{"id":72594,"date":"2023-09-20T06:09:24","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T13:09:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=72594"},"modified":"2023-09-21T09:21:07","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:21:07","slug":"goodness-we-are-on-the-go-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=72594","title":{"rendered":"Goodness; We Are On The Go Again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-72596\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image005.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"601\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image005.png 602w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/image005-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We were moving at 5:30 am because we had to drop off the Silver Fox for his 40,000-mile service in Newport Beach at 8:30 am.\u00a0 We needed time to visit the garden, have our coffee, and clean the house before the house cleaners came to visit!\u00a0 Based on this mileage, the Fox puts on about 1,000 miles a month!\u00a0 I guess we are really on the go!<\/p>\n<p>We dropped the car at Tustin Lexus and reported the computer connector was not working.\u00a0 Everything else was already planned!\u00a0 They even changed the air in the tires.<\/p>\n<p>My wife had her driver&#8217;s test the other day.\u00a0 She got 8 out of 10.\u00a0 The other two guys jumped clear.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72607\" style=\"width: 611px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72607\" class=\"size-full wp-image-72607\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"601\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-245.jpg 601w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-245-150x93.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 601px) 100vw, 601px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72607\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We love our Lexus 350 Hybrid!\u00a0 (We get 45 miles per gallon!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I got gas for $1.39 today.\u00a0 Unfortunately, it was at Taco Bell.<\/p>\n<p>It was 9:00 am, and Mary&#8217;s doctor&#8217;s appointment wasn&#8217;t for two hours, so we went to Green Leaf restaurant in Newport near the corner of 17th and Westminister.\u00a0 We first went there when we were dating.\u00a0 The food was excellent.\u00a0 Mary did their egg sandwich special, I did the veggie burrito, and we shared a bagel and cream cheese.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72614\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72614\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72614\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-000-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72614\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We dined outside and watched the world go by!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My Vanna White impression!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72651\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72651\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72651\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-650x604.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-650x604.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-150x139.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-768x714.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-1536x1428.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-008-2048x1904.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72651\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vanna White, eat your heart out!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Since we had time, we walked about six blocks to assist in the digestion of a wonderful breakfast! We visited the doctor&#8217;s office, and everything was fine.\u00a0 As we departed, we heard Mr. Squirrel playing in the trees.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72616\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72616\" class=\"wp-image-72616 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-002-650x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"618\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-002-650x618.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-002-150x143.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-002-768x730.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72616\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">All he could say was, &#8220;Nuts!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What did the squirrel say when his tail got caught in the door? &#8230;It won\u2019t be long now!<\/p>\n<p>We visited the Lexus dealer located in Tustin and collected our Silver Fox.\u00a0 He looked great as he was serviced and given a bath!\u00a0 The car was in good condition, and the only issue was that the computer power port was malfunctioning, caused by spilled coffee.\u00a0 Even though it was not covered under warranty, they generously replaced it, and now Apple CarPlay is working again!<\/p>\n<p>Mary received a call from the local High School while waiting for me to checkout with the Lexus service department.\u00a0 They offered her a full-time teaching position in sports medicine. However, Mary declined the offer, stating that she would like to teach, but not on a full-time basis. The administrator agreed to meet her next week to discuss a possible arrangement. Mary has previously taught doctors at USC and UCI for twenty years, and she thinks it would be fun to teach for one day a week.<\/p>\n<p>Returning home, we put the Silver Fox down for his nap and took Mary&#8217;s Rocket to Michaels.\u00a0 We left a frame and a picture at Michael&#8217;s yesterday to get a glass and a backing, and they called this morning saying it was ready.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72617\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72617\" class=\"wp-image-72617 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003-650x581.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"581\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003-650x581.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003-150x134.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003-768x687.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72617\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Precious (a.k.a. The rocket) awaits to take us home at .99999 the speed of light!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Oh, meet Stanley, our firstborn.\u00a0 He was named after the founder of Princess Cruise Lines. Stanley B. McDonald was the founder of Princess Cruises, one of the largest cruise lines in the World.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72609\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72609\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-72609\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-650x527.