A Daily Diary - June 2011

Entries for the Month of June

On Mother's Day we gave my mother a digital picture frame from Vizit.com. Each month I will be featuring some of the pictures that I have sent to her frame. You can enlarge any of the pictures below by just double-clicking on them. Then click on your browser's "Back" button to return to the original screen. To see more pictures go to http://kensphotogallery.blogspot.com/

Patrick & Jim at Nelson's Landing

THURSDAY - 06/30/2011 - This morning I was finally able to get onto my blog sites. It appears that Google was having problems with their Blogger.com servers as I was unable to log in or make posts for the past couple of days. I spent the early part of the morning and the latter part of the afternoon updating my sites and correcting posts on my photo gallery that I had screwed up earlier in the week. It was a beautiful morning so we both headed to the pool to read and relax. I made a picnic lunch of grilled hot dogs, baked beans and chips.  We watched a Netflix movie entitled, "Derailed". I thought it was pretty good. Connie said that we had seen it before, but I didn't remember any of it. Oh well! I created a slideshow of yesterday's pictures to post on my site and send out to everyone. Click here to read more and view the slideshow ... Edorado/Techatticup Mine Tour  We really weren't too hungry and only had PP&J sandwiches for dinner with some more chocolate cream pie for dessert. Watched a couple of prerecorded TV shows and Thursday's elimination show for "So You Think You Can Dance". 

View of the Colorado River at Nelson's Landing

Patrick and Jim inside the Techatticup Mine

WEDNESDAY - 06/29/2011 - Jim Herring and his friend Patrick came over early this morning and we headed out to Nelson Nevada for a tour of the Techatticup Mine in Eldorado Canyon. This was my third visit and second mine tour and I just love taking visitors here. They both really seemed to enjoy the area and the tour. Besides, it was only 75-degrees inside the mine versus more than 100 outside in the sun. After the mine tour we drove down to Nelson's Landing and walked along the edge of the Colorado River. Upon returning home, we picked up Connie and headed to the "M" where we treated them to the lunch buffet. I think Patrick enjoyed it; besides a huge meal, he had seven desserts. After they went home we stayed and played for a couple of hours before coming home and having chocolate cream pie for dinner. We watched a couple of TV shows and I worked on the day's pictures before coming to bed.

MONDAY - 06/27/2011 - Got up and played on my computer updating blogs while Connie read. Jim Herring called last night and asked if he and his friend Patrick could come over and use the pool today, so I went out early to reserve us a good spot. They arrived around 10:30am and it was already 94 degrees. I packed up some poolside lunch snacks; a fresh fruit platter, turkey & cheese, vidalia onion dip, salsa dip, chips, crackers and two bottles of wine, and we all headed to the pool. We all lasted until the temperature went over 100 degrees; I told them they should have come earlier; that we usually do the pool between 8:00am and 11:00am. After that it usually gets too hot to really enjoy it. We sat and talked for a while and then all had chocolate pie for dessert before they headed home. Connie then watched Rafael Nadal defeat Juan Martin del Potro and Roger Federer defeat Mikhail Youzhny in Round 4 of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. I worked on my photo blog. I made a chicken Caesar salad and hot cresent rolls for dinner. We watched three or four TV shows and then headed off to bed.

Blue Heron at Floyd Lamb

SUNDAY - 0626/2011 - Nice morning, I went to the pool while Connie read and did some wash and ironing. Talked with our downstairs neighbors at the pool and caught up on things in their lives. After getting showered, dressed and ready to go out for the day, we stopped by the office and renewed our lease for another year. In addition to the reduction in the monthly rent that they were already offering, I got a "senior discount" which together lowered our rent by $77.00/month. Coupled with last years reduction, this brought our rent down $152.00/mo over the past two years; and $57 lower than it was when we moved in in 2003. Such a deal! We then spent the afternoon at the "M" where we had a free lunch at the deli with my poker comps, both won $80 and picked up two free chocolate pies. We then stopped for some groceries on the way home and settled in and watched some prerecorded TV shows. Had chocolate pie and ice cream for dinner and went to bed early.

