{"id":707,"date":"2007-08-30T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2007-08-30T18:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=707"},"modified":"2007-08-30T11:45:07","modified_gmt":"2007-08-30T18:45:07","slug":"excuse-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=707","title":{"rendered":"Excuse me?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.homeschoolblogger.com\/j2of4\/\" target=\"_blank\">Today was a Big Day for J2<\/a>!<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\">I created this challenge for him 2 weeks ago.  And for two weeks I&#8217;ve encouraged him and challenged him, hugged him, prodded him, nagged him  &#8230;. but mainly I&#8217;ve encouraged him.<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"> So, what is his first reaction to meeting the challenge?  &#8220;<em>I TOLD YOU I COULD DO IT!<\/em>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p align=\"left\"><strong><em>EXCUSE ME?!?!<\/em><\/strong>  No, you did not!  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