<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from momma-yaya.blog-city.com</title><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 momma-yaya.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:43:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from momma-yaya.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Future Blogables</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/future_blogables.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/future_blogables.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 08 Jun 2008 18:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=future%5Fblogables</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;m posting so infrequently these days that my browser doesn&#39;t remember my own URL. That&#39;s really sad.It&#39;s also really sad that I really don&#39;t have the time right now to blog. Busy busy busy I am.However, there is so much that I w]]></description></item><item><title>From Junie B. to Willie S., no problem</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/from_junie_b_to_willie_s_no_problem.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/from_junie_b_to_willie_s_no_problem.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 20 May 2008 04:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=from%5Fjunie%5Fb%5Fto%5Fwillie%5Fs%5Fno%5Fproblem</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Tonight we ran a few errands: first to McD&#39;s because I&#39;m recovering from a middle of the night mystery ailment (lots of pain that makes us suspect kidney stones, yikes, say no more) and I decided to use that fact to get out of cooking. Then t]]></description></item><item><title>Hail, Shrimp!</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/hail_shrimp.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/hail_shrimp.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Apr 2008 23:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=hail%5Fshrimp</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a shrimp:&nbsp;Today we learned that little E can safely eat them. She invented a dance during the four hours we spent at the allergist&#39;s office. In the dance she prances around the room bowing head and outstretched arms in praise and wor]]></description></item><item><title>Pokemon Boy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/pokemon_boy.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/pokemon_boy.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:05:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pokemon%5Fboy</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Games such as YuGiOh and Pokemon are really big among homeschooling boys; in fact it was a bunch of older homeschool boys who first gave J. their cast-off cards when he was 4, starting an obsession that I wasn&#39;t really keen on.The cards and their]]></description></item><item><title>Two teeth gone, whole new girl</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/two_teeth_gone_whole_new_girl.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/two_teeth_gone_whole_new_girl.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 12 Apr 2008 04:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=two%5Fteeth%5Fgone%5Fwhole%5Fnew%5Fgirl</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One day you have one loose tooth: And the next day, POOF! The tooth fairy is out a good chunk of change:How does one loose tooth turn into two-teeth-gone within 24 hours? Lots and lots of wiggling and jiggling, that&#39;s how. Because for some dumb r]]></description></item><item><title>self indulgence</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/self_indulgence.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/self_indulgence.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 04:17:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=self%5Findulgence</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This week we went out with the kids, after dark, to my alma mater , to indulge ourselves in loud raucous energetic percussive music by seeing ScrapArtsMusic . And we took a picture. And I&#39;m in it. And I figured out how to resize images. I know, w]]></description></item><item><title>Close your eyes . . .</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/close_your_eyes___.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/close_your_eyes___.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 18 Mar 2008 04:23:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=close%5Fyour%5Feyes%5F%5F%5F</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[It&#39;s been a long time since someone asked me to sing them to sleep. I&#39;m not much of a singer, believe me, but when the request comes I immediately begin:&nbsp;&quot;Close your eyes, and I&#39;ll sing you a song, Lullaby, sleep til morning com]]></description></item><item><title>Allergy News</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/allergy_news.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/allergy_news.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2008 03:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=allergy%5Fnews</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Don&#39;t have time to compose a fantastic new entry, so I&#39;ve copied the email I sent to family about our good allergy news for today:Today E had a Skin Prick Test (SPT) at the allergist&#39;s office. We were not seeing much promising news in the]]></description></item><item><title>Weasels home . . .</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/weasels_home___.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/weasels_home___.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 03:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=weasels%5Fhome%5F%5F%5F</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Nothing is more heartwarming than an orphan story with a happy ending. Well I&#39;ve got two of &#39;em. In exchange for kid elf slippers , I got the opportunity to adopt two adorable weasels into our home. I would have posted the news sooner, but I]]></description></item><item><title>Will make slippers for sweets . . .</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/will_make_slippers_for_sweets___.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/will_make_slippers_for_sweets___.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=will%5Fmake%5Fslippers%5Ffor%5Fsweets%5F%5F%5F</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My latest exchange is so SWEET! And it&#39;s also a secret (shhh!)