Indian Blue Peafowl

SATURDAY - 06/25/2011 - We decided to stay home today. I was going to go to the pool, but ended up spending all morning fixing some of the pages I screwed up on my photo blog by deleting a picture folder on Picassa. Looks like I will be spending the next several days fixing this screwup. Also created a new slideshow on Peacocks. Popped a Marie Callenders frozen lasaggne into the oven for lunch - it was delicous. Watch some TV shows and a Netflix's movie, "War of the Worlds". It was just OK, we were not impressed. Worked on the photo site some more while Connie read. Had ice cream sundies for dinner over a few TV shows and headed off to bed.

New England Crocus

FRIDAY - 06/24/2011 - As I was running out of storage space, I spent some time trying to clean up some unnecessary picture folders on my Picasa Web Albums site. By the time I finished, I ended up accidently deleted a folder that was holding pictures for my picture blog site - which naturally, deleted pictures from about half of my pages. Whoops! Unable to deal with that roblem anymore, we headed to GVR for lunch at Tides, their seafood restaurant. Connie had the crab cakes and I had the seafood salad with shrimp and crab. After playing for a while, I took Connie home and I headed to the "M" to sit and play until it was time to head to the airport to pick up Jim Herring and his friend Patrick. Got home sometime after midnight.

THURSDAY - 06/23/2011 - I left early and headed down to the Las Vegas County building downtown to pick up my Veterans exemption for my car registration. I then went to the car wash and to Terrible's once again to get my smog check. I then drove over to my friend Jim's apartment to pick him up and we headed to the DMV once again to register our cars. Everything worked out fine this time. When I got home I picked up Connie and we headed to GVR and had two free lunch buffets and played for a while before coming home and watching some TV shows and "so You Think You Can Dance".  Talked with my sister and found out that everything seemed to be proceding along schedule in getting my mother's problem of being "scammed" with a hearing aid purchase fixed. Before heading off to bed I created two new slideshows on One of Various Cactus and one of Various Flowers.

Grand Canyon near the South Rim's Eastern Entrance

WEDNESDAY - 06/22/2011 - Spent some time working on the Slideshow portion of my Photo Gallery blog and updating the daily entries on our Retirement Blog. Added a slideshow on the Lou Ruvo Center. At noon we went over to the clubhouse for our monthly free luncheon which included chicken wings, ham, turkey, cheese and crackers with plates of mixed fruits. The wings were quite good and came from a new place in town called "East Coast Eats" that has been getting great reviews. We are definately going to have to give it a try very soon. After lunch I picked from my neighbor friend Jim and we were headed off to the DMV to register our cars. On the way I had to stop and get a "smog" test for mine and in the middle of the test it blew a coolent line (and anti-freeze) all over everything. I had to call AAA and get a tow to my mechanic. After waiting for the tow truck, waiting for the part at the garage and then the repair, the entire afternoon was gone. After shelling out $88 for the repairs, I took Jim back home and we decided to try it again tomorrow. Came home and made chicken salad sandwiches for dinner, watched a couple of prerecorded TV shows and then "So You Think You Can Dance", after which we headed off to bed. PICTURE NOTE: Be sure to click on the picture and view full size in order to see its real beauty and detail.

Grand Canyon, South Rim - Eastern Entrance

TUESDAY - 06/21/2011 - Well, I spent the entire morning "fixing" the problems on my photo blog that I created last night while trying to make some changes. Even though I was unable to correct the initial problem, I was able to find a work-around that actually improved the site's layout and navigation. How lucky was that? Around noontime we showered, dressed, and headed out with a 2-1 coupon for lunch at the Elephant Bar. What a great deal. I had the seasoned baked trout with sweet-potato fries and Connie had the shrimp and crab louie salad. Both were very good. After lunch we went across the street and played the remainder of the afternoon at GVR. Connie won $10 and I picked up $52. Such a deal. We had hot brownie fudge sundaes for dinner over a couple of prerecorded TV shows and an episode of America's Got Talent before heading off to bed.

Colorado River in El Dorado Canyon

MONDAY - 06/18/2011 - I went out to the pool in the morning and listened to my audio book while Connie watched the beginning of Wimbleton Tennis Tournament. After some frozen Mexican ???? into the toaster oven for lunch, we headed over to the "M" to play for a couple of hours. I got a comp from the poker room to the Deli and picked up their huge grilled chicken Caesar salad to go for dinner. Was in the middle of watching some TV shows when I received a call from Bonnie noting that she had had a good conversation with mom and was driving up to Tahoe in the morning to try and get the problem resolved. Was trying to make a couple of changes on my photo gallery blog and ended up destroying the list of all my photo category links. Spent three hours trying to repair the problem to no avail and finally went to bed around midnight with nothing resolved and very frustrated.

