7 Quick Takes Friday – Volume 4

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I just finished Bossypants by Tina Fey and it cracked me up.  She is extremely funny (not shocking), but also obviously very thoughtful and a great writer (also, by the way, totally fine with f-bombs.  Just thought you should know before running out and reading it to your five year old or something).   It is written as a series of connected essays, and I found myself reading several of them out loud to my husband or sending them to my mom and sister.   A fun, quick read.

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I understand the Kindle opposition; I too LOVE the smell and feel of books, but I was over the moon yesterday when I discovered my dear Anne Shirley Blythe can be gotten for free for the Kindle.  Now she goes with me everywhere.  I love her.

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 My newest home idea is to paint my kitchen thusly:

I kind of have a wild hair that I want to do it this weekend.  Which, check back with me on Monday because we will see.

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I just read Pioneer Woman’s official confirmation that she’ll have her own show on the Food Network soon.  Wow!  See how blogging can pay off?  Two book deals, a potential movie deal, and your own tv show.  Way to be awesome, Ree!  I am sure I can anticipate the same for myself in the near future.

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Today I found a recipe for cinnamon rolls that doesn’t require proofing or rising?  What?!?  I am going to try immediately.  Also, on the exactly opposite end of the spectrum, chocolate cookies with yeast.  My whole world is flipped, turned upside down.

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Is the song in your head now?  One of my favorite bizarro phenomena of the modern era is that anyone of my generation (early-mid 80s babies) can sing every lyric of that song with almost no prompting at all.  It’s universal (alright, United-Statesian).

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Gratuitous baby cute:

Who said I wanted to wear a bunny hat anyway?

This was taken the day she started getting roseola.  We thought she was just grumpy but she was on her way to sicky.  She’s all better now, though!

Thanks to Jen at Conversion Diary for hosting Quick Takes!

Reminder

Because I am blessed beyond belief and sometimes I forget that, too.

Diaper Oppression– {pretty, happy, funny, real}

My five and a half month old (how is she that old already?) has recently decided that the thing she objects to most in this world is her diaper. She doesn’t like it, doesn’t want it, and will gladly tell you about it if you happen to be the unlucky soul putting her diaper back on after a changing (which happen frequently, as she is also extremely opposed to any dampness on her tushy).

Since she’s been sick and I’m apparently a pushover, I decided to humor her the other day and let her roll around naked for a while on a waterproof mat in the living room.

This ended, believe it or not, with no messes whatsoever.

Unfortunately the second go-round in this experiment did not go quite as well. Yesterday I thought I’d try again, but this time just take off her diaper and see if she was as happy. She totally was and proceeded to enjoy her diaper-free playtime with wild abandon, rolling to and fro with squeaks and squeals and happy chatter until, a few minutes later, she pooped everywhere. All over her clothes, the mat, everywhere.

Did I mention we had company?

She thinks it’s pretty funny.

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