{"id":350,"date":"2016-03-21T13:31:00","date_gmt":"2016-03-21T13:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/21\/spring-snow\/"},"modified":"2020-10-28T16:35:41","modified_gmt":"2020-10-28T16:35:41","slug":"spring-snow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/2016\/03\/21\/spring-snow\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring Snow"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It is spring.<\/p>\n

Spring, which brings to mind images of crocuses popping up all over the lawn, daffodils unfurling their yellow buds, and robins hopping through the yard.<\/p>\n

Instead, it is snowing.<\/p>\n

It is Monday, it is snowing, and my kids have a snow day.<\/p>\n

Despite the snow today, there have been some good things in my week. \u00a0Actually, my kids definitely view the snow as good. \u00a0Anything for a day off school.<\/p>\n

I took my son clothes shopping. Now, I know that doesn’t sound like a good thing and I know my son didn’t think it was a good thing but he needed a new suit so I dragged him to the store. \u00a0It was relatively painless. \u00a0He is very tall and very thin so finding him clothes that fit is a challenge. \u00a0We did it though and he looks very handsome. \u00a0After that, I told him we could do what he wanted so we went to visit my parents and then I took him to Wendy’s for dinner. \u00a0It was nice to spend some time with just him. \u00a0He gets chatty when he is on his own and he makes me laugh like no one else I know. \u00a0If it didn’t sound so corny I would say it was a good mother-son bonding experience. \u00a0Since that is way too corny we will just say that despite his expectations, clothes shopping did not kill him and we had a nice time together.<\/p>\n

I managed to cook a steak successfully. \u00a0I view myself as a good cook but steaks are my nemesis. \u00a0I have a bizarre fear of underdone meat which causes me to turn all steaks into leather. \u00a0My family saws away at them while insisting that really, this one isn’t too bad. \u00a0However, yesterday I conquered the steak. \u00a0I looked up exactly how long to cook it and followed the instructions exactly. \u00a0I didn’t leave it cooking “just for a few more minutes to make sure.” \u00a0I ended up with a perfectly cooked, perfectly tender steak. \u00a0My life is now complete.<\/p>\n

I bought a new camera. \u00a0I have wanted this camera for almost a year now. \u00a0My aunt is very interested in photography and when we were on vacation together last summer she let me use her DSLR. \u00a0It was way more fun than I thought it would be. \u00a0She had to pry it out of my hands in order to use it herself. \u00a0I came home and researched them but I just couldn’t justify the expense. \u00a0That didn’t stop me from deciding what I would buy if I could. \u00a0I settled on a mirrorless camera, the Olympus om-d e-m10.<\/a> \u00a0Then it was just a case of stalking it online until I found it at a price I was willing to pay. \u00a0That day finally came last week when I found an affordable reconditioned one and there was a very good coupon code to go with it. I ordered it and I am now impatiently waiting for it to arrive. \u00a0I am sure it will be a steep learning curve because I am used to my little point and shoot camera but it sounds like fun.<\/p>\n

As for books this week, I am in the middle of a Jane Austen binge. \u00a0This happens periodically. \u00a0I just feel a need to reread her. \u00a0Plus right now I am reading her letters and Claire Tomalin’s biography of her. I think I mentioned that before. \u00a0I did take a break last night to read My Brother Michael<\/i> by Mary Stewart. \u00a0Yesterday was a bad day and sometimes a little romantic suspense is just what is needed. \u00a0That, and the ice cream my son walked down to the store to get for me, greatly improved my day.<\/p>\n

How was your week? I hope it isn’t snowing wherever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It is spring. Spring, which brings to mind images of crocuses popping up all over the lawn, daffodils unfurling their yellow buds, and robins hopping through the yard. Instead, it is snowing. It is Monday, it is snowing, and my kids have a snow day. Despite the snow today, there have been some good things in my week. \u00a0Actually, my kids definitely view the snow as good. \u00a0Anything for a day off school. I took my son clothes shopping. Now, I know that doesn’t sound like a good thing and I know my son didn’t think it was a good thing but he needed a new suit so I dragged him to the store. \u00a0It was relatively painless. \u00a0He is very tall and very thin so finding him clothes that fit is a challenge. \u00a0We did it though and he looks very handsome. \u00a0After that, I told him we could do what he wanted so we went to visit my parents and then I took him to Wendy’s for dinner. \u00a0It was nice to spend some time with just him. \u00a0He gets chatty when he is on his own and he makes me laugh like no one else I know. \u00a0If it didn’t sound so corny I would say it was a good mother-son bonding experience. \u00a0Since that is way too corny we will just say that despite his expectations, clothes shopping did not kill him and we had a nice time together. I managed to cook a steak successfully. \u00a0I view myself as a good cook but steaks are my nemesis. \u00a0I have a bizarre fear of underdone meat which causes me to turn all steaks into leather. \u00a0My family saws away at them while insisting that really, this one isn’t too bad. \u00a0However, yesterday I conquered the steak. \u00a0I looked up exactly how long to cook it and followed the instructions exactly. \u00a0I didn’t leave it cooking “just for a few more minutes to make sure.” \u00a0I ended up with a perfectly cooked, perfectly tender steak. \u00a0My life is now complete. I bought a new camera. \u00a0I have wanted this camera for almost a year now. \u00a0My aunt is very interested in photography and when we were on vacation together last summer she let me use her DSLR. \u00a0It was way more fun than I thought it would be. \u00a0She had to pry it out of my hands in order to use it herself. \u00a0I came home and researched them but I just couldn’t justify the expense. \u00a0That didn’t stop me from deciding what I would buy if I could. \u00a0I settled on a mirrorless camera, the Olympus om-d e-m10. \u00a0Then it was just a case of stalking it online until I found it at a price I was willing to pay. \u00a0That day finally came last week when I found an affordable reconditioned one and there was a very good coupon code to go with it. I ordered it and I am now impatiently waiting for it to arrive. \u00a0I am sure it will be a steep learning curve because I am used to my little point and shoot camera but it sounds like fun. As for books this week, I am in the middle of a Jane Austen binge. \u00a0This happens periodically. \u00a0I just feel a need to reread her. \u00a0Plus right now I am reading her letters and Claire Tomalin’s biography of her. I think I mentioned that before. \u00a0I did take a break last night to read My Brother Michael by Mary Stewart. \u00a0Yesterday was a bad day and sometimes a little romantic suspense is just what is needed. \u00a0That, and the ice cream my son walked down to the store to get for me, greatly improved my day. How was your week? I hope it isn’t snowing wherever you are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":669,"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":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-happy-things"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350","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=350"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2858,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/350\/revisions\/2858"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/669"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.holdsuponhappiness.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}