Friday 5-15-26 Minnie Projects, Dancing with Loren & More

 

Celebrate it's Friday

We had an overcast day with wind. The morning temperature was 65 degrees and the high was 85 degrees. The wind and overcast skies kept it cool outside.

Minnie Projects

I woke up at 7:45 and Larry was already working on the Minnie. I went outside and he took a little break for breakfast. After breakfast he went back to the project. Years ago Larry had used Gorilla tape on the awning because the material along the top edge was deteriorating. This lasted a few years and he had to remove and replace the tape. It has now been a few years more and the tape started failing on our trip so Larry did a temporary repair. Today he removed the old Gorilla tape and replaced it with Eterna Bond tape. Removing and replacing the tape is a bit of a pain, you have remove the tape and then clean all the old adhesive off with mineral spirits. This must be done using a ladder and you have to keep moving the ladder. We never use the awning but we don't really want to remove it so this is a way to keep it maintained.  

Putting Eterna Bond on the awning

Next project on the Minnie was resealing around the antenna area. Years before we bought it the antenna for the television was knocked off and sealed up. The area started to leak so Larry patched the area with Eternal Bond. The other day when we had the rain storm the area started to leak again. Today he repatched the area with Eterna Bond.

Larry purchased a new air filter so he started to replace it and discovered the breather filter also needed to be replaced. He didn't have one but he found it at Advance Auto Parts. Then we had to go to town to get it. When we were in town we stopped and checked our mail at the UPS Store. 

While Larry was doing the Minnie projects I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 7 minutes and 59 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. Today when I played the challenges of Solitaire and the event my score was tripled instead of doubled. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Jaws, Medieval Madness, Red & Ted Road Show and World Joker Poker. While playing Medieval Madness I became high score #3 and Jaws I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Godzilla, Tales From the Crypt and Willow. I didn't get on the board while playing games on the big cabinet but had fun.

Jaws (mini)

Medieval Madness (mini)

Red & Ted Road Show (mini)

World Joker Poker (mini)

Attack From Mars (big)

Godzilla (big)

Tales From the Crypt (big)

Willow (big)

In the evening we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. This week Loren Smith covered for her because she was out of town. Loren called five tips to 10 participants. Ett forgot to send an e-mail so it was a small group but it was fun. Larry danced with me the whole dance. Once again we were the only couple dancing. We had a great time.

Get a partner and dance

After the dance we finished watching the 16th season of Call The Midwife. When Larry went to bed I watched Inferno and Sonic the Hedgehog from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

Relaxing in front of the television

 

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle while watching television. 

     

   

Thursday 5-14-26 Paper Crafting, Housework and Games

 

Have a great day

We had a great day. The sun was shining and windy. The morning temperature was 64 degrees. The official high was 88 degrees but at our house it got up to 92 degrees.

Larry spent the day working on his paper crafting project of making a graduation card for Keileigh, who is graduating from Lake Belton High School. It took him a bit because he wanted it to be very special. He downloaded the project. Next he had to modify the file for the size he wanted to make. Next he decided on what color paper he wanted to use and what type of paper (glitter or cardstock). He used both. Then he cut out and assembled the pieces. He also wrote a salutation and printed it out. He found a special picture for the inside and used AI to change the color on the picture (graduation gown, hair color and the length). It came out perfect. He had a great time making the card and it came out fantastic.

 

The front of the card 

The envelope

The card inside

While Larry worked on the card I did my housework. I cleaned the bathrooms, dusted the house and vacuumed.

I spent most of the day playing games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Pyramid and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 12 minutes and 12 seconds, which put me in 12th 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 Big Buck Hunter Pro, Great Houdini, No Fear, No Good Goffers! and The Goonies. While playing Great Houdini I became high score #2 and The Goonies I became high score #4. 

Big Buck Hunter Pro

Great Houdini

No Fear

No Good Goffers!

