{"id":214,"date":"2011-12-25T17:35:24","date_gmt":"2011-12-26T01:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/harperkingsley.wordpress.com\/?p=214"},"modified":"2023-10-17T23:38:36","modified_gmt":"2023-10-18T06:38:36","slug":"happy-holidays-to-everyone-out-there","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/happy-holidays-to-everyone-out-there\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Holidays to everyone out there."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The house currently reeks of roasting turkey and Kahluah is going crazy.<\/p>\n<p>We got a phone call from the half-brother I haven&#8217;t spoken to in close to 10 years. That&#8217;s pretty crazy right there. Crazy awkward, but good crazy too.<\/p>\n<p>I guess the holidays really are about coming together. Though the kids are still a couple of jerks and next year is going to be different. Less presents if they&#8217;re going to keep acting so bad, and more time outs if they&#8217;re going to be such gigantic spoiled brats.<\/p>\n<p>Anyways, it&#8217;s the holidays again, and even amidst the chaos and yelling, it&#8217;s still a time of family and all that jazz. So have a happy holiday and a wonderful New Year.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The house currently reeks of roasting turkey and Kahluah is going crazy. We got a phone call from the half-brother I haven&#8217;t spoken to in close to 10 years. That&#8217;s pretty crazy right there. Crazy awkward, but good crazy too. I guess the holidays really are about coming together. Though the kids are still a&hellip;<\/p>\n <a href=\"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/happy-holidays-to-everyone-out-there\/\" title=\"Happy Holidays to everyone out there.\" class=\"entry-more-link\"><span>Read More<\/span> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Holidays to everyone out there.<\/span><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"Layout":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[55],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-harperkingsley0-0","post-214","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-real-life"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2pPoL-3s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":5718,"url":"https:\/\/harperkingsley.net\/blog\/audio-the-thing-is-a-crazy-movie\/","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":0},"title":"AUDIO: The Thing is a crazy movie","author":"Harper Kingsley","date":"January 25, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Babble-The Thing.m4a The Paypal: https:\/\/paypal.me\/harperkingsley . 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