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.     

  

   

Sunday 5-10-26 Happy Mother's Day, New Pinball Challenge & Rain

 

Happy Mother's Day

I hope you had a great Mother's Day. 

We had a beautiful day. The morning temperature was 67 degrees and it got up to 87 degrees at 5:00 pm. Then the temperature dropped to 68 degrees by 9:00 pm when a front came in. The front brought wind and rain. The rain came down in sheets and continued falling steady for a couple of hours. The rain stayed around until early morning. I was glad we were at home and Larry didn't have to drive it.

Today is Sunday and a new weekly pinball challenge begins. Last week the challenge was Elvira Scared Stiff. This week's challenge is Tales From the Crypt, which started at 2:00 pm. Before it began I played Scared Stiff to get a new high score. I played it for about an hour and was successful with 9,362,560. This put me in 77th place out of 130 participants. When the new challenge started I played it. My first high score in Tales From the Crypt was 122,467,200, which put me in 20th place out of 24 participants. This is a good beginning for the week.

Elvira Scared Stiff

Tales From the Crypt

After playing the challenges I played three other games on the big cabinet, which were Medieval Madness, Monster Bash and Queen. I didn't get on the board but I did very well considering I had played virtual pinball for seven weeks.

Medieval Madness

Monster Bash

Queen

I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, JP Space Cadet, No Good Goffers! and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing Cirqus Voltaire I joined the Cirqus.

Cirqus Voltaire

JP Space Cadet

No Good Goffers!

Pirates of the Caribbean

Larry spent the day having fun playing with different electronic devices. He played a few games of pinball on the mini cabinet. Larry called his mother to wish her a happy mother's day.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem of 27 games. It took me 1 hour, 6 minutes and 1 seconds, which put me in 7th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

In the evening we watched Wicked. When Larry went to bed I watched All Dogs Go to Heaven on Hoopla. It was a cute animated movie about a canine called Charlie, that sneaks out of heaven. He befriends a orphan little girl and learns about friendship and love. Then I watched Christopher Robin from our movies collection. 

Relaxing in front of the television

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.