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	<title>Why Do I Bother? &#187; Love and Marriage</title>
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		<title>Scratching, Belching and Farting</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2007/02/15/scratching-belching-and-farting/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2007/02/15/scratching-belching-and-farting/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:34:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel comes back this Saturday and I&#8217;m sure she is expecting to find a huge mess.  She predicted that with her gone I would quickly revert to [tag]bachelorhood[/tag] as most men do when the boss &#8230; err wife is away.  But I have not devolved into that primitive state.  I remain as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mel Leaves For Japan</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/07/31/mel-leaves-for-japan/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Aug 2006 02:21:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel left this afternoon for her annual trip to [tag]Japan[/tag].  Actually, it&#8217;s not to Japan every year but this is the third year in a row that she has gone there.
It is very hard to be away from her.  I was telling her via AIM that I find myself wishing that we had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Night To Ourselves</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/04/16/a-night-to-ourselves/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Apr 2006 06:08:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Easter]]></category>
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My brother and his wife cooked dinner for us today, [tag]Easter[/tag].  It was very good.  He marinated 3 butterflied legs of [tag]lamb[/tag] in different marinades then grilled them today.  I love lamb.
It was also nice to see the whole [tag]family[/tag] together today.  That doesn&#8217;t happen very often these days.  It [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where Have You Been?</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/04/13/where-have-you-been/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/04/13/where-have-you-been/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Apr 2006 16:33:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mentoring]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[School]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a long week. and it just got started.  I usually get about 3 or 4 posts out during the week, but I seem to be slacking a bit this week.  Let me tell you what happened.
Monday morning, Bryan and I went to the [tag]casino[/tag] in [tag]Grande Ronde[/tag].  We had [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home Again, Home Again</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/28/home-again-home-again/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/28/home-again-home-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Mar 2006 15:42:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Sadly, we have returned from our weekend at [tag]Breitenbush[/tag] [tag]Hot Springs[/tag].  If you live anywhere near this area at all, I really recommend that you take a weekend and go.  They have cabins for rent that we have stayed in on other trips, but this year we stayed in a [tag]cabin[/tag] nearby that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Please Leave a Message After the Tone</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/25/please-leave-a-message-after-the-tone/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/25/please-leave-a-message-after-the-tone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 25 Mar 2006 15:28:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Announcements]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Finally, Mel and I are taking a much needed break from work and getting away for the [tag]weekend[/tag].  This time [tag]together[/tag]!  
We are borrowing a [tag]cabin[/tag] in the [tag]mountain[/tag] from some friends and getting out of here.  It&#8217;s very near our favorite [tag]hot springs[/tag] where we will be spending much of our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just So She Knows</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/12/just-so-she-knows/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/03/12/just-so-she-knows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Mar 2006 23:13:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>

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I [tag]love[/tag] her because she knows me.  She knows what I&#8217;m thinking before I do sometimes.  She can [tag]support[/tag] me, or hold me [tag]accountable[/tag] right where it counts.  And just at the right time.
I love her because she [tag]trust[/tag]s me.  She knows when I [tag]believe[/tag] in something and she lets me [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another Weekend Alone</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/19/another-weekend-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/19/another-weekend-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2006 06:45:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
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[tag]Mel[/tag] is out of town again until Tuesday.  She left Thursday afternoon for a [tag]conference[/tag] in [tag]Chicago[/tag].  By now I should be used to her being away on trips, but it never really becomes easy.  I&#8217;m sleeping alone in a bed that is uncomfortable even when she is here.  I have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lenny Kravitz and Aerosmith, What a Show!</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/14/lenny-kravitz-and-aerosmith-what-a-show/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/14/lenny-kravitz-and-aerosmith-what-a-show/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Feb 2006 04:16:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Just For Fun]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Reviews]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Valentine's Day]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[[tag]Mel[/tag] and I went to see a [tag]concert[/tag] last night that we have been looking forward to for a long time, [tag]Lenny Kravitz[/tag] and [tag]Aerosmith[/tag].  It was an early [tag]Valentine&#8217;s Day[/tag] [tag]date[/tag].  I&#8217;m an Aerosmith [tag]fan[/tag] which is why I got the [tag]tickets[/tag] as soon as they became available.  Mel is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Back to Blogging</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/09/back-to-blogging/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/09/back-to-blogging/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Feb 2006 05:31:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Family]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Home]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve devoted a lot of space on my [tag]blog[/tag] lately to anything but blogging.  Not that I&#8217;m not still concerned about [tag]traffic[/tag], or my renters, or [tag]Wordpress[/tag] updates, but there are more important things going on that I seem to be avoiding.  Like what?
Like the [tag]house[/tag] for example.  Did you know that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>5 Years</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/01/5-years/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/02/01/5-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 18:23:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Anniversary]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Holidays]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Memories]]></category>

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[tag]February 2[/tag]nd, [tag]Groundhog Day[/tag], is the 5th [tag]anniversary[/tag] of our [tag]first date[/tag].  I remember it well, and fondly, but I have no idea why Mel decided that night that I was [tag]the one[/tag] for her.  Had I known she was mentally ill I might have [tag]sabotage[/tag]d more than I did.
Mel and I were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Exercise Is For Fat People</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/28/exercise-is-for-fat-people/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/28/exercise-is-for-fat-people/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2006 05:22:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mel and I made it to the [tag]gym[/tag] this morning, that&#8217;s twice this week so far and I promised to go again tomorrow.  [tag]Exercise[/tag] is a wonderful thing, at least that&#8217;s what I&#8217;m told.  I don&#8217;t know why I hate it so much.  Hopefully I will grow to love the gym as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Walking the Wife</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/16/walking-the-wife/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/16/walking-the-wife/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2006 18:57:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Mel is feeling much better.  It&#8217;s amazing to me how quickly the body can recover from injury.  Her surgery was pretty invasive, but already she is up walking around and even showering.  She still needs help from time to time, but she is doing very well.
It&#8217;s a good thing, too.  I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home, Safe and Sound</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/10/home-safe-and-sound/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/10/home-safe-and-sound/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2006 23:52:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Love and Marriage]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Mel made it home safe and sound.  She&#8217;s recovering now but it will be a couple weeks before she can return to work.  She&#8217;s very sore and pretty tired, but the boredom is already getting to her.  It hasn&#8217;t even been a full day at home yet.  
We cleaned up the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Week Off</title>
		<link>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/07/a-week-off/</link>
		<comments>http://whydoibother.com/2006/01/07/a-week-off/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:13:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeffrey</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Health]]></category>
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Mel goes in for surgery monday afternoon.  I will leave it to her to tell you what it&#8217;s all about, but I will say that it&#8217;s not a life threatening sort of thing.  Well, surgery is always dangerous but what I mean is she is not have surgery to correct something life threatening.
We [...]]]></description>
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