Saturday 6-21-25 New TV, Games & Diamond Painting

 

Just having fun

 

We had a windy day with the high of 93 degrees.

I spent the day playing games. I started out by doing the daily event of Event: Pyramid Mini of 10 games. It took me 35 minutes and 9 second, which put me in 16th place in my group. Then I moved onto playing the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I was behind in my daily challenges of Mahjong instead of 5 games I ended up doing 15 games. I had missed two days of games earlier in the month. Now I'm all caught up. I played Angry Birds.

Larry started the day out by installing a new VR version of Elvira Scared Stiff. When he did this the VR room changed. The game looked a lot brighter and had more color. It plays great.

 

Back box of the spider web 

 

 

A poster of Elvira on one of the walls VR room

 

Another poster on the other wall VR room

 

I played seven games of pinball on the pinball cabinet and six games on the mini pinball cabinet. The pinball cabinet games were Indianapolis 500, World Cup Soccer, Deadpool, Scared Stiff, Junkyard, Medieval Madness and The Addams Family. While playing Junkyard I came in high score #4. 

 

Deadpool

 

Indianapolis 500

 

Junkyard

 

Medieval Madness

 

Scared Stiff

 

The Addams Family

 

World Cup Soccer

 

The games I played on the mini cabinet were Cirqus Voltaire, Three Angels, World Joker Poker, The Godfather, Deadpool and Dr. No. While I played The Godfather and Deadpool I entered my initials as high score #1. I had fun playing pinball on both cabinets.

 

Cirqus Voltaire

 

Deadpool

 

Dr. No

 

The Godfather

 

Three Angels

 

World Joker Poker

 

I worked on my diamond painting of a tree.

Our TV is about 9 years old and recently Larry has started having trouble with the surround sound working correctly. He decided it was time for a new TV. He found what he wanted on sale at Best Buy. He bought and they notified us that the television was ready to be picked up. This was about 4:00. 

Before picking up the television Larry took me out to dinner. A week or so ago a Chicken Salad Chick opened in Temple. A couple of years ago we had eaten at one in Waco but we didn't remember how it worked so Larry asked the lady to explain the process. You can pick a sandwich and choose what kind of chicken salad you want on it. We decided on the chicken salad melt, which came with chicken salad on a croissant (Classic Carol salad), provolone cheese and lettuce, one side (fruit salad), pickle slice and a vanilla cookie. The service was good and the food was delicious.

 

Dinner

After dinner we went to Best Buy to pick up the television. A gentleman helped Larry load the television in the back of the truck. He told Larry it needed to stand up so Larry strapped it in. When we got home we unloaded it and put it Larry's work room. Tomorrow we'll work on changing out the televisions.

In the evening we watched Sherlock Holmes out of our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched The Matrix and Stuart Little out of our movies collection. I ended up doing 13,500 steps. 

 

    

 

Friday 6-20-25 Date Day, Pizza Night, Dancing & More

 

We had a great day.

We started the day out by having a date day. We went to town to see Mission Impossible The Final Reckoning. The first showing was at 8:35 am at Cinemark in Temple. It was a good movie and ran for 2 hours and 49 minutes. 

 

Going to the movies

 

After the movie Larry took me to lunch at Panera Bread. We have only been there one other time when we were on one of our trips. We shared an Italian Steak & Mozzarella Cheese and a bag of chips. The sandwich was very good.

While we were having lunch Larry made an appointment to get his hair cut at Great Clips. On the way home we stopped at Great Clips on Adams. This was the first time at this location and we didn't have to wait. The lady who cut Larry's hair was very friendly and did a great job.   

 

Getting a hair cut

We then walked next door to a QT store. Larry wondered if they might have ice cream, they did and they had sundaes on sale for 99 cents. Unfortunately they don't have anywhere to sit. Seems funny that they have foods such as subs and pizzas but nowhere to sit. We sat in the car with the AC running to enjoy our sundae. 

When we got home. Larry started experimenting with a new computer program to shrink the size of our movie files. 

I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 3 hours, 2 minutes and 42 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds.

