{"id":19290,"date":"2021-01-05T18:12:14","date_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:12:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=19290"},"modified":"2021-01-05T18:15:32","modified_gmt":"2021-01-06T00:15:32","slug":"thoughts-while-cleaning-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/thoughts-while-cleaning-the-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Thoughts while cleaning the house"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m at the phase of pandemic living that I wish for a baby Yoda doll just to sit in a barstool and watch me work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are only 80 rolls of toilet paper left in the house&#8230;That feels a little edgy to me.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Nope, the outdoor wreaths are not coming down today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ooooh, someone just drove into the culdesac! I will stare at them and learn their secrets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maybe if I place these cleaning supplies in the middle of the floor, I will be more likely to scrub this bathroom after I check my email and Instagram&#8230;(Four hours and many distractions later) Nope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I need to finish listening to this Christmas album before the boys come home and wish they hadn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Leveling two picture frames) I think they&#8217;re level. Are they level? Yes! *Snap* go the Velcro Command Strips. (Standing back and noticing I have hung them backwards) Noooooo!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So many towels. So many dog hairs. So much glitter on Christmas cards this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I love this house, especially after I mop. \u2665\ufe0f <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The real joy and triumph is finding happiness when things are difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">(Taking a trip into the spare bedroom where I have hidden the chocolates) Maybe I will just open them and see how many are left. (The better angel of my nature takes control) Stop. Now! (Me, backing away from the chocolates, issuing them a knowing look) Later, girlfriend. Sometime later, but really soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m at the phase of pandemic living that I wish for a baby Yoda doll just to sit in a barstool and watch me work. There are only 80 rolls of toilet paper left in the house&#8230;That feels a little edgy to me. Nope, the outdoor wreaths are not coming down today. Ooooh, someone just &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2021\/01\/thoughts-while-cleaning-the-house\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Thoughts while cleaning the house<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21,20,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-home","category-life-according-to-angela","category-motherhood"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19290"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19290\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19293,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19290\/revisions\/19293"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}