{"id":27835,"date":"2018-03-18T06:00:35","date_gmt":"2018-03-18T10:00:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27835"},"modified":"2018-03-17T11:10:09","modified_gmt":"2018-03-17T15:10:09","slug":"where-is-spring","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/?p=27835","title":{"rendered":"Where is Spring?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Kelly Hockenberry<\/strong>, <em>Columnist, The Times<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/KellyColumnNewest916-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-6713\" src=\"http:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/KellyColumnNewest916-2-251x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"251\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>There are TWO DAYS LEFT until Spring. Would someone please tell Mother Nature to get on board? I am so sick and tired of listening to Glenn Hurricane Schwartz talk about \u201cthe potential for snow,\u201d I could SCREAM. I\u2019m done with being cold. I have officially stopped wearing a heavy coat&#8230;not because I don\u2019t need one but because it <i>should be <\/i>warm. I am rejecting all things \u201cwinter.\u201d (Which will be engraved on my tombstone when I die of pneumonia).<!--more--><\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">The shift to a warmer season is supposed to mean that I can open my windows, pack up my sweaters, and start my self-tanning rituals. Instead, this weekend I have been washing our flannel sheets, making soup, scouring Pinterest for easy cookie recipes, and deep conditioning my hair. In other words, DECEMBER types of things. Not almost-end-of March things.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">You know it\u2019s bad when spring cleaning is something you are looking forward to. Give me a bucket of soapy water and a seventy degree day and I will happily wash windows and screens. Pick up sticks in the yard? No problem! Pull weeds? With pleasure! JUST NO MORE (insert your favorite expletive here) SNOW.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">However, (to act like a therapist for a minute), I suppose that all of this indoor time is a golden opportunity to <i>prepare <\/i>for Spring. Cleanse our mind and spirit, so to speak. Brainstorm ideas for how to spark your creativity or list ten new goals to achieve before summer. It will be a nice distraction from the howling wind and plummeting temperatures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">I think Daylight Saving Time is the only saving grace these days. Isn\u2019t it glorious? I definitely notice a boost in my energy level in the afternoon. Now, if the weather could cooperate, we\u2019d be in business!<\/p>\n<p class=\"p2\">What are your plans for the change in season? As always, leave your Comments in the section below.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p3\">Happy Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times There are TWO DAYS LEFT until Spring. Would someone please tell Mother Nature to get on board? I am so sick and tired of listening to Glenn Hurricane Schwartz talk about \u201cthe potential for snow,\u201d I could SCREAM. I\u2019m done with being cold. I have officially stopped wearing a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":27837,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[9843,6518,4247,430],"class_list":["post-27835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-cold","tag-featured","tag-spring","tag-weather"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27835"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27836,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27835\/revisions\/27836"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/27837"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kennetttimes.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}