{"id":53641,"date":"2021-04-15T10:55:27","date_gmt":"2021-04-15T17:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=53641"},"modified":"2021-04-17T11:31:32","modified_gmt":"2021-04-17T18:31:32","slug":"decisions-decisions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=53641","title":{"rendered":"Decisions Decisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>I have been working next to the sink in the kitchen all afternoon. I feel drained now.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We talked all day to the real estate folks and made our final decision NOT to buy the place on the hill due to the unknowns.\u00a0 We spent the morning looking at new listings.\u00a0 \u00a0After breakfast we did a fly-by at Jan&#8217;s, you know, &#8220;Meals On Wheels&#8221;.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53649\" style=\"width: 1749px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53649\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53649\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1739\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast.jpg 1739w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/breakfast-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1739px) 100vw, 1739px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53649\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Breakfast is served! &#8211; I\u2019ve made a really hot breakfast, but I\u2019m not one to blow my own crumpet.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Off to the Santa Ana Elks for &#8220;Girls Night Out&#8221; where we met up with Sydney and Bob Z for a wonderful lunch!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53652\" style=\"width: 1749px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53652\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53652\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1739\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail.jpg 1739w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/bob-gail-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1739px) 100vw, 1739px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53652\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Gail and Bob<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sydney and Mary have been friends for a quarter of a century.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53653\" style=\"width: 1749px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53653\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53653\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1739\" height=\"1304\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls.jpg 1739w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls-450x337.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/girls-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1739px) 100vw, 1739px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53653\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary &amp; Sydney<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The Elks meals are outstanding!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53655\" style=\"width: 1315px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53655\" class=\"wp-image-53655 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1305\" height=\"979\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387.jpg 1305w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/swordfish-e1618683800387-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1305px) 100vw, 1305px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53655\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Swordfish, outstanding!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Time to head out.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_53656\" style=\"width: 1750px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-53656\" class=\"size-full wp-image-53656\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1740\" height=\"1305\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2.jpg 1740w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2-450x338.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/04\/us-2-1536x1152.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1740px) 100vw, 1740px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-53656\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Us!<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"didYouKnow\">3 blondes walking down a dirt road when they happen upon a set of tracks.<br \/>\nFirst blonde says, \u201cI recognize these. They\u2019re deer tracks.Second says, \u201cno you are wrong. They are moose tracks\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The third one then chimes in, \u201cyou both are wrong, they are clearly elk tracks!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They were still arguing when the train hit them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>We did another fly-by at my house to gather some goodies I needed.\u00a0 Then back to Mary&#8217;s for a session in the hot tub.\u00a0 On the way home, Mary had her driver&#8217;s test. She got 8 out of 10. The other 2 guys jumped clear.<\/p>\n<p>The unknowns of real estate bug me and thinking about leaving my home of thirty-five year is un-nerving, at best.\u00a0 But, life must go on and I am ready to move forward.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been working next to the sink in the kitchen all afternoon. I feel drained now. 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