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		<title>Everyone has been sleeping later than usual during spring break</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 18:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[5 a.m. — The alarm goes off. I get up because daughter Elizabeth will leave for her job at the factory soon. She has been working a lot of 10 hour days at the factory. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth’s ride is here and she leaves. The children are on spring break and my husband Joe [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe’s cousin Barbara dies after giving birth to 11th child</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2013 18:09:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a very nice and sunny Thursday with the mercury going over the 50 degree mark on our thermometer. Susan and I did laundry including some curtains. Susan hung a lot of the clothes outside taking advantage of this spring-like day. Earlier this week we had snow flurries. My husband Joe was off work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beef is all cut up. Now it is time to cut up the pork</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Mar 2013 05:58:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lovina Eicher For The Madison Press &#160; A nice sunny day in March although the thermometer shows 25 degrees this a.m. We have all the meat from our beef either in cans or in the freezer. My husband Joe was home several days last week. On Thursday night and Friday he made over 400 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It has been a long, tiring day cutting up the meat</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Mar 2013 15:56:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[4:50 a.m. — My husband Joe didn’t have to work today, so we were able to sleep later than usual. I get up as daughter Elizabeth is awake and packing her lunch for work. 5:15 a.m. — Elizabeth leaves for work, Joe gets up to check on the coal stove while I fix us a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>My Amish reality was to do a real reality T.V. show</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 13:30:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Kevin Williams Editor’s Note: Lovina’s column will return to its regular format next week. “Oh you shouldn’t have done that.” “Why not?” I asked quizzically. “Because I’ll move here and take this piece and then this one,” the Amish man said with a hearty laugh, eyes twinkling and prominent white beard casting a shadow [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Carbon monoxide alarm goes off; sends family outside</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2013 20:05:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Editor’s Note: Lovina’s church is more progressive when it comes to safety-oriented technology like smoke detectors. When their home was built, local home inspectors required such detectors be installed. Some more conservative Amish groups, like the Swartzentruber Amish, have opposed such devices. We are having some snowy days this week although there is not much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Joe helped me to make noodles</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Feb 2013 16:27:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My husband Joe has been home the last three days, not having any work. Makes it a little harder on payday but we shouldn’t complain. God always provides a way if we keep our trust in him. Meanwhile Joe has been kept busy here at home. Yesterday our two oldest girls, Elizabeth and Susan, were [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are having some bad weather</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 16:56:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This a great recipe to try, an easy, hearty meal on a cold winters day.]]></description>
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		<title>Susan makes birthday cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Feb 2013 16:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I am Susan. I decided to write for mom this week. My 17th birthday is tomorrow the 24th so my treat to mom is to write the column for her. I made monster cookies yesterday. I wanted to have some to treat everyone for my birthday. I am here at my baby-sitting job. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Another day is not promised to us</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Jan 2013 18:12:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We attended both funerals of my cousins over the weekend. So nice to see cousins, uncles, aunts, and friends that we don’t often see but sad for the reason we had to gather. Chris’s funeral was on Saturday at 9 a.m. Danny’s funeral was at 9 a.m. on Sunday. Both funerals were largely attended. Our [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The holidays were fine once the flu left our house</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Jan 2013 21:14:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A whole brand new year lies ahead. What does it have in store for us all? Only God knows so let us put our trust in him. I hope everyone had a great, safe holiday. We had a very nice holiday after the flu bug finally left our house. Christmas Day was spent here at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lovina has been struck with the flu</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Jan 2013 15:47:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I hope everyone had a blessed and healthy Christmas Day. I’ve been struck with the same flu that has been going around this household. Hopefully I’ll be on the mend soon. With Joe off this week and the kids home from school, the house has been full. We’ve had snow and cold the past few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are preparing for Christmas</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:41:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; The Thanksgiving holiday is over with and everyone is preparing for Christmas. As I prepare for Christmas let us remember that Jesus is the reason for the season. So often people forget what Christmas is really about. We spent Thanksgiving Day at sister Emma and Jacob’s house. Emma prepared two turkeys. They had the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>9,000 subs were made with eight lines of people helping</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Nov 2012 15:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Gun season opens today for the deer hunters, which meant lots of activity in this household. Daughter Susan went hunting with her friend Mose, which was the first time she had ever gone hunting. Even Elizabeth didn’t have to work at the factory which closed because of opening day of deer season. Her friend Timothy [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We are still cleaning in order to get done before snow falls</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:10:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have entered the 11th month of this year already. Where did time go so fast? Every year seems to go faster than the year before. A happy 40th birthday goes to brother-in-law Jacob. His birthday is today, Nov. 1. It is a nice and sunny but cold day here in Michigan. Our thoughts and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Susan had her casts removed but still has to wear air casts</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2012 01:59:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Another chilly morning with the temperature dipping below 40. So far my garden hasn’t been hit with a killing frost. I am surprised because it has been quite cold on some mornings. Some places look like they did, though. Both my gardens are beside buildings so I wonder if they are protected from the cold [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our buggy is rarely full as everyone is older and travels other ways</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:23:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last night Benjamin and Joseph picked over a five gallon bucket of tomatoes. I now have enough to make a batch of homemade pizza sauce today. The tomato plants are still loaded with green tomatoes. Hot and green peppers are still doing great. I am surprised we didn’t get a killing frost yet but imagine [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Loretta will be in hard casts for four weeks</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2012 19:42:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Lovina Eicher For The Plain City Advocate &#160; I decided to write this column while my red beets are cooking. I cook them long enough so that the skin peels off easily. I want to make pickled red beets to put in cans. We will serve those for lunch when we have church services [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kevin enjoyed his seventh birthday with his new bike</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Sep 2012 15:00:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[School doors opened on Tuesday, Sept. 4. The house seemed pretty empty after the six youngest left for school at 7 a.m. They had Rich for their bus driver again which made them happy. Rich has been the bus driver for the children ever since we moved to Michigan eight years ago. He is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It is expensive to fill for our gasoline-powered motor</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Sep 2012 14:18:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Lovina Eicher</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Laundry is hanging on the lines drying really quickly with the sun and breeze blowing. It took longer than usual to do the washing as the motor on the washing machine kept shutting down. I will have to have Joe look at it when he comes home from work. We usually wash clothes on Mondays, [...]]]></description>
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