{"id":1295,"date":"2008-08-03T11:35:40","date_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:35:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1295"},"modified":"2008-08-03T11:35:40","modified_gmt":"2008-08-03T18:35:40","slug":"it-had-to-be-better-than-last-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1295","title":{"rendered":"It HAD to be better than last year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After <a href=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=699\" target=\"_blank\">last year&#8217;s dismal birthday<\/a>, this one had to be better!<\/p>\n<p>The highlights:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Eric and I went for breakfast &#8211; alone!! Thank you Grammy!!<\/li>\n<li>Beth and I got pedicures &#8211; Thank you Beth!!<\/li>\n<li>And, we shopped and found some treasures!<\/li>\n<li>My mom allowed us to hang out at her house (since ours is half packed) with some friends<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&#8220;And a good time was had by all!&#8221; \ud83d\ude09<\/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=1295\" 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%3D1295&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=It%20HAD%20to%20be%20better%20than%20last%20year\" 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=1295\" data-text=\"It HAD to be better than last year\" 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=\"It HAD to be better than last year\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=1295\" 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=1295\" 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%20It%20HAD%20to%20be%20better%20than%20last%20year&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D1295&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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