<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest entries from emperorp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/</link><description></description><copyright>Copyright 2008 emperorp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 12 May 2008 05:47:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest entries from emperorp.blog-city.com</title><url>http://server1.blog-city.com/images/bc_v5_logo_small.gif</url><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Photos from Wenatchee (Part 2)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/photos_from_wenatchee_part_2.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/photos_from_wenatchee_part_2.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 03 May 2008 06:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=photos%5Ffrom%5Fwenatchee%5Fpart%5F2</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Photos from second half of Wenatchee trip. The photos and captions tell it all.&nbsp;&nbsp;Enjoy!Wenatchee 2008 Pt2&nbsp;&nbsp;]]></description></item><item><title>Being the Change</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/being_the_change.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/being_the_change.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 28 Apr 2008 13:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=being%5Fthe%5Fchange</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA["Those who think-and their name is legion-that they know how the universe could have been better than it is, how it would have been if they had created it, without pain, without sorrow, without time, without life, are unfit for illumination. Or]]></description></item><item><title>Arthur, Ice-Cream and Dancing in the Sun</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/arthur_icecream_and_dancing_in_the_sun.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/arthur_icecream_and_dancing_in_the_sun.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 25 Apr 2008 17:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=arthur%5Ficecream%5Fand%5Fdancing%5Fin%5Fthe%5Fsun</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We had a nice turn in the weather this morning. Sun, sun and more sun forecast for the rest of our stay. After an early start seeing James off on his ride up to Mission Ridge, the girls and I returned to our room for a little down time. Being awake p]]></description></item><item><title>Staying at Bartells in Africa (or is it Hawaii?)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/staying_at_bartells_in_africa_or_is_it_hawaii.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/staying_at_bartells_in_africa_or_is_it_hawaii.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=staying%5Fat%5Fbartells%5Fin%5Fafrica%5For%5Fis%5Fit%5Fhawaii</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Well we've arrived and, depending on who you speak to, we are staying at Bartell's (a chain of drug stores in the Pacific Northwest) in Onatchee, or Hawaii or Africa. Caitlin has been confusing the word Bartell for hotel since the day before we left]]></description></item><item><title>Birthday Boy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/birthday_boy.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/birthday_boy.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 17 Apr 2008 05:43:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=birthday%5Fboy</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[James celebrated his 39th birthday today. There was great excitement in the house. Ashley and Caitlin get so hyped up about all our birthdays, It's very infectious. Ashley has been telling everyone at school for days that her daddy's birthday was com]]></description></item><item><title>An Evening with Jhumpa Lahiri</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_evening_with_jhumpa_lahiri.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_evening_with_jhumpa_lahiri.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 06:03:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=an%5Fevening%5Fwith%5Fjhumpa%5Flahiri</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Although it's Monday night, which means Yoga Night, I'm keeping up the recent pattern of getting to class every other week. Tonight I chose to skip class to attend a reading by author Jhumpa Lahiri at the Central branch of the Seattle Public Library]]></description></item><item><title>School Trip to the Zoo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/school_trip_to_the_zoo.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/school_trip_to_the_zoo.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:52:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=school%5Ftrip%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fzoo</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I volunteered to be one of the chaperones at Ashley's class trip to the zoo on Wednesday. Caitlin was delighted that she had no school and could join the fun. We had the extra added bonus of James showing up for an hour of the visit too. A great fami]]></description></item><item><title>Rainbow Magic</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/rainbow_magic.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/rainbow_magic.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Mar 2008 05:27:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=rainbow%5Fmagic</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My friend Rosemary and I recently started a babysitting exchange, in the hopes that each of us will have a chance to get out with our hubbies on a regular basis. One night in February, when it was Rosemary's turn to mind our girls, she arrived arm]]></description></item><item><title>The Favorites Game</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_favorites_game.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_favorites_game.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 26 Mar 2008 04:44:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Ffavorites%5Fgame</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For a couple of years now I have been playing The Favorites Game with Ashley and Caitlin. Sometimes with both together, and sometimes when I am alone with them separately, I will ask them a series of questions about their favorite things. It?s a grea]]></description></item><item><title>Scrapbooking Weekend Here I Come</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/scrapbooking_weekend_here_i_come.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/scrapbooking_weekend_here_i_come.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 14 Mar 2008 16:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=scrapbooking%5Fweekend%5Fhere%5Fi%5Fcome</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This morning I leave for my third scrapbooking weekend in La Conner. I will be putting together an album of our trip to Paris last summer. Photos, friends, food, walks, 7am hottubbing and freshly baked chocolate chip cookies and milk as our 10pm snac]]></description></item><item><title>What I&apos;m Reading 2008: February Update</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/what_im_reading_2008.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/what_im_reading_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 17:40:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fim%5Freading%5F2008</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Read the best books first, or you may not have a chance to read them at all. -Henry David Thoreau This year I've decided to take Thoreau's advice]]></description></item><item><title>Resurfacing for Some Air</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/resurfacing_for_some_air.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/resurfacing_for_some_air.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 07:06:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=resurfacing%5Ffor%5Fsome%5Fair</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Contrary to popular belief I have not fallen off the face of the earth. I have been submerged in our garage for the final surge at getting this house in order. Starting last November I felt the need to clear out all the stuff that we just have not]]></description></item><item><title>Convalescing Valentines</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/convalescing_valentines.