{"id":879,"date":"2007-11-05T14:23:24","date_gmt":"2007-11-05T18:23:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/wordpress\/?p=879"},"modified":"2007-11-05T14:23:24","modified_gmt":"2007-11-05T18:23:24","slug":"back-to-the-grind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/?p=879","title":{"rendered":"Back to the Grind"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"..\/..\/pictures\/wishpillow.jpg\" align=\"left\" hspace=\"50\"><br \/>\nThe weekend of freedom is over and my little ones are back resting in their rooms.  They had a blast at the grandparents&#8217; house and were duly spoiled and treated.  Usually, when they leave I mope around the house missing them.  This time, however, I was floating on freedom while Kevin bemoaned their absence.  He couldn&#8217;t wait to get them back while I was much more willing to prolong my freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Now that November is officially here, the Christmas panic has set in.  I have so many presents to make.  I have a ridiculously long and ambitious list taped above my desk.  The frenzy is so great that even the kids have noticed.  Today, Leina asked me if I could play with her or if I had more sewing to do.  Sorry kid.  Momma can&#8217;t play until after Dec 23rd.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a sneak peak at a little pillow I&#8217;m making for a special little neice this year.  It came out so cute!  I want to keep if for myself!  Now, I just have to make three more pillows, two kitty cats, a raven ornament, three banners&#8230; oh my, I must cease typing and begin sewing immediately!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The weekend of freedom is over and my little ones are back resting in their rooms. They had a blast at the grandparents&#8217; house and were duly spoiled and treated. Usually, when they leave I mope around the house missing them. This time, however, I was floating on freedom while Kevin bemoaned their absence. He [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","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":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-879","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2Kqhb-eb","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/879\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.chrissierocks.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}