{"id":6289,"date":"2010-11-26T23:00:34","date_gmt":"2010-11-27T06:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=6289"},"modified":"2023-12-07T17:41:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-08T00:41:03","slug":"the-hardest-day-of-the-year-decorating-for-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=6289","title":{"rendered":"The Hardest Day(s) Of The Year&#8230; Decorating For Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We look forward to it, sort of!\u00a0 It&#8217;s a load of work but this year we have assistance!\u00a0 Bob, Robin and Nick joined us and made life pretty easy as it seems the 50+ boxes of Christmas just floated in the door and landed right next to where they were supposed to be!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/2010-11-26_decorating\/index.htm#Decorating\"><strong>Please join the &#8220;fun&#8221;!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6292\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/2010-11-26_decorating\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6292\" title=\"decorating\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decorating.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"450\" height=\"338\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decorating.jpg 450w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decorating-150x112.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decorating-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6292\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Celebrating with a boggle of champagne<\/p><\/div>\n<p>They went to Disneyland and we, of course, continued decorating for an hour or so and then we headed for the Newport Harbor Elks Lodge for dinner dancing to the Santa Ana Elks Lodge Jam Session folks and crew!\u00a0 The gang was there this evening except for Brian and Jan who made it but the car died in the parking area.\u00a0 Somehow the conversation got around to &#8220;dances of the 1960&#8217;s&#8221; and Paul gave his version of dancing the Fish!\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/2010-11-26_decorating\/index.htm#Dancing\"><strong>So, join us at the Newport Harbor Elks Lodge With The Gang!<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/index.htm\"><\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6298\" style=\"width: 457px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/2010-11-26_decorating\/index.htm\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6298\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6298\" title=\"thefish\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thefish1-447x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"447\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thefish1-447x562.jpg 447w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thefish1-119x150.jpg 119w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thefish1-238x300.jpg 238w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/thefish1.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 447px) 100vw, 447px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6298\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Paul&#39;s accurate rendition of the dance called  &quot;The Fish&quot;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The band was amazing this evening as they were playing oldies but goodies all evening with the volume down to where one could talk&#8230; Fun fun fun!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_6293\" style=\"width: 419px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/Christmas\/Christmas2010\/2010-11-26_decorating\/index.htm#Dancing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6293\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6293\" title=\"decoratingdancing\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decoratingdancing-409x562.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"409\" height=\"562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decoratingdancing-409x562.jpg 409w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decoratingdancing-109x150.jpg 109w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decoratingdancing-218x300.jpg 218w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2010\/11\/decoratingdancing.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 409px) 100vw, 409px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-6293\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Loosening up after a day of decorating!<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We look forward to it, sort of!\u00a0 It&#8217;s a load of work but this year we have assistance!\u00a0 Bob, Robin and Nick joined us and made life pretty easy as it seems the 50+ boxes of Christmas just floated in &hellip; 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