{"id":310,"date":"2008-12-29T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2008-12-29T21:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/?p=310"},"modified":"2008-12-29T13:24:00","modified_gmt":"2008-12-29T21:24:00","slug":"where-to-even-begin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/xangelle.com\/dailygrind\/where-to-even-begin\/","title":{"rendered":"Where to even begin&#8230;&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit overwhelmed at the number of things that I could talk about&#8230;the funny stories, the  fun times with family and friends, the snow &#8211; OH MY GOODNESS, THE SNOW!!!!!!! &#8211; slowing down, clearing out and cleaning up&#8230;..there is just so much to talk about and so little time.<\/p>\n<p>The baby is sleeping right now which means that I have to choose wisely&#8230;..as I sit here in my pyjamas smelling of 2 day old funk&#8230;..blogging is probably not the &#8220;wisest&#8221; choice&#8230;.and so I will be quick.<\/p>\n<p>I have pictures to share and will get to them as time allows.  <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s busy having the kids home from school, AND&#8230;.I want to be able to be there for them and not to be glued to this screen.  I have to admit that I&#8217;m surprised at how easy it&#8217;s been to ignore my computer for the past while.  Typically it calls to me like the &#8220;cracK&#8221; it is&#8230;whispering of all the sweet time we could waste together and fortunately&#8230;.my kids quiet <del datetime=\"2008-12-29T21:08:10+00:00\">ha ha ha ha ha ha I just about peed myself over here<\/del>&#8230;.okay, well they are really not all that quiet, but it would have made a good story to talk about how my kids quiet whispers as they asked for some stories to be read cuddled on the couch and how it warmed my heart.<\/p>\n<p>Reality is a bit more brutal.  Some fights, some games, a lot of Wii &#8211; thanks Mum and Dad C.- and most of all lots of laughter&#8230;.well, really&#8230;most of all, lots of food.  My kids sure eat a lot&#8230;.I&#8217;d like to say that it&#8217;s the healthy food I give them&#8230;that they just love to fill their &#8220;preshus wittle bodies with all that good healty vitamin rich goodnes&#8221;, but really&#8230;sometimes&#8230;.I just wonder if they have worms or parasites or something&#8230;.these kids are machines when it comes to food!<\/p>\n<p>So, with all the thought whizzing around in my brain, I am going to go and take a shower and if I still have time&#8230;..I might make a list of all the things that I have to talk about and possibly, hopefully, give a really good shot at whittling it down to the funniest, the saddest, the more exciting&#8230;.you know&#8230;all the really highly charged emotional stuff that makes for really good blogging&#8230;&#8230;or I could just get on here with no thought and blabber on and on and on&#8230;.cause ya all know I&#8217;ve done enough of that recently&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I do hope that your Christmas was full of peace and that you were able to be apart of some really amazing memories.<\/p>\n<p>And so I leave you with my best <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Arnold_Schwarzenegger\">Arnold<\/a> voice and say&#8230;&#8230;I&#8217;ll be back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m a bit overwhelmed at the number of things that I could talk about&#8230;the funny stories, the fun times with family and friends, the snow &#8211; OH MY GOODNESS, THE SNOW!!!!!!! &#8211; slowing down, clearing out and cleaning up&#8230;..there is just so much to talk about and so little time. 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