{"id":42058,"date":"2019-12-05T23:21:28","date_gmt":"2019-12-06T06:21:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=42058"},"modified":"2023-12-07T23:02:28","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T06:02:28","slug":"thursday-was-slow-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=42058","title":{"rendered":"Thursday Was Slow&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>I wasn&#8217;t planning on giving out any Christmas presents this year until I heard about those exploding Samsung phones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42065\" style=\"width: 1090px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42065\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42065\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1110\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy-292x300.jpg 292w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy-450x463.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy-146x150.jpg 146w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/toy-768x789.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42065\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Even though my folks were in their 50s as I grew up, they always had time for me!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Today was a flop!\u00a0 It rained a little, and then it got &#8220;warm,&#8221; and the sun showed up.\u00a0 \u00a0It was Robin&#8217;s birthday, but she had to work, and it was a high probability of rain, so we stayed home!<\/p>\n<p>In the late afternoon, we got ready to go to Jan&#8217;s home fr a Christmas Party.\u00a0 Everyone was supposed to bring an appetizer or a dessert, so we opted for sushi!\u00a0 We found a delightful Japanese restaurant about 3 miles from Jan&#8217;s house, so we ordered around noon and picked up everything about 5:00 PM.\u00a0 We specified six different but <span style=\"caret-color: #000000; color: #000000; font-family: -apple-system; font-size: 13.44px; white-space: normal; text-size-adjust: auto;\">thought-provoking<\/span> rolls.\u00a0 \u00a0Meet Mr. Dragon Roll:<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42061\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42061\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42061\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll.jpg 800w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll-450x450.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/dragon-roll-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42061\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">You could almost hear him roar!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The party was super, all of our friends from the Phoenix Club were there.\u00a0 It was like old-home week.\u00a0 <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2019\/2019-12-05-mongell\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Please visit the party on our website.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42062\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42062\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42062\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-05-christmas-mongell-026-768x614.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42062\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Christmas 2019 At Jan&#8217;s Place With Sam &amp; Brenda As Hosts<\/p><\/div>\n<p>People danced in Jan&#8217;s studio, above the garage, and we all had a wonderful time!<\/p>\n<p>We had so much fun and we even &#8220;sang&#8221; Christmas songs.\u00a0 Donna led the group attempting to remember the Chipmunk Song.\u00a0 WARNING: Ear plus are strongly suggested!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-42058-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas2019\/2019-12-05-mongell\/movie-donna-sings.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas2019\/2019-12-05-mongell\/movie-donna-sings.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas2019\/2019-12-05-mongell\/movie-donna-sings.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>The howling awoke the neighbor&#8217;s dog, and the police showed up immediately after that.\u00a0I was kidding, no cops!<\/p>\n<p>After this incident, Jan went to her baby grand piano, and real caroling began, that was much better.\u00a0 Visit the website to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2019\/2019-12-05-mongell\/index.htm#goodcaroling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">listen to the excellent caroling<\/a><\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p>Returning home, we watched a Christmas movie that took us until midnight, and we crashed.\u00a0 No tookies tonight, our tummies were stuffed!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I wasn&#8217;t planning on giving out any Christmas presents this year until I heard about those exploding Samsung phones. 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