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We woke up early because Mary had an appointment at 8:30 a.m.\u00a0 I dropped her off near Ralph’s Market in Villa Park and returned home to work on my chores.<\/p>\n
After returning home, I did some laundry, cleaned the kitchen, made the beds, and worked in the shop, but I failed to find my picture hanging box.\u00a0 Our TV Room picture on the wall is too low, and I wanted to raise it a bit.<\/p>\n
At 10:45, I returned to Mary, and we walked three doors down to Rockwell’s for a quick breakfast.\u00a0 As we were on a serious mission to lose weight, we shared a breakfast.<\/p>\n
During breakfast, we discussed the news!\u00a0 While it is undeniable that Trump is not a likable person (he is a jerk), his policies benefited the country.\u00a0 On the other hand, Biden lacks any rational policy and is destroying the country with his goofy, incoherent antics, such as allowing 100,000 illegals to enter our country every month.<\/p>\n
It seems obvious to vote for a candidate with the best policies rather than a smiling nincompoop who is being jerked left and left-er by people behind the curtain.\u00a0 Oh well, I can’t fix stupid!<\/p>\n
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Rockwell’s had festive decorations inside and outside the establishment.\u00a0 We enjoyed seeing them and decided to take a couple of photos.<\/p>\n
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Breakfast at Rockwell’s.<\/p><\/div>\n
We refrained from looking in the bakery display to avoid buying items that would set back our dietary goals; we know from experience. It’s hard to diet when your favorite exercise is chewing.<\/p>\n
We always have to remember,\u00a0\u00a0DIET translated means\u00a0Did I Eat That<\/i>?<\/p>\n All decorated up for the holiday!<\/p><\/div>\n Afterward, we went to Home Depot to do some shopping (it’s our favorite store), and we took a 45-minute walk inside the store.\u00a0 Walking after a meal is always good.\u00a0 We bought some LED lights for behind the TV, concrete mortar repair to fix some places in the backyard, liquid wood or wood putty to fix some minor termite damage, and new plants for the vertical garden.\u00a0 We explored the entire store.\u00a0 Dieting isn’t a piece of cake.<\/p>\n Christmas has arrived big time, and it isn’t even Halloween yet!\u00a0 Thank goodness they were not playing Christmas carols yet.<\/p>\n What does a ghost mom say when she gets in the car?\u00a0 Fasten your sheet-belts.<\/p>\n Home Depot is ready for Christmas.<\/p><\/div>\n Upon arriving home, we unloaded the car and quietly checked on the sleeping baby.\u00a0 He’s like Dakota – if a burglar ever broke in, they’d likely trip over him and pass out.<\/p>\n While I worked in the garden, Mary cooked her famous chili in the kitchen.\u00a0 I don’t know how she does it; no recipe goes to the frig, extracts whatever looks good, and into the crock pot, it goes!.<\/p>\n After dinner, we took a walk as it was getting dark.\u00a0 As we left the front yard, the staring eyeballs made us feel a bit creeped out. It’s a funny reminder for Dr. Mary!<\/p>\n May has eyeballs staring at you when you walk toward the front door.<\/p><\/div>\n Some houses in the neighborhood were dark, while others were decorated for the season.\u00a0 The house below had great lighting that changed colors every five seconds.<\/p>\n On our walk!<\/p><\/div>\n Our house is beautifully decorated for Halloween using LED lights controlled by an iPhone.\u00a0 The LEDs are permanently mounted under the eves, thus allowing us to change the house’s color with every holiday!<\/p>\n Home, sweet home!<\/p><\/div>\n With the iPhone in hand, we change the lights to any of 64,000,000 colors, and they can run, twinkle, pulse, and even react to music!<\/p>\n We may play Christmas carols this year and let the lights dance to the various songs!<\/p><\/div>\n We plan to do this walk at least twice daily after meals, meaning we will get 4,000+ steps (my stride) and probably 4,500 with Mary’s stride!\u00a0 We will NOT let the holiday festivities upset dietary goals; we are coming out ten pounds lower one way or another.<\/p>\n Our walk!<\/p><\/div>\n After returning home, we decided to watch a movie.\u00a0 While doing so, Mary folded some clothes from the dryer and also finished knitting a special creation for a loved one.\u00a0 We are excited to share pictures of the fantastic garment when the time comes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Did You Know?\u00a0 People who are super afraid on Friday the 13th might have a condition called triskaidekaphobia (pronounced trihs-keye-dek-uh-FOE-bee-uh), which is a fear of the number 13.\u00a0 (Any extreme or irrational fear of something is called a phobia).\u00a0 The … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2023\/10\/2023-10-13-003-650x488.jpg\")
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