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	<title>Rachael Rossman: Watercolor Portraits of Man and Beast</title>
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	<description>Unique watercolor portraits and pet portraits as seen on dooce.com, marthastewart.com and The Pioneer Woman. Commissions gladly accepted.</description>
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		<title>Artist, Interrupted</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have been sick for the past week. Suddenly, haltingly, feverishly sick. I&#8217;ve done nothing more than sit perfectly motionless watching Downton Abbey, Upstairs Downstairs and Arrested Development on Netflix. And drinking gingerale. Lots and lots of gingerale.
I&#8217;m a bit better now, but not quite up to painting. I&#8217;ll be posting some portraits I completed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Whosagoodboy?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Ever since I painted Martha Stewart&#8217;s French Bulldogs, I&#8217;ve had a soft spot for Frenchies. This guy was my last painting of 2011: a good one to end on, I think.

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		<title>Surprises</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Here are some more paintings that had their Big Reveal on Christmas morning.





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		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2012/01/15/surprises/</link>
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		<title>Out of the Bag</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Did you get art for Christmas? Some people did. Me? I got the usual bottle of fancy wine and a stocking full of goodies from Bath &#38; Body Works. Oh, and a speedlight so people don&#8217;t look like red-eyed demons in my photos anymore.
Here are some paintings that were gifted this season.




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		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2012/01/14/out-of-the-bag-2/</link>
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		<title>Back to the Living</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Forgive me, Internet, for I am tardy. It&#8217;s been twelve days since my last blog post.
I guess I didn&#8217;t realize how much the Holiday Rush affected me this year. I made sure that everyone had all the paintings they had ordered for Christmas, then I just collapsed, in a caffeine-swilling, dough-eating pile, until after the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2012/01/13/back-to-the-living/</link>
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		<title>Blink</title>
		<description><![CDATA[
Nine days ago, I was apologizing to my daughter for working on her birthday, then furiously wrapping up emails, cleaning off my desk and preparing to leave the office until after the new year.
Eight days ago, I was in a waterpark, listening to my husband declare, &#8220;Oh my god, I&#8217;m Ricky Bobby,&#8221; enjoying a few [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2011/12/31/blink/</link>
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		<title>The Best Things I Did This Year</title>
		<description><![CDATA[    

Made a calendar. You can still buy one!
Launched a Dia de Los Muertos portrait project on Kickstarter
Painted Amanda Palmer, Neil Gaiman and The Bloggess with skull faces
Was mentioned on Molly Crabapple&#8217;s Tumblr page

  

Made Dooce&#8217;s Friday Under Fifty list
Bought a grown-up camera and an iPad
Shipped my artwork to 5 of 7 [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2011/12/29/the-best-things-i-did-this-year/</link>
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		<title>Perhaps the Best Idea I&#8217;ve Ever Had</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Santa Suit + Night Vision Trailcam = Two Kids Who Will Believe in Santa A Little While Longer.



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		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2011/12/27/perhaps-the-best-idea-ive-ever-had/</link>
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		<title>Keywords</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I was recently doing some online Christmas shopping for a&#8230;um&#8230;how shall I put this delicately? A piece of performance gear for cold weather running that is for the exclusive use of gentlemen.
No?
Um, it keeps one&#8217;s parts warm while running.
Male parts.
Are we all on the same page here?
The problem was, I couldn&#8217;t remember the name of the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2011/12/23/keywords/</link>
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		<title>#momfail</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Last week was one of those weeks. Dr. Rossman was off running a marathon (and enjoying lovely Arizona weather, I might add), so the chore of getting the kids to school and to their various activities, fell to me.
I emailed my very understanding co-workers on Sunday night warning them of my probability of tardiness. All [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.rachaelrossman.com/2011/12/22/momfail/</link>
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