{"id":93857,"date":"2026-02-12T10:42:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T17:42:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=93857"},"modified":"2026-02-13T11:57:37","modified_gmt":"2026-02-13T18:57:37","slug":"time-for-girls-night-out-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=93857","title":{"rendered":"Time For &#8220;Girls Night  Out!&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_93858\" style=\"width: 510px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93858\" class=\"wp-image-93858\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001-650x650.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-001-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93858\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Just us!\u00a0 Another day in paradise!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We have no idea what happened, but we didn&#8217;t get up until almost 8:15 am.\u00a0 Apparently, &#8220;lounging around reading and watching TV&#8221; is an extreme sport\u2014and we absolutely crushed it.<\/p>\n<p>We enjoyed our morning coffee with Colleen, who demonstrated the new bedding organization system she created for us.\u00a0 It&#8217;s an incredible idea, thanks to Amazon!\u00a0 Now, we don&#8217;t have to pull out the bedding to see where everything belongs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93863\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93863\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93863\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"675\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004-650x488.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004-150x113.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-004-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93863\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The things you learn from your kids are amazing!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>This morning, Mary and I have dentist appointments at 11:30 am, so Colleen is going to the Elks Lodge to start lunch with the gang.\u00a0 We will &#8220;ketchup&#8221; as soon as we can.\u00a0 Our friends are eager to visit with Colleen, as she has made a hit with them!<\/p>\n<p>Colleen had another hilarious new idea for the backyard, which she shared with us.\u00a0 We briefly considered it\u2014roughly 30 milliseconds\u2014but quickly decided it was a total non-starter!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93860\" style=\"width: 612px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93860\" class=\"wp-image-93860 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-003-e1770917917321.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"602\" height=\"561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-003-e1770917917321.jpg 602w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-003-e1770917917321-150x140.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-003-e1770917917321-100x93.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 602px) 100vw, 602px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93860\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">No hammer or nails required!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Before we left, Mary sent me a Facebook Reel.\u00a0 I&#8217;m deeply offended by the implications\u2026 even though, annoyingly, they&#8217;re probably accurate.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-93857-1\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>We hit the road for the dentist at 10:45, thinking we might be able to get in a little early.\u00a0 Nope!\u00a0 They were right on schedule.\u00a0 To save time, I asked the hygienist to check and clean every other tooth, but no luck!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93870\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93870\" class=\"wp-image-93870 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-005-100x133.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93870\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">&#8220;Open wide, my dear&#8230; NOT that wide, I just lost the hammer and crowbar!!&#8221;<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We were driving to the Elks from the dentist&#8217;s office when Mary received an unexpected text message.\u00a0 It was from our neighbor Jeff&#8217;s daughter.\u00a0 Jeff&#8217;s lung condition had suddenly worsened, and he passed away last night.\u00a0 His sudden departure hit both of us hard as he was such a nice man, a wonderful neighbor, and a good friend.\u00a0 Jeff and I had so much in common that it was uncanny.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/friends\/friends2024\/2024-09-14-jeffs-party\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">We remembered the party that we helped host for him with his family and friends.<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93882\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93882\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93882\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1113\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed-650x804.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed-121x150.jpg 121w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed-768x950.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2024-09-14-090_framed-100x124.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93882\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jeff Smith (1945-2026) RIP!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We rolled into the Elks a casual 40 minutes late\u2014because punctuality is a myth\u2014but George and Bill were still there like absolute legends, hanging around to greet us.\u00a0 Sydney, too, was probably placing bets on whether we&#8217;d show up at all.\u00a0 Colleen had already arrived and was regaling them with stories of days gone by!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93872\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93872\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93872\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"532\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007-650x384.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007-150x89.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007-768x454.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-007-100x59.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93872\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Surrounded!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>On the way out, we told Colleen about &#8220;The Challenge Coin,&#8221; so she laid one on Ronnie!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93871\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93871\" class=\"wp-image-93871 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"821\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006-650x593.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006-150x137.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006-768x701.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-006-100x91.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93871\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Ronnie owes ME a drink!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>I decided we should play cards\u2014but the second I got the deck out\u2026 I passed out.