{"id":21,"date":"2008-01-04T04:10:00","date_gmt":"2008-01-04T04:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/a-musing-about-maryann.html"},"modified":"2008-01-04T04:10:00","modified_gmt":"2008-01-04T04:10:00","slug":"a-musing-about-maryann","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevollmerfamily.com\/MajorMom\/2008\/01\/a-musing-about-maryann\/","title":{"rendered":"A Musing About Maryann"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/R32z-P6GrdI\/AAAAAAAAKTk\/dOrg4UlDXrM\/s1600-h\/MaryannMessage.JPG\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" id=\"BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5151471430785215954\" src=\"http:\/\/bp1.blogger.com\/_yz59FVsseJY\/R32z-P6GrdI\/AAAAAAAAKTk\/dOrg4UlDXrM\/s400\/MaryannMessage.JPG\" style=\"cursor: hand; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;\" \/><\/a> I get an e-mail that looks like this every night.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Is it Spam? (How many Nigerian millionaires ARE there who want to share their inheritances with me????&#8221;)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>No no no&#8230;not spam at all. These are cool! This is my friend Maryann&#8217;s daily photo album and daily message. In fact, if you linked all these together&#8230;you&#8217;d have a <a href=\"http:\/\/maryanng.blogspot.com\/\">BLOG<\/a>!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Which is what she recently did &#8212; she and I set up our blogs on the same day, in fact! <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>This woman takes a LOT of pictures. I know many of you get my albums routinely and say &#8220;How the heck does Patricia get the time to take\/upload\/caption\/transmit all those pictures????&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><em>That&#8217;s only because you don&#8217;t know Maryann.<\/em> <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Some of you wonder &#8220;Where does Patricia have the energy to do all this stuff?&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><em>That&#8217;s only because you don&#8217;t know Maryann.<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div>Susan, if you&#8217;re reading this, you&#8217;re a close SECOND to Maryann! <\/div>\n<div><\/p>\n<div>Maryann has two sons like I do &#8212; our older boys are about a month apart in age, our younger ones are exactly 6 months apart. And they&#8217;re buddies!<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Maryann: I raise my Frappuchino to you! 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