{"id":1751,"date":"2011-04-03T20:57:38","date_gmt":"2011-04-04T00:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1751"},"modified":"2011-04-03T20:57:38","modified_gmt":"2011-04-04T00:57:38","slug":"its-in-the-genes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/livinglovingbreathingboys.com\/?p=1751","title":{"rendered":"It’s in the Genes…"},"content":{"rendered":"

4 more sleeps!!!<\/strong><\/p>\n

Oh my goodness, I am so excited!<\/p>\n

The list of things to do is growing by the minute… which makes me even more anxious…<\/p>\n

There is laundry. \u00a0There is making all the arrangements \u00a0of care for the kids. \u00a0Then there is the stuff for the DWTS auction. \u00a0All weekend I dragged my sweet Sanj to various restaurants, as I solicited gift certificates for a package I am working on. \u00a0Imagine gift certificates for 10 family friendly restaurants. \u00a0This gift set may be called “Mom’s Night Off.” \u00a0I want it! \u00a0I was so grateful to all those that said yes… well so far every one said yes… which made my job much easier.<\/p>\n

I find myself holding my breath, after the ask, saying a quick prayer, “Please God, don’t let them say no, please.” \u00a0Then as they say let me get some thing together, I breathe.<\/p>\n

So as Sanj cringes as I ask… he hates this, yet he is chipping right in adding his encouragement for the manager\/owner to see the reasons to benefit. \u00a0Last night as we were out to dinner, he tells the following story… his reasoning as to why I am “good” at this.<\/p>\n

lol<\/p>\n

Really, as my brother says, “It’s in the genes!” \u00a0Now, this would definitely be much more enjoyable and easier for my kid brother… he was a natural even as a young kid.<\/p>\n

One summer my father heard of a way to earn a scholarship through the church. \u00a0The details are sketchy… but basically my dad saw it as a way to get tutition money… and with almost no effort from him.<\/p>\n

He made these apron thingies, with big pockets on the front and back… to hold the magazines we were to sell and then a place for the money.<\/p>\n

Then my dad dropped us off at the busiest intersection in downtown Dayton and left us there for hours, to sell these magazines. \u00a0The thing about the magazines is that they were older editions and they were religious ones to boot.<\/p>\n

So there we stood, the three of us, selling these silly magazines. \u00a0Most people, I am sure, felt sorry for us and just gave us the money, often saying, “Keep the magazine.”
\nMy dad would find various places and drop us off. \u00a0Some times in the evening we would be dropped of at apartment complexes.<\/p>\n

We would get in trouble if we didn’t sell a reasonable amount. \u00a0My youngest brother made the most… being little and cute and a born salesman. \u00a0We would divvy up our sales so that no one got into trouble.<\/p>\n

I hated doing this.<\/p>\n

Yet… we did make it… the amount to get one of the scholarships for the year.<\/p>\n

Crazy.<\/p>\n

That is why I never say no to kids that are selling something.<\/p>\n

No matter what they are selling.<\/p>\n

What a crazy life!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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