Friday 1-16-26 Dancing with Ett, Projects & More

 

Just having fun

 

We had a gorgeous day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 40 degrees and the high was 67 degrees. 

I played my Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: Experts Only Mini of 5 games. It took me 1 hour, 26 minutes and 57 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

We had hoped to go camping again soon but it appears it will be a bit. The crown for my implant was suppose to be put on this week but it didn't arrive so they rescheduled for next Thursday. This was disappointing because that was the main reason we came home from camping after eight days. Hopefully it comes in next week. Then Larry is suppose to be on jury duty the first week of February. 

I have some free time so I decided to started another jigsaw puzzle. The puzzle is called the Cambridge by Charles Wysocki. The puzzle is made by Buffalo. I like Buffalo puzzles because they come with a poster of the puzzle. This puzzle has 2,000 pieces so it's going to take a bit to assemble. 

 

The Cambridge by Charles Wysocki

 

Poster of the puzzle

After lunch I did some housework. I cleaned the bathrooms, vacuumed the house, did laundry and wiped down the kitchen floor.

 

Doing housework

 

Larry ordered new shocks for the back of the Minnie and they have arrived. Since the weather was going to be really nice he wanted to put them on today but unfortunately he is not fully healed from his fall last week. His chest is much better but still causing him some pain so he decided it would be better to wait for another warm day. 

The temperature is suppose to dropped into the 20s Saturday night so Larry wanted to dump the holding tanks. I helped him back the Minnie on the side of the house to where our dump station is. He dumped both the black and gray tank. Then he drained the water from the plumbing and blew out the lines. He also plugged it into power and setup both of our electric heaters and opened the cabinet doors so nothing should freeze. 

I worked out for a half hour on Synth Riders to four songs two times. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I got two new high scores I missed outstanding scores by one ball each time. While working out with Hypothermia I got a new high score and an outstanding score the first time around. I had a get workout.

 

Escape

 

Hypothermia

 

Stay

 

The Wild

Larry decided to play with a new version of VR for the pinball games. Today he dug out the Dell computer that he initially used in the pinball cabinet. He now uses it for testing things. He mostly following the guide for the new version but whoever wrote it left out quite a bit of information. Fortunately Larry has enough experience that he was able to figure it out. In 2D it actually works quite well using a one screen desktop setup but the Dell computer has a lower power graphics card so while VR works the performance is not very good. He had fun working with the procedure and learning a bit about what may be coming.

Afterwards he played Pirates of the Caribbean on the mini cabinet. He moved onto the big cabinet and played JP Space Cadet. Both games were great.

I played three pinball games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Dead Pool and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing Dead Pool I became high score #2 and Pirates of the Caribbean I became Grand Champion. I had a great day of pinball.

 

Batman Forever

 

Dead Pool

 

Pirates of the Caribbean

Yesterday I talked about the free water leak detectors, below is what one looks like. It's on the laundry room floor.

 

Water leak detector

 

For dinner I barbecued a apple wood smoked bacon pork lion. We hadn't had pork lion in a long time and it was very good.

 

 

Apple wood smoked pork lion

  

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. Ett called three tips to 11 participates. I had a great time.

 

Ett's A2 dance participants

After the dance we continued watching the sixth season of Miss Scarlet on PBS. Then I started watching the super hero movies we have in our movies collection. The first one was Captain Marvel. I ended up doing 6,000 steps, which included 15 minutes of my Jazz routine. 

 

  

  

   

Thursday 1-15-26 No Dancing, Projects, Workout & More

 

Smile and Be Happy

 

We had a wonderful Thursday.

The weatherman was correct, the wind died down and we had blue skies and sunshine. The morning temperature was 34 degrees and the high was 62 degrees. 

I don't have any dances on Thursdays. 

Larry spent most of the day playing with the mini cabinet. He updated the game Dead Pool with a new version. Someone fixed some things that didn't work correctly on the original game. Some of the fixes worked perfect and others didn't. He had a great time doing this project.

We received an e-mail from the UPS Store letting us know we had a package waiting for us. Our home owners insurance company provided us with three water leak detectors free of charge. They work with an Android app, you need an account and you need to setup each device. You then place it on the floor in whatever area you have that might get water. If it senses water it beeps and sends you a text message 

While in town we stopped by Walmart to buy a few things. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 33 minutes and 26 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes to three songs twice, which were Calling Out, Revenger and Showdown. While playing Calling Out I had two Outstanding scores but didn't get a new high score.

 

Calling Out

 

Revenger

 

Showdown

I played Gunpowder Glunch on Bounce Arcade twice and earned a bronze trophy both times. The second game was the best. I played Wooden Sign Rally Multiball and Jailbreak Multiball. I did Barrel Barrage twice and Quick Drawl once and failed all three times to complete the event. I didn't play too well but had fun.

 

Gunpowder Gulch

I played three pinball games on the mini cabinet, which were Jaws, The Godfather and Three Angels. While playing The Godfather I became high score #1.

 

Jaws

 

The Godfather

 

Three Angels

I played seven pinball games on the big cabinet. They were Big Bang Bar, Dracula, Indiana Jones, Indianapolis 500, Mustang, Superman and the Justice League and Willow. I didn't play well on the big cabinet but had fun.