The Muddy Colorado - Grand Canyon South Rim

SUNDAY 06/19/2011 - We went out to the pool for a couple of hours this morning before it got too hot. Got over a 100-degrees by the end of the day. Before noon, I headed over to the "M" poker room to see if I could win any of the special drawings they were having - three drawings for a total of $400 every hour. I only won one of the $50 and $25 for my six hours of effort.  Came home and made us hot brownie sundaes for dinner and watched the finals of the U.S. Open Golf. Rory Mcillroy had another great under par round  breaking 12 U.S. Open scoring records, and finished with a 16 under, 8-point lead to win the tournament. It was one of the greatest golf we have every watched. We then watched a couple of TV shows until I received a late call from my sister noting a problem that had come up with my mom. Seems someone talked her into buying a set of hearing aids for more than $5,000. I spent the next couple of hours talking back and forth with my brother and sister trying to figure out how to "fix" the situation and the fact the it was maybe time to start taking more control over certain things, including the possibllity of taking her driver's license away. 

Emerald Lake - California

SATURDAY - 06/18/2011 - Worked on sending some pictures to Mom's photo frame and then went out to the pool early. Later in the morning, our downstairs neighbors came out and sat with us and talked. At noon I headed over to the "M" to see if I could win any of their special drawings in the poker room. Hit one for $50 but still ended up loosing $75 for the day. Came home and had hot brownie sundaes for dinner and watched the end of the U.S. Open golf and a couple of TV shows. Rory Mcllroy shot another three under round ending up at 14 under for the tournament, eight strokes in the lead. He's just killing everyone. 

FRIDAY - 06/17/2011 - Just another beautiful day in paradise. We spent three hours at the pool reading, taking pictures and talking with neighbors. At noontime we headed over to the "M" casino for two free buffet lunches. before sitting down to play for the remainder of the afternoon. Connie won $70 and I won $11. The free gift of the day was a watch for "Father's Day".  We stopped at Smith's on the way home and picked up some groceries. Had ceral with some fresh peaches for dinner. Watched the second day of the U.S. Open and couple of prerecorded TV shows.  and headed off to bed. Another great round by Rory Mcllroy. He broke two records to end up 11 under par, even after a double bogie on today's 18th hole. 

Movie - The Jacket

THURSDAY - 06/16/2011 - It took most of the morning, but I finally finished my computer cleanup and backup project. There had been several things that I had been putting off for quite a while and I now certainly feel more prepared for any type of computer/hard drive failure. Believe me, having experienced a hard drive meltdown four years ago, I know how these things can "just happen". By the time I finished, it was nearly 100 degrees with winds approaching 40 mph. Not very condusive to sitting by the pool - so we nixed that idea. I made us some salami sandwiches for lunch and we sat down to watch 22-year old Rory McIlory take a three-shot lead with a fantastic 6-under 65 in the first round of the U.S. Open at The Congressional. After the golf we watched a very strange and complex Netflix movie entitled, The Jacket. This 2005 movie, was based on a 1915 novel by American author Jack London [1876-1916] As one reiewer put it, "Difficult to categorize but, for all its faults, still quite a gripping roller-coaster of a movie." Even though the movie has a few flaws, its ingenuity keeps your interest and makes you want to forgive its shortcomings. Slow and confusing at times, it's a dark, weird and rather moving experimental film. We enjoyed it. After the movie we watched "So You Think You Can Dance" and then retired for the evening.

WEDNESDAY - 06/15/2011 - I guess summer is finally here. Today reached 103 degrees. Again, I spent the majority of the day finishing the review and updating of my picture and data backups as well as deleting various seldom used software programs. I took a break at lunchtime and made us some chili and cornbread. We watched a movie and a couple of prerecorded TV shows over lunch before I went back to the computer. Nearly done with my backing up, at 5:00 we headed to the living room to watch the seventh and final game of the Stanley Cup Playoffs between the Bruins and the Canucks.

