{"id":186,"date":"2013-05-09T15:50:53","date_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:50:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/?p=186"},"modified":"2013-05-09T15:50:53","modified_gmt":"2013-05-09T20:50:53","slug":"check-it-out-may-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2013\/05\/09\/check-it-out-may-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Check It Out . . . May 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve fallen behind and I can&#8217;t catch up!!!\u00a0 The older I get the faster the time goes!\u00a0 Maybe time really did drag back when I was in school.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t get nearly as much done in a day as I used to.\u00a0 Cleaning my home, doing laundry or yard work.\u00a0 Doesn&#8217;t matter what chore I tackle &#8211; it takes longer!\u00a0 I&#8217;m sure that means that time is moving at an increased rate of speed during the daylight hours!<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand &#8211; while I&#8217;m looking forward to having my children and\u00a0grandsons visit this summer, the weeks seems to drag by rather slowly.\u00a0 They love coming &#8216;to Grandpa&#8217;s farm&#8217; and helping Grandpa &#8216;work&#8217;.\u00a0 They almost forget that Grandma&#8217;s here until they get hungry.\u00a0 It&#8217;s a good thing I love to cook.\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s also a good thing that my &#8216;girls&#8217; enjoy helping out so I can just be Grandma for the day!\u00a0 When they&#8217;ve all gone home, I&#8217;ll probably be exhausted.\u00a0 But, it will be a good kind of exhausted.\u00a0 And, the next day I&#8217;ll start looking forward all over again to the next time I get to see them.<\/p>\n<p>While I&#8217;m waiting for my family to get here\u00a0in July\u00a0I&#8217;ll try to concentrate on just enjoying life each day, counting my blessings, working, digging in my flower garden, and thanking the Lord for my husband of 40 years.\u00a0 I mustn&#8217;t yearn for the future in such a way that I miss the blessings of the present.<\/p>\n<p>One of the blessings I enjoy is being able to immerse myself in a good book.\u00a0 And, we have\u00a0a great selection of\u00a0books new\u00a0to the library thanks to donations and great sales!\u00a0 Don&#8217;t forget to come in and Check It Out. . .<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve fallen behind and I can&#8217;t catch up!!!\u00a0 The older I get the faster the time goes!\u00a0 Maybe time really did drag back when I was in school.\u00a0 I don&#8217;t get nearly as much done in a day as I used to.\u00a0 Cleaning my home, doing laundry or yard work.\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/2013\/05\/09\/check-it-out-may-2013\/\"><span>Continue reading<\/span><i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":73,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-186","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-check-it-out"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/73"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=186"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":187,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/186\/revisions\/187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/libraries.ne.gov\/hayescenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}