What Would You Like - New Light Setup - Lounge V1

 Shalimar, FL   (Hi 91    Lo 76)

I'd like you're opinion on the blog. I have had this blog for many years and over 3100 done. Jim passed away five years ago on Tuesday this week. I usually did the blog, he would correct it since he did so much writing in the Air Force. My faithful followers now has the decision, time to change or keep it the same to keep up with everyone else that's still posting.  (I'm not saying I'll do either, change or keep), but would love to hear which way should I go. ;-)

I finished the puzzle this week. I think I'll go back to the two lighthouses yet to make. 

One of my neighbors came over with some bluetooth plugs. We worked on getting two lights to come on with the phone so I can turn them on when I'm not home or coming in from the lounge and not walk into a dark room or keeping the lights on for hours at a time. We got them working, that's going to be so neat!  I love technology. 

I have to put something funny to listen to in your spare time. Henry Cho Reels on Facebook. If I need a laugh, I watch him or cat reels. Just thought I'd throw that out there. 

This week besides the normal WII bowling, diamond art, wellness class, crochet group, eight zoom meetings,  I had my monthly massage and chiropractor appointment. I was hoping neither of them would be late because I wanted to go to Passport which is visiting (by youtube) to Mexico meeting in the ballroom. I made it on time and it covered a lot of Mexico highlights. 

There's a good chance you'll pick out the music from Mexico, it's got it's own flavor. 

Also the great food you can get and a lot of it is now in the USA. 

I  went to lunch with a couple of gals. Again, we went to one place and they were closed for the holiday weekend, so we went back to Sugar Mill Sweets, we could get sandwiches, soup and great desserts. That's usually our fall back when a place is closed. 

There was a group from WiseWaves Technologies to talk about advanced technology with phones and computers.

 It was a great one hour learning what's new in tech stuff.  One fact that's scary, according to the FBI's Internet Crime Complaint Center  2025 Internet Crime Report, adults age 60 and older filed more than 201,000 complaints, with reported losses exceeding $7.7 billion.  That's a lot of loss.  Please don't give money to anyone you don't know. It's happened several times in our community. 

I also went to the commissary for the first time in a long time. It makes my heart jump seeing the military guys and gals, there weren't many around.  It was Friday 4pm, traffic was very light, very few cars in the parking lot.  It might be because every had left for the holiday weekend.  I had the Friday zoom in the car to start with and once home switched to the PC. 

The monthly meeting for the village was Saturday morning and we had 22 people in our newly decorated lounge.  Here's the result. 

It looks clean and up to date. Good job to the organizers. We can comfortably seat more people.

We had another great time at social hour in the evening. I had another unexpected zoom meeting and the nightly chat. It's a good way to end another great week at Bob Hope Village.  

Normal Week- Finished Puzzle and Painting

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi  89  Lo 75)  Still humid and hot, more storms

Florida is a place you can get warmer then usual tap water without using the water heater. Ice is the clue for a cold glass of water.   If you want a shower just put it to middle ground and it's a very nice shower. 

This week was normal, busy and I'm loving it. I had five zoom meetings and classes this week. I love each one and meet more new people all the time.  I played cards almost every night. Diamond art was beginning a new picture, it's beach scenery and will take awhile.  I finished the paint by number with diamond beads this week.  (Click on the photo to enlarge). I'll sell it at the craft fair. 

Rosie one of our residents (governor of the village one, had a birthday so we had a yummy chocolate cake to celebrate. 

We put the monthly bulletins together and had a good group to get it done in one hour. 

The activities gals do a really good job. 

I picked up my neighbor at the airport,  who went to Maine for a week. She's wanting to stay, it's not as hot there as it is here. I don't blame her. It's good having her back. 

I didn't get to see the eclipse on Thursday night, just too cloudy, but did get a picture of the full moon on Friday night. 

                             I worked on neighbors puzzle and she finished it. Harry Potter

I took a couple people to the Moose after social hour on Saturday night. I'm the designated driver, helping out some friends. It's better to be safe and have a sober driver. 

