{"id":97595,"date":"2026-07-03T17:33:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T00:33:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=97595"},"modified":"2026-07-04T10:32:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T17:32:09","slug":"t-1-and-our-country-will-be-250-years-old","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lilesnet.com\/dailydiary\/?p=97595","title":{"rendered":"T-1 And Our Country Will Be 250 Years Old!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We are working together to get ready to CELEBRATE!<\/p><\/div>\n

We were up early and visited with Robin, who had been up since 4:00 am; she is always on her daily work schedule.\u00a0 Robin and Mary worked inside for a while, and I was relegated to the patio to open up the BBQ after being in lockdown for almost a year.<\/p>\n

Run-a-dub-dub, here comes the scrub!\u00a0 I brushed his teeth, removed plaque (grase and rust) from everywhere inside, and checked his gas level.\u00a0 All is A-OK.\u00a0 I fired him up and let it run on high until the inside temperature read 650 degrees!\u00a0 One more toothbrush and all the nasty old grease was burnt up and left the building.\u00a0 The old vegetable oil was applied to the grill, and it “almost” looked brand new.<\/p>\n

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Come clean!<\/p><\/div>\n

With a fresh coating of vegetable oil, we are ready to go!<\/p>\n

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Spotless<\/p><\/div>\n

We continued decorating most of the day, and the last item was the gazebo.\u00a0 \u00a0We had to clean the table and the chair (even though they had been under cover for the past several months).<\/p>\n

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The gazebo is now ready for tomorrow.<\/p><\/div>\n

After a quick dinner of leftovers (we needed space in the fridge), we headed to the pool for a couple of hours of splishing and splashing.<\/p>\n

Mary loves to keep busy, so she uses the net to get whatever might be floating.\u00a0 Today, she did not have to work too hard.\u00a0 If we are in the pool in the evening, the pool lights seem to attract some pesky critters.<\/p>\n

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The bug lady at work<\/p><\/div>\n

While floating around, I noticed our artichokes went to flower!\u00a0 We have to watch them better next year.<\/p>\n

Here’s some artichoke trivia:<\/span><\/p>\n