Saturday 6-18 Crafting & Working Out

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. We kept cool under the air conditioner. It got to 99 degrees.

I started the day doing the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. Then I moved on to the Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 2 hours, 57 minutes and 55 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group.

While I was playing games Larry worked on a paper project. He was making a crate. He started it yesterday and had to rework it a bit. First he downsized the project and separated the files to cut the pieces. He watched a video on the project. In the video Leo said you had to reinforce part of it to make it stronger. After deciding on what color and design to put on the crate, he cut the pieces out. While assembling the project Larry decided to reinforce the whole project with foam boards. It came out gorgeous and very sturdy.

The finished project

 

Side of the crate

In the afternoon we went to the UPS Store to pick up a package, another security camera Larry had ordered. Tomorrow Larry will install the camera.

When we got home I worked out on my Wii Fit for a half hour. In the evening I used the long resistance tube for 20 minutes. I did a jazz routine for 20 minutes while watching television.

I worked out using the boxing section of Aerobics

I did one or two routines of each section

In the evening we watched Batman Begins, one of our dvds. Then I started watching the 3rd season of MI-5. I ended up doing 28,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

  

Friday 6-17 It's Friday

 

We had a relaxing day. It was hot with a high of 98 degrees.

We started the day out by going to town to do our weekly grocery shopping at Walmart. On the way we stopped by The UPS Store to get our mail and pick up a package. The package was one of the items Larry signed up to get from The Home Depot Seeds Program. After shopping we went home.

Grocery shopping

One of the items in our mail was a jury summons. When we were walking into Walmart the greeter was holding something that looked the same as my summons. Larry told her I had received one. She asked for what day, I told her the 11th and she said hers was for the 18th. I have been summoned a couple of times in the last eight years and wasn't picked. I'll sign up online and see what happens.

Jury duty summons

In the afternoon Larry was teasing me about working out with my Wii Fit and I said I wasn't going to workout. But about an hour later I got my Wii Fit our and worked out for a half hour. It had been 178 days, that's almost six months. The funny thing is I enjoy working out with it because you can decided how hard to workout or just choose the Wii Fit programs. In that program you can decide on how long you want to workout. The Wii Fit has five categories: Balance, Yoga, Strength, Cardio and Plus (combination programs). I chose the Wii Fit program for a half hour.

I guess I need to workout more often

I did my Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong and Event: Spider Mini of 10 games. It took me 59 minutes and 28 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group.

While I worked out Larry started a new crafting project.

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2/C1 dance at 6:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. She called 4 tips of A2 with 19 participants and 1 tip of C1 Teach with 17. During the A2 tips Ett worked on Anything Chain Thru. I had a great time.

After the dance we watched the movie Denial on Amazon. It was about a writer and historian, who had to go to court to prove that the Holocaust actually occurred because she was sued for libel by a known denier. It was very good. Then I finished the second season of MI-5. I ended up doing 28,500 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group.

This morning Larry saw a couple of does and fawns in the backyard grazing. The two fawns played with each other. Larry showed me the recording from the security cameras, it was cute watching the fawns playing. While we were relaxing watching television we saw a doe and fawn walk through the backyard.

A fawn enjoying its dinner

Mama waiting for her baby to join her

 

 

Thursday 6-16 First Day of Boating & More

 

First Day of Boating

We had another 100 degree day.

The wind was down a bit so we decided to take the boat to the lake.

Beginning Monday we have been watching boats going to Arrowhead Point ramp. But the ramp was closed so within a few minutes we would see them coming back. Every year the Corps of Engineers closes the ramp for a week of boat training. They setup a course in the cove with buoys and the drivers are trained in going around them wide open. The trainee has an instructor in the boat with them and the trainee is asked to do certain tasks. 

We put the boat in at Rogers park ramp. The lake was rough. We drove by Temple Lake Park, where we saw a few people kayaking and launching their boats. We continued down the lake to Arrowhead Point area where we watched the training going on. While we were watching one of the instructors came by and told us they were going to make a lot of wakes because they were going to go around the buoys wide open. He said he didn't want to knock us overboard. Larry told him we were just watching the training. He said that was ok. The ramp was full of boat trailers but we didn't see a lot of boats in the cove. I figured the boats were in different areas of the lake. After watching the training for a bit we continued our drive. We went by the campground by the water plant. It was almost full. It's a great campground because you can drive your boat right up to your campsite. There also is a boat ramp and a day area there. Larry went for a dip but he said it was cold so he didn't stay in long. We drove around for about an hour. It took me two tries to get the boat on the trailer. Once it was on the trailer we wiped it down. We had a very nice day on the lake.

Arrowhead Point ramp

 

One of the trainees

 

Living on Belton Lake

 

Going around a buoy

 

Camping on Belton Lake

 

Kayaking at the girl scout camp

We got home just in time to attend Dayle Hodge's Weekly C1 dance. He called four two couple tips with 10 participants and one four couple tip with 8 participants. Dayle asked us how is it in Texas. Larry said it was hot and we had been at lake already. He called very well and put us in challenging positions. When the dancers had problems he cued and got them in the right place. We had a super time.

After lunch I mowed the frontyard and Larry blew the grass off the driveway. As I mowed I treated a couple of fire ant mounds. After I finished we walked around the house to see if there were any more. It took us a little over a half hour.

Larry cleaned and organized his workroom.

I played computer games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong and Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 9 minutes and 1 second, which put me in 18th place in my group. Then I worked on my annual book.

Yesterday Larry saw a doe and a fawn come in the backyard at 6:00 am. The video on the camera was very clear. In the evening they came back with other deer. We watched them for awhile. It's always nice to watch the deer.

