{"id":24702,"date":"2017-01-24T23:26:41","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T06:26:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=24702"},"modified":"2017-03-15T09:00:31","modified_gmt":"2017-03-15T16:00:31","slug":"yeah-dry-day-sort-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=24702","title":{"rendered":"Yeah! Dry Day&#8230; Sort Of!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We stayed around the house today as it was cold outside.\u00a0 Paul checked the garden and it is doing well, in fact, it is salad time!\u00a0 After doing the treadmill and watching some TV, we got cleaned up and escaped the cabin!\u00a0 On our way out, Paul picked grapefruit and tangerines for our bartender!\u00a0 From one of the vantage points on the way to Old Ranch, we could see downtown the mountains and snow&#8230; wow!<\/p>\n<p>The following is NOT our picture but if we could drive the freeway to LA, this would be the view!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24713\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24713\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24713\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6-450x450.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-6.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We had a lot of rain and snow in the mountains<\/p><\/div>\n<p>First stop&#8230; Old Ranch.\u00a0 We met up with Bunnaford and had a drink sharing our innermost secrets&#8230; That took about three seconds!\u00a0\u00a0 We made arrangements for Chuck to use Old Ranch for his birthday celebration in August.\u00a0 We talked to Arturo and found out he likes sushi!\u00a0 We told him we knew a Mexican Sushi Chef and he did not believe us so next Wednesday we are taking him to Kobe Steakhouse to meet up with Manny!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24703\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24703\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24703\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1-450x338.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24703\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Ranch was flooded!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After that, we continued on to Patty&#8217;s Place to see Chuck and &#8220;the gang&#8221;.\u00a0 We had a Hot Toddy and a glass of wine.\u00a0 Hot Toddy&#8217;s are excellent for cold evenings.\u00a0 Chuck loved the gift bag of fruit and was happy for the Old Ranch arrangements!<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Did You Know?<\/strong> A &#8220;hot toddy&#8221;, also &#8220;hot to trot totty&#8221; and &#8220;hot tottie&#8221; as well as &#8220;hot whiskey&#8221; in Ireland and Scotland, is typically a mixed drink made of liquor and water with honey (or, in some recipes, sugar), herbs (such as tea) and spices, and served hot.\u00a0 Hot toddy recipes vary and are traditionally drunk before retiring for the night, or in wet or cold weather. Some believe the drink relieves the symptoms of the cold and flu \u2014 in How to Drink, Victoria Moore describes the drink as &#8220;the vitamin C for health, the honey to soothe, the alcohol to numb.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>After our Patty&#8217;s fix, we headed to Kobe Steakhouse for some sak\u00e9 and sushi plus Sue&#8217;s glass of wine.\u00a0 We visited Manny (Manuel) and made sure he was ready to tease Arturo next week!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_24704\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24704\" class=\"size-large wp-image-24704\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2-422x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2-422x562.jpg 422w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/01\/2017-01-25-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-24704\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying the fishies! Manny adds jalape\u00f1o to some of Paul&#8217;s selections!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Home again we are and we watched some TV before crashing at midnight.<\/p>\n<p>Puns Intended&#8230; Groaners Included<\/p>\n<p>1.\u00a0 Two antennas met on a roof, fell in love and got married.\u00a0 The ceremony wasn&#8217;t much, but the reception was excellent.<\/p>\n<p>2.\u00a0 A jumper cable walks into a bar.\u00a0 The bartender says, &#8220;I&#8217;ll serve you, but don&#8217;t start anything.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>3.\u00a0 Two peanuts walk into a bar, and one was a salted.<\/p>\n<p>4.\u00a0 A dyslexic man walked into a bra.<\/p>\n<p>5.\u00a0 A man walks into a bar with a slab of asphalt under his arm, and says: &#8220;A beer please, and one for the road.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>6.\u00a0 Two cannibals are eating a clown.\u00a0 One says to the other: &#8220;Does this taste funny to you?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>7.\u00a0 &#8220;Doc, I can&#8217;t stop singing The Green, Green Grass of Home.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;That sounds like Tom Jones Syndrome.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Is it common?&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;Well, It&#8217;s Not Unusual.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>8.\u00a0 Two cows are standing next to each other in a field.<br \/>\nDaisy says to Dolly, &#8220;I was artificially inseminated this morning.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;I don&#8217;t believe you,&#8221; says Dolly.<br \/>\n&#8220;It&#8217;s true; no bull!&#8221; exclaims Daisy..<\/p>\n<p>9.\u00a0 An invisible man marries an invisible woman.\u00a0 The kids were nothing to look at either.<\/p>\n<p>10.\u00a0 Deja Moo: The feeling that you&#8217;ve heard this bull before<\/p>\n<p>11.\u00a0 I went to buy some camouflage trousers the other day, but I couldn&#8217;t find any.<\/p>\n<p>12.\u00a0 A man woke up in a hospital after a serious accident.<br \/>\nHe shouted, &#8220;Doctor, doctor, I can&#8217;t feel my legs!&#8221;<br \/>\nThe doctor replied, &#8220;I know, I amputated your arms!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>13.\u00a0 I went to a seafood disco last week &#8230;\u00a0 and pulled a mussel.<\/p>\n<p>14.\u00a0 What do you call a fish with no eyes?\u00a0 A fsh.<\/p>\n<p>15.\u00a0 Two fish swim into a concrete wall.\u00a0 The one turns to the other and says, &#8220;Dam!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>16.\u00a0 Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, so they lit a fire in the craft.\u00a0 Not surprisingly it sank, proving once again that you can&#8217;t have your kayak and heat it too.<\/p>\n<p>17.\u00a0 A group of chess enthusiasts checked into a hotel, and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories.\u00a0 After about an hour, the manager came out of the office, and asked them to disperse.<br \/>\n&#8220;But why,&#8221; they asked, as they moved off..<br \/>\n&#8220;Because,&#8221; he said.\u00a0 &#8220;I can&#8217;t stand chess-nuts boasting in an open foyer.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>18.\u00a0 A woman has twins, and gives them up for adoption.\u00a0 One of them goes to a family in Egypt, and is named &#8216;Ahmal.&#8217; The other goes to a family in Spain; they name him &#8216;Juan.&#8217; Years later, Juan sends a picture of himself to his birth mother.\u00a0 Upon receiving the picture, she tells her husband that she wishes she also had a picture of Ahmal.\u00a0 Her husband responds, &#8220;They&#8217;re twins!\u00a0 If you&#8217;ve seen Juan, you&#8217;ve seen Ahmal.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>19.\u00a0 Mahatma Gandhi, as you know, walked barefoot most of the time, which produced an impressive set of calluses on his feet.\u00a0 He also ate very little, which made him rather frail and with his odd diet, he suffered from bad breath.\u00a0 This made him (oh, man, this is so bad, it&#8217;s good) &#8230;\u00a0 a super-calloused fragile mystic hexed by halitosis.<\/p>\n<p>20.\u00a0 A dwarf, who was a mystic, escaped from jail.\u00a0 The call went out that there was a small medium at large.<\/p>\n<p>21.\u00a0 And finally, there was the person who sent twenty different puns to his friends, with the hope that at least half of the puns would make them laugh.\u00a0 No pun in ten did.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We stayed around the house today as it was cold outside.\u00a0 Paul checked the garden and it is doing well, in fact, it is salad time!\u00a0 After doing the treadmill and watching some TV, we got cleaned up and escaped &hellip; 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