{"id":214,"date":"2008-08-15T19:40:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T19:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/a-big-red-gamble.html"},"modified":"2008-08-15T19:40:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-15T19:40:00","slug":"a-big-red-gamble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/08\/a-big-red-gamble.html","title":{"rendered":"A Big Red Gamble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Would you do this?  This is a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nebraskafurnituremart.com\/\">Nebraska Furniture Mart<\/a> promotion between now and the end of the month.<\/p>\n<p>Fortunately we aren&#8217;t in the market for a new TV.  Our existing one, circa 2004, came through just fine.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234832033790401026\" src=\"http:\/\/4.bp.blogspot.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SKXb_9jpmgI\/AAAAAAAATKE\/JzIHZuDJss8\/s400\/NebraskaPromo.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Would you do this? This is a Nebraska Furniture Mart promotion between now and the end of the month. Fortunately we aren&#8217;t in the market for a new TV. Our existing one, circa 2004, came through just fine.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[],"tags":[68,18],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5ycQ0-3s","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":471,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2010\/10\/nebraska-discoveries-9-runza.html","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":0},"title":"Nebraska Discoveries 20: Runza","date":"07 October 10","format":false,"excerpt":"Tonight for dinner, we went out. \u00a0It tends to be a necessity 1-2 times per week in the fall while the boys are in soccer 5-days per week (Jacob 3 days, Timmy 2). \u00a0I do what I can to cook but it's rather aggressive; when I do cook I try\u2026","rel":"","context":"In \"food\"","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":523,"url":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2011\/03\/my-new-commuter-life-part-i-getting-there-is-half-the-battle.html","url_meta":{"origin":214,"position":1},"title":"My New Commuter Life, Part I: Getting There is Half the Battle","date":"04 March 11","format":false,"excerpt":"I might have mentioned it, I might not have, but I kept my Reserve position at Offutt AFB, Nebraska even though I now live in Florida. \u00a0I've received dozens (yes, dozens) of inquiries about why I would want to do that.Three reasons why I kept this position:1.) 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