirations I have set for myself for this year that is soon coming to a close. There were a lot of areas that I wanted to improve on for 2008.  There were [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=1503&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>How do you exercise your brain?</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/08/06/how-do-you-exercise-your-brain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Aug 2008 11:39:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We all spend a lot of time &#8211; because it is in the news a lot or because we care about our quality of life &#8211; worrying about exercising our bodies, making our bodies more fit and ready for aging (okay, so the teenager that exercises regularly probably doesn&#8217;t think of that).  The question today [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=697&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Book Review &#8211; Three Cups of Tea</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/08/03/book-review-three-cups-of-tea/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Aug 2008 22:04:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I started reading Three Cups of Tea as I took my 17 year old son for what we both hoped was his last orthopedist&#8217;s appointment due to a broken ankle.  I had picked it up in my summer reading pile.  I have read many books about life in the Middle East but most of my [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=691&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Hammered Copper</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 12:08:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another process from Julia Andrus&#8217;s Paper Transformed is hammered copper (or gold or silver or probably bronze).  I love the look of this technique and tried it on a couple heart diecuts.  The diecuts are from a Sizzix die.  The copper used is Pearl Ex.<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=559&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Patina</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jun 2008 10:56:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Patina &#8211; by definition &#8211; is a film or incrustation, usually green, produced by oxidation on the surface of old bronze and often esteemed as being of ornamental value.   I have always loved those &#8220;fake&#8221; patinas that artists create.  I was so excited when I saw that learning to create a patina look was one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=555&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Sand in Gesso</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/06/24/sand-in-gesso/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As those of you who visit often might recall, I am doing a year long workshop based on Mary Todd Beam&#8217;s book Celebrate Your Creative Self.  I am tad bit behind the group but was catching up by doing a painting using sand in gesso. I agree with Todd Beam in that the one thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=548&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Reading</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/06/17/summer-reading/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not only do I love to read, I really think that is what summers are all about &#8211; friends, family, maybe a beach or two, tons of music and good reads! Some of my favorite summer reads have been discovered by accident.  I love Jimmy Buffet&#8217;s novels.  Two summers ago was the discovery of this [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=501&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>GPP Street Team Crusade #21 &#8211; Irresistible!</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/06/12/gpp-street-team-crusade-21-irresistible/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:27:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Every month I look forward to my visit to Michelle Ward&#8217;s GPP Street Team blog so that I can see what Michelle has come up with for the crusade of the month.  Last month it was paper casting which is something I love.  This month it is IRRESISTIBLE &#8211; wax resist!  I set off to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=484&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Movie Time</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/05/09/summer-movie-time/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:28:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have to admit that I am a huge &#8220;Sex and the City&#8221; fan.  I never watched it when it was on HBO as I didn&#8217;t have HBO but my daughter would watch it at friends&#8217; homes.  We would rent the season&#8217;s DVDs and watch an entire season at a time.  I still watch the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=410&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebrate Your Creative Self &#8211; Seascape</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2008/04/22/celebrate-your-creative-self-seascape/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Apr 2008 17:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the workshop I am doing this year that is working the way through Mary Todd Beam&#8217;s Celebrate Your Creative Self, we are working on a seascape this month.  I have been behind due to some unforeseen and some foreseen life circumstances.  I just started mine today.  This post will be a continuing one with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&#038;blog=2414800&#038;post=403&#038;subd=momto6&#038;ref=&#038;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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