{"id":9233,"date":"2012-12-03T08:30:05","date_gmt":"2012-12-03T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9233"},"modified":"2012-12-03T08:33:35","modified_gmt":"2012-12-03T15:33:35","slug":"december-its-already-the-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9233","title":{"rendered":"December &#8211; it&#8217;s already the THIRD?!?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Things are so crazy &#8211; what December isn&#8217;t?! \u00c2\u00a0But this year I feel the the added responsibility of \u00c2\u00a0making sure my youngest understands the TRUE story of Christmas. \u00c2\u00a0Then I look at my todo list and ARGH!! \u00c2\u00a0Time is rushing by and there is SO much todo just today. \u00c2\u00a0But as I was perusing the December issue of The Old Schoolhouse \u00c2\u00a0I saw this article &#8211;<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><em>Keeping Christ in Christmas \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Being Organized Helps <\/em><\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\">By Malia Russell<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Cambria, serif;\"><span style=\"font-size: small;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehomeschoolmagazine-digital.com\/thehomeschoolmagazine\/201212#pg119\">http:\/\/www.thehomeschoolmagazine-digital.com\/thehomeschoolmagazine\/201212#pg119<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>I am definitely making time to read this one today!<\/p>\n<p>What are you doing to keep Christ in Christmas this year? \u00c2\u00a0How about teaching the young ones who are blasted with Santa via every media device out there!?! \u00c2\u00a0Any traditions to share?!<\/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=9233\" 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%3D9233&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2014%2F10%2Fcropped-poppy-150x150.jpg&#038;description=December%20-%20it%27s%20already%20the%20THIRD%3F%21%3F\" 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=9233\" data-text=\"December - it&#039;s already the THIRD?!?\" 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=\"December - it's already the THIRD?!?\" data-content=\"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9233\" 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=9233\" 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%20December%20-%20it%27s%20already%20the%20THIRD%3F%21%3F&body=http%3A%2F%2Fosbornz.net%2Famy%2F%3Fp%3D9233&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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