7 Quick Takes Friday

We’ve made it to Day 5 of 31 Days of Blogging at Least on the Weekdays or Else! Hurray, hurray! Thanks to everyone who’s dropping by to read and/or comment. Blogging is just another one of those things that feels impossible when you aren’t doing it–like exercise or sticking to your writing quotas.

Today, I’m going to borrow a meme from half the blogosphere and do seven quick takes.

— 1 —

So, you know how I’ve been whining all week about my stomach? Well, it turns out I’m not as plain-old-whiny as we all thought. I found out last night that my new salad dressing, which I’ve been using every day, is part of the FDA salmonella recall. My relief that I’m not just whiny is tempered by the sad fact that I’ve been flirting with food poisoning all week. Ironically, Little Sis actually dropped the jar yesterday, almost destroying it. (She’s such a hero.) But I foiled her efforts to save me by making her put it all in a plastic container.

— 2 —

Did you watch The Office last night? It was pretty funny. Not the best episode. Maybe because so much of it took place outside of the office itself, the pacing seemed a little off. But we were LOL’ing at the lactation consultant and the part with the other baby. And that’s all I’ll say, in case you haven’t seen it!

— 3 —

In my efforts to finish a quilt that I’m making for a baby who was born in November (time management issues? Me? Never!), I’m attempting to make my own bias tape using the continuous method. Alas, this only makes you the wide strip that you then have to iron into bias tape–almost twenty feet of it, for this project–but you get to use your own fabric, unlike buying premade stuff from the store. I’ll let you know how it goes.

Update: FAIL. Back to the drawing board (or the fabric store).

— 4 —

Last night, my cell phone rang with a blocked number. When I said hello, a guy said, all soft and romantic, “Hey, you.” And I was like, “Hello?” and he was like, “Hey, you.” And I was like, “I think you have the wrong number.” And he was like (in a normal voice), “Oh, sorry.” So then at 3 a.m., my phone rings again and I pick it up and say, “Hello?” and I hear, “Hey.” And I’m like, “No, it’s just me again.” And he’s like, “Oh, sorry.”

First of all, woe betide the young lady this guy is actually trying to reach. At 3 a.m.! There is only one reason to call someone all Hey-you-style at 3 a.m.–but I do applaud his consistency. Although I hope he doesn’t call me anymore.

— 5 —

A couple of months ago, I got this grand notion that I wanted to start seeing lots more movies. I totally planned to be educated on the Oscar nominees. But I’m not. I’ve only seen about two of them. So I’m not even sure I’m going to watch the show this year, although eating cheeseburgers and watching the Oscars is one of my most cherished (though admittedly least meaningful) traditions.

— 6 —

Happy birthday to my wonderful father! I’m sure he doesn’t read my blog, but I wanted to put it out there anyway.

— 7 —

And we’ll finish with…

The Daily Plah: Day 5
Currently reading: The Battle for God by Karen Armstrong, and Unclutter Your Life in One Week by Erin Rooney Doland, who is part of the mahvelous Unclutterer blog
Song of the day: All the Pretty Horses, sung by Laura Gibson… kind of haunting. Fits my writing mood.
Book 2 progress: Coming along. No impressive page numbers for you yet, but it’s progressing, I promise!
Other notable facts: No notable facts. Move along!

Related posts:

1. The answer to the question.
2. More getting of things, more, more, more…!
3. Shaken, not stirred.
4. How I Spent My Summer Vacation (a little early)

March 5th, 2010 Katie Alender

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