I played three different pinball games, which were Bay Watch, Big Bang Bar and The Addams Family. I didn't get on the board while playing Big Bang Bar but I had a great game. 

 

Bay Watch

 

The Addams Family

 

Big Bang Bar

For dinner we had a Hawaiian pizza. 

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. She called four tips to 13 participants. I had a great time dancing with friends.

After the dance we watched a movie on Amazon called Inherit The Wind. It was a 1999 movie starring Jack Lemmon and George C. Scott. It was good movie. Afterwards I watched Sonic 3 and Frozen II out of our movies collection. I ended up doing 13,500 steps.

Thank you, honey for a super day.    

 

 

Thursday 6-19-25 Happy Thursday, Games, Workout & Diamond Painting

 

Happy Thursday

 

We had a great day.

Larry spent the day playing with a computer program. He also changed Cirqus Voltaire, which was last week's challenge from 3 balls to 5 balls. 

 I started the day out by playing games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Spider and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 14 minutes and 42 seconds, which put me in 26th place in my group. I played Angry Birds.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour, Gold's Gym for a half hour and Synth Riders for a half hour.

 

Working Out

 

I played one game of Asteroid Outpost on Bounce Arcade. I earned a gold trophy. I mined the asteroids three time, which started the three modules. I played three multiballs and tried to started the generators twice. I had a super game.

 

Asteroid Outpost

I played seven different games of pinball, which were JP Space Cadet, Spider-Man, Guardians of the Galaxy, World Joker Poker, World Cup Soccer, Time Lord and The Addams Family. While playing Spider-Man I became Grand Champion of Multipliers. When I played the Guardians of the Galaxy I was high score #3 and World Cup Soccer I became high score #1. I had a good afternoon of playing pinball.

 

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

JP Space Cadet

 

Spider-Man

 

The Addams Family

 

Time Lord

 

World Cup Soccer

 

World Joker Poker

 

I started a new diamond painting, which is a hummingbird. 

 

Hummingbird

 

In the evening we watched Mission Impossible VII, which is Mission Impossible- Dead Reckoning Part One. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog 2 and Frozen out of our movies collection. I ended up doing 13,500 steps.  

 

 

 

 

  

Wednesday 6-18-25 Dance Day, Diamond Painting & More

 

Awesome Day

 

We had an awesome day of doing this and that.

Larry spent the day doing technical projects. He continued learning more about what he can do with the caster. He also spent hours working on trying to get a piece of software to work the way he wants.

I started the day out by finishing my diamond painting of a tree. I started the tree 6/9/25 and finished it 6/18/25, which was 10 days. It came out looking good. I had done two other tree diamond paintings, I think this one came out looking the best.

 

Finished Tree #Z-055-05

 

The three tree diamond paintings

   

I attended three virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. Di and Terry took turns calling five tips to 10 participants. They called a lot of diamond formations and worked shopped the move Spin-Chain-Thru. Dawn from Florida showed up with a cowboy hat on and Di asked her why she was wearing the hat. She said it was National Cowboy Day. So Larry went and got my pink cowgirl hat and Di got a hat. She wore two different hats. I had great dancing to Di and Terry and with friends.

 

Participants in Di and Terry's dance

 

Second dance was Ett's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She called four tips to 12 participants. I had fun dancing to Ett even though I broke down at times.

Third dance was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. He called the dance by himself because Karin Rabe and Greg Moore had a in person dance to call. Dave called three tips of C1 to 7 participants, three tips of A2 to 7 participants and two Trivia questions. It was a small group of dancers but I had a fun evening dancing with friends.  

After Di and Terry's dance I played four games of pinball and had a great time.

 

Cactus Canyon

 

Iron Man

 

Scared Stiff

 

The Addams Family

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Pyramid Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 20 minutes and 52 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group.

After Dave's dance we watched Crocodile Dundee out of our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3 from our movies collection. I ended up doing 13,500 steps.  

 

  

Tuesday 6-17-25 Liberty Hill Dancing & Games

 

Hot Day 

 

We had a hot humid day with the high at 5:00 of 95 degrees and humidity of 43%. The day was beautiful with sunshine.

