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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Jan 2012 13:06:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’m India bound. February 8 I will board a plane that will send me halfway around the world and approximately 8,226 miles from home. This trip is the culmination of a journey that began just over a year ago, when I first started developing communications for As Our Own. I didn’t realize that working for [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3363&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Word Wednesday: Metonym vs. Synonym</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:29:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Happy Thesaurus Day! Today is the day we observe the word treasury that was written by Peter Roget, born January 18, 1779. Roget’s Thesaurus was first published in April 1852, which begs the question: What did writers do to find synonyms before then?! I, for one, am happy to be living on this side of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3356&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Knowing and Not Knowing</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 15:15:51 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Snow has finally descended upon us here in central Illinois. It was late coming. The snowy streets make for unpleasant driving (and running!) conditions, but there is something calming about it. Landscapes cloaked in sparkly white whisper, “Hush, be still.” And so I did just that—I watched the flakes fall and gather, building up along [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3351&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Heart-Body Connection</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 16:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hey, gals, this week’s Mixed Signals column over at Christ and Pop Culture is all about our obsession with weight, body image, and character—and how companies attempt to help us in our pursuit. Special K cereal has a new campaign addressing these things. It&#8217;s called &#8220;What Will You Gain When You Lose?&#8221; I’m wondering . [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3347&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Word Wednesday: Geek vs. Nerd</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2012/01/11/which-word-wednesday-geek-vs-nerd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:27:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erinstraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in junior high and high school, TV shows and movies highlighted the awkward lives of the socially inept. These were lovable-yet-dorky characters like Sarah Jessica Parker’s Patty Greene in Square Pegs. At that time, being nerdy or geeky was not something to strive for. Today, being quirky in a nerdy or geeky [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3335&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>2011 Adventures at The Patch</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2012/01/06/2011-adventures-at-the-patch/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Jan 2012 15:25:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>erinstraza</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Writing a recap post each year gives me a chance to review my blog and remember what I wrote about and what my life was like during the past twelve months. The words I would use to describe 2011 are travel, running, and writing. The three are connected: I traveled a lot, some because of [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3317&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Word Wednesday: Epee vs. Foil</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2012/01/04/which-word-wednesday-epee-vs-foil/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:39:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over the Christmas holiday, I got to visit with my honorary niece (hey Miss Hannah!) who is home from college. She mentioned that she is giving the fencing team a go, and that led to a discussion about the swords. Both épée and foil are common crossword puzzle answers, so I was familiar with the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3281&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Bible Reading Based on Alliteration</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2011/12/30/bible-reading-based-on-alliteration/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 31 Dec 2011 03:55:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Each year I include Bible reading goals in my New Year’s resolutions. I am always excited about digging into the Word and meeting my God for a feast in the year to come. Some people may think that starting a Bible reading plan on January 1 is trite. Lots of people give the read-the-Bible-in-a-year a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3273&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>For the Tomorrows of 2012</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2011/12/30/for-the-tomorrows-of-2012/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 20:54:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[How grateful I am to have a few days this week to decompress! I get to read, rest, reflect—three of my favorite R-word activities! It seems that 2011 was in short supply of all these, although some changes throughout the year just may be culminating into a fresh New Year. Let me explain. Last year, [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3267&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Which Word Wednesday: Tetchy vs. Touchy</title>
		<link>http://fillingmypatchofsky.com/2011/12/28/which-word-wednesday-tetchy-vs-touchy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Dec 2011 18:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I got a new word for Christmas. It came to me while playing Cranium with the family. A trivia question presented to the guys&#8217; team asked for the proper definition of the word tetchy. I had never seen that one before, and I wondered if the more commonly used touchy had usurped it. That was [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=fillingmypatchofsky.com&amp;blog=1229587&amp;post=3263&amp;subd=erinstraza&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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