{"id":3523,"date":"2014-09-09T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2014-09-09T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=3523"},"modified":"2014-09-09T20:55:47","modified_gmt":"2014-09-10T01:55:47","slug":"birthday-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2014\/09\/birthday-things\/","title":{"rendered":"Birthday things."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"birthdaythings\"<\/a>
\n<\/a>The first 35 years of my life are over.<\/p>\n

Sheesh, I didn’t know that sentence would seem so grave. I don’t really mean it that way.<\/p>\n

I like my birthday; I think it’s fun…even if my son thinks that 35 is middle-aged.<\/p>\n

I was off today, so I spent some time putzing around on Pinterest looking for pumpkin recipes. I browsed at World Market, and decided to treat myself for my birthday. While I was in the mood for treats, I meandered my way over to a bookstore. Then I went home.<\/p>\n

I went into Alex’s room because I wanted to use a stapler and I knew he had one in there. I was overcome by the state of the room. Next thing I know, a few hours have passed and I have an undisclosed amount of trash bags to take outside.<\/p>\n

I followed up that sweaty adventure with a walk.<\/p>\n

I think you should eat what you want on your birthday, so I made some tacos…the kind of tacos I grew up eating and it was awesome. I loved it. I loved today, and I look forward to making the most of the coming year. I’ve developed the goals that will help me do that (coming soon.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The first 35 years of my life are over. Sheesh, I didn’t know that sentence would seem so grave. I don’t really mean it that way. I like my birthday; I think it’s fun…even if my son thinks that 35 is middle-aged. I was off today, so I spent some time putzing around on Pinterest… Continue reading Birthday things.<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[669,750],"class_list":["post-3523","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-birthday","tag-goals","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-UP","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1262,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2011\/11\/happy-birthday-alex\/","url_meta":{"origin":3523,"position":0},"title":"Happy Birthday, Alex","author":"admin","date":"November 22, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"I can't believe that Alex is 8. 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