Saturday 7-26-25 Laid Back Day

 

Laid Back Day

 

We didn't have anything on the agenda so we had a laid back day. The high was 92 degrees.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 58 minutes and 15 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played  three challenges in Angry Birds. Two of the challenges was in Angry Birds, which I do everyday and one challenge in Angry Birds and Friends.

 

Angry Birds

 

Larry read a book on the new E-Reader and started a new one. He is still learning more about the new reader via YouTube videos and Reddit.

 

Reading is fun

I worked out with my Wii Fit for a half hour and the Synth Rider for a half hour. The Synth Rider is a program of songs On my VR headset.

 

Working Out

I played Pirate's Plunder on Bounce Arcade, which is another program on my VR headset. My best game was the first game. I earned a bronze trophy. It wasn't one of my best game but I defeated my enemies once. I got the Jolly Roger once. I had fun.

 

Pirate's Plunder

I played seven different games of pinball, which were Mission Impossible, World Cup Soccer, Fast Break, Big Lebowski, Dracula, Dark Chaos and JP Space Cadet. While playing Big Lebowski I entered my initials as high score #1 and JP Space Cadet I entered my initials as high score #3.

 

Big Lebowski

 

Dark Chaos

 

Dracula

 

Fast Break

 

JP Space Cadet

 

Mission Impossible

 

World Cup Soccer

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle the birdhouses.

In the evening we finished watching the first season of The Wheel of Time on Amazon and started the second season. Then I watched Mission Impossible-Ghost Protocol from our movies collection. 

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 7-25-25 E-Reader, Games, Dancing A2 & Pizza Night

 

Doing the happy dance

 

It's Friday celebrate. I hope you have a great weekend.

We have been having allergy problems so this morning Larry installed a UV light in the air conditioner system to help the air quality. This involved cutting a couple of holes in the duct from the air conditioner, installing the unit and plugging it in. In the Afternoon a relay he ordered arrived. He installed it next to the UV light and wired it into the AC system. Now the UV lights will only be on when the fan for the AC or heater is on. This will help with the life of the UV bulbs.

Larry continued playing with the e-reader program. He installed it on the new E-Ink (new e-reader) and continued learning more about how it works and how to configure it. He compared how his Kindle looks compare to the E-Ink. We think the writing on the Kindle is crisper and has less ghosting. But both devices still read very well. The E-Ink device is a little bigger and the back has a texture which helps you hold onto it. He thinks he'll enjoy reading on either device.

 

Reading is fun

I continued working on the Birdhouses puzzle.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Spider). It took me 20 minutes and 5 seconds to complete, which put me in 31st place in my group. I played Angry Birds.

Later on I played one game of Asteroid Outpost on the Bounce Arcade. I earned a silver trophy. I mined seven times and was successful in mining two times. I played a multiball. I had a great time playing Asteroid Outpost.

 

Asteroid Outpost

I played seven pinball games. They were Monster Bash (1), Indianapolis 500 (1), Mustang (1), Dracula (2), Attack From Mars (3), Cactus Canyon (2) and The Lord of the Rings (1). I played Attack From Mars before I was satisfied with my score. While playing Mustang I entered my initials in as high score #3. When I played Dracula my new high score in the weekly challenge was 150,522,610, which put me in 33rd place out of 47 participants.

 

Attack From Mars

 

Cactus Canyon

 

Dracula 

 

Indianapolis 500

 

Monster Bash

 

Mustang

 

The Lord of the Rings

For dinner we had a frozen pepperoni pizza. At 6:30 I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance for an hour. She called four tips to 11 participants. Ett helped dancer by telling them where they should be and what formation. I had a fun time.

 

Get up and dance

After the dance we continued watching the first season of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Then I watched Mission Impossible III from our movies collection.

 

 

  

  

Thursday 7-24-25 Dentist, Doctor, E-Reader & Games

 

Hot day of summer

 

It got up to 97 degrees.

