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<rss version="2.0"><channel><description>This feed is a combination of posts from my personal and family blogs.</description><title>My Playground</title><generator>Tumblr (3.0; @rplayground)</generator><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/</link><item><title>Remember When?</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/zFsWzbs49nc/706"&gt;Remember When?&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Dearest Jasmine and Justice,&lt;br/&gt;
You are too young to remember this, but just know at 10 weeks old your mom and I had a tough time with you, Justice more so.  Just imagine your poor mom cringing as I…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/209848777</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/209848777</guid><pubDate>Sat, 10 Oct 2009 22:08:03 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>6 Weeks and Counting</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/oVC0unRvwv8/693"&gt;6 Weeks and Counting&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;We can’t believe is only been 6 weeks.  As busy as we have been, you’d think time would be flying by right?  It’s not.  Friends say, “enjoy this time while you can”.  …&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Welcome to the Nispiros…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/188264481</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/188264481</guid><pubDate>Mon, 14 Sep 2009 21:32:59 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>J &amp; J’s One Month</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/_4Sa3v3EajM/688"&gt;J &amp; J’s One Month&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Yea! Finally Jasmine and Justice reach one month!  It seems like it would never get here, but it was time well spent.  As parents of multiples we have learned a lot about our babies and how to…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/177040851</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/177040851</guid><pubDate>Tue, 01 Sep 2009 04:48:42 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Twins Challenge – Week Three</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/VcPEUfb2qrU/680"&gt;Twins Challenge – Week Three&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I have to make this quick because they are both asleep.  This scenario is a luxury for us.  There are a lot of things that we took for granted before Justice and Jasmine came.  Quiet walks,…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/171176862</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/171176862</guid><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2009 02:05:01 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>J &amp; J Two Weeks Young</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/5QS3azT_Bcg/674"&gt;J &amp; J Two Weeks Young&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;This week Jasmine and Justice are two weeks young.
Summary – both are doing well and have healthy appetites.   Jasmine prefers breast feeding over the bottle and Justice prefers the bottle…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/162876503</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/162876503</guid><pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 09:04:18 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I’m a dad x 2!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/GXpf_8dlum0/669"&gt;I’m a dad x 2!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;You’ve read right!  I’m a proud dad of twins!  Last Friday, July 31 at 2:49PM PST our fraternal twins were born.  Jasmine weighed in at 5.15 lbs at 19.5″ and Justice weighed in at…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Welcome to the…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/159088024</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/159088024</guid><pubDate>Sun, 09 Aug 2009 03:52:33 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Welcome Jasmine and Justice!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.rplayground.com/archives/143"&gt;Welcome Jasmine and Justice!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Woo hoo we did it!  We finally became parents!  Not just of one child, but two.  Meet our fraternal twins Almina Jasmine and Evren Justice!  Jasmine weighed in at 5.15 lbs at 19.5″ and Justice…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/158861165</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/158861165</guid><pubDate>Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:55:38 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Don’t Talk To Strangers</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/OlV10yNdDPQ/662"&gt;Don’t Talk To Strangers&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Growing up our teachers and parents would always say, ‘don’t talk to strangers’.   As a kid this was hard for me.  I trusted people too easily.  I didn’t know any better.  But…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Welcome to the…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/151404116</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/151404116</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Jul 2009 23:18:56 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>California Budget Shortfall</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/B_qFVji3P_0/658"&gt;California Budget Shortfall&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;We are now 13 days behind in coming up with a solution for California’s budget.  The impact to the State and citizens of California is devastating.
