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	<title>The Artist Formerly Known As Lonna Cottrell</title>
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		<title>Mali&#8217;s Mouth</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2012 23:47:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[my step-dad's a freakin' vampire]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Comments from my twelve year old girl My husband: &#8220;Lonna. What size shirt are you? A medium?&#8221; Me: &#8220;Yes. I am a medium.&#8221; Mali: &#8220;Cool! What am I thinking right now?&#8221; “I just took a fart.” &#8220;You know what&#8217;s weird? &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6542">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>For Red Necks, Life&#8217;s a Bitch then You Marry One</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Nov 2012 05:45:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Familial Fragments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After reading this week&#8217;s Theme Thursday homework, depression set in. The topic: My biggest vacation disaster. Despite being on this planet for nearly 4 decades, my life&#8217;s been sheltered. I haven’t visited as many places as I had planned; therefore I &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6482">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Girl, a Friday Night at Home, and My Camera</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Nov 2012 23:55:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[wordless wednesday]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I present you with what happens when my twelve year old daughter becomes bored. In honor of World Toilet Day, here&#8217;s Princess Poopy.    ]]></description>
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		<title>Theme Thursday: One Ideal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 20:37:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Theme Thursdays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ideals]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week&#8217;s Theme Thursday homework: If you could impress one lesson, ideal, or moral on your children, what would it be? Just one? I&#8217;ve been trying to choke them with twelve hundred thousand Duggarillion. How am I going to pick one?  I was at &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6364">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Diagnosis Midlife Crisis</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6187</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 03:01:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[My Torturous Thoughts]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This occurred 10-04-2012 The physicians mentioned below have no affiliation with my place of employment. If they did, I couldn&#8217;t blog about my visit. For this privilege, my copay&#8217;s $25. Their names have been substituted with members of The Monkees for obvious reasons. Tediously stuffing &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6187">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: My Husband&#8217;s Past Life As Burgerlicious</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6344</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 14 Nov 2012 01:25:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[wordless wednesday]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[lindsay lohan]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[While rummaging through/snooping/sorting through the stuff my husband kept as a bachelor, I found this gem. This captures his pre-Cottrell-Thompson life perfectly. This piece of artwork will be framed and hung in our kitchen.]]></description>
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		<title>Simon says&#8230;(again)&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Nov 2012 01:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Words of wisdom from a four year old Me: &#8220;Simon! Stop flopping around your Leapster case! And stop flopping around your Leapster! If you break it, you’re not getting another one! That is an expensive piece of electrical equipment!&#8221; Simon: &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6301">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: An Ode to Decorative Trash Cans</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6303</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Nov 2012 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a friend&#8217;s house this weekend, my 12 year old daughter did this: (I had instructed her NOT to use my friend&#8217;s bathroom trash can because it was only for decorative purposes) Then she took pictures, removed the evidence, and &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6303">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Surviving Hurricane Insert Mother-in-law&#8217;s Name Here</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6250</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Nov 2012 17:14:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Familial Fragments]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was unaware that the Cottrell-Thompson&#8217;s would emerge from this storm relatively unscathed. No trees hit any of our belongings. No loss of power. Only minor basement flooding. And mental trauma. The news showed this hurricane going right over our undisclosed &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6250">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Wordless Wednesday: Maxwell&#8217;s First Haircut</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6239</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Oct 2012 05:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<title>My Biggest Parenting Fail EVER</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5988</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2012 01:26:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Familial Fragments]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[eating disorder]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief, I am not perfect. My flaws (albeit few) do exist. I occasionally misplace my keys, pour formula in my coffee, shred birth certificates, and make parental mistakes. Currently, Simon’s in recovery from his eating disorder. Perpetual &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5988">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>A Young Woman’s Guide: How to Stalk Responsibly</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6117</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Oct 2012 14:51:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recent occurrences have reminded me of my past adventures. My 12 year old daughter (Mali) and her best friend (referred to as Fate) deeply concern me. They are dealing with their crushes on Amadeus in an entirely inappropriate and familiar manner. &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6117">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>My Daughter Is in Love with Herself. Really.</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6062</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Oct 2012 01:12:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*some names have been changed to protect the innocent, my daughter’s budding social life, and prevent future law suits. Any remote fears of my twelve year old daughter developing low self-esteem dissolved the second she showed me pictures of this school &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=6062">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Jesus is my godfather! I have proof!</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5983</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2012 01:19:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Simon&#8217;s baby book has given me ulcers since the day it was given to me shortly after becoming his legal mother last December.  Other than the inscription (To our first grandson-we love you and cherish you always. Love-Grandpa, Grandma), the &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5983">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>Born on the 11th of September</title>
		<link>http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5923</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Sep 2012 23:10:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lonna</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[*Most of my writings are strung together in a way that hopefully produces laughs. For obvious reasons, this one was not. I&#8217;m fortunate. I look fondly back on a day that makes most Americans cringe. My daughter Amalia was born &#8230; <a href="http://www.lonnacottrell.com/?p=5923">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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