{"id":21579,"date":"2024-01-13T14:47:02","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T20:47:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/?p=21579"},"modified":"2024-01-13T14:47:12","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T20:47:12","slug":"wrapping-up-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/uncategorized\/wrapping-up-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Wrapping up 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Here&#8217;s a lamp I bought at the Union Square Christmas market.  The seller claimed it&#8217;s made in Indonesia, and hopefully that&#8217;s true and it wasn&#8217;t made by Chines slave laborer children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d49.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21582\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d49.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d49-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Kevin took this beautiful sunrise picture while I was gone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d50.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21583\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d50.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d50-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">As I went running the deer were mildly interested that I was there, but not really bothered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d53.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21586\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d53.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d53-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Kevin sent me this photo of him in high school.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"278\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d51.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21584\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d51.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d51-480x247.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><br>Christmas day, relaxing with Pumpkin, wearing my new Christmas slippers and slipper socks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"540\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d30.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-21581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d30.jpg 540w, https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d30-480x360.jpg 480w\" sizes=\"(min-width: 0px) and (max-width: 480px) 480px, (min-width: 481px) 540px, 100vw\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Kevin bought little pink socks for everybody as usual and Lester has loved the box ever since.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"400\" height=\"533\" src=\"https:\/\/graceuncensored.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/d29.jpg\" alt=\"\" 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It didn&#8217;t end on a high note and 2024 hasn&#8217;t been a walk in the park either, but I&#8217;m cautiously optimistic that that&#8217;s it for all the ridiculous health issues that suddenly showered down upon me like gangbusters.  More on that later; meanwhile, it&#8217;s bitterly, bitterly cold and insanely windy out there and I&#8217;m glad to be inside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Happy 2024!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">G.H.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here&#8217;s a lamp I bought at the Union Square Christmas market. The seller claimed it&#8217;s made in Indonesia, and hopefully that&#8217;s true and it wasn&#8217;t made by Chines slave laborer children. Kevin took this beautiful sunrise picture while I was gone. 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