{"id":57128,"date":"2021-10-14T07:34:38","date_gmt":"2021-10-14T14:34:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=57128"},"modified":"2021-10-15T07:05:46","modified_gmt":"2021-10-15T14:05:46","slug":"today-was-wild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=57128","title":{"rendered":"Today Was Wild! Contractors Coming Our Our Ears!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em>Why don&#8217;t witches ride their brooms when they&#8217;re angry?<\/em>\u00a0<em>They&#8217;re afraid of flying off the handle!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We were up at 5:00 AM!\u00a0 Yes, we woke up the roosters!\u00a0 Why?\u00a0 Miss Mary had to be at Denny&#8217;s in Huntington Beach at 7:00 AM to introduce her &#8220;replacement&#8221; in the Women&#8217;s Business Group.\u00a0 Mary is leaving the group soon, and she wanted her replacement to be represented in the group.\u00a0 So, a personal introduction was called for!<\/p>\n<p>Me?\u00a0 I was assigned to home duty this morning because we had contractors here all day!\u00a0 First came the mason who will rebuild the fireplace\/hearth, then the electrician, and finally the garage door opener wizard!<\/p>\n<p>I used my time to send out the invites for pumpkin carving last night.\u00a0 Now we will count the spooks that will be joining us this year!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57130\" style=\"width: 622px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57130\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57130\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"612\" height=\"468\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween1-1.jpg 612w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween1-1-150x115.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57130\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jack &#8216;O Lantern In Cemetery In Spooky Night With Full Moon<\/p><\/div>\n<p>While I was working in the office, I got an email from Colleen, and she included a movie about Mary and I dancing at a recent party!\u00a0 \u00a0We looked pretty good, considering everything!\u00a0 Thank you, Colleen, for the excellent video!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-57128-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dancing.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dancing.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/dancing.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>After opening up the wall, we found the flippers put plaster over the brick, which had to be taken down, piece by piece.\u00a0 The stack stone will be cemented to the old brick.\u00a0 We choose not to go with a veneer but opted for a manually stacked and individually laid set of stones. <span class=\"ILfuVd NA6bn\"><span class=\"hgKElc\">Mica is usually what makes the granite stones look beautiful by giving off a reflective three-dimensional appearance that sparkles.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57144\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57144\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57144\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1-650x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1-650x866.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs1.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The work begins!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Our electrician joined us at about 9:30 AM, and we traced the short to the circuit which lights the walkway lights.\u00a0 So now, I will troubleshoot that and attempt to find the specific point of the problem.\u00a0 Perhaps I can run another wire.\u00a0 I will call Joe to provide advice and see if he has a camera system.<\/p>\n<p>Then we were off to &#8220;Girls Night Out,&#8221; where our waitress for the past 18 months was on vacation, an Elk Cruise up the coast.\u00a0 We had a delicious meal with me doing in a swordfish and Mary enjoying a salad and cup of soup!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57138\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57138\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57138\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had a new waiter!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Bill was talking about investments, and his eyes get glued to the TV.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57139\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57139\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57139\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3-650x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3-650x866.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs3.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill was watching the stock market.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We returned home to find a lot of progress being made.\u00a0 The old plaster is being shipped off piece by piece, and the fireplace will be placed by stack stone using amazing granite from Idaho.<\/p>\n<p>You know that Stonemasons take their work for granite.\u00a0 Their work is genuinely marblelous.\u00a0 I mentioned to him if he knew the tile mason who was terrible at his job. He couldn&#8217;t get the right tile to use, and if he did, he could not lay it the correct way.\u00a0 He had erect tile dysfunction.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57140\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57140\" class=\"wp-image-57140 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs4-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are chipping away at the fireplace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Robin joined us for dinner and a sleepover.\u00a0 \u00a0Mary had made soup, and we added a salad and dined on the patio under the heat of the heat lamp.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57141\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57141\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57141\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5-650x866.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"866\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5-650x866.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs5.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dinner time<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The laughter and giggling went on for an hour.\u00a0 Great fun!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57142\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57142\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57142\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6-650x867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6-650x867.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs6.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Chomp!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Poppy was pooped tonight because I was up at 1:00 AM Tuesday to see Colleen off and then up at 4:00 AM yesterday to get Mary off to work by 6:00 AM!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57143\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57143\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57143\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7-650x867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7-650x867.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7-112x150.jpg 112w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/thurs7.jpg 1262w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying life<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We went over plans for pumpkin carving and it looks like the Linds are in along with the Duda&#8217;s plus the Chartier&#8217;s so far.\u00a0 We await answers from the northern OC contingent (Irene, Vicky, and Greg) plus the La Mirada Liles&#8217;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57152\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57152\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57152\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-girl-650x444.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"444\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-girl-650x444.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-girl-150x103.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-girl-768x525.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-girl.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary is excited about our second annuals pumpkin carving party!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had dessert and crashed at 9:30 PM.\u00a0 I was asleep before my head hit the pillow and stayed comatose until 3:00 AM when mother nature called!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Why don&#8217;t witches ride their brooms when they&#8217;re angry?\u00a0They&#8217;re afraid of flying off the handle! 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