{"id":87453,"date":"2025-03-24T03:56:19","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T10:56:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=87453"},"modified":"2025-03-25T04:52:53","modified_gmt":"2025-03-25T11:52:53","slug":"monday-was-slow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=87453","title":{"rendered":"Monday Was Slow…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Mary’s new memory test!<\/p><\/div>\n

About this sign… when Mary is on the phone and ATTEMPTS to phonetically spell her last name, I almost lose control of the car when she says something like, “My last name is C\u00f4t\u00e9, C<\/strong>aterpillar O<\/strong>ctopus T<\/strong>arantula\u00a0E<\/strong>nuresis*.”<\/p>\n

*A post word for bed-wetting!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I aim to have Mary remember the military phonetic system OR get a recorder to capture her attempted phonetic expressions for posterity and future embarrassment at social gatherings!<\/p>\n

We walked into the garden this morning, and I heard a strange sound.\u00a0 I carefully stooped down to avoid being seen, and sure enough, there was one of those rascally wabbits in our garden.\u00a0 It was a girl wabbit, and it was studying the plants, and I am sure it was about to go after one of our new delicious baby plants.\u00a0 \u00a0I was worried about others getting scared by this creature, so I plan to put up a sign tomorrow warning family and guests about this sighting.<\/p>\n

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Its nose twitched, and its eyes twinkled. It was getting ready to attack the lettuce. Since I had my camera (instead of my BB gun), I decided to capture the varmint on film and post it at the local Post Office, complete with a reward.<\/p>\n

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Beware, it could frighten small children and pets!<\/p><\/div>\n

Being a clever man, I offered the wabbit a warm cup of coffee, and it settled down and followed me into the house!\u00a0 I plan to keep it as a pet and hope it does not bite!<\/p>\n

Note to self: She needs a black one-piece Hugh Hefner\u2019s Playboy bunny outfit with a little white tail.<\/p>\n

Now we got down to business and got ready for the dentist. I got my new implants courtesy of Dr. Anne Nagel (a totally painless and absolutely terrific dentist!\u00a0 She served three martinis before we began the procedure!).<\/p>\n

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She always appreciates my big mouth!!<\/p><\/div>\n

Halfway through the procedure, my big toe began to itch, and I tried to make it happy by kicking off my shoe and using the other foot to scratch it. Alas, this plan did not work, and I was saved from further embarrassment by my trusty sidekick, who scratched my toe until it stopped itching, a process that took about fifteen minutes. Sidekicks are great to have around!<\/p>\n

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Yes, she is!!<\/p><\/div>\n

From the dentist, we decided to go home as we were on a tirade to empty the freezers of all foodstuffs so we could begin to cook again!\u00a0 Mary made a terrific lunch using only TV dinners courtesy of Trader Joe’s and a microwave!\u00a0 This was my second day of dining on frozen Indian food, and I am beginning to talk with an Indian accent and have set up a tee-pee in the backyard.<\/p>\n

The next stop is the heart doctor over at UCI!\u00a0 My blood [pressure has been acting up, but since I changed my dosage four days ago, it’s back to the regular 130\/80.\u00a0 He said I was doing OK but wanted some blood work (I thought he wanted me to go back to gardening, but he meant getting a blood test) and wanted an X-ray to see if I still had a heart.\u00a0 \u00a0We got the X-ray on the way out of the building, and in fact, by the time we got home, the results were in my email saying I was “unremarkable.” It was definitely an insult, I thought!\u00a0 Then Dr. Mary read the results and agreed with him!<\/p>\n

Arriving back home, I got a text from Vicky, and she said, “Today is the fourth anniversary of Del\u2018s passing, but I will not celebrate this day with sadness. I am\u00a0glad and grateful that I was gifted 50 years of loving him. I will celebrate his life, not his passing.<\/em>”<\/p>\n

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He was my neighbor for thirty years and Vicky’s partner for forty!<\/p><\/div>\n

It would have been Sue and my 37th anniversary today.<\/p>\n

We had another super meal right out of the freezer, and the freezers are beginning to show signs of being empty. By the way, my Indian accent is improving!<\/p>\n

Before bed, I finished the Starlighter’s Website for St. Patrick’s Day!<\/a><\/strong> I have been doing our dances since 2007 and have only missed a few over all those years!<\/p>\n

We went to the TV room and watched three more episodes of “Evergreen” before retiring.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow, we talk to our travel agent and make the reservations for South America and Antarctica later this year!<\/p>\n

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Good night, all!<\/p>\n

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