11-20 What a marvelous day!

What a marvelous day!

In the morning we loaded Flo in the car and went to town. We started off by taking the motorhome back to storage and then we headed to the car wash, with all of the rain we have had the car was really dirty, we had wanted to wash it for a bit but it seemed that every week we had some rain so we had been putting it off. While in town we did a few other errands. Larry always wonders why Flo wants to go with us when she will end up spending all of her time in the car, I tell him she doesn't care as long as she's with us. When we got back to the house I made lunch and then I laid down for a few hours. I wasn't feeling well and I thought if I took a nap I would feel better but it didn't work. We were going to go to Killeen and dance with the Killeen Kickers but I wasn't up to it. Instead we hung around the house and watched a movie called Dear Frankie. It was a 2004 Scottish movie about a single mother who would do anything to protect her son from the truth about his father. It starred Emily Mortimer, Gerald Butler and Jack McElhone. It was a very good movie.

11-19 Central Texas Lone Stars Can Can and Graduation Dance

Left Alemande

We woke up to another gorgeous morning in the high 40's. In the morning I had an appointment for my annual physical, wasn't sure how long we would be gone so we didn't take Flo with us. It didn't take too long to get there and checking in was quick since I was just there Tuesday. Delia took me back to a room and gave me a flu shot and a tetanus shot that is good for ten years. The nurse practitioner came in a little later and gave me my check up. My lab work was waiting for her on her e-mail. She told me that my cholesterol was a little high. She suggested that I should change my diet by eating more vegetables, low fat meat and cut back on caffeine drinks such as soda. She also recommended exercising. So this afternoon I worked out for an hour with Just Dance for a half hour and Gold Gym for the other half hour. For lunch we had a bowl of soup and a couple of tostada shells.

Rachael one of the graduates doing the right and left grand

After lunch I baked some sugar cookies to take with us to the dance tonight. In the afternoon we hung around the house. I worked on my puzzle and Flo went outside and laid on the porch. The Central Texas Lone Stars had a Can Can Dance, dancers donate canned goods for the Temple area. If you bought five cans you got in the dance free. The club members decided to combine the Can Can Dance with the Graduation Dance. The club provided Subway sandwiches and chips and the members of the club provided dessert. The dance had three mainstream squares and two plus squares. We had a very nice time with our friends.  

11-18 Sun Shiny Day

Sun Shiny Day

Tuesday it drizzled on and off most of the day. I had doctor appointments for lab work and a mammogram so Larry and I went to town and left Flo at home. Our office chair is broken, it’s still usable but Larry’s afraid that someone’s going to get hurt so in between my appointments we stopped by Office Max and Staples to look at chairs. We found one at Office Max but Larry wanted to read the reviews on it. When we returned home Larry went online to read about the chair, the reviews were excellent. In the afternoon I baked a loaf of bread. It came out perfect. Our club has been having lessons on Tuesdays but they're finished so in the evening we watched a movie via Amazon: Lovely, Still, starring Martin Landau and Ellen Burstyn. It was supposedly a romantic drama about an elderly man that finds love for the first time, it was a cute movie up until the end, wouldn't recommend this one. Then we watched Alpha and Omega 3.

Loaf of bread I baked

New office chair

Wednesday we woke to a cool sunny morning with the temperature in the mid 40's. Larry went outside to get the paper he saw a nice size deer walking through the front yard so he distracted Flo until the buck was on his way, she just thought he was paying attention to her. When I crawled out of bed I thought it was going to be cold so I put on a sweat shirt and jeans but when we went to town to do our weekly shopping I found out the sweat shirt was a little warm. After we did our grocery shopping we picked up our mail. This morning before going to town Larry went online to order the chair from Office Max, on their website today today there was a online coupon to save an additional 20% if you ordered online. The chair was already on sale price so he didn't hesitate, he ordered it. We picked the chair up in the afternoon and when we got home Larry assembled it. He used it for a little bit and then decided he needed to air it out. The chemicals that were in the cloth were bugging him so he put it outside and used the old chair. We'll let it sit on the back porch for a couple of days.

Line dancing at Skirts 'n' Shirts dance

Weaving the ring during lessons

Jim Hayes teaching the lessons

 In the evening we went square dancing with the Shirts 'n' Skirts club. The class had seven or eight squares and the dance had five for mainstream and four for plus. I line danced with Martha and friends in between square dancing tips. We had a great time dancing with the Shirts 'n' Skirts. 

