{"id":49,"date":"2008-07-17T08:19:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-17T08:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.homegardencompanion.com\/house\/?p=49"},"modified":"2015-03-14T06:35:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-14T06:35:00","slug":"getting-my-groove-or-wheres-that-router-when-you-need-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.homegardencompanion.com\/house\/getting-my-groove-or-wheres-that-router-when-you-need-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting My Groove or Where’s That Router When You Need It?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve been on vacation in more ways than one- it sure is hard to get back in the groove sometimes. We need vacations , but they tend to mess up the flow of plans and work. I suppose they’re meant to… so maybe we just take too long a stretch of work periods to take a sabbatical and it is that much harder to return? Whatever the reason, while we are slow at it, we are getting our groove back.<\/p>\n

I’ve already thought of some new jobs to put on the project reminder board<\/a> ( shhh, don’t tell Handyman yet, let it be a surprise!). And do comment on Handyman’s posts- he still has that new blogger thrill when seeing that someone actually is on the other side of the screen. I do too… but I blog a lot and get plenty of feedback – although I always appreciate more. that is one of the great things about blogging: hearing what other people think.<\/p>\n

I know, I know… I promised pictures and even though I have a new camera I am just not on the photo-taking wavelength. That is one part of the blogging process I want to improve. I realize, for myself as well a for others, that pictures are an important part of visualizing projects and satisfying that voyeur in all of us.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We’ve been on vacation in more ways than one- it sure is hard to get back in the groove sometimes. We need vacations , but they tend to mess up the flow of plans and work. 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