{"id":1051,"date":"2012-12-10T20:26:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-10T20:26:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1051"},"modified":"2012-12-11T18:05:51","modified_gmt":"2012-12-11T18:05:51","slug":"winter-thumbs-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/?p=1051","title":{"rendered":"Winter Thumbs Up"},"content":{"rendered":"

A cold has kept me stuck at home for almost two weeks, voiceless for the last week, and while colds are one of my least favorite things about winters set in, there are many other things worthy of a double thumbs up. \u00a0Thumbs up is my youngest child’s favorite way to express pure pleasure in the littlest of things. I have collected my current top five winter wonderfuls, in no particular order, to share.<\/p>\n

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Winters clear and for sure settling upon the land wouldn’t be complete without that fresh look to a shoveled out driveway. \u00a0It speaks of victory over the elements… Or at least a job well done. \u00a0The kids turn the mounds of snow into a double thumbs up by digging their first snow fort, it is more of a tunnel passage from the pushed off patio to the back yard but it is delightful.<\/p>\n

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Smartwool socks, the sock that replaces all slippers, let alone others socks. \u00a0I am instantly in pampered mode when I slip them on. \u00a0Cozy enough to sleep in… This says a lot coming from myself, a dedicated sock avoider. \u00a0Thumbs up!<\/p>\n

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And thumbs up for how much better chai tea and shortbread taste in the winter. \u00a0I am particularly thrilled with these big soft ones from a popular stores bakery. \u00a0They are so good I don’t desire to spend a small fortune on butter to make my own.<\/p>\n

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Christmas lights, to brighten up the longer nights. \u00a0We all know how encouraging they can be. \u00a0This year we have added two deer lawn light ornaments to our cheery collection. \u00a0Two thumbs up for the light they bring and time found to sit and gaze at them!<\/p>\n

Finally, how the warm inside of the bus greets you. \u00a0My youngest and I have become public transit users and are loving the extra conversations we get traveling this way. \u00a0There is also the thrill of avoiding driving and parking ourselves when the roads are wintery catastrophes. \u00a0But most of all, the two thumbs up feeling arrives every time the bus pulls up to our stop. \u00a0As we climb on we are greeted with a warm dry place to escape winter. It is like being rescued every single time :). We refrain from hugging ever bus driver, but always always thank them!!<\/p>\n

Winter is here so find the blessings only this season has to offer! \u00a0Oh, and Merry Christmas of course!!<\/p>\n

Always Lady Mac an Rothaich<\/p>\n

TTFN<\/p>\n

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A cold has kept me stuck at home for almost two weeks, voiceless for the last week, and while colds are one of my least favorite things about winters set in, there are many other things worthy of a double thumbs up. \u00a0Thumbs up is my youngest child’s favorite way to express pure pleasure in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1059,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[13,15,12,14,1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1051"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1074,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1051\/revisions\/1074"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1059"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1051"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1051"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.ladymacblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1051"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}