{"id":9408,"date":"2015-05-19T21:19:47","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9408"},"modified":"2015-05-19T21:19:47","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T21:19:47","slug":"pleasant-surprise-surfaces-in-closet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=9408","title":{"rendered":"Pleasant surprise surfaces in closet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Surprises, by definition, come unexpectedly.<\/p>\n

So it was when my wife and I had our master bathroom remodeled recently.<\/p>\n

The contractor installed a new shower stall, a new vanity, bathtub fixtures, tore off the wallpaper and painted the walls. We had to empty our closets and we slept for several nights in our guest bedroom.<\/p>\n

The surprise?<\/p>\n

Well, buried deep in my closet — yes, I still have a closet all to myself<\/em> — was a raincoat that I received in August 1968. The U.S. Army gave me the “gift” upon my induction and arrival at Fort Lewis, Wash., for basic training.<\/p>\n

I’ve kept it for nearly 47 years.<\/p>\n

Well, this morning I put the coat on as I got ready to venture into the downpour that was flooding our streets and alleys and continuing to fill our playas.<\/p>\n

The best surprise of all is that raincoat still fits!<\/p>\n

It’s not the most\u00a0stylish article of clothing you’ll ever see. After all, it is\u00a0“OD in color,” olive drab. But the material is still water-resistant. It’s functional. Besides, my wife never has accused me of being a fashion-conscious clothes horse.<\/p>\n

My next surprise<\/em> will be to fit into some of those “skinny slacks” that have been hanging in there.<\/p>\n

Wish me luck. I’ll need it.<\/p>\n

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Surprises, by definition, come unexpectedly. So it was when my wife and I had our master bathroom remodeled recently. The contractor installed a new shower stall, a new vanity, bathtub fixtures, tore off the wallpaper and painted the walls. We had to empty our closets and we slept for several nights in our guest bedroom. … Continue reading Pleasant surprise surfaces in closet<\/span> →<\/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":[1],"tags":[3817,4944],"class_list":["post-9408","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-raincoat","tag-u-s-army"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9408","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=9408"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9408\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9408"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9408"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9408"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}