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		<title>Recycling your Christmas Tree Outside of Austin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 16:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[For areas outside Austin city limits here is some information on recycling your Christmas tree. Before recycling your tree, please remove all decorations, nails, wires, ornaments, tree stands, lights, and tinsel.
Pflugerville: Christmas Tree Recycling Dec. 26 - Jan. 7
Start Date: December 26, 2008
End Date: 	January 7, 2009
Description: The City will accept Christmas trees for recycling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Austin Christmas Tree Recycling for 2009</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Dec 2008 03:05:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Residents should use the following guidelines when recycling their trees:
    * All trees six feet or taller should be cut in half
    * Remove all ornaments, decorations, and tree stand
    * Do not place tree in a &#8220;tree bag&#8221; before setting on the curb
   [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 3 - Stuff for Big Kids (Adults) to do. Yeah, that means you&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:02:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of great stuff going on this weekend at the Alamo:
Master Pancake Theatre CHRISTMAS SHOW
When: Fri, Dec 19 : Sat, Dec 20 :
Where: Alamo Ritz 
After a 2-year absence, it&#8217;s the return of the famous Alamo Christmas Clip Show featuring Master Pancake Theater! Join us as we channel surf A.D.D.-style through a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 2 - Last chances to see Santa in 2008</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;re just getting around to taking the kids to see Santa and get pictures, you&#8217;re in luck, you still have just a couple of more opportunities:
Santa at Barton Creek Square
When: Daily 11/7/08 - 12/24/08
Where: Barton Creek Square, 2901 South Capital of Texas Highway
$$$: Free
Santa at Lakeline Mall
When: Daily 11/8/08 - 12/24/08
Where: Lakeline Mall, 11200 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What&#8217;s Up Austin: The Weekend Line-up for 12/20/08</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Dec 2008 17:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Last weekend before Christmas. I am almost done with my shopping. Finally! If you still have shopping to do you might want to know that there are still a few holiday bazaars going on:
8th Annual Blue Genie Art Bazaar
When: December 3rd through December 24th, 2008
Open at 10:00am Daily
•  Sunday through Thursday  10am to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 4 - Sugar Cookie Tips &#038; Techniques Continued&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:03:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip 2 - Dipping Your Sugar Cookies
This is one of the easiest and fun techniques for children. It can be a little bit messy but what&#8217;s the fun of making cookies with kids if there is no mess at all? 
One again your take some of your royal icing and thin it down. I like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 3 - Tips &#038; Techniques for Icing your Cookies</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:02:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Tip 1 - Outlining and Flood Filling your cookies:
One of the very neatest things I learned from Penny McConell that I love to do is to outline my cookies with watered down, colored cookie dough before baking. What I love about this technique is that when the cookies cool you already have your flood dam [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Page 2 - Penny&#8217;s Royal Icing Recipe</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:01:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Obviously, you don&#8217;t have to ice your sugar cookies but they sure are pretty when you do and if you&#8217;re going to make them for gifts then I&#8217;d highly recommend you take the time to ice them.
Penny&#8217;s Royal Icing

6 Tablespoons water
3 Tablespoons meringue powder (half this in very hot weather)
3.5 Cups powdered sugar, sifted.

Put water [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The last sugar cookie recipe you&#8217;ll ever need</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sugar cookies can be a little fussy. They can get dry and crumbly. You generally have to refrigerate them for 2-3 hours before using and often the more you roll it out, the more useless the dough becomes. That is why I love this recipe. You can roll and re-roll this dough and every cookie [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Cinnamon Christmas Ornaments</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:20:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kyla Myers</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t think there is anything nicer than homemade gifts. A homemade gift says that a person has spent more than money on you, they&#8217;ve spent time and we all know how precious time can be these days.
It&#8217;s easy these days to either shove money in your child&#8217;s hands and let them buy gifts for [...]]]></description>
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