{"id":81049,"date":"2024-07-08T08:00:10","date_gmt":"2024-07-08T15:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=81049"},"modified":"2024-07-09T20:19:01","modified_gmt":"2024-07-10T03:19:01","slug":"monday-t-minus-six","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=81049","title":{"rendered":"Monday, T-Minus Six!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"1948 HITS ARCHIVE: On A Slow Boat To China - Kay Kyser (Harry Babbitt &amp; Gloria Wood, vocal)\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/QhMVtDI4o8s?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><br \/>\nWe are packing and getting ready to go!\u00a0 But first, the garden needs some TLC.\u00a0 We walked into the garden for a few minutes and then headed to the gym to get our muscles pulled, pinched, poked, constricted, contracted, pressed, squeezed, strangled, strangulated, and otherwise molested!\u00a0 We walk into the gym feeling 50% and exit between -50% and -80%.<\/p>\n<p>We ran into Marilyn Bailey at the gym, and she&#8217;s been a regular there for over twenty years. We complimented her on her excellent recommendation for Indian food and promised to go for dinner together when we returned from vacation.<\/p>\n<p>After getting beaten up by our personal trainers, we hit Home Depot for some much-needed veggies to cover up the mess we made, trying to yank out the worn-out plants. Then we hightailed it back home.<\/p>\n<p>With all the hauling we do, I mentioned to Mary we might need to get a small truck.\u00a0 We then saw a sign and almost stopped.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81053\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81053\" class=\"wp-image-81053 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-002-650x880.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"880\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-002-650x880.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-002-111x150.jpg 111w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-002-768x1039.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81053\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We need more parts, like a turbocharger and a giant spoiler for extra speed. Oh, and a cup holder for those all-important refreshment breaks. Let&#8217;s pimp our new ride!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>When we returned home, Scout was watching the house from his vantage point at the junction of all the hallways.\u00a0 From this select spot, he could see all entrances to the house, which meant we had to step over him no matter where we needed to go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81054\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81054\" class=\"wp-image-81054 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-003-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-003-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-003-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-003-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81054\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">He is getting his beauty sleep!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We worked in the garden until 3:00 p.m. when it got too hot! We planted everything and put up two more rabbit fences. We thought the wascally wabbits were gone, but they got after our new cantaloupes!<\/p>\n<p>After dinner, we decided to be fancy and checked the pool temperature. To our surprise, it was a toasty 90 degrees, courtesy of ol&#8217; Saul.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81057\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81057\" class=\"wp-image-81057 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-007-650x488.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-007-650x488.png 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-007-150x113.png 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-007-768x576.png 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-007.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our new wubber duck confirmed the temperature; it&#8217;s a go!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We hunted around, found two plastic glasses (classy, I know), and filled them with &#8220;Kendall-Jackson Grand Reserve Chardonnay White Wine,&#8221; Robin&#8217;s absolute fave. We took a sip, looked at each other, and both went, &#8220;Pa-tooey!&#8221; We&#8217;re more suited to Charles Schwab, a.k.a. &#8220;Two Buck Chuck!&#8221; Who needs fancy when you&#8217;ve got flavor, right?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81055\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81055\" class=\"wp-image-81055 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-004-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-004-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-004-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-004-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-004.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It was so inviting!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were in the water for so long that we turned into human raisins! We decided to call Dianne and Robin using Alexa video on the iPhone. We made sure to keep the camera angle high to spare them from the sight of our &#8220;raisin&#8221; transformation. After all, we didn&#8217;t want to scare away our friends with our new wrinkly look!?<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81056\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81056\" class=\"wp-image-81056 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-006-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-006-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-006-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-006-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-006.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary is a &#8220;cheap date&#8221;. Put her in the pool with a plastic skimmer net, and she will stay occupied for hours.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Mary also does tricks because I looked at her and yelled, &#8220;Prepare the boat for diving&#8230; dive&#8230; dive!&#8221;\u00a0 Sure enough:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81062\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81062\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81062\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-011-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-011-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-011-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-011-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-011.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What can I say??<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The temperature outside was still in the 80s, so we lit up the firepit, which is now an easy job!\u00a0 We turned the valve and lit the match; whoooooof!\u00a0 Flames shot into the air thirty feet, singing the behinds of birds passing overhead!\u00a0 Mary pointed and yelled, &#8220;Take that, you crispy critter!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Within a few minutes, we were toasty! We thought about marshmallows, but with the cruise just days away, we&#8217;re channeling our inner mermaids and shunning any excess calories. Make room for the cruise ship&#8217;s tropical drinks and endless buffets!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81058\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81058\" class=\"wp-image-81058 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-008-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-008-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-008-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-008-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-008.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Toasty toes!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t resist taking a snapshot of my very own mermaid. She looks stunning when soaked \u2013 don&#8217;t ask her if she wants a snack, or she might order some sardines.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81059\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81059\" class=\"wp-image-81059 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-009-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-009-650x488.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-009-150x113.jpg 150w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-009-768x576.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-009.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;This is the life!!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have been in the house for three years now, and Mary has transformed it into a beautiful home with unforgettable memories and many future activities.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81060\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81060\" class=\"wp-image-81060 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010-650x1155.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"1155\" srcset=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010-650x1155.jpg 650w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010-84x150.jpg 84w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010-768x1364.jpg 768w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010-865x1536.jpg 865w, http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2024-07-08-010.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As I often say, I am so fortunate!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are packing and getting ready to go!\u00a0 But first, the garden needs some TLC.\u00a0 We walked into the garden for a few minutes and then headed to the gym to get our muscles pulled, pinched, poked, constricted, contracted, pressed, &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=81049\">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":[16,250,184,230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-81049","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gardening","category-gym","category-just-us","category-working-around-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81049","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=81049"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81049\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81064,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/81049\/revisions\/81064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=81049"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=81049"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=81049"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}