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I made elf slippers in exchange for an amazing collection of FELT86 &#39;s Sweet Treats , absolutely perfect for my allergic da]]></description></item><item><title>The great slipper exchange . . .</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/the_great_slipper_exchange___.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/the_great_slipper_exchange___.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2008 05:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fgreat%5Fslipper%5Fexchange%5F%5F%5F</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This is a first in the ongoing story of all the great stuff I&#39;m getting for knitting elf slippers for trade. The etsy shop  is actually doing pretty well, with fair viewing traffic and 2 actual sales thus far, but the deals in trading are even be]]></description></item><item><title>Elf feet</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/elf_feet.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/elf_feet.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:16:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=elf%5Ffeet</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I made some felted slippers as gifts at Christmas and was reminded of how very much I love making them, so I&#39;ve decided to get felting and maybe see if I can sell a few on etsy to recoup my recent yarn expenditures. But first, I wanted to make a]]></description></item><item><title>How to start a new year</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/how_to_start_a_new_year.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/how_to_start_a_new_year.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=how%5Fto%5Fstart%5Fa%5Fnew%5Fyear</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;d have to say that sitting in front of a fire knitting while your kids play nicely in the basement is a fantastic way to start a new year. That&#39;s just what I got to do today, courtesy of my friend who has both a fireplace and a basement. Si]]></description></item><item><title>New Year a Day Away . . . uh-oh</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/new_year_a_day_away____uhoh.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/new_year_a_day_away____uhoh.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=new%5Fyear%5Fa%5Fday%5Faway%5F%5F%5F%5Fuhoh</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With 2008 looming, resolutions are on my mind. So, here are a few of them, in no particular order:*Stick to our homeschooling schedule better. December took me by surprise: how easy it was for everything to fly out the window, how terribly distracted]]></description></item><item><title>Breaking my no-post streak</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/breaking_my_nopost_streak.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/breaking_my_nopost_streak.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 29 Nov 2007 23:37:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=breaking%5Fmy%5Fnopost%5Fstreak</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[While many bloggers have been posting every single day this month, I have not. 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So I was panicked because I agreed to it, all the neighbor kids were expecting i]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;Better than Halloween!&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/better_than_halloween.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/better_than_halloween.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 28 Oct 2007 19:07:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=better%5Fthan%5Fhalloween</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[That&#39;s just what my kids said after we attended a food-free, candy-free Halloween party yesterday. It was sponsored by a local allergy support group. I rushed to join up after this great event.The majority of the kids there were quite younger tha]]></description></item><item><title>This is just to say . . .</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/this_is_just_to_say___.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/this_is_just_to_say___.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 20 Oct 2007 03:08:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=this%5Fis%5Fjust%5Fto%5Fsay%5F%5F%5F</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve been sick for the last week, so I didn&#39;t get around to saying this important thing: My son is fantastic, and the fact that I&#39;m getting around to understanding that is one of the greatest gifts of our homeschool experience.It seems th]]></description></item><item><title>Slow Days</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/slow_days.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/slow_days.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 09 Oct 2007 18:39:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=slow%5Fdays</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Not every homeschool day turns into a raging debate about pig farming, but if we&#39;re not debating something that&#39;s usually because it&#39;s a slow day. Not surprisingly, I tend to welcome slow days. Yesterday was a slow day, and today is too.Y]]></description></item><item><title>Pig Farming, 101</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/pig_farming_101.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/pig_farming_101.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 02 Oct 2007 03:49:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=pig%5Ffarming%5F101</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[The fly on the wall (and probably the neighbors) got to hear this today:Me: Time to do the writing assignment, which question do you want to work with?Him: I&#39;ll do both.Me: Really? 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It was the perfect solution to a couple of problems,]]></description></item><item><title>Sweet &amp; Sour Momma</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/sweet__sour_momma.htm</guid><link>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/sweet__sour_momma.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 21 Aug 2007 07:35:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://momma-yaya.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sweet%5F%5Fsour%5Fmomma</comments><dc:creator>Momma-YaYa</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I&#39;ve got a picky eater with a gazillion allergies. I&#39;ve also got a gluten-intolerant child who eats like a horse and refuses to forgive me if I ever mess up a recipe. 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