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		<title>welcoming the new</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While you&#8217;re reading everyone&#8217;s profound, thoughtful, New Year resolutions, I thought I&#8217;d just let you welcome our newest members of the family:
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Of course I would never invite a couple of rodents, much less rats, into our home, but Santa delivered them so what could I do?
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>While you&#8217;re reading everyone&#8217;s profound, thoughtful, New Year resolutions, I thought I&#8217;d just let you welcome our newest members of the family:</p>
<div id="attachment_1970" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://beyondjustmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dec09-027.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1970" title="Dec09 027" src="http://beyondjustmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dec09-027-300x258.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="258" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tootsie</p></div>
<p style="text-align: center;">and</p>
<div id="attachment_1971" class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 310px"><a href="http://beyondjustmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dec09-025.jpg"><img class="size-medium wp-image-1971" title="Dec09 025" src="http://beyondjustmom.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/Dec09-025-300x251.jpg" alt="" width="300" height="251" /></a><p class="wp-caption-text">Tammy</p></div>
<p>Of course I would <em>never</em> invite a couple of rodents, much less <em><strong>rats</strong></em>, into our home, but Santa delivered them so what could I do?</p>
<p>I think they&#8217;re actually pretty cute.  They&#8217;re learning quickly to come to <em>my</em> call.  Just label me the ratmaster of the house.</p>
<p>So we enter 2010 with a new perspective on who is welcome or not in our home.  That&#8217;s what New Year is all about, isn&#8217;t it?  Out with the old ideas and in with the new.  I wonder what other unexpected delights the new year will bring?  Here&#8217;s to paying attention and <a href="http://beyondjustmom.com/2009/03/seeking-serendipity/">seeking serendipity</a>. </p>
<p><em>Wishing you a blessed beginning to 2010.  Happy New Year!</em></p>
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