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	<title>Jenni Elyse</title>
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	<description>&#34;It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live....&#34; ~ Albus Dumbledore</description>
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		<title>More Random Ramblings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m back on track.  For the past two weeks, I&#8217;ve been eating healthy and watching my calories.  I already feel so much better and I&#8217;m down another 3 lbs!  I don&#8217;t know why I have such huge cravings for bad food because it just makes me feel sick after I eat them (e.g. french fries, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Eclipse Movie Trailer</title>
		<description><![CDATA[My niece Megan posted the Eclipse movie trailer on her blog.  I didn&#8217;t think it was available on the Internet until tomorrow, but I guess I was wrong.  Anyway, enjoy!  

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		<link>http://jennielyse.com/eclipse-trailer/</link>
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		<title>Bedtime at the Swamp by Kristyn Crow</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I read Bedtime at the Swamp by Kristyn Crow tonight.  She gave it to me at the Utah Bloggers 2010 Winter Social.
It&#8217;s the story of a boy, his younger sister, older brother, and two cousins who think there&#8217;s a monster in the swamp.  They all take cover in a tree to hide from this monster [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/bedtime-at-the-swamp-by-kristyn-crow/</link>
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		<title>Concentrating on the Good</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m a pessimist through and through.   There are no ifs, ands, or buts about it.   I try to be optimistic, but somewhere deep down I think that if I expect the worst, then I&#8217;ll never be disappointed.   The only problem with this logic is I tend to be a little paranoid and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/concentrating-on-the-good/</link>
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		<title>Utah Book Bloggers 2010 Winter Social</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I wasn&#8217;t looking forward to last weekend because I had to decline the invitation to join my friends in St. George for another murder mystery party because of my midterms.  (I got a 95% on my Doctrine and Covenants midterm and 90% on my Japanese written midterm.  I still don&#8217;t know how I did on [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/utah-book-bloggers-2010-winter-social/</link>
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		<title>Gravatars</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Have you noticed the little monster by your comments on my blog?  Those are known as gravatars, or globally recognized avatars.  Gravatars follow you wherever you go on the Internet when commenting on blogs.  They&#8217;re linked to your e-mail address so each time you use your e-mail address to post a comment, your gravatar will [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/gravatars/</link>
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		<title>Finding the Passion to Read</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday evening, I had the chance to meet a few book bloggers and authors who live in Utah.  I&#8217;d post a recap of the fun I had, but I&#8217;m waiting for a picture.  So, I&#8217;ll post more when I receive it.   
At the party last night, I explained to many of the authors and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/finding-the-passion-to-read/</link>
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		<title>Random Ramblings</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A couple of my friends post random ramblings every now and then and I thought it would be fun to give it a try.
Because of my last post, some of you may be thinking that I&#8217;m not enjoying school.  That&#8217;s not it at all.  I absolutely love school.  I enjoy every minute of it, including [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/random-ramblings/</link>
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		<title>A Life-Long Challenge</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Corey is quite literally a jack of all trades.  He can learn how to do something and be good at it without even trying.  It&#8217;s nice to have such a handy husband.  And, at the same time, it&#8217;s discouraging because I don&#8217;t feel like I&#8217;m really that good at anything and I feel like I&#8217;m [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/a-life-long-challenge/</link>
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		<title>It&#8217;s a Miracle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, my financial aid finally came through!   I was able to pay this semester&#8217;s tuition and register for Spring and Summer terms.  I feel like a huge weight has been lifted off my shoulders and it&#8217;s such a nice feeling.  
I&#8217;m in the process of applying for financial aid for Spring and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/its-a-miracle/</link>
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		<title>Skechers Shape-Ups</title>
		<description><![CDATA[With all the walking I&#8217;ve been doing on campus, I decided I needed to get a new pair of shoes that were more comfortable and better for walking.  I went to a few stores before I found my dream pair of shoes.
I had seen a few commercials for Skechers Shape-Ups so when I noticed them [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/skechers-shape-ups/</link>
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		<title>Linger ARC Contest</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In Maggie Stiefvater&#8217;s Shiver, Grace and Sam found each other.  Now, in Linger, they must fight to be together. For Grace, this means defying her parents and keeping a very dangerous secret about her own well-being. For Sam, this means grappling with his werewolf past &#8230; and figuring out a way to survive into the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/linger-arc-contest/</link>
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		<title>Seeing Muse in Concert</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I have a very eclectic taste in music.  It may not be as eclectic as some, but I don&#8217;t seem to stick to one genre more than another; it just all depends on my mood.
Until I was in high school, I didn&#8217;t really listen to music.  Before that, my older sisters always had control of [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/seeing-muse-in-concert/</link>
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		<title>Prose vs. Story</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I know the best combination when reading a novel is to have good prose and a good story.  However, in many cases, novels don&#8217;t always have both.  Most often if a novel has good prose, it&#8217;s difficult to understand, takes more time to read, and is hard to get into (e.g. Fahrenheit 451 by Ray [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/prose-vs-story/</link>
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		<title>Musings about Reading</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I posted this on the forum I share with my friends. But, I wanted a broader range of opinion on my musings, so I decided to blog about it too.
I know some of you aren&#8217;t as gung ho about Twilight anymore (or never were for that matter).  I understand completely because I&#8217;m not nearly as [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/musings-about-reading/</link>
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		<title>Meeting Bree Despain</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  It&#8217;s already four days into February and this is my first post.  I really need to blog more, but that would require playing less Facebook games when I have free time.  
Anyway, on Saturday, my friends and I threw a party for Bree Despain, the author of The Dark Divine.  I feel [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/meeting-bree-despain/</link>
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		<title>Corey&#8217;s New Look</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Corey has had bad eye sight for a while now, but he wouldn&#8217;t get his eyes checked, until a couple of weeks ago, because he didn&#8217;t think his eyes were &#8220;that&#8221; bad.  Well, it turns out his prescription is nearly as strong as mine.  Anyway, based on that previous statement, you can probably guess [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/coreys-new-look/</link>
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		<title>Getting Back into the Groove</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll be the first to admit, rather shamefully, that I&#8217;ve been slacking on my healthy lifestyle over the past couple of months.  There are a couple of reasons I started to slack.  First, it was the holiday season and there was so much temptation around me all the time.  Second, I was frustrated and disenchanted [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/getting-back-into-the-groove/</link>
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		<title>&#8220;Judge Not,&#8221; an Essay</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I handed in my first essay in ten years last Thursday.  I was very nervous about it because I hadn&#8217;t written one in so long and I feel like my creative writing skills have gone kaput.  But, with the help of a few friends and the BYU writing lab, I was able to write a [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/judge-not-an-essay/</link>
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		<title>Fighting the Financial Aid Battle</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Wow!  Two posts in three days!  It&#8217;s almost like my life is back to normal.  I assure you, though, it&#8217;s far from it.  
Financial aid is the worst!  Trying to jump through government hoops to get help couldn&#8217;t be more complicated.  I&#8217;ve been dealing with this forever-long process since last September and I still [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/fighting-the-financial-aid-battl/</link>
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		<title>Simplifying</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I think I&#8217;ve only gone more than a week between posts once, maybe twice, in the entire two and a half years I&#8217;ve been blogging.  That tells you how busy life is right now!
My typical day starts with me getting up at 5:00 am if I decide to make myself presentable by doing my hair.  [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/simplifying/</link>
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		<title>My Purple Glory</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the post Coming Up for Air, I mentioned I had bought several school supplies that make me more purple than the Purple People Eater.  My sister-in-law Jen suggested I post a picture of me in my purple glory.  I&#8217;m always happy to oblige such requests.  

