Friday 5-22-26 Tape Projects, Workout, Dancing with Ett & More

 

Do the happy dance

Smile it's Friday. We had an overcast day with the morning temperature of 67 degrees and the high was 85 degrees.

Larry continued editing and bookmarking the square dancing tapes for our Liberty Hill dance.

In the morning while I was playing some of my games about 9:00 am we had a pleasant surprise. Larry looked out the back window and saw a fawn curled up by our septic tank. It looked like it wasn't even a hour old. It stayed there until around noon. Mom kept an eye on it. She would disappear for a little bit and then come back to check on the fawn. When she finally finished grazing she came back for the fawn. The fawn was so excited it ran to her and ate a little until mom said that was enough. Then they walked away. I took pictures from the security camera because I didn't want to scare the doe and fawn away.

Fawn sleeping at the arrow

Doe grazing in the backyard

Fawn nursing 

 

Today is National Solitaire Day so Microsoft celebrated it by tripling your score for any Solitaire games you play. I did the Daily Challenges Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was National Solitaire Day of 10 games. It took me 29 minutes and 50 seconds, which put me in 25th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 45 minutes and Synth Riders for a half hour. 

While working out with the Wii Fit I did 10 minutes of Balance doing Penguin Slide (4 minutes), Ski Slalom (2 minutes), Ski Jump (2 minutes) and Balance Bubble (2 minutes), 13 minutes of Aerobics doing Rhythm Boxing (8 minutes) and Basic Run Island (5 minutes), 7 minutes of Strength Training doing Single-Leg Extension (2 minutes 10 reps), Torso Twist (3 minutes), Single-Leg Twist (1 minutes 10 reps) and Sideway Leg Lift (1 minute 10 reps), 10 minutes Yoga doing Half Moon (2 minutes), Warrior (2 minutes), Tree (2 minutes), Sun Salutation (2 minutes) and Standing Knee (2 minutes) and Plus Training doing Perfect 10 (5 minutes).

Aerobics Menu (Rhythm Boxing and Basic Run)

Balance Menu (Penguin Slide, Ski Slalom, Ski Jump and Balance Bubble)

Strength Training left to right first row and second row (Single-Leg Extension (1), Torso Twist (3), Single-Leg Twist (2) and Sideways Leg Lift (3)

Yoga Menu right to left and first row and second row (Half Moon (1), Warrior (3), Tree (4), Sun Salutation (5) and Standing Knee (1)

Perfect 10

I worked out to four songs with Synth Riders, which were Choices, Neo Tokyo, Sunset Hologram and Suppress It. While playing with Chooses I earned two outstanding scores, Neo Tokyo I earned two outstanding scores, Sunset Hologram I earned 1 outstanding and 1 new high score the first time and Suppress It I earned two outstanding scores.

I played five games of pinball on the big cabinet, which were Big Trouble in Little China, Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss, Theatre of Magic, Willow and World Cup Soccer. I didn't get on the board but I had fun.

Big Trouble in Little China

Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss

Theatre of Magic

Willow

World Cup Soccer

Our neighbor Keileigh had her graduation party tonight between 6:00 pm and 9:00 pm. They asked if they could have some of the people park in our driveway. Larry said no problem. The driveway was full of vehicles three across and two deep and the vehicles were on both sides of the street. We didn't attend but I went over earlier in the afternoon to deliver the graduation card Larry made. I congratulated her on her graduation and wished her good luck in college. While there Jason said they were going on a cruise as a family to celebrate the graduation. Keileigh and her friends were going on another cruise without the adults to celebrate their graduation for 13 days. The party was very quiet we didn't even know it was going on except for the vehicles.    

I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. She called four tips to 11 participants. I hadn't danced to her since 3/3/26 and it was nice to see her again. She had been calling locally and travelling and we were gone for eight weeks.

After the dance we watched The Boy In The Striped Pajamas on Hoopla. The movie was about an eight year old son of a commandant at a German concentration camp who befriends a Jewish boy at the camp. It was a good movie until the ending. After Larry went to bed I watched Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and Jesse Stone: Thin Ice from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle.  

 

    

   

Thursday 5-21-26 Rain, Computer Project, Workout & More

 

Rainy Evening

We had a relaxing day. 

The morning temperature was in the 60's and the high was 80 degrees. The rain rolled in at 3:00 pm and stayed around through out the evening. 

Larry spent the day formatting the square dancing tapes we use for C1 on Tuesday. Glen sent him some C1 tapes for four couples just in case we have enough dances for a full square. Larry worked on formatting the four couple tapes and continued working on the two couple tapes. He worked with the application Henry used but he was not happy with it. He tried out three other programs and while he was not thrilled with any of them he found one that worked better than the others. He enjoys learning new programs.

