{"id":44,"date":"2015-07-03T21:11:22","date_gmt":"2015-07-03T21:11:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=44"},"modified":"2015-07-04T13:08:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-04T13:08:43","slug":"tgif","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=44","title":{"rendered":"TGIF"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s already Friday and I haven\u2019t actually accomplished anything on my to do list! I think the best part about having the house to myself is that I know it\u2019s temporary, so I\u2019m making the most of it. Loki and I go for long walks around the neighbourhood every night. The fridge is stocked with wine. On advice from my sister, I concentrated my cleaning in the bedroom and bathroom, so all the rooms that I use look great. Really, I\u2019ll get to the rest this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>One thing that hasn&#8217;t been as much of an adjustment as I thought is not having a car. We live in Toronto (actually, the former city of Scarborough) so we benefit from a good transit system \u2013 despite all the complaining you read in the papers. And no, we don\u2019t need a subway. Anyway, thanks to my father and my neighbour Frank, I have two great vehicles to choose from:<\/p>\n<p>1. The sports car (thanks Dad!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sportscar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-46\" src=\"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sportscar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"sportscar\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sportscar-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sportscar-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sportscar.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>2. The station wagon (thanks Frank!)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/station-wagon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-47\" src=\"http:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/station-wagon-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"station wagon\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/station-wagon-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/station-wagon-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/station-wagon.jpg 1632w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Only 1 more week to go and I will be on the road from Saskatoon to Vancouver with Those Johnston Kids! (Assuming the planes have gas.)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can\u2019t believe it\u2019s already Friday and I haven\u2019t actually accomplished anything on my to do list! I think the best part about having the house to myself is that I know it\u2019s temporary, so I\u2019m making the most of it. Loki and I go for long walks around the neighbourhood every night. The fridge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/?p=44\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TGIF<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":839,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44\/revisions\/839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thosejohnstonkids.ca\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}