{"id":6410,"date":"2014-05-16T00:00:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-16T05:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6410"},"modified":"2014-05-15T22:28:37","modified_gmt":"2014-05-16T03:28:37","slug":"this-and-that-78","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6410","title":{"rendered":"This and That"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_6411\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=6411\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6411\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6411\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-6411 size-full\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Fading roses\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fading-roses.jpg\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Fading roses\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fading-roses.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Fading-roses-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6411\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Mother&#8217;s Day roses. I love them when they look this way.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ahh, these last two weeks have been especially busy, and I&#8217;ve been running the show alone. Things will get back to normal this weekend, though, and I&#8217;m thankful for that.\u00a0 I also had a lot of support from family and friends while Ryan was working, and I really appreciate their help, too.\u00a0 Here are a few things that caught my attention this week.<\/p>\n<p>My lovely friend was featured in a recent investigation by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.consumerreports.org\/cro\/2014\/05\/what-hospitals-do-not-want-you-to-know-about-c-sections\/index.htm\">Consumer Reports<\/a><\/em>.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a birth educator and also runs an informative site, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackwomendovbac.com\/\">Black Women DO VBAC<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2014\/may\/15\/poverty-wages-exploited-workers-mcdonalds-protests\">Fast food workers<\/a> are fighting back.<\/p>\n<p>A local family of four taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.kvue.com\/home\/Austin-family-of-4-lives-in-a-microhouse--259320111.html\">minimalism<\/a> to new extremes. It really works for them, too!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.mymodernmet.com\/profiles\/blogs\/spencer-kovats-tattoo-project\">Hidden tattoos revealed<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The real filming locations for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mysanantonio.com\/entertainment\/tv\/article\/Texas-TV-shows-Where-were-they-actually-filmed-5472179.php\">Texas-based shows<\/a>.\u00a0 I&#8217;ve never heard of some of these.<\/p>\n<p>And why <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/music\/2014\/may\/15\/lily-allen-role-alfie-game-of-thrones-yara-greyjoy\">Lily Allen turned down the chance<\/a> to play her real-life brother&#8217;s on-screen sister.\u00a0 (We haven&#8217;t started season 4 yet, but I just don&#8217;t get the point of Theon at all.)<\/p>\n<p>Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"https:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=6410\"><\/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>Ahh, these last two weeks have been especially busy, and I&#8217;ve been running the show alone. 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