{"id":9983,"date":"2013-10-29T19:55:06","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T02:55:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nettiesworld.com\/?p=9983"},"modified":"2017-06-28T22:09:20","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T05:09:20","slug":"9983","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/old.adoptedjoy.com\/?p=9983","title":{"rendered":"Miscellaneous Musings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s 3pm and 72\u00b0 outside my open office windows &#8212; I&#8217;m LOVE-LOVE-LOVING Arizona today!!<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m just going to spot review some elements of the past week. \u00a0One of my favorite days was last Thursday, when we all bundled into the van and headed over to the Metro Center Olive Garden for a late night supper celebration of Dad&#8217;s birthday. \u00a0I love family traditions like this one!! \ud83d\ude42 \u00a0We had so much fun, so much laughter &#8212; I got tipsy halfway through one glass of very tasty wine (I <strong><em>really<\/em> <\/strong>cannot handle my alcohol &#8211; probably because 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