Sunday 12-6 Bidet Seat and Going Camping

It was an exciting day.

I started the day out by playing Solitaire games, the Daily Challenges and Event: Two Game Tango Mini (5 Klondike and 5 Spider). It took me 58 minutes and 5 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played a few games of Sudoku.

While I playing my games Larry was working on making more Christmas cards, these are Snowmen Carolers. It took him awhile because there were a lot of different color pieces to cut and glue together. There were not any directions but there was a video that explained everything step by step. The card came out outstanding and very cute.

 

Snowmen Caroler Cards

  After playing my games I cleaned the house and did laundry. 

 

Doing housework

The other day we picked the Minnie up from storage, the weather is going to be beautiful and we decided to go on a camping trip. After I did my housework I loaded up the Minnie for our trip. Larry made a reservation at Midway Park on Lake Waco. This is very exciting because we haven't camped there before.

Another exciting thing that happened today was we received our Smart Bidet toilet seat. It can be controlled using a remote control or manually and is heated. The remote controls the temperature of the seat, where you want the nozzle to spray, how hot you want the water and how hard you want the water to spray. I have used it a few times, it works well but it will take a bit to get used to using it. Larry installed the old heated seat in the guest bath.

 

Remote control for the bidet toilet seat

New Smart Bidet heated toilet seat

 

We attended two virtual square dances. The first was the Dixie Cups Club bi-monthly DBD dance at 2:30 for an hour. This week the club invited Ken Jordan out of Virginia to call. We had 20 participants. We saw our friends Mike and Brenda from Georgetown, they were dancing with Glen and Char. Ken called four tips and did a good job.

The second one was Loren Smith weekly A2/C1 dance at 7:30 for an hour and fifteen minutes. This week Don Moger joined Loren and helped call the dance. We danced three A2 tips with 30 participants. The third tip was full square material called by Loren, which I danced by myself. Before the C1 tips Don did a C1 teach tip, where he went over Flip The Line and Finish. During the two C1 tips we had 24 participants. We had a very nice evening of dancing to Loren and Don.

Larry did our weekly grocery shopping online and it was delivered at 6:30. When I was putting the groceries away I noticed there was Christmas bag full with items. It was a gift from Walmart. It had samples of items in the store. This was a very nice surprise.

 

Christmas gift from Walmart

After the last dance we watched football for about an hour. After Larry went to bed I finished watching the second season of Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 24,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group with 184,134 steps for the week. LIFE IS GOOD!!!! 

  

 

 

 

Saturday 12-5 "New" Mattress for the Minnie

 

We had a great day. 

I started the day off by playing the Daily Challenges and the Event: Spider Mini of 5 games. It took me 15 minutes and 57 seconds, which put me in 29th place in my group. Then I did some Sudoku games.

While I played my Solitaire games Larry worked on making a few more Christmas cards.

 

Christmas Cards

The day started off around 35 degrees so we waited until it got warmer before we did a Minnie project. We have been sleeping on foam mattresses in the Minnie for years. Unfortunately they don't last all that long. The top layer on our current one has gotten soft so today we removed the 4" top layer and replaced it with a latex mattress topper that we had removed from our Sleep Number bed. It was a king size so we had to cut it down to a queen. Larry used a large razor snap knife to cut it down. It took a bit to get it and the mattress cover installed in the small space above the cab. Larry tried the mattress out and thinks it will work fine.

 

The Minnie

 

In the evening we watched YouTube videos and three episodes of Warehouse 13. Then I continued watching the second season of Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group with 160,000 steps. 

Friday 12-4 Happy Friday

 It's Friday

It's Friday, let's do the happy dance. Once again it was a cold day with the temperature in the 50's.

