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While sitting in the office, we heard the leaves in the trees rattle!\u00a0 Then I remembered that Carlos, our intrepid landscaper, had offered to trim the trees.\u00a0 It was 9:00 am when we heard the first leaves fall to the ground.<\/p>\n
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Carlos is up in the trees.<\/p><\/div>\n
Three hours later, the trees were reduced to a pile of limbs\u2014talk about getting a severe \u201chaircut\u201d! They\u2019ll be ready to audition for a tree version of \u201cAmerica\u2019s Next Nude Model\u201d at this rate!\u00a0 We do this once a year, and the trees come back with a vengeance.<\/p>\n
On the bright side, Carlos made Christmas money, and I stayed off the ladder and out of the trees.<\/p>\n
Seeing Carlos in the trees with a machete and chainsaw reminded me of my younger days when I would be doing that.\u00a0 At 80 years of age and a wife who would likely shoot me out of the tree (if she caught me), I was happy to exchange money for service!<\/p>\n
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Scalped!<\/p><\/div>\n
Mary and I worked in the gardens and cleaned the patio, including brushing away cobwebs underneath the eves.\u00a0 I made the mistake of waking up “Old Sleepy,”\u00a0 and he told me what he thought!\u00a0 \u00a0That little sucker has been sharpening his toofies on a file I believe!<\/p>\n
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“Daddy, do NOT wake me up!!”<\/p><\/div>\n
It began to mist, so we trimmed the flowers under the patio. I turned on our outside TV (for the second time in four years), and we sat with a glass of wine and a warm blanket and watched a movie.\u00a0 \u00a0When it began to get dark, we went inside and made dinner.<\/p>\n
We are attempting to clean out the freezers, so we decided to fix a\u00a0 ” Bubba Burger,” which I would smother with sauteed onions and mushrooms.<\/p>\n
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Yummy!!<\/p><\/div>\n
The Bubba Burgers were ready to be topped with my mushroom\/onion concoction.<\/p>\n
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We dined “5-Star” this evening complete with Two-Buck Chick vino!<\/p><\/div>\n
While I was sweating over the hot stove, Mary was busy microwaving the last of our “zoodles.”\u00a0 The zoodle machine is magical.\u00a0 We take zucchini, and with the turn of a crank, we get spaghetti without the carbs!<\/p>\n
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Double Yummy!<\/p><\/div>\n
We are watching a crime series called Cross. From Paramount Television Studios and Skydance Television, Cross is a complex, twisted, pulse-pounding thriller created by showrunner and executive producer Ben Watkins. It is based on James Patterson\u2019s best-selling Alex Cross book series characters.<\/p>\n
Cross<\/em> follows Alex Cross (Hodge), a detective and forensic psychologist uniquely capable of digging into the psyches of killers and their victims to identify\u2014and ultimately capture\u2014the murderers.<\/p>\n They could use a little less profanity, but all in all, it was enticing.<\/p>\n We watched half of the episodes this evening.<\/p><\/div>\n It was cool outside, so we hit the sack and watched another episode.\u00a0 Our plans did not work, and we fell asleep in just a few minutes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While sitting in the office, we heard the leaves in the trees rattle!\u00a0 Then I remembered that Carlos, our intrepid landscaper, had offered to trim the trees.\u00a0 It was 9:00 am when we heard the first leaves fall to the … Continue reading ![\"\"](\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2024\/11\/2024-11-23-007-650x366.webp\")