<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	xmlns:georss="http://www.georss.org/georss" xmlns:geo="http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Nicki&#039;s Thoughts, Art &#38; Friends</title>
	<atom:link href="http://nickisnook.net/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://nickisnook.net</link>
	<description>Just the words that come to my mind and the art that comes from my mind</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:42 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.com/</generator>
<cloud domain='nickisnook.net' port='80' path='/?rsscloud=notify' registerProcedure='' protocol='http-post' />
<image>
		<url>http://1.gravatar.com/blavatar/3b00da8ac155d747a5d157c14134bce9?s=96&#038;d=http%3A%2F%2Fs2.wp.com%2Fi%2Fbuttonw-com.png</url>
		<title>Nicki&#039;s Thoughts, Art &#38; Friends</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net</link>
	</image>
	<atom:link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" href="http://nickisnook.net/osd.xml" title="Nicki&#039;s Thoughts, Art &#38; Friends" />
	<atom:link rel='hub' href='http://nickisnook.net/?pushpress=hub'/>
		<item>
		<title>Mr. Gingrich</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/27/mr-gingrich/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/27/mr-gingrich/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:00:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[presidential primaries]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Speaker Gingrich]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6397</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What makes Newt Gingrich electable? While Mr. Gingrich is known, and has proven that he still is, as a great debater, being able to deflect rhetoric and talk in a controlled environment does not indicate someone who is able to govern a country. Gingrich would respond with the fact that he did govern when he [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6397&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/27/mr-gingrich/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Moderation</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/26/moderation/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/26/moderation/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:00:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bob Schieffer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[conservative]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Face the Nation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[liberal]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[moderate]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6391</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday, January 22, Bob Schieffer did a commentary on definitions during his 30 minute Face the Nation program. Earlier in the program, he spoke at length with South Carolina primary winner Newt Gingrich. The commentary did not reflect on Speaker Gingrich but was about politics. Schieffer discussed the labels used in politics: moderate, liberal, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6391&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/26/moderation/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hydration Goal</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/25/hydration-goal/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/25/hydration-goal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:41:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[hydration]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[problems]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[seasons]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6388</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[There are so many ways that dehydration effects people. Unfortunately, we are all more or less dehydrated. During warm months, I do not find it hard to be sure that I am getting enough fluids. Once the heat leaves &#8211; which can be any time after mid-September &#8211; and is gone to stay, I find [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6388&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/25/hydration-goal/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>

		<media:content url="http://momto6.files.wordpress.com/2012/01/glass-of-water.jpg?w=276" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">glass-of-water</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Get Lighter!</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/20/get-lighter/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/20/get-lighter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:57:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[get lighter]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resolutions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6385</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Get lighter!! This is the motto for 2012&#8230;lighter, lighter, lighter. We can all do it. And, it will apply to all different parts of our lives. See my goals for this new year. Body/Fitness/Health Lose 25 pounds. My son is getting married in August so ultimately, I would love to have this goal achieved by [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6385&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/20/get-lighter/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>By the Numbers</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/19/by-the-numbers/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/19/by-the-numbers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Jan 2012 11:00:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fitness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2011]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[review]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[running]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6382</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I realize that my year in review talked about my running last year. Then, I finally got some stats from last year via email from Dailymile.com (thanks, guys!). I now can look at this second full year of running and racing from a numbers point of view. Having always been very good at math, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6382&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/19/by-the-numbers/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Weather and Health</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/18/weather-and-health/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/18/weather-and-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:00:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[cold]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[virus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[weather]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[winter]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6376</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Winter weather has finally hit the area I live in. By last year, the school was running out of snow days and the number of two hour delays that had occurred were plentiful. Districts in my area were wondering what they were going to do with February, which is routinely a worse month than January. [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6376&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/18/weather-and-health/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>2012 GOP Primary</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/17/2012-gop-primary/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/17/2012-gop-primary/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 17:08:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[caucus]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gop]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[primary]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6378</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been watching the GOP presidential primaries and caucuses with interest. I am not a registered Republican. I do find the primary/caucus/nomination process amazing, though. I am particularly interested in this year’s GOP as there is an incumbent president of the opposing party who is running for reelection. I realize that as a country [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6378&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/17/2012-gop-primary/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Unplugged Life</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/11/the-unplugged-life/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/11/the-unplugged-life/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 11:00:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[connectedness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[internet]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[unplugging]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been trying an unplugged life. This type of living is very odd for me. Let me explain. Back in October, I gave up on Time Warner. We no longer have the digital phone or the broadband internet or cable television. This has been a hard thing to adjust to for me. I didn’t [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6373&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/11/the-unplugged-life/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Single Parent Christmas</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/10/single-parent-christmas/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/10/single-parent-christmas/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 11:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[children]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[christmas]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[single parent]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6370</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you ever wonder what single parents do on holidays? I know my experience is not typical. I spent the first ten to twelve years my ex and I were separated having him to dinner and my house Christmas morning. We waited, all but stockings, for him to come over so he was with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6370&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/10/single-parent-christmas/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
		<item>
		<title>Resolutions</title>
		<link>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/09/resolutions-2/</link>
		<comments>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/09/resolutions-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Nicki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Just my Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2012]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[aspirations]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[goals]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[resolutions]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://nickisnook.net/?p=6365</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you make New Year’s resolutions? What is so special, other than the term new year would indicate a fresh slate, about January 1st? I realize that having a new calendar makes my life seem like I am getting a fresh start. I also realize that tradition dictates that I make resolutions. Yet, as is [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=nickisnook.net&amp;blog=2414800&amp;post=6365&amp;subd=momto6&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://nickisnook.net/2012/01/09/resolutions-2/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
	
		<media:content url="http://0.gravatar.com/avatar/abbd70850fbb3e77731a56af08e25fb3?s=96&#38;d=identicon&#38;r=G" medium="image">
			<media:title type="html">momto6</media:title>
		</media:content>
	</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