We spent the day indoors. I watched the wildlife in the backyard. I wrote the other day that our new neighbors are starting to build their new house. They cleared most of the trees off the lots and it's bare. Yesterday, we didn't see hardly any birds at the birdfeeder. But today they were back. A few days ago I changed the plastic bowls out with glass bowls. The birds spend more time eating out of the glass bowls instead of the feeder. It was fun watching them because they would actually get inside of the bowl. The squirrels also like the glass bowls because they can't tip them over. The squirrels spend hours eating out of the bowls. They come one at a time. I've also been watching a couple of smaller squirrels under the tree eating out of the bowls.

I started the day out by playing the Daily Challenges and the Event: Medium Mayhem of 27 games, which took me 1 hour, 57 minutes and 27 seconds. This put me in 25th place in my group.

While I played my Solitaire games Larry made a couple of snowmen ornaments. The design was for a large snowman, that stands up so Larry redesigned it. He made the ornaments 4" and they came out very cute.

 

 Snowmen Ornaments

 We attended two virtual square dances. The first one was Di Green's weekly C1 workshop at 2:00 for an hour and a half. We had 45 participants. Di called six tips. She workshopped Relay The Top, Percolate and Linear Action. We had a great time and learned a lot.

The second one was Ett McAtee's weekly A2/C1 dance at 6:30 for an hour and a half. We had 29 participants for the A2 and 24 participants for the C1. Ett called four tips of A2 and two tips of C1. During the A2 session Ett workshopped All 4 Couples and All 8 moves. She cued now and then which made the dance very enjoyable. We had a very nice evening.

After Ett's dance we watched two episodes of Warehouse 13. Then I continued watched the second season of Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 24,500 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group with 132,069 steps.

 

Thursday 12-3 A Wonderful Day

 

We had a wonderful day. We spent the day keeping warm. The high today was in the low 50's. 

Early this year Larry installed a heated toilet seat in the master bathroom. When it's cold it is great. The seat has a light and a three levels of temperature (low, medium and high). We keep it on low. During the summer when it's not cold we turn off the heat. We tend to keep the light on, it's nice at night. Now that it is cold again I mentioned to Larry it would be great to have one in the second bath. Larry started the day out by installing an electronical outlet in the second bath by the toilet.

Larry decided he will move the seat from the master bath to the guest bath and order a bidet style heated seat for the master bath. During the toilet paper shortage earlier this year they were difficult to get. There are a lot of options and none are available locally so he will have to order one.

While Larry was installing the new electrical outlet I played Solitaire games. I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Pyramid Mini of 5 games. It took me 14 minutes and 28 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. Then I played some Sudoku games.

We attended three virtual square dances. The first one was Dayle Hodge's weekly A2 at 11:00 for an hour. We had 25 participants. Dayle called four tips and helped the dancers when needed by cueing. It helped me out a few times by saying where I should be. We had an excellent time.

The second one was Joachim Ruehenbeck C1 dance at 12:30 for an hour. We had 35 participants. Joachim called five tips and did an excellent job. The dance was very challenging because Joachim calls faster than the other callers. The dance was a lot of fun.

The third one was Jeremy Butler weekly A2/C1 dance at 6:00 for an hour. Jeremy called four A2 tips and one C1 tip. During the A2 tips we had 18 participants and C1 had 17 participants. Jeremy did an outstanding job of calling and it was a lot of fun.

 

 

After the last dance we watched three episodes of the third season of Warehouse 13. Then I started watching the second season of Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 28,500 steps, which put me in third place in my group with 107,557 steps.

 

       

 

Wednesday 12-2 Visiting the Oral Surgeon

Smile and have fun

 

It was another cold day, it didn't get out of the 50's but in the morning it was in the 40's. 

I started the day out doing the Daily Challenges and the Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Spider). It took me 38 minutes and 54 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. After playing the Solitaire games I did some Sudoku games.

We attended two virtual square dances. The first one was Dayle Hodge's weekly A2 at 11:00 for an hour. We had 30 participants. Dayle called four tips. We had a great time.

The second one was Doren McBroom's weekly C1 at 6:30 for an hour and a half. We had a small group, 21 participants. This week Doren invited Di Green from the U.K. to come and help him call. It was 12:30 a.m. in the U.K., Doren and Di both called three tips a piece. We had a super evening of dancing.

