{"id":180,"date":"2008-07-07T01:57:00","date_gmt":"2008-07-07T01:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/07\/its-time-to-pay-it-forward.html"},"modified":"2008-07-07T01:57:00","modified_gmt":"2008-07-07T01:57:00","slug":"its-time-to-pay-it-forward","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/07\/its-time-to-pay-it-forward\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Time to Pay It Forward!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SHF5ioKCn-I\/AAAAAAAASmY\/TW7hYA_Dmbw\/s1600-h\/excellentblog.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5220087078901161954\" src=\"http:\/\/bp3.blogger.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/SHF5ioKCn-I\/AAAAAAAASmY\/TW7hYA_Dmbw\/s400\/excellentblog.jpg\" style=\"cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div>I have been sitting on this for long enough. My poor brain kept prioritizing things all wrong, so now it&#8217;s getting sorted out. I need to pass on the Excellent Blog Award before I pack up this laptop tomorrow, since the ExcellentBlog.jpg file is on this hard drive. Tee hee.<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>I had actually decided on this Memorial Day weekend, when this individual posted 7 times on Memorial Day alone!<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/maryanng.blogspot.com\/\">Fotomom<\/a>, you&#8217;re getting the Excellent Blog award! Your fun mix of watching your boys grow up with your beautiful photos of flowers, animals, and the ever-shrinking central North Carolina countryside is most awesome.  Keep up the great work, I&#8217;ll definitely need you to when I&#8217;m in NE and it&#8217;s the only way I&#8217;m going to see Joey and Johnny (sniff sniff).<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been sitting on this for long enough. 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