{"id":56577,"date":"2021-09-22T08:08:11","date_gmt":"2021-09-22T15:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=56577"},"modified":"2021-09-23T07:56:35","modified_gmt":"2021-09-23T14:56:35","slug":"its-the-first-day-of-fall-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=56577","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s The First Day Of Fall 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>It&#8217;s been raining for three days without stopping. My wife is in depression, and she is standing and looking through the window. If the rain doesn&#8217;t stop tomorrow, I&#8217;ll have to let her in.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-56580\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pix-4441-650x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"650\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pix-4441-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pix-4441-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/pix-4441.jpg 712w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We are up and going bright and early as we prepare for Colleen&#8217;s arrival around 2:00 PM.\u00a0 I had doctor&#8217;s appointments back over in Los Alamitos, so I headed out at 8:30 AM for a 9:30 AM appointment.\u00a0 I went to three doctors and then stopped by to visit Miss Vicky.<\/p>\n<p>While at the doctor&#8217;s, I got a text and an alarm from my security system; someone was at the front door! The gazebo behind the pool is 180 feet away from the front door; we have a large lot! The security screen is not installed.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56585\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56585\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56585\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-001-650x867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-001-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-001-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-001-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-001.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56585\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Five Miles can see the great outdoors!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>At Vicky&#8217;s, I took a couple of shots of the murals, but they need to be taken at 3:00 PM, so the shadows do not cross the pictures, and the sun will be in the proper location.\u00a0 The one below is for DEL as he loved hunting g in the mountains.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56592\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56592\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56592\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-002-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-002-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-002-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-002-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-002.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beautiful!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This mural brought tears to my eyes as I remembered Vicky asking what kind of flowers Sue, Mary, and I liked the most.\u00a0 \u00a0Each of these flowers represents a friend of family living, and someone passed.\u00a0 Vicky explained them all to me, but I did not hear it because of the three in the center.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56591\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56591\" class=\"wp-image-56591 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-003-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-003-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-003-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-003-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-003.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56591\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowers for loved ones!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I know ow favorites of the Zaitz are there along with the Roberts, Vicky and Del, and many other friends and family. WOW!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56595\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56595\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56595\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flowers-1-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flowers-1-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flowers-1-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flowers-1-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/flowers-1.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Tears, definitely tears!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We walked and talked for a while before I high-tailed it home to see our new door. I did tell Vicky that if the CEO of IKEA was elected Prime Minister in Sweden, he should have his cabinet together by the end of the weekend.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56589\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56589\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56589\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-005-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-005-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-005-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-005.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56589\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Vicky&#8217;s jungle.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colleen arrived about 2:30 PM with Jose, our driver.\u00a0 We talked for a while, and then I took a short nap while the girls continued talking.\u00a0 Mary and I made a beef pot pie, and that was for dinner.<\/p>\n<p>I was thinking about apple pie but I read the recipe.\u00a0 Following a recipe, it\u00a0 says I need: apples, five cubed. 125 sounds like a lot of apples for a pie.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56588\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56588\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56588\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-006-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-006-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-006-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-006-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-006.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56588\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Beef pot pie is served.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We sat and talked from 3:30-8:00 PM when Colleen&#8217;s eyes went half-mast; she headed to bed, and we were not too far behind her.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56587\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56587\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56587\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-007-650x488.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"488\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-007-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-007-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-007.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56587\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colleen is trying to stay awake, not easy; it is 10 PM her time!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I was there, as the selfie proves!\u00a0 Notice our two Arab neighbors are still hanging around!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_56586\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-56586\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-56586\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-008-650x867.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"867\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-008-650x867.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-008-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-008-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/09\/2021-09-22-wednesday-008.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-56586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am enjoying the company!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Tomorrow is Girls Night Out and a lot of errands.\u00a0 As I crawled towards the bed, I saw an ad for burial plots and thought this was the last thing I needed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been raining for three days without stopping. 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