Monday Started off with a Bang - Two Ooops Not Good

 Shalimar, FL    (Hi 96   Lo 77)  Hot and humid 112 heat index most of the week

Monday: I had WII bowling at 11:00. I got up at 8:30 and just goofed around. I noticed it was warmer than usual and couldn't breathe as well as normal.  I always check on humidity outside and heard a funny noise with the AC outside, (it was loud) so put in a request for maintenance to check it.  Ten minutes after that I checked the thermostat and it was up 4 degrees higher than set. Ut oh. The maintenance guy was already here by that time and the motor on the AC had froze up and not moving. He had it fixed in no time, replacing the motor that's more powerful. I was back with normal temperature before going to bowling. My high score was 213. Not bad.   Click on the photos to enlarge. This is the maintenance golf cart always loaded with supplies. 

Tuesday: The fun and fast day with diamond art. The one I was working on is now done. (Click on photos to enlarge). 

I think Jim's memorial is all setup. It's getting crowded but I love it. 

After diamond art was wellness class.  It was on courage at 80+ to go on with NEW things and ideas. So many things at this age to have courage to do. Don't think you're "too old"  just do it. 

I had two zoom meetings than to cards in the evening. 

Wednesday: I had two things at the same time. I went to the second WII bowling. I did that two years ago so decided to do it again. The team was great and we had a lot of fun. I was hoping to go to Cyber class, but didn't make it. Same day, same time, can't be in two places at once .

I went to village 5 for hand, knee and foot and while there we had a really bad storm. Things blew around and the lightening and thunder was one after another. It lasted into the late evening. It's been awhile, they normally go around us, but we needed the rain. Some of the streets were flooded and cars stuck.  I got home and it was pouring so just hurried inside. 

Thursday: I was up early to take the neighbor to  the airport.  This is odd, but for me it's believable. I said I was in hurry with the rain yesterday. I got home at 3:30, when I went to take gals to the airport, my car was running at 8:30am. Oh boy, I was in so much of a hurry, I didn't even turn it off and no one caught it to tell me. I knew I had over a tank of gas, but it was almost empty. I'm glad I didn't have the AC on, or I would have ran out. I used the neighbors car to take them to airport, came home and had just enough gas to get to the station. Odd but believable, for me.  In the afternoon I was at crochet did a zoom death cafe meeting, back to crochet then to the main building to help with computers. We had a good storm the last couple days so we are getting our summer rains. 

Friday: I woke up wondering what I could do. I had no place to go and nothing on the calendar. Most weekends are that way. I thought it was Saturday all day.  I did laundry, cleaned the floors, and did some cleaning up with crafts. My neighbor came over and we worked on the puzzle. We both have one so we can go back and forth. I had zoom with NC friends and we found out last night that out of seven of us there's another one with GBM Glioblastoma.  Three out of five. What's up with that. The odds are not in our favor. The only thing in common, we were together since 1999 in Raleigh NC.  I feel so bad. 

Saturday: I was just lazy. I was going to crochet or go to neighbors but decided to take the day and call some friends and catch up with podcasts. I did go to social hour. I went to another neighbor to get her game of Mahjong game loaded but when it went to download it wanted me to sign up and pay. Nope, I tried to get out of it but it "captured" the computer and wouldn't let me do anything. I ended up calling the guru, Rob for help. He said there wasn't any way to fix except to restore the computer to the original setup. So he restored it. DO NOT DOWNLOAD ANYTHING FROM PC APP STORE. You'll have to do the same thing.  I looked it up and sure enough it was a program/game that was ransom ware.  I learned a lesson, don't download without checking "where" it's being downloaded and check to see if it's legit.  I'm so embarrassed. 

Dentist - Massage/Chiropractor - Meterorites

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi  94   Lo 79)  Heat index most of the week 110

Sunday I didn't hardly move. I got caught up on computer stuff and worked on a puzzle, helped a neighbor setting up a tablet and went to cards. At least the day was over fairly quickly. 

Monday I had a cleaning at the dentist. He was very happy that "at my age" I have very good teeth. It didn't take long at all, in fact I was home in an hour and half. (It took 30 minutes to get there and back). On the way home I picked up a Culver's fish sandwich and two pints of ice cream.  I'm set for a couple months.

Tuesday my normal very busy day. Started with Diamond art and I think I'll finish the pic next week, I only have a couple hours to go on it.  I had my monthly massage and chiropractor appointment.  Headache - gone, hip pain - gone, back pain - gone. I love that doctor and massage gal. I always feel better. 

