{"id":58990,"date":"2021-12-23T09:29:43","date_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=58990"},"modified":"2021-12-23T09:56:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-23T16:56:46","slug":"christmas-minus-two","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=58990","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Minus Two!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won&#8217;t make it &#8216;white.&#8217;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>We are so organized it&#8217;s sickening.\u00a0 Everything is carefully laid out on a legal pad and has a time associated with it.\u00a0 So, that means event one will blow up, sending uncontrollable ripples down the carefully thought-out script, and we may be celebrating Valentine&#8217;s Day before it is all over.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_58995\" style=\"width: 479px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-58995\" class=\" wp-image-58995\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/obsessive-christmas-disorder1899754-prints-650x650.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"469\" height=\"469\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/obsessive-christmas-disorder1899754-prints-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/obsessive-christmas-disorder1899754-prints-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/obsessive-christmas-disorder1899754-prints-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/obsessive-christmas-disorder1899754-prints.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 469px) 100vw, 469px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-58995\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary and I are so much alike; it&#8217;s incredible!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We got Scout a toy that is a small fluffy dog with a bit of electronic device that sounds\/feels like a heartbeat and a place to put a microwave-warmed pad in its tunny.\u00a0 We are anxious to see what Scout thinks of this device.<\/p>\n<p>We walked the yard before the rain came this morning, and everything looked good.\u00a0 We also got the electrical bid for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>replacing the main panel to 200A 60 slot solar-ready panel,<\/li>\n<li>adding a 220VAC outlet near the power box so I can use my arc-welder,<\/li>\n<li>running 50 amp 220VAC sub-panels to the attic and garage<\/li>\n<li>providing electrical plus and lights to the he\/she sheds<\/li>\n<li>changing the spa cutoff to a GFI\/CB<\/li>\n<li>running eclectic to the back of the property<\/li>\n<li>changing plus to dual duplex instead of single duplex, and<\/li>\n<li>half-dozen other electrical things.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_59000\" style=\"width: 486px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-59000\" class=\" wp-image-59000\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shocking.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"476\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shocking.jpg 592w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2021\/12\/shocking-145x150.jpg 145w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-59000\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Electrician trying to connect loose wires<\/p><\/div>\n<p>It was about $10,000, so I will have him proceed.\u00a0 When we bought the place, I had this in my plans, and I am getting too old to do it myself.\u00a0 My son and grandson offered, but they have young families and are working hard, so we want them to enjoy their families!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Unless we make Christmas an occasion to share our blessings, all the snow in Alaska won&#8217;t make it &#8216;white.&#8217; 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