{"id":219,"date":"2018-02-13T12:46:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/13\/reasons-why-winter-is-not-that-bad\/"},"modified":"2020-10-26T23:19:51","modified_gmt":"2020-10-26T23:19:51","slug":"reasons-why-winter-is-not-that-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2018\/02\/13\/reasons-why-winter-is-not-that-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Reasons Why Winter Is Not That Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"
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You are overwhelmed by my enthusiasm and positive attitude, aren’t you? I don’t blame you. However, on yet another grey and gloomy day I give you a list of things to enjoy about winter.<\/p>\n

Tree branches outlined against the sky. Or, in this case, against the clouds. Either way, aren’t they pretty?<\/p>\n

The satisfying crunch when you step on a patch of crackly ice on your way to the car. Plus, the few extra minutes you spend crunching all the other icy patches in your driveway. Just me?<\/p>\n

Afghans. Blankets. Cosy spots on the couch.<\/p>\n

Being able to drink tea without feeling like you are going to melt into a puddle.<\/p>\n

The wonderful muffled silence of a snowy day.<\/p>\n

The joy of a child who wakes up to find out school has been canceled.<\/p>\n

My joy when I wake up and find out the roads are too bad to drive anywhere.<\/p>\n

Snowmen.<\/p>\n

Sledding.<\/p>\n

Soup.<\/p>\n

Hot chocolate. Preferably overflowing with marshmallows and drunk after coming in from a vigorous snowball fight.<\/p>\n

Fires in the fireplace.<\/p>\n

Layers. Lots of layers. No one can tell where the layers end and you begin.<\/p>\n

The cold, the dark, and the snowy roads provide the perfect excuse for refusing invitations. Yes, I can be slightly anti-social.<\/p>\n

Spending an entire afternoon in the kitchen baking bread and cookies. Enjoying the warm blast of air every time you open the oven.<\/p>\n

Marveling at the intricate beauty of the snowflakes that land on your coat sleeve.<\/p>\n

Long winter evenings spent playing board games as a family.<\/p>\n

Long winter evenings reading all the books. Yes, all of them. One right after another.<\/p>\n

Hearty winter food like chili and shepherd’s pie.<\/p>\n

If it is winter where you live, what makes it bearable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

You are overwhelmed by my enthusiasm and positive attitude, aren’t you? I don’t blame you. However, on yet another grey and gloomy day I give you a list of things to enjoy about winter. Tree branches outlined against the sky. Or, in this case, against the clouds. Either way, aren’t they pretty? The satisfying crunch when you step on a patch of crackly ice on your way to the car. Plus, the few extra minutes you spend crunching all the other icy patches in your driveway. Just me? Afghans. Blankets. Cosy spots on the couch. Being able to drink tea without feeling like you are going to melt into a puddle. The wonderful muffled silence of a snowy day. The joy of a child who wakes up to find out school has been canceled. My joy when I wake up and find out the roads are too bad to drive anywhere. Snowmen. Sledding. Soup. Hot chocolate. Preferably overflowing with marshmallows and drunk after coming in from a vigorous snowball fight. Fires in the fireplace. Layers. Lots of layers. No one can tell where the layers end and you begin. The cold, the dark, and the snowy roads provide the perfect excuse for refusing invitations. Yes, I can be slightly anti-social. Spending an entire afternoon in the kitchen baking bread and cookies. Enjoying the warm blast of air every time you open the oven. Marveling at the intricate beauty of the snowflakes that land on your coat sleeve. Long winter evenings spent playing board games as a family. Long winter evenings reading all the books. Yes, all of them. One right after another. Hearty winter food like chili and shepherd’s pie. If it is winter where you live, what makes it bearable?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1329,"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":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-just-chat"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219","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=219"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2683,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219\/revisions\/2683"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}