{"id":1040,"date":"2017-01-02T18:10:59","date_gmt":"2017-01-02T18:10:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/?p=1040"},"modified":"2018-08-07T09:21:11","modified_gmt":"2018-08-07T09:21:11","slug":"2017-the-year-of-the-squirrel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/02\/2017-the-year-of-the-squirrel\/","title":{"rendered":"2017; The year of the&#8230;Squirrel?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"1049\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.vickygooden.com\/index.php\/2017\/01\/02\/2017-the-year-of-the-squirrel\/squirreltail\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?fit=2448%2C2447&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"2448,2447\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.2&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 6&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1481115932&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.15&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.03030303030303&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Squirrel me up!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?fit=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-1049 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024\" width=\"1024\" height=\"1024\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=1024%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?resize=640%2C640&amp;ssl=1 640w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.vickygooden.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/SquirrelTail.jpg?w=2000 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Well that may be a fib &#8211; first of the year, good start. BUT I am channeling squirrels for 2017.<\/p>\n<p>Why you ask?<\/p>\n<p>For my recent work Christmas do the theme was \u2018Christmas Party Animals\u2019 and after a quick browse on Etsy for animally attire I landed on a bushy grey squirrel tail and ear set &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.etsy.com\/uk\/listing\/484090121\/grey-custom-colour-squirrel-costume-set?ref=shop_home_active_39\">see here<\/a>. And that was it, I was sold. I was going to be a good ol\u2019 mischevious Prosecco loving squirrel.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">The day after the party I witnessed a SQUIRREL MURDER outside my own front door. There was a screaming squirrel being chased and pounced on by the neighbourhood\u2019s most cunty of cats. I took this as my signal to become Vicky; Human protector and champion of all Squirrels henceforth.<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">I then took a pre-Christmas trip to NYC (sure) and came face to face with a jet black squirrel (say what?) in Tomkins Square Park and on an afternoon rummage around the Macy\u2019s festive dept, noticed it was decked out with jerky tailed squirrel Christmas decorations.<\/div>\n<p>I rendered myself surrounded. No, chosen. With trepidation, I Googled \u2018squirrel symbolism\u2019 and there it was, right there on the internet for heavens sake;<strong>\u00a0adventure and fun.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\">Turns out I want more of both of those things this year please as 2016 was largely a serious year. I\u2019ve been prodded and poked down below more times than I care to divulge (see previous posts on endometriosis for the backstory but there\u2019s been loads of goings on since then too), have been told my cervix is closed \u2018which is very unusual in someone your age, soz\u2019 (the most recent hospital appointment however actually went back on this diagnosis, hoorah!) and have been in chronic pain for the most part (seriously, I feel like I\u2019m in pain more often than not these days and its absolutely exhausting).<\/div>\n<p>So 2016 was a year of gritted teeth and stress induced stiff necks.<\/p>\n<p>Adventure then, is my key theme for this year. There\u2019s a travel company I\u2019ve had my eye on for a while who I would like to give some of my adventure fund to; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.muchbetteradventures.com\/\">Much Better Adventures<\/a>.\u00a0Their vision is genius; weekend adventures aimed at those who are time poor, so us 9-7ers. Track wildlife and snowshoe through the Swedish wilderness you say?\u00a0SIGN ME UP.<\/p>\n<p>Also I reeeeaaaaaally would like to stay at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wildernessreserve.com\/cottage\/hex-cottage\/\">Hex Cottage<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0no electricity, just candlelight and fire cosiness.<\/p>\n<p>The word \u2018adventure\u2019 knows no bounds. Some might be trips, others might be taking a wrong turn on a walk and just going with it.<\/p>\n<p>I mentioned an Adventure fund above right? Each month the idea is to set aside whatever I can to go towards adventures. No more taxing than that really. So far theres -\u00a3283 in there because y\u2019know, Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>Roll on pay day.<\/p>\n<p>Vx<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Well that may be a fib &#8211; first of the year, good start. BUT I am channeling squirrels for 2017. Why you ask? For my recent work Christmas do the theme was \u2018Christmas Party Animals\u2019 and after a quick browse on Etsy for animally attire I landed on a bushy grey squirrel tail and ear set &#8211; see here. And that was it, I was sold. I was going to be a good ol\u2019 mischevious Prosecco loving squirrel. The day after the party I witnessed a SQUIRREL MURDER outside my own front door. There was a screaming squirrel being chased and pounced on by the neighbourhood\u2019s most cunty of cats. I took this as my signal to become Vicky; Human protector and champion of all Squirrels henceforth. I then took a pre-Christmas trip to NYC (sure) and came face to face with a jet black squirrel (say what?) in Tomkins Square Park and on an afternoon rummage around the Macy\u2019s festive dept, noticed it was decked out with jerky tailed squirrel Christmas decorations. I rendered myself surrounded. No, chosen. With trepidation, I Googled \u2018squirrel symbolism\u2019 and there it was, right there on the internet for heavens sake;\u00a0adventure and fun. 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