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		<title>{ How to Remove Permanent Marker Ink from a Sofa }</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Mar 2010 12:43:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Good morning all! I have been a bit challenged with balance lately. My life keeps throwing me curve balls and I feel like I&#8217;m in a bit of a strike out mode. Ever feel this way? Unfortunately, my family has taken the brunt of it so I took yesterday off to just hang with the [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Good morning all! I have been a bit challenged with balance lately. My life keeps throwing me curve balls and I feel like I&#8217;m in a bit of a strike out mode. Ever feel this way? Unfortunately, my family has taken the brunt of it so I took yesterday off to just hang with the kids and spent the evening with my hubby <img src='http://to-be-charmed.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /><br />
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img alt="Before" src="http://www.to-be-charmed.com/images/fort.jpg" title="Before"  /><p class="wp-caption-text">There's nothing better than building a good fort!</p></div><br />
My biggest challenge has been the transition from stay-at-home mom to going back to work part-time. How do you balance it all? Kids, husband, friends, work and household responsibilities? I&#8217;ve had a babysitter that comes once or twice a week in the past but I&#8217;ve been able to be very flexible with them and work around their schedule. Now I need someone that is able to commit to the days I need and this has been the biggest challenge. Without a babysitter, I am working while trying to watch my kiddos and this equals disaster! Last week, my daughter Katelyn, who is 2, decided to color with washable (thank goodness) marker the stairs. I was able to catch her at step three! She also decided to marker a wall and stamp and glitter the carpet! She&#8217;s very stealth, one minute I feel like she&#8217;s right by my side and the next I find her bedazzling a new part of the house which leads me to this post from <a href="http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com" target="new">Pancakes and Frenchfries</a> in which she comes into her living room to find her son who has decided their sofa and love seat needed a little pizazz:<br />
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img alt="Before" src="http://www.to-be-charmed.com/images/before.jpg" title="Before" width="500" height="334" /><p class="wp-caption-text">Before</p></div><br />
thankfully she was able to get it out so that it looks like this:<br />
<div class="wp-caption aligncenter" style="width: 510px"><img alt="Before" src="http://www.to-be-charmed.com/images/after.jpg" title="Before" width="500" height="334" /><p class="wp-caption-text">After</p></div><br />
In her <a href="http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com/2009/09/how-to-remove-permanent-marker-ink-from-fabric/" target="new">post</a> she leaves a detailed description as to how she gets the permanent marker out of her sofa. I seriously can&#8217;t believe she was able to get it out and I thank her for giving us all this great infomation. I do have a little Picaso on my hands and I&#8217;m sure, one day I will be revisiting this <a href="http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com/2009/09/how-to-remove-permanent-marker-ink-from-fabric/" target="new">post</a> for some tips. As for the blog, <a href="http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com" target="new">Pancakes and Frenchfries</a>, it&#8217;s a delight to read. She&#8217;s an amazing writer with tons wit, a wealth of information and a willingness to share a little bit of her life with us. I hope you enjoy her blog, <a href="http://pancakesandfrenchfries.com" target="new">Pancakes and Frenchfries</a>,  as much I do.<br />
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Oh and there has been a request for a link to the <a href="http://to-be-charmed.com/2010/02/22/free-goodie-a-honey-dew-list/" target="new">Honey Do List</a> free download: Here&#8217;s the <a href="http://to-be-charmed.com/2010/02/22/free-goodie-a-honey-dew-list/" target="new">link</a> <img src='http://to-be-charmed.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_smile.gif' alt=':)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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