{"id":276,"date":"2008-07-25T03:44:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-25T10:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2014-08-16T00:17:16","modified_gmt":"2014-08-16T07:17:16","slug":"falling-in-love","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/25\/falling-in-love\/","title":{"rendered":"Falling in Love"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Canon Beach, Oregon 2003<\/p>\n<p>Aaron\u00a0and Rufus: I had forgotten to pack any toys for Rufus, so Aaron\u00a0took one of his socks and filled it with sand.<\/p>\n<p>It amazes me sometimes how the simplest things make the best toys. The $40 toy for your toddler is no match for the box it came in.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/falling-in-love\/canon-beach-with-my-loves\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-6810\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"6810\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/07\/25\/falling-in-love\/canon-beach-with-my-loves\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/canon-beach-with-my-loves.png?fit=640%2C427\" data-orig-size=\"640,427\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"canon-beach-with-my-loves\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/canon-beach-with-my-loves.png?fit=640%2C427\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6810\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/canon-beach-with-my-loves.png?resize=640%2C427\" alt=\"Canon Beach with my loves - CoffeeJitters.Net\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/canon-beach-with-my-loves.png?w=640 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/07\/canon-beach-with-my-loves.png?resize=300%2C200 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It was on this weekend that I realized that I was in love with the man who was to become my husband (although I didn&#8217;t know about the husband part yet). I knew that this was something real, something special, and something that was going to last a very long time.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/how-to-feed-baby-woodpecker.html\">How to Feed a Baby Woodpecker<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.blogspot.com\/2008\/07\/meanwhile-back-at-farm.html\">Meanwhile, back at the farm&#8230;<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/coffeejitters.blogspot.com\/2008\/06\/on-alaska-and-men.html\">On Alaska and Men<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Canon Beach, Oregon 2003 Aaron\u00a0and Rufus: I had forgotten to pack any toys for Rufus, so Aaron\u00a0took one of his socks and filled it with sand. It amazes me sometimes how the simplest things make the best toys. The $40 toy for your toddler is no match for the box it came in. 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