{"id":179,"date":"2018-11-14T15:10:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-14T15:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/a-peaceful-afternoon\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T23:01:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:01:45","slug":"a-peaceful-afternoon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/11\/14\/a-peaceful-afternoon\/","title":{"rendered":"A Peaceful Afternoon"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is late Tuesday afternoon and pouring down rain outside. I have a fresh cup of tea by my side and a cheesy ham and potato soup in the crockpot. My husband is sitting on the couch reading the news and feeling a little bored which I view as a good sign. Boredom is an indication he is getting better. My daughter is home from school with a cold and she has dragged her brother downstairs to play video games with her. Not all of that sounds good–the cold, my husband’s accident-but somehow it is all contributing to a peaceful afternoon. I have to go out again later but for now, I am just going to revel in the peace and quiet.<\/p>\n

I am currently reading The G.I.<\/i>‘s: The Americans in Britain, 1942-1945<\/i>\u00a0by Norman Longmate. I have an ongoing interest in life during WWII. Most of the books I have read have been about life on the Home Front in Britain. This is a fascinating account of the arrival of the Americans in Britain and how the two countries reacted to one another. Two million American soldiers were stationed in Britain during the war and the two countries learned a lot from each other. I find the differences in the\u00a0cultures absolutely fascinating. The book is full of reminiscences and first-hand accounts from the G.I.’s and the\u00a0 British people who encountered them. I am about halfway through it right now and highly recommend it. I have also read How We Lived Then<\/i>\u00a0by Longmate which is just as interesting.<\/p>\n

I ordered a couple of books at the beginning of the month, I always do, and I just got a notification that one book is no longer available and my money is being refunded. Obviously, that means I need to buy another book to replace it. At least books are cheaper than the perfect wool dress coat for under $200.00 that I am currently looking for. It can’t be black, it needs to be knee length, and it has to look modern and fun while still being classic. I don’t ask too much, do I? Maybe I should just go back to buying books.<\/p>\n

Isn’t the teapot in the photo pretty? A friend showed up with a gift bag full of goodies for me–the teapot and cups, chocolate, cocoa mix, cookies, tea, and an entire flourless chocolate cake. She said she knew my husband was the one who was hurt but she thought I\u00a0needed some comfort too. It was so sweet of her. I did share the cake with my family but the chocolate bar I hid away and I don’t intend to share it though I should probably eat it soon before someone finds my hiding place.<\/p>\n

We might get snow on Thursday. Maybe it will be another afternoon of books, tea, chocolate, and soup. I wouldn’t mind that at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is late Tuesday afternoon and pouring down rain outside. I have a fresh cup of tea by my side and a cheesy ham and potato soup in the crockpot. My husband is sitting on the couch reading the news and feeling a little bored which I view as a good sign. Boredom is an indication he is getting better. My daughter is home from school with a cold and she has dragged her brother downstairs to play video games with her. Not all of that sounds good–the cold, my husband’s accident-but somehow it is all contributing to a peaceful afternoon. I have to go out again later but for now, I am just going to revel in the peace and quiet. I am currently reading The G.I.‘s: The Americans in Britain, 1942-1945\u00a0by Norman Longmate. I have an ongoing interest in life during WWII. Most of the books I have read have been about life on the Home Front in Britain. This is a fascinating account of the arrival of the Americans in Britain and how the two countries reacted to one another. Two million American soldiers were stationed in Britain during the war and the two countries learned a lot from each other. I find the differences in the\u00a0cultures absolutely fascinating. The book is full of reminiscences and first-hand accounts from the G.I.’s and the\u00a0 British people who encountered them. I am about halfway through it right now and highly recommend it. I have also read How We Lived Then\u00a0by Longmate which is just as interesting. I ordered a couple of books at the beginning of the month, I always do, and I just got a notification that one book is no longer available and my money is being refunded. Obviously, that means I need to buy another book to replace it. At least books are cheaper than the perfect wool dress coat for under $200.00 that I am currently looking for. It can’t be black, it needs to be knee length, and it has to look modern and fun while still being classic. I don’t ask too much, do I? Maybe I should just go back to buying books. Isn’t the teapot in the photo pretty? A friend showed up with a gift bag full of goodies for me–the teapot and cups, chocolate, cocoa mix, cookies, tea, and an entire flourless chocolate cake. She said she knew my husband was the one who was hurt but she thought I\u00a0needed some comfort too. It was so sweet of her. I did share the cake with my family but the chocolate bar I hid away and I don’t intend to share it though I should probably eat it soon before someone finds my hiding place. We might get snow on Thursday. Maybe it will be another afternoon of books, tea, chocolate, and soup. I wouldn’t mind that at all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currently-reading"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=179"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2642,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/179\/revisions\/2642"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}