Tuesday 11-5-24 Dancing, Computer Project, Crafting & Games

 

Awesome Day

It finally is starting to cool down to more like normal temperatures. The high was 73 degrees and there was a little breeze.

Larry started the day off by working on his computer build. He put the components together. Then he installed Windows to run the computer. He had problems getting the license to work. He had to call Microsoft, the process was a nightmare, he had to answer questions and the computer gave him a number to enter onto the computer. It required him to do this for a series of 9 sets of six numbers. Once he got through this process the license finally worked. He is still a long way from being done. Currently the computer is simply a motherboard with a lot of pieces attached to it, there is no case surrounding it. He still has not decided what the final project will be. He worked on it most of the day and he had a great time. Tomorrow will be loading software and running tests.

Computer Project

 

At 10:00 Larry took an hour off from his project to dance with me. This morning the dance was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2. Di called five tips to 11 participants. Terry wasn't felling very well so Di called the whole dance. He felt well enough to dance with Di. When she was calling the third tip she workshopped Chain Reaction from different positions. Larry danced four of the tips. We had a super time dancing with Di and Terry and friends.

 

 

We love square dancing

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 15 minutes and 36 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I did the weekly challenge of The Walking Dead and didn't get a a new score but I entered my initials as a high score each time I played, which was four time. I played six games of pinball using the Random button. I didn't enter my initials in the game as a high score but I had fun. The games were Aerosmith, Star Trek the Next Generation, Who Dunnit, Star Trek, Scared Stiff and Get Away. 

Aerosmith

Get Away

Scared Stiff

Star Trek Next Generation

Star Trek

Who Dunnit

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour.

In the evening we watched My Louisiana Sky, which was about a 12 year old girl who lives with mentally challenged parents in the small town of Satter Louisiana. It was an ok movie. Then I watched Black Widow. I started watching the third season of Whitstable Pearl. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

Monday 11-4-24 Dancing, Crafting, Games & Wellness Appointment

 

Smile and be happy

We had a super day.

Larry started the day out by going for his yearly wellness appointment. While there he did his lab work. It came out great.

I attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di called five tips to 16 participants. She put us in positions we weren't usually in so she cued us through the moves. Today the dance was Bonfire Night so asked if we want to dress with sparkly stuff and colors for fireworks. I wore a flashing red, white and blue hat. A few dancers had some sparkly. I had a fun time dancing with friends.

After lunch I did housework. 

Larry started getting ready for his computer project. He received some items yesterday and more items arrived today. He is very excited about doing the new project.

 

Doing housework

 

I took the trash out and found out I forgot to get some kitchen plastic bags. We had to make a quick run to Walmart to get some.

I worked out for 45 minutes with the Synth Riders.

I played the new weekly challenge of The Walking Dead in 2D because Larry couldn't get it to work in VR. My starting high score was 136,944,100, which put me in 2nd place out of 13 participants so far. It's not the greatest game but I'll playing it for the week. Then we probably will take it off the cabinet. Then I played the random choice of games, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, The Flintstones and the Game of Thrones. I didn't get on the board but had fun.

The Walking Dead in 2D

Creature From The Black Lagoon

Game of Thrones

The Flintstones

In the evening the rain the weatherman has been predicting for days finally came. It was very nice to see considering we hadn't had rain in a very long time. It was steady but not hard.

 

It's raining

I worked on my diamond painting of the Sea Turtle while watching television. We watched Night At The Museum. After Larry went to bed I watched Captain America: Civil War. I ended doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

Sunday 11-3-24 Dancing with the Sundancers, Crafting & Games

 

 

We had a great Sunday hanging around the house.

I started the day out working on the Sea Turtle diamond painting.

Larry received a couple of parts he ordered. He still waiting on a couple of parts he ordered. For some reason they delayed. 

Today is Sunday, which means I have a new challenge in pinball. The challenge for this week is The Walking Dead. Larry installed it on the cabinet, he had lots of problems getting it to work but finally got it going in 2D. Currently it doesn't work in VR. He will continue working on it tomorrow.

I played four games of pinball. They were Halloween, which was last weeks challenge. I didn't get a new high score but I came in 46th place out of 54 participants. Then I played World Joker Poker, Corvette and Godzilla, which were chosen by the Random button. When playing Godzilla I got the 5th high score. 

 

Corvette

 

Godzilla

 

World Joker Poker

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Pyramid and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 15 minutes and 55 seconds, which put me in 10th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour.

In the evening we went to Sun City to dance with the Sundancers for their weekly Plus dance. This week we had six couples and one extra person. Gary did a couple six couple tips but most of the tips were four couple. This was great because dancers could rest. We had a fun evening of dancing to Gary and with friends.

 

  

Get a partner and dance

When we got home Larry read his e-mail and relaxed until it was time for him to go to bed. Then I watched Ant Man and continued watching the second season of Whitstable Pearl. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group for the week with 123,116 steps.

   

Saturday 11-2-24 Expo Center, Games & More

 

Cadence Bank Center

We had a wonderful day.

