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		<title>Happy Thanksgiving!</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:15:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I want to wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, well unless you aren&#8217;t American then I wish you a happy day.
I have so much to be thankful for I couldn&#8217;t possible list them here. Since this is a writing blog I will narrow it done to one area, the book.
I am so thankful to be able [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=310&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a book is worth&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:06:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[about 60,000 or so.

At least if the old publishing stand by of 250 words per page is correct. Wondering what I am babbling on about? Check out the pic of me holding my very own copy of Elements of the Soul. As you can see I am delighted to hold the book with my short [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=307&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Boy when I fall off the wagon, I really fall&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:37:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sorry.  This is why I didn&#8217;t do NaNoWriMo this year. I chug along pretty good but if I hit a bump- like getting sick and not posting for a few days- I tend to wander off and do other things rather than getting back on the horse.
While I don&#8217;t plan on the everyday post thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=301&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Read any good books lately?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 19 Nov 2009 19:49:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have read some very good books lately.  Since I have been sick I have been sleeping a lot and reading a lot. The husband picked out some very good books for me from the library.
One series is The Mortal Instruments by Cassandra Clare. How did I miss these little gems? I finished reading City [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=296&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>please leave a message&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:30:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m sorry I am unable to get to this blog right now, please leave a message after the beep, and I will get back to you as soon as I can.
Okay, that was the only humor I could come up with right now. I have been sick the last few days. Yesterday woke up feeling [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=294&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Oh the lovely words&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 05:21:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[What a wonderful day. There were some great words today. The best were from my five-year-old son who asked, &#8220;Mom, do we have princesses in our country?&#8221; I told him no. His response, &#8220;Well, you are my princess, mommy.&#8221; Melt.
He is so getting a new bike for Christmas!
The other lovely words were the rewrite I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=292&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>I have a new printer, woo hoo!</title>
		<link>http://rissawrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/15/i-have-a-new-printer-woo-hoo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 06:31:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Target has the Lexmark X5650 4 in 1 printer on sale for $39.  I have been wanting a fax/scanner/printer combo for the &#8220;office&#8221; for a while now. A few weeks ago our old printer ran out of ink. Man, those ink cartridges are expensive! I was able to buy this whole new printer which includes ink for less [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=289&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Critique groups are so important&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 15 Nov 2009 03:34:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rissa Watkins</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have found a critique group I can go to in person. Previously all my critiques have been online. The feedback is different when it is face to face. There is less BS and I can ask questions about things that I don&#8217;t understand. I love it.
I had a meeting today and brought the first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=287&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Darn you NaBloWriMo&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://rissawrites.wordpress.com/2009/11/12/darn-you-nablowrimo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 13 Nov 2009 04:30:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was going to blow off posting today. It&#8217;s been a long week. Veterans day the kid was home. He ended up getting sick so he stayed home today and now, since he is still sporting a low-grade fever no school tomorrow.
The problem with my 5 year-old son is he is full of energy. I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=284&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Veterans Day! Thank you to all who served and those who stay behind&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:29:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[People who serve in the armed forces deserve respect and thanks.  I want to say thank you for your sacrifices for our country.
But I also want to thank a big group that is usually forgotten in the pomp and circumstance surrounding Veterans Day.
Thank you to the family members left behind. It is a horrible thing [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=rissawrites.wordpress.com&blog=3688223&post=281&subd=rissawrites&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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