<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>polka dot suitcase &#187; blogathon</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/tag/blogathon/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com</link>
	<description>family fun through creative living</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Mon, 31 May 2010 05:22:50 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1</generator>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
			<item>
		<title>Parenting blogs</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/parenting-blogs/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/parenting-blogs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 09:37:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[parenting blogs]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=3217</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[So, the blogathon is wrapping up &#8212; about a week left. Doing a post every day has been both a challenge and a frustration, but I&#8217;m glad I&#8217;ve almost made it. After this, hoping to go back to regularly scheduled 5-a-week.
Wanted to share some of the other parenting bloggers in the group. Be sure to check out posts from yesterday &#8212; the haiku day. Trust me, pretty much everyone on the list was more successful in their poetry than my (oh-so-profound) attempts!
Karen Bannan – Natural as Possible Mom, Because natural isn’t always possible — or easy
Danielle Buffardi – Horrible Sanity, Going into the mind of a mother and freelancer
Heather Faesy – Blame it on the Full Moon, My kids, writing and reading

Jennifer Fink – Blogging Bout Boys, All about boys — raising them, educating them, learning with them
Nancy Mann Jackson – Growing Food and Kids, Gardening, harvesting, cooking and preserving ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/parenting-blogs/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blogathon haiku</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-haiku/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-haiku/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:12:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[haiku]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=3161</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As part of the May Blogathon our leader, Michelle Rafter over at WordCount, challenged us to do a haiku post today. You know, haiku &#8212; that three-line poem encapsulating one thought in 17 syllables  broken down thusly: 5 syllables, 7 syllables, 5 syllables. Hmm. Okay, I&#8217;m game:
Polka dot suitcase
Carries fun for everyone
It&#8217;s blue with white dots
ROFL! Oh, gosh, that hurts my eyes to look at. I think Shirley Temple first sang that. Don&#8217;t say it out loud, or your ears may fall off. Let me try again:
When I was a girl
I would cram my suitcase full
With flights of fancy
Holy shamoly, is the world lucky I&#8217;m not a poet or what? Last try:
Polka dot suitcase
You better read and comment
Or I&#8217;ll come get you
Um. I don&#8217;t know where that came from. I must be one of those dark poets, deep inside. Whose idea was this?
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-haiku/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Blogathon 2010</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-2010/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-2010/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 01 May 2010 13:42:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=2952</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last year&#8217;s blogathon, created by the amazing Michelle Rafter of WordCount, inspired me to write a post every single day for the merry, merry month of May. She threw down the challenge again for this May. I accepted the challenge. (Those who know me know I&#8217;m a challenge junkie.) So consider this my first of 31.
This month, my goal is to beef up the old Suitcase and share with parents some creative ways to spark up some fun in family life. My life here at Chez Polka Dot has been pretty darn fun with the kiddos, hubby, and medical marvel wonderdog. (You&#8217;d think she&#8217;d be a Dalmatian &#8212; polka dots, right? &#8212; but she&#8217;s not. She&#8217;s just a brown dog.) So why not share some of our tips with other parents, right? Right. Yes, I&#8217;m just incessently barking right now. So I&#8217;ll make this first post easy on myself and ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2010/05/blogathon-2010/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Last day for a lot of things</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/last-day-of-a-lot-of-things/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/last-day-of-a-lot-of-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 May 2009 09:37:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[last day]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scavenger hunt]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=1576</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Last day of the scavenger hunt. We had fun creating it; hopefully everyone had fun playing.
Last day of the May Blogathon. Happy to say we made it through &#8212; and discovered a lot of really fabulous blogs along the way.
Last day of May. Just about halfway through 2009. Why does that send me into a low-grade panic?
]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/last-day-of-a-lot-of-things/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Special guest blogger, Sarah Webb, with &#8220;Bubbles of Fun&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/special-guest-blogger-sarah-webb-with-bubbles-of-fun/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/special-guest-blogger-sarah-webb-with-bubbles-of-fun/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 04:16:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[guest]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[sarah webb]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=1262</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[
 Looking for me? I&#8217;m trading places with another blogger today. (And yet I&#8217;m still sitting here at Chez Polka Dot in my fuzzy Mickey jammies. Ain&#8217;t technology grand?)

As part of the May blogathon, we&#8217;re so excited to have guest blogger Sarah Webb join us. She&#8217;s the host of the fascinating science blog, Webb of Science. (And I&#8217;ll be over there today &#8212; come check it out!)  Sarah&#8217;s a freelance journalist, writer, and editor in New York City. Five years ago, she finished a Ph.D. in chemistry and left the laboratory for good. She’s still a fan of atoms and molecules and fascinated by the role these little cogs play in almost every field of science. But she’s happy that she’s not cooking them up herself anymore. Please give Sarah a great big polka-dotted welcome:
Clearly bubbles are a hit over here at Chez Polka Dot, but I’m a big fan, ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/special-guest-blogger-sarah-webb-with-bubbles-of-fun/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Get a new face!</title>
		<link>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/get-a-new-face/</link>
		<comments>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/get-a-new-face/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 May 2009 04:25:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kate</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fooling Around]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blogathon]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[gravatar]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/?p=1111</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8230;just something I say to myself every morning when I look in the mirror&#8230;sigh&#8230;
Oh! I&#8217;m on. Well, hello! Let&#8217;s talk faces. Sir gets a big kick out of seeing the new little &#8220;monster face&#8221; that people get when they comment here on Polka Dot Suitcase. I keep waiting for the little tiny computer artists who live inside the network wires to run out of new combinations. There&#8217;s the square face, the triangle face, glasses, one eye bigger than the other, moustaches&#8230;Mister swears one had a cigarette hanging out of its mouth, too.
But Sir gets an even bigger kick out of personalized gravatars. So here&#8217;s the scoop on getting your own. It&#8217;s as easy as one, two, three. &#8230;uh, four, five, six:
1. Pick a graphic. Photo, art, whatever. Simpler the better, because it&#8217;ll get shrunk&#8230;shrinked&#8230;shrank&#8230;shronk&#8230;shrankled&#8230;reduced down.
2. Link your email. You&#8217;ll need to use the same email whenever you leave comments, because ...]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.polkadotsuitcase.com/2009/05/get-a-new-face/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>4</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
