{"id":5005,"date":"2009-12-20T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2009-12-20T15:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/mojo\/?p=2292"},"modified":"2025-07-31T00:39:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-31T05:39:35","slug":"im-outtie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/im-outtie\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m outtie \u2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 for the rest of the year, most likely. I reserve the right to come back and rant. It <strong><em>is<\/em><\/strong> my blog, after all.<\/p>\n<p>Many projects on the table, most of which I\u2019m behind on (oh, there\u2019s a surprise):<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post\">\n<li class=\"post\">Re-doing my foyer and living room. What, you thought my DIY re publishing thing is a new development? No. I\u2019ve been a DIYer at heart since I saw the first episode of <em>This Old House<\/em> when I was a wee bairn (as in, their first episode, too).<\/li>\n<li class=\"post\">Christmas chores. You all know what they are. But I\u2019ve recently got a yen to quilt us a new tree skirt. That will have to wait until next year.<\/li>\n<li class=\"post\">Much cooking and cleaning in preparation for my family\u2019s big Christmas Eve shindig. Moms, dads, inlaws, outlaws, aunts, uncles, cousins, and babies. Lots and lots of babies. Very fun having the biggest house in the family. Ah, but I love Christmas Eve, almost more than Christmas Day (you know, now that <strong><em>we<\/em><\/strong> are Santa). Also? I love my mom\u2019s cookies. And I love my Christmas punch (see previous post).<\/li>\n<li class=\"post\">Probably some yard work. I <strong><em>really<\/em><\/strong> need to get out and mow my lawn.<\/li>\n<li class=\"post\">More weatherproofing.<\/li>\n<li class=\"post\">Fandamnily outing to see the Plaza Christmas lights. (Photos by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ericbowersphoto.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Eric Bowers<\/a>, KC Photographer extraordinaire who also does a lot of Manhattanscapes\u2014you must visit his blog and galleries and message board. Really.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16075 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_plazaenhanced.jpg\" alt=\"An enhanced image of the Country Club Plaza at Christmas in Kansas City, Missouri at twilight \u00a9Eric Bowers\" width=\"655\" height=\"438\"><\/p>\n<p><figure id=\"attachment_16076\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16076\" style=\"width: 655px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-16076\" src=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_plazafisheye.jpg\" alt=\"A fisheye image of the Country Club Plaza, J.C. Nichols Parkway, at Christmas, in Kansas City, Missouri at night. \u00a9Eric Bowers\" width=\"655\" height=\"434\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-16076\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">47th &amp; Broadway. If you read THE PROVISO, you know what Giselle did near here. For the nitty gritty details, see <a href=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/extras\/vignettes-outtakes\/dirty-little-secrets\/47th-broadway\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Dirty Little Secrets<\/em><\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-16077 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_redtree.jpg\" alt=\"A small aluminum Christmas tree with white lights and red ornaments, standing on a red box.\" width=\"250\" height=\"337\" srcset=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_redtree.jpg 1544w, https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_redtree-1140x1536.jpg 1140w, https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/12\/20091216_redtree-1520x2048.jpg 1520w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul class=\"post\">\n<li class=\"post\">And, last but not least, the <strong><em>Darling<\/em><\/strong> Day Job (feeling blessed at the moment).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>My <a href=\"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/blog\/officially-on-holiday\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">blue tree from the last two years<\/a> turned red this year.<\/p>\n<p>Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from Mojo, Dude, XX and XY Tax Deductions!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u2026 for the rest of the year, most likely. I reserve the right to come back and rant. It is my blog, after all. Many projects on the table, most of which I\u2019m behind on (oh, there\u2019s a surprise): Re-doing my foyer and living room. What, you thought my DIY re publishing thing is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[148,186],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5005","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-kansas-city","category-miscellaneous"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5005"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16781,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5005\/revisions\/16781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moriahjovan.com\/talesofdunham\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}