{"id":37547,"date":"2019-05-02T23:16:11","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T06:16:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=37547"},"modified":"2019-05-03T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T00:59:42","slug":"we-wall-came-tumbling-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=37547","title":{"rendered":"We Wall Came Tumbling Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>If a cow laughed, would she spew milk out of her nose?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I admit, the title is a bit of an over statement.  It was not a wall, it was a patio&#8230;and, it did not tumble, it was removed in pieces.  Dramatics are gone, so is the patio!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Well, I recalled an old Laurel and Hardy movie where they strapped themselves to a house before working on the roof.  So I borrowed from them (not thinking about the fact they ended up handing form the eves upside-down) and tied my waist to a rope and the rope to the fireplace chimney! Hey, it worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37548\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-001-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>9:00 AM&#8230;How do iI get tot he top of the structure?<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I used the Makita 5&#8243; Circular Saw and made quick work of the remainders of the patio support structure.  Using a little high pressure hose action and it ;ooks almost new!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37549\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-003-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>11:00 AM Done!  With Page One!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The trees and pumpkins will get a little more sun now plus I will get some more light in my office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37551\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-004-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Easier to see the trees!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When the patio was done. we had lunch.  While Sue did the Taco Surf left-overs, I whipped up a batch of bacon, ham. and eggs!  Great way to reward myself for a job well done&#8230;and we did not have to call the paramedics once!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch I got a call from Joe, our son and WOW&#8230;what a nice surprise.  He got up extra early and procured six tickets to see the early Star Wars Land at Disneyland.  I was going to try but figured out it would be swamped!  Well, we are going with Amy, Joe, Charlier and Alex so I will make reservations at Catal for dinner! We are so looking forward to this event and getting together again!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37555\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2018-12-15-A-Christmas-Carol-005-comics-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>We are bless with a wonderful Son and amazing Daughter-In-Law!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>After lunch, a quick trip to the market and Alexa said it was time to go!  I listened to the Barr hearings and just can&#8217;t image how childish the Dumocrats are being&#8230; the socialists will do anything to anyone to get their way&#8230;they made fools out of themselves!  Lincoln was right!  Wake up America!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"900\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37552\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-005-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>Makes me so mad!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I loaded up the car and headed for home taking special care of certain groceries!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"564\" height=\"515\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37557\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-006.jpg 564w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-006-150x137.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-006-300x274.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-006-450x411.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><figcaption>Be safe little ones!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Short nap before heading to the Phoenix Club for dancing with friends.  We arrived and began to celebrate Nancy&#8217;s 86th birthday&#8230;Nancy and I danced and she can still dance my legs off!  Our same table has been reserved for almost two decades!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37558\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-007-422x562.jpg 422w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption>We have had this table for almost twenty years&#8230;creatures of habit, perhaps!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>It was Nine Karat Gold this evening.  We hire them for New Years Eve to play for us and one hundred of our closes friends and family.  Magnificent music and a funny group!  All old and quite conservative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37559\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-008-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Magnificent sounds!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We had a cheese stuffed pretzel and some wine between the dancing and sharing with our friends.  Finally around 9:30 PM we decided to head for home and what did we see&#8230;the Disneyland Fireworks peeeing at us as we crossed the bridge onto the 55 freeway!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37560\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009.jpg 900w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/2019-05-02-009-450x338.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>As we enter the Freeway, we spotted the Disneyland fireworks!  We watched them for the next twenty minutes as we drove the 55 and north on the 405.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Home was lite up all in red thanks to my new toy&#8230; Looked like a house if ill repute!  I quickly changed it to a soft golden glow as we we entered.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>16 million colors and warm to cool whites. LED life-span &#8211; 22.8 years (based on 3hrs\/day).  These puppies will be working when I am feeding the fish!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I sent one to our son-in-law in New Hampshire and told him to make it flas red or green depending upon the mood his is in when he comes home from work&#8230;we will see what happens!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-37567\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light.jpg 1200w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/05\/light-450x450.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption>We now have eight and four more on the way! Fun with light!<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>A little TV and when the Coo Coo Clock struck midnight, we hit the sack!  I guess that means all the coo coo&#8217;s went to bed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If a cow laughed, would she spew milk out of her nose? I admit, the title is a bit of an over statement. 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