{"id":226,"date":"2010-07-23T09:11:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-23T09:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/permissiontolive\/2010\/07\/quick-takes-23-7-reasons-im-not-doing-quick-takes-today\/"},"modified":"2010-07-23T09:11:00","modified_gmt":"2010-07-23T09:11:00","slug":"quick-takes-23-7-reasons-im-not-doing-quick-takes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/permissiontolive\/2010\/07\/quick-takes-23-7-reasons-im-not-doing-quick-takes-today.html","title":{"rendered":"Quick Takes #23 &#8211; 7 reasons I&#8217;m not doing quick takes today"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmdWQZ05GI\/AAAAAAAAAXI\/En14i5kIy0Q\/s1600\/7_quick_takes_sm.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmdWQZ05GI\/AAAAAAAAAXI\/En14i5kIy0Q\/s320\/7_quick_takes_sm.jpg\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><strong>1.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><em>My Hubby is taking off\u00a0work\u00a0this afternoon! <\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">So I will be spending time with him and our kids.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><strong>2.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><em>After 2 days of rain, the weather is beautiful!<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">So I will be attempting to enjoy to the fullest if the mosquitos will let me.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmeyCt930I\/AAAAAAAAAXQ\/cgJ2qI_elXs\/s1600\/SDC12459.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/1.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmeyCt930I\/AAAAAAAAAXQ\/cgJ2qI_elXs\/s400\/SDC12459.JPG\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><strong>3.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><em>My kids seem to need extra attention today.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">So we are going to be focusing on them. If you have any ideas on what we should do with them, feel free to share.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><strong>4.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><em>I still sorting through the comments and emails of support I got from <a href=\"http:\/\/ayoungmomsmusings.blogspot.com\/2010\/07\/i-want-to-be-confidant.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">yesterday\u2019s post<\/a>.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">Thank you! You have no idea how encouraging it is to hear about people who have had to struggle with the same process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><strong>5.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><em>I have a MAJOR taste for Coco Pops, and we have no milk or Coco Pops in the house.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\">So a trip to the grocery store may be in order.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmhDklKr5I\/AAAAAAAAAXY\/Llg-y6uVtLw\/s1600\/cereal_box_and_milk.png\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmhDklKr5I\/AAAAAAAAAXY\/Llg-y6uVtLw\/s320\/cereal_box_and_milk.png\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>6.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>The pile of laundry in my basement is starting to look like this again.<\/em><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both;text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmiCJ5m-BI\/AAAAAAAAAXg\/mZPWTvnJAVo\/s1600\/SDC12055.JPG\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/_q6xr29KDh2g\/TEmiCJ5m-BI\/AAAAAAAAAXg\/mZPWTvnJAVo\/s400\/SDC12055.JPG\" width=\"400\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">At least this time it is all clean and just waiting to be folded.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><strong>7.<\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><em>I wouldn\u2019t be able to think of anything fun or clever anyways.<\/em><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">So I will be back later. Probably on Sunday to post my 3rd birth story. <\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ayoungmomsmusings.blogspot.com\/search\/label\/Birth%20Stories\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Read the other two here<\/a>.<\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\">To read from people who are doing Quick Takes, hope over to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.conversiondiary.com\/\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Conversion Diary<\/a>!<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. My Hubby is taking off\u00a0work\u00a0this afternoon! So I will be spending time with him and our kids. 2. After 2 days of rain, the weather is beautiful! So I will be attempting to enjoy to the fullest if the mosquitos will let me. 3. My kids seem to need extra attention today. 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