Thursday 11-5-26 Appointment, Errands, Paper Project and More

 Busy doing this and that

We had a busy day. The weather was very nice with sunshine. The morning temperature was 53 degrees and the high temperature of 83 degrees, We had a little breeze.

We started the day off by going to town because I had an appointment at 8:00 with my therapist. She had me do my exercises and introduced me to two more exercises. Then we went to HEB to pick up a prescription for Larry. While there we got our flu and covid shots. Then we went to The UPS Store to get our mail. On the way home we stopped at Jack 'n' Jill Donuts for breakfast.

When we got home we parked the Equinox in the driveway. Then Larry went inside the house and got the keys for the Minnie. Larry was finished doing the projects he needed to do on it. We aren't going to use it until next month. We decided to take it back to storage.

Putting the Minnie in storage

 

When we got home we had lunch. After lunch Larry went outside and treated the gravel for weeds. He also winterized the irrigation system.

I spent the afternoon catching up on our monthly finances. 

I forgot to write yesterday, that I played games. I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I did the Daily Event, which was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Klondike and 10 Spider). It took me 1 hour, 37 minutes and 52 seconds to complete, which put me in 6th place. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Today I played the Daily Challenge of Solitaire and Mahjong. The Daily Event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 27 minutes and 13 seconds to complete, which put me in 28th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, Godzilla, Mission Impossible and The Goonies. While playing Dr. No I became high score #1 and Godzilla I became high score #10. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Beetlejuice, Fish Tales, John Wick, Queen and World Poker Tour. While playing Fish Tales I became high score #2 and John Wick I became high score #1. 

60th Anniversary (Mini)

Dr. No (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Beetlejuice (Big)

Fish Tales (Big)

John Wick (Big)

Queen (Big)

World Poker Tour (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched The Paper Bag Plan on Amazon. It was about a father who has cancer and decides to train his disabled son to bag groceries. He wanted to secure his son a job and independence before his time ran out. It was a good movie. When Larry went to bed I watched Beauty and the Beast from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

 

Wednesday 11-4-26 Minnie Project, Dance Day & More

 

Having fun with friends

We had a great day. It was a beautiful fall day with a little breeze. The morning temperature was 53 degrees and the high temperature was 80 degrees. We had a lot of sunshine.

Larry started the day out by tuning up the Minnie. He ordered the parts he needed from Rock Auto and received them last week. It was the perfect day to do the tune up because it was cool. He started out by putting all the parts on a table in the garage. Then he removed the engine cover and popped the hood to get to the engine area to do the tune up. He replaced the eight spark plugs, the distributor cap and wiring. He replaced the air filters and the steering stabilizer. He also replaced the fuel filter. He worked on this project a good part of the day.

Larry tuning up the Minnie

Air filter box

Distributor Cap

 Filter

Spark Plugs

Distributor Cap in the engine

Engine in the cab

I attended three virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus dance at 10:00 for an hour. Today I danced by myself because Larry was working on the Minnie. Di called five tips to 11 participants from U.K., U.S. and Canada/Mexico. Terry danced part of the dance with Di. Di worked on Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Scoot and Dodge, Spin Chain The Gears and Spin Chain Thru. Di danced the man's position a couple of the tip because some of the women were having problems getting in the right position while being the man. I had a lot of fun dancing with friends and to Di and Terry.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. Ett called four tips to 15 participants from the Netherlands, U.S., Canada, Australia and U.K. She worked on the Finished Concepts, Make Magic, Magic Concepts, Anything To A Wave and Concentric Concepts. I had a great time dancing with friends and to Ett. 

Thirds was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. This week Greg Moore and Karin Rabe helped him call the dance. Karin didn't call because of her broken jaw. This week she asked another dancer called Karen to dance for her with Greg. The format was three tips of C1 to 6 participants from U.S. and Canada, three tips of A2 to 8 participants from U.S., Canada and Mexico and two Trivia questions in between the A2 tips. I had a super time dancing to Dave and Greg and with friends.

I love square dancing

After the first dance we went to town, Larry needed a part he forgot to order for the tune up. He ordered it from O'Reilly. While we were in town picking up the part he took me to What A Burger for lunch. We shared a #5 meal, which was a quarter pounder bacon cheese burger with lettuce, pickles, tomato and onion, medium fries and a medium drink. After lunch we went and picked up the part Larry ordered.

After Ett's dance I worked out on the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I did 12 exercises, which were two exercises from the Aerobics menu for 6 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes), two exercises from the Balance Games menu for 6 minutes (Penguin Slide for 2 minutes and Table Tilt for 4 minutes), three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 8 minutes (Balance Bridge 10 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 10 reps for 2 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), two exercises from the Training Plus menu for 5 minutes (Perfect 10 2 minutes and Snowball Fight twice for 3 minutes) and three exercises from the Yoga menu for 6 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Half-Moon for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Penguin Slide and Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist)

Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Snowball Fight)

Yoga (Chair, Half-Moon and Warrior)

I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Medieval Madness, Michael and Transformers. While playing Medieval Madness I became high score #1 and Michael I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Tales of the Arabian Nights, The Beach Boys, World Cup Soccer and World Poker Tour. I had fun playing pinball.

Medieval Madness (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

World Poker Tour (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

After the last dance we watched Toy Story 4 from our movies collection. It was a cute movie about lost toys and the toys friendship they have with each. After Larry went to bed I watched The Sound of Music from our movies collection. 

By the end of the day I did 3,000 steps.

    

 

  

Tuesday 11-3-26 A2 Dancing at Liberty Hill and with Di Green

 

Smile and have fun

We had a super day of dancing A2.

