Tuesday 11-29 Playfield Cabinet, Games and Having Fun

 

Beautiful Day

We had a gorgeous day. The high today got to 80 degrees and sunny. It felt like a spring day. I even saw a few butterflies on the flowers on the neighbor's lots.

We spent most of the day working on the playfield cabinet of the pinball machine. We assembled it and installed the monitor. Larry cut a couple of small boards and an aluminum strip to use as filler pieces. The boards will  need to be finished, he painted the aluminum strip. We started to install the computer and decided we needed to add an access door on the back of the cabinet. This required disassembling part of the cabinet to cut the panel and we will have to get a piano hinge. We still have some odds and ends to work on along with installing the electronics. So far everything looks great.

After calling it a day on the pinball project I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Tri Peak). It took me 51 minutes and 37 seconds, which put me in 6th place in my group. I played Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds and Friends.

Playing Angry Birds

In the evening we watched Mission Impossible IV on Freevee. Then I watched the fourth and last James Bond movie we have, which was Skyfall. While I watched the movie I did a jazz routine I learned years ago to help do my steps. By the end of the day I had done 28,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group. 

Relaxing in front of the television

 

Monday 11-28 Dentist, Games & Upper Cabinet

We had a beautiful day with a lot of sunshine. The wind was down until the evening.

Today we assembled the upper cabinet of the pinball machine. It took us longer than expected. We built this cabinet a couple of weeks ago and then disassembled it for stain and paint, we thought we would simply put it back together, well there were quite a few pieces and some of them had to be reassembled in the correct order, it took a couple of times to get this right and then we had trouble with a couple of the pieces. They fit but the alignment with the monitor was off just a bit, Larry was not satisfied with this, he was able to correct it with a couple of shims but he still does not understand what change to cause the issue. After putting it together and installing the monitor it looks great. He put it on the dinning room table, where we have been playing pinball on. It looks huge next to the playfield monitor. Can't wait to get the next piece assembled.

Top cabinet on top of the bottom cabinet

Larry assembling the upper cabinet

Bottom cabinet assembled

We took a breather from assembling the cabinet to go to our 6 month cleanings at the dentist. Our dentist was on vacation so one of the other two dentists checked out our teeth after the cleaning. Everything looks great.

Dentist appointment

After calling it a day from the pinball project I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 7 minutes and 34 seconds, which put me in 6th place in my group. I played Angry Birds.

In the evening we relaxed in front of the television. We finished watching the third season of Miss Scarlet and The Duke on PBS. Then we watched the last two episodes of the final season of Doc Martin. When Larry went to bed I watched another James Bond movie called Quantum of Solace. Then I started watching the Eleventh Hour on Acorn. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which is a great start for the week. This put me in 4th place in my group.

 

Sunday 11-27 Dancing, Project, Games & Motorcycle Ride

 

Gorgeous Day

We had a gorgeous day of sunshine. The wind and rain was gone. The morning temperature was in the low 40s with a high of 65 degrees at 3:00.

Larry started the day off baking cinnamon rolls for breakfast. Then he continued working on the software part of his pinball project while he waited for the temperature to warm up.

When it warmed up Larry went back to working on the pinball machine cabinet. There was no wind so he finished painting the boards. Afterwards he cleaned up the garage. He put the left over usable pieces of boards away and threw away the smaller pieces. Then he cleaned up his saws (table, circular, miter and jigsaw) and put them away. Then he blew out the garage.

Afterwards Larry took the motorcycle for a ride. He hadn't ridden it since our trip and it ran excellent.

While Larry worked on the cabinet I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 51 minutes and 4 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds and Friends.

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 Series for an hour and a half. This week she called C1/C2. I attended the C1 session. She invited Di Green to help her call. Di called two C1 tips and Ett called one C1 with 26 participants. I had a great time dancing to Di and Ett.

Second was Loren Smith's Weekly A2/C1 at 7:30 for an hour and a half. The format was 3 three tips of A2 with 14 participants, two C1 Teach tips with 14 participants and two C1 tips with 12 participants. During the C1 Teach tips Loren worked on Percolate. I had another fun night of dancing with Loren and friends.

After Larry went to bed I watched another James Bond movie, Casino Royale. Then I finished watching the second season of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group for the week with 185,122 steps.

