<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10936991</id><updated>2011-06-20T15:14:00.633-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Maternity Genes</title><subtitle type='html'>Former marketing minion, bumbling through stay-at-home-motherhood. Granola crunchy politics, breastfeeding, whiny introspection, and just a hint of snark.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05511078973416342026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>4</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10936991.post-7639243504853283564</id><published>2007-05-31T11:02:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T11:29:21.915-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Juicy</title><summary type='text'>This week brought me to the realization that I will be turning 37 in a couple months.Gawd, am I old.I know, all my readers are about this same vintage. All my friends are this same vintage. Are we all feeling this old? Or am I just missing something right now that reconnects me to the juicy, spunky, interesting, sexy, youthful girl I remember from my... well.... um... youth.I might also mention </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/feeds/7639243504853283564/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10936991&amp;postID=7639243504853283564' title='4 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/7639243504853283564'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/7639243504853283564'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/2007/05/juicy.html' title='Juicy'/><author><name>Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05511078973416342026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>4</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10936991.post-5042036091683056625</id><published>2007-05-30T23:41:00.001-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-30T23:43:43.543-07:00</updated><title type='text'>Lucy, I'm hooooooooome....</title><summary type='text'>I've been away too long.The baby, not so much a baby any more, is finally sleeping enough for me to attempt to form a coherent thought.Next step, put those thoughts down here.I can't wait to get started writing again.But first, a new format. Like the green?</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/feeds/5042036091683056625/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10936991&amp;postID=5042036091683056625' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/5042036091683056625'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/5042036091683056625'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/2007/05/lucy-im-hooooooooome.html' title='Lucy, I&apos;m hooooooooome....'/><author><name>Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05511078973416342026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10936991.post-111706487846862426</id><published>2005-05-25T16:38:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T11:34:31.450-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Ghetto Fabulous '80s</title><summary type='text'>Please note, this was written in 2005 and reposted here because it's become, well, relevant to my life again.------When I wrote about these long-lost friends, it opened the floodgates of memories of my sweet, budding adolescence. Also known as the 80s. ---First things first. I was born in 1970, so I'm a true product of the '80s. My formative, teenage coming-of-age years were right in the middle </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/feeds/111706487846862426/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10936991&amp;postID=111706487846862426' title='6 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/111706487846862426'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/111706487846862426'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/2005/05/my-ghetto-fabulous-80s.html' title='My Ghetto Fabulous &apos;80s'/><author><name>Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05511078973416342026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>6</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10936991.post-111683246041696159</id><published>2005-05-22T23:50:00.000-07:00</published><updated>2007-05-31T11:39:34.648-07:00</updated><title type='text'>My Bizarre Love Triangle</title><summary type='text'>Note: I wrote this a couple years ago, after Susie Over at Not a Habit, Susie wrote about two new books on the demise of female friendships.  Call me strange, but most of my closest and enduring friendships have been with men—less volatile, fewer mind games, and better suited to my strong personality. I always had an easier time building rapport and intimacy with the male of our species. Even </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/feeds/111683246041696159/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=10936991&amp;postID=111683246041696159' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/111683246041696159'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/10936991/posts/default/111683246041696159'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://maternitygenes.blogspot.com/2005/05/my-bizarre-love-triangle.html' title='My Bizarre Love Triangle'/><author><name>Kat</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05511078973416342026</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total></entry></feed>
