7 Quick Takes #24

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I went to the screening of a new movie last night. It's called October Baby and it tells the story of a woman who finds outs she's an abortion survivor. It's a Christian film, made by the people who did Fireproof, Courageous, and the likes but it is not overtly Christian. That's something that always worries me when a movie is trying to go mainstream. It also is considerably better than Fireproof. The movie is artistically beautiful and carries a very powerful message. I highly recommend you go see it when it comes out in March.

  

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The #iuseNFP hashtag is still going strong on Twitter. Kayla over at Alluring World had the brilliant idea to add the tag to already popular tags that are trending. Like this:

#honestynight - the truth is, hormonal birth control is bad for you & #NFP empowers you to understand your own body. That's why #IuseNFP
#RealLoveIsWhen you can talk about mucus. #iuseNFP
I hope my kids will say #IGoToASchool where they teach us the natural law, and now #IWANTtouseNFP! #iuseNFP

Feel free to join in on the fun and tweet out why you use NFP. It's sure to get a retweet or two and you'll probably gain some new NFP connections. Win win right?

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How was everyone's Valentine's Day? Did you get everything you wanted? Did your gifts go over well? Mine did. I went the super romantic route and headed to the liquor store day of and bought Steven a handle of Wild Turkey. He was thrilled. He got me a set of wine glasses (and some wine to put in them), a massage, and roses. Technically the roses were from Jack though. (Yes he's thoughtful enough to get me a gift and card from Jack because I'm crazy and would be upset if he didn't.)

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Lent is just around the corner (which is friggin' nuts) so if you haven't started thinking about what you're going to give up, now's the time. I think I've decided to do Adoration twice a week. I'm not humble enough to do food ones without being vain. I know not everyone who gives up chocolate, fast food, or other unhealthy stuff is doing it to lose weight but I'm not able to do that. Anyways, whatever you do I'll leave you with some advice one of my non-Catholic friends told me on Holy Thursday:

"Thanks for not pissing and moaning about whatever it was you gave up for Lent this year. Nobody likes that."

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Speaking of advice, I'm looking for some. Head over to my post from Wednesday about rebranding NFP and leave me any advice you have. So far I've gotten some really great feedback but I'm always looking for more. I'm thinking about actually doing something with your advice so your effort sharing it won't be in vain.

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What's that you ask? What exactly am I going to do with this info? Well I figure I could advertise for NFP. So anything you suggest I'm going to try my damnedest to incorporate into my blog. Also something I thought of a while ago but was affirmed on Twitter this week is to do a blog button. I want to button to lead back to a really great informative site about NFP so if you have one let me know. Also I'm thinking about what these should say. I'm thinking two styles: 1) straightforward and 2) cheeky. Here are my ideas so far:

Straight Forward- I use NFP.
Cheeky- We do it every night...Chart.

Well that's all I've thought of so far. If you have ideas send them my way. Thanks all!

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Friday Funny: I'm surprised every time I come home and Jack hasn't done this.

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