{"id":1075,"date":"2008-12-28T10:42:37","date_gmt":"2008-12-28T18:42:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/?p=1075"},"modified":"2008-12-28T10:42:37","modified_gmt":"2008-12-28T18:42:37","slug":"hey-im-back","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/hey-im-back\/","title":{"rendered":"hey, I&#8217;m back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I got sucked into the giant vortex that is Christmas. Now I&#8217;m back- phew! I can not wait to get back to work.<\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s see&#8230; since I was here last, we had 2 snowstorms that left us with 17 inches of snow and made driving very exciting, just when I was finally getting around to doing some Christmas shopping. Luckily we live within walking distance of most of the important places- like the grocery store.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/snow.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1076\" title=\"snow\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/snow.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The house was full of people and activities. It was great having Eleanor and Julian home. Actually getting Eleanor home was a bit exciting since she arrived in one of those aforementioned snowstorms. Lots of activity centered in the kitchen. The dishwasher was getting a great workout.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/kitchen.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1077\" title=\"kitchen\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/kitchen.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The day before Christmas, we went for a family soak in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.inmanoasis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">a hot tub in Inman Square<\/a>. I am hoping it will become a new family tradition. It was wonderful.<\/p>\n<p>Christmas Day was pretty quiet- everyone relaxing.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/stupor.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1078\" title=\"stupor\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/stupor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Then, down to Connecticut for an insanely full day of family and friend visiting. Yesterday, (12\/27), Eleanor and Julian left- we miss them already.<\/p>\n<p>Here is one of my handmade presents- a lap blanket, approximately 4 ft x 4 ft. and made out of cashmere knit samples that I got from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.etsy.com\/shop.php?user_id=5150651\" target=\"_blank\">Jen<\/a>, one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bostonhandmade.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boston Handmade<\/a> friends. It is now with Julian in Portland, OR.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/blanket1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1079\" title=\"blanket1\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/blanket1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"289\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>here is a lighter photo so you can see the details better-<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/blanket2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-1080\" title=\"blanket2\" src=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/12\/blanket2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"449\" height=\"337\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have at least one more project to show, but it is not finished yet&#8230; that is what happens to the loved ones who are at home- their gifts trickle in.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I got sucked into the giant vortex that is Christmas. Now I&#8217;m back- phew! I can not wait to get back to work. Let&#8217;s see&#8230; since I was here last, we had 2 snowstorms that left us with 17 inches &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/archives\/2008\/12\/hey-im-back\/\">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":[],"categories":[7,8,14,16],"tags":[129,130],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1075"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1081,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1075\/revisions\/1081"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1075"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1075"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mimikirchner.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1075"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}