The weather was great. It rained early this morning, about 2:00 am a front rolled in with thunder and rain. The morning temperature at 6:00 am was 67 degrees. By 3:00 pm it was 81 degrees. We had a lot of wind. It was another beautiful fall weather.

Larry started the day off working with his new VR program. A couple of days ago I said Larry had created and added an image to the pinball cabinet in the Willow VR room. He did this using an image from the web and an AI engine. Below is how it came out.

Willow graphic on the pinball machine in VR

 

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I also did the Daily Challenge of Mahjong from yesterday. I did the Daily Event, which was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 8 minutes and 16 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

At 10:00 am we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance for an hour. Terry didn't dance or attend the dance. Di called five tips to 11 participants. Larry and I only danced four of the tips because we were going to Liberty Hill to dance. Di did a super job of calling the dance and dancing with us. She cued the moves and said what formation we were in through out the dance. When we had problems she would walk us through the move to make sure we were successful. We had a fun hour of dancing with friends and to Di.

Get a partner and dance

After Di's dance we had lunch. I put a cooler together and a bag of snacks to take with us to Liberty Hill. We began our drive at 11:20 am. Liberty Hill is 60 miles from the house and it took us an hour and fifteen minutes. We had not danced to John Kephart since August 11th. We had six couples and danced for two hours. Everyone was happy we were back. We only sat out one tip. The dance was very good. John had to workshop a couple of moves, which were Motivate and Scoot Chain Thru. We had a great time.

John Kephart

We were home by 4:15 pm. I made dinner, which was leftovers from last night. 

After dinner I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Big Buck Hunter Pro, No Fear, The Goonies and Willie Wonka. While I was playing Willie Wonka I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Junk Yard, Superman and the Justice League, The Godfather, Willow and World Poker Tour. While playing the weekly challenge of World Poker Tour I became Grand Champion, which was another new high score for the week. The score was 29,455,020, which put me in 20th place in the group of 55 participants. I had a great day playing pinball.

Batman Forever (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

No Fear (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Willie Wonka (Mini)

Junk Yard (Big)

Superman and the Justice League (Big)

The Godfather (Big)

Willow (Big)

World Poker Tour (Big)

We watched YouTube videos. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle of Starring Night Cats and I finished it. I started 10/30/26 and finished it 11/3/26, which 5 days.

Starring Night Cats

In the evening we watched The Da Vinci Code from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Mary Poppins Return from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,000 step. 

   

 

 

Monday 11-2-26 Dancing with Di, Workout, Project & More

 

Beautiful Fall Day

We had a beautiful fall day. The morning temperature was 64 degrees and the high temperature was 84 degrees. We had a strong wind out of the north.

Hold on tight

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour and 15 minutes. Terry didn't dance with Di but he was there keeping her company. Di called five tips to 20 participants from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Germany, France and Russia. Larry dance four of the tips with me. I was glad that Di cued through out the dance. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

Get a partner and dance

After the dance we went to town. We stopped at Walmart to pickup a few items. Then we went to Taco Bell and had lunch. We shared a Nachos Bell Grande. On the way home we stopped and filled the Equinox with gas.

Larry did his monthly projects. Yesterday, he backed up the computers. Today he put bleach in the septic system. He continued working on making VR rooms for some of the pinball games on the big cabinet using the new VR program.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 45 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobics menu for 12 minutes (Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes). I did three exercises from the Balance Games menu for 8 minutes (Ski Jump three times for 3 minutes, Ski Slalom for 1 minute and Soccer Heading two times for 4 minutes). I did three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 9 minutes (Balance Bridge 10 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes). I did two exercises from the Training Plus menu for 8 minutes (Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Table Tilt Plus for 4 minutes). I did four exercises from the Yoga menu for 8 minutes (Downward-Facing Dog for 2 minutes, Half-Moon for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout using the Wii Fit.

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Ski Jump, Ski Slalom and Soccer Heading)

Strength Training (Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist)

Training Plus (Obstacle Course and Table Tilt Plus)

 

Yoga (Downward-Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Standing Knee and Warrior)

I worked out for 30 minutes with Gold's Gym. I did my own routine, which was one exercise from the Advance Lesson Menu (Left and Right Step Combo for 8 minutes), one exercise from the Intermediate Lesson Menu (Up and Down Ducking Combo for 15 minutes) and one exercise from the Beginner Lesson Menu (Beginner Combo for 6 minutes). I had fun exercising with Gold's Gym.

Advance Lesson Menu (Left and Right Step Combo)

Beginner Lesson Menu (Beginner Combo)

Intermediate Lesson Menu (Up and Down Ducking Combo)

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score. While working out with Stay I earned one outstanding score. While working out with The Wild I earned one outstanding score. I had great workout.

Escape

Hypothermia

Stay

The Wild

I played the Daily Challenge of Solitaire and the Daily Event. The event was Event: Free Cell Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 33 minutes and 42 seconds to complete, which put me in 6th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, Fun House and World Joker Poker. While playing World Joker Poker I became high score #4. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were John Wick, Theatre of Magic, Transformers and World Poker Tour. While playing Transformers I became high score #4 and World Poker Tour I became Grand Champion. While playing World Poker Tour, which is the weekly challenge I got a new high score of 26,817,140. I became #17 out of 47 participants.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

John Wick (Big)

Theatre of Magic (Big)

Transformers (Big)

World Poker Tour (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we started watching the second season of Maigret on PBS. We watched two episodes. There's one more available but we'll wait until the fourth one is available because each story has two parts. Maigret is a detective series and is very good. After Larry went to bed I watched Mary Poppins from our movies collection. 

Relaxing in front of the television

While I watched television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle. I ended up doing 5,500 steps.