In Sacramento alone our neighborhoods will…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/141337371</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/141337371</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Jul 2009 01:33:41 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Do It Yourself!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/cMEV5JOjDgY/653"&gt;Do It Yourself!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Have you ever assigned a task to someone only to find out later it’s something you should have done yourself?  I find myself wondering that so many times.  Funny thing is is that I assume that…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/140043553</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/140043553</guid><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:01:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Relax Sarah Palin</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/_F2lKt6-6zU/648"&gt;Relax Sarah Palin&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Letter to Governor Palin – No need to quit your Alaskan Governor duties early.  You’re not going anywhere.  You’re not gaining any more experience by leaving your post early.  If it…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Welcome to…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/137442972</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/137442972</guid><pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:05:20 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Theme-aholic</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/NispirosPortal/~3/naakNKq6ElQ/642"&gt;Theme-aholic&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;Ahhh a new theme. It always takes me days if not weeks to find the right WordPress theme.  I used to change theme as often as I changed undergarments, but lately I just haven’t had time…&lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;
Welcome…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/134442232</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/134442232</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 17:02:32 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Theme-aholic</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/642"&gt;Theme-aholic&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_643" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gridfocus.jpg" rel="lightbox[642]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-643" title="Grid Focus" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/gridfocus-150x150.jpg" alt="Grid Focus" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Grid Focus&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Ahhh a new theme. It always takes me days if not weeks to find the right &lt;a title="WordPress" href="http://www.wordpress.org" target="_blank"&gt;WordPress&lt;/a&gt; theme.  I used to change theme as often as I changed undergarments, but lately I…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/133802717</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/133802717</guid><pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:02:27 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Later Michael!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/636"&gt;Later Michael!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;p&gt;I keep thinking that the death of Michael Jackson is a big publicity stunt for his upcoming European tour.  Sad thing is he’s not waking up and he is truly gone.  When I first heard the news I was…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/131982039</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/131982039</guid><pubDate>Sun, 28 Jun 2009 18:37:25 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Bad Blogger</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/632"&gt;Bad Blogger&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_633" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/badblogger.jpg" rel="lightbox[632]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-633" title="Bad Blogger" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/badblogger-150x150.jpg" alt="Bad Blogger" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Bad Blogger&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;It’s funny how time flies when you’re having fun.  There are just so many cool things happening in and around the net that I just don’t have time to blog.  I click on one…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/129615181</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/129615181</guid><pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:54:00 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Happy Birthday Dad!</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.rplayground.com/archives/138"&gt;Happy Birthday Dad!&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_139" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.rplayground.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dad802009.jpg" rel="lightbox[138]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-139" title="Dad 2009" src="http://www.rplayground.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/Dad802009-150x150.jpg" alt="Dad 2009" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Dad 2009&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Time sure flies when you’re having fun.  I’m sure that what my dad said yesterday on his birthday, which was also Father’s Day.  This picture was taken by my brother Rich,…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/128453092</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/128453092</guid><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2009 19:08:29 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>I Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/628"&gt;I Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_629" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/scratchback.jpg" rel="lightbox[628]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-629" title="Scratch Back" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/scratchback-150x150.jpg" alt="Scratch Back" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Scratch My Back&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Remember the good ole days of ‘I Scratch Your Back, You Scratch Mine’?  Today it’s more like ‘I Scratch Your Back, You Stab Mine’.  Seriously, what is up with…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/124232195</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/124232195</guid><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 16:44:24 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Misguided Expectations</title><description>&lt;a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/myhushspace/~3/17X4qyh2-lM/623"&gt;Misguided Expectations&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_625" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venting.jpg" rel="lightbox[623]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-625" title="Venting" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venting-150x150.jpg" alt="Venting" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Venting&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Is it wrong to expect certain things from certain people?  For example, you expect the President of the United States, whoever that might be in any given year, to manage the…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/117585333</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/117585333</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 16:38:23 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Misguided Expectations</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/623"&gt;Misguided Expectations&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_625" class="wp-caption alignleft" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venting.jpg" rel="lightbox[623]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-625" title="Venting" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/venting-150x150.jpg" alt="Venting" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Venting&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;Is it wrong to expect certain things from certain people?  For example, you expect the President of the United States, whoever that might be in any given year, to manage the…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/117558858</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/117558858</guid><pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:34:52 -0700</pubDate></item><item><title>Stay in School</title><description>&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/archives/614"&gt;Stay in School&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;div id="attachment_615" class="wp-caption alignright" style="width: 160px"&gt;
&lt;a href="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/stayinschool.jpg" rel="lightbox[614]" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img class="size-thumbnail wp-image-615" title="Stay in School" src="http://www.nispiros.com/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/stayinschool-150x150.jpg" alt="Stay in School" width="150" height="150"/&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p class="wp-caption-text"&gt;Stay in School&lt;/p&gt;
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&lt;p&gt;My grandmother (Lola) was a strong supporter of a good education.  She believed in it so much.  She know that value of a good eduction in this country.  My mom barely…&lt;/p&gt;</description><link>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/114537205</link><guid>http://rplayground.tumblr.com/post/114537205</guid><pubDate>Thu, 28 May 2009 16:41:21 -0700</pubDate></item></channel></rss>
