{"id":45508,"date":"2020-05-17T17:39:46","date_gmt":"2020-05-18T00:39:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=45508"},"modified":"2020-05-18T10:19:16","modified_gmt":"2020-05-18T17:19:16","slug":"sunday-has-arriven-time-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=45508","title":{"rendered":"Sunday Has Arriven! Time To Visit!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0Your life was a blessing, your memory a treasure, you are loved beyond words, and missed beyond measure!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

If life handed her lemons, she made lemonade.\u00a0 We were planning to go to Catalina today, but after waiting on the dock for almost an hour, we found out the boat’s engines had gone kaput.\u00a0 What to do?\u00a0 Without hesitation, Sue said, “Into the cars, we are heading to George’s Greek Cafe,” and we had a superb lunch with Mike, Irene, Ghislaine, and Wally.\u00a0 Sue was always positive, making life such a joy!\u00a0 Even in her last days, she was positive, not complaining, just “Sue”.\u00a0 There are days I wonder if I can keep going without her gentle nudges in the right rib-cage (inside joke).\u00a0 I love you, sweetheart!<\/p>\n

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The 7\/25\/2017 ‘Water Taxi’ That Wasn’t – It got canceled!\u00a0 Mike & Sue shared a salad at George’s Greek Restaurant in Long Beach.<\/p><\/div>\n

Up at 6:00 AM and ready to face the day, but first, I make the trek to the lying machine (commonly called the bathroom scale).\u00a0 Today he pronounced 194.8 pounds! Wow!\u00a0 I did my morning cup of coffee, walked around the house doing my inspection, and then had breakfast, which consisted of a vegetarian tamale.<\/p>\n

I read the newspaper this morning and found a couple of goodies to share!<\/p>\n

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For those of you who always listen to CNN!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Oh dear, the dino’s will now be complaining!<\/p><\/div>\n

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Probably something I would have said at work only I would NOT report myself, I’d laugh and giggle!<\/p><\/div>\n

I called Colleen to check-in, and while talking, I remembered she sent me current pictures of my two GREAT grandbabies, Logann and Calhan!\u00a0 Yes, I am a great grandfather.\u00a0 A good looking group, if I don’t say so myself.\u00a0 I get to talk to them 2-3 times a week, and they call me Grand Pop-Pop!\u00a0 I am beginning to understand Logann and Calhan is just a lot of fun (but I am glad they stay with Colleen and not me, they have way too much energy).<\/p>\n

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Logann and Calhan<\/p><\/div>\n

To the market, as I needed a few minor things like Saran Wrap and two birthday cards.\u00a0 It was a quick trip taking all of about 15 minutes. As soon as I got home, I started a loaf of bread. I decided to go with my standard recipe, but I put in extra sharp cheddar cheese.\u00a0 Today, I’m going to turn up the heat to 425\u00b0 to see if I can improve the crust.<\/p>\n

I whipped up a vegetarian tamale for a quick lunch.\u00a0 I knew Vicky was going to be serving some goodies at her place so I ate lightly.\u00a0 I hope it pays off tomorrow morning when I face the “lying machine”.<\/p>\n

I quickly set up the front patio for guests, washed down, and then jumped in the shower. We started the visit at my house as Vicky’s grandbabies were napping.\u00a0 When they came up for air, Vickey texted me, and we went into the maze, and all of us visited.<\/p>\n

Craig and I had a strawberry margarita, which is an excellent drink on a warm afternoon.\u00a0 It was precisely 82 degrees under the umbrella, but we had the ocean breeze.\u00a0 I love living near the beach.\u00a0 Craig and I are assisting the U.S. in being the number one tequila market\u2014larger and more important than Mexico.<\/p>\n

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We were just visiting and swapping stories.<\/p><\/div>\n

Vicky texted her grandbabies were awake, so we all wandered over next door.\u00a0 We entered “The Maze,” which is a Vicky-designed four separate compartment visiting booth!\u00a0 The four areas are all separated by a floor-to-ceiling heavyweight shower curtain.\u00a0 NO germs are going to get through these puppies!<\/p>\n

Marianne was conducting interviews finding out about people; I thought it quite entertaining.\u00a0 We know these people quite well, but still, we find out things like Marcia being in the mathematics branch of a medical research company before starting her family and Vicky dining on cooked calf’s heads.<\/p>\n

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Behind the shower curtain, Crag and Marianne visit with everyone.<\/p><\/div>\n

You can’t see Ed Roberts but he is in the corner (not wearing a dunce cap this time) listening in and sharing stories.<\/p>\n

Vicky took pictures moving people to the yard so they would not be seen through the plastic.\u00a0 Ed was with us today, but he stayed put in his private cubicle.<\/p>\n

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We chattered until almost 4:00 PM, a pleasant visit.<\/p><\/div>\n

Time for a walk, so I started north and stopped as I saw that some of my artichokes have gone to flowers.\u00a0 I was not fast enough, so I will pick the remainders today and cook them up in the Instapot.<\/p>\n

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Artichoke Fun Facts: <\/b>The globe artichoke (Cynara cardunculus var. scolymus) is a variety of a species of thistle cultivated as a food. The edible portion of the plant consists of the flower buds before the flowers come into bloom.<\/p>\n