{"id":155,"date":"2016-01-06T05:06:16","date_gmt":"2016-01-06T05:06:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=155"},"modified":"2016-01-06T05:06:16","modified_gmt":"2016-01-06T05:06:16","slug":"2015-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/theutahhostage.com\/?p=155","title":{"rendered":"2015 Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">I\u2019m well aware that we are already five days into 2016, but when have you known me to do anything like this on time?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2015 Events<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pounds lost: -20 (and I think I may be understating that amount, as I refuse to get on the scale right now)<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4-legged furries adopted: 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">New cars purchased: 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">School semesters completed: 0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bills paid off: 3? 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