\u00a0 Turns out Ican&#8217;tt handle a full house!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-93873\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1358\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008.png 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008-650x981.png 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008-99x150.png 99w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008-768x1159.png 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-008-100x151.png 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ronnie said he was DJ&#8217;ing the TikiRoom Dinner tonight, so naturally we showed up to provide moral support (and unsolicited song requests).\u00a0 After getting home, we squeezed in a power nap, then headed back to the Elks Lodge to meet up with Sydney, Dianne, and the Capps\u2014fully recharged and ready to pretend we stay up late and party during the week.<\/p>\n<p>The sunset put on quite a show this evening!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93877\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93877\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93877\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"1265\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010-650x914.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010-107x150.jpg 107w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010-768x1079.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-010-100x141.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93877\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Silver Fox gave us quite a view as we headed toward the freeway!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colleen got a great shot from the freeway ramp as we approached the lodge.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93879\" style=\"width: 910px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93879\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93879\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"416\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011.jpg 900w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011-650x300.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011-150x69.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011-768x355.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-011-100x46.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93879\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">It felt like we should be wearing grass skirts and going to a luau (oh, we are sort of!)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>We re-arrived and are ready for a delicious dinner, drinks, dancing, and other frivolity!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93893\" style=\"width: 1372px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93893\" class=\"wp-image-93893 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1362\" height=\"1815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013.jpg 1362w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013-650x866.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013-113x150.jpg 113w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013-100x133.jpg 100w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013-1153x1536.jpg 1153w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1362px) 100vw, 1362px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93893\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dr. Capps and I were surrounded by beautiful ladies\u2026 which was great, because someone had to make us look good.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>So, we ordered dinner and got to dancin&#8217; up a storm.\u00a0 Mary&#8217;s back seems to be almost normal!<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-93857-2\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-012-500.mp4?_=2\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-012-500.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-012-500.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>We had an amazing, astonishing, astounding, fabulous, fantastic, fantastical, incredible, marvelous, miraculous, phenomenal, prodigious, stupendous, unbelievable, and wondrous evening with friends.\u00a0 Stories were told, and some were even believed!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93884\" style=\"width: 660px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93884\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93884\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1909.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"647\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1909.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1909-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1909-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Dianne was gettin&#8217; it on!!!<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Colleen would never talk a movie once the subject waved her off!\u00a0 But remember, she is like her dad.\u00a0 Here is Sydney demonstrating how NOT to use a Tiki Hoop!<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_93891\" style=\"width: 795px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-93891\" class=\"size-full wp-image-93891\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"785\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910.jpg 785w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910-650x275.jpg 650w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910-150x63.jpg 150w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910-768x325.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/pix-1910-100x42.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 785px) 100vw, 785px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-93891\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">I signed in Sydney as &#8220;Honey&#8221; this evening!<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"width: 640px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-93857-3\" width=\"640\" height=\"1138\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013.mp4?_=3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013.mp4\">http:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/wp-content\/dailydiary\/uploads\/2026\/02\/2026-02-12-013.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n<p>By &#8220;getting late for us old folks,&#8221; I mean it was pushing 8:30 pm\u2014practically midnight in our time zone.\u00a0 So we gathered up our things and made for the exit.\u00a0 Meanwhile, Sneaky Colleen had already pulled a full valet move: she&#8217;d slipped out, brought the car around to the front door, and had it waiting\u2014warm, ready, and making us look way more sto-piss-ta-kated than we actually are.<\/p>\n<p>Note: We invited Robin to join us, but she wasn&#8217;t feeling well, so she clocked out from work early and left us to wing it without our &#8220;Robin&#8221; in the group.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img 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1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We have no idea what happened, but we didn&#8217;t get up until almost 8:15 am.\u00a0 Apparently, &#8220;lounging around reading and watching TV&#8221; is an extreme sport\u2014and we absolutely crushed it. 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