{"id":29179,"date":"2018-03-20T07:45:36","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:45:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=29179"},"modified":"2018-03-21T18:18:50","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T01:18:50","slug":"its-finally-st-patricks-day-at-our-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=29179","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s Finally St. Patrick&#8217;s Day At Our House!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Man in a hot air balloon is lost over Iowa. He looks down and sees a farmer in the fields and shouts to him, where am I? The farmer looks back up and shouts back. You&#8217;re in a basket you dumb shit!<\/p>\n<p>Paul hit the road walking and has completed 133 miles this year so far this year \u00a0 Not too bad for an ol&#8217; fart!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29186\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29186\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29186\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes-450x445.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"445\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes-450x445.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes-150x148.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes-300x297.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/old-man-quotes.jpg 467w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Minion speaks the truth!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had breakfast finishing off all the remaining left-overs in the frig. Yeah, we can go out to eat again!<\/p>\n<p>Perhaps Chinese this week?\u00a0 Oops, we forgot&#8230; Paul&#8217;s old saying always haunts us: &#8220;I do not sew with a fork, and I see no reason why I should eat with knitting needles.&#8221;\u00a0 However, it is a well known fact that if you eat anything with chopsticks, there are no calories to be had!\u00a0 We find ourselves in a dilemma which is like a DeSoto, only different!<\/p>\n<p>Upon returning to our little home from the walk, Sue O&#8217;Liles had the fixins out for a St. Patrick&#8217;s Day meal!\u00a0 We had 10 pounds of corned beef and fresh cabbage from our garden, just picked this morning!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29182\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corned-beef.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29182\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29182\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corned-beef-450x290.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"290\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corned-beef.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corned-beef-150x97.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/corned-beef-300x193.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29182\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The corned beef was really really fresh!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had two pots of corned beef going, a mix of potatoes from the market and from our garden plus the cabbage.\u00a0 It was a veritable steam bath of delightful smells and the expectations were running rampant!\u00a0 We get to be Irish in a couple of hours!<\/p>\n<p>We sat down to what some late afternoon TV before going to the kitchen to check on dinner.\u00a0 Finally at 7:00 PM we could not wait, out came the meal!\u00a0 Sue doesn&#8217;t eat meat so poor ol&#8217; Paul was FORCED to munch on the corned beef and it was FANTASTIC.<\/p>\n<p>We talked about work a little remembering what it was like eleven years ago. Sue asked the question: &#8220;Who was the only person who got his work done by Friday?&#8221;\u00a0 Paul, without batting an eye, responded &#8220;Robinson Crusoe&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>We watched TV and finally crashed about 11:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Man in a hot air balloon is lost over Iowa. He looks down and sees a farmer in the fields and shouts to him, where am I? The farmer looks back up and shouts back. 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