{"id":8143,"date":"2016-11-24T21:04:55","date_gmt":"2016-11-25T05:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8143"},"modified":"2016-11-24T21:04:55","modified_gmt":"2016-11-25T05:04:55","slug":"7-quick-takes-non-traditional-thanksgiving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=8143","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: Non-Traditional Thanksgiving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/7qt.jpg\" alt=\"7 Quick Takes\" \/><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Everyone is talking about how thankful they are for food and family and stuff like that today.  I&#8217;m thankful for all those things as well but I&#8217;m also thankful for some more&#8230; non-traditional things today.  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt1\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Priests who start impromptu <em>Godspell<\/em> singalongs after Thanksgiving Eve Eucharist.<\/strong>  Worship was already done acapella (and done beautifully) because our organist had the night off and we were trying to find Thanksgiving hymns to sing.  Someone suggested &#8220;Day By Day&#8221; out of the 1982 Hymnal and Rev. Helen said we should do it to the tune from <em>Godspell<\/em>.  Okie dokie.  Then we started singing parts of the finale and went on to &#8220;Prepare Ye the Way of the Lord&#8221;.  It was awesome.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt2\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt2\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 2 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Evil twin brothers who restrain small children so that their moms can clean the black Sharpie pen off of their faces, arms, hands, necks, feet, and toes.<\/strong> Let&#8217;s just say that Daniel went for the Maori tribal look and leave it at that.  \ud83d\ude42  Rubbing alcohol prep wipes are what gets it off well.  I think we went through 40 of them?  He was also chill with Sean (my evil twin) restraining him while I worked on him.  I&#8217;m sure the purplish color from the ink\/alcohol mixture will leave my nail beds eventually&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt3\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt3\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 3 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Coffeeshops that are open on Thanksgiving for emergency latt\u00e9 runs.<\/strong> I had a migraine this morning, OK?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt4\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt4\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 4 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Soft grey chest kittehs.<\/strong> This is especially true of ones who prevent their humans from doing anything other than watching the season premiere of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt5\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt5\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 5 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Those who create Biden memes.<\/strong>  Y&#8217;all make America a greater place to live.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt6\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt6\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 6 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mythbusters marathons.<\/strong> Because science.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; font-size: 130%;\"><a name=\"qt7\"><\/a><strong><a href=\"#qt7\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 7 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Accounting problems that balance.<\/strong>  My homework is refusing to balance right now so I&#8217;m thankful for times when things have worked correctly.<\/p>\n<p>For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at <a href=\"http:\/\/thisaintthelyceum.org\">This Ain&#8217;t The Lyceum<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Everyone is talking about how thankful they are for food and family and stuff like that today. 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