We spent the day in Liberty Hill dancing C1/A2 at the Skis house. We left the house at 10:15 am to get to the dance by 12:00. On the way to the dance we parked in a restaurant parking lot to have lunch. We met up with Henry and Susan to dance C1 for an hour. We were greeted by Kay and Bob's dog, Baily. This week we danced to Tony Collingwood from the UK on a two couple tape. We had a super time dancing to Tony. He made it challenging by calling calls we weren't used to. 

At 1:00 we danced A1/A2 with John Kephart for two hours. John called one tip A1 and one tip A2 though out the dance because his students only know A1. We used cards for us to know which square we were in. The first and last tips were open so you go where you want to go. John spent the afternoon working on moves the dancers had problems with when they went to the State Convention, where all the squares kept breakdown. I danced every tip except the last one. During the A1 tips some of the guys needed a partner so I danced. We left during the last tip because we were sitting out. We had enough people to make two squares and a few people sat out. We had an outstanding afternoon dancing with friends. 

 

Get a partner and dance

Next week we won't be dancing in Liberty Hill because it's the National Convention and people will be there. 

When we got home at 4:15, we watched YouTube videos. While watching YouTube videos I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 8 minutes and 55 seconds, which put me in 21st place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

For dinner I cooked sausage links in the air fryer. 

In the evening I played four pinball games. They were Big Bang Bar, Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet and The Addams Family. I played JP Space Cadet for a half hour and I came in as high score #1. I had a great game.

 

Big Bang Bar

 

Dark Chaos

 

JP Space Cadet

 

The Addams Family

I worked on my diamond painting of a tree.

After playing pinball we watched Mission Impossible 5, which was Mission Impossible Fallout from our movies collection. Then I watch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 from our movies collection. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog on Paramount +. We have watched Sonic before and it was cute so I enjoyed the movie once again. I ended up doing 13,500 steps.

  

 

Monday 6-16-25 Dancing with Di, Diamond Painting & Games

 

Smile and be happy

 

We had a great day.

We started the day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di called five tips to 15 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me. We had a great time dancing with friends.

 

 

Dancing with friends

 

Larry is still working on organizing his work room. He's getting rid of stuff he doesn't use and putting other items where they belong. His work room is looking great.

 

Larry's two Seeburg jukeboxes

The other day we had a home delivery from Walmart and they were out of stock on a few items. After the dance we went to Walmart to pick up the items. We like walking through the store because sometimes we find other items. Before going to Walmart we stopped at The UPS Store to check our mail. We only had a piece of junk mail. 

 

 

Grocery shopping

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Experts Only of 10 games. It took me 4 hours, 21 minutes and 45 seconds to complete, which put me in 16th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I played four games of pinball, which were The Godfather, Mission Impossible, Cactus Canyon and The Addams Family. I got a new high score in The Addams Family, which was 66,632,710. This put me in 12th place out of 22 participants for the weekly challenge. I didn't do as well as I did yesterday playing Cactus Canyon but I had fun. I also had fun playing The Godfather and Mission Impossible.

 

The Addams Family

 

Cactus Canyon

 

Mission Impossible

 

The Godfather

 

We watched YouTube videos. Larry continued learning more things on the ONN streaming device by watching YouTube videos and reading about the devices.

Larry called the mowing company to ask them if they forgot about us considering they hadn't mowed in three weeks. They are suppose to mow every other week. The gentleman, who owns the company said they were behind schedule due to the weather. Last Friday they got stuck in a customer's yard and decided it was too wet to mow. A crew of four guys showed up around 4:00 to mow. They didn't have much to mow in the frontyard because Jason had his son Connor mowed it the other day. The mower had to go back and forth in the backyard a couple of times because the grass was very high. They did a great job.

 

Mowing the backyard

    

For dinner I cooked a couple of Chipotle Cheddar sausages in the air fryer. They came out very good and not dry. 

 

Chipotle Cheddar sausages

In the evening we watched the fifth Mission Impossible called Mission Impossible Rogue Nation from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched the first The Guardians of the Galaxy our of our movies collection. I ended up doing 13,500 steps. 

 

 

Relaxing in front of the television

 

I worked on my diamond painting while watching television.