{"id":2966,"date":"2008-11-26T18:57:20","date_gmt":"2008-11-26T22:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=2966"},"modified":"2008-11-26T18:58:45","modified_gmt":"2008-11-26T22:58:45","slug":"from-the-land-of-squeezies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/from-the-land-of-squeezies","title":{"rendered":"From the land of squeezies"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve been off from work this week, and I thought that’d give me time to do some writing. Since we have guests coming over for Thanksgiving, cleaning up the house is my top priority. And since I haven’t cleaned the house in around a year, it’s taken some time.<\/p>\n

This afternoon, I worked on the living room, which meant moving sofa, loveseat, coffee-table, chair, ottoman, and . . . Rufus’ bed and all his toys. He hasn’t been happy with all of my cleaning these last few days; since he’s compelled to get up and follow me from room to room, he hasn’t managed to take a good nap since Monday, when I went out for some errands.<\/p>\n

He was really unhappy about having the entire living room turned upside down. In order to make him feel better (and to make room for sweeping), I decided to pile all his toys up on his bed (except for the ones that he carried off to his other bed). Then I realized it would make an awfully cute picture for you:<\/p>\n

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Have a happy Thanksgiving!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve been off from work this week, and I thought that’d give me time to do some writing. Since we have guests coming over for Thanksgiving, cleaning up the house is my top priority. And since I haven’t cleaned the house in around a year, it’s taken some time. This afternoon, I worked on the … <\/p>\n

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