Monthly Archives: October 2013

7 Quick Takes: A Relatively Boring Week

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7 Quick Takes

— 1 —

Take that, Joel Osteen! I don’t remember who shared this during the week but I love it! It’s a series of /joel Osteen tweets with responses taken from some of Luther’s more *interesting* responses. As I despise Joel Osteen for many reasons, this made me proud to be Lutheran.

— 2 —

A useful tool. One of the parody accounts I follow mentioned Perfect Potluck. If my church wasn’t an older congregation, I would totally suggest this for the next gathering. I might even suggest it for the next family gathering.

— 3 —

Orphans. Do you see these two darling children?

L-R: Brett and Iris
BrettIris

Brett still needs a mama. Iris finally has a family committed to her and they are compiling their dossier to send to her country.

— 4 —

OMG NCIS!!!! I’ve loved the episodes of NCIS from the last two weeks. It was sad to see Ziva that dejected but I think it was a good way to wrap things up with her. I also love that the new NAVSEC is female. I forsee that this will be an interesting thing for story lines.

— 5 —

The Millers. I’m currently watching it and it’s interesting enough. The mom is kind of like an American version of Hyacinth Bucket from Keeping Up Appearances. The father is incompetent in a comic way. It’s not addicting like The Big Bang Theory is but it works for 30 minutes.

— 6 —

Respite. I’m headed to San Jose for the weekend for some respite. It’s been an insane week with some less than pleasant portions. My parents will be happy to see Daniel and I could use some TLC from my mom as well.

— 7 —

Bliss. Daniel’s latest “falling asleep” thing has been curling up in our laps while we’re watching TV and cuddling until he falls asleep. I know this isn’t a forever thing so I’m enjoying it while it lasts.

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Five Favorites: Trader Joe’s

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Five Favorites

For those who don’t have a Trader Joe’s nearby, here’s what you’re missing.

One

Iced Tea Lemonade. Technically, you can get this drink (a.k.a. an Arnold Palmer) elsewhere but Trader Joe’s has the best version. You get more of the bite of the lemon than you do with other kinds and it’s also pretty opaque as well so it’s substantial. I can’t have it all that often because of my stomach but it’s definitely a worthwhile treat.

Two

Gone Bananas! Chocolate-covered frozen banana slices. A single serving (4 pieces) is only 15g of carbs which is great if you have to watch them in your diet.

Three

Coffee Latté and Cream Bars. These make me happy. I’m a fan of iced whole milk vanilla lattés and these are a nice frozen version.

Four

Whole milk Greek yogurt. This used to be all we could get Daniel to eat. When we go to visit my in-laws, my mother-in-law just stocks the fridge with it and Daniel will hand us a container and spoon when he wants some.

Five

Frozen burritos. I’m a fan of the chicken ones.

Go love up Hallie and the others.

{Virtual} Coffee Date (vol. 9)

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{Virtual Coffee Date}

Once you’re done here, go visit Karianna and the other coffee drinkers.

If we were having coffee, I would tell you how well Daniel’s audiology appointment went this morning and how he wore his hearing aids for 8 STRAIGHT HOURS without taking them out. It was amazing. I just hope I can get them in correctly tomorrow as I won’t have his audiologist helping me.

If we were having coffee, I’d tell you about this news story and how I have no sympathy for them. (The gist of it: she ran a red light and her fine was $100 more than on the sign.) Suck it up, buttercup! You ran the light. You were caught on film. You can pay your fine. I’m glad the judge didn’t see through your sob story.

If we were having coffee, I’d ask you to pray for Mary of Passionate Perseverance. She tweeted and posted on Facebook that she and her daughter Courtney were in route to Georgetown ER after Courtney had 3 seizures in 30 minutes and turned blue. Serious prayers are needed for Courtney that the doctors can figure out what’s going on and how to treat it as well as prayers for Mary and her family because this is a terrifying situation.

Thanks for having coffee (or herbal tea since it’s pretty late at night) with me. See you next week!