Friday 7-10-26 Happy Friday, Project, Workout & More

 

Happy Friday

We had an overcast day. The clouds kept the temperature down but made it feel hotter because of the humidity. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 96 degrees with 43% humidity. 

We hung around the house doing this and that. At lunchtime we went to town to check our mail at The UPS Store. Before going we ordered a large pepperoni pizza online. We went to town and checked our mail. 

When Larry got back in the car he checked our order from Little Caesar and it said it was ready 10 minutes ago. When he got to the store it was in the bin. It was in a Hot n Ready pizza box. The last time we ordered a pizza online it was made fresh and we tracked the process of the pizza. When we got to the store the gentleman was just putting in the holding bend. The pizza was fine today but there really isn't any advantage for ordering online instead of picking up a Hot n Ready pizza. I guess the advantage of ordering online is if you're ordering a large pizza, that's not pepperoni or cheese you know when it will be ready and not have to wait.

Little Caesar Large Pepperoni Pizza

The other day when Larry was reading Reddit a person who works at Little Caesar said he had to make the pizza dough during his shift. He said he hadn't been trained on making the dough so they had to train him. We were surprised that they make their dough fresh. Today Larry asked AI, Do pizza chains make their own pizza dough? It came back and said, that Little Caesars is the only major chain that makes their own dough daily. The other pizza chains use pre-made frozen dough. This was a surprise because we thought all of the chains use the pre-made frozen dough.

Larry has been dancing Plus with me when Di and Terry have their Wednesday dance. Di and Terry dance as a couple and people like being able to see their positions to check they are in the correct position. Terry has been having some issues and can't dance an entire tip so Larry offered to dance with me so folks would have a couple to follow. Di was quite happy about that. 

In order for folks to better see our position Larry moved our Zoom camera. He would also like to add another camera behind us. Today he tried an experiment using one of our phone cameras. He built a bracket to put it on our window blind. It didn't work well because he couldn't get the phone far enough back to see the entire area where we dance. He wanted to make it easier for people to see us dancing when they pin us. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 48 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and half. I worked out on the Wii Fit for 31 minutes using the Wii Fit Plus Routine, that was chosen for me of 12 exercises. The exercises were four exercises from the Aerobic menu (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop), one exercise from the Balance Games (Lotus Focus), two exercises from the Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats), four exercises from Training Plus (Snowball Fight, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and one exercise from Yoga (Deep Breathing). It was a great workout.

 

Routine I worked out with

Aerobics (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus)

Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats)

Training Plus ( Snowball Fight,, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye)

Yoga (Deep Breathing)

I worked out with three songs from three programs of Just Dance for 30 minutes. The programs were Just Dance 2015, Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2018. The songs from 2015 were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy. The songs from 2016 were Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys (Summertime Love). The songs from 2018 were Blue (Da Da Dee), Instruction and Side To Side. I had a great workout with Just Dance.

Just Dance 2015 (Problem, The Fox: What Does The Fox Say? and Happy)

 

Just Dance 2016 (Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys :Summertime Love)

Just Dance 2018 (Blue: Da Da Dee, Instruction and Side To Side)

I worked out to four songs from the Synth Rider for 30 minutes. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I earned two outstanding scores and The Wild I earned one outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Escape

Hypothermia

Stay

The Wild

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Fish Tales, Great Houdini and The Goonies. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys. While playing Michael I became high score #1. I had fun playing pinball.

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Queen (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

 

While I played pinball Larry watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched the second Avatar movie, which was Avatar: The Way of Water from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Sherlock Holmes from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,500 steps. 

  

      

Thursday 7-9-26 Happy Thursday & Having Fun

 

Happy Thursday!!!

Happy Thursday. I hope everyone had a great day. Keep cool when every possible.

We had another 100 degree day. We spent the day indoors doing this and that. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 100 degrees. We also had wind.

 It's hot

Larry spent the day reading. He has been reading Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner on and off for a few days. Today he decided to try and finish it. He liked the book and said the author was terrifically talented. The author wrote many books when he was alive. 

Relax with a good book

I played the Daily Challenge of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Free Cell Adventure of 20 games. I only did 19 of the games. I played the event for 1 hour, 26 minutes and 28 seconds before giving up. This put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with my Wii Fit for 45 minutes. I did my own routine. I worked with the Aerobics menu for 8 minutes with two exercises (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes, Balance Games menu for 10 minutes with two exercises (Ski Slalom five times for 5 minutes and Snowboard Slalom five times for 5 minutes), Strength Training menu for 7 minutes with three exercises (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes and Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes), Training Plus menu for 10 minutes with two exercises (Perfect 10 for 2 minutes and Table Tilt Plus three times for 8 minutes) and Yoga for 10 minutes with five exercises (Half Moon for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes, Tree for 2 minutes and Triangle for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

  

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Ski Slalom and Snowboard Slalom)

Strength Training (Sideways Leg Lift, Single-Leg Extension and Single Leg Twist)

Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Table Tilt Plus)

  

Yoga (Half Moon, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Tree and Triangle)

I worked out with Just Dance 2014 for 30 minutes. I danced to 9 songs, which were 20 minutes with Applause, Aquarius, Could You Be Love, Candy, She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) and In The Summertime) and 10 minutes with Blurred Lines, Miss Understood and Where Have You Been. I had a fun times.

