{"id":6233,"date":"2013-11-12T07:00:15","date_gmt":"2013-11-12T13:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/?p=6233"},"modified":"2013-10-31T16:09:42","modified_gmt":"2013-10-31T21:09:42","slug":"top-ten-reasons-im-a-debbie-downer-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/top-ten-reasons-im-a-debbie-downer-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Ten Reasons I&#8217;m a Debbie Downer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3648\" alt=\"debbie-downer\" src=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer.jpg\" width=\"450\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer.jpg 450w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer-300x230.jpg 300w, https:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/03\/debbie-downer-390x300.jpg 390w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>The past week and a half have been chock full of grandma duty and other family fun. So much fun, blogging is on the back burner. Therefore, for the next few days Gravel Road will reprise popular posts from the past. Today&#8217;s post first appeared on March 23, 2012. Enjoy!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This March we&#8217;ve had lots of good news. A grandchild on the way. Our Ohio kids moving closer to home in August. A sizable tax refund. Even so, I feel like Debbie Downer&#8217;s double today. Since I can&#8217;t stop the feeling, here are my top ten reasons for being a Debbie Downer when I should be Perky Polly:<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0\u00a0 Spring is way too early this year. <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/2012\/03\/waiting-for-spring\/\" target=\"_blank\">See this post<\/a> for further explanation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a09.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 It&#8217;s been cloudy and rainy. Which is poking holes in <a href=\"http:\/\/jolenephilo.com\/staging\/2012\/01\/speaking-of-the-weather\/\" target=\"_blank\">my summer drought theory<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a08.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I caught a cold on the Ides of March. Etu, immune system?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a07.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I didn&#8217;t take out stock in a tissue company before this cold started.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a06.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 My recent upgrade to OS X Lion has not gone as smoothly as Apple promised.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a05. \u00a0 \u00a0 iCloud is looming on the horizon.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a04.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The agent who promised she&#8217;d be in touch soon about my proposal still hasn&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I can now order from the Senior Citizen menu at I Hop.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a02.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 No chocolate since Ash Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">\u00a0 1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Debbie Downer would be ashamed to post this list, but I&#8217;m not.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Wah. Wah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The past week and a half have been chock full of grandma duty and other family fun. So much fun, blogging is on the back burner. Therefore, for the next few days Gravel Road will reprise popular posts from the past. Today&#8217;s post first appeared on March 23, 2012. Enjoy! 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