Get a partner and dance

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 2 hours, 2 minutes and 35 seconds, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and a half. I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour using My Wii Fit Plus, which is where the Wii Fit puts a workout together for you. I decided on all four categories of 12 different games, which were three Yoga exercises (Half Moon, Palm Tree and Warrior), three Strength excises (Jack Knifes, Tricep Extensions and Rowing Squats), three Aerobics exercises (Advance Step, Basic Run and Super Houla Hoops), one Balance exercise (Table Tilt) and two Training Plus (Rhythm Parade and Skate Board). It had been 63 days since I used the Wii Fit and I had a great workout.

The menu for you to choose your workout from

The Wii Fit letting me know how long it has been since I worked with it

Next I worked out with Gold's Gym for a half hour. I chose my own lessons, which were Left and Right Step Combo for 8 minutes, Advance Combo for 16 minutes and Cross Punch Combo for 6 minutes. I had another great workout.

Lesson Selection for the Advance 

  

The final workout was with the Synth Riders for a half hour using four songs twice, which were Pursuit, Silver Stallion, The Curse and The End of the Night. While using the Synth Riders I did seven outstanding out of eight, which means I hit only the balls. The first time I did The Curse I missed an outstanding because I missed one ball completely.

  

Pursuit

Silver Stallion

The Curse

The End of the Night

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirates of the Caribbean and Three Angels, While playing Dark Chaos I became Grand Champion and Nightmare Before Christmas I became high score #3. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Goldeneye, The Godfather, Theatre of Magic, Time Lord and World Joker Poker. I didn't get on the board playing on the big cabinet but I still had a great time.

Dark Chaos (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

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Three Angels (Mini)

Goldeneye (Big)

The Godfather (Big)

Theatre of Magic (Big)

Time Lord (Big)

World Joker Poker (Big)

 

We watched our YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Finding Bobby Fischer on Hoopla. It was based on a true story about Josh Waitzkin, who was a prepubescent chess prodigy. It was about his training to become a champion like the famous Bobby Fischer. It was a 1993 movie loaded with big stars: Joe Mantegna, Laurence Fishburne, Ben Kingsley, David Paymer and more. It was a very good movie. When Larry went to bed I watched Harry Porter and the Goblet of Fire and Jesse Stone: Sea Change from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,500 steps. 

Relaxing in front of the television

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle while watching television.  

      

   

Wednesday 5-20-26 Dancing Day, Computer Project & More

 

Virtual Square Dance Day

We had a beautiful day with a lot of sunshine. 

I spent most of the day virtual square dancing. I attended three dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour. Terry was at the dance but didn't dance so Di danced by herself and called the whole dance. She called five tips to 8 participants. She worked on all the new calls, that were put in Plus from A1. She also worked on Plus moved the dancers were having problems with. I had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 pm for an hour. This week Loren Smith covered her dance and Larry danced with me. Loren called five tips to 9 participants and he called a C2 tip. Loren did an outstanding job of calling for Ett. Larry and I had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends.

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 pm for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped call the dance. The format was three tips of C1 to 7 participants, three tips of A2 to 9 participants and the last tip 11 participants and two Trivial questions. Dave Hutchinson showed up to dance because his club cancelled their dance because of snow. During the C1 session Dave introduced us to a couple of old moves, which were Cross Back and Turn and Trade. Cross Back is the dancer facing out turns back as the in facing dancer crosses. Hinge and Trade, which is the dancers at the end of the wave hinges and trade as the center dancers trade and roll. It always fun when Dave introduces us to old and higher level moves. I had a great evening of dancing to Dave, Karin and Greg and with friends.

While I danced Larry worked on formatting the C1 tapes we use on Tuesdays dance. He e-mailed Henry and asked what program he was using and how he was connecting to the Skis amp.  Henry wrote him back and gave him the information. He worked on the application Henry was using.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Expert Only of 5 games. It took me 1 hour, 22 minutes and 17 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Fish Tales and The Goonies. While playing Batman Forever I became high score #1. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Big Buck Hunter Pro, Big Trouble In Little China and Theatre of Magic. While playing Theatre of Magic I became high score #2 and got a new high score for the weekly challenge of 1,150,292,910. This score moved me into 15 place out of 75 participants. While playing Big Trouble In Little China I became high score #3. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Batman Forever (Mini)

Creature From the Black Lagoon (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Theatre of Magic (Big)

After the dance we watched a couple of episodes of the second season of Dalgleish on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the third Harry Potter movie from our movies collection. It was Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban. I watched Jesse Stone: Death In Paradise from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3.000 steps.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle while watching television.

