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<\/a>— 1 —<\/strong><\/p>\n I finally did the post-mortem on my 101-in-1001<\/a> list… two months after my deadline.<\/strong> Recapping for those who don’t usually read my blog, I completed 19\/101 goals<\/strong> and that means a $82 donation to charity<\/strong>. (As an incentive to complete as many goals as possible, I donate $1 for every goal I fail to complete.) My charity choice this time: Brett’s adoption account at Reece’s Rainbow<\/a>. I’m glad that I accomplished almost 20% of my goals this time — they’re all about bettering myself so it’s all good in the end.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 2 —<\/strong><\/p>\n I got just a *little* bit mouthy while watching the All Star Game on Tuesday.<\/strong> All those who follow me on Twitter<\/a> are probably saying, “A little, Jen?” Can I help it if the evil teams are all in the American League? I mean, you’ve got the Texas Rangers, the New York Yankees (evil personified), and the LA Angels. (OK… technically, they’re the Anaheim Angels. They’re still evil.) I do enjoy a good skunking and this was a glorious one. I’m also amazed they let the minor league team from Oakland send players. [\/trash-talk]<\/p>\n <\/a>— 3 —<\/strong><\/p>\n I hate heat.<\/strong> It has been in the triple digits here. Did I mention that I hate heat? I think that relocating to Alaska for summers would be a capital idea. Did I mention that this heat is oppressive and that I’d prefer it to be -20F?<\/p>\n <\/a>— 4 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Seriously, why is me flipping on my turn signal to change lanes a sign that people should speed up and keep me from passing?<\/strong> Someone did this to me last weekend in Elk Grove and nearly caused an accident. As I swerved back into my lane, the driver flipped me off. Um yeah… YOU almost caused the accident and you’re flipping *me* off? Great one. They’re freaking lucky that I didn’t call the police and report them for reckless driving.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 5 —<\/strong><\/p>\n We have an abundance of mulberry pollen.<\/strong> Did I mention that I’m allergic to mulberry pollen? This has led to lots of sneezing on my part as the A\/C has to be on (and seems to be the entry point of it into the house) and Daniel is laughing uproariously every time I sneeze.<\/p>\n <\/a>— 6 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Oh great… I have a new addiction.<\/strong> I managed to kill 90 minutes of Daniel’s naptime today by surfing PassiveAggressiveNotes.Com<\/a>. This is not a good thing for me to discover, especially as I think I could outdo some of them. (I learned passive-aggressiveness from the BEST.)<\/p>\n <\/a>— 7 —<\/strong><\/p>\n Argh.<\/strong> I did not find a short URL where you can donate to Brett’s adoption account<\/a>. My bad. Meanwhile, you have 19 days to go if you want to participate in the Bottle Challenge<\/a> and 15 days until Brett’s Blogathon 2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" — 1 — I finally did the post-mortem on my 101-in-1001 list… two months after my deadline. Recapping for those who don’t usually read my blog, I completed 19\/101 goals and that means a $82 donation to charity. (As an … Continue reading