{"id":2971,"date":"2011-10-15T09:45:30","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T16:45:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=2971"},"modified":"2017-06-28T23:20:51","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:20:51","slug":"7-quick-takes-vol-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=2971","title":{"rendered":"7 Quick Takes – Vol. 10"},"content":{"rendered":"

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<\/a>— 1 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

Alright.\u00a0 You’ve probably noticed so I might as well come clean… I’ve been in a funk this week.\u00a0 But really — am I the only one who finds this whole protest thing just utterly depressing?\u00a0 And then there’s the election… depressing.\u00a0 Media?\u00a0 Depressing.\u00a0 I need to quit reading the news.<\/p>\n

<\/a>— 2 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then there’s the inspection racket the city of Glendale has going where they invent a new requirement every time the inspector comes, which costs State Farm more money every time, and keeps setting our completion date back.\u00a0 Our contractor still believes we will get back in the house by Thanksgiving, but we’ve lost 2 weeks of October now so it will be touch and go.<\/p>\n

<\/a>— 3 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

There are ways, however, to combat the funk.\u00a0 One is as follows:\u00a0 go to Bed Bath & Beyond and find yourself some sweet kitchen utensils to replace the ones you’ve been missing since May:<\/p>\n

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Oxo Good Grips Smooth Edge Can Opener<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n

<\/a>— 4 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

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All Purpose Stainless Steel 10-Ounce Shaker with Handle<\/strong><\/a><\/h6>\n

<\/a>— 5 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Silicone Whisks – Set of 2<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n

<\/a>— 6 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Long Handled Mesh Strainers Set of Three<\/a><\/strong><\/h6>\n

<\/a>— 7 —<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Blue Silicone Spatula
\n<\/a><\/strong>(Actually the one I got was red, and had a wooden handle, but I couldn’t find a picture of that one anywhere on the www.)<\/em>
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Next week I propose that Nettie get her act together and return to normal blogging mode.\u00a0 All those in favor, pray for me.<\/p>\n

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For more Quick Takes, visit Conversion Diary!<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

— 1 — Alright.\u00a0 You’ve probably noticed so I might as well come clean… I’ve been in a funk this week.\u00a0 But really — am I the only one who finds this whole protest thing just utterly depressing?\u00a0 And then there’s the election… depressing.\u00a0 Media?\u00a0 Depressing.\u00a0 I need to quit reading the news. — 2 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38,40,598],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2971","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-7-quick-takes","category-house","category-netties-world","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2971"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2979,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2971\/revisions\/2979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2971"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2971"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2971"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}