      

Saturday 11-26 Pinball Cabinet & Playing Games

 

We had a weird weather day but mostly the weather report was correct. We started with rain that turned into sprinkles. The sun came out for a short while and then clouds and wind came in. In the afternoon we had sun along with clouds and it was windy

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Hold on

Larry spent the morning and into the afternoon working on the pinball machine. First he painted some of the pieces. Some of the pieces were stained, they had to be taped before painting. The painting started off fine with sunshine and very little wind and then the clouds and wind came in making It difficult to paint and finally making it impossible. He used three different spray paints, two of the cans had been hanging around the house for years. One board took a long time to dry. Larry put it in his workroom and turned on a small heater to dry it. When the boards were dry he lightly sanded them. They still need another coat of paint. He completed staining and polyurethane the legs and two braces. He believes he is done with the staining. The project is very slow but we're still having fun doing it.

While Larry worked on the project I played games because he didn't need my help. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 36 minutes and 57 seconds, which put me in 8th place in my group. Then I moved onto playing pinball games.

After Larry stopped working on the project due to the wind being too strong he worked on downloading pinball files.

Larry received an e-mail from the UPS Store that we had a package. Shirley had told Larry to keep a lookout for the package. It was our Christmas gifts and goodies (Lake Travis Mudd and Rice Krispy Treats (peanut butter). While we were in town we did our weekly grocery shopping.

In the evening we continued watching Miss Scarlet and The Duke. Then I watched James Bond movie Die Another Day. Then I continued watching the second season of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

While watching television we munched on the Lake Travis Mudd and Krispy Treats. They were delicious. 

Krispy Treats

Lake Travis Mudd
 

 

Friday 11-25 Black Friday, Project, Rain & Dancing

 

Happy black Friday

Today was Black Friday. Did you go shopping. We didn't need anything so we didn't go shopping. This was the third year we hadn't participated in Black Friday specials. Usually on Black Friday when we need batteries and they go on sale at a great price. 

We had another rainy day. We spent the day hanging around the house and working on the pinball project. The stain, polyurethane and paint for the lower cabinet was cured so it was ready to be assembled. The painted boards were a little rough, Larry smoothed them out by sanding them lightly with 600 grit sand paper. They are now as smooth as the stained pieces. The cabinet looks great. Larry is still working on a couple of pieces for the other two cabinets, he will complete the stain and poly tomorrow but until the rain and wind go away he can't complete the painting.

    Finished lower cabinet

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. Then I moved onto the event, which was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 19 minutes and 50 seconds, which put me in 11th place in my group. I played some Angry Birds (Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds and Friends). We both played some pinball games.

Larry called his mother to wish her a Happy Thanksgiving.

I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2/C1 dance at 6:30 for and hour. Di Green helped call the dance. She danced with Terry while Ett called and she danced with Ett when she called. They both called two tips of A2 with 25 participants and Ett called a tip of C1 with 25 participants. I had a great time dancing to Ett and Di and with friends.

Larry received an e-mail from PBS that said that the third season of Miss Scarlet and The Duke was available to watch. After the dance we watched two episodes. After Larry went to bed I watched Aquaman. Then started to watch the second season of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

Thursday 11-24 Happy Thanksgiving

Happy Thanksgiving

I hope everyone had a great Thanksgiving. 

Today was grey and rainy, a perfect kind of day to spend Thanksgiving with friends and family.

We went to our friends Renee and Robert. We hadn't been there for a couple of years due to Covid. They live in on the far side of Austin,about 80 miles from us. We had to go through Austin. When we travel we usually avoid toll roads but today we took the toll road because it is easier and less stressful. The traffic was quite good, only a few trucks were on the road. Traffic even flowed at full speed on I35 through Round Rock, a rare occurrence.

Renee and Robert are great hosts. This year there were 20 of us at the celebration. It was great to celebrate Thanksgiving with friends. The celebration was at 1:00 and it took us a little over an hour and a half to get there. For lunch we had turkey, ham, mash potatoes and gravy, two types of cranberry sauce, green bean casserole, relish tray (sweet pickles, hot red peppers, black and green olives and cheese), dressing and rye bread. For dessert we had pecan pie, chocolate cake, carrot cake, pumpkin pie, tarts and brownie and cookie cups. Everything was delicious. We had a super time.

When we got home Larry worked on learning more about configuring some of the settings for virtual pinball. 

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 12 minutes and 22 seconds to complete, which put me in 41 place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

In the evening I attended Darren Gallina' Thanksgiving Mainstream/Plus dance at 8:00 for an hour. This year Darren invited Dayle Hodge to come and help him call the dance. They called a tip each of Mainstream with 22 participants and a tip each of Plus with 21 participants. In between the tips we had questions about Darren, Thom, Dayle and Cathy (Dayle's partner). I had a great time.

 After the dance we watched YouTube videos. After Larry went to bed I watched Death on the Nile. Then I finished the first season of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 27,500 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.

