{"id":2099,"date":"2004-12-23T21:31:00","date_gmt":"2004-12-23T21:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2099"},"modified":"2004-12-23T21:31:00","modified_gmt":"2004-12-23T21:31:00","slug":"eat_drink_and_b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/eat_drink_and_b\/","title":{"rendered":"eat, drink and be merry"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/desserts.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"desserts.jpg\" title=\"mm, xmas baking!\" \/><\/div>\n<p>well, it&#8217;s that time of year again.  love it or lump it, the sound of carols, the smell of cookies and the ever-present sight of MILLIONS of frenzied shoppers indicates it&#8217;s time for xmas.  i made one last trip to the mall of horrors on the way home from work.  i managed to leave with a bag full of liquor and a stocking for karen. a mighty successful venture, i must say.  i hit the &#8220;get home to make dinner&#8221; lull, i think.  no lines at any cashiers and a parking spot almost immediately outside the door.  and to think all the news agencies were predicting mayhem.  amateurs!<br \/>\nfriday should be a short, but still busy, work day.  then keb and i are off to nanaimo on the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.harbourlynx.com\/\">harbourlynx<\/a> in the evening.  i thought it would be nice if i treated us to a little aquatic luxury this time.  actually, it&#8217;s really just an attempt to avoid the screaming, annoying, ferry-travelling masses.  one-fifth the amount of people should serve to lessen my travel stress by at least twice that amount.  then again, as i was packing up the presents i&#8217;m taking i realized i went a wee bit bazook this year.  on top of the stuff i have stashed in my duffel, i have two paper shopping bags filled!  oy!  i don&#8217;t have enough hands!  they better have luggage stowage and lots of room around the seats.<br \/>\nwell, merry holidays to everyone who stops by my little corner of the internet.  i hope this festive weekend finds you all healthy, happy and otherwise content.  my love to you all!  happy ho-ho!  *mwah*<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>well, it&#8217;s that time of year again. love it or lump it, the sound of carols, the smell of cookies and the ever-present sight of MILLIONS of frenzied shoppers indicates it&#8217;s time for xmas. i made one last trip to the mall of horrors on the way home from work. i managed to leave with <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/eat_drink_and_b\/\" class=\"more-link\"><span>Read More &rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2099","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2099"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2099\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2099"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2099"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2099"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}