{"id":93714,"date":"2026-02-07T13:28:27","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:28:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=93714"},"modified":"2026-02-08T09:56:40","modified_gmt":"2026-02-08T16:56:40","slug":"saturday-is-a-work-day-no-really","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=93714","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Is a Work Day!  No, Really!!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"frameIt aligncenter wp-image-93716\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"546\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-001-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><div id=\"greeting-message\"><\/div>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\tdocument.addEventListener( 'DOMContentLoaded', function () {\r\n\t\tconst morningGreeting = 'Good Morning, what are you doing up so early?';\r\n\t\tconst afternoonGreeting = 'Good Afternoon, do you realize it is 5:00 pm somewhere?!';\r\n\t\tconst eveningGreeting = 'Good Evening!';\r\n\r\n\t\tconst date = new Date();\r\n\t\tconst hour = date.getHours();\r\n\t\tlet greeting;\r\n\r\n\t\tif ( hour >= 5 && hour < 12 ) {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = morningGreeting;\r\n\t\t} else if ( hour >= 12 && hour < 18 ) {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = afternoonGreeting;\r\n\t\t} else {\r\n\t\t\tgreeting = eveningGreeting;\r\n\t\t}\r\n\r\n\t\tdocument.getElementById( 'greeting-message' ).textContent = greeting;\r\n\t} );\r\n<\/script><p>Estimated reading time: 5 minutes<\/p>Just us!\u00a0 Robin, Mary, and I had our morning coffee and chatted for a while before getting to work.\u00a0 Mary and Robin headed to the office so Mary could get her 1099s downloaded with Robin&#8217;s help.\u00a0 I headed to the garden and worked for the next six hours transplanting strawberries, moving blueberries to the west wall, fixing the drip system, and straightening up the vineyard.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93748\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93748\" class=\"wp-image-93748 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"724\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003-650x523.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003-150x121.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003-768x618.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-003-100x80.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93748\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mary and Robin made an observation.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>By the end of the day, I had placed the tomato cages, sorted by size, in the beds.\u00a0 All we need now is plants and mulch!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93749\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93749\" class=\"wp-image-93749 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-004-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93749\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Sorted by size???<\/p><\/div>\n<p>There was some Swiss chard remaining in the big garden, so I transplanted it into the small gardens as it looked healthy!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93750\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93750\" class=\"wp-image-93750 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-005-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93750\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I am getting hungry already!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>The strawberries are all transplanted and lined up, each with its own drip line running to it!\u00a0 The blossoms are forming, so we should begin seeing strawberries in about a month!<\/p>\n<p>This display made Mary a happy girl!\u00a0 Now, if they don&#8217;t produce, I will sneak to the market every few days, buy a basket of strawberries, and bring them in the house like a cat bringing a mouse to its owner.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93751\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93751\" class=\"wp-image-93751 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-006-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93751\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Yummy!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I felt like I was behind bars.\u00a0 The old labels remaining from last year were removed from the cages, and I straightened them where needed.\u00a0 They await the tomato plants!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93752\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93752\" class=\"wp-image-93752 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-007-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93752\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The support is ready to go into action!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We harvest oranges all summer long thanks to Jim and Doris!\u00a0 Their tree goes wild, and we help tame it every day!<\/p>\n<div class=\"didYouKnow\">Orange juice is packed with Vitamin C, potassium, and antioxidants like hesperidin, which boost immunity and heart health; a single glass often exceeds daily Vitamin C needs.\u00a0 Interestingly, the color &#8220;orange&#8221; was named after the fruit, and the juice is so popular it&#8217;s a classic breakfast staple, though its sugar content means moderation is key.\u00a0 Oranges float because of air pockets in their peel, but the fruit itself sinks.<\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_93753\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93753\" class=\"wp-image-93753 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-008-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93753\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The tree is loaded, and I make sure it is properly fertilized!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Trimming the plants in the rotary pots turned into a surprise treasure hunt: strawberries are in there, blushing and almost ready to snack on.<\/p>\n<p>And the herb garden just hit the terrible twos\u2014so this year it&#8217;s getting the gardening equivalent of a cozy blanket and a stern talking-to: serious mulch.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93754\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93754\" class=\"wp-image-93754 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-009-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93754\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Turn, turn, turn!\u00a0 That&#8217;s an excellent name for a song!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Robin headed for the hills around 11:00 am, and Mary assumed her post in the Living\/TV Room\u2014remote in one hand, HSC (Home Shopping Channel) on the TV, and bargaining instincts running at 100%.<\/p>\n<p>She was on standby for Benny, our vintage-clothes wheeler-dealer, to roll in and work his magic.\u00a0 When he arrived, Mary unloaded her stash of old costumes and vintage dresses like it was a one-woman estate sale.\u00a0 Verdict: successful mission\u2014Mary was thrilled with the haul, and Benny left looking like he&#8217;d just raided a very stylish time machine.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking about &#8220;vintage&#8221;, I love the 1955 Caddy (although I love the &#8217;55 Packard Caribbean better).<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93741\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93741\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93741\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-002.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"802\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-002.jpg 602w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-002-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-002-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93741\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">1957 Cadillac ElDorado Convertible.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Benny, Mary, and Benny&#8217;s whole crew rolled in to visit Farmer John (me) right as I was out positioning tomato cages for the 28th.\u00a0 Perfect timing\u2014nothing says &#8220;welcome&#8221; like watching a grown adult wrestle metal circles in the dirt.<\/p>\n<p>By the time I was done, I looked like PigPen from the comics: not so much &#8220;farmer&#8221; as &#8220;mobile dust exhibit,&#8221; with a personal weather system following me around the yard.\u00a0 The need for a warm shower was not too distant.<\/p>\n<p>We sat back and watched TV for a while.\u00a0 I finished off &#8220;The American President&#8221;, a movie I could see over and over.\u00a0 When the movie was over at 10:00 pm, we headed to bed.\u00a0 It has been a long day!\u00a0 Mary mostly checked for light leaks!\u00a0 I made sure her embroidery equipment was stowed away safely.<\/p>\n<div class=\"didYouKnow\">Embroidery is an ancient art form dating back to at least 3000 BC, with roots in China and the Near East, often used historically to signify high social status. Derived from the Latin embroidere (&#8220;to adorn with needlework&#8221;), it has evolved from hand-stitching to machine embroidery, which was invented in the 1800s.<\/div>\n<p>Before crashing, I checked my messages, and we got a Vicky-Gram which said, &#8220;<strong><em>This is a big giant ship, I think 16 floors, and there&#8217;s all kinds of things to do on it, so let&#8217;s see how much we can get done.\u00a0 I&#8217;m going shopping tomorrow, thank you.\u00a0 We will be in Key West.<\/em><\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>We told her the big ships will be fine, and her seasickness will not occur.\u00a0 YEAH!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93717\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"736\" height=\"736\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-010.jpg 736w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-010-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-010-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-07-010-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 736px) 100vw, 736px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just us!\u00a0 Robin, Mary, and I had our morning coffee and chatted for a while before getting to work.\u00a0 Mary and Robin headed to the office so Mary could get her 1099s downloaded with Robin&#8217;s help.\u00a0 I headed to the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=93714\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[230],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-93714","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-working-around-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93714","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=93714"}],"version-history":[{"count":28,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93714\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":93763,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/93714\/revisions\/93763"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=93714"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=93714"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=93714"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}