7 Quick Takes (Volume 1)

Posted on Friday, January 9th, 2009

I'm taking part in 7 Quick Takes with Conversion Diary.

(I love me some Conversion Diary.)

I love this idea. I get to spout off SEVEN random things. I NEED this in my life. There is so much going on in this (newly brunette) head of mine, and it needs OUT.

~1~

A blog friend of mine wrote a post that has to be shared. I read it over and over and I'm thinking it needs to go no other place than PUBLISHED (like in a book). If you happen to be a mother (who at times feels like there is NO TIME) and you have even an inkling of a belief in God, you WILL NOT be sorry if you click HERE and read this post (over and over).

~2~

I laugh so hard when I watch Ellen and she does that thing where she puts a mic in someone's ear and then tells them what to say. (Like when she sent Dennis Qauid to Starbucks and had him shouting, "Dennis Quaid is heeere.") Yesterday she did this with an actor who was fooling a bunch of people into believing he was their tour guide. They thought they'd be learning some show business ins and outs, checking out sets and such. But he just randomly talked about other things that Ellen spoke into his ear from her studio. He started to tell the tourists how he gave blood. Then Ellen told him to say that the person who took his blood looked like Jennifer Aniston. He didn't hear her correctly so he said, "My blood smelled just like Jennifer Aniston." Oh, the looks on the faces of the innocent, unsuspecting tourists...

~3~

Asher is doing quite well these days. (For those that don't know, Asher has hydrocephalus and had a brain shunt put in recently.) He's thriving and climbing and goofing off as all one and a half year olds should. And we're thankful. I'm still a bit paranoid, wondering if everything is working as it should. He'll have a check-up later this month.
(Just as I typed this, Asher walked up and in a frustrated little voice, he said, "OWIE," while pushing on the shunt on the side of his head. This happens here and there and I want to throw him in the car and drive frantically to the ER. But I've learned he can be doing just fine and be a bit uncomfortable at the same time. I haven't really figured out how to work my way through daily life with that knowledge, but I'm trying.)

~4~

"7 Quick Takes" makes me think "takes" like in the movies. And that makes me think of photography. (my train of thought doesn't always make perfect sense.) So here's a random photo for #4:

Miles with one of Asher's gifts at Christmas. A gift he went on to steal and make his own.

~5~

I always thought my boys would be the only ones that weren't into guns, or pretend guns, or guns of any possible kind. Oh, how naive I was! I'm pretty sure boys are born with a propensity to point anything that's shaped even remotely straight and yell, "BANG!" Even my perfect angels. Annoying, but true.

~6~

Back when the lovely readers of this here blog asked questions, one of them was from LisAway. She wanted to know what my favorite cereal is. She said that you can tell a lot about a person by their favorite cereal. I agree. The truth of the matter is that I rarely eat cereal. What does THAT say about me??? Each morning, I eat eggs, toast, and/or oatmeal. That's the truth. But let's just say, for fun, that I've run out of bread and eggs. I'd eat Lucky Charms if someone forced me to do so. And I'd like it.

~7~

I've recently received some bloggy awards. For today, since I'm trying to be quick, I'll start with Lisa at Crazy Adventures in Parenting. Lisa received a handful of awards and she said I could choose whichever one I wanted (isn't that nice?) Thank you, Lisa! I chose this one:

In receiving it, I am to name 5 things I would want with me if stranded on a deserted island.
1) My family (obviously) 2) A really, really loooong book. 3) A reaaaally fat notebook 4) A pen that never runs out of ink. 5) McDonald's (I'm pretty sure we're going to die anyway, so I figure we should love the fries while we can.) I am to pass this award on to five people, but I'm really bad at following the rules. I love a bazillion of you and also, that's waaaay too much linkage for me (my boys are being ignored as we speak.) I will now give this award to Pam of Beyond Just Mom. We're newish blog friends and I love her blog, she's a great writer. I love how she thinks. So there you have it.

Did anyone notice that by doing 7 Quick(ish) Takes I got to:
-answer one of the questions I still hadn't answered,
-take care of some award business,
-update you on Asher,
-and talk about random things like Ellen.
All in one post! I'm hooked! I'm going to do this every Friday. Go check out Conversion Diary. Jennifer is a Weblog Awards Finalist for good reason. Happy Friday!