{"id":10237,"date":"2007-03-10T23:27:35","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T06:27:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/wp\/2007\/03\/10\/proud-in-my-embarrassment.html"},"modified":"2007-03-10T23:27:35","modified_gmt":"2007-03-11T06:27:35","slug":"proud_in_my_embarrassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2007\/03\/10\/proud_in_my_embarrassment.html","title":{"rendered":"Proud in my embarrassment!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got the Christmas tree down today.  (Artificial, natch &#8212; by this time, a real tree would have been compost.)   There are still table surfaces covered with ornaments to be put away, ditto the dining room table with various Christmas decor &#8230; but <em>the tree is down and put away in the basement<\/em>.  <\/p>\n<p>I take my small triumphs where I can get them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We finally got the Christmas tree down today. 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