{"id":573881591,"date":"2011-05-16T23:24:29","date_gmt":"2011-05-17T04:24:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/?p=573881591"},"modified":"2011-05-19T21:04:46","modified_gmt":"2011-05-20T02:04:46","slug":"i-am-unseasonably-cool-all-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kennysmith.org\/wordpress\/blog\/2011\/05\/16\/i-am-unseasonably-cool-all-week\/","title":{"rendered":"I am unseasonably cool all week"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is May. And I’m writing this from the Deep South — so deep and so far south it requires capital letters — and the high temperature today was 66. Odd. But by and large a wonderful day. <\/p>\n

I rode the bike for a while, down the big hill of death near home and then up the corresponding hills of shame past the two roads of unobservant drivers. Having negotiated all of that I pressed on through a red light and down the road a few more miles of country roads to a stop sign. And when I got there I turned around, gritted through the hills and took a left at the light. From there I pressed on as fast as my little spent legs would take me, hung a right into the subdivision and struggled up the ascent of embarrassment. <\/p>\n

And the weather was so nice I didn’t even break a sweat. <\/p>\n

So I cleaned up, watered the plants and went frame shopping. I have a backlog of things to frame and hang, but I am thrifty and frames are pricey. So I look for reasonable frames holding unfortunate prints, or cheap frames at places like Big Lots. That place is a closeout store, which means the tacky things that didn’t sell somehow make it there. Things like this<\/a>. Who says “Oh I need that in the dining room!” Or, maybe this is more your style<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I’m putting this<\/a> in our house. <\/p>\n

Somehow I managed to resist the temptation to purchase the foosball coffee table:<\/p>\n

\"Foosball\"<\/center><\/p>\n

They missed their price point, though. You can get a real and full-sized table for a similar amount of coin. <\/p>\n

This was the site when I left the store:<\/p>\n

\"Stormy\"<\/center><\/p>\n

Pretty ominous, but nothing came of it. A few minutes later the clouds were low and dramatic, but they pushed off without a peep.<\/p>\n

\"Stormy\"<\/center><\/p>\n

Hit an outlet store, but realized they are having a sale Friday so I’ll go back. Hit World Market, because why not? Picked up a few food items at the grocery store, too. They will almost fight you to carry out your groceries when you have a cart full. You bring it to the register by hand, and they put it in two bags, and you’re on your own. <\/p>\n

Strolled around, took a few pictures, had dinner, put some time into a project I have in the works and thought about closing the windows. It was cold. Hit 52 degrees tonight. The weather is lovely, but decidedly un-Maylike. Makes you wonder what’s in store.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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