7 Quick Takes about Dropping the Ball, the Broken Basket, and The Things You Find on Facebook Marketplace

It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week? 

—1—

I'm in the middle of reading a fantastic book called Drop the Ball. The author explains that her husband does things in a much different way than she or any mom/wife she knows would do it, but she's learned that diversity in the traditionally female-dominated domestic space is good, just like diversity in the traditionally male-dominated workplace is good.

In related news, this week Phillip picked the 9-year-old up from a gymnastics workout and I asked him to buy him something to eat on the way home since he'd be hungry after practice. "Already did," he said. 

I later found out the "something" was 12 Oreo cookies, in case you're wondering why you saw me with an eye twitch muttering "Diversity is good, diversity is good" under my breath.

—2—

I got a good laugh out of this Apple Newsroom announcement on the iPhone pocket (a.k.a: the iSock.)

Isn't "a piece of cloth" more of an object than a concept? I guess at $229.95, it kind of has to be a concept.

—3—

In our house, we have something called "the broken basket." 

In theory it's a place where we put things that break or need minor repairs that we don't have time to take care of right now, and we go through it when we have time.

In practice, we forget about it until we look at all the random crap we've thrown in there over the last six months and have no idea what any of it is.

Thoughts, anyone??

—4—

I was asked to participate in a musical ensemble for our church's Christmas service, and though it's not something I would have volunteered to do I agreed to do it. We had a rehearsal at the church this week, and then I stayed afterward to organize the closet in the Primary room. (I was recently called as the Primary secretary, and I just can't work in a cluttered space.)

When I came home several hours later, Phillip looked alarmed. "Were you rehearsing the whole time?"

"No, it's fine, I was having fun! I forgot to tell you I was organizing a closet," I laughed. Which is honestly way more fun for me than the singing part.

—5—

The 17-year-old is thrilled that soon, he won't have to get picked up from school in his mom's minivan anymore. Phillip found a used car on Facebook Marketplace, and they brought it home today.

Since we're not in a big hurry to throw a car at him after he totaled the car he used to drive last month, he bought this one with the agreement that Phillip and I will buy it back from him at the same price when he goes to college and needs the money next fall. If it still exists.

—6—

How was your Thanksgiving? We spent ours this year with some friends from church. It was nice that we only had to cook half the meal (I mean the royal "we;" I washed the dishes while Phillip did the cooking with help from the kids) and we played some new games after dinner. 

Everyone ate a ton of food, and the kids discovered that going on the trampoline after dinner was a supremely bad idea. Luckily they realized before anyone threw up.

—7—

We also watched our first Christmas movie of the year: Klaus. I think it's a Netflix original, and if you haven't seen it then you haven't seen the best Christmas movie of all time and frankly, I feel sorry for you.

Other favorites of ours include The Man Who Invented Christmas, The Muppet Christmas Carol, and The Santa Clause. What are some other good Christmas movies we should watch as a family this year?

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