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A Message from Ellen (March 10 - March 14 / 2008)

Weeee're Baaaaaack! Did you miss me? Sorry for leaving you, but we've been going full speed since the beginning of the year and I really needed the break. I love my job, but having a week off works wonders. It's important to give yourself a break once in a while. Life is hard. Like my friend Dr. Wayne Dyer advises, we have to take time to stop and smell the roses. Unless you're allergic to roses. In that case, stop and smell... something else that needs to be smelled. Even nature takes a break. That's what winter is for. Come to think of it, nature must be exhausted at the equator.