{"id":10012,"date":"2011-11-28T20:42:57","date_gmt":"2011-11-29T04:42:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/?p=10012"},"modified":"2011-11-29T08:06:00","modified_gmt":"2011-11-29T16:06:00","slug":"christmas-frustrations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/28\/christmas-frustrations\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Frustrations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>What was supposed to be a fun-filled day of Christmas decorating with my friend, Sylvia, turned into a day spent driving to K-Mart, Costco, Sears, Walmart and Target looking for just the right style of Christmas lights that she was needing for this year&#8217;s decorations. At each location she got more frustrated by not finding what she wanted. By the time we finished with Target, her Christmas mood was almost completely gone. We were able to decorated a handrail with existing lights, garland and ribbon, so it wasn&#8217;t a complete waste. Plus, at least I got to hang out with long-time friends. I&#8217;m still hoping to be on their roof by this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>( d e c o r \u00a0 p i c s )<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What was supposed to be a fun-filled day of Christmas decorating with my friend, Sylvia, turned into a day spent driving to K-Mart, Costco, Sears, Walmart and Target looking for just the right style of Christmas lights that she was needing for this year&#8217;s decorations. At each location she got more frustrated by not finding &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/11\/28\/christmas-frustrations\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[44],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1s2SN-2Bu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3842,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/12\/12\/puttin-up-christmas-lights-at-home\/","url_meta":{"origin":10012,"position":0},"title":"Puttin\u2019 Up Christmas Lights At Home","date":"December 12, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Helped my mom put up our usual strings of outdoor Christmas lights.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Xmas-Decor01-12-12-10-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3757,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/12\/05\/tapias-xmas-lights\/","url_meta":{"origin":10012,"position":1},"title":"Tapias\u2019 Xmas Lights!","date":"December 5, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Climbed to new old heights to place the Tapias' colored Christmas lights along their roof. From there I could see from Tijuana to the Los Coronados Islands to downtown San Diego to the giant water tank looming above their backyard.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10068,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2011\/12\/02\/in-the-christmas-spirit\/","url_meta":{"origin":10012,"position":2},"title":"In The Christmas Spirit","date":"December 2, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"The interesting portion of my day, which was spent helping Sylvia decorate the outside of their house for Christmas, began with her and I going to Michael's to pick up a few minor crafty necessities, then quickly chowing down a bean burrito (actually, not an innuendo), climbing ladders and walking\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Christmas&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Xmas-Decor01-12-02-11-lo-res.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":3616,"url":"https:\/\/www.pacsworlds.com\/blogs\/2010\/11\/28\/up-on-the-rooftop\/","url_meta":{"origin":10012,"position":3},"title":"Up On The Rooftop\u2026","date":"November 28, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Christmas decorating false start on the rooftop of the Tapias' house. 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