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 <title>Savvy Mom Entrepreneur Award</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thestayathomemother.com/sites/default/files/u3/working_mom.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;working mom&quot; title=&quot;working mom&quot; width=&quot;220&quot; height=&quot;146&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;Are you a mom who has found a way to work from home or have your own storefront and have been in business for more than a year?  If yes -  then you may want to check this out.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;The&lt;strong&gt; Savvy Mom Enterpreneur Award &lt;/strong&gt;is coming around this year again - so if you think you may qualify and are a mom-run business, then you have to get involved...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestayathomemother.com/node/262&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 02 Jul 2008 15:34:18 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Happy Canada Day!</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thestayathomemother.com/sites/default/files/u3/canada_day_graphics_04.gif&quot; alt=&quot;Canada Day&quot; title=&quot;Canada Day&quot; width=&quot;187&quot; height=&quot;187&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;I am very excited about &lt;strong&gt;Canada Day&lt;/strong&gt; today.  I am definately, without a doubt, a very proud Canadian. We have so much to be proud of and honestly, don&amp;#39;t you think that Canada is a wonderful place to live?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;I feel especially privledged to live here in British Columbia as I am originally from the prairies and having the ocean and mountains so close, has always made me feel like I hit the &amp;quot;jackpot&amp;quot;....&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestayathomemother.com/node/261&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:43:58 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Saying Goodbye to Preschool</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thestayathomemother.com/sites/default/files/u3/Preschool_logo.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;preschool&quot; title=&quot;preschool&quot; width=&quot;227&quot; height=&quot;227&quot; align=&quot;right&quot; /&gt;So the end has finally arrived for my son today at preschool.  It was the school&amp;#39;s picnic end for parents and students.  And although I knew this day was coming for quite some time, and prepared myself for the emotions I knew I would have, it still wasn&amp;#39;t easy to say goodbye to two years of preschool, that gave my son so much.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;And it wasn&amp;#39;t just about saying goodbye to the school - but to the teacher, parents and friends my son has made...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestayathomemother.com/node/259&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:05:22 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>The Summer Dilemma</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thestayathomemother.com/sites/default/files/u3/Summer_Mom.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Summer Mom&quot; title=&quot;Summer Mom&quot; width=&quot;206&quot; height=&quot;138&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;With summer officially here, I am amazed at how many parents have found themselves completely unprepared for it.  &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;You know, I &amp;quot;get it&amp;quot; how inconvenient it is for parents who work full-time to find child-care for their child(ren), but why are there  headline stories in major papers across Canada, that read &lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;strong&gt;What are Parents going to do with their children over summer?&amp;quot;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt; &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Shouldn&amp;#39;t the headlines read &amp;quot;&lt;em&gt;&lt;strong&gt;The problem with our society today when having our children at-home is a problem?&amp;quot;.....&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestayathomemother.com/node/258&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 23 Jun 2008 03:19:48 -0600</pubDate>
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 <title>Planning a Family Vacation?</title>
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&lt;p&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://thestayathomemother.com/sites/default/files/u3/FlipperBaby.jpg&quot; alt=&quot;Child on Vacation&quot; title=&quot;Child on Vacation&quot; width=&quot;104&quot; height=&quot;157&quot; align=&quot;left&quot; /&gt;This Thursday, I will be appearing on &lt;a href=&quot;http://www.citytv.com/vancouver/tvshows_breakfasttelevision.aspx&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Breakfast Television&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/a&gt; to discuss some tips for vacationing with young children.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;With school almost over and many families taking vacation (including my own) I thought this segment would be timely.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;There are things that I have learned as a mother through my own personal experiences, and things that I have picked up along the way from other moms too...&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.thestayathomemother.com/node/257&quot;&gt;read more&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 01:19:29 -0600</pubDate>
 <dc:creator>kelley</dc:creator>
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