{"id":4395,"date":"2012-11-15T21:30:47","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T05:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4395"},"modified":"2017-12-21T18:12:27","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T02:12:27","slug":"7-quick-takes-17","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=4395","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Brett Has A Family, Cringe Worthy Thanksgiving Songs, and Lots of NaNoWriMo"},"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>A cringe worthy Thanksgiving song.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s about two weeks to early to be hearing Christmas music.  Seriously&#8230; it&#8217;s not even Thanksgiving yet &#8212; let&#8217;s celebrate The Day of the Bird and then we can ponder the presence of Christmas carols.  In the meantime, here&#8217;s the KLOVE Thanksgiving Song which was composed and sung on the spot by Matthew West last year when <a href=\"http:\/\/www.klove.com\/blog\/scottandkelli\/\" title=\"Scott and Kelli\">Scott and Kelli<\/a> had him on the show.  Warning: this song is seriously facepalm worthy.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"100%\" height=\"166\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"http:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F28633716&#038;show_artwork=true\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>BRETT HAS A MAMA!!!!<\/strong>  Do you see the adorable child on my sidebar?  His name is Brett and he just got a mama!!!  His family needs to raise an additional $4000 to bring him home with his sister Delilah who they are also adopting.  Click here for <a href=\"http:\/\/peacefulwaters.org\/brett\/?p=391\" title=\"Prayers Answered\">the post on his adoption blog<\/a> to share with others.  If you want to cut to the chase and kick a few bucks toward the cause, click <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/38066\/sponsorbasas\" title=\"Sponsor the Basas Family\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I&#8217;m almost halfway through <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> and I&#8217;m slowly getting caught up.<\/strong>  There are days when I have written more than 2000 words and other days when it is less.  At present, I am about 1 day behind in word counts.  If I can catch up and get a bit ahead, I&#8217;ll be able to finish strong on November 30 and have my novel certified.  If that happens, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> graphic on my sidebar will change to say &#8220;Winner&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speaking of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>, my friend Anita is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.stayclassy.org\/fundraise?fcid=214446\" title=\"Anita's fundraising page\">fundraising for NaNoWriMo to be able to attend Night of Writing Dangerously<\/a>.<\/strong>  Anita has been involved with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\">NaNoWriMo<\/a> for years and she has organized write-ins this year to support those who are participating in the East Bay.  Could you maybe kick $5 toward her?  (As I&#8217;m compiling these takes on 11\/15, she is $115 away from her goal.)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>My car is in the shop.<\/strong>  I finally got the fuse for the automatic locks replaced two weeks ago and the next day, the rear passenger door decided it didn&#8217;t want to unlock.  I finally took it in to be looked at and they told me this morning that the actuator needs to be replaced.  They&#8217;ll hopefully have it replaced by tomorrow at 5 p.m. because I&#8217;ll be headed to a write-in for my area for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nanowrimo.org\" title=\"NaNoWriMo\">NaNoWriMo<\/a>.  *crosses fingers*<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>We&#8217;ve got a few storms coming in.<\/strong>  It&#8217;s been a gray day today and we supposedly have a storm system coming in.  This would be lovely but my migraines are frequently triggered by weather changes.  Oh well&#8230; I can enjoy reading on a rainy day and I can hopefully introduce the bear child to new and cool cartoons or something.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong>&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I wasn&#8217;t all that enthralled by the second part of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/ncis_los_angeles\/\" title=\"NCIS: Los Angeles\">NCIS: Los Angeles<\/a> that aired on Tuesday.<\/strong> I recognize that they&#8217;re trying to create material for later in the season but it would have been more interesting if they had discovered the arms dealer and the nukes.  Oh well&#8230; the original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/ncis\" title=\"NCIS\">NCIS<\/a> is my favorite anyway.<\/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; A cringe worthy Thanksgiving song. It&#8217;s about two weeks to early to be hearing Christmas music. 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