{"id":1825,"date":"2009-08-06T01:00:09","date_gmt":"2009-08-06T08:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2009-08-05T22:12:03","modified_gmt":"2009-08-06T05:12:03","slug":"this-that-thursday-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"This &#038; That Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It&#8217;s starting to feel like summer! So, what have we been up to this week? Hmmm&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0084.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794456580\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3522\/3794456580_757962a796_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0084.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, we have been quite the ladies of leisure, let me tell you. But I have been waiting for a few days like this. I&#8217;ve been waiting all summer long, really. We needed a couple of no appointments, carefree days. (Although I did feel a slight twinge of guilt when I realized I was still in my pjs at almost noon yesterday.)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0057.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794451122\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3561\/3794451122_d439854423_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0057.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We started the week out in the front yard, reading and just hanging out.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0073.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794455108\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3467\/3794455108_c3f47572b1_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0073.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And we had some visitors. (Who were also bearers of the glitter glamour presents featured in almost all the photos this week. We love it &#8211; thank you!)<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0123.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794465044\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3591\/3794465044_873fd59ef6_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0123.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We made it to the beach again and the girls practiced getting swept away by the waves.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0025.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794446824\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3558\/3794446824_0f236b4bf2_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0025.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">We made the trek to Daddy&#8217;s office for a much needed and anticipated lunch date with him, and also a date with the fountains. And we managed to fit in three trips to two different pools and hung out with some fun friends that we always love to see.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0009.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794443420\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3443\/3794443420_e31babeb3f_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0009.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And really&#8230;we just shared the love.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"DSC_0055.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794450358\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2206\/3794450358_194914f547_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0055.jpg\" width=\"700\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, and just a little more&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><center><a title=\"DSC_0066.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/3794453006\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2422\/3794453006_4006961ce9_b.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0066.jpg\" width=\"450\" \/><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>It has been a fantastic week. And it is only halfway over. On today&#8217;s docket, we have more park fun, lunch with friends, a doctor&#8217;s appointment, pilates class&#8230;.and&#8230;um, probably ought to start thinking about packing. Yeah. We had better move that up on the list, since we leave in two days.<\/p>\n<p>I may be up all night doing laundry &#8211; but it has been so worth it. And even more worth it when Addie announced last night, &#8220;Mom, I think it is time for bed. I&#8217;m ex-<em>hausted<\/em>!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Summertime? Bring it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s starting to feel like summer! So, what have we been up to this week? Hmmm&#8230; Well, we have been quite the ladies of leisure, let me tell you. But I have been waiting for a few days like this. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=1825\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_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":[56,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1825","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-everyday-chaos","category-thursday-this-that"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/psMOS-tr","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1825"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1827,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1825\/revisions\/1827"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1825"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1825"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1825"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}