7 Quick Takes: June 11, 2010 (Vol. 42)

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This week, Eric and I celebrated our 14th wedding anniversary. My parents were very generous and offered to watch the kids as Eric and I drove out of town to go to The Melting Pot for dinner.  I had been there once (with family on a girls weekend away), and Eric had never been there.  We had a fabulous time (and delicious food), and it was so nice to have a long, sit down meal together, since we virtually never go out without the kids.

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I sat trying to write my 7 Quick Takes last night for about an hour and didn’t write out a single one. I have begun to think that it would really be helpful if I worked on them all week long, rather than trying to do it all in one night.  Because, quite frankly, when we have a busy week and then I can’t think of a thing to say about anything, I surely just have forgotten.

How do you write your 7 Quick Takes (if you do them)?  Do you do it all at once or work on it all week?

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If you’re a Catholic Mom that enjoys writing, be sure to check out the call out for writers at Catholic Mothers Online.

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I have decreed that I need this next school year to be a lot less stressful. Last school year, our homeschool group went through a lot of stressful changes (and since I was one of the coordinators for the group, it caused me a crazy amount of stress), then I lost my paternal Grandmother, then we got a very upsetting medical diagnosis for one of the kids, and then my maternal Grandmother died.  It was almost as if as soon as things started settling from one thing, then another thing happened.

So, if this school year could be a little less stressful, I sure would appreciate it.

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One of my sisters has opened her online craft shop on Etsy.  She has long since sold her amazing crafts at craft shows, so we’re excited to have her online.  Go check out All That Scrap on Etsy to see a variety of super cool things that Kristin has to offer.

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I am still listening to Dr. Horrible’s Sing Along Blog soundtrack quite often. (If you visit that link, you can listen to portions of each song.)  We listen to it often enough that when I downloaded a song on iTunes in which Neil Patrick Harris sings a duet, Eric was actually able to guess it was Neil Patrick Harris singing.

It may be a bit dark and twisty, but this is one of my favorite parts from the soundtrack (from a song called Slipping)

Go ahead, run away
Say it was horrible
Spread the word, tell a friend
Tell them the tale

Get a pic, do a blog
Heroes are over with.
Look at him – not a word.
Hammer meet nail.

Okay, so it misses something in context if you haven’t watched the 43 minute movie.  Of course, now I’m going to have that in my head all day.  It was like a plot by Bad Horse.

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Apparently getting music stuck in your head is a family thing, as I can hear Molly humming the song of The Erie Canal Song (which is actually called Low Bridge).  That’s one of her favorites to get stuck in her head.

Do you often get songs stuck in your head?  If so, is it usually the same few or different ones?

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