Monday 8-17-26 Washing the Minnie & Having Fun

 

Hot Summer Day

I think today was the hottest day of the summer. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the official high temperature at 3:00 pm was 105 degrees. It's suppose to stay in the 100's for the next week or so.

Temperature at the house at 2:00

We spent the morning washing the Minnie. When I got up Larry was already on the roof getting ready to wash it. The roof was very dirty and had leaves with sap on them. It was very hard to get leaves and sap off. The brush was getting most of it off . He ended up getting a hand brush to scrub the rest off. Once the roof was finished Larry moved onto the back and the rest of the Minnie. When he got to the cab he ended up getting his buffer out to buff off the leaf stuff. He ended up using compound so he had to wax the hood because the compound took off the wax. While Larry worked on the hood I washed the north side of the Minnie and the cab. After we washed the Minnie Larry cleaned the tires and checked the air in the tires and air bags. It took us four hours.

Yesterday, I got a new weekly pinball challenge, which is Dracula. We had a Dracula game already on the cabinet but this weeks challenge is another version. Larry had to download it and today he installed it on the cabinet. Once he got the game installed he played it to make sure it worked. Then I played it my first high score was 63,440,920, which put me 35th out of 46 participants. Last week's challenge of Last Action Hero my high score was 326,115,340, which put me in 39th out of 105 participants.

Dracula

Last Action Hero

I played another seven games of pinball. I played three on the big cabinet, which were Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Dr. No, Pirate's Life and Playboy. While playing Batman Forever and became high score #6. While playing Playboy I played the Mansion Mania and became a Playboy Champion. I had a fun time playing pinball.

Michael (Big)

Queen (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Batman Forever (Mini)

Dr. No (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Playboy (Mini)

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 14 minutes and 23 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie, watch was the Avengers: Infinity War. from our collection of movies. When Larry went to bed I watched Top Gun from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps. I worked on the Horse of Iron puzzle.   

 

 

   

Sunday 8-16-26 Birthdays Celebration & Having Fun

 

Louise with Tickle Me Elmo Giggle Max

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We had very special day. Every year at the end of August Larry and I go on our fall trip with the Minnie for 6 to 8 weeks. Louise's birthday is in August, so is Larry's and mine is in September. We began an annual tradition of celebrating all of our birthdays on Louise's birthday or very close to it. Today was the day we decided to celebrate our birthdays.

We spent most of the day at Louise's house. We arrived there at 9:15 am and didn't get home until 3:30. At our arrival we were greeted by Alice, Louise's dog. She came running to us to say hi. We brought lunch, which was sandwiches and chips. For the sandwiches we brought pretzel buns, meats (pepperoni, Geno salami, forest ham and bacon), cheeses (Swiss, provolone and pepper jack), mustard and miracle whip. The chips we brought a multi pack of Lay's chips (limon, barbecue, plain and all dressed) to choose from. Louise had the dessert, which was German chocolate cake and chocolate oatmeal cookies. 

Birthday Cake

Lunch

Before lunch Larry did a few brother dos. He took measurements in Louise's tub/shower because she asked if he could install a shower bar. After taking the measurements he told her he could install a bar. Next he looked at the box he had built for her security camera at her front door. It was falling apart. He took it off and brought it home so he can rebuild it. Next he got her YouTube videos to work on her television in the living room and the master bedroom. He also looked at her mailbox to see if he could fix it.

Brother dos

After lunch we opened our gifts. We received a lot of super gifts. Thank you Shirley and Louise for the gifts. The gifts we received from Larry's mom (Shirley) were a Walmart gift card and an Amazon gift card. The gifts we received from Louise were 2 bags of Jack Links beef jerky, Health bars, Reese's miniature peanut butter cups, Mr. Goodbar miniatures, peanut butter clusters, can of Tootsie rolls, two jigsaw puzzles (one 1,000 pieces and one 500 pieces), two Amazon gift cards and two birthday cards. We gave Louise a couple of decorations (Werewolf and Leprechaun), a couple of Amazon gift cards, a couple of food cards (Texas Roadhouse and Firehouse Sub), a couple of pins and Tickle Me Elmo. She loved the Tickle Me Elmo. We had a super celebration.

Birthday gifts

Food gifts from Louise

The jigsaw puzzles, Amazon gift cards and Tootsie rolls from Louise

Gift cards from Shirley

Louise playing with Tickle Me Elmo

Alice 

Louise having a great time opening her gifts

Me having fun opening my gifts

The Werewolf and Leprechaun

When we got home I played games. I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 40 seconds to complete, which put me in 23rd 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 60th Anniversary, Ace of Speed, Metallica and The Goonies. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Jaws, Star Fox and The Beach Boys. While playing The Beach Boys I became high score #2. I had a fun time playing pinball.

