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		<title>Family Bonding Day</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 08 Nov 2008 12:11:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today was a huge family bonding day, although we didn&#8217;t all spend it together. Megan and Grace went up to Sydney with the Peterborough school for the Rotary Club of Turramurra and Pathfinders Jumbo Flight. Qantas donated the use of a jumbo jet, pilots and cabin crew donated their time, and Rotarian volunteers provided ground [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Nov 2008 01:21:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have signed up for the Sustainable Illawarra Super Challenge, and Monday night was the official launch of the programme. The idea is for 120 households across the Illawarra to spend the next 12 months moving towards a more sustainable lifestyle. Sustainable Illawarra provides participants with information, workshops, guidance and resources (as well as some [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Magic In The Garden</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Sep 2008 12:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[What I love most about this photo is that Sarah actually disappeared into her bedroom to get dressed for gardening, and this is what she came out in. Click to embiggen.]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah&#8217;s Birthday Party 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[For Sarah&#8217;s fifth birthday, she had a &#8220;princesses and pirates&#8221; theme.]]></description>
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		<title>The Chinese Silky Chicks Arrive!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Jul 2008 00:38:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After a lot of searching, emailing and ringing local breeders looking for silky pullets, I finally found a lady up in Marulan with some chicks for sale. I originally didn&#8217;t want to get chicks because of the mucking around with heat lamps etc, but since it was the only way to get some silkies for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisdom Lost</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 13:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Well, my four wisdom teeth came out this morning. Ouch. I wasn&#8217;t able to talk for the rest of the day because of swollen and numb bottom lip, jaw and tongue. That makes it really hard to be around inquisitive/talkative one- and three-year-olds! Grace seems to be the only one who understands my grunts . [...]]]></description>
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		<title>August 2006 Photos</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Aug 2006 13:16:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just a quick update to show off some recent photos&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah&#8217;s Tea Party Video</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Jan 2006 02:42:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago, I video taped Sarah hosting a tea party for Grace and several of her dolls and teddy bears. Later, while browsing through some old audio files, I found the perfect backing track by the Animaniacs. Enjoy! Sarah&#8217;s Tea Party (4.6 MB). You may need to download the free Quicktime 7 player to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grace Makes The News</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2006/01/grace-hi-5-wollongong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:06:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Late last year we all went to see Hi 5 in concert at the Wollongong Entertainment Centre. Grace absolutely loved it, and danced down in the mosh pit for most of the concert. Sarah was a bit overwhelmed by the whole thing, and spent most of the concert asleep with her head in Megan&#8217;s lap! [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Welcome Hannah Lisa-Marie!</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2005/04/hannah-lisa-marie/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2005 16:06:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hannah Lisa-Marie Collins was born today at 5:40pm, in Figtree Private Hospital. She weighed 3.590 kg (7 lb 14.5 oz) and measured 50.5 cm (19.9 in) &#8211; our biggest yet, despite being two weeks early! Megan and Hannah are both doing very well.]]></description>
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		<title>Photos of Sarah Oct 2004</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2004/10/photos-of-sarah-oct-2004-2/</link>
		<comments>http://www.pool-room.com/2004/10/photos-of-sarah-oct-2004-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Oct 2004 08:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here are some new photos of Sarah. She seems to think she&#8217;s a model, and loves to check out the photos on the back of the digital camera.]]></description>
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		<title>Photos January 2004</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2004/01/photos-january-2004/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:15:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More family photos&#8230;]]></description>
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		<title>Sarah Is Born!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2003 11:13:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newest addition to the Collins family! Our second child, Sarah Louise, was born at 5:05 pm on the 7th of July at the Illawarra Private Hospital in Figtree. She weighed 3.350 kg (7lb 6oz), and measured 50.5 cm (around 20 inches, I think). Here are the first photos of Sarah, maybe an hour after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s Happening!</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jul 2003 09:58:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Megan went to see Dr Walton today for a regular pregnancy check-up. As soon as he started examining her, he said, &#8220;Whoa, Megan! You&#8217;re going straight to the hospital!&#8221;. Megan rang me at work, and I met her at Figtree Private Hospital at about 3:00 pm. Things progressed much as they should, and at 5:05 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>18 Week Ultrasound</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2003/02/18-week-ultrasound/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Feb 2003 16:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We had Megan&#8217;s 18-week ultrasound this afternoon. The result was a completely Normal Diagnosis. Also, there was an interesting article in the Sydney Morning Herald recently about Down syndrome in art: Nativity scene paints different picture of Down syndrome.]]></description>
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		<title>Grace&#8217;s First Birthday Party</title>
		<link>http://www.pool-room.com/2002/12/grace-first-birthday-party/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Dec 2002 16:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grace had her first birthday party today. She slept through most of the celebrations, but at least she was the last kid to bed! Games featured included pass the parcel, pin the tail on the donkey, balloon races, two treasure hunts, and an impromptu winner-take-all balloon battle. Check out the photos in the gallery.]]></description>
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		<title>Christmas 2002</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Dec 2002 16:23:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent Christmas Day down at Huskisson with Robyn, Ian, Todd and Joyce this year. Grace had a great time, and of course was spoilt rotten.]]></description>
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		<title>Clamshell Swimming Pool</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 22 Dec 2002 10:10:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have just uploaded the beginnings of a CityDesk FAQ. If you have any comments or suggestions, please email me. Since it was so hot today, we gave Grace one of her Christmas presents a bit early &#8211; a big blue clamshell swimming pool/sandpit. She loved splashing around in the water! Beau (Phil&#8217;s dog) watched [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Malua Bay</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Dec 2002 16:39:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We spent today down at Malua Bay, visiting Joyce. Robyn and Ian were also there.]]></description>
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		<title>Forster 2002</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Nov 2002 16:36:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Darren</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Friday the 1st of November, Megan and Grace picked me up from work in the afternoon and we drove up to Forster for a long-awaited holiday. Megan&#8217;s aunt and uncle, Marion and Brian, own a holiday unit just a stone&#8217;s throw from the beach, right near the main street of Forster. They very generously [...]]]></description>
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