{"id":379640,"date":"2012-10-14T17:45:00","date_gmt":"2012-10-14T17:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/14\/a-day-with-wonderful-women-water-and-waterford\/"},"modified":"2012-10-14T17:45:00","modified_gmt":"2012-10-14T17:45:00","slug":"a-day-with-wonderful-women-water-and-waterford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/2012\/10\/14\/a-day-with-wonderful-women-water-and-waterford\/","title":{"rendered":"A Day with Wonderful Women, Water, and Waterford"},"content":{"rendered":"
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My father and step-mother gave Warren and me a collection of Waterford Crystal as a wedding gift.<\/span><\/div>\n
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The glassware sat unused in a display cupboard for more than twenty years because I was afraid to use it.<\/span><\/div>\n
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One day I came to my senses.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Why was I only enjoying these beautiful pieces\u2014which included an assortment of crystal bowls received from other guests, and another handed down from my mother\u2019s mother\u2014from afar?<\/span><\/div>\n
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I don\u2019t use them as everyday ware, but I do break them out now and again when a little pampering is in order.<\/span><\/div>\n
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Some of my friends are still a bit hesitant when I pull the glasses out of my curio, but I simply reassure them.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\u201cThey were meant to be used for special occasions, and you being here is just that.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
After a seemingly grueling week at work, I spent yesterday with four wonderful girlfriends at an outdoor market.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
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It was a day filled with random moments of joy.<\/span> <\/div>\n
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I found this fun, delightfully scented (Ocean Rain) bar of handmade soap…<\/span><\/div>\n
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This exquisite, Fall bouquet <\/span><\/div>\n
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A number of Christmas gifts and this piece of wall art, a sentiment I believe in with all my heart\u2026<\/span><\/div>\n
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We had a delightful drive through some of the Northeast\u2019s most beautiful country, especially with all of the fall foliage.<\/span><\/div>\n
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I capped off this day of love and laughter in my hot tub with that cute rubber dolphin, one of my special-occasion goblets, and a little White Russian\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>My muscles no longer knotted, my body is one happy being\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

What simple moment(s) of joy or wonder have you paid homage to this week?<\/span><\/p>\n

Soon\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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My father and step-mother gave Warren and me a collection of Waterford Crystal as a wedding gift. The glassware sat unused in a display cupboard for more than twenty years because I was afraid to use it. One day I came to my senses. Why was I only enjoying these beautiful pieces\u2014which included an assortment […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[316,481,482,317,52,483,162,233,484,485,486,487,460],"class_list":["post-379640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-happyhappens","tag-crystal","tag-fall-foliage","tag-finding-happiness-in-your-day","tag-friendship","tag-girlfriends","tag-happiness-happens","tag-happy-happens","tag-hot-tub","tag-laughter","tag-outdoor-market","tag-waterford","tag-women"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Water-2527s-Wonders.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=379640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/379640\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=379640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=379640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.annahelizabeth.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=379640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}