{"id":9515,"date":"2013-01-10T14:29:23","date_gmt":"2013-01-10T21:29:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9515"},"modified":"2013-01-10T14:29:23","modified_gmt":"2013-01-10T21:29:23","slug":"day-4-of-being-a-real-sahm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/osbornz.net\/amy\/?p=9515","title":{"rendered":"Day 4 of being a Real SAHM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I don&#8217;t think I&#8217;m cut out for this! Yes, my house looks great. \u00c2\u00a0Yes, my laundry is all caught up. \u00c2\u00a0Yes, my meals are planned. \u00c2\u00a0Yes, my lesson plans are done and printed for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n<p>But I miss the crazy pace of my normal life! 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