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	<description>A blog from some Johnson's in Maine.</description>
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		<title>Erica talking about her pets</title>
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Erica has been playing with computers and cameras for years. Lately she has been toying with video. Tonight she got serious, in her own way, and recorded herself talking about her pets. With a little help, the above video is the result.
She turns 5 years old in two weeks. Enjoy!
Erica talking about her Pets from [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/05/23/erica-video1/</link>
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		<title>Umbrella Theory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[If the current forecast is accurate and to be beleived then 24 hours from now I will be shoveling out from 8 to 14 inches of snow that will start falling after midnight tonight. Of course the forecast is wrong. It always is! But preperations have to be made because it could be worse even [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/03/01/umbrella-theory/</link>
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		<title>Nice way to end a weekend</title>
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We had a snow day. It was only about 5&#8243; of snow. But it was wet and heavy. After plowing and shoveling and delivery Deb to work, she hates driving in lousy weather, Erica and I relaxed for a bit at home. Then we went for a hike in the woods on snow shoes.
She tried [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/02/23/nice-way/</link>
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		<title>Phone number changing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Hello family and friends,
Please note that Deb, Erica and I have decided to drop our home phone service, which is currently through Vonage. We are going to use our mobile phones only. If you don&#8217;t have our cellular phone numbers or need some clarification on how best to contact us in certain circumstances then email [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/02/16/phone-number-changing/</link>
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		<title>Tobogganing</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We have something going every weekend. Yesterday was a first for us. Deb and three of her co-workers raced at the 2009 US National Toboggan Championship, at the Camden Snow Bowl, in Camden, Maine. The following is a shot video I took of their run down the toboggan chute.

You can see some other pictures at [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/02/08/tobogganing/</link>
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		<title>Deb is traveling</title>
		<description><![CDATA[This is the second day of Deb&#8217;s week long trip to Cleveland, Ohio for business. So far Erica and I are surviving well. We&#8217;ve eaten some fruits and vegitables in addition to meats and breads. We are clean and healthy. So far so good!
Deb was very nervous about travaling alone. But she got through it [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/01/26/deb-is-traveling/</link>
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		<title>Christmas photos</title>
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I was chastised yesterday for not posting any photos from Christmas. Sadly, we didn&#8217;t take many shots at Christmas. The one above was shot a week before. The Johnson Family has been sick for a long time and was particularly not well through the holiday break. Just when one of us is better someone else [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2009/01/13/christmas-photos/</link>
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		<title>Erica packing for sleepover</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erica came to me today and said she would like to start packing for her overnight on Saturday at one of her grandparents house. I asked her what she thought she would need for her overnight. She mentioned pajamas, a change of clothes, extra underwear and socks, a book and a doll.
I thought that was [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/12/04/erica-packing-for-sleepover/</link>
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		<title>WW&amp;F Railway Museum</title>
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We spent a wet and rainy morning on Sunday at the WW&#38;F Railway Museum. Despite the weather, we had a nice time. Erica loves train! We will probably be heading back in a few weeks as the foliage turns some more.
See more photos of our day at Flickr.
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		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/10/01/wwf-railway-museum/</link>
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		<title>The weekend ahead</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Woo hoo! The Johnson Family is taking Monday off and looking forward to a three day weekend!
Tomorrow will be a quiet day. Garbage to the transfer station and then gymnastics for Erica in the morning. Grocery shopping in the afternoon.
On Sunday we are heading to Alna to spend some time at SeptemberFest. SeptemberFest is taking [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/09/26/the-weekend-ahead/</link>
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		<title>Soccer distraction</title>
		<description><![CDATA[On Thursday afternoon, Erica goes to a soccer camp (football for my non-American friends) for 4 and 5 year olds  for the next several weeks. 25 boys and girls is too much for one coach, so many of us parents find ourselves assisting.
Today, as I was helping a group with dribbling, a large dump-truck [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/09/25/soccer-distraction/</link>
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		<title>Who&#8217;s here to protect you</title>
		<description><![CDATA[While at gymnastics this morning, one of Erica&#8217;s classmates got a bit nervous working with the coach on the uneven bars. &#8220;I&#8217;m afraid I will fall&#8221; she said.
The coach asked, &#8220;Who&#8217;s here to protect you?&#8221;
Another little gymnast piped right up and said, &#8220;God!&#8221;
The coach, without missing a beat, replied, &#8220;Who&#8217;s standing beside God?&#8221;
The little girl [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/09/20/whos-here-to-protect-you/</link>
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		<title>Summer winding down</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Erica is picking blackberries in the backyard. They are delicious! I was afraid we would not have many as the bettles had eaten most of the leaves. I got a late start on  getting rid of the bugs and couldn&#8217;t keep up through all the rain we had in July and August. But it looks [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/08/24/summer-winding-down/</link>
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		<title>Summer update</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been a really busy summer around the Johnson camp. The week we spent camping in July was perhaps the best weather of the summer so far. It&#8217;s pretty much rained 90% of the time since we got back from Connecticut. But despite the weather we have still be going pretty hard.
If you visit my [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/08/05/summer-update/</link>
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		<title>Prepping for Camping at Lake Pemaquid</title>
		<description><![CDATA[All preperations are underway at The Johnson Family homestead for camping on Lake Pemaquid next week. There are tents and totes and bags and baskets piled everywhere with the wide assortment of camping gear and other equipage and sundries that are needed to live for 6 nights in a tent. It&#8217;s difficult to move around [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/07/08/prepping-for-camping-at-lake-pemaquid/</link>
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		<title>Independence Day Parade</title>
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		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/07/05/independence-day-parade/</link>
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		<title>Black fly Season!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[We joke in Maine that we have many more than four seasons. Depending on the Mainer and their geographic upbringing then you will get slightly different answers. This is probably true in other places but I&#8217;ve not heard many examples.
So for me there is the Fourth of July, Summer, Foliage Season, Autumn, Winter, Mud Season, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/05/07/black-fly-season/</link>
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		<title>Hard rain, No lawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s been raining hard for over 24 hours now. All the brooks and streams have filled their banks and many low areas are experiencing flooding. The new lawn is gone. We have some erosion that will need to be fixed and then I&#8217;m sure I will need to reseed. Fortunately, the next several days look [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/04/29/hard-rain-no-lawn/</link>
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		<title>New Front Lawn</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ Last week I started ripping up the front lawn. Many boulders and large rocks were removed, the stump of a fir tree was dug up and an old hemlock stump was buried under a few inches of soil. Other than one large boulder that seems to extend to the center of the Earth the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/04/27/new-front-lawn/</link>
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		<title>Re-birth of a website</title>
		<description><![CDATA[ This is the re-birth of The Johnson Family website. I got tired of the old site. But I&#8217;ve been blogging much more lately and hope to report in here more often as well.
We had a georgeous day yesterday and was able to rake most of the lawn. A couple of patches are still frozen [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/04/20/3/</link>
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		<title>Hello world!</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!
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		<link>http://www.mjohnson.net/2008/04/19/hello-world/</link>
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