{"id":32152,"date":"2018-01-02T05:05:50","date_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:05:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/?p=32152"},"modified":"2018-01-02T05:05:50","modified_gmt":"2018-01-02T05:05:50","slug":"holiday-happy-new-year-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/holiday-happy-new-year-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"HOLIDAY: HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018<\/h1>\n<p>I absolutely cannot believe that it\u2019s 20<em>18<\/em> already! I just got used to writing 20<em>17<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/15826059_697961360370311_825443225502020077_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32155\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/15826059_697961360370311_825443225502020077_n-300x149.jpg\" alt=\"15826059_697961360370311_825443225502020077_n\" width=\"300\" height=\"149\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/15826059_697961360370311_825443225502020077_n-300x149.jpg 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/15826059_697961360370311_825443225502020077_n.jpg 434w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Nothing much has happened since last year, (duh\u2014it ended just a day ago!,) so I\u2019m just here to wish you a great 2018.<\/p>\n<p>I really hope that it gets better than 2017, world peace-wise. And <em>this country<\/em>-wise! What a mess of things Orange Hitler has made! I don\u2019t know how we\u2019re going to get out of all these now-dreadful situations, but I guess we just have to hold on and beseech the powers-that-be to set it all right again. Maybe we\u2019ll all wake-up and find-out that 2017 was just a horrible nightmare! Well, actually, it <em>was<\/em> a horrible nightmare, but I mean one we can wake-up from in reality. From my mouth to God\u2019s ears, right?!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Happy-new-year-2016-clip-art-41-e1514547843595.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-32156\" src=\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Happy-new-year-2016-clip-art-41-e1514547843595-300x176.png\" alt=\"Happy-new-year-2016-clip-art-41\" width=\"300\" height=\"176\" srcset=\"https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Happy-new-year-2016-clip-art-41-e1514547843595-300x176.png 300w, https:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/Happy-new-year-2016-clip-art-41-e1514547843595.png 851w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>On a more positive note, I hope you all remembered to do my superstitious trick that I usually tell you about on New Year\u2019s Eve. (I didn\u2019t get to remind you <em>this<\/em> year because I took a different, grateful approach to that particular column.) But in case you\u2019re curious about it, just write it down for <em>next<\/em> year. (It\u2019s always good to be prepared.) Here it is: You should eat black-eyed peas, in any form, on January 1, for good luck all year. They can be canned, frozen, fresh, whatever. (Is there even such a thing as fresh ones?) You can eat as many or few as you like. I just heat them up, throw on some seasoned salt, and choke-down about half a cup of those suckers. It\u2019s once a year\u2013you can stand it. Some people even tell me they like them! Go figure.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s all I have to say now about a year that has only just begun.<\/p>\n<p><strong>And, of course, I wish you all a wonderful, healthy, safe, and Happy New Year. Now let\u2019s get cracking on having a fabulous 2018!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HAPPY NEW YEAR 2018 I absolutely cannot believe that it\u2019s 2018 already! I just got used to writing 2017! Nothing much has happened since last year, (duh\u2014it ended just a day ago!,) so I\u2019m just here to wish you a great 2018. I really hope that it gets better than 2017, world peace-wise. 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