{"id":146,"date":"2005-01-20T19:09:39","date_gmt":"2005-01-21T02:09:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=146"},"modified":"2005-01-20T19:09:39","modified_gmt":"2005-01-21T02:09:39","slug":"motivation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=146","title":{"rendered":"Motivation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Well, there is nothing like a challenge to get my motivated! LOL  I was reading my favorite knitting blogs and noticed a challenge in <a href=\"http:\/\/violetknits.blogspot.com\/2005\/01\/brrrr.html\">Violet&#8217;s blog<\/a> &#8211; to ME!!!  So now I&#8217;ve got the motivation needed to work on my thing again.  And, time to start thinking about what I want to make for my &#8220;Son of the Thing&#8221;!<\/p>\n<p>Also, I&#8217;m taking part in the <a href=\"http:\/\/februaryflowers.blogspot.com\/\">February Flower Exchange<\/a>!  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