{"id":924,"date":"2010-12-28T20:49:07","date_gmt":"2010-12-29T02:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/?p=924"},"modified":"2023-07-20T21:00:10","modified_gmt":"2023-07-20T21:00:10","slug":"go-big-red","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/go-big-red\/","title":{"rendered":"Go Big Red"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And \u2018Poof\u201d, just like that Christmas is over and one by one our kids and grandkids give hugs and \u201cI love you\u2019s\u201d then pile into their respective vehicles or board an airplane and take off for home.\u00a0 Linda and I feel a little like Dorothy; frantically caught up in this huge tornado and then suddenly land with a thud in Oz where all is deathly quiet. It\u2019s true that we no longer have to fret about running out of food or hot water. But also gone is the joy of a child in the house again who dazzles us with amazing artwork for the refrigerator door and who doesn\u2019t mind you watching \u00a0\u201cSponge Bob Square Pants\u201d with her in the mornings over a bowl of Honey Nut Cheerios.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_928\" style=\"width: 278px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-928\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-928\" title=\"christmas 2010 019\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/files\/2010\/12\/christmas-2010-019.jpg\" alt=\"Grandaughter Zoey packed and ready. Peace!\" width=\"268\" height=\"483\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-928\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandaughter Zoey packed and ready. Peace!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_935\" style=\"width: 250px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-935\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-935\" title=\"Christy Christmas 013\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.keloland.com\/lund\/files\/2010\/12\/Christy-Christmas-0133.jpg\" alt=\"Ella's turn to play Santa\" width=\"240\" height=\"463\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-935\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ella&#39;s turn to play Santa<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0Linda and I will be departing ourselves soon\u2026pointing Big Red southwest for the annual gathering of Midwest snowbirds in Arizona. Our big old red Lincoln now has 140 thousand miles but still\u00a0feels pretty frisky; tugging at\u00a0her leash anxious to get rollin&#8217;. \u00a0We don\u2019t nest in the desert for as long as some others because our nest egg is a scrambled mess compared to theirs. Besides, the guilt of staying in the warm January sunshine for longer than a month while folks back home are bringing in their brass monkeys, would be nearly too much to bear.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking of January, I suppose it\u2019s time for making resolutions if you\u2019re in to that sort of thing. \u00a0I keep resolving to diet and exercise then have to resolve not to slit my wrists for failing to keep my resolution. All I can say about that in 2011 is I will continue looking for ways to have there be less of me at the beginning of 2012. After that it won\u2019t matter anyway if you believe those doomsday predictions based on some Mayan calendar.<\/p>\n<p>Sorry, but I\u2019m making this short because Linda is threatening to have me pack my own suitcase if I don\u2019t hurry up and lay out the clothes I want to take along. Plus, I\u2019ve got to pay bills, put some polish on my good shoes and clean and organize my golf equipment..heh, heh.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As usual, I\u2019ll post a few words and pictures from along the way.<\/p>\n<p>Just a couple other notes; I had lunch with an old pal today at the Falls Park restaurant. I\u2019d been in the building but never to eat. What a pleasant surprise. The place was busy and the food fantastic. While there, a guy I didn\u2019t know stopped over to wish me a Happy New Year and say he really enjoys reading my blogs.\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you how much I appreciate those of you who check in here regularly. Thank you so very much! Linda and I wish you peace, prosperity and best wishes in the New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And \u2018Poof\u201d, just like that Christmas is over and one by one our kids and grandkids give hugs and \u201cI love you\u2019s\u201d then pile into their respective vehicles or board an airplane and take off for home.\u00a0 Linda and I feel a little like Dorothy; frantically caught up in this huge tornado and then suddenly&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[60],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=924"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11828,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/924\/revisions\/11828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=924"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=924"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.jodystaples.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=924"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}