60th Anniversary James Bond (Mini)

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Metallica (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Jaws (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

In evening we watched YouTube videos. We watched the next super hero movie, which Ant-Man And Wasp from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched the third Fantastic Beasts movie, which was Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets Of Dumbledore. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

I worked on the Horse of Iron jigsaw puzzle. 

    

          

Saturday 8-15-26 Trip Preparation Begins & Having Fun

Trip Preparation Begins

We had another hot humid day. The morning temperature was 79 degrees and the high was 101 degrees but felt like 110 degrees. We had wind and cloud covering all day.

We decided to get the Minnie out of storage to begin our trip preparation. Larry doesn't have any big maintenance things to do on it because he took care of them when we got home from our spring trip. We will need to wash and Larry will do some small things like fill the tires and clean the battery posts. He will also check the seam seals. These are things he does before every big trip. 

When we got home from Amy's Storage Center Larry plugged it in to our power. Larry put the Starlink, Mobley and some other electronics in the Minnie. Before putting Starlink in the Minnie he plugged it in and updated it. He did the same thing to the Mobley. He updated our phones last night. I started to put some supplies in the Minnie. We didn't work too long on the preparation.

At lunchtime we received an e-mail from the UPS Store saying we have a package. After lunch we went back to town to pick up the package. The package was from Larry's mom (Shirley). She wrote a note and said she is getting old, she's 87 so she doesn't bake like she used to. She did send snacks, which were Nature Valley Crispy Creamy Wafer Bars (Strawberry and Blueberry) and mixed nuts with cheese puffs. She also send out birthday gifts. We munched on the snacks. Thank you Shirley.

Strawberry Wafer Bars

Blueberry Wafer Bars

Mixed nuts and cheese puffs

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 15 minutes and 54 seconds to complete the event, which put me in 16th 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 Creature From The Black Lagoon, Godzilla, Pirate's Life and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing Godzilla I became high score #1. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Great Houdini. Indianapolis 500, Last Action Hero and Monster Bash. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

Great Houdini (Big)

Indianapolis 500 (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Monster Bash (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero, which was Thor: Ragnarök from our movies collection. After Larry went to bed I watched the second movie of Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I continued working on my puzzle Horse of Iron. 

  

    

 

Friday 8-14-26 It's Friday, and Having Fun

 

Celebrate it's Friday and dance

We had another 100 degree day with wind and clouds. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high was 100 degrees and felt like 113 degrees. The clouds rolled in and out all day.

We started the day out by going to town to check out mail and pick up a few things for our birthdays celebration on Sunday. Every year we celebrate all of our birthdays  together (Louise, Larry and mine). It usually on Louise's birthday but this year we'll be celebrating the day before. Larry's birthday is later in August and mine in September, we're usually on our Fall Trip. It didn't take too long so we were back home within an hour. 

While we were eating lunch we received an e-mail from the UPS Store saying we have a package. We went back to town. We thought maybe it was from Larry's mom (Shirley) but it was from his brother Ray. It was a birthday card with a cute book on reflections of a special year, which was 1958 the year Larry was born.

1958 Reflections of a special year

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Pyramid). I only did 9 of the 10 games because I couldn't solve one of the last spider game. I solved the games but not it the amount of moves I needed. I worked on the event for 1 hour, 45 minutes and 42 seconds, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked on Horse of Iron puzzle. I'm getting real close on finishing it.

I worked out with the Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobic menu for 10 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), I did three exercises from the Balance Games menu for 8 minutes (Ski Jump two times for 2 minutes, Ski Slalom two times for 2 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for for 4 minutes), I did three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 10 minutes (Balance Bridge 20 reps per leg for 4 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps per leg for 3 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps Horizontal and Vertical for 3 minutes), I did two exercises from Training Plus menu for 7 minutes (Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 two times for 3 minutes) and I did five exercises from Yoga menu for 10 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing

Ski Jump, Ski Slalom and Soccer Heading

Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist

Obstacle Course and Perfect 10

Chair, Palm Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Warrior

Larry continued playing with his jukebox. He continues planning our trip.

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Dark Chaos, Jaws and Red & Ted's Road Show. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Last Action Hero and Medieval Madness. While playing Medieval Madness I became Grand Champion. While playing Last Action Hero I got a new high score, which moved up up from 54 to 24 out of 73 participants. I had a great time playing pinball.

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (Mini)

Cirqus Voltaire (Big)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Medieval Madness (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie from our collection, which was Doctor Strange. It is a great movie and had super special effects. When Larry went to bed I watched the first movie of three movies of the Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts And Where To Find Them. I ended up doing 4,000 steps. I had a fun day.