{"id":3979,"date":"2013-05-10T00:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-05-10T05:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3979"},"modified":"2013-05-09T20:04:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T01:04:36","slug":"this-and-that-28","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3979","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3978\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3978\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3978\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3978\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3978 \" title=\"Walking with Cake: Snail shell collection\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Snail shell collection\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Snail-shell-collection.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Snail-shell-collection.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/Snail-shell-collection-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3978\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(The boys and I find these empty snail shells on our walks.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This week, Rhys was sick and I had to juggle my plans around a bit.\u00a0 He&#8217;s doing much better now, and I&#8217;m hoping to get a little time to myself over the weekend.\u00a0 Here are a few things that caught my eye this week.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve always loved snails, and used to have one as a pet.\u00a0 It seems there&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/blogs\/health\/2013\/05\/08\/giant-snail-menaces-houston-neighborhood\/\">giant snail<\/a> terrorizing a neighborhood in Houston.<\/p>\n<p>A glimpse into <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/International\/slideshow\/hungry-planet-19126014\">what the world eats<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about this lately.\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.austineavesdropper.com\/2013\/05\/what-is-your-relationship-to-clothing-list-of-ethical-shopping-in-austin\/\">&#8220;What Is Your Relationship to Clothing?&#8221;<\/a><\/p>\n<p>On <a href=\"http:\/\/womensenews.org\/story\/momagenda\/130507\/until-motherhood-gets-easier-im-leaning-back#.UYrBodcRr7g\">leaning back<\/a> in motherhood.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.improvingbirth.org\/2013\/05\/selfish-women\/\">selfish woman<\/a>, and proud of it.<\/p>\n<p>Have a great weekend and a wonderful Mother&#8217;s Day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3979\"><\/div><script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, Rhys was sick and I had to juggle my plans around a bit.\u00a0 He&#8217;s doing much better now, and I&#8217;m hoping to get a little time to myself over the weekend.\u00a0 Here are a few things that caught&#8230;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n<script>\r\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\r\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 1395755;\r\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\r\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\r\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[17,36,49,18,26],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v16.1.1 - 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