{"id":1251,"date":"2014-03-30T06:00:28","date_gmt":"2014-03-30T10:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2014-03-29T17:06:37","modified_gmt":"2014-03-29T21:06:37","slug":"a-few-birthday-wishes-and-a-time-to-take-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/?p=1251","title":{"rendered":"A few birthday wishes and a time to take stock"},"content":{"rendered":"

Maybe another year wiser, but no shortage of milestones<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\"UTKellyColumn<\/a>Tomorrow I will be one year older and wiser.\u00a0 Well, hopefully.<\/p>\n

I stumbled across this blog post from \u201cA Pretty Penny\u201d (http:\/\/bit.ly\/OLTMTd<\/a>) about \u201ctaking stock\u201d of things.\u00a0 I thought it was a clever and appropriate way to take a step back and really check in on life.\u00a0 Remember filling out baby books about what our children were doing at a certain age?\u00a0 This is a spin on that concept.<\/p>\n

Here are MY answers.\u00a0 What are yours?<\/p>\n

\"Kelly\"<\/a>\u2022 MAKING: \u00a0reservations!\u00a0 I close the kitchen on my birthday!\u00a0 Can\u2019t decide where to go.\u00a0 Any suggestions?
\n\u2022 DRINKING:\u00a0 lately I have become addicted to flavored seltzer water with sliced oranges or lemons (and lots of ice).\u00a0 Does this make me sound boring?\u00a0 Because, I really am a whole lotta fun, I promise!
\n\u2022 READING: \u201cMe Before You\u201d by JoJo Moyes.\u00a0 LOVE it.\u00a0 But, I can tell already it will be a tear-jerker.
\n\u2022 WANTING:\u00a0 a new pair of running shoes.\u00a0 I always wear Nike and I\u2019m thinking \u201cpink\u201d for Spring.
\n\u2022 LOOKING:\u00a0 for a better way to manage my time\/schedule.\u00a0 I\u2019m tired of feeling frazzled.
\n\u2022 WASTING: \u00a0hours of my life addicted to BRAVO.\u00a0 Why do I watch the same episode of Real Housewives over & over?\u00a0 Anyone?
\n\u2022 WISHING:\u00a0 that I didn\u2019t obsess over looking younger.\u00a0 I really want to learn how to embrace my age and the changes that come with it.\u00a0 This is HARD!
\n\u2022 ENJOYING:\u00a0 watching my kids grow and mature.\u00a0 They drive me crazy but I can\u2019t imagine life without them.
\n\u2022 WONDERING:\u00a0 if warm weather will EVER get here!\u00a0 Can\u2019t wait to put the winter clothes AWAY.
\n\u2022 LOVING:\u00a0 breakfast dates with my husband.\u00a0 It is the perfect time of day to sit together and relax while the kids are still at home snoozing.
\n\u2022 NEEDING:\u00a0 a pedicure!\u00a0 I will be making an appointment at Polished, ASAP!
\n\u2022 WEARING:\u00a0 my new coral colored shoes from Ashley Austin.\u00a0 Loving the PERFECT pop of color!
\n\u2022 NOTICING:\u00a0 that my new \u201clighter, brighter\u201d hair color really may be hiding those grey hairs after all!
\n\u2022 FEELING: happy that I get the opportunity to write this article every week<\/p>\n

Happy Weekend!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Maybe another year wiser, but no shortage of milestones By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Tomorrow I will be one year older and wiser.\u00a0 Well, hopefully. I stumbled across this blog post from \u201cA Pretty Penny\u201d (http:\/\/bit.ly\/OLTMTd) about \u201ctaking stock\u201d of things.\u00a0 I thought it was a clever and appropriate way to take a step […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1249,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,8],"tags":[943,945,944],"class_list":["post-1251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","category-featured","tag-birthday","tag-lifestyle-2","tag-taking-stock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1251"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1251\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/downingtowntimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}