{"id":35,"date":"2012-12-13T00:37:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-13T00:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tulipsbloom.com\/?p=35"},"modified":"2014-03-09T19:00:16","modified_gmt":"2014-03-09T19:00:16","slug":"count-chocula-your-blessings-and-name-your-gifthorse-12-6-12","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.tulipsbloom.com\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Count Chocula your blessings and name your gifthorse  12-6-12"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8h0yjGmcqWU\/UMFJ9SPOeZI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/ag_KQpNb11w\/s1600\/12+-+6\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"239\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/-8h0yjGmcqWU\/UMFJ9SPOeZI\/AAAAAAAAADc\/ag_KQpNb11w\/s320\/12+-+6\" width=\"320\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Flamenco; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">So&#8230;here  in Barbados sometimes all that can be managed for dinner is cold cereal  because, well, because it is cold. And the cold is needed to counteract the hot. And how does this differ from a  Maria dinner stateside you might ask? Well, there\u2019s no Count Chocula  to be found here for one thing&#8230;<\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Flamenco; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\"><\/span><br \/><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Flamenco; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">Once  Bill leaves each morning I am struck by the vast space of time I have  before me and never having experienced such a phenomenon before, it can  be overwhelming. &nbsp;There may be an hour or two of errands and chores on  the horizon, but unlike a Fulbright scholar that has probably known what  they would do for the rest of their lives when they were 6 with time  charts and leather-bound&nbsp; agendas with schedules and dates and times to plot their course, find I am polishing up my  (already quite adept) floundering skills. Unlike writing that first  word in a new Moleskin (also pretty daunting!), a span of time like this  screams, \u201cGrand Exploit! World Changing Event Creation! Meaningful  Action!\u201d (etc. etc.) Now I can imagine there are those of you out there  (Many? All?) that at this point want nothing more than to send me off in  a scarlet outfit to Pamplona under the misguided notion that I am  complaining. I\u2019m really not. It just so happens it takes me a looooong  time to fully examine my gift horse, thoroughly check all his teeth,  ponder over his name (and his mane?) and ruminate on how best to keep  him happy all before actually contemplating taking him out for a ride.  I\u2019m not <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Flamenco; font-size: 16px; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">just <\/span><span style=\"background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: Flamenco; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;\">looking in his mouth! What do you take me for anyway, an ingrate? Hmmmpph!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>So&#8230;here in Barbados sometimes all that can be managed for dinner is cold cereal because, well, because it is cold. And the cold is needed to counteract the hot. And how does this differ from a Maria dinner stateside you might ask? 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