{"id":56127,"date":"2021-09-02T16:15:53","date_gmt":"2021-09-02T23:15:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=56127"},"modified":"2021-09-05T09:39:54","modified_gmt":"2021-09-05T16:39:54","slug":"thursday-you-know-what-that-means","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=56127","title":{"rendered":"Thursday; You Know What That Means!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Happy Thursday! P.S. It\u2019s almost Friday!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Life is so very good!\u00a0 We awoke and headed to the swim spa at a bright and early 6:30 AM with our coffee in hand!\u00a0 We have a busy day planned, starting with walking Five Miles! During our walk we captured two interesting photos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56131\" style=\"width: 1652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56131\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56131\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1642\" height=\"2190\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1.jpg 1642w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-421x562.jpg 421w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday1-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1642px) 100vw, 1642px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56131\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We think he is giving us directions, to go back from whence you came!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We keep walking and more interesting things appear!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56140\" style=\"width: 1566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56140\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56140\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1556\" height=\"2075\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2.jpg 1556w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-421x562.jpg 421w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Neat idea! We may have to do something like that also!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After walking Five Miles, we decided we would get the fireplace in shape for the party!\u00a0 That starts with taking pictures of what we have, yuch!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56139\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56139\" class=\" wp-image-56139\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"543\" height=\"407\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday3.jpg 320w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday3-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday3-150x113.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are going to the fireplace store today!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Now it is off the &#8220;Girls Night Out,&#8221; and we never know who will be there! Today we had Bill, Will, George and of course Ronnie!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56136\" style=\"width: 1566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56136\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56136\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1556\" height=\"2075\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6.jpg 1556w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-421x562.jpg 421w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday6-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">George &#8216;splains things!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They made their decisions, and then we visited, telling stories about those things that never happened.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56137\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56137\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56137\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday5-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill and George placed their orders!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Ronnie popped over to get his dose of harassment from yours truly.\u00a0 He is ex-law enforcement and a very talented DJ, amongst other things.\u00a0\u00a0A day spent with friends is always a day well spent.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_56138\" style=\"width: 1566px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56138\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56138\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1556\" height=\"2075\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie.jpg 1556w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-421x562.jpg 421w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday4ronnie-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1556px) 100vw, 1556px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A good friend and fellow Elk, Ronnie!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today they had a rack of lamb on special, and they had only four left, so I put dibs on one, and we shared. A rack of lamb is the equivalent of a standing rib roast of beef. It is the portion from which rib chops are cut.<\/p>\n<p>I quote from a 1936 cookbook, <i>\u201cThat part of mutton called the rack&#8230;is cheap food. It is not more than four or five cents a pound; four pounds will make a dinner for six people&#8230;If your family be small, a rack of mutton will make you two dinners&#8230;.\u201d\u00a0 <\/i>I should have shown this to the chef!!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56135\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56135\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56135\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday7-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Elks Lodge has amazing food!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mary went for the sandwich, and we shared it!\u00a0 It was delicious!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56141\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56141\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56141\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday11-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rack of Lamb and it was fantastic!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We headed home via the fireplace store, and we were disappointed, so we will call our interior designer and get the heat turned up on this remodeling activity.\u00a0 \u00a0 In the afternoon, we were doing chores when the phone called, and it was Miss Vicky.\u00a0 She and Irene went to Roger&#8217;s Gardens and called to see if we were home.\u00a0 Indeed we were, and they visited for quite a while; it is ALWAYS pleasant to visit them!<\/p>\n<p>Remember, Friends, are gifts you give yourself!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56134\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56134\" class=\"size-full wp-image-56134\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-scaled.jpg 2560w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-450x337.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/thursday8-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-56134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We visited upstairs in the Ballroom!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We crashed and watched an adventure movie with Bruce Willis.\u00a0 Tomorrow Mary does NOT work, yeah!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy Thursday! P.S. It\u2019s almost Friday! Life is so very good!\u00a0 We awoke and headed to the swim spa at a bright and early 6:30 AM with our coffee in hand!\u00a0 We have a busy day planned, starting with walking &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=56127\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[227,17,230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56127","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dining-out","category-friends","category-working-around-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56127"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56127\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56148,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56127\/revisions\/56148"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}