{"id":516,"date":"2009-10-23T09:43:23","date_gmt":"2009-10-23T13:43:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/?p=516"},"modified":"2009-10-23T09:43:23","modified_gmt":"2009-10-23T13:43:23","slug":"well-intentioned-and-admirably-used","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=516","title":{"rendered":"Well intentioned and admirably used."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Yesterday, that is.<\/p>\n<p>I had &#8221; some essplainin&#8217; to do&#8221;&nbsp; as Ricky Ricarrdo used to say to Lucy on the old &#8220;<em>I Love Lucy Show&#8221;. <\/em><\/p>\n<p>Frank doesn&#8217;t really get the concept of spontaneous celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>His idea of fun is something planned well in advance and budgeted into the family economy.&nbsp; Time spent traveling to have fun should not exceed 3o minutes- unless we are talking about vacation or family get -togethers.<\/p>\n<p>So, the idea of going down to Circleville yesterday was not met with great joy.<\/p>\n<p>I did some fast talking, some psychological input, some cajolery and added a couple of hugs and kisses, and promised not to spend much money- and he sent us off with a smile.<\/p>\n<p>And today, as I look at the rain coming down, I&#8217;m glad that I used my day as I did yesterday.&nbsp; Because, I came home to dishes, and a quick supper, and very tired legs.&nbsp; But I brought back the smiles and hugs of a happy little boy, and the conversations with a young woman I love, and the rich and colorful&nbsp; tactile memories of a harvest festival.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"323\" alt=\"rainy October day 001\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-001_thumb.jpg\" width=\"430\" border=\"0\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>And today, the rain is beautiful and seasonal- <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"180\" alt=\"rainy October day 002\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-002_thumb.jpg\" width=\"239\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"244\" alt=\"rainy October day 003\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-003_thumb.jpg\" width=\"184\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>and my view of my world is grey and wet-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-005.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"322\" alt=\"rainy October day 005\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/rainy-October-day-005_thumb.jpg\" width=\"429\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>yet- it seems even better because the beautiful weather we had yesterday<\/p>\n<p>was not squandered sitting here at the computer or cleaning the house-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pumpkins-fesival-Circleville-024.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px\" height=\"325\" alt=\"Pumpkins fesival- Circleville 024\" src=\"http:\/\/heidiannie.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/10\/Pumpkins-fesival-Circleville-024_thumb.jpg\" width=\"432\" border=\"0\"><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>It was admirably used and enjoyed.<\/p>\n<p>Living the moments and enjoying the journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Yesterday, that is. I had &#8221; some essplainin&#8217; to do&#8221;&nbsp; as Ricky Ricarrdo used to say to Lucy on the old &#8220;I Love Lucy Show&#8221;. Frank doesn&#8217;t really get the concept of spontaneous celebrating. His idea of fun is something &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/?p=516\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-516","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-stepsonthejourney"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=516"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/516\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=516"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=516"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.heidiannie.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=516"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}