Wednesday I love starting out with a zoom. Every week I listen to stories of the death doula's about how people have so much trouble with hospitals and the doula's come in to help. I've taken classes on it, but just don't want to do it.  I went to crafts in the afternoon, where anyone can bring in a craft and I stayed to see what the coloring gals do. (Click on the photos to enlarge).  This is my project on craft days.  Paint by number and added diamond art. Another project to take a few weeks. 

The gals that are working on coloring. 

The presides meteorites are out the past few days. I stood outside but didn't see any, just way to many light poles. I found a camera in Maine in the dark that had the meteorites about every 7 minutes. There were red, green and bluish streaks. I fell asleep sometime after 1 am. So relaxing. I didn't get a photo of the meteorites and there were a couple satellites that I followed. The red circle was a satellite. 

Thursday I went to crochet after a zoom meeting. I made another gnome for military, still want to do three more. I played cards in the evening and catching up on some podcasts.

Friday I started with coffee talk.  This weeks topics were several National days like  (cream sickle day) and a few other national holidays for food. It was a good gab session and the most interesting was the gals that were either when they were kids or heard parents talking about WWII.  I had two zoom meetings in the afternoon. We were supposed to have a good storm come thru but it got close and died out. We ended up a bit of rain and that's it. They seem to always go around us. 

I also took out some outdated pictures from my photo frame. I love it, and wanted some new pictures in it. 

Saturday was a nothing to do day, no appointments so when I finished the puzzle I started back on crocheting that I started on Thursday. It's still 112 heat index, too hot to go shopping. 

I finished another puzzle.  This puzzle was brand new and has two pieces missing. What's up with missing pieces in new puzzles lately. I hate it. I'll mark on the box they're missing and take it to the thrift store. 

 I went to social hour for a few hours, was on chat and to then to bed. 

Martial Arts Demo - New Setup - Sock Hop

 Shalimar, FL  (Hi 93   Lo 76)  High humidity 80%

Monday was something different.  We had a martial arts with a couple of men demonstrate how to do some moves. Even some of our residents did some which makes you move and use your body core for balance (with kicks). It was very good to see an older person can do it too. They have several older people in their group 80 and over. They'll bring them next time. (Click on photos to enlarge)

The best move was the 55 year old instructor doing push ups with the 92 year old resident. They did 30 push ups and the instructor gave up.  Al our resident is in the gym with weights and on the equipment many hours a day. He's working toward the senior Olympics in Pensacola this year. What a guy!

Tuesday same routine, diamond art then wellness class. Topic was Curiosity as a senior. Do you have curiosity of the future and beyond? I worked on my gnomes for the craft fair in December the rest of the day and that's basically what I do in any of the spare time and when I'm home. 

Wednesday started out with zoom death cafe. We had two more people join us and tell us about how they care for the elderly in Spain and Australia which is nothing like we do in the states.  When that was over I went to "Passport" which was on Italy this month. Youtube video on different areas of the country. 

There's all kinds of info. Well worth the time to watch them every month.

Thursday was full and I had to make some choices. I was supposed to go to crochet, but I bailed out. I had another death cafe that I attend two times a month a podcast I wanted to hear and my Hellofresh meals were all going on at the same time.  I stayed home and listened to both online events and was here when the meals came. At 90 degrees I didn't want them outside the door if I was in another building. It all worked out. The decision was a good one (this time).  At 7:30 I had another zoom class on how to heal the body with fascia. Interesting, but not sure yet just how it will work. 

Friday was an early start with Style squad, decorating the commons for the sock hop later in the day. I love doing that and there were several of us doing it. It was sunny on one side so the curtains are pulled over the decorations.

I'll continue with the sock hop. At 2:00 they started the music and eating. 

I don't dance, I have a knee that collapses, not good. 

Saturday started with a zoom class. Then zoom with a couple gals was for fun. We try to get together once a week but one of them is moving so we skipped last week. I helped a neighbor with computer trying to load Mahjong game. I finally got it downloaded after three tries then it wouldn't play, not the right graphics and not enough memory. Now working on an Amazon fire tablet to see if I can get it downloaded.

Some  other things going on in the week. Our lounge was outdated so we're upgrading it. The table was found online from a guy close by and it's bigger then our other three for card playing. 

                                        

                                                        Here's what we had setup. 

A start on the new setup. We'll get the walls repainted before doing anything else. 

Sarah is our vacuum gal. 

I wanted to get both computers together in the living room so I found a spot for Jim's computer which is heavy and huge beside the TV.  Now I can have three weather stations going at the same time.  Two computers and my phone.