{"id":1153,"date":"2008-05-02T09:31:55","date_gmt":"2008-05-02T16:31:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1153"},"modified":"2008-05-02T09:31:55","modified_gmt":"2008-05-02T16:31:55","slug":"overheard-and-im-just-so-mad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1153","title":{"rendered":"Overheard and I&#8217;m just so mad!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, a bit of fun&#8230;overheard in our house in last few weeks.\u00c2\u00a0 During dinner, J3 (7) says &#8220;Where do babies come from?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Freaked out Mommy replied &#8220;Ask Daddy!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quick thinking Daddy replied &#8220;Portland.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>LOL<\/p>\n<p>~~~~~~~<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;why am I mad?\u00c2\u00a0 Well, it seems someone is undermining my husband&#8217;s sense of self worth and value.\u00c2\u00a0 And, I&#8217;m outraged!\u00c2\u00a0 This person can never just listen &#8230; they have to zing him at every opportunity.\u00c2\u00a0 The latest one was that he should get another job because &#8220;you don&#8217;t even work all year around.&#8221;\u00c2\u00a0 ARGH!!\u00c2\u00a0 Does this person remember how long it took Eric to find this job?\u00c2\u00a0 This job that pays him year around &#8211; maybe not the highest salary, but the benefits more than make up for that!\u00c2\u00a0 Benefits like:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Well, the obvious &#8211; Insurance<\/li>\n<li>Great people to work with<\/li>\n<li>A Godly institution that he can be proud of representing<\/li>\n<li>Timeshare opportunities during vacations<\/li>\n<li>Gifts throughout the year &#8211; not just from the kids who call him Mr. Funstein and can&#8217;t wait to get it in his class but also each teacher has a secret gifter who prays for them and sends them notes of encouragement!<\/li>\n<li>2 weeks off at Christmas<\/li>\n<li>3 weeks off each Spring<\/li>\n<li>6-8 weeks off each Summer (I forget and I am not going to look it up)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And, personally I think just having all that time off with our family is HUGE!\u00c2\u00a0 Every kid wants their parents time and approval and we are blessed to have that time to work on giving that approval!\u00c2\u00a0 To show them we want to be with them!<\/p>\n<p>I was hoping writing this out would help me get rid of my anger.\u00c2\u00a0 But it hasn&#8217;t.\u00c2\u00a0 Guess I better start praying for this person!<\/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=1153\" 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%3D1153&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=Overheard%20and%20I%27m%20just%20so%20mad%21%21\" 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=1153\" data-text=\"Overheard and I&#039;m just so mad!!\" 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=\"Overheard and I'm just so mad!!\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1153\" 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=1153\" 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%20Overheard%20and%20I%27m%20just%20so%20mad%21%21&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1153&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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(worried voice)Daddy (in his teaching voice): Because I was born on November 7th. So on November 7th, I get a birthday. But it's only one day. On November 8th it's over.3 yr old: uh, huh.\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Family Life&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1087,"url":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1087","url_meta":{"origin":1153,"position":1},"title":"Overheard at my house","date":"March 22, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Saturdays mornings are very flexible at our house - until 10am or so when we start chores. Until 10 am we all lay around - sleep in - watch tv....all those things we don't do every other morning of the week. Today I overheard.... 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