{"id":939,"date":"2015-11-29T15:56:33","date_gmt":"2015-11-29T22:56:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/?p=939"},"modified":"2015-11-29T15:56:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-29T22:56:33","slug":"thanksgiving-preparations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/2015\/11\/29\/thanksgiving-preparations\/","title":{"rendered":"Thanksgiving Preparations"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><a name=\"_Toc428777084\"><\/a><strong>Thanksgiving Preparations<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p>By Kate Chamberlin<\/p>\n<h2><a name=\"_Toc428777085\"><\/a><strong><em>December 02, 1998<\/em><\/strong><strong><em>, November, 2015<\/em><\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The guest room drapes aren\u2019t finished, the hallway light is out, and the dish washer is gushing soap. Can you tell it\u2019s just moments before our family and their guests are due to arrive for the Thanksgiving weekend?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>As the doorbell rings, the phone jangles, the dogs bark as they race down the hallway, and the tall clock chimes the hour. Let the family circus begin. I love it and wouldn\u2019t have it any other way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m trying to get my children to keep Thanksgiving day or weekend a time to come home. I don\u2019t mind traveling to their homes for Christmas, Easter or any other holiday or even just to visit, but, I\u2019d like everyone to come home for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Throughout the years, we\u2019ve had the children\u2019s friends, their pets, their allergies and their love with us at our groaning board. We always seem to find a balance of family, friends, and no-one. I have so much to be thankful for.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Oh dear Gussie! The cat just dropped a dead mouse at my feet. The toilet is clogged and the fuse to the bedroom wing blew out.<\/p>\n<p>Maybe next week, we\u2019ll be able to fondly reminisce about the Thanksgiving that was.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Happy Thanksgiving<!--nextpage--><!--nextpage--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thanksgiving Preparations By Kate Chamberlin December 02, 1998, November, 2015 &nbsp; &nbsp; The guest room drapes aren\u2019t finished, the hallway light is out, and the dish washer is gushing soap. Can you tell it\u2019s just moments before our family and their guests are due to arrive for the Thanksgiving weekend? &nbsp; As the doorbell rings, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-939","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=939"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":940,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/939\/revisions\/940"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=939"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=939"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/katechamberlin.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=939"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}