<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xml:lang="en"><title>Latest entries from tapsalteerie.blog-city.com</title><rights>Copyright 2009 tapsalteerie.blog-city.com</rights><subtitle></subtitle><author><name></name></author><updated>2008-10-30T18:51:00Z</updated><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/index.rss"/><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008:1</id><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-25:links.412130240</id><title>New Post</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/new_post.htm"><![CDATA[Another new post at the new site!http://tapsalteerie.wordpress.com]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/new_post.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-25T19:17:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-25T19:17:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-19:links.412129132</id><title>Reminder</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/reminder.htm"><![CDATA[Friendly reminder to update links to the new blog.&nbsp; I&#39;ll only be posting update notices over here from now on.Speaking of which, I&#39;ve made a couple new posts!&nbsp; Go check them out!http://tapsalteerie.wordpress.com]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/reminder.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-19T00:35:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-19T00:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-16:links.412128701</id><title>Slow Moving</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/slow_moving.htm"><![CDATA[My rent here at Blog-city will be running out near the end of October, so I&#39;ve been scouting out new locations and have started sprucing up a cute little place over at Wordpress.&nbsp; It&#39;s slow going and I&#39;m sure I&#39;ll be tweaking it]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/slow_moving.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-16T18:07:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-16T18:07:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-11:links.412127869</id><title>Crafting with Sophie</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/crafting_with_sophie.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;ve really been hitting the crafting blogs lately (notice the new bloglist to the right) and there are so many incredible ideas for crafting with kids that it&#39;s hard to know where to start!Today Sophie and I melted old crayons in the oven an]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/crafting_with_sophie.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-11T18:58:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-11T18:58:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-08:links.412127227</id><title>A few photos</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/a_few_photos.htm"><![CDATA[I promised several entries ago that I would post some photos.&nbsp; So I went through some of the photos we took over the summer and picked out&nbsp;a few favorites.This is Dandy wearing Sophie&#39;s &quot;Princess Hair&quot;.&nbsp; It was hilarious!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/a_few_photos.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-08T13:20:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-08T13:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-06:links.412126962</id><title>Mom, what&apos;s that noisy?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/mom_whats_that_noisy.htm"><![CDATA[Last night I was so delighted that I actually got all of my guys to bed at a decent hour.&nbsp; Beckett instantly went to sleep, but Sophie was a little keyed up and Xander, it seems, was in a chatty mood.After a story I announced that the lights wer]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/mom_whats_that_noisy.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-06T15:44:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-06T15:44:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-09-03:links.412126385</id><title>Sophie en francais</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/sophie_en_francais.htm"><![CDATA[After Sophie finished her schoolwork this morning we decided to look up a few songs on iTunes.&nbsp; Somehow, I&#39;m not sure exactly how, we ended up on Edith Piaf.&nbsp; Knowing that Sophie has a strong affinity for music in foreign languages, it&]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/sophie_en_francais.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-09-03T16:51:00Z</updated><published>2008-09-03T16:51:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-08-30:links.412125633</id><title>Blog Award</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/blog_award.htm"><![CDATA[Ivy over at FamiLee Blog gave me this award for blog excellence... even though I&#39;ve been sporadic at best with posts lately... Thanks so much Ivy :)I am supposed to answer these questions and nominate 7 more people of their Blog Excellence. So he]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/blog_award.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-08-30T00:54:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-30T00:54:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-08-29:links.412125477</id><title>Long Day</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/long_day.htm"><![CDATA[Several days ago I noticed an odd place on Sophie&#39;s front tooth.&nbsp; It appeared to be a crack, but Sophie didn&#39;t seem to mind it.&nbsp; A couple days later Soph complained that her tooth hurt, so I went ahead and scheduled an appointment a]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/long_day.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-08-29T03:52:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-29T03:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-08-27:links.412124858</id><title>Into the Spin of Things</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/into_the_spin_of_things.htm"><![CDATA[Since it&#39;s been rainy the past couple days and it looks like it may continue raining for a few more, I decided to dig out some wool and start spinning again.&nbsp; So far I&#39;ve got about a bobbin&#39;s worth spun of Maggie&#39;s wool (she&#39;]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/into_the_spin_of_things.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-08-27T00:00:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-27T00:00:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-08-26:links.412124682</id><title>Thought you&apos;d lost me eh?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/thought_youd_lost_me_eh.htm"><![CDATA[First off, thank you to all my friends who noticed I was MIA for a while there.&nbsp; I appreciate all your messages and phone calls!&nbsp; Nothing has been &quot;wrong&quot; on this end other than just being to tired/busy/blocked to blog and when I]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/thought_youd_lost_me_eh.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-08-26T04:09:00Z</updated><published>2008-08-26T04:09:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-07-18:links.412116693</id><title>Kyrgyz Blog Ring</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/kyrgyz_blog_ring.htm"><![CDATA[OK, so I know many of our in-process blog buddies have (justifiably) locked blogs, but I still thought having a Kyrgyz Blog Ring would be pretty cool.&nbsp; If you&#39;d like to join just click here&nbsp;or on the link in my right sidebar and follow]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/kyrgyz_blog_ring.