{"id":167,"date":"2016-02-22T08:12:42","date_gmt":"2016-02-22T13:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/?p=167"},"modified":"2016-02-22T08:12:42","modified_gmt":"2016-02-22T13:12:42","slug":"getting-there-slowly-but-surely-nope-just-slowly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thelittlehalfacre.com\/staging\/getting-there-slowly-but-surely-nope-just-slowly\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting There Slowly but Surely?  Nope.  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