Orr's Game winning overtime goal of the 1970 Stanley Cup

What a great game; the Bruins won 4-0. We hadn't seen a game like this since 1970, when we watched the Bruins defeat the St. Louis Blues in four games in the Final as Bobby Orr scored the game-winning goal in overtime to clinch the Stanley Cup. The same season was Orr's most awarded—the third of eight consecutive years he won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the top defenseman in the NHL—and he won the Art Ross Trophy, the Conn Smythe Trophy, and the Hart Memorial Trophy, the only player to win those four awards all in the same season. "No one, absolutely no one, could have finished a goal in like manner. For years Orr had been described as someone who was graceful, elegant, powerful, without fear—poetry in motion. All these epithets were captured and immortalized in the photo of the goal that won the 1970 Stanley Cup shown to the right. After the game we watched two hours of "So You Think You Can Dance" over hot fudge sundaes before heading off to bed.

Computer Woes

TUESDAY - 06/14/2011 - After yesterday's computer scare, I realized that I needed to be more diligent about backing up my pictures, data and programs in the event of a possible hard drive failure. So I began the long hard process of reviewing all of my program information (serial/production/registration numbers, etc.), my backup needs and status of existing backups. This review showed that I had some obvious problems and needed to update my current backup scheme. As I have literally tens of thousands of pictures and other important data/financial files, I immediately set to work on fixing this problem. Between eating and watching a few TV shows for a break, I spent the remainder of the day coming up with a new backup scheme and making the necessary backups. It's amazing how much time it takes to perform these various tasks when you have 1.2 Terabytes of drive space. I can remember when I bought a $300 10MB hard drive, the largest you could buy, for my twin 5-1/4 inch floppy drive computer. Today just one of my pictures is more than 12MB. By bedtime my task was nearly 75% complete and I finally went to bed with a somewhat more relaxed peace of mind.

Orange Day Lily

MONDAY - 06/13/2011 - Today was not a good day! When I got up this morning I decided to do some computer maintenance. I started off doing an integreity check of my hard drives by performing a CHKDSK. As I knew this would take several hours, we went out to the pool to read. Took a few pictures of the Orange Day Lilies that surround the pool. By 11:30 it was nearly 100, so we came in and had some salsa, cheese and crackers for lunch. Well guess what? Three-quarters of the way through the drive checking process on my computer the program froze up and refused to let me escape the process, even after rebooting. I tried everything to no avail. After lunch we decided to go up to GVR and play for a few hours. Don't know if it had anything to do with being the 13th, but we both lost. Stopped at a computer repair store on the way home to see if they had any ideas. Nothing. When I got home I got out my System Recovery disks and started the process of trying to fix the problem. Finally, after performing a System Restore, I was able to get everything back to normal. Whew! I made us a Trader Joe's frozen Beef Bourgoine dinner with garlic mashed potatoes. It turned out to be very good. We watched a couple of TV shows before retiring for the evening. 

Humming Bird at our Pool

SUNDAY - 06/12/2011 - Spent a couple of hours reading at the pool this morning. Made tuna salad sandwiches again for lunch before heading over to the "M" to play in the finals of the freeroll tournament. As noted before, I had the least amount of chips of anyone. I got knocked out in 25th position (out of a total of 195 players) and picked up $100. Oh well, better luck next time. After playing for a while after the tournament, we came home and popped a pizza in the oven for dinner, watched a few prerecorded TV shows and finally headed off to bed.

SATURDAY - 06/11/2011 - I did my normal playing on the computer while Connie read, did some wash and some ironing. I spend a little time at the pool. I made tuna salad sandwiches for lunch. Watched a netflix movie and a couple of prerecorded TV shows before getting ready to go out for dinner. First we drove over to north Las

Piano Bar at MRKT Land & Sea Restaurant at Aliante

Next, we drove over to the Aliante Casino and had dinner at their "MRKT Sea & Land" steakhouse restaurant. Having opened more than two years ago, this was our first visit. The casino was nothing spectacular, however the steakhouse was outstanding. First of all, we were serenaded all through dinner by live piano music from the bar area. For appetizers, Connie had the blue cheese and pecan salad and I had the sea scallops in a avacado sauce. We both had two pette filet migons, cooked to perfection, for the main course with a side of grilled asperagas. With a 2-1 coupon and the two free glasses of wine we were give for a table "snafu", it was a great meal. We play for a while after dinner and Connie won $70. We finally got home about 10:00 pm, late for us, and went straight to bed.

