{"id":68,"date":"2009-02-07T12:11:33","date_gmt":"2009-02-07T19:11:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2010-06-11T08:41:00","modified_gmt":"2010-06-11T13:41:00","slug":"getting-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/getting-there\/","title":{"rendered":"getting there"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/100_0699.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-69\" title=\"Flowers\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/100_0699.jpg?resize=300%2C225&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/100_0699.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/sherlonya\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/100_0699.jpg?w=1500&amp;ssl=1 1500w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/\/mnt\/local\/home\/sherlonya\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/02\/100_0699.jpg?w=2250&amp;ssl=1 2250w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I spent the morning doing a lot of little organizational things.<\/p>\n<p>I taped labels to the tops of all of my spices so that I can actually tell what I have. Fancy that! I also alphabetized them so that I could get to them easily. AND created a file that lists the spices that I do have for quick and easy access. That alone made me feel like a superstar. (I&#8217;m all about enjoying the little things).<\/p>\n<p>I started to organize my pictures on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/people\/sherlonya\/\">FLICKR<\/a>. I feel great about that. It&#8217;s nothing to call home about, but it is progress. I&#8217;m working on some of my 2009 goals as I type and feel great about that!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spent the morning doing a lot of little organizational things. I taped labels to the tops of all of my spices so that I can actually tell what I have. Fancy that! I also alphabetized them so that I could get to them easily. AND created a file that lists the spices that I&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2009\/02\/getting-there\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">getting there<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","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":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[25],"tags":[106],"class_list":["post-68","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","tag-organization","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p33KTw-16","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3179,"url":"https:\/\/sherlonya.net\/blog\/2013\/12\/in-an-open-letter-to-her-google-search\/","url_meta":{"origin":68,"position":0},"title":"In an open letter to her Google search,","author":"sherlonya","date":"December 31, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"\u201cI was just looking to see whether there is an app to help you keep track of the spices you have. 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