{"id":15894,"date":"2014-04-05T23:21:08","date_gmt":"2014-04-06T06:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=15894"},"modified":"2026-06-20T07:11:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T14:11:27","slug":"chores-fun-an-excellent-mix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=15894","title":{"rendered":"Chores & Fun… An Excellent Mix"},"content":{"rendered":"

You don’t choose your family. They are God’s gift to you, as you are to them. ~Desmond Tutu<\/strong><\/p>\n

We worked around the house all morning preparing for the influx of visitors starting next week! Having family and friends will be fun but we had loads of things to go get done. Sue prepared an amazing breakfast. Paul worked in the garden and brought in peas and small potatoes and through her magic we had a delicious breakfast! Potatoes are amazing when they are cooked a few hours old!<\/p>\n

We then watched a movie and did some treadmill before going to dinner and the theater. We met up with the Zaitz and Roberts at dinner and then headed across the street. Vicky and Del were supposed to join us but they didn’t…. They called Amy & Joe and surprised us! Darn near fell over. We had a great evening of Doo Wop…. Join the Fun<\/a><\/p>\n

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Vicky was at it again…. Could have knocked us over with a feather when we saw Amy & Joe<\/p><\/div>\n

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The Liles, Roberts, Zaitz, and Liles… They were surrounded<\/p><\/div>\n

We returned home and watched “Blue Bloods” before hitting the sack!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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