{"id":5894,"date":"2013-10-03T21:40:30","date_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:40:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2013-10-03T21:40:30","modified_gmt":"2013-10-04T04:40:30","slug":"7-quick-takes-a-relatively-boring-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/grace-filled.net\/?p=5894","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes: A Relatively Boring Week"},"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><a href=\"#qt1\" style=\"color: black; text-decoration: none;\">&#8212; 1 &#8212;<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Take that, Joel Osteen!<\/strong>  I don&#8217;t remember who shared <a href=\"http:\/\/adam4d.com\/luther-vs-osteen\/\" title=\"Luther vs. Osteen\">this<\/a> during the week but I love it!  It&#8217;s a series of \/joel Osteen tweets with responses taken from some of Luther&#8217;s more *interesting* responses.  As I despise Joel Osteen for many reasons, this made me proud to be Lutheran.<\/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>A useful tool.<\/strong>  One of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SmallishChurch\" title=\"Small Church Pastor\">parody accounts<\/a> I follow mentioned <a href=\"http:\/\/perfectpotluck.com\" title=\"Perfect Potluck\">Perfect Potluck<\/a>.  If my church wasn&#8217;t an older congregation, I would totally suggest this for the next gathering.  I might even suggest it for the next family gathering.<\/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>Orphans.<\/strong> Do you see these two darling children?<\/p>\n<p>L-R: <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett\">Brett<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/52215\/iris\" title=\"Iris\">Iris<\/a><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/brett2.jpg\" alt=\"Brett\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/grace-filled.net\/iris.jpg\" alt=\"Iris\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/1581\/brett2601\" title=\"Brett\">Brett<\/a> still needs a mama. <a href=\"http:\/\/reecesrainbow.org\/52215\/iris\" title=\"Iris\">Iris<\/a> finally has a family committed to her and they are compiling their dossier to send to her country.<\/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>OMG NCIS!!!!<\/strong>  I&#8217;ve loved the episodes of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/ncis\/\" title=\"NCIS\">NCIS<\/a> from the last two weeks.  It was sad to see Ziva that dejected but I think it was a good way to wrap things up with her.  I also love that the new NAVSEC is female.  I forsee that this will be an interesting thing for story lines.<\/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>The Millers.<\/strong>  I&#8217;m currently watching it and it&#8217;s interesting enough.  The mom is kind of like an American version of Hyacinth Bucket from <i>Keeping Up Appearances<\/i>.  The father is incompetent in a comic way.  It&#8217;s not addicting like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cbs.com\/shows\/big_bang_theory\/\" title=\"The Big Bang Theory\">The Big Bang Theory<\/a> is but it works for 30 minutes.<\/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>Respite.<\/strong> I&#8217;m headed to San Jose for the weekend for some respite.  It&#8217;s been an insane week with some less than pleasant portions.  My parents will be happy to see Daniel and I could use some TLC from my mom as well.<\/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>Bliss.<\/strong> Daniel&#8217;s latest &#8220;falling asleep&#8221; thing has been curling up in our laps while we&#8217;re watching TV and cuddling until he falls asleep.  I know this isn&#8217;t a forever thing so I&#8217;m enjoying it while it lasts.<\/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; Take that, Joel Osteen! I don&#8217;t remember who shared this during the week but I love it! It&#8217;s a series of \/joel Osteen tweets with responses taken from some of Luther&#8217;s more *interesting* responses. 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