Wednesday 11-23 Playfield Cabinet & Dancing

 

Awesome Day

The day started with rain and then moved to off and on sprinkles. We did see a few minutes of sunshine around 3:00.

Larry started the day out by making cinnamon french toast sticks for breakfast. Then he finished putting polyurethane on the final lower cabinet board. I didn't get out of bed until 8:30.

Does it seem we have been working on this pinball cabinet for a long time? We have, first Larry had to design the cabinet, then came the cutting, fitting, sanding, banding, filling, painting, staining and polyurethane. In total there are more than 41 pieces of wood. 

After I had breakfast we decided to start working on the playfield cabinet of the pinball machine. First we took it a part. Then we decided on what pieces were going to be painted and what pieces were going to be stained. As we looked at the pieces Larry decided which ones needed to have wood filler applied to them. The two boards where the glass is going needed to get wood filling on the top of the slot. 

Larry wanted to use another type of wood filler for these two slots. It was a putty type called J-B Weld Kwik Wood Epoxy Putty. He had used it when he rebuilt our dining room chairs and it worked excellent. So off to Walmart we went. While there we returned the spray paint we didn't need.

When we got home Larry worked on filling the slots with the putty. It took a few hours to set up. He also filled some small holes in other boards with the other filler. While Larry worked on the wood filler I sanded down the pieces of the playfield. Larry sanded the bottom boards and the board the monitor is assembled on. These two boards are old boards from our waterbed and were very rough. Larry had to get his power sander out to sand them. Now the boards are ready to be painted and stained.

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed last night. Today I did the event, which was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 55 minutes and 25 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played some Angry Birds.

I baked a dessert to take with us for our Thanksgiving celebration at our friends Renee and Robert. It was a couple of Betty Crocker desserts, Rainbow Fudge Brownie Cups and Rainbow Candy Cookie Cups.

Rainbow Fudge Brownie Cups

Rainbow Candy Cookie Cups

In the evening I attended Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 dance at 6:30 for two hours. This week Karen Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the A2 tips. The format was two C1 tips with 13 participants, five A2 tips with 14 to 12 participants and one C1 tip with 12 participants. In between the tips we had trivia about Thanksgiving. Karen, Greg and Dave did a great job of calling. I had a great time dancing to them and with friends.

While I danced Larry called Louise. After the dance we watched YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched Murder on the Orient Express. Then I watched a couple of episodes of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 25,500 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

 

 

Tuesday 11-22 Painting and Staining

 

Smile and have fun

Smile and have fun. The weather remained deary and it sprinkled in the afternoon. 

Larry started the day out by going to town for lab work. On the way home he stopped at the UPS Store to pick up our mail. Then he stopped at Jack n Jill Donuts to pick up breakfast. 

I slept in until 8:30. When I went into the living room Larry was already home. It didn't take him long because he didn't have to wait at the lab and there was no one at the UPS Store.

Baylor Scott and White is where we go for medical care, they have an online tool called My Chart where they enter appointments, test results and anything they do there. It works super. In the afternoon their system notified Larry that his lab results had been posted, he was able to check them out and everything came back perfect.

After breakfast we went back to working on the pinball machine. We had to stain a board that Larry had filled with wood filling. We also stained the back of another board we couldn't do yesterday. After the stain dried Larry started the polyurethane process. Tomorrow we have one side left to do on one board. We still need to do the staining and painting on the playfield cabinet

It wasn't raining outside and it was a little warmer today so we decided to paint boards. As the painted boards were drying Larry looked at them and didn't like the Satin black color he had used, it was too glossy. We went to Walmart to get a flat black. They didn't have a flat black in the brand we had used so we picked up a Matte black. We thought it would be close to flat black, we were wrong, it had more gloss than the satin, so back to Walmart. We picked up a flat black in another brand. It worked out excellent.

Painting boards black

 

 The finished product

The speaker box before it was painted

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. Then I did the event today it was Event: Hard Road Mini of 5 games. It took me 44 minutes and 47 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. Then I played some Angry Birds.

We played some pinball games.

In the evening we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. I did a load of laundry. After Larry went to bed I watched Star Trek Into Darkness. Then I watched a couple of episodes of The Mallorca Files.I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group.

 

Monday 11-21 Staining the Cabinets

 

Another rainy day

We had another cold rainy day.

