{"id":42352,"date":"2019-12-23T08:57:26","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T15:57:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=42352"},"modified":"2019-12-24T05:12:48","modified_gmt":"2019-12-24T12:12:48","slug":"its-the-day-before-the-day-before-and-all-through-the-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=42352","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s The Day Before The Day Before And All Through The House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cA Christmas shopper\u2019s complaint is one of long-standing.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-42358\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"1477\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1.jpg 1125w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1-229x300.jpg 229w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1-428x562.jpg 428w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1-114x150.jpg 114w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/gm-balls-1-768x1008.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1125px) 100vw, 1125px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Papa is gettin&#8217; excited.\u00a0 One more day, and we are off to Disneyland for Sue&#8217;s 56th consecutive Christmas Eve visit.\u00a0 We love it when we are away and feel secure because four of our neighbors are peace officers, and we always notify each other when we leave the house for an extended period! Thank you, Donny, Del, Vicky, and Jack!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42355\" style=\"width: 1880px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42355\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42355\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1870\" height=\"2048\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1.jpg 1870w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1-274x300.jpg 274w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1-450x493.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1-137x150.jpg 137w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1-768x841.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/cup-1-1403x1536.jpg 1403w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1870px) 100vw, 1870px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42355\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Amy&#8217;s cup arrived today; we will give it to her Christmas Day when we see them! (Sorry, Joe!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We finished off the Topper&#8217;s Friday Night Mistletoe Ball website early this morning. <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/toppers\/toppers_2019_1220\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Please visit and watch the fun we had Friday night!<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It takes a couple of days to get the website&#8217;s pages ready as one must a) extract the images from the cameras, b) process the raw photos in Lightroom (crop, color adjust, fix bad spots, and add metadata to the selected photos).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Then the un-populated web pages are generated, images applied to the appropriate pages, captions get added, and navigation between pages get made.\u00a0 I guess that each dance required about 6-8 hours of post-dance effort to get them ready to go!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42357\" style=\"width: 1032px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42357\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42357\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1022\" height=\"797\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed.jpg 1022w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed-300x234.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed-450x351.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed-150x117.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/2019-12-20-toppers-post-dinner-101_framed-768x599.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1022px) 100vw, 1022px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42357\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Oops, sometimes we add frames to the pictures!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We decided to eat out today, and Italian came to the front of the wish list, so A&#8217;Roma, here we come!\u00a0 I tried to be calorie-careful by having a Ceasar salad and a bowl of soup, but when Sue commented, the pizza was spicey, and I could not help myself.\u00a0 It took me two pieces to make sure she was correct.<\/p>\n<p>When the waitress came by, I asked if the chef was Mexican, and she confirmed my suspicions.\u00a0 COmplements to the chef, the pizza was fantastic!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42361\" style=\"width: 1761px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42361\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1751\" height=\"1402\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma.jpg 1751w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma-450x360.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma-150x120.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma-768x615.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/aroma-1536x1230.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1751px) 100vw, 1751px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We took enough home for the next several days!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We tried to come directly home, but the Silver Ghost was having none of it; he had a mind of his own.\u00a0 We could not determine what the car was doing until we turned onto Katella right by the racetrack, and to our surprise, Coldstone Creamery was directly ahead.\u00a0 Yes, we further destroyed any possibility of a reduced-calorie day when we made our selection of ice cream!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_42370\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-42370\" class=\"size-full wp-image-42370\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"420\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone.jpg 700w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone-450x270.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2019\/12\/coldstone-150x90.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-42370\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We are weak when it comes to dessert!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So after a full load of great Italian food and a super dessert, the next thing on the calendar was a nap!\u00a0 Sue slept until almost 7:00 PM, and I maintained an eyes-closed configuration until 5:45 PM.\u00a0 An extra bit of shut-eye is warranted as tomorrow is the annual visit to Disneyland, Sue&#8217;s 56th consecutive Christmas Eve visit!<\/p>\n<p>We watched a Christmas movie before crashing, and it was called &#8220;Christmas Inheritance.&#8221;\u00a0 Summary: Before ambitious heiress, Ellen Langford can inherit her father&#8217;s business, she must deliver a special Christmas card to her dad&#8217;s former partner in Snow Falls. When a snowstorm strands her at the town inn, she discovers the real gift of Christmas.<\/p>\n<p>It was a cute movie, much like a Hallmark presentation. We both enjoyed her transition from an airhead to a caring individual, and of course, falling in love over three days!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We crashed at 10:30 PM as tomorrow is the big day; Sue&#8217;s 56th year at Disneyland for Christmas Eve, and we are going with the Lind family, the Duda&#8217;s, and the Adams!\u00a0 Next year we are going for the tri-familalong and have Joe and Amy and their family join us!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cA Christmas shopper\u2019s complaint is one of long-standing.\u201d Papa is gettin&#8217; excited.\u00a0 One more day, and we are off to Disneyland for Sue&#8217;s 56th consecutive Christmas Eve visit.\u00a0 We love it when we are away and feel secure because four &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=42352\">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":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,184],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-42352","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-food-and-wine","category-just-us"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42352","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=42352"}],"version-history":[{"count":14,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42352\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42373,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42352\/revisions\/42373"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=42352"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=42352"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=42352"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}