{"id":8660,"date":"2014-02-10T10:14:09","date_gmt":"2014-02-10T17:14:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/?p=8660"},"modified":"2014-02-21T11:02:24","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T18:02:24","slug":"singing-in-the-rain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/singing-in-the-rain\/","title":{"rendered":"Singin&#8217; in the Rain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/wpid-wp-1392051003126.jpeg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full\" title=\"wp-1392051003126\" alt=\"image\" src=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/wpid-wp-1392051003126.jpeg\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, this is unexpected. Rain in early February? The snow in our yard lives a life of attrition as it gets pelted by rain. Blah.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday as I drove through the puddles I remembered that smiling, soothing voice of Gene Kelly and I decided to sing along with him. <em>I&#8217;m singin&#8217; in the rain&#8230; <\/em>And that helped a bit.<\/p>\n<p>Besides singing in the car, here are a few of the things I do to fend off the February blues:<\/p>\n<p>Bake for a neighbor<br \/>\nPlace pictures in frames<br \/>\nTake vitamin D<br \/>\nPlan paint projects<br \/>\nWrite letters<br \/>\nSew happy things<br \/>\nHelp the kids make Valentines<br \/>\nPlay the violin<br \/>\nDress up in nice clothes<br \/>\nSniff freshly sliced limes<br \/>\nGo to lunch with my sisters<br \/>\nWear colorful tights<br \/>\nRead about good people<br \/>\nWatch the Olympics<br \/>\nLook at beautiful gardens online<br \/>\nClean up a cluttered room<br \/>\nMake little presents for little people<br \/>\nAttend two elementary school Valentine parties<br \/>\nWear soft socks<br \/>\nRead December magazines full of Christmas cheer<br \/>\nEat crunchy, fresh salads and warm bread<br \/>\nVisit the street where my friend decorates her house with Valentines Day lights<br \/>\nWatch Downton Abbey just to hear Maggie Smith&#8217;s lines<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, this is unexpected. Rain in early February? The snow in our yard lives a life of attrition as it gets pelted by rain. Blah. Yesterday as I drove through the puddles I remembered that smiling, soothing voice of Gene Kelly and I decided to sing along with him. I&#8217;m singin&#8217; in the rain&#8230; And &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/2014\/02\/singing-in-the-rain\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Singin&#8217; in the Rain<\/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":[20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-life-according-to-angela"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660","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=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8726,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions\/8726"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.angelaross.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}