Wednesday 6-19 Air Chairing

Boating on Lake Belton

We spent the morning hanging around the house. I worked on my puzzle and Larry read.

After lunch we went outside and Larry mowed. While he did the mowing I weedeated and blew off the porches, the garage and driveway. 

When we finished we decided to go to the lake. I thought it was too windy but once at the lake I changed my mind. The lake wasn't flat but it wasn't too rough. We put the Air Chair together and flew it down the lake. Afterwards we did a little floating in the lake. It took me three tries to get the boat on the trailer, I don't know if it was because of the wind or I simply wasn't concentrating. As I came towards the trailer I would over correct in one direction and then over correct in the other direction, by the time I got near the trailer the boat was too crooked. The third time Larry directed me. After getting the boat on the trailer we wiped the boat down. We were at the lake an hour and a half. We had a great day on the lake.

Larry enjoying the lake

Having fun

    

Once we were home I continued working on my puzzle and Larry read. About 9:30 the power went out for around 10 minutes and 30 minutes later a thunderstorm came through.

Tuesday 6-18-19 Motorcycle Project

Rebuilding Motorcycle Carburetor

A front came through in the morning with wind and a little rain. The wind stayed around all day.

Larry had rebuilt the original motorcycle carburetor yesterday with an after market Sumo Carburetor Rebuilt Kit. This morning he installed the rebuilt carburetor, because of the limited space it is difficult to do. The motorcycle ran fine but the problem he was trying to correct was still there. He ended up taking the carburetor back off and going back to the one he purchased last year.

Removing the side covers

Unscrewing the clamps from the carburetor

Removing the carburetor

The old carburetor

Installing the new carburetor

The finished project

While Larry was doing the motorcycle project I kept him company. In the afternoon I worked on my puzzle while Larry read. 

In the evening we watched a couple of episodes of Foyle's War. When Larry went to bed I watched a few episodes of Murdock Mysteries. We had a very relaxing day. 

Relaxing in front of the television

Monday 6-17 Dancing with the Sundancers

Smile and be happy

We had a very nice day. We started it out by going to town to do a little shopping. The first stop was Walmart and then we went to the Home Depot to buy some weed and feed for the yard. We had bought hangers there in the past and I wanted to buy some more but they no longer have the ones I wanted. We walked over to Target and they did not have what I wanted either. Afterwards we went to Belton to the UPS Store to pick up a package and the mail.

Last year Larry replaced the carburetor on the motorcycle with a new aftermarket one. It works fine but he would like to fix the original carburetor, at the time the only way to get parts for the original Yamaha carburetor was to purchase the individual pieces from Yamaha and the pieces cost much more than the aftermarket carburetor. There is now an inexpensive after market rebuild kit so Larry decided to try and fix the original carburetor.  

In the afternoon I worked on my puzzle and Larry worked on rebuilding the motorcycle carburetor. He replaced the parts in the carburetor with the parts that were in the kit. 

Carburetor Rebuild Kit

Sumo Carburetor Rebuilt Kit

In the evening we went to Sun City to dance with the Sundancers and Brad Caldwell. It was a quiet evening. For the Plus class we had three squares, we learned: Peel the Top, Diamond Circulate and Flip the Diamond. We also reviewed the moves we already learned. For the dance we had three squares. By 8:45 everyone had left except for four couples of Advanced dancers. We ended up dancing 30 minutes of Advanced. Brad did an excellent job of calling. We had an outstanding night of dancing with friends and to Brad. 

Square dancing with friends

 

SUnday 6-16 Happy Father's Day

Stormy evening

Happy Father's Day to everyone. I hope you had a great day.

Happy Father's Day

The day started out with sunshine and some clouds. 

I spent the day working on my puzzle and Larry read. We watched last week's episode of GizWiz and some YouTube videos.

While we were relaxing in front of the television we heard thunder and then the rain came down very hard. When we looked out the window to watch the rain we saw a doe and a fawn grazing in the yard. The fawn was very young and seemed to be jumping around trying to avoid the rain, it was cute to watch. After they wandered off we thought the rain went away when all of a sudden hail came down. The front stayed in all evening and through out the night. During the storm we watched a couple of episodes of Foyle's War and I watched a few episodes of Murdock Mysteries. We had a very relaxing day.

Fawn and doe in our yard

The fawn playing in the rain

The hail storm

Saturday 6-15 Visiting Bryan Texas

Square dancing with friends

We spent the day in Bryan Texas. We started out by visiting the George Bush Presidential Library and Museum, it took us about 90 minutes. It was beautiful and had a lot of displays about President Bush's life, there was even an area devoted to Barbara Bush. It was very interesting and educational. We enjoyed our visit.

George Bush Presidential Library and Museum

The plane President Bush flew during the war

The dress that Barbara Bush wore to the Inaugural Ball

George Bush statue in the garden

Sky diving onto the library grounds

Every year the Texas State Square and Round Dance Festival occurs in June. The festival starts on Thursday night with a Trails End Dance. Friday is a Pre-Festival Dance with square dancing and round dancing in the afternoon and evening. The actually Festival is on Saturday. The square dances are Mainstream, Plus, DBD and Advanced. Dancers come from all over Texas. We attended the afternoon sessions of Advanced from 2:00 to 3:20 and DBD from 3:20 to 5:00. The callers we danced to were: Bob Baier, Dan Clairmont, Tim Ploch, KO Jeans and Brad Caldwell. Each caller called for twenty minutes. We had two squares for Advanced and six for Plus DBD. Each caller had their own style, they were full of energy and challenging. We danced with friends and had a super afternoon. 

Dan Clairmont calling a tip

Bob Baier visiting with dancers during a break

K.O. Jeanes enjoying the company of dancers

Tim Ploch thanking Mary for coming to the dance

Larry enjoying watching friends dancing

Friends having fun dancing

Friends enjoying themselves

Bryan is 90 miles from the house, we were back home around 7:00.

Friday 6-14 Happy Friday

It was really windy today. The first thing I did was finish doing the laundry. Then I worked on my puzzle. Larry read. 

After lunch I went outside and mowed the far back of the backyard. It took me about an hour. While I was mowing Larry weedeated and treated for fire ants. Then I watered my flowers. It is getting hot and I think my flowers are about finished. 

In the evening we watched a couple of episodes of Foyle's War. Then I started watching the second season of Murdock Mysteries. We had a good day of relaxing.

Relaxing around the house

Thursday 6-13 Doing This and That

We started the day out by going to town to a few errands. We stopped at HEB to do our weekly grocery shopping. After shopping and putting the groceries in the car we walked off to Supercuts so Larry could get a haircut. Next stop was the UPS Store to pick up our mail, we didn't have much. Then we went to Walmart to pick up a couple of things we didn't get at HEB. On the way home we stopped by Belton Donuts, it's a new donut shop. We had the donuts for our dessert after lunch. They were very good.

Weekly grocery shopping

In the afternoon I did a few loads of laundry. While the clothes were washing I worked on my puzzle and studied Taminations.

Doing laundry

We attended our weekly C1 and A2 dancing with the Sundancers. For the C1 dancing we had three couples so we danced two couple squares. The tips were very challenging because we danced with phantoms to complete a square. During the A2 dancing we had two squares plus three extra people. After the dance we stayed around and did a half hour of C1. This time we did two couples squares that was a bit easier and less stressful because we didn't have to work with phantoms. We had a great evening of dancing.

Square dancing with friends

When we got home I watched a few episodes of Murdock Mysteries. It was weird because I was watching the first season and all of a sudden I noticed that it jumped to the eleventh season. But it really doesn't matter considering each episode a murder is solved.