We started out the day by going to the Cadence Bank Center (formally Bell County Expo Center). Larry read that the Gypsy Vanner National Championship was going on. It's the largest pure bred gypsy horse show in North America. It has been running for 17 years. This was the highlight of the season, the horses compete in halter, showmanship, western, English, trail, driving, dressage and western dressage. We don't know anything about horses but we like to attend events just to watch the horses compete. We enjoy seeing how gorgeous the riders dress and how beautiful the horses are. We were at the center at 9:00 and not much was going on. We walked around and looked at the horses. A lot of the stalls were beautifully displayed with colorful signs and decor. We watched one event, where the handlers go through an obstacle course. The event really isn't a spectator event unless you know someone who's competing. But we still had fun walking around.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 50 minutes and 15 seconds, which put me in 24th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

 

Larry finished the book, American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer. The book was really long and written like a history book, lots of facts, people and dates. It was not written chronologically and lots of information was repeated multiple times. While he liked learning about Oppenheimer he said he didn't think he would recommend this book, it was unnecessarily long.

He wants to build a new computer and has spent days reading information and watching YouTube videos. Today he placed an order for most of the parts.

I played seven games of pinball. They were Halloween, Fun House, Godzilla, Dirty Harry, Elvira Party Monsters, Attack From Mars and The Addams Family. Whew playing Godzilla I entered my initials as high score #4. I had a great afternoon of playing pinball.

 

Attack From Mars

 

Dirty Harry

 

Elvira Party Monsters

 

Fun House

 

Godzilla

 

The Addams Family

 

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour.

 

 

I continued working on the Sea Turtle diamond painting.

In the evening we watched Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. Afterwards I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron. I continued watching the second season of Whitstable Pearl. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

   

Friday 11-1-24 Colorful Eye, Games & Dance

 

 

We had a super day. The high was 75 degrees and a little breeze.

Larry did his beginning of the month routine. He put bleach in the septic system. He backed up the computers. Then he continued doing research on his new computer project.

Larry also read a little bit.

 

Relax with a book

 

I spent the morning finishing my diamond painting of the Colorful Eye. It came out very beautiful. It took me eight days to do. Then I started another diamond painting, which is the Sea Turtle.

 

Colorful Eye

New project from the internet (Sea Turtle)

Sea Turtle at the beginning

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 13 minutes and 16 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for an hour. 

Then I played five games of pinball. I had a great day of pinball. I played the weekly challenge of Halloween and got a new high score, which put me in 28th place out of 32 participants. I also played Men in Black, No Fear, Game of Thrones and Willy Wonka. I entered my initials in all the games. In No Fear, Game of Thrones and Willy Wonka I was in #1 high score and Men in Black was #2 high score. I used the random button and got No Fear, Game of Thrones and Willy Wonka. I like using this button because it will select some games you haven't played in a long time. 

 

Game of Thrones

 

Halloween (clock is actual time I played)

 

Men in Black

 

No Fear

 

Willy Wonka

 

While playing pinball Amazon delivered the new bands for my Garmin.

 

Two of the three bands

 

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. She called four tips to 13 participants. She called a lot of Linear Cycles. I had a fun hour of dancing to Ett and with friends. It was nice having her back calling.

Having fun with friends

After the dance we watched Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark. Then I watched Guardians of Galaxy 2. Then I finished the first season of Whitstable Pearl and started the second season. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.

 

    

Thursday 10-31-24 Happy Halloween & Thursday Night Football

 

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween to everyone. Did you have any trick or treaters? We didn't have any at all. This is the third year in a row. During my dances this week the dancers talked about getting about 50 trick or treaters. 

We started the day out by going to town to mail a package at the post office. Then we checked our mail at the UPS Store. Afterwards we went to Walmart to get some candy for Halloween and some groceries we were low on. Then we went home.

 

Doing errands

When we got home home Larry put in an online grocery order from Walmart. Our groceries were delivered to the front door a little after 2:00.

 

 Home delivery of groceries

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 3 hours, 2 minutes and 28 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group. Then I moved onto playing Angry Birds.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 45 minutes. 

I played five games of pinball, which were Halloween, Men In Black, Star Wars, Tales of the Arabian Nights and Whitewater. Men in Black is a new game Larry installed in both 2D and VR. It's a Marty game. Larry played it and wasn't impressed, he normally loves games developed by Marty. It was very hard to get the ramps. I played it and did very well. I entered my initials as the #1 high score. I'm not sure if I like it or not, I'll have to play it for a bit. I didn't get a new high score in Halloween. The other three were chosen by the Random button on the cabinet. I hadn't played Whitewater in a very long time and had fun playing it. 

 

Halloween

Men In Black

Star Wars

 

Tales of the Arabian Nights

 

   Whitewater

I worked on my diamond painting of the colorful eye. I'll be finished tomorrow.

While just hanging around the house my Garmin watch band broke. I tried to replace it with other ones I have but they broke just as bad. It was weird because I never wore them. I guess the material, that the bands were made of most of gotten brittle. I moaned about it so Larry ordered me more bands. He ended up ordering the same bands. Not too many other options for my garmin. They should be here tomorrow. I figured out how I could wear the watch by using a bread tie. It works great.   

In the evening we watched Thursday Night Football on Amazon. We hadn't watched football in many years, Larry didn't want to watch a movie because we may get kids for Halloween. We enjoyed watching the game. When Larry went to bed I watched the Guardians of the Galaxy and continued watching the first season of Whitstable Pearl. I ended up doing 17,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.