{"id":13905,"date":"2013-12-01T13:53:12","date_gmt":"2013-12-01T19:53:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/?p=13905"},"modified":"2013-12-01T14:30:31","modified_gmt":"2013-12-01T20:30:31","slug":"december-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/2013\/12\/december-1\/","title":{"rendered":"December 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is over.<\/p>\n<p>It is December 1.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4073.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4073.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Let the games begin!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4106.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4106.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sunday, after Thanksgiving&#8230;my traditional time to put up the Christmas tree and deck the halls.<\/p>\n<p>This is the 5th of 7 Christmases in this house where I will NOT be putting up a Christmas tree.  Each one of those 5 years, I&#8217;ve said to myself:  &#8220;Maybe next year&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4120.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4120.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Maybe next year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4109.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4109.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auggie is not actually allowed on my little dining table.  <\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been training.  <\/p>\n<p>It has been going pretty well&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4111.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4111.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Auggie 1<br \/>\nChristmas people 0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4118.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4118.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Gah! <\/p>\n<p>However, not unexpected and I think the call to NOT have a real tree this year was a good one.<\/p>\n<p>My little silk tree is unbreakable and nothing spills and makes a mess when it comes a tumblin&#8217; down.<\/p>\n<p>In another fortunate circumstance, the lights are not working.  They were on the fritz at the end of last year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4122.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4122.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I think this is a good year to not have any lights on the little tree.<\/p>\n<p>Also, just a few stuffed (UNBREAKABLE) ornaments underneath.  (My favorite skier and mama rabbit skier are on top of the refrigerator &#8211; an Auggie no fly zone!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4134.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4134.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The stockings are hung&#8230;as usual&#8230;by the chimney &#8211; with care&#8230;  I think they are out of reach.  We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4126.jpg\" target=\"Large\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/beardogco.com\/WPBlog\/blogimages\/Dec13\/Games4126.jpg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The first Christmasy treats:  Peppermint bark and Peppermint crunch marshmallows.<\/p>\n<p>December 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving is over. It is December 1. Let the games begin! Sunday, after Thanksgiving&#8230;my traditional time to put up the Christmas tree and deck the halls. This is the 5th of 7 Christmases in this house where I will NOT be putting up a Christmas tree. Each one of those 5 years, I&#8217;ve said to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,5,26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-auggie","category-food","category-me-and-the-house"],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13905"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13912,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13905\/revisions\/13912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.beardogco.com\/theroadhome\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}