{"id":207,"date":"2010-05-18T09:29:32","date_gmt":"2010-05-18T09:29:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.131.168.108\/wordpress\/?p=207"},"modified":"2010-05-18T09:29:32","modified_gmt":"2010-05-18T09:29:32","slug":"updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/05\/18\/updates\/","title":{"rendered":"Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t think of any catchy titles for today&#8217;s post. &nbsp;Sorry.&nbsp;<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"whatevah\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/whatevah.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"whatevah\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The weekend was actually pretty good. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Eric took Friday off to start a fix-it project. &nbsp;It turned out that our back storm door had never been properly caulked, so for 12 years, water has been leaking down around it. &nbsp;And with the extra snow that buried our back door last winter, the frame finally rotted. &nbsp;So he took the door down and rebuilt everything to be waterproof, put up a new frame and rehung the door. &nbsp;It turned out to be a two-day project with letting sealer\/paint dry, but it was needing to be done. &nbsp;And I think he felt really good to have finished a project like that, too.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And best of all, it may help keep out the ants that typically come in through my back door area!! &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sunday was pretty low-key. &nbsp;Church, dinner, reading, naps. &nbsp;I spoke, with 2 other ladies, to the middle school girls on Sunday night (see post from last week). &nbsp;To all of you who commented on what you might share, you&#8217;ll be glad to know that pretty much all of those topics were covered! &nbsp;I took a different route which seemed to have been well-recieved (go figure&#8230;God knew just what I was supposed to say! <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"winky\" src=\"http:\/\/s.xanga.com\/images\/winky.gif\" border=\"0\" alt=\"winky\" \/>). &nbsp;I talked about HOW to take a step in our Journey toward Jesus. &nbsp;And how important the Holy Spirit is. And I told funny stories. &nbsp;I think it went well. &nbsp;I hope God will use what I said. &nbsp;And it was really refreshing for me to do something like that. &nbsp;The standing-up-in-front-sharing-what-I&#8217;ve-learned is the only part of teaching that I really miss. &nbsp;So it felt good to share. &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, I took the babies to the zoo in the morning to see the new animals\/exhibits. &nbsp;I didn&#8217;t plan to stay long because (1) they would need lunch and naps and (2) rain was threatening to fall at any moment. &nbsp;We saw the new polar bear exhibit&#8230;very neat! &nbsp;And the baby otters. &nbsp;And the baby manatees. &nbsp;And because of the early time and the weather, the zoo was virtually empty. &nbsp;SO nice! &nbsp;We got to sit at the aquarium and watch fishies uninterrupted while eating a snack. &nbsp;Fab.u.lous! &nbsp; &nbsp;Of course, when we finished the indoor areas (the aquatic stuff), it had started to rain. &nbsp;So we did get a little wet on the way back to the car. &nbsp;But no one melted, and the babies took a 3-hour nap in the afternoon. &nbsp;Nice!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Sadly, my house looks awful today. &nbsp;But I think I have the energy to fix it up without over-stressing myself. &nbsp;Now the only question is whether I have the motivation to do it! &nbsp;We shall see&#8230;happy Tuesday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I couldn&#8217;t think of any catchy titles for today&#8217;s post. &nbsp;Sorry.&nbsp; The weekend was actually pretty good. &nbsp; Eric took Friday off to start a fix-it project. &nbsp;It turned out that our back storm door had never been properly caulked, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/2010\/05\/18\/updates\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-207","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=207"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/207\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=207"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=207"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elhogue.com\/shannah\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=207"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}