{"id":8299,"date":"2013-04-23T12:37:16","date_gmt":"2013-04-23T19:37:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=8299"},"modified":"2013-04-25T17:08:04","modified_gmt":"2013-04-26T00:08:04","slug":"just-rewards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ruffledfeathersandspilledmilk.com\/?p=8299","title":{"rendered":"Just Rewards."},"content":{"rendered":"

Got the barn chores done and the milk strained,<\/p>\n

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the eggs into cartons,<\/p>\n

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pork tenderloin into the crockpot,<\/p>\n

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and the bathrooms cleaned.<\/p>\n

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(Well, except for Pretty’s sink.\u00a0 Which I couldn’t even find underneath all the tween supplies.)<\/p>\n

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All that done by 9:30am.<\/p>\n

So I still had time to plant 24 feet of dahlia and lily bulbs….<\/p>\n

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and get the herb bed weeded and mulched.<\/p>\n

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Before running into town to return library books, pay the phone bill, get groceries, and rushing back home to mow the back yard for the first time this season.<\/p>\n

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Getting all the chores done before your parents arrive for dinner:<\/p>\n

Exhausting.<\/p>\n

Sending the rest of the night with them and the kids at the circus:<\/p>\n

Exhilarating.<\/p>\n

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Sometimes you have to ditch the chores in order to spend time with the people you love.\u00a0 Sometimes getting work done is its own (and only) reward.\u00a0 And sometimes it all comes together, so that the work is done and the reward is fabulous.\u00a0 Which is what I consider just rewards.\u00a0 And what they mean when they say, “May all your days be circus days.”<\/p>\n

I think.\u00a0 Probably.\u00a0 Maybe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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