Friday 7 Quick takes (vol 116)

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This week we are doing silent vlogs on Totes Awesome Channel since one of our girls lost her voice. I actually don’t have an editing program anymore and edit solely through Youtube, otherwise I would have stolen the Love Actually unrequited love silent caroling scene.


Youtube Link

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Current Read: Torch by Cheryl Strayed

3.


Kim and I are teaming up to do 20 random acts of kindness, each one to honor the life of the 20 babies who died in Newtown. You can follow the rest of the country doing it on Twitter with the #20acts and #26acts hashtags. You can follow along with us as we tweet the experience from @happy3things. I’ll also blog about it soon!

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I’m going home for the holidays and will be back in Austin Christmas evening. I don’t have internet in Houston so most likely won’t post til after Christmas. Happy holidays everyone! I wish you cozy memories with your loved ones.

5.

Went to see a counselor for the first time in a while. My homework directly quoted from my counselor is to “expect wonderful things.” I’m passing this on to anyone reading.

Expect wonderful things, y’all!

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This past week, I cooked 3 Vietnamese dishes and consequently finished my resolution to make 10 dishes. (I’m a procrastinator.) I’ll list out the recipes I tried when I do my final progress report for 2012.
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pork belly braised in coconut water with pickled bean sprouts

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This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ Trail of Lights where my little and my boyfriend met for the first time (I’ve been with both of them almost five years now!) ♥ Christmas cookie making extravaganza ♥ driving to Houston today after work!! ♥ more communication with BDF ♥ finished Christmas shopping ♥ Lindt dark chocolate with hint of sea salt ♥ cuddle time with Bob ♥ cradling tiny dogs that let me cuddle them for as long as I want (unlike Bob) ♥ successful Vietnamese egg rolls ♥ pork belly ♥ Love Actually date with AshleyD and Anita complete with grilled cheeses, tomato soup, and funfetti chocolate chip cookies.

grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup funfetti chocolate chip cookies

Question: What are you looking forward to doing this weekend?