{"id":51602,"date":"2015-03-17T22:34:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T04:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ishmaels.net\/blog\/?p=51602"},"modified":"2015-03-17T22:34:00","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T04:34:00","slug":"piddling-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ishmaels.net\/blog\/2015\/03\/17\/piddling-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Piddling day\u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> Yep , my Dad use to accuse us kids of piddling along\u2026 which meant that we were not getting anything done and what we were doing was real slow\u2026 that was today!<\/p>\n<p>With that said I can list all the small things I did and some would think I did a lot\u2026 (but not many).&#160; I did start a <strong class='StrictlyAutoTagBold'>bit<\/strong> slow.&#160; My breakfast was peach yogurt, cranberry\/grape juice and a oat bar.&#160; I folded the towels I washed yesteray, and folded the main load I washed last night then put in another load and got that going (my hoodie was pretty bad).&#160; 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