Quick Takes

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Ted and I have decided to try to set up some sort of routine to our evenings to make sure we're spending quality time together. It seems our to-do list are so very long that we end up just working all night until we're exhausted and fall into bed. Not to mention this is the fourth week in a row he's been working 10-12 hour days. It doesn't leave a wholelotta time to just hang.

So we're going to try to do an "every other night" approach. Every other night we can work as much as we want and do all the stuff that needs to get done. Then on the off nights-no work. We can watch a movie, read, relax, make fun desserts, whatever we want. But no work.

So far so good! Does anyone else have some sort of schedule/routine to make sure quality husband time actually happens

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I'm compiling a dairy bucket list. No-Hannah has not weaned and no-she can't tolerate dairy yet. I'm just torturing myself. It's been over a year now so my list is pretty extensive.  Here it is so far:

-giant glass of so-cold-it's-almost-frozen whole milk. hopefully raw. in a chilled glass. with oreos.
-butterfinger blast from Sonic
-oreo blast from Sonic
-cheese fries from Steak-n-Shake (cheese on the side) (and yes I know it's probably not even cheese)
-chicken queso burrito from Qdoba (the chicken has dairy in the seasoning and the queso is, well queso)
-mozzarella sticks from Sonic
-my homemade yogurt with honey
-a meal at a nice Italian restaurant with all the cream sauce I can handle
-pizza!!!!!!!
-butter on my pancakes
-butter on my homemade bread
-butter on anything really
-our favorite homemade bean burittos with cream cheese
-another glass of raw milk

I'll probably have to space that out over several weeks. I think I'd be sick if I ate that much fast food at once. What would you add to my dairy dreams?

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I've finally joined the rest of the world and watched the first season of Downton Abbey. Soooo good. I wish we spoke like that. I've always been enamored with historical fiction, especially the early 1900's. Of course, I always picture myself as a part of the rich class, never as a servant. Might not be so fun then. I talk to Hannah with a British accent now-it makes me feel fancy.

I love the costumes, the set, the characters, the dialogue, the many plots, and the way that bad is portrayed as bad and morals upheld as good. So refreshing.

I signed up for a Netflix and got a free month trial. I just have to cancel before the month is out and I pay nothing! But now, for the most important question of these quick takes: how do I watch Season 2 for free????

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I also read the first book of the Hunger Games. It was good. But I was disappointed. {Spoiler Alert} I really thought Katnis was going to take the moral high ground and refuse to kill anyone just because the government told her to. I guess I was expecting too much out of a secular novel. I know so many people who just loved it-but I couldn't get past some of the crassness of it all. Especially the end when Cato died. And it seemed to justify bad behavior as long as the end results was good. I'm not a fan of that. I don't hav a lot of desire to see the movie either-I just don't know that I want to watch death like that. Those of you who loved it-what do you make of all this? Anyone else agree with me that it's a bit of a let-down?

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Watch this. You will cry.

Did you cry?

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Summer olympics will always remind me of our honeymoon. Michael Phelps was in the middle of his big run for 8 gold medals the entire week we were at the lake. We watched him win another one every evening while we ate ice cream. Good times.

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