7 Quick Takes: Baseball, British TV Shows, and How Not To Talk To Kitties

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7 Quick Takes

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North Korean propaganda. I don’t know how real this particular video is but it both amuses and scares me.

I’m guessing the footage of the United States was taken after Superstorm Nemo? In any case, I wonder if it’s too close to bedtime for another cup of snow coffee.

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Easter. Easter was quiet for us. We had church in the morning and stayed home in the afternoon. I sort of wish that we could have gone to see family or something but after two busy weekends, Holy Week with a lot going on, and Daniel being on Spring Break, it was good to have a quiet Sunday. Jon needed the naptime as did Daniel.

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Take me out to the ballgame. Baseball season has officially started. My Giants took the series with Jon’s Dodgers 2-1. In the last game, my boys got their first two home runs of the season. Our Panda hit a 2-run homer in the 3rd and Hunter Pence shot one off in the 6th. They open against the Cardinals in San Francisco on Friday and I’ll be gone so I’ll unfortunately miss it. The World Series ring ceremony is on the 7th and I’ll unfortunately miss that one as well.

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The doctor is in. My mom introduced me to the British series “Doc Martin” while I was in San Jose for my anniversary a few weekends ago. It’s addictive — Jon and I watched the rest of the first season the next day. If I hadn’t had a little boy on Spring Break, I probably would have finished the series that week! He’s the British version of “House” and the recurring characters are wonderful. His receptionist is the picture of apathy and the people in Port Wenn (his small town) are lovely. It kind of makes me want to catch up on “Hart of Dixie”.

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Talking to kitties. Catfoodbreath, one of my favorite Twitter kitties, has a useful blog post on how not to talk to a kitty. I’m not guilty of #1 on that list… per se. When I talk to my demon spawn cat Freya, I have a tendency to say things like “CAT! CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT CAT!” (She was fostered with Rottweilers so I sometimes have to remind her that she is a cat.)

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Forty to Forever. Forty Days to Forever is done and we raised $10,000! Woohooooo!!!! Brett had a little over $100 added to his adoption grant so that’s some success there. He still needs a mama so go click on his picture to find out more about him.

Brett

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Querying the Hive Mind. My church is doing a craft fair after Thanksgiving. Could you go to my Pinterest page for crocheted stuff and tell me what you think I should make? Please and thank you!

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12 thoughts on “7 Quick Takes: Baseball, British TV Shows, and How Not To Talk To Kitties”

  1. I totally just read that post about kitties. And the cat on the post looks like Pierre.

    I like the placemats for the craft fair. They can be used year round (unless you use christmas colored yarn).

  4. I say the owls, just because they are cute BUT they are probably pretty useless, so I agree with the placemat idea!

    Awesome job with raising $10,000!! I need to get some tips for our adoption!

  5. Doc Martin is awesome! Have you ever heard about Foyle’s War (set during WWII) or Midsommer Murders? I love those, too.

    At least some of the shots in that video you poster are from Budapest!

  6. Go for the placemats and/or the snowflake ornaments. If people already have stockings (which most do), they aren’t going to buy the stocking. The owls are cute but are more trendy and taste-specific than the snowflakes. I’m always on the hunt for nice placemats!

  7. Along with everyone else, the placemats, in varieties of colors. Also the snowflakes, and can you use silver or gold yard, or white shot through with silver or gold? The owls are adorable, but I don’t know that they would sell.

  10. I would totally buy an owl. And a placemat. But really… the owls are pretty adorable. I’m thinking of all my friends who’ve had babies recently… that would be a sweet addition to any crib :). Sorry to rock the placemat boat.

  11. okay – why didn’t your blog import when I switched over to bloglovin???? I JUST discovered that and it makes me angry.

    A VERY happy birthday to your little man. The fourth year is awesome. Leo is just finishing it up and it is definitely my favorite year so far!!

    And I just added Doc Martin to my queue and can’t wait until the kids go to sleep so Jason and I can watch it!! Happy Easter!!!

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