{"id":169,"date":"2004-09-24T09:52:59","date_gmt":"2004-09-24T14:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kathodavid.malibulist.com\/blog\/?p=169"},"modified":"2004-09-24T09:52:59","modified_gmt":"2004-09-24T14:52:59","slug":"swinging-in-the-breeze","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kathwp.malibulist.com\/index.php\/2004\/09\/24\/swinging-in-the-breeze\/","title":{"rendered":"Swinging in the Breeze"},"content":{"rendered":"

I was listening to NPR this morning while I fixed my coffee and cleaned up the kitchen. They were talking about the states where currently the election is too close to call. The swing states I believe they are calling them. I wonder how the voters in the other states feel about the election results already assumed and therefore they are not important to the candidates right now. Might be later if the poll numbers change but they have those states pegged as either Democratic or Republican. Meanwhile the swing states are getting a lot of press and having their issues addressed by the candidates. If I were in an assumed state I would be really ticked off right now.<\/p>\n

Caroline has a new game. She takes her small pink blanket by one corner and spins around in a circle causing the blanket to fly beside her like a cape. She spins until she falls down then sits until she regains her balance and does it again. She is also jumping both feet off the ground without a bear to land on. Last night she woke up screaming at 5 AM. Peter, bless his heart, got up to deal with her. He wrapped her in what was my baby quilt and rocked her until she fell back to sleep. He put her in her crib and she started to wake up. She clutched at the quilt she was wrapped in and didn<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I was listening to NPR this morning while I fixed my coffee and cleaned up the kitchen. They were talking about the states where currently the election is too close to call. The swing states I believe they are calling them. I wonder how the voters in the other states feel about the election results […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t