{"id":8370,"date":"2021-01-22T01:05:10","date_gmt":"2021-01-22T06:05:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8370"},"modified":"2021-01-04T18:10:13","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T23:10:13","slug":"mfrwauthor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/?p=8370","title":{"rendered":"Wood Stove and a Hula Hoop #MFRWAuthor"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s a new year and the first MFRW Blog Challenge of 2021. The topic this month is What Inventive Ways Have You Found to Keep Warm?<\/p>\n<p>I live in New England, so during these winter months it can get a little chilly, as you can see:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-8379 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/backyardjanuary2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"368\" height=\"490\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/backyardjanuary2021.jpg 368w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/backyardjanuary2021-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 368px) 100vw, 368px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to keeping warm, I&#8217;m not sure I&#8217;m all that inventive. I tend to go with tried and true methods, such as using the wood stove (my little dog&#8217;s favorite), bundling up with lots of warm layers, drinking hot beverages, and even wearing sweats, a knitted cap, and socks to bed sometimes. In case I get stuck on the road, I keep extra blankets and a cold weather sleeping bag in my car.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8373\" src=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/floppedbythefire2021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"336\" height=\"431\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/floppedbythefire2021.jpg 336w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/floppedbythefire2021-234x300.jpg 234w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 336px) 100vw, 336px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A fun way to keep warm if I&#8217;m home at night watching TV is instead of sitting on the couch, I hula hoop, do walk aerobics, or jog in place. That way I get to watch a movie, exercise, and keep warm all at the same time!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8376\" src=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/khoop22021.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/khoop22021.jpg 320w, https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/khoop22021-206x300.jpg 206w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Find out if other authors in the MFRW Monthly Blog Challenge have done to keep warm\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/mfrw52week.blogspot.com\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- start LinkyTools script --><\/p>\n<p><b>Powered by Linky Tools<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkytools.com\/wordpress_list.aspx?id=291025&amp;type=basic\">Click here<\/a> to enter your link and view this Linky Tools list&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&rsquo;s a new year and the first MFRW Blog Challenge of 2021. The topic this month is What Inventive Ways Have You Found to Keep Warm? I live in New England, so during these winter months it can get a little chilly, as you can see: When it comes to keeping warm, I&rsquo;m not sure&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8371,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1006],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8370","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mfrw-monthly-blog-challenge-2021"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8370"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8382,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8370\/revisions\/8382"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8370"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8370"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kate-hill.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8370"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}