{"id":27818,"date":"2017-10-28T23:05:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-29T06:05:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=27818"},"modified":"2017-11-05T11:37:31","modified_gmt":"2017-11-05T18:37:31","slug":"busy-busy-busy-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=27818","title":{"rendered":"Busy Busy Busy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Up and at it early in the morning.\u00a0 Paul washed down the front yard to make ready for the visitors and all the pumpkin carving activities.\u00a0 We then put the final touches on the necessary pumpkin carving equipment\u00a0 prior to leaving for the Himalayan Grill. <a href=\"\/halloween\/2017\/2017-10-28-lunch\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Join the fun!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27819\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27819\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27819\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat-450x554.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"554\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat-450x554.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat-122x150.jpg 122w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat-244x300.jpg 244w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat-768x945.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-luisa-snapchat.jpg 899w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27819\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Luisa was pretty scary today!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Lunch was delightful although we swamped the kitchen so things came out in random order. It was fine as the food was excellent!\u00a0 Now, we headed to our home for the carving activities. <strong><a href=\"\/halloween\/2017\/2017-10-28-carving\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Join the fun!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>First things first&#8230; Cleaning out the pumpkins.\u00a0 This year, Paul got an idea&#8230; We tried a hand-mixer blade placed into a power drill.\u00a0 Dang, it worked.\u00a0 We cleaned up 15 of the pumpkins in just a few minutes!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27825\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-animated-cleaning-out-pumpkin.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27825\" class=\"wp-image-27825 size-large\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-animated-cleaning-out-pumpkin-450x450.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-animated-cleaning-out-pumpkin-450x450.gif 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-animated-cleaning-out-pumpkin-150x150.gif 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/pix-animated-cleaning-out-pumpkin-300x300.gif 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27825\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Looks easy! (Click to see it in action)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Paul tried the new approach first to make sure the blade and drill combo was &#8220;safe&#8221;. It really worked well! Nick watched with intense interest!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27822\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27822\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27822\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"Paul tries out the new technique\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-012.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27822\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkin Carving 10\/28\/2017<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Daddy needed some help so Lilly came to the rescue! It&#8217;s amazing how much a little three-year old learns about pumpkins!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27823\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27823\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27823\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics-450x381.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"381\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics-450x381.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics-768x649.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-027-comics.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27823\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lilly helps her daddy with the pumpkin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Where does one sit to see everything going on?\u00a0 Right in the middle of everything, obviously!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27824\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27824\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27824\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics-450x436.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"436\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics-450x436.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics-150x145.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics-300x291.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics-768x744.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-030-comics.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27824\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grandma Sue has the best seat in the house<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The results were magnificent!\u00a0 Works of art&#8230; Masterful creations&#8230; Worthy a museum display!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_27826\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-27826\" class=\"size-large wp-image-27826\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066-450x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2017\/10\/2017-10-28-pumpkin-carving-066.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-27826\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pumpkin Carving Is Tiring!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We went to Santa Ana Elks afterwords but we didn&#8217;t stay to long.\u00a0 We were pooped out!\u00a0 After coming home, we watched &#8220;Friends&#8221; and crashed about 12:30 PM.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Up and at it early in the morning.\u00a0 Paul washed down the front yard to make ready for the visitors and all the pumpkin carving activities.\u00a0 We then put the final touches on the necessary pumpkin carving equipment\u00a0 prior to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=27818\">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":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,5,24,17],"tags":[32,26,139,143],"class_list":["post-27818","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dancing","category-family","category-food-and-wine","category-friends","tag-celebration","tag-elks-lodge","tag-family","tag-friends"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27818"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27926,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27818\/revisions\/27926"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27818"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27818"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27818"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}