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		<title>Life interrupted&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/12/22/life-interrupted/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Dec 2009 21:19:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my last blog I told you that my life had been &#8220;interrupted&#8221; and so I was tardy in posting the answers to &#8220;Name that Tune&#8221; and the jokes.
It was my Mum. I needed to go and visit her. She is getting more confused, and having more problems with her memory. It&#8217;s life. It&#8217;s what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=499&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Tune &amp; Joke Answers</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Dec 2009 21:08:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I wrote the last post on December 16th I fully intended to post the answers the following day. But, life interrupted. And that&#8217;s just how life is&#8230;
Here are the answers &#8211; better late than never!
Name that tune:
1/ Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
Jingle Bell Rock
2/ The apartment of two psychiatrists                 
The Nutcracker Suite
3/ We [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=459&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Kim, you&#8217;re right! Silent Night.</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Dec 2009 17:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Christmas]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CONGRATULATIONS Kimberley! You&#8217;re right! The answer is “Silent Night.”
Here are a few more Christmas tunes:                                               
1/ Boulder of the tinkling metal spheres
2/ The apartment of two psychiatrists
3/ We are King, Lear and Nat Cole of China
4/ Far off in a hay bin
(Feel free to leave your answer(s) in the comments.)
How are you at jokes? I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=437&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>A choice&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Amy Grant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[choices]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you ever noticed that regardless of the wonderful, or terrible, thing going on in your life the world continues to spin, as it always does. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, etc. continue in an orderly fashion as the sun rises and sets. The leaves fall in Autumn, the cold blows in for Winter….

And now, Christmas. Just [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=422&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Memory, movement and mincemeat</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/12/09/memory-movement-and-mincemeat/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 17:17:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging Parents]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After an unrealistic shot of hope and optimism at the geriatric assessment a few weeks ago, we are now settling into the glum reality of this stage in Mum’s life, and ours.
“I’m sorry but your mum has fallen again today – twice. We’re going to start taking her down to meals in a wheelchair. We’re [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=391&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s only a cold, but&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/10/29/its-only-a-cold-but/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 20:33:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want my mummy!
Drippy nose, hurting, stuffed-up head, coughing, slight fever from time to time and all the little bones in my face ache, and a bag of used Kleenex beside my chair…
I know it’s only a cold, but… I want my mummy!
If my mummy were here she would get me comfortable on the couch [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=380&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jeremiah was a bull-frog</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/09/20/jeremiah-was-a-bull-frog/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Sep 2009 02:38:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Middle Age]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Midlife]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Thoughts]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Three Dog Night]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Women]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
“Just an old-fashioned love song;” “One is the loneliest number;” The ink is black, the page is white;” “Jeremiah was a bull-frog”.

Hubby got a new CD of old songs recently. Three Dog Night. Songs from my heyday. Funny how a few lines of an old song can take you back to that time. A time [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=369&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip Tales &#8211; Part Three</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/09/06/road-trip-tales-part-three/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Sep 2009 19:56:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Aging Parents]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Friends]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Life]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had a comfortable night in the hotel – after finally finding one! Who would have thought we’d have trouble finding a room in Belleville, in the middle of the week!
We had a leisurely breakfast before we loaded into the car. A stop at a country craft and bake shop for goodies and baked goods [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=358&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip Tales – Part Two</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/08/21/road-trip-tales-%e2%80%93-part-two/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2009 16:45:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“I don’t remember being on this road before.”
Another half-hour drive and we decided to stay away from the major highways and enjoy some of the scenery. As kids the purpose of the trip was usually just to get there so we did very little sight-seeing along the way.
“You’re right, Mum. But, we decided we’d travel [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com&blog=4247234&post=347&subd=denisebuddrumble&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Road Trip Tales &#8211; Part One</title>
		<link>http://denisebuddrumble.wordpress.com/2009/08/20/road-trip-tales-1/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Aug 2009 18:03:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Denise Budd Rumble</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The day dawned… a good way for any day to start.
First I picked up my sister – she was ready and waiting – then on to our mum’s. Mum was a little distressed when we arrived.
“I’ve been trying to phone Karen, but it’s not going through.”
“Did you remember to dial the area code first, Mum?”
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