The Ridge Line 

FRIDAY - 06/10/2011 - Worked on creating some black & white photos on the computer. Click here to view more ... The Hikers. After playing on the computer Ron, my downstairs neighbor, and I drove over to Mickey's Cues and Brews for a couple of hours of pool. I hadn't shot for nearly two months and was quite rusty. After about 10 games of eight-ball, I think we ended tied. After lunch with Connie, I headed over to the "M" for the elimination round of the $33,000 freeroll Texas Hold'em tournament. I placed 10th in today's round out of 58 players, making it to day two on Sunday and a guarantee of $100. Unfortunately, my chip stack is so small that I probably won't last long enough to place in the money on Sunday. Got home about 9:00 and watched a TV show with Connie over a chocolate brownie sundae before going to bed.

THURSDAY - 06/09/2011 - Today was an absolutly beautiful day for the pool. Before heading out I created a wall collage for Connie with pictures April and Cheryl and the grandchildren that I downloaded from various Facebook accounts. Unfortunately Thursdays are also "lawn care" days, so the usual peacefulness and listening to my audio book by the pool was filled with the noise of lawn mowers and leaf blowers. At noon we headed to Connie's hairresser for two much needed haircuts. After our scalp trimmings we headed over to the "M" to use our 2-1 weekly buffet coupon. After lunch and some brief play, we stopped by GVR where connie had some free slot play. She ended up about $40 ahead for the day and I broke even. Next we stopped at the water store and the grocery store for a few needed items. I played on the computer for a while while Connie read and worked her crossword book. Still full from our late buffet lunch, we just had some oatmal raisen cookies for dinner and watched a couple of prerecorded TV shows and So You Think You Can Dance.

Grilled Skirt Steak at Border Grill

WEDNESDAY - 06/08/2011 - Suppose to be a beautiful day today; 80's and no wind. After some vacumming and house cleaning, I went out to the pool for a while this morning before going to lunch with one of our neighbors. We went down to the Strip and had lunch at the Boarder Grill inside the Mandalay Bay Casino. I had eaten here before, but it was a first for both Connie and our neighbors. First of all, was the seating; we were seated out on the deck overlooking Mandalay Bay's magnificent pool and beach area. The weather was perfect and the atmosphere was wonderful. The food here is excellant and everyone was really pleased with their meal. Connie had the Guajillo Pork Tamale (slow cooked pork, potato, panela cheese, guajillo sauce, crema, sautéed chayote squash slaw); I had the Grilled Skirt Steak (roasted corn relish, black beans, seasonal salad, handmade flour tortilla); Janice and Martin had a made to order fish plate with a choice of sides that they both thought was excellant. We then shared three desserts, a Mexican Chocolate Cream Pie and a special banana concoction that was out of this world. After lunch we came back to our place and enjoyed a two hours of conversation over a couple of bottles of wine. Later in the day, we had chicken Caesar salad for dinner and watched some TV and America's Got Talent. 

Notch-leaved Phacelia

TUESDAY - 06/07/2011 - Connie made a banana bread for breakfast. I played on the computer and my phone creating some 'playlists' for all of the music I have on my phone. I now have over 2,700 individual songs on my phone that I listen to while playing poker. Today I created a playlist of "Soft Listening" songs sung by only female artists. Had to do something while waiting around for the garage to call about the car. Finally got to pick up the car around 3:00 - $1078 for a new AC Compressor and battery. Seems like this has been an expensive repair year so far; oh well, life goes on. Went over the the "M" for some play. Neither of us had any luck. Picked up two chicken Caesar salads at the Deli for dinner. Came home and watched America's Got Talent and a couple of prerecorded TV show before heading off to bed. To see more of the beautiful flower on the right, click here ... Notch-leaved Phacelia.

MONDAY - 06/06/2011 - Pretty much a nothing day. Went to the garage early to drop the car off. Need a new AC compressor to the tune of $900+ dollars. Mom called this morning and said how much she was enjoying her picture frame. I made a brocholli soup for lunch that was kind of a failure. Watched a couple of National Geographic Channel shows and movies most of the afternoon. The garage called and said I needed a new battery as well. Had stuffed chicken breasts and wild rice for dinner. Guess what, we had chocolate brownie sundaes for desert again. Watched some more TV and went to bed. 

