{"id":3236,"date":"2010-01-03T10:01:51","date_gmt":"2010-01-03T17:01:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236"},"modified":"2010-01-03T10:01:51","modified_gmt":"2010-01-03T17:01:51","slug":"hot-tea-month-blog-a-thon-week-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236","title":{"rendered":"Hot Tea Month Blog-A-Thon &#8211; week 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hotteamonth.wordpress.com\/\"><img data-attachment-id=\"3237\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=3237\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"450,334\" 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=\"hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1-300x222.jpg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3237 aligncenter\" title=\"hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1.jpg\" alt=\"hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1\" width=\"450\" height=\"334\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/01\/hot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1-300x222.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Week One: January 3rd-9th<\/strong> &#8211;<br \/>\n\u00e2\u20ac\u0153Tea as a mood lifter: How does tea improve your day? What is your favorite time for a nice, hot cuppa?\u00e2\u20ac\u009d<\/p>\n<p>I like the act of making tea almost as much as sipping it.\u00c2\u00a0 Choosing my tea as the water warms&#8230;choosing a cup&#8230;waiting 3 or 4 minutes for it to steep&#8230;finding a quiet place to sit&#8230;even sipping it as it&#8217;s just a bit too hot.\u00c2\u00a0 All that means that I&#8217;ve slowed down a bit.\u00c2\u00a0 Anytime I can slow down and breath really helps my day.<\/p>\n<p>I generally have tea in the evening with my Hubby.\u00c2\u00a0 It warms us up and helps us end our day quietly and peacefully.<\/p>\n<p>(sorry &#8211; I can&#8217;t figure out how to add the Mister linky to this post &#8211; so until I do &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/hotteamonth.wordpress.com\/2010\/01\/03\/let-the-tea-party-begin\/\" target=\"_blank\">go here to find the other responses<\/a> to this first question.)<\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3236&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2010%2F01%2Fhot-tea-month_btn3_lrg1.jpg&#038;description=Hot%20Tea%20Month%20Blog-A-Thon%20-%20week%201\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236\" data-text=\"Hot Tea Month Blog-A-Thon - week 1\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Hot Tea Month Blog-A-Thon - week 1\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=3236\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Hot%20Tea%20Month%20Blog-A-Thon%20-%20week%201&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D3236&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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