{"id":1265,"date":"2014-12-17T10:33:00","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T18:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/busy-time-of-year\/"},"modified":"2015-01-01T09:38:04","modified_gmt":"2015-01-01T17:38:04","slug":"busy-time-of-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sandymike.net\/blog\/2014\/12\/17\/busy-time-of-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Busy time of year"},"content":{"rendered":"

I hadn’t realized that my most recent post dated from almost a month ago! But I know most of us are in the same situation: fully engulfed in preparations for the coming holidays. Some are dealing with unexpected complications, too, as I have been for the past couple of weeks \u2014 nothing serious, but frustrating nonetheless.<\/p>\n

Today I was reading one of the blogs I follow, Amy’s Freemotion Quilting Adventures<\/a>, and what she wrote reminded me that I hadn’t checked my stats in some time. I find it fascinating to see where the people are who are looking at my blog, and I thought you might enjoy seeing what I found.<\/p>\n

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It’s small, I know, but look at all of the different areas that have access to the internet and, somehow, ended up looking at what I’ve posted! Naturally, the vast majority are from the U.S., given that this is where I live, but it flabbergasts me to see that people all over the world have visited. What a wonderful time we live in!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I hadn’t realized that my most recent post dated from almost a month ago! But I know most of us are in the same situation: fully engulfed in preparations for the coming holidays. Some are dealing with unexpected complications, too, as I have been for the past couple of weeks \u2014 nothing serious, but frustrating nonetheless. 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