Evening sunshine swung down and is shining low through our windows. Everything is lit and glowing. The horse out back is outlined in fire, limned in a rosy halo. I snuck out the back onto the porch, camera in hand, and he tossed his head and took off to the other end of the field. Camera-shy, I suppose.<\/p>\n
Anders and the kids went to Maria’s for dinner, mostly because her husband owns a welding torch and Anders has plans for several motorcycle pieces. I opted to stay home and continue my downtime day. \ud83d\ude42 That’s a good thing, not a bad one. I’ve been pretty accomplished, knocking off laundry, dishes, the bathtub, the entire refrigerator* (how the HELL does it get that dirty!?) and cleaning up the entire kid’s department. Now I need to get some work done on the AWC site, but otherwise, the evening is mine, mine, all mine!<\/p>\n
Yummy Recent Things With Eggs:<\/b> Deviled eggs (today), toads-in-the-hole (last week), and that omelette<\/a> that I think needs a repeat.<\/p>\n File Under “The Grass Is Always Greener”:<\/b> Clock<\/a><\/p>\n I have a meeting with my boss tomorrow to talk about work. My list so far: No, I don’t like the open landscaping. No, I don’t think I’m getting used to it. No, I don’t think I’ll ever get used to it. No, I’m not sure what to do about it. No, I don’t think working from home is the answer, quite honestly, even 1 day a week. sigh<\/i><\/p>\n Some Nice Sets of Synonyms That Make Me Happy:<\/b>** *which we used to call the icebox. I wonder why we don’t do that anymore? Evening sunshine swung down and is shining low through our windows. Everything is lit and glowing. The horse out back is outlined in fire, limned in a rosy halo. I snuck out the back onto the porch, camera in hand, and he tossed his head and took off to the other end of the field. Camera-shy, I suppose. Anders and the kids went to Maria’s for dinner, mostly because her husband owns a welding torch and Anders has plans for several motorcycle pieces. I opted to stay home and continue my downtime day. \ud83d\ude42 That’s a good thing, not a...<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6174,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/447\/revisions\/6174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lizardek.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n1. ballyhoo, brouhaha, hubbub, hullabaloo
\n2. helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, willy-nilly, hodge-podge
\n3. zinger, humdinger, lollapalooza, knockout
\n4. abracadabra, hocus-pocus, mumbo-jumbo
\n5. pizzaz, razzamataz, razzle-dazzle
\n6. zero, zip, zilch
\n7. knick-knack, tchochki, checha-becha
\n8. doohickey, doodad, thingamijig, widget, whatchamacallit
\n9. gonzo<\/b>***, banzai, gangbusters<\/p>\n
\n**thanks for the link, lonita<\/a>: Linguistic Anomalies<\/a>
\n***GONZO!!!! bahahahaha!<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"