{"id":6785,"date":"2013-12-13T09:09:00","date_gmt":"2013-12-12T23:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/?p=6785"},"modified":"2013-12-12T17:10:56","modified_gmt":"2013-12-12T07:10:56","slug":"slowdown","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/slowdown\/","title":{"rendered":"Slowdown"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello December and you did sneak on me didn&#8217;t you?<\/p>\n<p>It is that time of the year when everything slow downs. We have packed our bags. We are heading to Houston as I mentioned <a title=\"The year of books\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/the-year-of-books\/\">here<\/a>. Excitement is too subtle for what I feel. I feel euphoric. I am ready for sometime out. I am also dreading the flying time and the cold weather Houston is going to throw at us.<\/p>\n<p>I embark on this journey with uncertainty looming and clouding over me. I refuse to think of the negativity that lurks along with uncertainty. I search for the rainbow and also ensure that I dance in the rain while searching for it.<\/p>\n<p>2014 is almost here and I am jittery. It is going to be one emotional year for me. I will write about it soon. Meanwhile,\u00a0I am going to slowdown my activity on the blog a bit. Take time off to spend making memories and savoring moments.<\/p>\n<p>I will be posting randomly (till February) but not at the frequency I have been maintaining the past few months.<\/p>\n<p>I hope you take some time to create memories with loved ones as I will be doing.<\/p>\n<p>Ciao!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_7119\" style=\"width: 1948px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7119\" class=\"size-full wp-image-7119\" alt=\"The first sunflower that bloomed in our Gladstone garden\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1491.jpg\" width=\"1938\" height=\"3201\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1491.jpg 1938w, https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1491-181x300.jpg 181w, https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/IMG_1491-624x1030.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1938px) 100vw, 1938px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-7119\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The first sunflower that bloomed in our Gladstone garden<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello December and you did sneak on me didn&#8217;t you? It is that time of the year when everything slow downs. We have packed our bags. We are heading to Houston as I mentioned here. Excitement is too subtle for what I feel. I feel euphoric. I am ready for sometime out. I am also dreading the flying time and the cold weather Houston is going to throw at us. I embark on this journey with uncertainty looming and clouding over me. I refuse to think of the negativity that lurks along with uncertainty. I search for the rainbow and also ensure that I dance in the rain while searching for it. 2014 is almost here and I am jittery. It is going to be one emotional year for me. I will write about it soon. Meanwhile,\u00a0I am going to slowdown my activity on the blog a bit. Take time off to spend making memories and savoring moments. I will be posting randomly (till February) but not at the frequency I have been maintaining the past few months. I hope you take some time to create memories with loved ones as I will be doing. Ciao!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[219],"tags":[986,1238,14,1242],"class_list":["post-6785","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drum-roll","tag-986","tag-1238","tag-blog-news","tag-flashback"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Slowdown &#8212; PoohsDen<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ourowncorner.com\/poohsden\/slowdown\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Slowdown &#8212; PoohsDen\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Hello December and you did sneak on me didn&#8217;t you? 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