{"id":43029,"date":"2020-01-27T07:30:00","date_gmt":"2020-01-27T14:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=43029"},"modified":"2020-01-28T08:23:14","modified_gmt":"2020-01-28T15:23:14","slug":"the-week-done-started","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=43029","title":{"rendered":"The Week Done Started"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Keep your face to the sun, and you will never see the shadows.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OMG, the Sun is out an the grey has disappeared! It&#8217;s going to be a super day! We had our morning champagne and laid out the day, which by the way, never turns out as one expects!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43049\" style=\"width: 441px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43049\" class=\"wp-image-43049\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"431\" height=\"498\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day-260x300.jpg 260w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day-450x520.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day-130x150.jpg 130w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/bald-fat-guy-day-768x887.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43049\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The truth hurts!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got gussied up and ready to go out before lunch as Sue has a CT Scan at 11:30 AM.\u00a0 \u00a0While putting out of the driveway, the kumquat tree caught our eye.\u00a0 It is time to call Lisa Chartier for a picking trip.\u00a0 She makes amazing things from kumquats.\u00a0 The tree is loaded this year!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43055\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43055\" class=\"wp-image-43055 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-scaled.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-422x562.jpg 422w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/kumquates2-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43055\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The small tree in the foreground is alive and well and is a miniature nectarine tree that provides loads of fruit every year!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We thought, if we get to the imaging center a little early, we could get in early thus get our early thus eat early.\u00a0 No such luck occurred!\u00a0 The CT scan was a good hour late but on the bright side, the scan took all of 60 seconds!\u00a0 The machine was brand new and amazingly fast compared to CT machines of the past!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"How Does a CT Scan Work?\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/l9swbAtRRbg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>OK, CT is done and we have the CD&#8217;s so it is time to eat.\u00a0 To make a long story short, Sunday evening the Zaitz\/Kuhn&#8217;s went to Cerritos and decided to have dinner at Shenandoah, a local restaurant.\u00a0 One hour later, we got a text from Rebecca asking about Shenandoah as she wants to host a baby shower and this restaurant came up in the searches she made on the Internet.<\/p>\n<p>I texted back to Rebecca AND Vicky asking Vicky to take pictures.\u00a0 By the next morning, Monday, Rebecca had a lot of photos of the place.<\/p>\n<p>OK, on our way back Monday afternoon from the CT scan we passed by Shenandoah and we decided to stop and have lunch there.\u00a0 It was our first time in ten years but we thought dining and taking more pictures would be OK.<\/p>\n<p>Wow, were we surprised!\u00a0 The pistachio encrusted sea bass with jalapeno infusion was simply outstanding.\u00a0 The mashed potatoes were also jalapeno flavored and out of this world!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43051\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43051\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43051\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/fish-encrusted-pistacio-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43051\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Best pistachio encrusted sea bass I have ever had, melt in your mouth delicious!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>To make things even better, they had Cakebread Cellars chardonnay in the wine list and we lowered their bottle count by one bottle!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43052\" style=\"width: 2298px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43052\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43052\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2288\" height=\"2560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-scaled.jpg 2288w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-268x300.jpg 268w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-450x504.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-134x150.jpg 134w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-768x859.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-1373x1536.jpg 1373w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sue-shenandoah-1-1830x2048.jpg 1830w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2288px) 100vw, 2288px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43052\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Enjoying an excellent<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We took many pictures and forwarded them to Rebecca and then she replayed saying she was getting off early and would come by and see the place.\u00a0 She joined us and we had a delightful meeting in the restaurant.\u00a0 She met the staff, walked the premises, and got a catering brochure to boot!\u00a0 We love it when a plan comes together!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43056\" style=\"width: 2570px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43056\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43056\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1920\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/shenandoah-inside-2048x1536.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43056\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The restaurant doubled in size since we were last there!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OK, it&#8217;s 3:00 PM and time to go home.\u00a0 Oh, was it time to go home as I drank 80% of the wine because Sue is taking the pain pills that say &#8220;No Alcohol&#8221;.\u00a0 I performed a mightly swan-dive into the bed just barely managing to ask Alexa to set the alarm for 4:30 PM.\u00a0 It was supposed to be a beauty sleep but, alas, I looked the same when I awoke except for the slightly messed up hair!<\/p>\n<p>Why 4:30 PM you ask? Duh, it is Monday and that means a) Sunday was yesterday, and b) Melanie&#8217;s awaits the arrival of their three regulars for sunset cocktails! As usual, we laughed and giggled and shared the previous week&#8217;s events.\u00a0 Friday night I am going to go dancing with Irene at Garden Grove for a couple of hours and she agreed to reteach me if needed.\u00a0 Robin is going to stay with Sue Friday until I get home around 9:00 PM, blessed by our daughter!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43057\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43057\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43057\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/sunset-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">We missed the actual sunset by two minutes (Sunset was at 5:18 and we arrived at 5:20)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We chatted with the staff asking about their Christmas PArty last week,\u00a0 Apparently, everything went off without a hitch than I sprang it upon them!\u00a0 I mentioned that I was asked to jump out of the cake and singe jingle bells but at the last minute it was determined that the cake was too small! They were saved by a cake pan!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43058\" style=\"width: 524px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43058\" class=\" wp-image-43058\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"514\" height=\"737\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-209x300.jpg 209w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-392x562.jpg 392w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-105x150.jpg 105w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/paul-768x1101.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 514px) 100vw, 514px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43058\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Would you like to see this jump out of a cake? In a Santa Costume! With speedo shorts?<\/p><\/div>\n<p>OK, time to go.\u00a0 We all had a drink and I had two itsy-bitsy G&amp;T&#8217;s before aiming home for the evening.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43059\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43059\" class=\"size-full wp-image-43059\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"599\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/melanies-outside-768x511.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43059\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Good night Melanie&#8217;s, see you in a week!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Home again due to the great bravery of &#8220;The Silver Ghost&#8221;.\u00a0 The Odessey plied the night like she knew what she was doing. Careening around corners and two wheels (the left-front and the steering), we made it home safely.\u00a0 We love our security system because as we approach the house, the front yard lights go on, the house lights turn on, the heater gets automatically set for 75 degrees, and finally the garage door opens!<\/p>\n<p>I shall leave you with but a single thought!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_43060\" style=\"width: 454px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-43060\" class=\" wp-image-43060\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"444\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender.png 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender-450x448.png 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/01\/trans-slender-768x765.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 444px) 100vw, 444px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-43060\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">That&#8217;s my story and I am sticking to it!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Keep your face to the sun, and you will never see the shadows. OMG, the Sun is out an the grey has disappeared! It&#8217;s going to be a super day! 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