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/convalescing_valentines.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 15 Feb 2008 04:42:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=convalescing%5Fvalentines</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We celebrated a quiet Valentine's Day, as Ashley and Caitlin are still in the throes of illness and James returned to work. They were disappointed to miss the Valentine's celebrations at their respective schools so we surprised them with a dressed up]]></description></item><item><title>Ice-cream and Tulips</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/icecream_and_tulips.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/icecream_and_tulips.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 06:45:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=icecream%5Fand%5Ftulips</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Both Ashley and Caitlin were sick today. James decided to work from home and arranged his time around the needs of our family. So this morning they played computer games with Dad while I went out to catch up on errands that I had put off with Caitlin]]></description></item><item><title>100 Days of School</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/100_days_of_school.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/100_days_of_school.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 13 Feb 2008 01:15:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=100%5Fdays%5Fof%5Fschool</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ashley's Kindergarten class celebrated 100 days of school. Each child was asked to bring in a collection of 100 objects. After dinner a few nights ago the whole family brainstormed ideas. We thought about Caitlin's collection of pinecones. She keeps]]></description></item><item><title>Sweetly Sick</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/sweetly_sick.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/sweetly_sick.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 12 Feb 2008 00:14:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=sweetly%5Fsick</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caitlin has been sick. When I picked her up at noon from school on Monday she was waiting at her classroom door, zipped up in her coat with tears streaming down her eyes. Her teacher told me she had been sad for about an hour. She and her co-teacher]]></description></item><item><title>Go Fetch</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/go_fetch.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/go_fetch.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 05:30:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=go%5Ffetch</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Ashley and Caitlin received this Go Fetch card deck from a friend of Pauline's a couple of years ago. In recent months it has become one of their favorite games. It's the same game as Go Fish only themed on the Disney Lady and the Tramp movie, which]]></description></item><item><title>You Make My Day Award</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/you_make_my_day_award.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/you_make_my_day_award.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 09 Feb 2008 04:54:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=you%5Fmake%5Fmy%5Fday%5Faward</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I just received a You Make My Day Blog award from Janet. Thank you Janet. I enjoy writing my blog and having it as a record for my girls when they are older (I keep all entries in a word file too). It's also a great way to share our life with family]]></description></item><item><title>Yoga Week 5: Warrior Pose</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/yoga_week_5_warrior_pose.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/yoga_week_5_warrior_pose.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 05 Feb 2008 19:36:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yoga%5Fweek%5F5%5Fwarrior%5Fpose</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[With Jennifer still recovering from hip surgery I found myself adjusting to a new teacher's style for the first 15mins of class. It always strikes me in such moments of change what creatures of habit we humans can be. Once I got out of my head and on]]></description></item><item><title>What We&apos;re Watching 2008</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/what_were_watching_2008.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/what_were_watching_2008.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 03 Feb 2008 19:46:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=what%5Fwere%5Fwatching%5F2008</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[This weekend we started watching the DVDs of Survivor All Stars with the girls. They enjoyed watching the second half of Survivor the Australian Outback last month (see below) and were delighted to see the return of Colby. It's interesting for me to]]></description></item><item><title>Delightful Daily Details</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/delightful_daily_details.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/delightful_daily_details.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=delightful%5Fdaily%5Fdetails</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[At Caitin's school there is a parent educator who, from time to time, greets parents in the hallway when we arrive to pick up our children. Becky is often armed with handouts to distribute, that contain interesting and useful information on]]></description></item><item><title>Remember What&apos;s Important</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/remember_whats_important.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/remember_whats_important.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 10:28:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=remember%5Fwhats%5Fimportant</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Our relationship is more important than...]]></description></item><item><title>Yoga Week 4: The Yoga of Catan</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/yoga_week_4_the_yoga_of_catan.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/yoga_week_4_the_yoga_of_catan.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:10:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=yoga%5Fweek%5F4%5Fthe%5Fyoga%5Fof%5Fcatan</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I didn't actually go to my yoga class this week. But I hung out with my yoga teacher instead of going, so does that count? I thought not...Jennifer had hip surgery last week so she will not be teaching for a couple of weeks while she recovers]]></description></item><item><title>Caitlin&apos;s New Skills (3yrs 7mths)</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/caitlins_new_skills_3yrs_7mths.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/caitlins_new_skills_3yrs_7mths.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=caitlins%5Fnew%5Fskills%5F3yrs%5F7mths</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Caitlin is learning to write her name and make representational drawings. She drew her first self-portrait on paper in school on Thursday. She also drew a picture of&nbsp;herself with a sun and a picture of me. On Saturday, she watched Ashley draw a]]></description></item><item><title>An Irish Magic Tree House</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_irish_magic_tree_house.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/an_irish_magic_tree_house.htm</link><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 13:33:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=an%5Firish%5Fmagic%5Ftree%5Fhouse</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[We finished reading Day of the Dragon King last night, book #14 in The Magic Tree House series. Prior to that we read about Pompeii in Vacation Under the Volcano. Ashley and Caitlin were very interested in the the idea that a whole town was lost beca]]></description></item></channel></rss>