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Are you a Fire, Earth, Air or Water?

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October 9, 2012

Thoughts from my first Bridge Builders’ session NOTE: Much of this blog post originally appeared on the Fahlgren Mortine blog. Recently, I was fortunate enough to be accepted into the Cleveland Bridge Builders Class of 2013. According to the Cleveland Leadership Council, Bridge Builders is “a 10-month leadership development and civic engagement program…
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Pumpkin Butterscotch White Chip Bars

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October 5, 2012

Fall is here! Fall is here! Which means .. it’s time for baking with, cooking with and eating pumpkin! Earlier this week I mentioned that I had missed National Homemade Cookie Day. Fear not – I celebrated last night instead, baking some pumpkin butterscotch white chocolate chip cookies. AND since…
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Fall Cookie Inspiration (Pumpkin, Apple, Oatmeal and more)

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October 2, 2012

Yesterday was National Homemade Cookie Day! I can’t believe I missed it. I actually didn’t even have it on my radar until last night when my friend Devin messaged me, “Today is national homemade cookie day – sounds like a good opp for Melissa Bakes!” I dropped the ball and…
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Killing Fruit Flies

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September 30, 2012

B and I recently started making coffee in the mornings. After more than a year of being married, and having received a coffee maker as a wedding gift, we finally have started using it. And it’s great! B doesn’t have to spend $3-$4 on a Mocha each morning, and if…
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Oreo Bars

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September 19, 2012

Last weekend, B and I went camping with a few friends. Each person was in charge of bringing a specific food item, and in addition to bringing lunch for Saturday, we were slated to also share in bringing dessert. In fact, next to desserts, the list read, “Snacks & Desserts…
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My Life, Traveling

The weekend where I slept in a tent

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September 17, 2012

I’m not an outdoorsy type of person. Yes, I love hiking, running, sunning myself, going for walks – but there are also a lot of things that I don’t like about the outdoors, like bugs, wildlife, dirt and nowhere to plug my phone. So when B and I hit the…
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Best Banana Bread Recipe

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September 13, 2012

I’m a creature of habit. Whenever I have old bananas, I make banana muffins. I think B sometimes deliberately leaves 3 bananas to turn brown, just so I’ll make him muffins. I’ve probably made this banana crumb muffin recipe 6 times already this year. Don’t get me wrong – the…
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My Life

Wordless Wednesday: Words to Love

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September 12, 2012

My friend from high school, Lauren, has a blog that I read every so often. Yesterday, she introduced me to Dallas Clayton – and I instantly became enamored with his words, poetry, artwork, and messages. So for today, I leave you with some words to live by and words to…
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Easy Light Crab Cakes

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September 10, 2012

The last time Giant Eagle had a seafood sale, I found myself buying a giant can of lump crab. It was nearly half price, and I love anything crab (crab nachos! Crab quesadillas! Crab dip! even fake crab krab) tasting, so how could I go wrong? It sat in my fridge…
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Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough Balls

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September 9, 2012

Today, in addition to watching the Browns game, doing laundry, going for a run and doing some work, I was a baking and cooking machine. I roasted tomatoes, made fresh pesto, baked banana bread and even made some cookie dough balls. That’s right – cookie dough balls. Who needs cake…
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I’m Melissa

Welcome to I Crashed The Web — proof that I’ve been oversharing online since the early days of blogging. It started as a blog (back when that was cool), morphed into a mom blog (when that was cool), and now it’s my happy place for all the things I love: running, baking, reading, traveling and life with my family of five.