{"id":100971,"date":"2026-10-09T11:33:03","date_gmt":"2026-10-09T18:33:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=100971"},"modified":"2026-10-10T15:28:40","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T22:28:40","slug":"friday-has-arrived-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=100971","title":{"rendered":"Friday Has Arrived!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Things are almost back to normal. We got up early, and I studied for my blood test, which is scheduled for 10:00 am. The allergy doctor wanted to draw blood, but when I gave him some paper and a handful of red Crayolas, he started talking to Mary instead<\/p>\n\n\n\n

9:35 am sharp, I commanded The Silver Fox to take us to the medical building, and he answered with two backfires and a forward jerk, lunging toward the 55 freeway at breakneck speed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the way home, we passed Target and picked up some allergy goodies. We then stopped by Trader Joe’s to eliminate their oversupply of “Four Buck Chuck.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally, we got home and rested. Mary started a pumpkin pie (from scratch) while I worked on the latest adventure website. Mary didn’t finish it before we had to leave, but it was “oven-ready”.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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At 5:00 pm, Robn and family came in, and we headed to OC Mining Company for a family hello\/goodbye dinner for Nick and Kayla. Michele and Franklyn joined us. The mining company is only about 1 1\/2 miles from our home.<\/p>\n\n\n

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When we arrived, they DID NOT have our reservation. After some detective work, we determined that when I called in the reservation, the clerk apparently put Thursday the 8th on it, not Friday the 9th. We were seated, as we are good customers!!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We waited in the bar for only a few minutes while they made adjustments<\/p>\n\n\n

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High on the hill overlooking Orange Ca<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We enjoyed being together as family; this group is “the wild bunch.” It is a country\/western facility, so everyone got dressed up as you can see below!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then there was us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We put away a whole parcel of vittles\u2014including two bottles of champagne and two of Chardonnay. Then we descended on dessert like a pack of pie-hungry bandits. Michele polished off the pie as if it had personally insulted her\u2014and there might never be pie again!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Michele returned some tools I loaded for her project, and Bob and Franklyn loaded them into the van!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Robin and crew came by, and we told them the pool was 83 degrees, which sent them on a mad rush to the bedrooms to change. We stayed up until past 11:00 pm swimming and making s’mores!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Bob was a little cold when he got out! We told him to wear swimming attire, but alas…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Kayla is an excellent chef!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n
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Paul, Nick, Bob, and Dr. Mary<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

We had a wonderful day with family!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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