I got up at 7:30 am this morning. We had a dentist appointment at 8:30 for our six month cleaning. We had a great experience with our dentist hygienists. Larry didn't get his regular dentist hygienist and the sub was very gentle on the cleaning. He also said the sub was very friendly and personal. His regular dental hygienist is a little rough and his gums are tender for a couple of days. Today his gums aren't sore. We both got our yearly x-rays. When they were cleaning Larry's teeth they found one of his implants had a filling that had came out out so they filled it. My dentist hygienist was my regular one, she is always friendly and a pleasure to visit with.   

 

    

Going to the dentist

 

We were back at the house by 10:30 and at 11:00 we had lunch.

I worked on my birdhouses puzzle. 

 At 2:00 we went back to town for an appointment to see the doctor. Larry has a cyst on his thumb. It's been there for awhile and it moves around. Sometimes it's painful. Before we went to San Francisco he made an appointment for today at 2:20. The doctor looked at it and said that it's normal to have cysts on our body because of our age. The doctor told Larry that he could wait to see if it gets any bigger. Larry asked the doctor if he could cut it open and drain it. The doctor said ok. The doctor numbed the thumb, slit the cyst open and drained it. Now Larry just has to wait to see if it goes away. 

  

Doctor appointment

While I waited for Larry I played a few Sudoku. I don't remember when the last time I played Sudoku. It was fun. 

On the way home we stopped at Quick Stop and bought a turtle sundae for $.99.   

Larry received his new e-reader late in the afternoon. He's going to continue playing with the e-reader software on the tablet until he gets it to work the way he wants it to. Then he'll load it on the new e-reader. He is very excited about this project.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem of 27 games. It took me 1 hour, 32 minutes and 54 seconds, which put me in 16th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

 

Playing Angry Birds

In the evening we continued watching the first season of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Then I watched Mission Impossible II from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.  

 

    

Wednesday 7-23-25 Dance Day, Puzzle, E-Reader & More

Get a partner and dance

 

We had a wonderful day. I spent most of the day square dancing virtually.

I attended three square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. This week they were on the road so Ett McAtee covered for them. There were only two dancers, who attended the dance. Ett asked if we wanted to dance A2 or Plus considering we both knew A2. We decided to dance A2. Ett called three tips. In between the tips we talked about dancing and where we danced. I mentioned that Larry and I had Covid after the convention in San Francisco. She asked if we mentioned it the organizer Michael. I told her no. She said she heard there were seven dancers, who had Covid from the dancing. Now there was nine but she pretty sure there were others but they hadn't reported it.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She thanked me for reminding her about the dance because she sent out an e-mail right after Di's dance. During her dance she had sixteen participants and she called four tips. I had fun dancing with friends. 

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore was there this week to help Dave call the dance. The format was three tips of C1 to eight participants, three tips of A2 to ten participants and two trivial question about Ozzy Osbourne. I had a super evening of dancing with friends.

While I danced Larry continued learning more about the e-reader software. He should receive his new e-reader tomorrow. He learned a lot on how the e-reader works.

After Ett's dance the mowers showed up to mow our yards. It was the regular crew and they did a great job of mowing, weedeating and blowing off the drive and porches.

 

Mowers

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3Tri Peaks). it took me 12 minutes and 29 seconds, which put me in 24th place in my group. I played Angry Birds and Angry Birds and Friends.

After Ett's dance I played one game of Gunpowder Gulch on Bounce Arcade. I earned a silver trophy. I played five multiballs, which were Crack the Safe, Saloon, Wooden Sign and two Jailhouse Break. I played Barrel Barrage (three times), Quick Draw ( once), Gunfight (two times) and Cracked the Safe (once). I solved two of the events, which were Gunfight and Cracked the Safe. It was a great game.

 

Gunpowder Gulch

I played four games of pinball. I played the weekly challenge of Dracula (3 times), Mission Impossible, Ted's Road Show and The Creature From The Black Lagoon. I didn't get on the board but I had fun.

 

Creature From the Black Lagoon

 

Dracula

 

Mission Impossible

 

Ted's Road Show

 

I did some housework. I vacuumed the house, dusted and cleaned the bathrooms.

