{"id":1629,"date":"2008-05-22T07:52:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-22T11:52:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1629"},"modified":"2008-05-22T07:52:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-22T11:52:00","slug":"mother-nature","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/?p=1629","title":{"rendered":"Mother Nature"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Emily\/art\/0508MotherNature.jpg\" target=\"blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.tvini.org\/images\/Emily\/art\/0508MotherNature-thumb.jpg\" height=\"275\" hspace=\"5\" vspace=\"5\" align=\"right\" border=\"2\"><\/a><br \/>\nMy allergies are definitely getting better.  I can often breathe through my nose now, although I make some alarming sounds doing it.  Unfortunately, all the lying on the couch has messed up my back.  It&#8217;s an old injury that flares up from time to time, usually from neglecting to exercise and keep the muscles strong and limber.  If it ain&#8217;t one thing, it&#8217;s another.<\/p>\n<p>Emily&#8217;s EOG tests are done, much to everyone&#8217;s relief.  &#8220;Now I can go to fourth grade!&#8221; she says.  I have it on good authority that her teacher was going to recommend her for fourth grade regardless of how she did, since the teacher says that&#8217;s clearly where she needs to be, so all the angst Em felt was probably for nothing.  Well, I suppose it builds character.<\/p>\n<p>Em got to announce the weather over the loudspeaker yesterday morning, to her great pleasure.  She likes to get to school early so that she has a better chance of being around when they pick someone to do these things.  The bell rings at 7:30, and they ask kids not to arrive before 7:00, but you&#8217;d better believe Em&#8217;s ready to go at 6:50, standing at the door and staring out like a dog with a full bladder, ready to bolt at the first opportunity.<\/p>\n<p>No, I did not just compare my beautiful child to a dog that needs to pee, and if you thought you read that, you&#8217;re  mistaken.<\/p>\n<p>Today&#8217;s Em art:  Mother Nature.  It seemed fitting given the pollen.  I dig Mother Nature&#8217;s groovy frock and boots, and the fact that she has hearts for fingers.<\/p>\n<p>Time to go clean out the freezer.  It had something pressing against the door and popped open in the night, and now everything&#8217;s ruined.  Well, it&#8217;ll be an opportunity to start fresh, eh?<br \/>\n<br clear=all><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My allergies are definitely getting better. I can often breathe through my nose now, although I make some alarming sounds doing it. Unfortunately, all the lying on the couch has messed up my back. It&#8217;s an old injury that flares up from time to time, usually from neglecting to exercise and keep the muscles strong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[87],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1629\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kissmyknits.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}