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-07-18T18:33:00Z</updated><published>2008-07-18T18:33:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-07-18:links.412116691</id><title>Post-Picnic Party Review and Thanks</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/postpicnic_party_review_and_thanks.htm"><![CDATA[I had intended to write about our little post-picnic party right after it happened but for some reason I was unable to access my blog administration page which was very annoying!&nbsp; It seems the problem is fixed... for now.So anyway!&nbsp; Most ev]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/postpicnic_party_review_and_thanks.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-07-18T18:25:00Z</updated><published>2008-07-18T18:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-07-03:links.412113837</id><title>Photo Catch-up</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/photo_catchup.htm"><![CDATA[Here&#39;s Sophie and one of her knights at MT.&nbsp; For those counting that would be her 4th visit.&nbsp; I don&#39;t think I blogged about it.&nbsp; This time she opted to wear the Kyrgyz dress that we bought from Sappora at Tsum.&nbsp; The orange]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/photo_catchup.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-07-03T15:42:00Z</updated><published>2008-07-03T15:42:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-26:links.412112630</id><title>Something Funny</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/something_funny.htm"><![CDATA[I saw this on Rosemoon&#39;s blog and thought it was too funny! &nbsp;97As a 1930s wife, I amVery SuperiorTake the test!]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/something_funny.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-26T23:25:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-26T23:25:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-26:links.412112490</id><title>... and I looked at Jim and said,</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/_and_i_looked_at_jim_and_said.htm"><![CDATA[&quot;we are going to die.&quot;&nbsp; only the words didn&#39;t actually make it out.What am I talking about?&nbsp; Let me backtrack.Last night I was calmly sitting in my big comfy upstairs gaming chair, finally finding an opportunity to catch up on]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/_and_i_looked_at_jim_and_said.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-26T04:24:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-26T04:24:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-21:links.412111552</id><title>Kyrgyz Family Get Together</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/kyrgyz_family_get_together.htm"><![CDATA[I&#39;m planning a get-together for the Kyrgyz adoptive families on July 12 from 4-midnight at Bonclarken in Flat Rock NC.&nbsp; Anyone interested in coming please email me (the link is on the left, under the stick horse) and I&#39;ll give you detail]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/kyrgyz_family_get_together.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-21T05:52:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-21T05:52:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-19:links.412111061</id><title>No time to cry</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/no_time_to_cry.htm"><![CDATA[I got to thinking how a lot of people would&#39;ve collapsed with grief over the happenings this week.&nbsp; I&#39;m still very sad.&nbsp; A little (or alot depending on the hour) angry, but mostly very sad.But, as my title indicates, there&#39;s no]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/no_time_to_cry.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-19T03:35:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-19T03:35:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-18:links.412110936</id><title>Sad but...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/sad_but.htm"><![CDATA[Explanation of what happened and why we aren't pursuing the twins.  Email me for the password, the email link is in the left column under the stick horse.]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/sad_but.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-18T15:19:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-18T15:19:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-06-16:links.412110427</id><title>Hi, My name is Uninspired...</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/hi_my_name_is_uninspired.htm"><![CDATA[Well that&#39;s not entirely true.&nbsp; I have things I want to blog about... I just haven&#39;t because the moment passes and any attempt after the spark just seems blah and dull.We&#39;re all doing well-ish.&nbsp; Most of you were privy to the wee]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/hi_my_name_is_uninspired.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-06-16T17:40:00Z</updated><published>2008-06-16T17:40:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-05-29:links.412106206</id><title>Our newest Ass-ette</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/our_newest_assette.htm"><![CDATA[Every morning I&#39;ve been getting up and peering bleary-eyed into the donkey paddock to see if Pearline has had her baby.&nbsp; Today I was rewarded with a glimpse of a beautiful bright white spotted baby!&nbsp; On inspection it is a girl and she&#]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/our_newest_assette.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-05-29T13:13:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-29T13:13:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-05-28:links.412105971</id><title>2 of me?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/2_of_me.htm"><![CDATA[HowManyOfMe.comThere are 2people with my namein the U.S.A.How many have your name?I found this on someone else&#39;s blog (I don&#39;t remember who now) but thought it was neat.&nbsp; Here&#39;s how the rest of the house &quot;measured&quot; up:Me- 2]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/2_of_me.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-05-28T18:36:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-28T18:36:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-05-05:links.412101123</id><title>A few pics</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/a_few_pics.htm"><![CDATA[Make a Smilebox slideshow]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/a_few_pics.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-05-05T17:45:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-05T17:45:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-05-04:links.412100928</id><title>Birthday Revision</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/birthday_revision.htm"><![CDATA[Sophie has now decided that she wants this and this for her birthday and has totally ditched the trip to Atlanta (even to castle!).I held off ordering the sleeping bag until I could go by Sunrift to see their selection, but they didn&#39;t have a pin]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/birthday_revision.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-05-04T15:20:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-04T15:20:00Z</published></entry><entry><id>tag:www.tapsalteerie.blog-city.com,2008-05-04:links.412100825</id><title>Is it worth it?</title><content type="html" xml:lang="en" xml:base="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/whats_it_worth.htm"><![CDATA[I have this love hate relationship with the horse racing industry.&nbsp; I can&#39;t deny that every year I religiously watch the Kentucky Derby, that I even visited Churchill Downs once in my teenage years during a off-track racing day, which was ki]]></content><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://tapsalteerie.blog-city.com/whats_it_worth.htm"/><dc:creator>tapsalteerie</dc:creator><author><name>tapsalteerie</name></author><updated>2008-05-04T01:32:00Z</updated><published>2008-05-04T01:32:00Z</published></entry></feed>