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	<title>Bloggermoms &#187; Life as a mom</title>
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	<description>Enjoying life in multicultural mayhem</description>
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		<title>Baby Carrots</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Aug 2010 01:58:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a mom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I think it was Beverly Hills 90210 where I heard the term &#8216;cutie pie&#8217; used first. I did not particularly like the pie tail to that phrase. A pie did not look very fascinating, and certainly was not something I craved at that point. So I dismissed it as an American thing. I decided I would never [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The myth of unconditional love</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-myth-of-unconditional-love/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-myth-of-unconditional-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Featured Stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SAHMs Club]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Human relationships like a contract – we give our love to a person and at the same time we subconsciously place all kinds of expectations on that person which we want them to fulfill. And then when the other person fails to sufficiently satisfy our demands (which will definitely happen from time to time – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How does having children affect a marriage?</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/how-does-having-children-affect-a-marriage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/how-does-having-children-affect-a-marriage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 01 Aug 2010 02:30:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Munny</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Living in a new culture]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Does having children bring out differences in a marriage or make the marriage stronger?
Parenting today is a whole new ballgame compared to the yester year. Ones a child is born, couples spend more time with their children than by themselves &#8211; which can pull them apart and leave little time to connect to each other [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The less guitly sex</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-less-guitly-sex/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-less-guitly-sex/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:38:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chandana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SAHMs Club]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guilt]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Men]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sex]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Social expectations of what a mom is supposed to be hasn’t evolved since women have entered the workforce. We used to be expected to excel as moms. Now we are expected to excel both as mothers and career women.
Men traditionally were socialized to be breadwinners and excel at bringing home a paycheck. Dads, perhaps are [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cats at work</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/cats-at-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/cats-at-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 04:01:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms @ work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom funny stories]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[on ramping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[working mom]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[So my office is pretty casual. Shorts, T-shirts, even a flip flop or two. Track pants. I love that. So even though I am in office, I can still wear casual clothes and have not yet had to really update my wardrobe. But of course, I have had to make several other changes.
Most notably, abandon [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Forever 21 maternity line and mom vs. businesswoman</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/forever-21-maternity-line-and-mom-vs-businesswoman/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/forever-21-maternity-line-and-mom-vs-businesswoman/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Jul 2010 02:21:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forever 21 adds maternity line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[forever 21 maternity line]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was quite revolted by the thought of Forever 21 launching a maternity line, reports CNN. And then surprised at myself.  So am I a mom or a business woman?
As a business woman, I see nothing wrong. In fact, its even a good idea. An untapped market, a growing segment (pregnant teens) , a trend [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ruffle of Motherhood!</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/ruffle-of-motherhood/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/ruffle-of-motherhood/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jul 2010 21:13:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ketaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ketaki]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[These days having sound sleep at night seems like a mirage to me- something illusory and unattainable. Considering I have a 4 month old, I never imagined that I would get more then 2 at the maximum of 3 hours of sleep at a stretch. So I was mentally prepared for that. But recently our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom in Question &#8211; Sanjukta</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-sanjukta/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-sanjukta/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 23:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Bloggermoms</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mom in Question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanjukta]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sanjukta mom in question]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Name:  Sanjukta Banerjee 
Profession: Lecturer/ Department Coordinator &#38; Graduate Studies Coordinator at a leading University.
Kid: 1
Born and brought up:  Calcutta , India.
What did you find most interesting about the US when you came here? 
Freeways and how fast you can travel long distances, the natural flow of communications that one can initiate.
What struck you most when you started [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Mommy Connection</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-mommy-connection/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/the-mommy-connection/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jun 2010 03:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms Eye View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Life as a mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[life change as mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mommy connection]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bloggermoms.com/?p=4861</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[About five years ago, I became a mom. I know people say that you become a mom once you are pregnant, and I did everything I could to take care of my baby when he was inside me, but I think I really became a mom when he was born. Because being a mom is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mom in Question &#8211; Urmi</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-urmi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-urmi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 26 May 2010 15:04:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mom in Question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[bloggermoms]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[kolkata mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom in question]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Name: Urmi Nair
Profession: Service, Working with an Asset Management Company of a leading bank for the last six years, work includes managing the Customer Service and Operations, proposition of Eastern India.
Kid: 1 Daughter, Juhi, 5 years 5 months
How do you think being a mom has changed you?