A fawn roaming through the yard

In the evening we watched Sherlock Holmes: A Game Of Shadows on our dvd. Then I continued watching the second season of MI-5. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

   

Wednesday 6-15 Dance Day

 

 

We had a beautiful day. We had wind and sunshine with temperature in the high 90s.

Larry started the day out by baking a loaf of bread. It was nice to wake up with the smell of fresh bread. 

Fresh bread

After breakfast we went to the storage center, Larry likes to take the Minnie for spin once a month. He also runs the generator. We took it for a short ride and then took it back to storage. Larry put a trickle charger on the battery to keep it charged up.

I attended three virtual dances. First was Dayle Hodge's Weekly A1/A2 at 11:00 for an hour. Larry danced with me. Dayle usually call two tips of A1 and two tips of A2 because the dancers all knew A2 he decided to call four tips of A2 two couple and one tip of four couple. During the A2 two couple tips there were 10 participants and the four couple tip there were 9. We have been dancing to Dayle for over two years and the dancers are dancing good, he now can call the speed he calls in person. He helps the dancers by cueing to get the dancers in the right place. We had a great time dancing to Dayle and with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour or so. She called five tips with 16 participants. She worked on Anything Chain Thru. She tried to help the dancers when having problems by going over the sequences again and cue a little more. I get frustrated now and then because I get in the wrong place and confused when Ett tries to help. But I still enjoy dancing to Ett.

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:30 for two hours. This week Dave called by myself. He called two C1 tips with 8 participants, five A2 tips with 10 participants and one C1 tip with 6 participants. This week Dave introduced the dancers to a C2 move called Latch On. I had fun.

In the afternoon I did my computer games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. Today I did the Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 1 hour and 29 minutes to complete, which put me in 5th place in my group.

Larry continued playing with the security cameras.

After the last dance we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. Then I started watching the second season of MI-5. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

     

Tuesday 6-14 Hot Windy Day

 

Hold on tight

We had a beautiful day with a lot of wind and sunshine. It got up to 98 degrees.

We spent the day just hanging around the house doing this and that.

Just hanging around

I finished reading Blue Blooded. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong and Event: Free Cell Mini of 5 games. It took me 16 minutes and 57 seconds, which put me in 34th place in my group. Then I worked on my annual book.

Relaxing with a good book

Larry worked on a paper crafting project.

In the evening we watched another dvd, Sherlock Holmes starring Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. We have watched this movie many times and I still enjoy it. Afterwards I finished watching the first season of MI-5. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

Relaxing in front of the television

 

Monday 6-13 Dentist Appointments

 

Another Hot Day

I woke up at 8:00 and Larry had fresh cinnamon rolls waiting for me.

We started the day out by going to the dentist. Larry had an appointment at 9:00 and I had one at 10:20. I decided to go in town with him to save an extra trip to town. We both needed some fillings work. We checked in together, I brought my Kindle to read while I waited. They took Larry back for his appointment. The dentist knew I was there so she had her assistant bring me back. Larry got a filling on one of his top teeth and she started working on three of my teeth. It took over an hour. My fillings were at the gum line so it was very difficult to do and they were deeper than she thought they were. After Larry was finished he waited for me. She worked on other clients while she worked on me. I was glad I went in with Larry otherwise I would have been there until noon. She told me that I would be sore for a little bit. Once the numbness wore off it did hurt.

Visiting the dentist

On the way back we stopped at Walmart and picked up a couple of salads. Then we went across the street to Dollar Tree to pickup bleach for the septic system and more cookies.

Grocery shopping

Once at home we stayed in the house keeping cool. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong and Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Spider and 5 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 20 minutes and 28 seconds, which put me in 16th place in my group. Then I continued reading Blue Blooded. I worked on my annual adventure book.

In the evening we watched Spiderman 3. Afterwards I started to watch MI5 on BritBox. It's a detective series about the MI5. I watched three episodes so far I like it. The acting is good and each episode finishes a case. It went for 10 seasons from 2002 to 2011. I ended up doing 27,500 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group. This is a good started for the week.

  

Sunday 6-12 Dancing & Security Camera Project Continues

 

 

I think it's going to be a hot summer because this was the third day of 101 degrees. We stayed indoors keeping cool.

Larry started the day out by making cinnamon rolls for breakfast. 

Then he went back working on the security cameras. He had one camera he had been experimenting with by mounting it temporarily in different places. He removed it from the front of the house and mounted it permanently looking over the backyard. He then rebooted the recorder. Every time he rebooted it would drop some of the old cameras, he believes it was a problem with the camera password not being remembered correctly by the recorder. Using a different method to configure the recorder he finally got it to keep the correct password. He has now rebooted it a half dozen times and it appears to be fixed. Only time will tell.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong and Event: Klondike Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour and 11 minutes, which put me in 15th place in my group. Then I continued reading Blue Blooded.

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Ett McAtee's Weekly C Series at 1:00. This week Ett called three tips of C1 and three C2. I attended the C1 session and she had 24 participants. Ett called complicated tips with triple boxes, triple lines and triple waves. I was dancing by myself so I lost some of the phantoms but I had a wonderful time.

Second was Loren Smith's Weekly A2/C1 at 7:30. Larry danced with me. Lorne called three A2 tips with 18 participants, two C1 teach with 17 participants and two C1 with 15 participants. I danced the two C1 teach tips by myself. Loren worked on With The Flow. He did a super job of calling and we had a super time.

 

After Loren's dance we watched an episode of Death In Paradise. Then I finished watching the fourth season of Shakespeare & Hathaway. I ended up doing 27,000 steps, which put me in 1st place in my group for the week with 192,844 steps.