We continue working on the upper and lower pinball machine cabinets. A couple of days ago after we took the lower and upper cabinets apart we decided on which pieces would be painted and which ones would be stained. Today it was too nasty to paint but the garage was dry and the temperature was in the 60s. We decided to stain the boards. Larry put the truck on the driveway so we could use the bay for the project. We put a tarp on the floor and then setup the card table and the 4' table on it. The wood filler was dry so Larry sanded those boards. He then taped off the boards that needed to be protected from the stain. We wiped down the boards to make sure all the saw dust was off. Next Larry stained the boards with the same stain we used on the Cameo cabinet, Antique White. We let the stain setup for three minutes and then I wiped them down. We waited a hour to let the stain dry and then we started to apply the Polyurethane. We put three coats on each board waiting two hours between each coat. Larry would apply the Polyurethane then I would take the piece in the workroom so it would dry. Once the boards were dry Larry would lightly sand the polyurethane and wipe it down then apply the next coat. It took us all day and the boards look excellent. Now we have to wait a few days for the polyurethane to get hard and then we will start with the paint.

Taping the board before staining

Applying the stain with a rag

 

Some stained boards

Applying the polyurethane with a brush

In the late afternoon we played pinball on the temporary dining room table setup.

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Pyramid and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 14 minutes and 36 seconds, which put me in 8th place in my group.

In the evening we watched a couple of episodes of Death In Paradise. Then I watched Star Trek Beyond. Afterwards I watched a couple of episodes of The Mallorca Files. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group. It's a get start for the week.   

    

Sunday 11-20 Project, Dancing & Playing Games

 

It rained on and off all day. It didn't get out of the 40s. We spent the day keeping warm.

We started the day by working on the pinball project. Today we put edge banding on the boards of the lower and upper cabinets. This banding is held on via a hot melt adhesive that is already on the banding. Larry used my iron on the cotton setting, he placed the banding on the edge of the board and using the iron simply ironed it on. After it cooled off he trimmed and sanded it. Next up was adding a small bit of wood filler where needed. We couldn't paint because it was nasty outside. While I played my games Larry worked a bit more on getting the rest of the pinball buttons working. To experiment with them he mounted them in a cardboard box. When he completed installing and programming we played some games and the buttons work excellent.

Putting edge banding on the board

After lunch we went to Walmart to do our grocery shopping.

Grocery shopping

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I did the event, which was Event: Klondike Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 28 seconds to complete, which put me in 26th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds. 

In the evening I attended Loren Smith's Weekly A2/C1 dance at 7:30 for an hour and a half. Loren called three tips of A2 with 14 participants, two tips of C1 Teach with 13 participants and two tips of C1 with 12 participants. During the C1 Teach tips Loren worked on Cross Roll Concepts. I had a fun time dancing to Loren and with friends.

Square dancing with friends

After the dance we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. When Larry went to bed I watched Star Trek. Then I started watching an Acorn Original series called The Mallorca Files. It's a detective series about a laid back German man and a British woman, who work together to solve murders. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group for the week with 193,055 steps.   

 

Saturday 11-19 Pinball Project & Front

 

Happy Saturday

We started the day out working on the pinball machine. Larry installed the buttons, a total of nine ( five in the front and two on both sides). He drilled the holes for the buttons using a hole saw on his mill. Afterwards we disassembled the top cabinet and sanded down the piece. Next step is to paint the pieces.

The front buttons

Two buttons on each side

While Larry was working on the buttons I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed. I did the event, which was Event: Medium Mayhem of 27 games. It took me 1 hour, 28 minutes and 51 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. After helping Larry sand down the cabinet pieces I played Angry Birds. 

We had a short day working on the pinball project because a front came in. When we finished sanding we couldn't paint because it was sprinkling and the wind came up. That was ok because I played more Angry Birds games and Larry worked on figuring out how to program the buttons. Up until now we have been playing the pinball games using a keyboard.

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched a movie on Amazon called The Magic of Belle Isle. We had watched it before but didn't remember it. It was about a novelist of westerns who had lost his drive (Monty Wildhorn) and a single mother of three who becomes friends. It was very good. Then we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. Afterwards I watched Black Panther. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

Relaxing in front of the television

Larry setup my new vivofit4 to track my steps. I started the day out by wearing both Garmin devices to see if the new one works ok. It works perfect. My new device has started me out with a daily goal of 7500 steps, it really is 25,000 because of the weekly challenge I'm participating in. When I stepped in place the new vivofit changes into a running mode. When I get my goal the band tells me and fireworks go off. I got my goal three times and the fireworks went off three times and it said I met it 3x. It's always fun to learn new things.      

Friday 11-18 Pizza Night, Dancing and Project

 

Smile it's Friday

It's Friday. We had an awesome day. I hope everyone has a great weekend.

We spent the day working on the playfield of the pinball machine. We are almost ready to start sanding and staining the pieces. Unfortunately the weather is suppose to be cold and rainy for the next few days, this may delay things a bit.