 

Big Bang Bar

 

Dracula

 

Indiana Jones

 

Indianapolis 500

 

Mustang

 

Superman and the Justice League

 

Willow

In the evening we started watching the sixth season of Miss Scarlet on PBS. Then I watched the fourth movie of Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides. I ended up doing 6,000 steps, which included 15 minutes of my Jazz routine.

 

 

   

          

Wednesday 1-14-26 Dance Day & Having Fun

 

Just having fun

 

We had a beautiful day with sunshine and wind. The morning temperature was 39 degrees and the high was 66 degrees. It was windy all day. By evening the wind let up. 

I attended three virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Last week Di wrote an e-mail saying she will be introducing the Plus dancers to the A1 moves, that were moved from A1 to Plus because Caller Lab moved them to Plus. Today she worked on Quarter Thru (left and right), Quarter In, Partner Tag (in different positions), Scoot and Dodge, Clover and and Triple Trade. Di called the whole dance of five tips to seven participants. I had a super time dancing with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. Jane asked if I was back for awhile and I said yes. Ett was happy I was back. Ett called five tips to sixteen participants. I had fun dancing with friends.

Third was Dave Eno Weekly C1/A2 for an hour and a half at 6:00. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. We had a surprise visitor, who was Loren Smith. He also was kind to help call the dance. The format was three tips of C1 to eight participants, three tips of A2 to nine participants and two trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the sessions: first tip was called by Karin and Greg, second tip was called by Loren and Dave and the third tip all four callers called. I had a great evening dancing to Dave, Loren, Karin and Greg and with friends.

 

    

Get a partner and dance

 

Larry continued playing with the the pinball cabinets. He played games on both machines and had a super time.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Free Cell Mini of 10 games. It took me 51 minutes and 38 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played three games of pinball on the mini cabinet, which were No Good Goffers!, Pirates Life and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing No Good Goffers! I became the high score number #1 and Pirates of the Caribbean I became the Grand Champion. I played two pinball games on the big cabinet, which were Indiana Jones and Indianapolis 500. While playing Indiana Jones I got a new high score of 427,392,590, which put me in 31st place out of 78 participants. While playing Indianapolis 500 I became the high score of the Pit. I had a good day of pinball.

 

No Good Goffers! (mini)

 

 

Pirates Life (mini)

 

Pirates of the Caribbean (mini)
 

  

Indianapolis 500 (big)

 

Indianapolis 500 (big)

 

The Pirates Life has a great VR room, below are a couple of pictures of the room.

 

Pirate and monkey on deck

 

A deckhand and cannons

After the last dance we finished watching the first season of Bookish on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the third movie of Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. I ended up doing 5,000 steps, which included 15 minutes of my Jazz routine.

 

 

  

Tuesday 1-13-26 Dancing with Di, Workout & Games

 

Awesome Day!!!

 

We had an awesome day. 

In the morning it was overcast and we had a small shower about 9:45. It left about an hour late. It just drizzled just enough to dampen the ground. The morning temperature was 41 degrees and the high was 59 degrees.

We didn't go to Liberty Hill because Henry was in Mesa, Arizona for a dance. Instead we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance at 10:00 for an hour. Di called five tips to 13 participants. Di called the whole dance but Terry did dance with Di. We hadn't danced to Di and Terry since 12/10.25 over a month and was great to dance with them. Larry danced four of the five tips. We had a super time dancing with friends.

 

   We love square dancing

 

Before the dance I finished reading Lessons in Chemistry by Bonnie Garmus. It was a great book, it was funny and terrifically written. The book was published in 2022 and is the only book she has ever written. If she writes another book I would love to read it.

 

Relaxing with a good book

Larry spent a good part of the day working on the pinball cabinet. Every once in awhile it has a very small stutter and he would like to stop it. He did some research and printed out things to try. Each time he made a change he played a game to see if it worked. By the end he found out all the things he changed didn't fully correct the problem. He put everything back the way it was, he will keep searching for something else to try. 

Then he installed a new game on the mini cabinet called Pirates Life. It took him a long time to get it to work correctly. Once it was installed he played the game and had a great time. It's a super game with an outstanding VR room. So in two days we have two new pirates games on the mini cabinet, Pirates of The Caribbean and Pirates Life.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Klondike and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 13 minutes and 24 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

In the afternoon I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour with three songs twice, which were Carry On, I'll Fight Back and Voidwalkers.

 

Carry On

 

I'll Fight Back

 

Voidwalkers

Afterwards I played two games of Monster Manor on Bounce Arcade for 20 minutes. Both games I earned a bronze trophy and the last one was the best. I awoken the manor twice, banister blustered and stunned the manor once. I had fun.

 

 

Monster Manor

 

I played five games of pinball on the mini cabinet, which was Batman Forever, No Good Goffers!, Pirates Life, Pirate of the Caribbean and Three Angels. While playing Pirates Life I played two players, where I came in high score #1 and #2. While playing Batman Forever and No Good Goffers! I came in high score #3.

 

Batman Forever

 

No Good Goffers!

 

Pirates Life

 

Pirates of the Caribbean

 

Three Angels

 

I played four games of pinball on the big cabinet, which were Guardians of the Galaxy, Indiana Jones, JP Space Cadet and World Cup Soccer. While playing Indiana Jones I got a new high score for the challenge of 244,000,810. This put me in 38th place out of 71 participants. 

 

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

Indiana Jones

 

JP Space Cadet

 

World Cup Soccer

In the evening we continued watching Bookish on PBS. Then I watched the second movie of The Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest. I ended up doing 7,000 steps.