{"id":45435,"date":"2020-05-14T17:17:25","date_gmt":"2020-05-15T00:17:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=45435"},"modified":"2020-05-14T22:22:32","modified_gmt":"2020-05-15T05:22:32","slug":"big-changes-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=45435","title":{"rendered":"Big Changes Today! I Hope I Did OK!"},"content":{"rendered":"

It takes strength to make your way through grief, to grab hold of life, and let it pull you forward – Patti Davis.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

We were playing golf in Sedona as we planned to stay a week and play various courses.\u00a0 It was HOT, well into the 100’s by the 15th hole.\u00a0 She never complained and just kept blasting that silly ball right down the center of the fairway.\u00a0 \u00a0She was my coach, not a job I would want to take on, and my biggest fan!\u00a0 Those many hundreds of hours playing with her will always live with me. I signed up as a golf member again at Old Ranch today, so I plan to start playing two days a week next week (Tuesdays & Thursdays), at least nine holes and eighteen as the weather warms up.\u00a0 Sue would be proud of me.\u00a0 I miss her so very much!<\/p>\n

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Golf was Sue’s favorite thing right after dancing!<\/p><\/div>\n

For the past 48 years, Sue had everything insured through Liberty Mutual, and so did I, but when I had her name removed from the auto policy, the cost went UP!!!\u00a0 I asked and got some severe mumbling, so I asked friends.\u00a0 When I said, I was paying $7,000\/year for both cars; they nearly passed out.\u00a0 So I called AAA and State Farm, both came in $4,000 less expensive.\u00a0 Command decision time, and I opted to cancel out Liberty Mutual and go with AAA. Between the house, cars, and umbrella policy, I saved close to $6,000\/year!\u00a0 Wow!\u00a0 I should mention that before I pulled the trigger, I called my financial advisor.\u00a0 He has been with me since the mid-1990s and saved the bacon more than once.<\/p>\n

Back to work, meaning, I had to go to Lowe’s for additional packing boxes.\u00a0 The hallway closet was in my sights today.\u00a0 I packed five large boxes with six electric\/heated blankets, 20 pool towels, eight afghans, 12 cubic-feet of towels, and a mess of table cloths and napkins.\u00a0 The closet is now almost empty!\u00a0 That closet has been packed for twenty years! Tomorrow’s decision is what to do with the boxes?<\/p>\n

Lunchtime and I went to the freezer and decided shrimp would be a super source of protein and few calories.\u00a0 I fixed some rice with some greens and had a meal fit for a king!<\/p>\n

Colleen got me some yeast, and it arrived today, so baking starts tomorrow morning.<\/p>\n

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The paper she packed the yeast in is worth more than yeast! I called Colleen to see if she wanted it back?<\/p><\/div>\n

At 6:00 PM, I needed to walk so down the street I strutted with crepe-paper dreamers tied to my hat so the cars would spot me as I crisscrossed through the hood.\u00a0 I heard some young ladies saying, “What is that moving so gracefully through the hood with the streamers?”\u00a0 I decided not to slow down because, at my speed, cameras just show a blur. I want to be known as the “Masked Streamer”.<\/p>\n

They did look at me a little funny but figured out it was because I was listening to 1950s music and I was singing. “…Dumb Dooby Dumb, Whoooo-Oh, Dum Dooby Dooby Dum, Whoooo-O (Come Go With Me)”.\u00a0 That wasn’t as bad as me singing to “Sways With A Wiggle When She Walks (What Is Love?).”\u00a0 \u00a0Listen below:<\/p>\n