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		<title>Checkin&#8217; out Cajun country</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2010/08/15/checkin-out-cajun-country/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:13:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In Ontario, I think we’re always aware of the French language. We’re located right next to Quebec and there are pockets of Franco-Ontarian populations sprinkled throughout the province. And French is on most of our products, labels, printed materials and more.
To see this in the United States is a little out of the ordinary – [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The day the rain came</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Aug 2010 03:04:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had great visions for yesterday – visions of lovely Natchez, of stately Civil War-era homes and of cotton-growing.  But they weren’t to be, thanks to what I later discovered to be TD5.
It rained heavily pretty much from the moment we set out from Vicksburg on Route 61 on our way to Natchez. And [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A high maintenance lifestyle &#8211;  or is this normal</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2009/09/22/high-maintenance-lifestyle/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:32:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m starting to wonder if I’m becoming high maintenance. Have I gradually turned into a diva over the last number of years without knowing it?
It used to be pretty easy for me to keep on top of myself and my life. But as I was entering appointments into my new online calendar, I noticed there [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Changing a decades-old habit</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2009/09/17/changing-a-decades-old-habit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2009 14:59:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I’ve been driving for almost 20 years. Wow, I feel old just writing that, but shockingly, it’s true. 
Anyway, when I was growing up, my parents always owned standard transmission vehicles, so when it came time for me to learn how to drive, that’s what I learned on. 
At the time, I was pretty annoyed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A heatwave in a most unexpected place</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2009/06/30/a-heatwave-in-a-most-unexpected-place/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 20:17:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s the very last thing I expected when I stepped off the Eurostar at St. Pancras station yesterday. The UK has a certain reputation where the weather is concerned, so imagine my surprise when I found out that I’ve unknowingly walked into Britain’s first heat wave in three years. 
Now granted, after just spending the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trying to resist the lure of &#8220;comfort snacks&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2009/02/23/comfort-snacks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Feb 2009 02:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As long as I can remember, I&#8217;ve gotten stressed in the winter. Could it be the heavier workload, the lack of sunlight or the crappy weather? Likely all of the above!
And when I get winter-stressed, I start my annual quest for the perfect comfort snack that will take the troubles away and make life good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Parking lot pandemonium</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2009/01/06/parking-lot-pandemonium/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:56:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I knew it was coming. It happens twice every year &#8211; January and September &#8211; and yet I still wasn&#8217;t totally prepared for the madness that greeted me yesterday.
What I&#8217;m talking about is the Happy New Year-induced chaos and craziness at the gym. 
We all know January is the month of new beginnings, the time [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Trapped in the CN Tower elevator!?!</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2008/12/31/trapped-in-the-cn-tower-elevator/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2008/12/31/trapped-in-the-cn-tower-elevator/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Dec 2008 19:12:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As someone who is terrified of heights, this story spoke to me more than most in today&#8217;s Toronto Star.
Seems an elevator in the CN Tower stalled during the windstorm that swept through Ontario last Sunday &#8211; trapping the unfortunate people inside for several hours just meters from the top.
Yipe, yipe, yipe!!!
Check out the article here:
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/559990
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		<title>The power of power</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2008/12/29/the-power-of-power/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 14:26:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our whole day got turned upside down yesterday. It eventually righted itself but not until we&#8217;d come to a few realizations.

At about 830 yesterday morning, our power went out. It came as a bit of a surprise &#8211; although it shouldn&#8217;t have given the howling winds outside &#8211; because in the three years we&#8217;ve lived [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Santa and the place of dogs</title>
		<link>http://www.lilianschaer.com/2008/12/17/santa-and-the-place-of-dogs/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 11:02:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lilian</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night, while shopping at the Cambridge mall, I heard dogs barking.
At first I thought I was imagining things, but because I had time to kill before my hair appointment, I decided to investigate. As I rounded the corner and came to the &#8220;get your picture taken with Santa&#8221; booth, I couldn&#8217;t believe my eyes. [...]]]></description>
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