{"id":1753,"date":"2013-04-25T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-04-25T12:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/?p=1753"},"modified":"2013-04-23T09:08:07","modified_gmt":"2013-04-23T13:08:07","slug":"happy-birthday-dad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/2013\/04\/25\/happy-birthday-dad\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy Birthday, Dad!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/medium_91485850.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-1754\" alt=\"medium_91485850\" src=\"http:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/medium_91485850.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/medium_91485850.jpg 500w, https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/medium_91485850-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elbowglitter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/04\/medium_91485850-450x300.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Surprise!\u00a0 Last night I snuck my way to my parents&#8217; house to surprise my dad for his 60th birthday.<\/p>\n<p>Well, it wasn&#8217;t so much sneaking as it was getting on an airplane, flying, getting picked up at the airport, and arriving at the house.\u00a0 But as far as I know, Dad didn&#8217;t know.<\/p>\n<p>He probably doesn&#8217;t like that I&#8217;m telling the internet that he&#8217;s 60, but if you met my dad, you wouldn&#8217;t believe it anyway.<\/p>\n<p>So I hope he&#8217;s having an awesome birthday today.\u00a0 Clearly, since I&#8217;m here, he must be, right?<\/p>\n<p>photo credit: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cafemama\/91485850\/\">cafemama<\/a> via <a href=\"http:\/\/photopin.com\">photopin<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/2.0\/\">cc<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surprise!\u00a0 Last night I snuck my way to my parents&#8217; house to surprise my dad for his 60th birthday. 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