{"id":1066,"date":"2009-03-26T20:56:47","date_gmt":"2009-03-27T03:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2014-12-01T15:32:24","modified_gmt":"2014-12-01T22:32:24","slug":"things-i-sit-and-stare-at-all-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/26\/things-i-sit-and-stare-at-all-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Things I Sit and Stare at All Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been less than a week since I became a mother.\u00a0 As you might guess, my time is spent a little differently now: feeding baby, changing diapers, doing laundry, trying to remember to feed me, quick naps&#8230;\u00a0 but most of my time is spent staring at this:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2009\/03\/things-i-sit-and-stare-at-all-day\/baby-gem\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7787\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"7787\" 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