<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878477253854014926</id><updated>2011-04-21T18:55:46.516-07:00</updated><title type='text'>random thoughts</title><subtitle type='html'></subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3878477253854014926/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Musings of Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07713827012974717586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SPPkbHkIDrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qII3dcuzvao/S220/sheep.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>2</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878477253854014926.post-2656221118923070084</id><published>2008-10-29T12:11:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-29T12:36:21.572-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Ariya's Birthday Bash</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6sIa1JGI/AAAAAAAAABI/42GxPqhPIQk/s1600-h/Picture+037.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6sIa1JGI/AAAAAAAAABI/42GxPqhPIQk/s320/Picture+037.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262661431919453282" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6r-LmALI/AAAAAAAAABA/NSYvFdO6bsc/s1600-h/Picture+036.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6r-LmALI/AAAAAAAAABA/NSYvFdO6bsc/s320/Picture+036.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262661429171191986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6riVfoTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/UuKD0bcLuCc/s1600-h/Picture+035.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6riVfoTI/AAAAAAAAAA4/UuKD0bcLuCc/s320/Picture+035.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262661421696524594" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6rAuq0aI/AAAAAAAAAAw/w6apbaYrrC8/s1600-h/Picture+031.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6rAuq0aI/AAAAAAAAAAw/w6apbaYrrC8/s320/Picture+031.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262661412675309986" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6qZuDawI/AAAAAAAAAAo/PY9XKR5BJqU/s1600-h/Picture+028.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6qZuDawI/AAAAAAAAAAo/PY9XKR5BJqU/s320/Picture+028.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262661402203745026" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;We had a birthday party for Ariya on Sunday. It was a Halloween themed bash, and all the kids who came, dressed up in their costumes. Ariya was her current favorite sesame street character, Abby Cadabby. We put the costume on and she bawled. I thought she would like to see herself dressed as Abby, but for some reason she protested. After awhile she got used to the idea and loved it. All the kids who came looked adorable. She now has more toys than I know what to do with. Christmas is right around the corner too. I wish we had an extra room to make into a play room so her room and our living room didn't look like a toys 'r' us. I think I'm gonna have to go through them and put all the toys she has grown out of away. I just went through all of her clothes and organized them seasonally and put away all the ones she has grown out of. It's kind of sad when I look at clothes that used to fit 6 months ago and realize how much she has grown. My baby is 2 already. It's gone by so fast. But it's also exciting to see her grow and learn new things. I am amazed every day at the things she can do.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3878477253854014926-2656221118923070084?l=melbmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/2656221118923070084/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/ariyas-birthday-bash.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3878477253854014926/posts/default/2656221118923070084'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3878477253854014926/posts/default/2656221118923070084'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/ariyas-birthday-bash.html' title='Ariya&apos;s Birthday Bash'/><author><name>Musings of Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07713827012974717586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SPPkbHkIDrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qII3dcuzvao/S220/sheep.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SQi6sIa1JGI/AAAAAAAAABI/42GxPqhPIQk/s72-c/Picture+037.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3878477253854014926.post-3257847352174327416</id><published>2008-10-13T15:24:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2008-10-13T16:25:40.041-07:00</updated><title type='text'>I'll join the bandwagon</title><content type='html'>&lt;span style="color: rgb(51, 204, 0);"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family:georgia;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"&gt;Here goes nothing. My first blog post ever. I hate the phrase "do you blog?" but I may find myself saying it now. I seem to be doing a lot of things I said I would never do lately, but more on those things later. so this concludes my first post, many more to come... &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3878477253854014926-3257847352174327416?l=melbmusings.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/feeds/3257847352174327416/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/ill-join-bandwagon.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3878477253854014926/posts/default/3257847352174327416'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/3878477253854014926/posts/default/3257847352174327416'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://melbmusings.blogspot.com/2008/10/ill-join-bandwagon.html' title='I&apos;ll join the bandwagon'/><author><name>Musings of Melanie</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/07713827012974717586</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='26' src='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_dUIxY_OYciY/SPPkbHkIDrI/AAAAAAAAAAM/qII3dcuzvao/S220/sheep.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry></feed>