Being a mom has made me into a complete [...]]]></description>
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		<title>In sickness and in health</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/in-sickness-and-in-health/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/in-sickness-and-in-health/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 03:59:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms Eye View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bloggermoms.com/?p=4795</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been away from the site forever it seems, except maybe to surface and comment briefly. The reason was that over the last two weeks or more, I have been very sick. It began as shivering and fever, which led to prescription antibiotics, which led to what may have been an allergic reaction or something [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>Self Publishing How To&#8217;s &#8211; Tips on Self Publishing Success</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/self-publishing-how-tos-tips-on-self-publishing-success/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/self-publishing-how-tos-tips-on-self-publishing-success/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 18 May 2010 14:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amrita Bakshi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mompreneurs]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[how to self publish]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lulu]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self publish books]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self publishing best practices]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self publishing how tos]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[self publishing to dos]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bloggermoms.com/?p=4789</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Self Publishing How To&#8217;s talk of a dream &#8211; want your book on Amazon or Barnes or Noble? Did you know you could pay some money you can sell your book on any online store worth its salt?Want to brand yourself as a published author? Impatient to get the world to hear you? Self Publishing [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
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		<title>I want Arnav!</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/i-want-arnav/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/i-want-arnav/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 15 May 2010 05:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>shirin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life as a mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[autism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[two babies]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bloggermoms.com/?p=4766</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want Arnav&#8221; &#8211; Three simple words uttered by my 4 yr old son Aadit on our drive back home from his preschool. Three words that made me tear up and smile at the same time! He misses his little brother; he cares!
Two amazing sentiments in the same day &#8211; how exciting! Earlier that morning, Aadit [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>15</slash:comments>
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		<title>Night-time Drama</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/night-time-drama/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/night-time-drama/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 May 2010 20:44:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ketaki</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms Eye View]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[second baby]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[toddler]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I was laughing at myself in the middle of the night. Here I was cramped between my daughter and our baby and I remembered a while ago I thought we are just blessed with a miracle of children who just sleep through the night peacefully. Our 2 year old daughter started sleeping in her room [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Office Politics</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/office-politics/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/office-politics/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Apr 2010 03:12:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amrita Bakshi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms @ work]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[office politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[political email]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[women and office politics]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.bloggermoms.com/?p=4626</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[What would office be without office politics and email ambushes? Clean, fun, productive? The kind of environment we all like to show up raring to go on Monday morning. Or is that a moot question, for politics is as much of human nature as communication is. Is the urge to rise up the corporate ladder [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mom in Question &#8211; Meenakshi</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-meenakshi/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-meenakshi/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 20:16:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mom in Question]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meenakshi]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[meenakshi uppala gunadawar]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mom in question]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Name: Meenakshi
Profession: Technical Reporting Specialist at a University
Kid: Rishi &#38; #2(on the way)
Born and Brought up: Vizag, India
Now living in: Memphis, TN
What did you find most interesting about the US when you moved here?
Driving to work and driving itself (no 4 gear shift) is a breeze; the fact you know exactly where your form is in [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
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		<title>To be together &#8230;&#8230;&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/to-be-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/to-be-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:35:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>indrani</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Moms Eye View]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The queue for the cab at the Mall was long like a serpent. It consisted mostly of women with big trolleys filled with grocery for the approaching weekend, so typical on a Friday morning. They were others who were on vacation and few old couple who having fulfilled their parental responsibilities now had the time [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>3</slash:comments>
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		<title>My internet fetish</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/my-internet-fetish/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/my-internet-fetish/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Apr 2010 02:56:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chandana</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[The Efficient Mom]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideas on saving money shopping online]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online discounts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[online sales]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Online.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[tips for online shopping]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web shopping discounts]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a consumer, I much prefer a virtual shopping cart to a real one. Out in the World Wide
Marketplace, anything I could possibly want is on sale somewhere. I have bought a range of things – from children’s bedding, which my local Walmart dosent carry to Indian costume jewellery which would otherwise have taken me [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
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		<title>Mom in Question &#8211; Sushmita</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-sushmita/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/mom-in-question-sushmita/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Khushi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Mom in Question]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Name:  Sushmita Samanta
Profession: Accountant/Auditor
Kids: Son – Rishi – 2 years
Born and brought up: Munger/Calcutta, India
What did you find most interesting about the US when you came here?
Not sure!!!
What struck you most when you started working here?
I was surprised by the level of informality in work place and the work hours. The way managers and staff members [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Five tips for a networking event</title>
		<link>http://www.bloggermoms.com/five-tips-for-a-networking-event/</link>
		<comments>http://www.bloggermoms.com/five-tips-for-a-networking-event/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 02:37:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amrita Bakshi</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[H-4 Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Moms @ work]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[H4 visa jobs &#8211; H4 visa volunteering &#8211; first job in the US. Chances are for each of these, you will need to do some amount of networking.  Though I have written about networking in my posts on H4 visa jobs or on the one on volunteer jobs on the H4 visa, I think it merits [...]]]></description>
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