{"id":79,"date":"2009-04-26T12:06:18","date_gmt":"2009-04-26T16:06:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.latter.name\/?p=79"},"modified":"2019-06-07T09:26:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T12:26:02","slug":"here-comes-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/?p=79","title":{"rendered":"Here Comes the Sun\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u2026and all is right with the world!\u00a0 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.\u00a0 The difference between them this year was more than one full month.\u00a0 All of the signs for our welcomed season are now in place: Murray put the boat in the water yesterday, then worked on the new 5th<\/sup> wheel for summer camping.\u00a0 I spent the day doing yard work, raking leaves, cleaning the property, and am more than a bit sore today.\u00a0 Perhaps the winter months of a sedentary lifestyle were too much for my aging body.\u00a0 If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, I wouldn’t have gotten any exercise at all these past few months.\u00a0 Generally, my idea of exercise has been a good brisk sit, however I am determined to get moving, and reclaim some level of fitness that will allow me to enjoy this brief season to its fullest.<\/p>\n

Kathryn came home from university this week, and was quite satisfied with her final exams.\u00a0 If you know Kathryn, you know she must have done very well, as she tends to be her own harshest critic.\u00a0 This year, as with last, Kathryn returned a bit more \u201cgrown\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 My little girl is all but a memory, and instead a confident young woman stands before me.\u00a0 Kathryn has replaced unrealistic expectations for herself with a humble but reasonable confidence in her own ability.<\/p>\n

Jillian received two great pieces of news this week.\u00a0 First, Jillian will be awarded the Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Medal for Education at a ceremony in the near future. \u00a0To be nominated, you must have top grades in your school and demonstrate qualities of leadership and service in your school and community. It is open to all Grade 11 High School students and 1st year vocational school program in Nova Scotia.\u00a0 We are very proud that Jillian was chosen among her peers for this prestigious honor.\u00a0 Kathryn was also a recipient in her Grade 11 year, and has modeled great \u201cbig sister\u201d values.\u00a0 Secondly, Jillian has been awarded a full scholarship to study French at Laval University this summer.\u00a0 Again, coincidentally, or perhaps not, Kathryn also received this award when she was 17.\u00a0 We will me making a vacation out of the trips to Quebec, wringing the most enjoyment out of our new 5th<\/sup> wheel as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

\u2026and all is right with the world!\u00a0 The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another.\u00a0 The difference between them this year was more than one full month.\u00a0 All of the signs for our welcomed season are now in place: Murray put the boat in the water yesterday, then worked on the new 5th wheel for summer camping.\u00a0 I spent the day doing yard work, raking leaves, cleaning the property, and am more than a bit sore today.\u00a0 Perhaps the winter months of a sedentary lifestyle were too much for my aging body.\u00a0 If it weren’t for the fact that the TV set and the refrigerator are so far apart, I wouldn’t have gotten any exercise at all these past few months.\u00a0 Generally, my idea of exercise has been a good brisk sit, however I am determined to get moving, and reclaim some level of fitness that will allow me to enjoy this brief season to its fullest. Kathryn came home from university this week, and was quite satisfied with her final exams.\u00a0 If you know Kathryn, you know she must have done very well, as she tends to be her own harshest critic.\u00a0 Continue reading Here Comes the Sun\u2026<\/span>→<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-79","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=79"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":80,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79\/revisions\/80"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=79"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=79"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.latter.name\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=79"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}