After calling it a day I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 39 minutes and 48 seconds to complete, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played some games on Angry Bird 2 and Angry Bird and Friends.

Playing Angry Birds

It's Friday so today for dinner we had a frozen pizza.

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2/C1 dance at 6:30 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di Green and Terry McAtee were at the dance. They are visiting the United States and are hanging out in the Maryland area, where Ett and some of the dancers live. Ett called five tips of A2 with 16 participants and one tip of C1 with 15 participants. During the A2 Ett called remark multiple times. The C1 tip we basically just danced. I had a fun time dancing to Ett and with friends.

While I danced Larry played with the speakers for the pinball machine. He wanted to make sure he liked the sound. They sound good to me.

After the dance we watched a couple of episodes of Death In Paradise. After Larry went to bed I watched the third movie of Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

I have had a Garmin vivofit 2 for many years and I love it. When we were on our Fall Trip it started to act up, it started miss tracking how many miles we hiked. Larry ordered me a vivofit 4 a couple of days ago to replace it, It arrived today. Larry programmed it, I'll start using it tomorrow. It is a lot smaller and tracks a lot more activities. It works with your Smart phones. It's going to take a bit for me to get used to it but I think I'm going to like it.

New vivofit4 

The vivofit2 and the vivofit4

 

Thursday 11-17 Taking the Minnie for a Ride & Project

 

Have a great day

We had another wonderful day.

We continued working on the playfield cabinet of the pinball machine build.

After lunch we went to the storage center to take the Minnie for it's monthly ride. On the way we stopped by the Dollar Tree on Adams to see if they got a delivery of bleach, they didn't. Then we went to The Home Depot to buy some items for the pinball project. 

Afterwards we went to the storage center and took the Minnie for a drive. We also ran the generator. Before leaving Larry plugged it into power and put a charger on the battery. 

On the way home we stopped by the Dollar Tree in Belton and they had bleach. Our septic system requires bleach. We have bought it from Dollar Tree for years. In the beginning it was $1 a gallon, then it was $1 for 3 quarts, today it was $1.25 for 2.5 quarts. The containers keep getting smaller. We can get bleach at other places but it is a lot more money.

Later in the afternoon we came out of the house to cut a piece of wood and the septic inspection guy was just finishing up checking our system. He only comes three times a year. The timing was purely a coincidence but it was funny since we had just gotten home with a bunch of bleach. 

Doing errands

After dinner I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed. I did the event, which was Event: Pyramid Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 38 minutes and 13 seconds, which put me in 11th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

After playing games we watched three episodes of Death in Paradise. When Larry went to bed I watched the second movie of Fantastic Beasts, which was Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.   

Relaxing in front of the television

Wednesday 11-16 Dancing & Pinball Project Continues

 

We had a beautiful day with a lot of sunshine. It was still cool, barely got to the 50s but very nice.

We spent the day working on the pinball machine. When I woke up Larry was already working on it. He drilled the holes to install the speakers. Then he worked on filler pieces between the upper monitor and cabinet. After I had breakfast I helped him. Once Larry installed the boards we assembled the entire cabinet to see what we needed to do to finish it up. It came out great. Now we could figure out how to build a filler piece for back of the playfield cabinet, we worked on that next. Then Larry sawed an angle on the two side boards in the back so they would be more flush with the rest of the area. Larry didn't like the board in the front of the playfield so we cut a new one and it looks a lot better. Then we sawed a ledge for the glass top of the playfield. We have not yet ordered the glass because we still don't know the exact size. We're almost finished making the three cabinets and then we will start to sand, paint and stain.

The pinball machine assembled

 

Larry checking out the machine to see what we need to do next

 

The top cabinet with the door open

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Dayle Hodge's Weekly A1/A2 dance at 11:00 for an hour. Larry danced with me. Dayle called two A1 tips, two A2 tips and one four couple tip and had 10 participants. Dayle is calling more and more challenging every week. He cues and helps when necessary so it's fun. We had a super time dancing to Dayle and with friends.

Second one was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:30 for two hours. This week Joe Uebelacker from Canada helped Dave call. The format was two C1 tips with 11 participants, five A2 tips with 13 participants and one C1 with 9 participants. Dave and Joe called one C1 tip a piece and the last C1 Joe called. They called two A2 tips a piece and took turns the last A2 tip. I had a great time dancing to Dave and Joe. It had been a long time since I danced to Joe and it was fun. 

I played my games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Pyramid). It took me 2 hours, 16 minutes and 25 seconds to complete, which put me in 19th place in my group. I played some Angry Birds.

After the Dave's dance we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. After Larry went to bed I watched the first movie of Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.