{"id":29190,"date":"2018-03-21T22:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-22T05:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=29190"},"modified":"2018-03-24T09:01:20","modified_gmt":"2018-03-24T16:01:20","slug":"the-week-is-half-way-gone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=29190","title":{"rendered":"The Week Is Half Way Gone!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Observation Of The Day:<\/strong>\u00a0 Man in a hot air balloon is lost over Iowa. He looks down and sees a farmer in the fields and shouts to him, where am I? The farmer looks back up and shouts back.<br \/>\nYou&#8217;re in a basket you dumb shit!<\/p>\n<p>We were up early today for some reason?\u00a0 Must be because it is Wednesday?\u00a0 Paul decided to go for a walk and listed to Rush while walking.\u00a0 Today it as 2 miles in almost an hour&#8230; Sue was hungry and Paul decided to shorten the trip by a little bit!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29195\" style=\"width: 326px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29195\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29195\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6-316x562.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"316\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6-316x562.png 316w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6-84x150.png 84w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6-169x300.png 169w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6-768x1366.png 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-6.png 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 316px) 100vw, 316px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29195\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Time for a walk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Along the walk Mother Nature just delights those who open their eyes to be beauty surrounding us!\u00a0 Bad new in the newspapers but wonderfully amazing news on the streets where we live!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29191\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29191\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29191\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2-450x410.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2-450x410.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2-300x273.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2-768x699.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-2.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29191\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beauty along the walk<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rossmoor (Los Alamitos) is quite conservative and patriotic&#8230; They are always many flags handing on display.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29192\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29192\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29192\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3-422x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3-422x562.jpg 422w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-3.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29192\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Love our hood&#8230; Quite patriotic<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So why Paul?\u00a0 The St. Patrick&#8217;s Day decorations are still around and Paul was thinking to himself, &#8220;Why would I go with a pot of gold?&#8221;.\u00a0 Assuming all the space in the pot was filled, the pot would hold 271.36 ounces of gold that would be worth $427,000 based on today&#8217;s prices of gold of around $1,575 an ounce. Of course, if you had just bought gold as an investment a few years ago, you also could have struck it rich.<\/p>\n<p>Ah ha&#8230; At a distance Paul spotted a suspicious black pot and thought, &#8220;At last, rich!&#8221;&#8230; After sneaking up on the pot (so as NOT to scare any Leprecahn&#8217;s) Paul discovered the pot contained a hose&#8230; Bummer!\u00a0 Not he has to mentally give back his new car and other goodies!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29193\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29193\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29193\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4-450x420.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4-450x420.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4-300x280.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4-768x716.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-4.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Leprecahn&#8217;s get a pot of gold&#8230; Paul finds a Pot of Hose!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the final lap,<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29194\" style=\"width: 432px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29194\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29194\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5-422x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"422\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5-422x562.jpg 422w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-21-5.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 422px) 100vw, 422px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29194\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Our kumquat tree is overloaded!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We had a wonderful lunch from the last of our left-overs before settling in for a couple of episodes of Grey&#8217;s Anatomy.\u00a0 About 3:00 PM we got cleaned up as we are going to\u00a0 Old Ranch while our cleaning folks are here.\u00a0 They were right on schedule arriving at 3:30 PM and departing at 5:00 PM.<\/p>\n<p>We returned home and got ready to go to Jan Mongels&#8217; tonight joining the Finch&#8217;s to celebrate Brian and Jan&#8217;s return to the US.\u00a0 We celebrate with champagne and pretzels.\u00a0 We are introducing them to alcohol-free champagne.\u00a0 We sat around from 6:00 PM to almost 11:00 PM just laughing and giggling about life!<\/p>\n<p>Brian always has a long story to tell and tonight we relived him breaking his back after falling from his patio 40 feet onto the ground below&#8230; It was NOT funny them but the story has a life of its own and has humorous sections new!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_29199\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-29199\" class=\"size-large wp-image-29199\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002-450x382.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"382\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002-450x382.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002-150x127.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002-300x254.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002-768x651.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2018\/03\/2018-03-17-starlighters-dinner-table02-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-29199\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great friend &#8211; Great fun!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We headed home and ran into some rain but not too bad.\u00a0 Arriving home at 11:30 PM we watched one more episode of Grey&#8217;s before crashing!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Observation Of The Day:\u00a0 Man in a hot air balloon is lost over Iowa. He looks down and sees a farmer in the fields and shouts to him, where am I? The farmer looks back up and shouts back. 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