Quick Takes, Random Meme Edition

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Saw this meme on Facebook and had to share. I'm still laughing. (So is my husband, who usually doesn't find that sort of thing funny).

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Our dear housemate, and Boo's godmother, left last Friday. She lived with us for about four and half months, and while we knew at the outset that it would be temporary, the end came sooner than we thought. (It is a long story, but she rejoined her husband in Vienna and now awaits the birth of their daughter in early February). We miss her a lot and the house seems different without her in it. (I can't say it is quieter because she is so quiet, but it is different).

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One of the threads of my ancestry is Irish, and I noticed last week that there is a group of Orthodox Celts that sing traditional Irish songs. Go Irish!

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I think omphalos might possibly be the funniest word I've ever heard. (For the non-Greek speakers out there, it means belly button). So let's all sing it together now! "Ompha-omphalos, you're oh, so fine. Ompha, omphalos, I'm so happy that you're mine." (Thanks Sandra Boynton).

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I was going to write this thing about cab drivers in the city, specifically African cab drivers, but then I had the wildest cab experience of my Philly life this week (I can't say of my life, since I had some seriously wild cab rides in Moscow and Bishkek) I got a driver who was Turkish, I think, and while he was perfectly polite, he drove like a maniac, played his traditional music (not loudly, but was enthusiastic about singing and dancing along), and generally seemed like he was making the most of his cab driving experience. More power to you, Mr. Cab Driver.

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I'm writing this post at 6 a.m., after having been up most of the night following my colonoscopy prep. Suffice to say, the last 24 hours have been miserable, what with me running to the bathroom every five minutes because of having to drink clear fluids only during the day, nursing a baby, starving and feeling nauseated at the same time, and then being up all night running to the bathroom because of the Miralax prep. I slept on the couch in my office just to be closer to the bathroom. I have to report in at 7 a.m., so I thought since I was up nursing the baby anyway, I'd get my Quick Takes done and posted, since I'm pretty sure I'm going to be in rough shape this afternoon.

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I have been working a bit this week, but mostly it has been prepping for my class at The Expressive Hand on Sunday afternoon. I'm teaching a class on holiday cards, so if you live in the Philadelphia area, I believe there is still time to sign up. You can find more information HERE.

I realize the card above has nothing to do with the holidays, but I've not photographed the cards for the class yet, and I made this one a few weeks ago and think it is pretty. It is a composite of several cards I saw around the blogosphere and liked.

Bonus:

Saw this one on FB and had to smile. It doesn't jive with my memories of Russian babushkas, but I love it, nonetheless. Babushkas of the world, UNITE!

Go see Jen at Conversion Diary for more Quick Takes.