March 26, 2010

7 Quick Takes: March 26, 2010 (Vol. 35)

in blogging,family,humor,media,mortality,shopping

~ 1 ~

At the end of last week, I declared to Eric one night at dinner, “I need a PDA.” Then, in my defense, I did follow that up with, “Hang on — did I see need? I meant I want one.”

I went looking around on Amazon that night and saw that one of the things that came up again and again as something that other customers bought instead of one of the PDAs was an iPod Touch. Hey! I have an iPod Touch!

That’s when I sat down and realized that all of the things that I really wanted from a PDA were also things that my iPod Touch can already do. I did buy one extra app, but $4.99 is definitely a lot cheaper than a PDA.

I was so proud of myself!

~ 2 ~

I have yet to find anything to watch regularly from 11:30 pm – 12:30 am on TV.

I still miss you, Conan.

~ 3 ~

I’ve been having a strong desire lately to unfriend some people on Facebook. It’s not that they have annoyed me or even that I know specifically who it would be (I have some ideas though). But, when I have people that I only kind of knew in passing on an online message board or people that I went to school with but never remember talking to, it just seems silly. But, then I don’t want to make waves and take the chance at hurting anyone’s feelings.

Then again, if I feel like I barely know them and would likely never comment on their statuses, they probably wouldn’t notice if we weren’t “friends” anymore. (And, chances are, if you’re reading this and feel that we actually are friends, I’m probably not thinking about unfriending you. So, don’t worry.)

Thoughts on this?

~ 4 ~

Holy Cow! This week’s episode of The Big Bang Theory was hilarious!

“A neutron walks into a bar and says, ‘How much for a drink?’ The bartender says, ‘For you – no charge.’”

I laughed at this episode until I almost cried.

(I was extra thrilled then to find a Flash Gordon shirt for Noah at Once Upon a Child this week. If you watch the show, you will understand my excitement.)

~ 5 ~

In anticipation for moving my blog to self-hosted WordPress, I am going to start selling ads for Many Little Blessings more actively. They will be higher on the page than they are now (much higher), and I am starting the pricing off pretty darn low. (Really low, especially considering that I tend to get my best traffic at this time of year.)

If you have a small business, this is a great opportunity to get a great rate on advertising. Please contact me if you want more information about advertising here (or on any of my blogs, such as Catholic Mothers Online or The Homeschool Classroom).

~ 6 ~

Last weekend found us at my new favorite furniture store. I mentioned it in #5 of my quick takes two weeks ago. (It was the furniture store that gives a huge discount for paying with cash. Love it!)

I’m now not allowed in there for a while.

No, I didn’t cause a scene or anything crazy like that. It just seems that what with buying a desk for Molly and an awesome bunk bed last time, and then buying a love seat and a head board at our last trip, Eric thinks it’s best for us not to go there for a while.

On the up side though, the kids now have a great love seat for the play room (which used to be the school room), and we saved $45 off the price by using cash! Love it!

~ 7 ~

I had realized that today (the 26th) was going to be my Grandma’s birthday a few weeks ago, but then forgot about it until my Mom mentioned it on the phone. I don’t know why the whole thing still seems pretty surreal. What I seem to have the biggest mental block on is that I just can’t imagine that someone else lives in her apartment now. That seems like such a funny sticking point, doesn’t it?

Happy Birthday, Grandma. We miss you.