{"id":649,"date":"2009-12-23T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-12-23T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=649"},"modified":"2009-12-23T05:00:00","modified_gmt":"2009-12-23T09:00:00","slug":"christmas-checklist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=649","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Checklist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a onblur=\"try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}\" href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SzFpAmGqrKI\/AAAAAAAAB7A\/MHSl8x2XGaQ\/s1600-h\/Xmas08.jpg\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 212px; height: 240px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yytsDp42pSs\/SzFpAmGqrKI\/AAAAAAAAB7A\/MHSl8x2XGaQ\/s320\/Xmas08.jpg?w=584\" alt=\"\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5418227285652843682\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span style=\"font-family:verdana;\">Christmas Day is two days away&#8230; here&#8217;s my checklist:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Home decorated<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>409 cards sent<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>A fresh loaf of cinnamon raisin bread has been baked and delivered to every neighbor on my street<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Presents wrapped and under the tree<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Mother-in-law here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Brother and his wife here<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Daddy Santa is ready to visit on Christmas Eve (evil grin)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Turkey and trimmings ready for the big dinner<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Well, then, we seem to be ready.<\/p>\n<p>I am ready for the material things, and now I am readying my heart.  What&#8217;s that?  Contemplating, reflecting on the past year, thinking about those whom I love and about whom I care.  Thinking of ways that I can help or lend a hand.  To me, that&#8217;s what Christmas is about:  the reason for the season, the spirit of caring, loving, grace, and joy.<\/p>\n<p>Life is short:  Keep the faith and keep it focused.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christmas Day is two days away&#8230; here&#8217;s my checklist: Home decorated 409 cards sent A fresh loaf of cinnamon raisin bread has been baked and delivered to every neighbor on my street Presents wrapped and under the tree Mother-in-law here &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/?p=649\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bootedmanblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}