SUNDAY - 06/05/2011 - Bummer - still too windy today to do the pool. I made a breakfast of hash, blueberry muffins, and scrambled eggs with vidalia onions and cheddar cheese, which we then consumed over the men's finals of the French Open tennis tournament. It was a tight match and we were hoping Federer would win, however, Nadal played a very strong match and pulled it out in the end. After the tennis Connie read for a while while I played on the computer. I made us turkey and avocado wraps for a late lunch that we enjoyed over our Netflix movie, "Dilemma". Then we watched a couple of TV show and another movie we had recorded on the DVR player. For the third day in a row we had chocolate brownie sundaes for dinner. Watched 60-Minutes and American Idol and went to bed.   

MOVIE - Bridesmaids

SATURDAY - 06/04/2011 - It was still 75-degrees when we got up this morning and seemed like another great day for the pool. Connie watched the Women's final of the French Open while I played with pictures. We then both hit the pool to do some reading. However, after an hour or so, the wind kicked up so bad that we had to come in. I put together some snacks for lunch; cheese, crackers, salsa dip, and some salami. After lunch we headed over to the South Point to see the movie "Bridesmaids". We thought it was very good and quite funny. After the movie we hit the "M" for a couple of hours. On the way home "Betsy" started acting up and we had to pull off the road. Smoke was coming from under the hood, not a good sign. It appeared that it might have something to do with the AC - possibly the AC compressor freezing up. I turned of the AC and drove the remainder of the way home at 35 mph with the emergency flashers on. Made it safely. Guess I'll just have to get it to the garage on Monday morning to have it checked out. We had chocolate brownie sundaes for dinner again, watched some prerecorded TV shows and went to bed.

European Fan Palm

FRIDAY - 06/03/2011 - Though a little breezy, it was still a good morning for the pool. After breakfast over the last semi-final women's match of the French Open, we taped the last semi-final match between Federer and Dejokovich and then headed to the pool. Seemed like the hummingbirds were everwhere. We watched Federer take the first set of the of the Semi-final in a tie breaker over lunch. We then drove over to the "M" and played for a while before heading out to the Monte Lago Casino at Lake Las Vegas to pick up two free bottles of wine and use the free play we earned on opening night last week. Picked up some dessert on the way home and watched Federer win in a four set tie breaker over chocolate brownie sundaes. Federer will be playing four time winner, Nadal in the final on Sunday. I also added a couple of pages of recent pictures I took at the pool to my Photo Gallery. The latest featuring the European Fan Palms the surround our pool area ... European Fan Palm.

THURSDAY - 06/02/2011 - After some playing on the computer and watching tennis, Connie joined me for a trip to the pool this morning. I started listening to a new audio book, "Dead or Alive" by Tom Clancy. I now have two books going - hope it doesn't get too confusing. I'm also reading The Siege by Stephen White. For lunch we decided to use a 2-1 coupon and go to the Tides Oyster bar at GVR. I had my favorite, the fresh fried oysters and Connie had the Crabcakes. After lunch we played for several hours before coming home. When we got home I made us dinner - Spam fried in coke and mustard, baked beans and potato salad.  We watched some prerecorded TV shows and then watched the last of the "So You Think You Can Dance" auditions. After Connie went to bed I worked on adding some flower pictures I took yesterday at the pool to my Photo Gallery blog. Click here to see more ... African Iris.

Flowering Yucca

WEDNESDAY - 06/01/2011 - Yet another new month. It is hard to imagine that here we are, halfway through another year. Guess we just keep getting older and older. Connie made pancakes for breakfast which we ate over the quarter finals of the French Open tennis. Today I decided to take my camera to the pool to get more practice on how to use it. Hopefully, one of these days I will actually get better at taking pictures. There really is a lot to learn and so much to remember if you want to get beyond just point and click picture taking. Today I concentrated on getting some pictures of the beautiful Mimosa trees that surround our pool area. When I came in I made us some chicken salad sandwiches for lunch and then worked on the pictures I took at the pool. After spending my normal several hours deleting, editing, cataloging, backing up and creating a page for my photo gallery blog, here is what I ended up with ... Mimosa Trees. Connie watched a TV movie, washed clothes, and worked on a crossword puzzle while I played with pictures on the computer. We then sat and watched some prerecorded TV shows before watching one of our favorite shows of the season, "So You Think You Can Dance".