The Goonies

I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Dracula, Indianapolis 500, Nightmare Before Christmas, Superman and the Justice League and Tales From the Crypt. I didn't get on the board on any of the games but I had a great time playing pinball. I didn't get a new high score on the weekly challenge of Tales From the Crypt but I'm still doing well. I'm 26th out of 83 participants.

Dracula

Indianapolis 500

Nightmare Before Christmas

Superman and the Justice League

Tales From the Crypt

In the evening we continued watching the 16th season of Call the Midwife. When Larry went to bed I watched Angels & Demons and R.I.P.D. from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,500 steps. 

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle art by Nancy Wernersbach. 

 

 

Wednesday 5-13-26 Back to Dancing, Paper Crafting & More

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. 

It was a beautiful day with sunshine. The morning temperature was 61 degrees and the high was 88 degrees. 

We kept bus doing this and that. 

I attended three virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Terry called the first tips and Di called the other four tips. They had 10 participants. Di continued working on the new moves, that was taken from A2 level of dancing to the Plus level. The moves were:  Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Scoot and Dodge, Pass the Sea, Partner Hinge, Partner Tag, Clover and, Pair Off, Circle To and and Roll. Everyone was happy to see me back after seven weeks on the road. Larry even popped in to say hi. I had a great time dancing with friends and to Terry and Di.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She had another comment so Loren Smith covered for her. He called four tips to 7 participants. Larry danced with me the whole dance. Loren was happy because we were the only couple there. He worked on moves Larry and I were having problems with. They were Relay the Top, Galaxy Formation and Triple Box Concepts. Larry helped me get in the right place a few times. Everyone was happy to see us back dancing. We had a super time dancing to Loren and with friends. 

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. The format was three tips of C1 to 7 participants, three tips of A2 to 10 participants and two Trivia questions. Once again everyone was happy to see me back. I had a lot of fun dancing to Dave, Karin and Greg and with friends. 

Grab a partner and dance

While I danced Larry did a couple of projects. He sprayed for weeds in the gravel and continued working on his paper crafting of making the graduation card for the neighbor. 

After Loren's dance we went to town to do a few of errands. First was Walmart to pick up a couple of things I forgot to order the other day. Next was O'Reilly for some hose. Next Michael's to buy a set of four tassels because the one we got yesterday at Dollar Tree was too big. Last stop was PenFed Credit Union to get some money. Then we went home. 

Checking off our list of things to do

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Klondike and 10 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 28 minutes and 11 seconds, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played four pinball games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Queen, Tales From the Crypt and Theatre of Magic. I had fun playing pinball even though I didn't get on the board. 

Big Bang Bar

Queen

Tales From the Crypt

Theatre of Magic

After Dave's dance we watched an episode of Call the Midwife on PBS. We watched YouTube videos. After Larry went to bed I watched the De Vinci Code from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

 

Tuesday 5-12-26 Movie, Minnie Projects, Puzzle & Games

 

Gorgeous Day

We had a gorgeous day with sunshine and very little wind. The morning temperature was 58 degrees and the high was 86 degrees.

Larry did a couple of projects on the Minnie. One was installing the new faucet in the kitchen. I helped him when he needed me by holding the faucet while he tightened the hoses and nuts and bolts. Second was replacing the fuel filler hose, that was temporarily fixed with a radiator hose. The radiator hose worked great but it is not suppose to be used for gasoline. We had gotten the right hose when we were on the road but wanted to replace it when we got home because he would have the right tools and space.

We went to see The Sheep Detectives at 10:10 am. When we got to the theater again, there were a few school buses in the parking lot. We went inside and the lady said they were in another theater. She they would be busy all week with children from the schools because they had extra money and they had to spend it. There was only one other couple in the theater with us. The movie was very cute about a Shepard being murdered and his sheep investigated the murder. 

