{"id":51301,"date":"2020-12-31T20:19:37","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T03:19:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51301"},"modified":"2021-01-01T15:46:31","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T22:46:31","slug":"51301","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=51301","title":{"rendered":"Finally This Year Is Going Away!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>A New Year\u2019s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We were lazy today and worked on the 1,000 piece Christmas puzzle and watched &#8220;Virgin River.&#8221;\u00a0 The series is about a nurse seeking a fresh start, so she moved from Los Angeles to a remote Northern California town and is surprised by what &#8212; and who &#8212; she finds.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DMNjH5MlQXc\" width=\"600\" height=\"320\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mary fixed a &#8220;Mom&#8217;s Breakfast Sandwich&#8221; at 11:00 AM, and then we watched another episode of Virgin River before getting cleaned up for this evening&#8217;s soiree.<\/p>\n<p>We went to my house in the afternoon because we are having dinner at Patty&#8217;s Place in Seal Beach.\u00a0 We shopped for New Years Dinner at Ralphs and put it in the frig at my place.<\/p>\n<p>I just heard that in 2021 there would be a new device that can turn thoughts into speech. I have had that for years; it\u2019s called alcohol.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51369\" style=\"width: 418px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51369\" class=\"wp-image-51369\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"408\" height=\"340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a.jpg 610w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a-300x250.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a-450x375.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/4bbc1ca18367066051a0121610f9b43a-150x125.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 408px) 100vw, 408px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51369\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary thought my hat was a little too much!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We do NOT want to be out with the crazies late on New Year Eve, so we had dinner with Bob and Donna at 5:00 PM.\u00a0 This will be a dry evening for me; translation, one glass of wine until we get home. No, there is not an alien in my body; I am going to try really hard!<\/p>\n<p>We were the first group at Patty&#8217;s tonight, and we went for broke; filet mignon&#8217;s and oodles of sides.\u00a0 The wine poured freely.\u00a0 We talked about past years.\u00a0 It\u2019s weird being the same age as old people.<\/p>\n<p>Bob and I were normal, so I had to ask him, &#8220;If a cow doesn\u2019t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?&#8221;\u00a0 I was laughing so hard I did not hear his answer!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51361\" style=\"width: 1112px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51361\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51361\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1102\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3.jpg 1102w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3-248x300.jpg 248w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3-450x545.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3-124x150.jpg 124w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us3-768x930.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1102px) 100vw, 1102px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51361\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">She makes me very happy!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were the only people inside; everyone else was outside and far away.\u00a0 I guess we are VIP&#8217;s?\u00a0 Chuck waited on us, and he knows us well.\u00a0 I slowed down after the third glass of wine; yes, I failed miserably, but all the food I had seemed to work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51362\" style=\"width: 1465px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51362\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51362\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1455\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped.jpg 1455w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped-300x275.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped-450x413.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped-150x138.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/bob-donna-cropped-768x704.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1455px) 100vw, 1455px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51362\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Wonderful friends to spend New Year&#8217;s Eve with!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>My New Year\u2019s resolution is to break my New Year\u2019s resolutions. That way, I succeed at something!<\/p>\n<p>We laughed and giggled for two hours. It\u2019s probably my age that tricks people into thinking I\u2019m an adult.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_51363\" style=\"width: 1336px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-51363\" class=\"size-full wp-image-51363\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1326\" height=\"1334\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2.jpg 1326w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2-298x300.jpg 298w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2-450x453.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/pattys-us2-768x773.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1326px) 100vw, 1326px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-51363\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am indeed a lucky man!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We departed about 7:00 PM and were heading to the house to get our groceries, and then I remembered it was Teri&#8217;s birthday, so we stopped in and visited their ongoing party for about twenty minutes.\u00a0 Then off to the house where we loaded the car with the cold foods and all the &#8220;greens&#8221; we picked from the garden earlier.<\/p>\n<p>Mary had a terrific idea!\u00a0 She said, &#8220;Let&#8217;s stop at the Rib Trader and visit Jim!&#8221;\u00a0 So we did, and it was amazing.\u00a0 We mentioned that we dance, and one of the patrons fired up his iPhone and played The Tennessee Waltz.<\/p>\n<p>We danced and danced, and then he went to his car and brought in a boombox, and we did the Chattanooga Choo Choo and a bunch of other dances.\u00a0 We had planned to have one drink and go home, but alas, we killed off a bottle of KJ and stayed a good hour.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-51366\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"780\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty.jpg 780w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty-300x129.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty-450x194.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty-150x65.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2020\/12\/NYEParty-768x331.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 780px) 100vw, 780px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>We got home, watched a little TV, and finally crashed at about 1:45 AM; we saw the new year together.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A New Year\u2019s resolution is something that goes in one year and out the other. 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