{"id":4171,"date":"2011-01-14T09:53:26","date_gmt":"2011-01-14T15:53:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=4171"},"modified":"2011-01-14T09:53:26","modified_gmt":"2011-01-14T15:53:26","slug":"keep-the-car-clean","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/?p=4171","title":{"rendered":"keep the car clean"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan sent me this run down of his conversation with our daughter the other day.<\/p>\n<p>M (Megan): &#8220;Are you going to junk up your new car like the truck?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>D (Dad): &#8220;The truck wasn&#8217;t that dirty, just some stuff that needs to get<br \/>\nput back away behind the seat.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>**Editorial comment here.  The truck wasn&#8217;t THAT dirty?  Ahem?  I beg to differ.  There&#8217;s always a pile of tools and crap on the floor, the dash is completely cracked up, and it&#8217;s falling apart.  In fact, it&#8217;s perfect for a teen aged driver.  Ok, I&#8217;m done.***<\/em><\/p>\n<p>M: &#8220;I meant putting trash in the door pocket.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>D: &#8220;That is the trash can for the truck.  When I get a cup or something I<br \/>\nfill it up with the trash and empty it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>M: &#8220;When I get a car, I&#8217;ll keep it perfectly clean.  I will have a trash<br \/>\ncan in it, and I will empty it every day.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>M: &#8220;Come see me in 20 years, you&#8217;ll see.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Me again.  I believe her.  I think she will keep her car clean, when she has a car.  That kid has big dreams.  She&#8217;s already saving up her money so that she can buy a mini cooper or a smart car.  If only she felt the same way about her room.<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ryan sent me this run down of his conversation with our daughter the other day. M (Megan): &#8220;Are you going to junk up your new car like the truck?&#8221; D (Dad): &#8220;The truck wasn&#8217;t that dirty, just some stuff that needs to get put back away behind the seat.&#8221; **Editorial comment here. The truck wasn&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4171"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4174,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4171\/revisions\/4174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paige.ericksonfamily.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}