{"id":16182,"date":"2014-05-18T23:28:04","date_gmt":"2014-05-19T06:28:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=16182"},"modified":"2014-05-25T05:49:08","modified_gmt":"2014-05-25T12:49:08","slug":"saturday-was-busy-busy-with-the-gang","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=16182","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Was Busy Busy With The Gang"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let&#8217;s face it, friends make life a lot more fun.<br \/>\nCharles R. Swindoll<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We are in Catalina and what a day!\u00a0 Bob and Paul got up early and were captured by alien pirates and FORCED to go to breakfast at 6:30 and havint to eat large Denver Omelets.\u00a0\u00a0 We escaped and returned to the hotel meeting with our better halves when they decided it was time for breakfast&#8230;\u00a0 What could we do?<\/p>\n<p>We had another breakfast&#8230; It was two beers!\u00a0 Bob and I are champions, we had beer for breakfast!<\/p>\n<p>We then &#8220;played&#8221; golf with Hans, Ed and the Henke&#8217;s and Zaitz&#8217;&#8230; That there was a hoot!\u00a0 Kerstin was Hans&#8217;s caddy!\u00a0 She learned about &#8220;Swinging and Swearing&#8221;&#8230; Holly&#8217;s name for the game!\u00a0 <a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page6.htm\"><strong>Join us for the morning\/afternoon!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16189\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16189\" class=\"size-large wp-image-16189\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px-434x562.jpg\" alt=\"Now we get down to serious business... NOT!\" width=\"434\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px-434x562.jpg 434w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px-115x150.jpg 115w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_08-900px.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16189\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Now we get down to serious business&#8230; NOT!<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page6.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-16188 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_07-900px-434x562.jpg\" alt=\"Breakfast was a giggle fest\" width=\"434\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_07-900px-434x562.jpg 434w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_07-900px-115x150.jpg 115w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_07-900px-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_07-900px.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We returned to the hotel to go through our metamorphosis&#8230; From grubbies to gowns!\u00a0 We has a bit of wine before going to dinner&#8230; Glug glug burp! <a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page7.htm\"><strong>See the transformation take place!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16190\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page7.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16190\" class=\"wp-image-16190 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_10-900px-434x562.jpg\" alt=\"Magic occurs!\" width=\"434\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_10-900px-434x562.jpg 434w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_10-900px-115x150.jpg 115w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_10-900px-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_10-900px.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16190\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magic occurs!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To <a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page9.htm\"><strong>dinner at the Villa Portofino Ristorente<\/strong><\/a> and then <a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page10.htm\"><strong>off to the ball at the Casino<\/strong><\/a> for a great evening of dancing!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_16192\" style=\"width: 444px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"\/avalonball\/avalonball2014\/page10.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-16192\" class=\"wp-image-16192 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_11-900px-434x562.jpg\" alt=\"It;s magic at the ball!  The cock moved back seventy years!\" width=\"434\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_11-900px-434x562.jpg 434w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_11-900px-115x150.jpg 115w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_11-900px-231x300.jpg 231w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Page_11-900px.jpg 1275w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 434px) 100vw, 434px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-16192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It;s magic at the ball! The cock moved back seventy years!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I cannot even imagine where I would be today were it not for that handful of friends who have given me a heart full of joy. Let&#8217;s face it, friends make life a lot more fun. Charles R. 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