{"id":1652,"date":"2011-05-15T07:00:23","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T11:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/?p=1652"},"modified":"2014-09-28T05:12:21","modified_gmt":"2014-09-28T09:12:21","slug":"days-365-5-from-weighty-to-frivolous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/days-365-5-from-weighty-to-frivolous\/","title":{"rendered":"365+#5: From Weighty to Frivolous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_3328.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-1651\" title=\"IMG_3328\" src=\"http:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/IMG_3328-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>To balance my last blog about giving our car away (and deciding whether ecology trumps saving money), I thought I\u2019d turn to chocolate. One of our sons gave me a delightful Christmas gift of a box of chocolates delivered once a month. Unfortunately, the third and final installment came right as Lent was starting \u2013 and I had given up sweets for Lent. (I know, it\u2019s very \u201cold church\u201d but I also gave up complaining which I figured was very \u201cnew church.\u201d) Anyway, I had the chocolates tucked away waiting for Easter when I would carefully ration myself to one a day to make them last almost a month.<\/p>\n<p>THEN, we had guests for dinner and no dessert. I vacillated about offering the chocolates since they were the yummiest yet. Finally, motivated by the spirit of generosity I\u2019ve been trying to cultivate, I decided to share. It made a dent in my supply but it was good for my soul. As frivolous as this may seem, it felt like a true letting go for me \u2013 something I had been hoarding for myself, I shared.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; To balance my last blog about giving our car away (and deciding whether ecology trumps saving money), I thought I\u2019d turn to chocolate. One of our sons gave me a delightful Christmas gift of a box of chocolates delivered once a month. Unfortunately, the third and final installment came right as Lent was starting [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[40],"tags":[15],"class_list":["post-1652","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-extra-fun","tag-humor"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1652"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3605,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1652\/revisions\/3605"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1652"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1652"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.susanvogt.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1652"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}