<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Favorite Things @ emperorp.blog-city.com</title><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/</link><description>(Favorite Things) </description><copyright>Copyright 2008 emperorp.blog-city.com</copyright><generator></generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 06:16:00 GMT</lastBuildDate><image><title>Favorite Things @ 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>Foot Heaven</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/foot_heaven.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/foot_heaven.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 11 Jul 2008 16:58:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=foot%5Fheaven</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Today I have a reflexology session with Jennifer. It sounds so plain and simple for what really is an hour of heavenly bliss. My friend Rosemary has agreed to watch the girls, so that I can still keep my appointment now that the girls are out of scho]]></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>My Favorite Things: Squirrels</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_squirrels.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_squirrels.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2008 04:32:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffavorite%5Fthings%5Fsquirrels</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[One of the things I most love about living in Seattle is the enormous populations of squirrels. It seems like not a day goes by that I don&rsquo;t see squirrels during the course of my day. We are even fortunate to have at least two families of squir]]></description></item><item><title>My Favourite Things: Quotations Pt 1: Reading</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favourite_things_quotations_pt_1_reading.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favourite_things_quotations_pt_1_reading.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 12:25:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffavourite%5Fthings%5Fquotations%5Fpt%5F1%5Freading</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[As I was writing my post about my iPod and the books I have listened to on it, I thought about some of my favorite quotations about reading and books. My favorite is the first one on the list below (see an excuse to put together another list ).]]></description></item><item><title>My Favorite Things: My iPod</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_ipod.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_ipod.htm</link><pubDate>Mon, 14 Jan 2008 08:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffavorite%5Fthings%5Fipod</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[My iPod is one of my most cherished, and most used, possessions. I have the Apple 30 GB iPod Video AAC/MP3 Player White (5th Generation), which I bought 2 years ago (and for $200 less than the current price of $489.99 at Amazon???). I keep all the]]></description></item><item><title>My Favorite Things: Cha Bako and Tea</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_cha_bako.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_cha_bako.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 27 Dec 2007 00:04:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffavorite%5Fthings%5Fcha%5Fbako</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[Having posted my first Favorite Things blog about my Mashiko Mug it is only fitting that my follow up blog describes my cha bako and tea. My cha bako is basically a tea box or tea caddy (cha is Japanese for tea and bako is Japanese for box). The shap]]></description></item><item><title>The Bags Arrived...</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_bags_arrived.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/the_bags_arrived.htm</link><pubDate>Sat, 22 Dec 2007 07:41:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=the%5Fbags%5Farrived</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[For Ian and Janet this means their luggage finally showed up. Only two days later. We'll consider ourselves fortunate. For Ashley and Caitlin it means the bags of Cadbury's Buttons from Granddad are here. The girls love these little bags of chocolate]]></description></item><item><title>My Favorite Things: Mashiko Mug</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_mashiko_mug.htm</guid><link>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/my_favorite_things_mashiko_mug.htm</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2007 15:51:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>http://emperorp.blog-city.com/console/comments/popup/?f=my%5Ffavorite%5Fthings%5Fmashiko%5Fmug</comments><dc:creator>Emperorp</dc:creator><description><![CDATA[I read once that "appreciating what you have changes your perception of what you think you need." I'm at a point in my life where my need for material things is very low. I'm always looking for things that we are no longer using and love the feelin]]></description></item></channel></rss>