{"id":384,"date":"2007-03-08T07:05:11","date_gmt":"2007-03-08T14:05:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/?p=384"},"modified":"2007-03-08T07:05:11","modified_gmt":"2007-03-08T14:05:11","slug":"thursday-thirteen-theres-no-place-like-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/screamingpages.net\/?p=384","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Thirteen &#8211; There&#8217;s no place like home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Traveling is nice.  Being home after an extended period away from hubby and four footed children is nicer.<\/p>\n<p>Welcome to the 17th edition of <em>the screaming pages<\/em> <a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Thursday Thirteen<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s no place like home&#8230;<\/p>\n<table align=\"center\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/valianthosting.ca\/clients\/daemon\/wp-content\/uploads\/2006\/12\/button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" id=\"image191\" alt=\"button_thursdaythirteen.jpg\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\"><center>Thirteen reasons I&#8217;m happy to be home.<\/center><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>I can talk to my hubby during daylight hours; face-to-face and for free.<\/li>\n<li>Sleeping in my own bed.  Ummmm, I knew there was a reason we paid lots for a great mattress.<\/li>\n<li>I get to walk the dogs around the neighbourhood again.<\/li>\n<li>2003 Chevy S10, winter tires, and people who (normally) drive in their own lanes&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Closets full of clothing.  More than one pair of jeans.  Sweatshirts and sweatpants.<\/li>\n<li>Alberta beef!<\/li>\n<li>Cuddling on the couch with Thanatos, Beelzebub, Fenris and Hypnos.<\/li>\n<li>And the hubby<\/li>\n<li>I don&#8217;t need to go to a bookstore to get new reading materials.  I have a pile of 20+ books in my office cum library that I have yet to read.<\/li>\n<li>But if I did want to read new books, I can walk the 5 minutes down the road to the local used bookstore, order new ones online, or drive across town to the giant Chapter&#8217;s&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Permanent high speed Internet connection.<\/li>\n<li>Friday night Karaoke with the girls.<\/li>\n<li>Fridges, freezers, microwaves, and stoves&#8230;I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want.  I just have to cook it first \ud83d\ude09<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><small><center><a href=\"http:\/\/thursdaythirteen.com\">Get the Thursday Thirteen code here!<\/a><\/center><\/small><\/p>\n<blockquote><p> The purpose of the meme is to get to know everyone who participates a little bit better every Thursday.  Visiting fellow Thirteeners is encouraged!  If you participate, leave the link to your Thirteen in others comments.  It\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s easy, and fun!  Be sure to update your Thirteen with links that are left for you, as well!  I will link to everyone who participates and leaves a link to their 13 things. Trackbacks, pings, comment links accepted!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><small><center><a href=\"http:\/\/technorati.com\/tag\/thursday+thirteen\" rel=\"tag\">View More Thursday Thirteen Participants<\/a><\/center><\/small><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<p><span class=\"technoratitag\">Technorati Tags: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/thursday+thirteen\" rel=\"tag\">thursday thirteen<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/t13\" rel=\"tag\">t13<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.technorati.com\/tags\/meme\" rel=\"tag\">meme<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Traveling is nice. Being home after an extended period away from hubby and four footed children is nicer. Welcome to the 17th edition of the screaming pages Thursday Thirteen. There&#8217;s no place like home&#8230; Thirteen reasons I&#8217;m happy to be home. I can talk to my hubby during daylight hours; face-to-face and for free. 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