{"id":246,"date":"2019-01-28T13:47:59","date_gmt":"2019-01-28T19:47:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/?p=246"},"modified":"2019-01-28T13:48:05","modified_gmt":"2019-01-28T19:48:05","slug":"weekly-wrap-up-4-its-not-all-bad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/weekly-wrap-up-4-its-not-all-bad\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Wrap-up #4 &#8211; It&#8217;s Not All Bad"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I woke up early on Saturday morning to an incessant tapping noise. At first I thought it was just Rose doing something she&#8217;s not supposed to be doing. When I got up to investigate, I realized my pillow was wet. The tapping noise was the sound of water dripping from my ceiling.  It was raining in my bedroom and my apartment was FREEZING.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The lack of heat and water logged ceiling took over my weekend and colored my perception of the week.  It wasn&#8217;t until I started putting together this post, that I saw I actually had a pretty great week.  I made a Turmeric Chicken Stew on Tuesday and it was really, really, really delicious.  In fact, I loved it so much that I&#8217;m thinking about making it every week.  You can find the recipe <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"here (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.allrecipes.com\/recipe\/245946\/healthy-turmeric-chicken-stew\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m also reading the book, <em>Neither\u00a0Here\u00a0Nor\u00a0There,\u00a0<\/em>by Bill Bryson.  It&#8217;s one of the funniest books I&#8217;ve read in a long time.  He&#8217;s from Des Moines and the book is all about his European travels.  Nothing ever goes the way it&#8217;s planned when you travel and his anecdotes and musings are laugh out loud funny and so very relatable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reviewing my photographic diary made me realize that only Saturday morning really sucked .  The rest of the week was pretty great.  Sometimes I just need a little reminder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-248\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.21.19-Fire-Hydrant.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Anything goes (aka Pictures I Take of Random Things at 10:00 pm Because I Procrastinated): Fire hydrant.  I like the red and yellow colors against the white snow.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1620\" height=\"1080\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?w=1620&amp;ssl=1 1620w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.22.19-Tumeric-Chicken-Stew.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Food: Turmeric Chicken Stew. It&#8217;s not the most attractive dish to photograph &#8211; the turmeric turns the chicken yellow and the eggplant turns a brown color, but it&#8217;s super delicious.  I like the orange of the sweet potatoes.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?fit=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-252\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?resize=600%2C600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.23.19-Rose-and-TV.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indoors:  This is my typical view of the television.  I&#8217;m just grateful it&#8217;s not the other end in my face.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/i1.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-253\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.24.19-Book-and-Money.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Personal:  Two things I love &#8211; books and travel.  A book about travel? Yes, please! <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.25.19-Elliot.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cats:  An out of focus picture of Elliot.  Usually when one of my pictures is out of focus, I&#8217;ll convert it to black and white to help mask the focus problem, but I love Ellie&#8217;s orange fur so I kept the color.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide has-media-on-the-right\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1365\" height=\"2048\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?fit=640%2C960&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-259\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?w=1365&amp;ssl=1 1365w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?resize=768%2C1152&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?resize=683%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 683w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.26.19-Sellf-Portrait.jpg?resize=600%2C900&amp;ssl=1 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Portrait: Last minute self-portrait.  <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-media-text alignwide\"><figure class=\"wp-block-media-text__media\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?fit=640%2C427&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?w=2048&amp;ssl=1 2048w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?resize=600%2C400&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?w=1680&amp;ssl=1 1680w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 1362px) 62vw, 840px\" \/><\/figure><div class=\"wp-block-media-text__content\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Urban landscape: The Sheridan &#8220;L&#8221; stop. I have a liquor store, a coffee shop, a bodega, my bank, and a Walgreens available as soon as I get off the train.  I&#8217;ll miss this station when I move.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Chicago is bracing for three days of sub-zero temps this week so I&#8217;m guessing I won&#8217;t be outdoors taking any pictures. Probably lots of pictures of the cats (sorry).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I woke up early on Saturday morning to an incessant tapping noise. At first I thought it was just Rose doing something she&#8217;s not supposed to be doing. When I got up to investigate, I realized my pillow was wet. The tapping noise was the sound of water dripping from my ceiling. It was raining &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/2019\/01\/28\/weekly-wrap-up-4-its-not-all-bad\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Weekly Wrap-up #4 &#8211; It&#8217;s Not All Bad&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":260,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-246","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-project-365"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/payQKs-3Y","jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/01.27.19-Sheridan-L-Station.jpg?fit=2048%2C1365&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246\/revisions\/265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rebeccaflorenphoto.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}