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		<description><![CDATA[RECIPE TO FOLLOW___ Cooking has always been a huge part of my daily family routine.  I love to cook, and good nutrition and great flavor along with strict adherence to a family dinner hour have been priorities that have served us all well.  But my adjustment to the empty nest (and the lethargy and apathy that can go along with it) has dampened my "kitchen spirits" a bit. <img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emptynesta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9728152&amp;post=20&amp;subd=emptynesta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<description><![CDATA[I woke up in a sweat last night and as much as I&#8217;d like to blame it on hormones, I can&#8217;t.  This one is courtesy of my son&#8217;s last comments as we left him at his university dorm. He marveled at how weird it will be to see my husband and I every few months instead [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=emptynesta.wordpress.com&amp;blog=9728152&amp;post=9&amp;subd=emptynesta&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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