{"id":2475,"date":"2012-12-16T17:25:46","date_gmt":"2012-12-16T22:25:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=2475"},"modified":"2012-12-16T17:25:46","modified_gmt":"2012-12-16T22:25:46","slug":"random-recent-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?p=2475","title":{"rendered":"Random Recent Things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One time, Harvard the cat forgot he hates me and sat on my leg for, like, 30 seconds. This was on 12.12.12, so it&#8217;s possible he was confused and thought the world was ending, or something.  It was a weird time:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2477\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2477\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14841-e1355695604160-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Harvard\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14841-e1355695604160-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14841-e1355695604160-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Oh, check these out&#8230;I bought these handwarmers on Amazon and they plug into USB ports to keep your hands &#8220;toasty&#8221;:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2478\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2478\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14701-e1355695641118-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"So Toasty\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2478\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14701-e1355695641118-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14701-e1355695641118-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I took some of my Australian goodies to work for my coworkers to admire and covet.  Here&#8217;s a scary Sasquatch-looking dude wearing my cork hat:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2476\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2476\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14711-e1355695550990.jpg\" alt=\"Creepy Dude\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2476\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14711-e1355695550990.jpg 480w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14711-e1355695550990-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Friday, we had to pick up the house because we had guests coming that night&#8230;BabyCat resisted my bed-making:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2479\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2479\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14881-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"All Tucked In\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2479\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14881-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14881-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After I finally wrestled the cat out from under the covers, I went outside to do a cold-weather chore that was super fun: hacking the shit out of the spirea out front:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2481\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2481\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14891-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Hacked.\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2481\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14891-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14891-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That day was pretty warm, so I went for a walk after my token yard work.  I saw this gigantic Santy not far from our house. The air compressor (or whatever) is kind of loud to listen to all the time.  I&#8217;m glad our neighbors have too small of front yards for shit like that.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/?attachment_id=2480\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2480\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14901-e1355695703292-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"Giant Santa\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-2480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14901-e1355695703292-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/theshellybeach.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/IMG_14901-e1355695703292-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One time, Harvard the cat forgot he hates me and sat on my leg for, like, 30 seconds. 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