Just Dance 2014 (Applause, Aquarius, Could Yo Be Love, Candy, She Wolf : Falling to Pieces and In The Summertime)

Just Dance 2014 (Blurred Lines, Miss Understood and Where Have You Been)

I worked out with the Synth Rider for 30 minutes with four songs two times. The songs were Behemoth, Carol Of The Bells, Got You and Hex. I had a great workout.

Behemoth

Carol Of The Bells

Got You

Hex

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Attack From Mars, Pirate's Life and World Joker Poker. While playing Attack From Mars I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Star Fox, Transformers and Willow. While I played Willow I became high score #3. I had a fun time playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

Transformers (Big)

Willow (Big)

A few days ago I decided to reassemble the Horse Of Iron jigsaw puzzle. I assembled the puzzle back in October of 2018. It's a 1,000 pieces puzzle in the shape of a train engine. It's going to take awhile because of the shape but it 's going to be fun.

Horse of Iron

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Avatar from our movie collection. The are three movies, the first was done in 2009, the second in 2022 and the third in 2025. We had the first two and this week Larry purchased the third. We want to watch them in order so tonight we started with the first one, it is a very good movie and the graphics are still terrific. The first Avatar movie is the highest grossing movie of all time, it took in almost 3 billion dollars.

When Larry went to bed I watched You Got Mail and Men In Black 3 from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

 

  

Wednesday 7-8-26 Three Dances, Workout & More

 

Awesome Day!!!

We had an awesome day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high of 100 degrees. 

Hot Day!!!

I attended three virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. Loren Smith filled in for Di because she's in Germany. He called one tip of Plus and called three tips of A2 because he noticed everyone there was A2 dancers. Larry danced with me the whole dance. It was a small group of 5 participants. During the dance Loren cued a few C1 moves, which were Ah So, Squeeze the Diamond, Follow Thru and 2/3 Recycle. We figured it was a small group because of the European Square Dancing Convention in Germany. Larry changed our camera view so the dancers could see our floor and where we were on the floor. Lise was happy Larry was dancing because she can see where she should be. She dances the man part. We had a super time.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She called four tips to 7 participants. She called a lot of Switch The Line and Switch The Wave. She has her sequences written down so when the dancers are having problems she will recall the sequence. This helps because she doesn't do too much cueing. I hadn't danced to her in a long time. In fact I didn't dance to her all last month. I had fun dancing with friends. 

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe, Greg Moore and Dave Hutchinson helped him call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 an two trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the C1 session Karin and Greg called the first tip, Dave Hutchinson called the second tip and Dave Eno called the third tip. During the A2 session Karin and Greg called the first tip, Dave Eno and Dave Hutchinson called the second tip and all four callers called the third tip. During the C1 session we had 8 participants from Australia, United States and Canada. During the A2 session we had 11 participants from United States and Canada. Ros from Australia watched because she just had a knee replaced. I had a fun evening dancing with friends.

Participants during the A2 session of the dance

In between the dances I played games and worked out. Larry continued playing on the computer.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 34 seconds to complete, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour. I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobics menu for 10 minutes (8 minutes with the Rhythm Boxing and 2 minutes with the Basic Run: Long Distance), three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 9 minutes (3 minutes with the Balance Bridge 10 reps, 3 minutes with the Single-Leg Extension 20 reps and 3 minutes with the Torso Twist 6 reps) and six exercises from the Yoga menu for 12 minutes (2 minutes with Chair, 2 minutes with Deep Breathing, 2 minutes with Downward Facing Dog, 2 minutes with Half Moon, 2 minutes with Palm Tree and 2 minutes with Warrior). I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Basic Run)

Strength Training (Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist)

Yoga (Chair, Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half Moon, Palm Tree and Warrior)

I worked out on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with three songs two times. The songs were Calling Out, Revenger and Showdown. While working out with Calling Out I earned one outstanding score. It was a great workout.

Calling Out

Showdown

Revenger

I played ten pinball games. I played five on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Jaws, Lord of the Rings and Michael. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Big Bang Bar, Dark Chaos, Monster Bash and Star Fox. I entered my initials on the board of Apollo 13 because I played the 13 balls multi-ball. I had fun trying to get on the board in both the menu cabinet and big cabinet.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Creature From The Black Lagoon(Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Lord of the Rings (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Dark Chaos (Big)

Monster Bash (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

After Dave's dance we watched a documentary on PBS called Armadillo Man: Trips of Jim Franklin. It was about Jim Franklin, who was an iconic poster artist who established Armadillo World Headquarters in Austin. It was a good documentary. Then we started watching the season of Happiness on PBS. It's a British comedy. After Larry went to bed I watched Avatar from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.