{"id":2801,"date":"2016-01-10T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2016-01-11T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/?p=2801"},"modified":"2016-01-10T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2016-01-11T00:40:00","slug":"holidays-in-the-wastelands","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2016\/01\/10\/holidays-in-the-wastelands\/","title":{"rendered":"Holidays in the Wastelands"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016.01.10.a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2819\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016.01.10.a-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2016.01.10.a\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016.01.10.b.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2820\" src=\"https:\/\/updates.xephalon.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/2016.01.10.b-100x100.jpg\" alt=\"2016.01.10.b\" width=\"100\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a>This year&#8217;s Christmas and New Year holidays provided back-to-back long weekends which gave us a chance to venture through the Commonwealth wastelands, reminiscing about Boston while taking screenshots along the Freedom Trail. We also welcomed more furniture including a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crateandbarrel.com\">Crate &amp; Barrel<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crateandbarrel.com\/cirque-three-door-sideboard\/s671800\">sideboard<\/a> and a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdiusa.com\">BDI<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bdiusa.com\/media-furniture\/corridor_8173.shtml#.VqWH5PkrLjY\">media cabinet<\/a>, while selling our old light fixtures off <a href=\"http:\/\/www.craigslist.com\">Craigslist<\/a>. Sadly, the new <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saloom.com\/skyline\/ari\">dining table<\/a> from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saloom.com\">Saloom<\/a> was not what we expected, so we went to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mccreerys.com\">McCreery&#8217;s<\/a> to order another one from <a href=\"http:\/\/canadel.com\/en\/collections\/highstyle\">Canadel<\/a>. Our new spa cover also created the dilemma of disposing the old one. Rather than paying to have it hauled away, we decided to chop it up with a reciprocating saw, leaving our driveway covered in drifts of styrofoam particles, evoking memories of inclement weather back East. Meanwhile, I received more good news about another <A HREF=\"http:\/\/emzfoundation.com\/?page_id=293\">grant<\/A> that was successfully funded, giving me good reason to celebrate the holidays with new toys including a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.playstation.com\/en-us\/explore\/ps4\/\">PS4<\/a> system and a nice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.definitivetech.com\">Def Tech<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.definitivetech.com\/products\/W-Studio-Micro\">soundbar<\/a>. For the New Year&#8217;s weekend, although I did have to go in a few times for call, I was able to spend a quiet, relaxing New Year&#8217;s Eve with Melody back home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This year&#8217;s Christmas and New Year holidays provided back-to-back long weekends which gave us a chance to venture through the Commonwealth wastelands, reminiscing about Boston while taking screenshots along the Freedom Trail. We also welcomed more furniture including a Crate &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/2016\/01\/10\/holidays-in-the-wastelands\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.xephalon.net\/updates\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}