Friday 7 Quick Takes (vol 69)


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This week on Totes Awesome Channel, we gush about the Internet.


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In this video, I talk about all the neat things I’m able to do because of the Internet. Things like meal plan and grocery shop but most importantly, maintain friendships. If you watch, you get to see Bob show off his skills.

2.


I’m in Houston for the long weekend! I had a fantastic Thanksgiving day. My cute friends organized a picnic outside. I then followed that up with catch up time with my college roommate and then a late night dinner with my family.

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Here’s a video of Thomas announcing our picnic spread. The audio goes out in the end and I’m at a loss at how that happened. Luckily, the good stuff is all there.


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4.


Weekend To Do List

  1. Make a dog bed
  2. See a billion people
  3. Learn how to make a chicken dish from momma
  4. Build a fort
  5. Blog (Damn you, National Blog Posting Month!)
  6. Drive back to Austin from Houston
  7. Eat a ton
  8. Write 2-3 letters
  9. What’s on your weekend to do list?

    5.


    Yesterday, I finished Thérèse Raquin (published in 1867) and loved it. It was a random find; I picked it up not knowing a lick about the book or the author. Zola turned out to be a major historical figure in French literature. I read up on his life and was riveted. I recommend the book. Some warning, it’s dark. It’s a good read but doesn’t make you feel good.

    What are you reading these days?

    6.

    Spray painting lace is hard.

    More about this abysmal craft project tomorrow. Suffice it to say, Martha Stewart lied to me!

    7.

    This week’s moments of bliss: ♥ Suki had a dream where she ran into Ryan Gosling, took pictures with him, and then had him tweet me ♥ reading in bed with dude ♥ only 5 more days of #NaBloPoMo ♥ scheduling out a few posts to help time management in Houston ♥ reading time with Alan ♥ fort making date with Kim ♥ momma’s food ♥ catch up time with Aishah and sister ♥ guest vlog on TAC ♥ performing a successful group random act of kindness that involved throwing about a 100 ice cubes ♥ sewing lessons from mom ♥ hugging mom ♥ starting to read a collection of short stories on Thanksgiving day and having the first story take place on Thanksgiving day

    Question: What do you love about the Internet?