{"id":29997,"date":"2018-05-27T22:02:01","date_gmt":"2018-05-27T22:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=29997"},"modified":"2018-05-27T22:02:31","modified_gmt":"2018-05-27T22:02:31","slug":"happy-trails-part-106-getting-in-shape-for-granddaughter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=29997","title":{"rendered":"Happy Trails, Part 106: Getting in shape for Emma"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Retirement.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-29998\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Retirement-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Retirement-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/05\/Retirement.jpg 627w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I used to say frequently that the world&#8217;s greatest athletes are our children.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to get in shape, just try keeping up with your post-toddler child or grandchild; do everything they do &#8230; or so the saying goes.<\/p>\n<p>I need to get into better physical condition. Emma ran me ragged at the park today.<\/p>\n<p>She wanted to play and wanted to keep playing until <em>she<\/em> was done.<\/p>\n<p>Up some steps, some ladders and down a slide we flew. Repeatedly. Then it was back up the steps and ladders. Down the slide. Back up. Down we went.<\/p>\n<p>She wore me out!<\/p>\n<p>Do I mind? Not one bit. Not in the least! Emma is why we made the move from the Texas Panhandle to this Dallas-area community.<\/p>\n<p>I now have ample reason to get in shape and to <em>stay<\/em> in shape. I have to keep up with Emma.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready, young lady! Eventually, I&#8217;ll match her step for step.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I used to say frequently that the world&#8217;s greatest athletes are our children. If you want to get in shape, just try keeping up with your post-toddler child or grandchild; do everything they do &#8230; or so the saying goes. I need to get into better physical condition. Emma ran me ragged at the park &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=29997\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Happy Trails, Part 106: Getting in shape for Emma<\/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":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[3920],"class_list":["post-29997","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","tag-retirement"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29997","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=29997"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29997\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30000,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/29997\/revisions\/30000"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=29997"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=29997"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=29997"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}