{"id":51699,"date":"2021-01-16T12:58:55","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T19:58:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51699"},"modified":"2021-01-19T17:41:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-20T00:41:18","slug":"another-busy-day-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51699","title":{"rendered":"Another Busy Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

A perfectionist walked into a bar…apparently, the bar wasn\u2019t set high enough.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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The Sun came up and I jumped out of bed and headed to Urgent Care to get tested for COVID-19.\u00a0 It took almost an hour and a half and it was so much fun.\u00a0 Wicked Wanda, the duty nurse, proved she could put two separate four-foot-long sticks up my nose, OUCH!<\/p>\n

After this medical experience, I needed some humor!\u00a0 What\u2019s it called when a hospital runs out of maternity nurses? A midwife crisis!<\/p>\n

Returning home, I gathered my tuxedo and all the hardware and headed for Mary’s.\u00a0 We are going to a birthday party\/dance tonight and the theme is the 1920’s.\u00a0 My tux will pass for a 1920s tux. I looked in the mirror and I could have passed for being born in the 1920s.<\/p>\n

Mary fixed breakfast and it was perfect.\u00a0 I reminded her that in the mornings, I become a cereal killer. On a serious note, and you don’t get those very often, Mary adds a secret ingredient into her cooking, it’s called LOVE!<\/p>\n

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Whipping up breakfast!<\/p><\/div>\n

I had biscuits and gravy along with Mary’s special “meatloaf cupcakes”.\u00a0 She puts meatloaf into a cupcake mold, tops it off with mashed potatoes, and then a dollop of cheese.\u00a0 Bake and “breakfast is served!”.\u00a0\u00a0What did Shakespeare have for breakfast?\u00a0 Hamlet!<\/p>\n

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Delicious!<\/p><\/div>\n

In the afternoon we finished off the Valentine’s Day tree and it looks pretty good.\u00a0 We also took off 35 lights that were dead and replaced them with a 200-light string.\u00a0 It’s pretty bright now!\u00a0 So bright that three ships ran aground in Long Beach harbor.\u00a0 I unplugged the tree three times and we got a return signal from Catalina.\u00a0 Did I mention when we turn in the tree, the lights in the neighborhood dim??<\/p>\n

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From across the room!<\/p><\/div>\n

Up close and personal the tree is loaded.<\/p>\n

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A closeup reveals more of the decorations.<\/p><\/div>\n

We had some time so we again sat and attempted to do the 1,000 piece puzzle.\u00a0 In the USA more people enjoy jigsaws each year than any other table game.\u00a0 Although it may seem odd, it will take you four times as long to do a 1,000 piece jigsaw as it will to do a 500 piece jigsaw.<\/p>\n

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We were both puzzled!<\/p><\/div>\n

At 5:00 PM we got cleaned up and dressed for the dance.\u00a0 My tux actually fit so I guess Christmas was not too bad on my weight.\u00a0 \u00a0We decided to do a selfie in front of the tree.\u00a0 NOTE TO SELF:\u00a0 Get longer arms!<\/p>\n

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Not too bad for 144 years old, say what?<\/p><\/div>\n

Off to Chino for a wild evening of dancing and celebrating. I told Mary that I take limbo dancing so seriously that I\u2019d bend over backward to win a competition.\u00a0 Then Mary fired back, “What sort of dancing do ducks like? The quackstep.”\u00a0 I have met my match!<\/p>\n

We danced and danced and danced since this will be my last dance for probably a month! My memory is coming back, slowly I might add, as I had some steps pop into my head as we went through the evening.<\/p>\n

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The regular lights came on so it was time to snap a few pictures.<\/p><\/div>\n

Time to sing Happy Birthday so Mary and I departed the premises because there were too many mirrors on the wall and with our voices, they were in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

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Happy Birthday Marcine<\/p><\/div>\n

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Then it happened, an announcement came over the loud speaker saying “The kissing lamp is lit!”\u00a0 Not wanting to make the announcer feel bad, I planted a big one on her.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>SMOOOOOOCH!<\/span><\/p>\n

My temperature shot up, I began to sweat, I panted twice, swooned, and fortunately, Bob and Donna had the number for 911 and called them!<\/p>\n

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We danced until 10:00 PM before heading home.\u00a0 It was a great evening.<\/p>\n

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