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	<title>The Grateful Mama &#187; Pets</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jul 2009 14:00:43 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;">&#8220;Animals are such agreeable friends &#8211; they ask no questions, </p>
<p style="text-align: center;">they pass no criticisms.&#8221;</p>
<p style="text-align: center;"> ~George Eliot</p>
<p>Our poor pets rank fairly low on the list of priorities now that we have two children.  We love them dearly, (well, I love our cats, but my husband merely tolerates them,) but lets [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>&#8220;Animals are such agreeable friends &#8211; they ask no questions, </em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><strong><em>they pass no criticisms.&#8221;</em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align: center;"><em> ~George Eliot</em></p>
<p>Our poor pets rank fairly low on the list of priorities now that we have two children.  We love them dearly, (well, <em>I </em>love our cats, but my husband merely tolerates them,) but lets face it: the kids come first.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m surprised that our two cats and dog don&#8217;t resent the girls more.  Sebastian, our patient Springer Spaniel, has even been ousted out of his doggie basket occasionally due to overcrowding.  (For some reason it has become a favourite location for pat-a-cake.)</p>
<p>The cats have, unfortunately, decorated Crazybaby with a scratch or two, but she was being too rough and I do want her to learn how to respect the space of animals; especially those who aren&#8217;t a part of our family.</p>
<p>I&#8217;d like to publicly thank our pets for adapting so well to these new, boisterous members of the family.  I apologize for this temporary lack of attention, but hopefully there will be four times as much love coming their way in the future.</p>
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