{"id":218,"date":"2005-04-06T12:15:36","date_gmt":"2005-04-06T17:15:36","guid":{"rendered":"\/?p=218"},"modified":"2005-05-08T13:10:04","modified_gmt":"2005-05-08T18:10:04","slug":"gratuitous-pet-pics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/2005\/04\/06\/gratuitous-pet-pics\/","title":{"rendered":"Gratuitous pet pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been wanting to own a dog since I moved away from home &#8212; and our family dog &#8212; to attend college in Connecticut.  This desire has only intensified as the years have passed.  I have frequent dreams about owning a dog and I&#8217;ve even named him\/her (Riley).  All of my close friends and family have taken to calling golden retrievers &#8220;Rileys&#8221; as they are all quite familiar with my dream of owning one.  Unfortunately, I&#8217;ve been living a somewhat unsettled existence since college and never felt that it would be fair to get a dog when I was either living in a very small apartment or didn&#8217;t have time to give it the attention it deserved.  Adam and I promised ourselves that we would get a dog when I finally get a permanent job.  So this is a big part of what motivates me in the dog search&#8230; I mean job search. <\/p>\n<p>In the meantime, Adam was kind enough to get me a soft furry &#8220;substitute&#8221;.  Last night, we went to the grand opening of my sister-in-law&#8217;s new store in Deerfield, <a href=\"http:\/\/twabinc.com\/\">Tied With a Bow<\/a>, and we ended up coming home from her store with this:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/sheeples.jpg\" alt=\"Sheeples\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/sheeples2.jpg\" alt=\"Sheeples and Adam\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK, it&#8217;s not a Riley, but you&#8217;ve got to admit, it&#8217;s pretty cute!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been wanting to own a dog since I moved away from home &#8212; and our family dog &#8212; to attend college in Connecticut. This desire has only intensified&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-job-search","category-random"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=218"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/218\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=218"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=218"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/meredith.wolfwater.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=218"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}