{"id":10592,"date":"2013-05-27T12:43:34","date_gmt":"2013-05-27T19:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592"},"modified":"2013-05-27T12:43:34","modified_gmt":"2013-05-27T19:43:34","slug":"merit-badges-for-moms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592","title":{"rendered":"Merit Badges for Moms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was thinking about the years I was sewing merit badges on vests, shirts and sashes and how I would love to display my own merit badges. Just today I&#8217;m sure I earned<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Explaining to a Kindergarten (who doesn&#8217;t know how to tell time) when 4 o&#8217;clock is and why it is not now<\/li>\n<li>Convincing same Kindergartner than she CAN clean her room without my help<\/li>\n<li>Not having a single moment to myself but being OK with that<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But before I wrote the post, I found this website: \u00c2\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mommeritbadge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Mom Merit Badge<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 where she says &#8220;<em>Those Mom Victories, that no one but another mother\/parent would understand, deserve a Merit Badge.<\/em>&#8221; Yes!<\/p>\n<p>To find out which merit badges you qualify for, go to her site, peruse her list of Merit Badges and award yourself or award a friend! \u00c2\u00a0How Fun! \u00c2\u00a0I love how she shares her own stories for each Merit Badge she earned! \u00c2\u00a0Sadly, She hasn&#8217;t posted any new ones since March 2013, hope she continues &#8211; it&#8217;s quite creative!<\/p>\n<p>Give her a visit and see why I gave myself this merit badge today!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mommeritbadge.com\/phoenix-merit-badge\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-attachment-id=\"10593\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?attachment_id=10593\" data-orig-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2.jpeg\" data-orig-size=\"512,512\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" 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=\"phoenix2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2-300x300.jpeg\" data-large-file=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2.jpeg\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10593\" alt=\"phoenix2\" src=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2.jpeg\" width=\"512\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2.jpeg 512w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/phoenix2-300x300.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 512px) 100vw, 512px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D10592&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2013%2F05%2Fphoenix2.jpeg&#038;description=Merit%20Badges%20for%20Moms\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592\" data-text=\"Merit Badges for Moms\" data-via=\"Knitnmom\" >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-tumblr\"><a class=\"tumblr-share-button\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tumblr.com\/share\" data-title=\"Merit Badges for Moms\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592\" title=\"Share on Tumblr\"data-posttype=\"link\">Share on Tumblr<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-print\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-print sd-button\" href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=10592\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to print\" ><span>Print<\/span><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"#\" class=\"sharing-anchor sd-button share-more\"><span>More<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><div class=\"sharing-hidden\"><div class=\"inner\" style=\"display: none;width:150px;\"><ul style=\"background-image:none;\"><li class=\"share-email\"><a rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" data-shared=\"\" class=\"share-email sd-button\" href=\"mailto:?subject=%5BShared%20Post%5D%20Merit%20Badges%20for%20Moms&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D10592&share=email\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click to email a link to a friend\" data-email-share-error-title=\"Do you have email set up?\" data-email-share-error-text=\"If you&#039;re having problems sharing via email, you might not have email set up for your browser. 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