{"id":162,"date":"2012-04-30T20:35:06","date_gmt":"2012-05-01T03:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/?p=162"},"modified":"2012-07-01T12:24:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-01T19:24:19","slug":"have-a-rootin-tootin-shoot-em-up-kinda-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/have-a-rootin-tootin-shoot-em-up-kinda-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Have a rootin&#8217; tootin&#8217; shoot-em-up kinda day!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Birthdays can be low-key and surprisingly nice.<\/p>\n<p>A colleague returned from Hawaii and brought me chocolate covered macadamia nuts for helping her out while she was away.\u00a0 (mm, what a tasty birthday treat!)<\/p>\n<p>Upon finishing my grocery shopping, when the cashier innocently asked how my day was, I said, &#8216;Fabulous, it&#8217;s my birthday!&#8217; He decided not to charge me for the $4 mini rose bush. It was unexpected and appreciated.<\/p>\n<p>Went to a new place for dinner and had the place to ourselves! The owner gave me a bottomless glass of Sangria, &#8216;for the birthday queen.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>Oh, and my sweetie wants to know if I want a new MacBook Air, iPad or fancy camera for my gifty. Life is good!<\/p>\n<p>Flowers, chocolate, alcohol &amp; the promise of new electronics!<\/p>\n<p>What more could a girl want? \ud83d\ude00<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CowboySquirrel.jpg\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-163 alignleft\" title=\"CowboySquirrel\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CowboySquirrel-300x297.jpg\" alt=\"Cowboy Squirrel\" width=\"210\" height=\"208\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CowboySquirrel-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CowboySquirrel-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CowboySquirrel.jpg 352w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 210px) 100vw, 210px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>May 2nd Addendum: Lunched at Naschtmarkt Restaurant in Campbell, CA today for a belated celebration. The food was exquisite! And here I encountered my 4th surprise: they had \u2018gifted\u2019 me dessert, a fabulous Viennese Sachertorte!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Birthdays can be low-key and surprisingly nice. A colleague returned from Hawaii and brought me chocolate covered macadamia nuts for helping her out while she was away.\u00a0 (mm, what a tasty birthday treat!) Upon finishing my grocery shopping, when the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/have-a-rootin-tootin-shoot-em-up-kinda-day\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-162","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ruminations"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162\/revisions\/183"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mkreative.org\/babe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}