{"id":57463,"date":"2021-10-25T06:07:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-25T13:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=57463"},"modified":"2021-10-26T12:05:10","modified_gmt":"2021-10-26T19:05:10","slug":"monday-is-here-and-mama-is-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=57463","title":{"rendered":"Monday Is Here And Mama Is Home!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>It&#8217;s as much fun to scare as to be scared.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s Monday so here is another of my favorite songs from the 1950s.\u00a0 It is beautiful!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Doris Day sings &quot;Secret Love&quot; (HD unedited)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/H8P_p7dB2dw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>We had a small breakfast and then headed to the &#8220;local&#8221; Korean Market to get a stash of Lychees for tonight&#8217;s dinner as well as Saturday&#8217;s carving activities.\u00a0 After all, a good eye doctor needs to keep in price! Busy day for us, but that seems to be the norm.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57487\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57487\" class=\"size-full wp-image-57487\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-funny1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"521\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-funny1.jpg 450w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/halloween-funny1-130x150.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57487\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dang, I hate that when it happens!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The weather forecast was calling for rain, and it was a dreary day, but we threw caution to the wind and went to a second market to get supplies.\u00a0 Well, the weatherman was quite right!\u00a0 It began to rain at 2:00 PM, and we got wet!\u00a0 We got six more pumpkins for the carving activities, plus other goodies.<\/p>\n<p>I slipped on a pumpkin when loading the car. It caught me off gourd.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What kind of alley does a ghost prefer to haunt? A dead end.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Why wasn&#8217;t the vampire working? He was on his coffin break.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What&#8217;s a ghosts favorite ride at the carnival? The roller ghoster<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>What did the mother ghost say to the baby ghost? Fasten your sheet belt.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_57465\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57465\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57465\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday1-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was pouring rain when we returned to the car!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We invited Karen and Nicole over for dinner, and I BBQ&#8217;ed steaks in the rain; well, heavy mist!<\/p>\n<p>Before they arrived, I got a doorbell ring, and it was the poor old Amazon driver asking me what the heck was in the boxes, bricks! I thought he was going to strangle me! I had to tell him, &#8220;Yes, they were bricks.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>It was 4:00 PM, and I quickly, like a bunny, unleaded twelve bricks and placed them in the bottom of the fireplace, and plumbed in the gas line.\u00a0 I unloaded the sand into the burner tray and restacked the logs.<\/p>\n<p>Then I put in 20 pounds of lava rocks around the sides of the fire pan and lit the sucker off!\u00a0 We have fire! A beautiful fire.\u00a0 Tomorrow morning I will put in the embers, and we will be good to go!<\/p>\n<p>I did tell Mary, &#8220;Take a nap in a fireplace and you&#8217;ll sleep like a log.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57472\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57472\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57472\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday5-2-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had a fire!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Nicole and Karen were right on time, so Mary served up eyeballs for an appetizer as I lit off the BBQ.\u00a0 Within a few minutes, the steaks were coming along nicely.\u00a0 I admit I did burn one a bit as it was the first time with the new burners.\u00a0 It worked out fine!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57466\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57466\" class=\"wp-image-57466 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday2-1-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday2-1-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday2-1-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday2-1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We dug out our red wine supply and made sure our guests were never with an empty glass.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hubby was working late tonight, so he did not join us; I had purple gin ready to go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57469\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57469\" class=\"wp-image-57469 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday4-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We dined in style! Steak, potatoes, salad, and my special apple delight for dessert!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The fireplace came out looking good!\u00a0 Tomorrow I will find a remote valve and a way to control it via Alexa and my phone; hey, I got to keep Alexa busy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57473\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57473\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57473\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-650x487.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"487\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-650x487.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-150x112.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday6-1-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We love the new fireplace.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The ember materials need to be shredded and stuffed into the fire-pam on top of the sand.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_57474\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-57474\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-57474\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday7-1-650x608.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday7-1-650x608.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday7-1-150x140.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday7-1-768x718.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday7-1.jpg 971w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-57474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I installed the ember material, which worked out swell.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The poor driver had to lug twelve of these puppies to the front door!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-57475\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday8-1-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday8-1-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday8-1-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday8-1-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/10\/monday8-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We crashed after doing the post-dinner cleanup, and I need to say I did NOT get to see all of Goosebumps yet.\u00a0 I swear tomorrow afternoon I will watch it standing up drinking hot coffee.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s as much fun to scare as to be scared. 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