Monday 3-6-23 Di's Dance, Treating for Weeds & More

 

Gorgeous Day

We had a gorgeous day with sunshine. It got up to 81 degrees and no wind. 

We started the day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am. Di called five tips to 18 participants. During the dance she worked on Counter Rotate Concept. She put us in different positions and cued us through it. Sometimes we couldn't see it so we broke down but this was ok because it made it challenging. Larry danced with me. We had an outstanding time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends. 

After lunch Larry went outside and treated for weeds. He used a liquid weed and grass killer for the gravel areas. He also treated the grass with a different solution that only targets weeds. He worked on it for about three hours. Weeds area a continuous battle. 

I had stayed up until 3:00 am so while Larry was treating for weeds I took a nap.

On Sunday before going to bed I do the weekly Golden Ticket challenge to double my points. This isn't important but I enjoy it. In order to complete this you solve four different levels for a trophy and in each level you solve four games. You choose what solitaire you want to play from (Klondike, Spider, Free Cell, Pyramid and Tri Peaks) to accomplish this. Afterwards I played my Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I did the event, which was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 55 minutes and 48 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group of 50 players. I played Angry Birds. I played some pinball games. I didn't get a new high score on Batman 66 but I'm still having fun.

Larry continued working on his arcade machine.

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Black Widow,it is the next Marvel movie on our list. Then I watched Maleficent Mistress of Evil on Disney. It is the sequel of Maleficent starring Angelina Jolie as the starring role. Maleficent raised the princess Aurora as her goddaughter. The movie was as good as Maleficent. Afterwards I started watching the 3rd season of Luther. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group. It's a great beginning for the week of the 175,000 step challenge.

Sunday 3-5-23 Dancing with Loren Smith & Having Fun

 

Happy Sunday

We had a wonderful day with a lot of sunshine. It got up to 75 degrees.

Larry was going to treat for bugs but it was too windy. Instead he worked on his arcade machine. He continued tweaking the games. He labeled the buttons for the slots. He setup a menu for each category: pinball, slots and arcade. Each menu has how many games are available and a little bit about the category. The machine is looking outstanding. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 5 minutes and 11 seconds, which put me in 22nd place in my group. I played Angry Birds. 

I played pinball for an hour or so. I started the new challenge, which is Batman 66. It's a very nice playfield and has a lot of different challenges to get a high score. My high score for the overall playing was 43,502,810.

My high score for the day of 43,502,810

My allergies were bugging me all day so I took an hour nap in the afternoon.

In the evening I attended Loren Smith's Weekly A2/C1 dance at 7:30 for an hour and fifteen minutes. He called three tips of A2 to 12 participants, two tips of C1 Teach to 13 participants and one tip of C1 to 11 participants. Don Moger logged to watch the last two tips. This was a pleasant surprise. I had a super time dancing with friends and to Loren.

After the dance we watched YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched 102 Dalmatians on Disney. It was made in 2000. It was about Cruella being reformed. Glenn Close played Cruella again and did an outstanding job. It was a good movie. Then I watched a couple of episodes of Luther. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group for the week with 187,365 steps.

Saturday 3-4-23 Busy Doing This & That

 

Doing this and that

We had a beautiful day with high of 75 degrees and sunshine.

Larry kept busy all day. First up was our taxes. We got the last statement we needed a week or two ago so today was the day, it took a couple of hours using online software to fill everything out and submit it to the IRS. Second he edged the frontyard and blew off the front porch and driveway. Third he cleaned the filters on our air purifiers. Finally he worked on his arcade games making progress on a couple of small things.

While Larry did his projects I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event today was Event: Klondike Mini of 10 games. It took me 41 minutes and 20 seconds, which put me in 27th place in my group. 

Then I played some pinball games. I didn't get a new high score on IT Pinball Madness but I had fun. Larry played some pinball. He got a huge score on next weeks challenge game of Batman 66, it will be a challenge for me to beat it.

