{"id":172,"date":"2009-08-12T04:06:28","date_gmt":"2009-08-12T09:06:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/?p=172"},"modified":"2019-11-25T15:52:13","modified_gmt":"2019-11-25T20:52:13","slug":"doesnt-she-deserve-diamonds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/12\/doesnt-she-deserve-diamonds\/","title":{"rendered":"Doesn&#8217;t She Deserve Diamonds?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"173\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/jt_x_page_3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?fit=600%2C1600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"600,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"jt_x_Page_3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?fit=384%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-173\" title=\"jt_x_Page_3\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?resize=432%2C1152&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"jt_x_Page_3\" width=\"432\" height=\"1152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?w=600&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?resize=112%2C300&amp;ssl=1 112w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/08\/jt_x_Page_3.jpg?resize=384%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 384w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">It was Tina&#8217;s turn yesterday so today it&#8217;s mine. This is my tenth anniversary card to my unbelievably patient wife. The card says it all. It folded in half, and on the reverse side it looked like a Tiffany&#8217;s box. This side requires no explanation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">This was three years ago, and we&#8217;re still married. Thankfully, she gets my jokes.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">-Joe<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It was Tina&#8217;s turn yesterday so today it&#8217;s mine. This is my tenth anniversary card to my unbelievably patient wife. The card says it all. It folded in half, and on the reverse side it looked like a Tiffany&#8217;s box. &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2009\/08\/12\/doesnt-she-deserve-diamonds\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[18],"tags":[3664,43,3661,5,42],"class_list":["post-172","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-drawer-cards","tag-drawer-cards","tag-humor","tag-illustration","tag-joe-williams","tag-sarcasm"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1ed1x-2M","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":41681,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2023\/10\/07\/cosmic-maaaaaannnnn-sticks-around-for-another-birthday\/","url_meta":{"origin":172,"position":0},"title":"Cosmic Maaaaaannnnn Sticks Around for Another Birthday","author":"Joe","date":"October 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"As I have written before, it's Tina's and my tradition to exchange birthday, anniversary and holiday cards we have illustrated ourselves. 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We call them Drawer Cards. Earlier Tina presented her Valentine to me, and here is my rebuttal.","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Drawer Cards&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Drawer Cards","link":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/category\/drawer-cards\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=350%2C200 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=525%2C300 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/willceau.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/card-out-02-14-2024-valentine-pattern.jpg?fit=1000%2C1000&ssl=1&resize=700%2C400 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":20060,"url":"https:\/\/willceau.com\/news\/2015\/11\/30\/happy-birthday-joe-3\/","url_meta":{"origin":172,"position":3},"title":"Happy Birthday Joe!","author":"Tina Garceau","date":"November 30, 2015","format":false,"excerpt":"It's been our tradition since we've been dating to make birthday cards for each other. 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It's a little hard to tell from the photo below, but the pie is in 3-D! 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