{"id":2102,"date":"2005-01-04T08:42:30","date_gmt":"2005-01-04T08:42:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog2\/?p=2102"},"modified":"2005-01-04T08:42:30","modified_gmt":"2005-01-04T08:42:30","slug":"mew_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/mew_1\/","title":{"rendered":"mew"},"content":{"rendered":"<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.fubsy.net\/images\/digicam\/green_cat_eyes.jpg\" class=\"photo\" alt=\"green_cat_eyes.jpg\" title=\"the eyes have it\" \/><\/div>\n<p>at the pub, phil the rocker guy said something about my green cat eyes.  strange, but i always thought my eyes were blue-ish.  except when i cry.  then they&#8217;re definitely green.  just ask morgan.<br \/>\nso, i was all set to run out to buy a new bed frame from ikea to use with the less-than-a-year old queen size mattress i&#8217;m being given for FREE.  but, as i was lollygagging about the house the dr. phil show came on and, well, it was all about getting your financial house in order and how money doesn&#8217;t solve money problems and there are no sacred spenditures: nothing is exempt when it comes to helping to get one out of debt and financially secure.<br \/>\ni realized that even though i would LOVE to have a new bed and even though the mattress is free, i can&#8217;t really afford to spend $600 on a bed frame and new sheets at this time.  i&#8217;m still paying off my baby and that last big car bill, among other things i dare not speak of.  i took a deep breath and phoned my dad to tell him that even though i&#8217;d really like to take the mattress, i can&#8217;t justify the expenditure at this time, and to please tell his ladyfriend thank you, but no thank you.<br \/>\nthis is where it got both weird and glorious.<br \/>\nwhen he paused a moment, i thought his reply would be something along the lines of &#8220;i&#8217;m glad you&#8217;re being responsible. i&#8217;ll let her know you changed your mind.&#8221;  instead he responded with &#8220;what if i buy it for you?&#8221;  if i was a fainter, i would have been on the floor.  he basically told me to go out and buy my bed and new sheets and he didn&#8217;t even give me a price range to work within.  i was, and still am, flabberghasted. completely and utterly dumbstruck with gratitude.<br \/>\nwell, once i was done trying to talk him into buying something for himself for a change and i was convinced he was absolutely sure of his decision (like he ever says anything he doesn&#8217;t mean. you&#8217;d think i&#8217;d know that by now), i put on some pants and drove straight out to ikea.   i sat on all the different beds. i wiggled all the different beds. i lifted up mattresses and yanked at headboards.  i read tags and tags and tags.  when i was convinced i really wanted the bed i thought i wanted, i found myself a lady in yellow and blue to get me a list of pieces.<br \/>\nthen came the sheets.  oh, god in heaven.  my new sheets&#8230; cafe au lait coloured 100% cotton satin finish fitted sheet and a 100% cotton satin finish cream with light floral pattern duvet cover and matching pillowcases &#8211; with ribbon ties!  i couldn&#8217;t wait.  as soon as i got home i ripped open the packages and washed them.  so soft.  so silky.  they will look so beautiful on <a href=\"javascript:PopupPic('http:\/\/fubsy.net\/images\/mynewbed.jpg')\">my new bed<\/a>.<br \/>\ni realize that <i>stuff<\/i> shouldn&#8217;t make me so happy, but it does. i&#8217;m going to have such a pretty, grown up bed!  once it&#8217;s assembled and bedecked, i should have a bed party!  a party for two, just like shania.  ;)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>at the pub, phil the rocker guy said something about my green cat eyes. strange, but i always thought my eyes were blue-ish. except when i cry. then they&#8217;re definitely green. just ask morgan. so, i was all set to run out to buy a new bed frame from ikea to use with the less-than-a-year <span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span> <span class=\"more-link-wrap\"><a href=\"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/mew_1\/\" 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-2102","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photos"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102","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=2102"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2102\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2102"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2102"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/fubsy.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2102"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}