I finished the Puzz3D Traditional Collection (43 Lord Street), you only use 264 pieces but it was challenging. I started in January and just finished today. I didn't work on it everyday because it was very hard to figure out. There really weren't any instructions on how to assemble it but they did have a picture on how each side should look after assembly. The first step you have to do was separate the pieces used for the puzzle from the pieces not used. Then you separated the pieces in different shapes and function. Next you assemble the pieces together and start building it upward. The pieces were unique because they were foam pieces. It came out looking great.

   

43 Lord Street 3D puzzle

 

Back

 

Right side

 

Left side

 

Front

 

Pieces

 

Pieces with red dots that aren't used

In the evening we watched Captain America: Civil War. Then I watched 101 Dalmatians on Disney. It was made in 1996 and was very funny and entertaining. It was loaded with great actors and actresses (Glenn Close (Cruella), Jeff Daniels (Roger owner), Joely Richardson (Anita owner), Hugh Laurie (Jasper kidnapper), Mark Williams (Horace kidnapper) and many more. Then I watched a couple of episodes of the second season of Luther. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group. 

Friday 3-3-23 Errands, Dancing & Wildlife

 

Put on your dancing shoes and dance

We had a beautiful day with sunshine. 

Before going to bed I looked on the security camera in the backyard and saw a few deer bedded down. They hadn't done this in a long time, it was nice to see. 

Last year we watched a couple of birds build a nest in our birdhouse. About the time the nest was finished one of the birds disappeared. The other bird hung around for weeks, it would fly up and perch on the birdhouse and chirp for the other one. It finally gave up. Larry was going to clean the nest out of the house because he had read birds seldom reuse nests and other birds will not use a nest they did not build. Last week a pair of birds showed up and checked out the house and nest. Today we saw them adding more stuff to the nest. I guess they're going to reuse the nest after all. Helpfully we will see babies this year.

It's always a pleasure to watch wildlife. It makes me smile and feel good.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I did the event, which was Event: Pyramid Mini of 5 games. It took me 9 minutes and 30 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played some pinball.

Larry spent the morning working on my new weekly challenge, it starts on Sunday. This week the game is Batman. It was challenging to download and make it work. Once he installed Batman we played it a bit. It's fun.

Our car insurance was coming due so Larry renewed the policy and printed out the cards. While he was putting the new cards in the Equinox he noticed the registration was expired, it was due last October. He has no idea how he missed it and was quite surprised, he is normally very observant with things like that. About 11am we went to Valvoline to get it inspected but it was very busy so we passed it by and went to Freddy's for lunch. We hadn't been there in a long time. We shared a Patty Melt and a Turtle Sundae. They were delicious. On the way home Valvoline was still busy so we went home.

 

 

 

Having lunch

In the afternoon we went back to Valvoline and got the car inspected. It took awhile because they were busy and the vehicles in front of us were getting more than an oil change. After getting the car inspected we went to downtown Belton and renewed the plates. It was also busy but their new system got us through pretty fast. Now the car is due in March instead of October. 

Getting the car inspected

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Loren Smith covered for her because she had a commitment someplace else. Loren called fours tips of A2 to 13 participants and one tip of C1 to 12 participants. I had a fun evening dancing to Loren and with friends.

 

After the dance we finished watching the first season of The Frankenstein Chronicles. It got weird and dark at the end. I probably will watch the second season just to give me something to watch after Larry goes to bed. When Larry went to bed I watched Dumbo, it was redone in 2019. It starred Danny DeVito as the circus owner. It was very good. Afterwards I watched a couple of episodes of Luther. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which kept me in 2nd place in my group.

Thursday 3-2-23 Dancing with Dayle & Playing Games

 

Dreary Day

We had a dreary day. It rained on and off all day. In the evening the rain came in and it rained hard. 

We started the day out by attending Dayle Hodge's C1 dance at 11:00 for an hour. Di Green and Terry McCann showed up to dance. Dayle called two tips of two couple and asked Di if she would like to call with him. She accepted the invite. This was a pleasant surprise. They took turns during the last two tips and it was a lot of fun. The last tip was a four couple tip. We had 16 people dancing. Terry and Di danced with their backs to us so we could pin them. We had a super time dancing to Di and Dayle and with friends.