In between the dances Larry took me to my appointment with an Oral Surgeon. I have a tooth on the lower right that has a cavity at the gum line. I had it filled a couple of years ago and during my cleaning a few weeks ago the filling fell out. They could try filling it again but it is so far down that the filling never did work very well. The other option is a root canal and crown, the last option it to have it removed and put in an implant. I decided to remove it and get an implant. Dr. Schafer agreed because of the location of the cavity. I'm going back in January to get it done.

 

While I was seeing Dr. Schafer Larry got the truck inspected and went to Lowe's to pick up a few things. When I got finished I went outside to find him. Larry ended up having to get out of the truck and wave at me before I realized I was looking for the wrong vehicle. We had drove the truck instead of the car. 

After the last dance we finished watching the third season of Warehouse 13. Then I finished watching the first season of Miss Fisher Mysteries. I ended up doing 25,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group with 79,035 steps.

 

Relaxing in front of the television

 

        

 

 

Tuesday 12-1 Keeping Warm

 

The day started out with the temperature in the high 20's. At the house it was 34 degrees. It didn't get out of the low 50's. There was a wind out of the north. It was cold all day.

I started the day out by playing my Solitaire games. I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 9 minutes and 30 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. Then I did some Sudoku games.

Larry built a snow globe. The design was about 12 inches tall but he sized it down to a bit over 4 inches so that I could use it as a decoration on my Christmas tree. It came out very cute.

 

The snow globe ornament

We attended three virtual square dances. The first one was Dayle Hodge's weekly Plus with 30 participants. It was at 11:00 for an hour. Dayle called four tips. After calling the third tip Dayle did a singing call, which was very fun. We had a super time dancing to Dayle.

The second one was Di Green's weekly A1/A2 with 29 participants for A1 and 30 participants for A2. It was at 1:30 for two hours with a fifteen minute break between the sessions. Di and Terry called five tips per session. I danced the A1 session by myself and Larry joined in for A2. We had an outstanding afternoon with Di and Terry.

The third one was Don Moger's A2 dance with 60 participants. It was at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Don called five tips. We had a great evening dancing to Don.

The neighbor's lot continued being cleared. For the last two days three gentlemen have been working hard in clear the lots. They used a chain saw to cut the down trees into smaller pieces and fed the pieces into a chipper. Then the chipper put the mulch into a dumpster. They worked on the lots all day.

 

Shredding the trees

 

After the last dance we watched a couple episodes of Warehouse 13. Then I continued watching the first season of Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in third place in my group with 54,009 steps. 

 

 

 

Monday 11-30 A Chilly Day

It's cold

It was a chilly day with the temperature in the low 50's, by the time I went to bed it was in the high 40's. We had a lot of sunshine.

Last week was Black Friday and today was Cyber Monday. These days you can take advantage of those sales without leaving the house. Did you buy anything? Even though Larry looked at the ads he purchased nothing.

Larry started the day out by taking the kitchen plumbing apart and cleaning it. The sink was smelling a bit, I had put Pine Sol and drain cleaner down it, this took the smell away but it didn't last but a day or two. He had done this same cleaning a few months ago and the drain pipes had a bunch of gunk in them. Today they were not too bad.

Today was called Monday Funday, where the games in Daily Challenges and the Event points were doubled. I spent the morning playing my Solitaire games. I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 2 hours, 25 minutes and 4 seconds, which put me in 16th place in my group.

It's suppose to be in the 20's in the morning so to prevent the Minnie from freezing we went to the storage center and setup the small heaters. Afterwards we went to The Home Depot to pick up some kitchen sink stoppers and a couple of other items so Larry can make a change in the kitchen sink plumbing. Bought six items and got out of there for less than $20, unbelievable.

In the evening we watched three episodes of Warehouse 13. Then I continued watching Miss Fisher. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.