{"id":2815,"date":"2010-11-24T22:06:28","date_gmt":"2010-11-25T05:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2815"},"modified":"2010-11-24T22:07:02","modified_gmt":"2010-11-25T05:07:02","slug":"dipy-week-44-i-am-thankful-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2815","title":{"rendered":"Dipy Week #44 ~ I am thankful for&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I am thankful for&#8230;<br \/>\n<a title=\"thankful copy.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/5205484395\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5045\/5205484395_746dde28ed_b.jpg\" alt=\"thankful copy.jpg\" width=\"792\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;taking a gamble and winning. Right after we decided (or rather the price of airfare decided for us) we were not going to Michigan this week, I received a jury duty summons in the mail. Wasn&#8217;t it just a few months ago that I was called in? Oh, yeah. That would have been two years ago and apparently it is that time again.<\/p>\n<p>So I told J. that I was not going to try to reschedule it, even though it was Thanksgiving week. In fact, I was betting that since it was Thanksgiving, not many cases would be called during the short, holiday week. So I stuck it out, called in faithfully every night (well, one evening I forgot and had to get up at 4am when I remembered the next morning) and it paid off. I didn&#8217;t have to go in and my &#8220;service&#8221; has been completed for another two years.<\/p>\n<p>So I am adding it to the already very long list of things I am thankful for today and all that God has given me: my sweet girls, my amazing husband, my entire family, good friends, J&#8217;s good job, plenty of food in our stomachs, a great roof over our heads, the good fortune to live in the United States, and every once in awhile that feeling like I &#8220;beat the system.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, Kimberly took our challenge this week to heart. Her half of the dipy is just beautiful, isn&#8217;t it? I sat staring at it and wondering if she snuck up and took the shot of him deep in thought or if she &#8220;saw&#8221; the shot and asked him to pose for her.<\/p>\n<p>Guess we&#8217;ll have to <a href=\"http:\/\/alteringlife.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">go over<\/a> and see.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a><em><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"teamup\" src=\"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/02\/teamup.jpg\" alt=\"teamup\" width=\"125\" height=\"125\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Hosted                            by   <a href=\"http:\/\/mentalinventory.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Megan<\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/thehipmommasjournal.squarespace.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hip               Momma<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am thankful for&#8230; &#8230;taking a gamble and winning. Right after we decided (or rather the price of airfare decided for us) we were not going to Michigan this week, I received a jury duty summons in the mail. 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