{"id":2945,"date":"2011-01-31T10:03:31","date_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:03:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2945"},"modified":"2011-01-31T10:05:44","modified_gmt":"2011-01-31T17:05:44","slug":"loving-on-monday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/barelycontrolledchaos.com\/wordpress\/?p=2945","title":{"rendered":"Loving on Monday."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"girls.jpg by Voris, on Flickr\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/voris\/5404434251\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm6.static.flickr.com\/5137\/5404434251_4d8d76cc45_b.jpg\" alt=\"girls.jpg\" width=\"800\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I know I am most likely in the minority today, but there are a few things I&#8217;m loving this very fine Monday morning:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Those two girls.<\/strong> And the fact that that photo up there was completely unprompted. I just asked the girls if I could take some photos of them for Daddy for his birthday and I got this while they were messing around. I am convinced that Emma is the best big sister ever, and I think Addie might agree with me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>No school today.<\/strong> It was a very busy month for us and we have been rewarded with a teacher in-service day on this here last day of January. The girls slept in and we are looking forward to a day of &#8220;catch-up&#8221; around the house and I get an extra day to finish this month&#8217;s newsletter and work on some client work.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Our new sofa. <\/strong>It has plenty of room for all of us to stretch out and do our own thing.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Streaming Netflix.<\/strong> The girls are obsessed with the old Munsters tv show and are watching them (while playing Barbies) right now on one end of the sofa.<\/li>\n<li><strong>New soccer season. <\/strong>Although my aching hip and knee are reminders that I am not in nearly as good of shape as I think I am, it did feel so good to be back out running around on the soccer field again yesterday. And J. was an awesome goalie (not his usual position) so we won.<\/li>\n<li><strong>My Nespresso coffee maker. <\/strong>My coffee habits have been transformed. I haven&#8217;t visited a Starbucks in weeks. And I honestly like the coffee I make at home even better than my old Starbucks standby. (Blasphemy, I know!) When I was little, I used to have milk with a splash of coffee on Saturday mornings watching cartoons with my Dad, and I think that is what influenced how I now like my coffee. I <em><strong>really<\/strong><\/em> like lattes &#8211; lots of milk, and my new coffee maker makes them fast and delicious. Mmmm. Yes. I think I may need another one while I sit here on the new sofa, working on that newsletter and watching my two loves play.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I know I am most likely in the minority today, but there are a few things I&#8217;m loving this very fine Monday morning: Those two girls. And the fact that that photo up there was completely unprompted. 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