11-17 No More Snoring!!!!

ResMed S9

The CPAP Mask Larry got

Do you sleep with someone that snores? I do, Larry has snored forever and as he's gotten older it's gotten worse. There have been times where I have had to sleep in the other room. Normally I wake him and he will roll over on his other side but even that doesn't always work, sometimes I have to wake him up multiple times a night. Some mornings he gets up with a sore throat. He had heard about CPAP machines that are used in the treatment of sleep apnea. CPAP stands for continuous positive airway pressure. Some of our friends use a CPAP machine to treat their sleep apnea issues and they swear they eliminate snoring. He started to do some research on CPAP machines and found there were many different machines to choose from. The machines aren't cheap and you need a doctors prescription to purchase one, to get a prescription your doctor will send you to a sleep clinic for an overnight sleep study, the clinic will send the results back to your doctor who then writes a prescription and sends you off to purchase your machine. He did a ton of research and decide on the machine and type of mask he wanted then he started watching Craigslist for a used one. Lots of people end up getting these machines via their doctors and insurance and end up not using them, some of them end up on Craigslist. He found a used ResMed S9 with a full face mask. The seller came by and Larry checked the machine out, it only had about 40 hours of use and was like new, it had all of the manuals, original packaging and the carry bag, he bought it and has been playing with it for a week or so and it works great. Not sure how much it helps Larry but I certainly love it, no more snoring. After all the years of hearing him snore I now catch myself checking on him to make sure that he's still breathing. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

11-16 Where's the sun?

Rainy Day

We woke up this morning to a drizzling day, it continued through out the entire day. After a busy week of square dancing we stayed around the house and relaxed. I worked on my puzzle, unloaded and vacuumed the Minnie and took a nap. Flo played a game with me called in and out the door. She kept wanting to go out on the back porch and then a few minutes later wanted back inside. Larry caught up reading his three newspapers. In the evening we went to Sun City to dance with the Sundancers. Before the dance started there was a half hour workshop. We worked on tag the line in all positions such as a wave and we did some left tag the line. Brad had seven mainstream squares and six plus squares and some round dancers. He called four mainstream tips and two plus tips. We had fun doing follow your neighbor with the girls leading the move. It was a great dance.

Brad doing a singing call during class

Square dancing class dancing to Brad

DeAnn taking a picture of me taking pictures

Round dancing during the dance

 

11-15 Seven Days Straight of Dancing

Camping in the RV Park at Promenade Hall 

This afternoon we finished our seventh day of dancing in seven days. Monday we danced in Sun City Georgetown with the Sundancers to Brad Caldwell calling. Tuesday in Temple with the Central Lone Stars to Dale Smith calling. Wednesday in Georgetown with the Shirts 'n' Skirts to Jim Hayes calling. Thursday in Gatesville with the Coryell County Squares to Ed Lauder calling. Friday, Saturday and Sunday morning we danced in Tool with the Log Cabin Swingers to Jerry Story.  Sunday afternoon we danced in Waco to Dale Smith and Wendell Moore. We had a super week of dancing, eating and socializing with friends and meeting new friends.

Saying good-bye

Sunday morning gospel Dance in Tool

Dale Smith calling

Dancing with friends

In the evening we relaxed and watched a new PBS series called Murder on the Home Front, it is a detective series during World War II in London. Then I watched Father Brown. We had a super day.  

11-14 Saturday of Square Dancing

Saturday workshops with Jerry Story

We were busy all day square dancing with Jerry Story. There were round dancing workshops during the day with Walter Brewer. We did an hour and a half workshop in the morning and an hour in the afternoon. Both workshops were very high energy, Jerry did a lot of DBD and kept it challenging. It's was amazing that the workshops had enough people for ten squares. After the workshop there was a DBD Dance and I danced one tip. We had such a great time. In the afternoon we had to take a nap.

Dalbert and Lu Ann doing the right and left through

Harold, Paula and Dalbert weaving the ring

In the evening Larry and I went to the dance. There were 13 squares and a lot of round dancers. After the dance they had an ice cream social where ice cream floats were served. We had a super time dancing and visiting with our friends. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!

round dancing to Walter

our floats

Dale and Pam enjoying their floats

Lu Ann enjoying her float

Larry having fun with friends

Harold and Connie dancing to Jerry