{"id":1449,"date":"2008-07-23T13:16:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-23T13:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/07\/rhode-island-here-we-come\/"},"modified":"2011-11-01T15:12:58","modified_gmt":"2011-11-01T19:12:58","slug":"rhode-island-here-we-come","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/monkeymind\/2008\/07\/rhode-island-here-we-come.html","title":{"rendered":"Rhode Island Here We Come"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p><a href=\"https:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SIdtZmGHA0I\/AAAAAAAABHw\/h0LZj1mXqZ8\/s1600-h\/rhode+island+red.jpg\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/bp2.blogger.com\/_niPwTW3rBbU\/SIdtZmGHA0I\/AAAAAAAABHw\/h0LZj1mXqZ8\/s400\/rhode+island+red.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\"><\/a><br>Well, actually, we\u2019re already there, parked in a little three room apartment on the East Side.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But, as things stand at this moment we are back on track to close on the Newton house on Thursday, and all things falling together, closing on our soon to be Pawtucket home on Friday!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Along the way today I finished cleaning out my Newton office. A bit of a bittersweet quality to that project. I gave the administrator a kiss, a hug and my keys\u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>And now the mind wanders in a southerly direction\u2026<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Ah, <a href=\"http:\/\/youtube.com\/watch?v=bNlxqAYcb68\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Sweet Rhode Island<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/33904114-6435490806405646298?l=monkeymindonline.blogspot.com\" alt=\"\"><\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, actually, we\u2019re already there, parked in a little three room apartment on the East Side. But, as things stand at this moment we are back on track to close on the Newton house on Thursday, and all things falling together, closing on our soon to be Pawtucket home on Friday! 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