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		<title>Time flies when you&#8217;re having fun&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2009 20:32:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the school busses warm up their engines and the office supply stores prepare for the big upcoming rush, I hear so many people say the same thing&#8230;&#8221;Where did the summer go?&#8221;  Well, I am happy to report that I know exactly where my summer went this year&#8230;to the fabulous Jersey shore and then to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=566&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>www.thejerseygirl.wordpress.com</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Aug 2009 21:04:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I decided on what my next project will be.  Visit www.thejerseygirl.wordpress.com for details.
I&#8217;m so excited!!!
Melissa  
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		<title>Julie and Julia</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 04 Aug 2009 22:19:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Has anyone read this book, Julie and Julia by Julie Powell?  I just finished reading it here, in Italy.  I am on vacation and spending a good deal of time on planes, trains, buses, and in a car.  This is time which I am content to spend looking out windows and watching the rolling hills [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=560&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I have spread my dreams&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jan 2009 04:06:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I have spread my dreams beneath your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.&#8221; 
-W.B. Yeats
I have been thinking about dreams a lot lately, dreams, and goals, and plans, and the future in general.  My own and other people&#8217;s.  Life&#8217;s work and life&#8217;s worth.  
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		<title>Readers and Writers Networking Sites&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:37:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In this constant struggle of mine to find (make) time for reading, writing, and discussion, I have joined a few sites online.  (As well as two book clubs which is a whole other story!)   I am not sure if these sites will help me find more time or less, but I guess that only [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=550&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Blackle</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Miscellany]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I just found out about a new energy saving search engine called Blackle.  It is from Google and is definitely worth checking out.  (The energy saved by using the site it isn&#8217;t going to be huge, but the point is that it is a reminder to make more environmentally friendly decisions&#8230;I like it!)
They [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=548&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>On a blustery, cold night</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 02:34:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s really nothing quite like a good book, a warm blanket, and a hot cup of tea on a blustery, cold night.  (Knowing that I don&#8217;t have to get up for work tomorrow is nice too!)
Wishing you all a relaxing evening.
~Melissa  
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		<title>All I Want For Christmas Is You</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Nov 2008 15:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A while ago (around 14 years ago!) I started writing a short story inspired by the Mariah Carey Christmas song, &#8220;All I Want For Christmas Is You.&#8221;  Through the years the story has stuck with me and every once in a while I reread it or added a little bit to it.  I have always [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=529&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;I like to think of life in terms of&#8230;&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://melissamorris.wordpress.com/2008/11/29/i-like-to-think-of-life-in-terms-of/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Nov 2008 14:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ironically, I made time for myself to read for a little while yesterday &#8211; following my own advice from the previous post &#8211; and what I ended up reading related exactly to the &#8220;out of control circumstances&#8221; that I referred to the day before.  This is a long passage from Nicholas Sparks&#8217; Three Weeks with [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=536&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>&#8220;Being rich is having&#8230;&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Nov 2008 17:15:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Melissa Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Being rich is having money; being wealthy is having time. 
-Stephen Swid, executive (b. 1941)
Nowadays, with so many of us worried about the economy, and many of us trying to stick to tighter budgets during the holiday season, I thought that this quotation was appropriate.
The interesting thing though is that while there may be a [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=melissamorris.wordpress.com&blog=4313925&post=531&subd=melissamorris&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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