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Friday, September 12, 2025

7 Quick Takes about Not Speaking Korean, Meditations on Running, and Soda Cans I Wish I Never Saw

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — I watched my first K-drama. My 19-year-old got into them while away at college...
Friday, September 5, 2025

7 Quick Takes about Dubious Reasons to Celebrate, Getting Kids to Do Chores, and the "Fake It To Make It" Approach to Photography

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — You remember how I keep saying that my 13-year-old will use any excus...
Friday, August 29, 2025

7 Quick Takes about New Budgeting Categories, Not Being Like the Other Girls, and Fun Things That Happen in Your Forties

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — My 21-year-old has pretty significant ADHD, but looking at the organized budget...
Friday, August 22, 2025

7 Quick Takes about Test Driving the Empty Nest, Six months of Home Improvements in a Week, and Counting to a Million

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — Well, the verdict is in on our week of being empty nesters while...
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Friday, August 15, 2025

7 Quick Takes about Emoticons 2.0, Joining the We Do Not Care Club, and Sliding In Just Under the Wire

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — Emoticons are back. Not the picture emojis that eventually replaced t...
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Saturday, August 9, 2025

7 Quick Takes about My 12-Hour Project, Kaleigh Cohen, and Open Water Swimming

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! How was your week?  — 1 — Our old washer and dryer had a good run, they really did. They came with the ho...
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Sunday, August 3, 2025

7 Quick Takes about Lakeside Retreats, Getting Up Early for No Reason, and Secrets to Governing a Household

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It's 7 Quick Takes Friday! Except that it’s on Sunday. I was planning and executing a 3-day retreat for my Young Women group at church. ...