{"id":1006,"date":"2014-01-31T19:24:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-31T19:24:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?p=1006"},"modified":"2019-10-21T19:48:31","modified_gmt":"2019-10-21T19:48:31","slug":"very-seventies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/31\/very-seventies\/","title":{"rendered":"Very Seventies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>When I was a kid in the 70s it seemed like every television show was talking about couples going on separate vacations. It was the height of Women&#8217;s Liberation to go where you want to go for your vacation and not have to hang out with your boring husband or significant other. To be honest, I never got why it was supposed to be such a big deal, but I&#8217;m a dude. Clearly I was not meant to understand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Every year about this time, Peggy and I relive the 70s and go on separate vacations. Actually, she goes on vacation and I stay home and take care of our pets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peggy is a Personal Trainer and she works with many of her clients at a gym that was built for the Recreation Ministry at our church. Every January, the Recreation Ministry takes a group on a ski trip, and Peggy is <em>required<\/em> to go as part of the ministry staff. At least that is the story I get&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I am always invited. I was a respectable athlete as a young man, and I spent quite a bit of time on skis. Behind a boat. In the water. When I had back surgery in 2005, the surgeon told me that unless I wanted to have the same surgery again I needed to give up long-distance running and snow skiing. Let&#8217;s just say that neither seemed like a giant sacrifice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peggy has so much fun on these trips, and I have fun receiving the pictures of her having fun. And I don&#8217;t have to get cold or wet. Win-win&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Seriously, since we don&#8217;t live in Katy anymore I don&#8217;t know that Peggy will be participating on future trips, so I really wanted her to go this year and have a great time. And it looks like she is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-2 is-cropped\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"986\" class=\"wp-image-986\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-2.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-2-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>Ladies luncheon<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1007\" data-link=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/?attachment_id=1007\" class=\"wp-image-1007\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-1.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/012814-Ski-Trip-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><figcaption>They look warm, don&#8217;t they?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, I am at home planning a trip we can take <em>together<\/em>. That&#8217;s just the kind of guy I am&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When I was a kid in the 70s it seemed like every television show was talking about couples going on separate vacations. It was the height of Women&#8217;s Liberation to go where you want to go for your vacation and not have to hang out with your boring husband or significant other. To be honest, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/2014\/01\/31\/very-seventies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Very Seventies<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1008,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1006\/revisions\/1008"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.thehalfcenturian.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}