 

 

Doing housework

 

After Dave's dance we watched a couple of episodes of The Wheel of Time on Amazon. Then I started watching the Mission Impossible movies from our movies collection. I watched Mission Impossible. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

 

 

    

Tuesday 7-22-25 Dancing to Di and Terry, Games, Puzzle & New Reader

 

Smile and have fun

We had a very nice Tuesday. It was a beautiful day with sunshine and the high of 98 degrees. There was a small breeze.

We started the day off attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance at 10:00 for an hour. It was nice to see them back from their trip to the United States. We enjoyed meeting them at the convention in San Francisco. Di called the whole dance, which was five tips to 8 participants. Terry didn't feel well enough to call but he danced with her. Larry danced four of the tips with me. We had a super time.

 

   Get a partner and dance

 

Larry has been watching YouTube videos on different book readers. He has also been researching them via the web. He ordered one of them on Amazon, it is a 7" e-ink device. It should be here Thursday. He download an e-reader program on his tablet and loaded some of his e-books on it. He's playing with it to get familiar with it. He's having a great time playing with the program and watching videos on them. There are a lot of people who own multiple e-readers and love most of them. They use them for different things.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 1 hour, 50 minutes and 48 seconds, which put me in 23rd place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds and Angry Birds and Friends.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour. Then I played three games of Gunpowder Gulch. I didn't play very well. The third game I earned a silver trophy. I played the Quick Draw (2), Barrel Barred (2), Gunfight (1) and Cracked the Safe (1). I ended up cracking the safe and I played the Saloon Multiball and the Jailhouse Break Multiball. I had fun.

 

Gunpowder Gulch

I played four games of pinball. I played Big Buck Hunter Pro (1), Fish Tales (2), Big Bang Bar (1) and Dracula (5). I didn't get on the board playing pinball but I had fun.

 

Big Bang Bar

 

Big Buck Hunter Pro

 

Dracula

 

Fish Tales

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle (birdhouses).

In the evening we started watching a series on Amazon called The Wheel of Time. The first episode of the first season started was very slow and the second episode was better. We'll continue watching to see where it goes. It has been on Amazon for three seasons. Then I watched Alice Through the Looking Glass. I did 3,500 steps.  

 

  

Monday 7-21-25 Reading, Puzzle, Workout & Games

 

Happy Monday

 

We had a great Monday. 

We usually dance C1 to Di Green and Terry McCann on Mondays but Di had to cancel, she is still working and she had meetings to attend for her job.

Larry finished reading Conclave. We have the movie and he said the movie followed closely to the book. He liked this very much and enjoyed reading the book.

 

Relaxing with a book

After finishing Conclave Larry downloaded a new book reader on his tablet. He wants to play with a new book reader. We love our Kindles but he wants to play with some other options. Kindles are tied to Amazon and other e-readers are not.    

Every Monday I play Solitaire games (16) so my points will double. So I played Spider hard level of 16 games, this unlocked the golden ticket to double my points. I played the event, which was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 20 seconds, which put me in 8th place in my group. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I played Angry Birds and Angry Birds and Friends.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle called Birdhouses. 

 

The birdhouses puzzle so far

I worked out with my Wii Fit for a half hour and Gold's Gym for a half hour. 

 

Working out with the Wii Fit

 

Working out with Julie on the Gold's Gym

 

Afterwards I played two games of Monster Manor on Bounce Arcade. I ended up earning a bronze trophy each time but the second game was the best. I tried to stun the manor twice and failed. I was successful waking the manor two times. I didn't play too well but had fun.

 

Monster Manor

I played four games of pinball. I played the weekly challenge of Dracula and got close to getting a new high score. Then I played Cirqus Voltaire, Bay Watch and Big Bang Bar. While playing Cirqus Voltaire I didn't get a new high score but I joined the Cirqus, which means I entered my initials in the game. I also went to battle with the ringmaster and defeated him. I had a great game of Cirqus Voltaire.

 

Bay Watch

 

Big Bang Bar

 

Cirqus Voltaire

 

Dracula

In the evening we watched Star Trek Into Darkness and I watched Alice in Wonderland from our movies collection. Today I did 3,500 steps, I'm slowly working myself up to 12,000 steps.