{"id":4210,"date":"2012-09-06T21:58:16","date_gmt":"2012-09-07T04:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4210"},"modified":"2012-09-07T00:55:56","modified_gmt":"2012-09-07T07:55:56","slug":"7-quick-takes-15","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4210","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Haircuts and the Run for Courage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m taking part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.runforcourage.com\" title=\"Run for Courage\">Run for Courage<\/a> on September 29th.<\/strong>  I had been hearing about it from Daniel&#8217;s former physical therapist and I decided to do the 5K and walk it.  I&#8217;ve been a supporter of International Justice Mission for years and this deals with restoring and healing girls who have been trafficked for sex, including in the USA.  My donation URL is: <strong>http:\/\/engage.runforcourage.org\/goto\/khouriajen<\/strong>.  My fundraising goal is $200 and I&#8217;ve raised $90 thus far.  Please share my fundraising URL and let people know about this.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To those who don&#8217;t like my Obama button: suck it up!<\/strong>  I&#8217;m not commenting on your site and telling you what I think about your decision to back Romney &#8212; I might disagree with you but you have a right to vote for the candidate of your choosing and to post whatever political buttons you want on your blog.  Kindly show me the same respect.  Also, your comment isn&#8217;t going to show if I haven&#8217;t approved a comment of yours before so please stop leaving me variations on the same comment until I approve your comment.  If 24 hours have gone by and I haven&#8217;t approved your comment, assume that I might not have seen it yet.  (I do have a three year old and a life.)  If 48-72 hours go by and it isn&#8217;t up, you can safely assume that I think you are a raving lunatic and you have no snowball&#8217;s chance of having your comment(s) approved.  If your comment is a diatribe longer than the actual post on which you are commenting, your comment will be deleted.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Daniel is back in his class from last year and all is well.<\/strong>  His old teacher and aides are happy to have him back and he knew *EXACTLY* where he was on Wednesday when he came back to school after his 4-day weekend.  He belly-laughed for his teacher for the first time today and it was so awesome for her to hear.  I&#8217;m glad the <del>temper tantrum I threw<\/del> fuss I raised last week was worth it.  They&#8217;re going to start him working with a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pecsusa.com\/\" title=\"PECS\">PECS<\/a> board and train us on it next week.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The TV sitch was better during the DNC this week.<\/strong>  Instead of not showing things on the schedule, CBS just moved them by an hour (i.e. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/ncis\" title=\"NCIS\">NCIS<\/a> was on at 8 instead of 7).  Well played, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\" title=\"CBS\">CBS<\/a>.  Thankfully, I got the syndicated episodes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\" title=\"The Big Bang Theory\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> at 7 p.m. so I had something to watch instead of just <a href=\"http:\/\/www.judgejudy.com\" title=\"Judge Judy\">Judge Judy<\/a>.  Boo yah!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m pleased with how my hair turned out.<\/strong>  It ended up chin-length instead of just at my shoulders but it still looks good.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/jenpanther.JPG\" alt=\"Me asleep with Edda\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Still editing devotions.<\/strong>  I&#8217;m effectively done with Luke for the moment.  I have what is looking like 4-5 to write on my own for Luke (replacing someone who couldn&#8217;t finish theirs) and whatever Jon can&#8217;t finish of his list.  I&#8217;ll start formatting Acts once I get my passel of devotions done.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>You see that cute little boy over on my sidebar?<\/strong>  He needs a mama.  Mind praying that we can find one, donating toward his grant, or even considering adopting him?  He&#8217;s cute and I&#8217;m not just saying that because I&#8217;m his Guardian Angel.  \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; Bonus &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/catholic-kara.blogspot.com\" title=\"Catholic Kara\">Kara<\/a> posted a picture of <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/42956\/wren-8w\" title=\"Wren\">Wren<\/a> on <a href=\"http:\/\/catholic-kara.blogspot.com\/2012\/09\/7-quick-takes.html\" title=\"Kara's Quick Takes this week\">her Quick Takes<\/a>.<\/strong>  Ten year olds should not look like that &#8212; she&#8217;s being abused and needs out of wherever she is NOW.  There&#8217;s no donate link on her page but could y&#8217;all pray that we can get her out of that situation or even consider adopting her?<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\">ConversionDiary.Com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8212; 1 &#8212; I&#8217;m taking part in the Run for Courage on September 29th. I had been hearing about it from Daniel&#8217;s former physical therapist and I decided to do the 5K and walk it. 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