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Kaia needs a mama. You see this beautiful girl? She needs a mama. Click on her picture to be *magically* whisked away to her Reece’s Rainbow profile page.

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Oh. Em. Gee. NCIS!!! I loved seeing Gibbs and Fornell working with their ex-wife for this episode. All the one-liners were incredibly funny and it was a nice sequel to the episode last season where Gibbs and Fornell were trying to find their ex’s new husband who had been kidnapped.

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Awesome news. Brett’s parents Fred and Carrie went to court for Delilah, the other child they’re adopting, and the court granted the adoption! Brett’s 10-day waiting period is up this week and Delilah’s will be up on 12/21 so hopefully they’ll be home for the New Year.

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Major prayer request. I just found out that one of my IV buddies from UCSC was just diagnosed with leukemia. His wife Christy is keeping us updated on the battle and it’s coming as a shock to a lot of us who remember Ian as a quirky, energetic, and fiery witness to the faith. Please keep him and his family in prayer — he’s only 35 and has two young daughters.

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Whine whine whine whine WHINE! I’ve been dealing with a chest cold for I think two weeks now (at least two Sundays) and Daniel was fighting it last weekend. Those who have been hanging with me for a while know that Daniel + cold = potential ICU stay so I was thankful that he responded well to nebulizer treatment and only missed one day of school. Mommy, on the other hand, is dealing with strange sleep habits from staying up to listen to him breathe and Jon stayed home on Monday to take care of both of us. I think I’d probably be doing better if I’d actually *take* Robitussin every so often and be faithful with the cough drops. Oops! I called the clinic today and my favorite provider has hours tomorrow afternoon so I’m going to see if I can’t get something for it.

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A burst of crocheting. Due to the strange hours I’ve been keeping, I’ve gotten a fair amount of crocheting done. I offered to make stockings for Brett and Delilah and got Delilah’s done on Monday night. With Brett’s stocking, I just have the cuff and edging to do — an hour or two at the most to finish. The problem: I’ve been feeling so icky the last few nights that I’ve just wanted to curl up in a ball under the comforter in the recliner.

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Watching “Minor Revisions”. I originally didn’t have any plans to do so but I’ve managed to join the Twitter party in watching “Minor Revisions” which is the show for Jennifer Fulwiler, the most awesome host of the Quick Takes at ConversionDiary.Com. It’s interesting to listen to her story of how she became Catholic because I grew up faithless and converted to Christianity in middle school/high school. It was fun to watch her and her father at the planetarium as well as her flipping out over the scorpion.

For more Quick Takes, visit Jen at ConversionDiary.Com.