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"527\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-650x527.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-150x122.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-768x623.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-1536x1246.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-001-2048x1661.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72609\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The baby gets his first drinking lesson!\u00a0 The question is now, who gets to burp him??<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At 3:00 pm, we had a long conversation with our financial and insurance advisors.\u00a0 We decided to merge our policies to save some money.\u00a0 The conversation lasted an hour, but the outcome was great.\u00a0 Marshall has been my financial advisor since 1995, and Mary has also been using him as a sounding board for her investments.<\/p>\n<p>Listen to some good advice; one of the only things Facebook is good for, as everything else is mostly nonsense!<\/p>\n<div class=\"center\">\n<div style=\"width: 360px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"center\" id=\"video-72594-1\" width=\"360\" height=\"640\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-003.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>We talked to Colleen for a while and have settled on a date for next year&#8217;s Caribbean adventure!\u00a0 Colleen and Mark will be joining us! It will be 16 days on one of the newest cruise ships, and it will sail around the Caribbean and go through the eastern locks of the Panama Canal and around Lake Gatun before exiting back into the Caribbean!<\/p>\n<p>As I approach eighty, I want to spend some quality time with our kids and get time to share.\u00a0 Like Robin and Bob, Colleen and MArk are just fun to be around!\u00a0 It keeps us young!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Introducing Enchanted Princess? | Princess Cruises\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/iCo7eoL7kDU?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>After her conversation with Colleen, Mary immediately went to the kitchen as it was almost 5:00 pm and we hadn&#8217;t eaten since 9:00 am. She had taken out a dozen chicken drumsticks, which were her favorite part of the chicken, to thaw. We coated them in breadcrumbs and arranged them in three baking dishes that we had preheated in the oven with two tablespoons of butter in each. After baking for thirty minutes on each side at 400 degrees, we had a delicious dinner fit for a king, and snacks for the next two days!<\/p>\n<p>I told Mary, &#8220;If you think your chicken coop is haunted, you better call the eggs-orcist!&#8221;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72619\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72619\" class=\"wp-image-72619 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-005-650x867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-005-650x867.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-005-113x150.jpg 113w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-005-768x1024.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-005.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72619\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The chef at work, but behind the scenes is the overworked sous-chef and bottle washer, me!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We watched an episode of Gunsmoke; Marshall Dillon befriends an outlaw, and because of a woman, he shoots someone and, in turn, gets shot!<\/p>\n<p>Fall is coming this Friday, but already the evenings are getting cooler!\u00a0 Scout and I took an amble in the backyard before going to bed; Scout needs his before-bed pee-pee!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72620\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72620\" class=\"wp-image-72620 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-006-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-006-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-006-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-006-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-006.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72620\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Moon was going down at 10:00 pm.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The house looks a little haunted these days, with ghosts, witches, and other goblins hanging everywhere.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_72621\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-72621\" class=\"wp-image-72621 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-007-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-007-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-007-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-007-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/2023-09-20-007.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-72621\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I&#8217;m just hanging around.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>What a day, just running around taking care of business with my best friend.\u00a0 We laugh, giggle, talk seriously, and hold hands all day.\u00a0 We are two lucky people finding each other &#8220;late&#8221; in life and enjoying each other&#8217;s company!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-72638\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-247-650x614.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"614\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-247-650x614.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-247-150x142.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/09\/pix-247.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We were moving at 5:30 am because we had to drop off the Silver Fox for his 40,000-mile service in Newport Beach at 8:30 am.\u00a0 We needed time to visit the garden, have our coffee, and clean the house before &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=72594\">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":[229,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking","category-just-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72594","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=72594"}],"version-history":[{"count":37,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72594\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":72652,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72594\/revisions\/72652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72594"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72594"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72594"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}