You can just barely see the purpleness [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/my-purple-glory/</link>
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		<title>Coming Up for Air</title>
		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m officially a student once again since Monday was the first day of class.  I still hadn&#8217;t had a chance to get a backpack or most of my supplies I also needed to get a new student ID card, so I can use the library on campus and other such services.  Because of these things, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/coming-up-for-air/</link>
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		<title>Didaskaleinophobia: The Fear of Going to School</title>
		<description><![CDATA[In the post New Year&#8217;s Resolutions 2010, I mentioned I&#8217;ve been plagued with irrational worries/fears of returning to school.  What are those fears?
I&#8217;ve been out of school for almost ten years.  What if I&#8217;ve forgotten how to go to school?  What if I don&#8217;t know how to be a student anymore?  What if I&#8217;ve forgotten [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/didaskaleinophobia-the-fear-of-going-to-school/</link>
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		<title>New Year&#8217;s Resolutions 2010</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday, Brandon!  
Technically, there are still 14 hours until 2009 ends in my neck of the woods.  However, I wanted to reflect on last year&#8217;s resolutions so I can do any last-minute penance while there&#8217;s still time.   Just kidding.
In 2009, I wanted to:

Continue to improve my relationship with Corey.
Read The Book [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://jennielyse.com/new-years-resolutions-2010/</link>
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