{"id":1162,"date":"2008-05-07T15:22:03","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T22:22:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1162"},"modified":"2008-05-07T15:22:03","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T22:22:03","slug":"my-early-mothers-day-gift","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1162","title":{"rendered":"My early Mother&#8217;s Day gift"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After considering and rejecting all the techy gift ideas for Mother&#8217;s Day, I finally told Eric what I wanted was a nice place to hang out in the backyard.  He is always wanting me to come out with him in the evening but it is hard when there is no comfortable place to hang out.  And, while our days are often over 100 in the summer, our evenings are cooler because of the Delta breeze&#8230;and the only way to enjoy those are outdoors!<\/p>\n<p>Two summers ago I tried to garden&#8230;great exercise, but my allergies just make it intolerable! \ud83d\ude41  So, Eric has gotten me two big pots for tomato plants, a strawberry pot (probably going to put flowers in it) and is doing lots of yard work (with the boys) to make it a nice place to hang out!  And, today we went to Big Lots and found outside patio furniture:<br \/>\n<img data-attachment-id=\"1163\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=1163\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"275,275\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"210017183\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1163\" title=\"210017183\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"275\" height=\"275\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183.jpg 275w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/05\/210017183-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 275px) 100vw, 275px\" \/><br \/>\nI&#8217;m really happy about them!  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