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I did the event, which was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 7 minutes and 40 seconds to complete, which put me in 7th place in my group. I played Angry Birds 2 and Angry Birds and Friends. 

In the afternoon I played pinball. I didn't get a new high score in IT Pinball Madness but I had fun playing the games. Some of the games I hadn't played in a bit so I was a little rusty. 

While I played games Larry continued playing with his slot games. He's have a great time.

In the evening we watched Ant Man on dvd. Then I watched Pinocchio on Disney. It was redone in 2022 to make it more realistic by having real people act in it. It starred Tom Hanks as Geppetto, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth as Pinocchio (voice) and Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket (voice). Afterwards I watched a couple of episodes of Luther. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.  

Wednesday 3-1-23 Dance Day & More

 

Happy Wednesday

We had another great day. The weather got up to 80 degrees and we had a cloud covering.

I attended four virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. They took turns calling five tips, because of an overlap in dances I only stayed for four of them. They had 10 participants. I had a super time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends.

Second was Dayle Hodge's Weekly A1/A2 at 11:00 for an hour. Dayle called two tips of two couple A1, two tips of two couple A2 and one tip of four couple A2 to 9 participants. Larry danced with me and we had a great time. Dayle always puts you in positions you're not use to being in. Many times when someone messes up and gets out of position he tells them not to fix it. He calls to everyone and gets us home. We had fun dancing to Dayle and with friends.

Third was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Ett was back from her cruise. She had a great time. She called five tips to 17 participants. I had a fun time dancing to Ett and with friends.

Fourth was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:30 for two hours. The format was two C1 tips to 7 participants, five A2 tips to 11 participants and one Ci tip to 9 participants. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the five tips of A2. In between the A2 tips we did some Trivia. I had an outstanding evening of dancing with friends.

 Having fun dancing with friends

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed. I did the event, which was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 44 minutes and 22 seconds, which put me in 11th place in my group. I played Angry Birds and pinball.

While playing IT Pinball Madness I got a new high score, which was 20,727,730. I played a few more other pinball games.

New high score in IT Pinball Madness

While I danced and played games Larry worked on configuring his fruit games (slots). 

After Ett's dance we went to town and did our weekly grocery shopping at Walmart. While in town we picked up our mail. 

Checking the grocery list

In the evening we watched an episode of The Frankenstein Chronicles. Then I watched Cruella on Disney. It was a cute crime comedy movie about a young Cruella de Vil, who gets revenge on her biological mother. Emma Stone plays Cruella. Cruella de Vil is the fictional character in 101 Dalmatians. I liked it. Afterwards I started watching Luther, which is a detective series. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.

Tuesday 2-28-23 Di and Terry's Dance & Having Fun

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. It got up to 85 degrees and a lot of sun. We spent the day hanging around the house.

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 5 minutes and 33 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds and pinball games.

I played IT Pinball Madness and got another high score, 18,199,710. Yesterdays high score was rejected because it didn't have my name on it nor was it taken from the correct place. Larry wrote the administrators explaining we didn't understand what they wanted, I had not done anything differently than I always have. The person who owns the site has always done the verification but he went on vacation and turned it over to someone else. We're waiting to hear back from them. When I got today's high score Larry took the picture like we thought they wanted it. Hopefully, it's ok.

New high score for IT

I attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance at 10:00 for an hour. They took turns calling five tips to 16 participants. During the dance Di worked on the move Chain Reaction. She called it in both directions left and right and other positions we're not use to being in. She cued us through the move. Di and Terry did an outstanding job of calling the dance. I had a super time dancing with friends and Di and Terry.

While I danced Larry fertilized and applied Preemergence on the yards. Then he started the irrigation system because for the fertilizer to work it needed .5 inch of water. 

Fertilizing the backyard

While I played games Larry continued doing his pinball/arcade project.

I did some housework.

In the evening we watched the Avengers: Age of Ultron. It was a good movie and this was the first time we watched it. Afterwards I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs on Disney. It was an animated movie made in 1937. It was very cute. Then I watched an episode of McDonald & Dodds. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.