Going to the movies

After the movie we stopped by Dollar Tree to pick up more cookies to bake and a few crafting products Larry needed. Larry was going to take me out for lunch at Taco Bell but it was too busy.      

I played 10 games of pinball. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Godzilla, Jaws, JP Viper Night Driving, Junk Yard and Tales From the Crypt. While playing JP Viper Night Driving I became high score #4, Godzilla I became high score #6 and Tales From the Crypt I got a new high score. My new score for the challenge of Tales From the Crypt was 385,956,490. This score moved me from 47th place to 14th place out of 59 participants. Great day for playing pinball.

Godzilla (big)

Jaws (big)

JP Viper Night Driving (big)

Junk Yard (big)

Tales From the Crypt (big)

I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Fish Tales, No Fear and Willie Wonka. While playing Creature From The Black Lagoon I became high score #3 and Fish Tales high score #3. I didn't get on the board playing Attack From Mars and No Fear but I had great games.

Attack From Mars (mini)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (mini)

Fish Tales (mini)

No Fear (mini)

Willie Wonka (mini)

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 24 seconds, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

In the evening we started to watch season 16th of Call the Midwife on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched The Lion King and Ooops! Noah Is Gone from our movies collection. While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.  

  

  

Monday 5-11-26 Projects, Games, Paper Project & More

Happy Monday

Happy Monday. I hope everyone had a great day. We kept busy doing this and that. 

The morning temperature was 62 degrees and the high was 77 degrees. The rain was gone. We had a very nice day.

Larry started the day out by doing a couple of home projects. First he he treated the yards with weed and feed. Next he sprayed for bugs. Yesterday, he put bleach in the septic system. We were gone for seven weeks and every month he puts bleach in the system. Yesterday he had to add two gallons. 

Home Projects

Yesterday, we received an e-mail from Di Green saying she and Terry were going away for a few days. She decided to cancel her dance today. Later on she wrote and said her A2 dance will be cancel tomorrow. 

Larry decided he would take me to a movie. The movie was The Sheep Detectives. We got there and there were four elementary school buses in the parking lot. We went inside and asked if this movie had all the kids in it. The lady said yes, so we left. 

It was lunchtime so we stopped at Mod Pizza and shared a pizza. This was our first visit to Mod Pizza. We weren't impressed. The crust was very thin and there was very little cheese and only a few pepperonis. We ate the whole pizza. We haven't eaten an entire pizza in decades, we normally only eat half but this pizza it was not a problem. The pizza tasted ok. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 31 minutes and 9 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Batman Forever, Dr. No and Transformers. While playing Batman Forever I became high score #6 and Transformers I became Grand Champion. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Tales From the Crypt, The Big LeBowski, Willow and Willy Wonka. I got a new high score for the weekly challenge of Tales From the Crypt, which was 169,291,400. This score put me in 37th place out of 49 participants so far. I had a fun time.

Ace of Speed (mini)

Batman Forever (mini)

Dr. No (mini)

Transformers (mini)

Tales From the Crypt (big)

The Big LeBowski (big)

Willow (big)

Willy Wonka (big)

While I played games Larry started a paper project. It's been a long time since Larry has used his Cameo but our neighbor Keileigh is graduating from high school so he decided to make a card. He found a card he liked. He downloaded it and is customizing it. He wants to use the high school logo. He found one and modified it to work with the Cameo. It looks great. He now needs to start cutting things, he will be coordinating it with the school colors.

In the evening we watched Wicked For Good from our movies. It was a good movie and the continuation of Wicked. Then I watched Hotel For Dogs on Hoopla. It was about two orphans siblings (Andi and Bruce), who turns an abandoned hotel into a sanctuary for stray dogs. It starred Emma Roberts as Andi, Jake T. Austin as Bruce, Lisa Kudrow as their foster mother and Don Cheadle as their social worker. It was a good movie. Then I watched Beauty and the Beast out of our movies collection.

I ended up doing 3,000 steps. We had a great day.