     

Tuesday 5-19-26 Liberty Hill Dance , Di Green A2 Dance & More

 

Awesome day of dancing

We had an awesome day. The morning temperature was 67 degrees and the high was 93 degrees. We had wind and front came in at 8:30 pm. The front brought thunder and lightening and a stead rain. 

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 for an hour. Di called the whole dance and Terry danced with her. As she called she cued through out the dance. She called to 11 participants. She called five tips but we only stayed for four of them. We had a super time dancing to Di and Terry and friends.

After leaving Di and Terry's dance we had lunch. The reason we left Di's dance early was because we decided to go to Liberty Hill to dance A2 to John Kephart. We were surprised to see Char and Glenn Larson. We talked to them and they weren't going to travel to dance this year. Char has been having problems falling. Over the past couple of years she has fallen three times, she broke one shoulder, then the other and then her hip. Larry asked if they would be interested in dancing C1 to tapes. They said they would. He also talked to Lynn, who dances C1 but she's going on a cruise for a couple weeks. She would be more than happy to dance C1 when she gets back. Larry has a project to do to get the C1 tapes ready for the dance next week.

John called for two hours to two squares and three extra dancers. He used cards so everyone had a chance to dance. We danced the whole dance. We hadn't danced with this groups of dancers in over two months because and had fun. Kay and Bob are always a pleasure to see and talk to. We appreciate their hospitality. Bob said he would be happy to let us dance C1 an hour before the A2 dance.

Liberty Hill is 60 miles from our house and it takes an hour and fifteen minutes to get there. We left the house at 11:20 am and didn't get home until 4:15 pm. It was a long day.

Get a partner and dance

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 17 minutes and 4 seconds to complete, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played four games of pinball, which were three on the mini cabinet (Metallica, Pirate's Life and The Godfather) and one game on the big cabinet (Theatre of Magic). While playing Pirate's Life and The Godfather I became high score #1. I had a super time playing pinball.

Metallica (mini)

Pirate's Life (mini)

The Godfather (mini)

Theatre of Magic (big)

In the evening we watched a movie on Hoopla called Rose Hill. It was 1997 western starring Jennifer Garner as Mary Rose. It was about four boys, who lived on the street and recued an infant baby girl and raised her as a sister. It was an ok movie. After Larry went to bed I watched Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets from our movies collection.

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle. I ended up doing 5,000 steps. 

  

         

Monday 5-18-26 Dancing with Di, Workout, Computer Project & More

 

Happy Monday

We had a manic Monday. The weather was beautiful with the morning temperature of 64 degree and the high of 88 degrees. We had partly cloudy skies and wind.

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 12 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me. I'm so glad that Di and Terry dance with us and Di cues moves because it saved me a few times and put me in the right place. Larry helped a lot also. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

Get a partner and dance or dance by yourself virtually

Larry has been dong some research on tablets because the one he uses is getting very slow. But he hasn't been able to find one the size he wanted at a reasonable price. This afternoon he decided to wipe his tablet and reload it. Before he wiped out his tablet he backed it up in case he had troubles. It will take him a bit to reload the tablet. 

Today is the beginning of a new week so I played 16 games of Tri Peaks to earn the golden ticket. Then I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 15 games. It took me 46 minutes and 31 seconds to complete, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Before I setup the card table to work on my jigsaw puzzle I worked out with Synth Riders for a half hour. I worked out with four songs, which were Go!, Laser Pink, Riot and Tonight. While doing Tonight the second time I earned a new high score. It had been two months since I had worked out with the Synth Riders and I did pretty good.

Go!

Laser Pink

Riot

Tonight

Then I played Bounce Arcade for a half hour. I played two games of Monster Manor and one game of Gunpowder Gulch. 

I didn't do too well on the first game of Monster Manor but I did ok on the second game. During the second game I earned a bronze trophy by awaken the manor once, stunned the manor and I became a banister buster. 

Monster Manor

While playing Gunpowder Gulch I earned a new ball and silver trophy. I played three different events, which were Barrel Barrage twice, Gun Fight twice and Safe Crack once. While playing doing the Gun Fight I was successful in completing and Safe Crack and successful in completing. I played four multiballs, which were Wooden Sign Rally, Jail House Break twice, S.A.L.O.O.N. and Safe Crack. It was a good game.

Gunpowder Gulch

Larry e-mailed Henry and told him we were back from our trip. He replied back saying he had sold his house and moved already. We were disappointed because we won't be able to do C1 dancing on Tuesday. Larry had given Henry the tapes we dance to and he has a copy of the same tapes. He downloaded a program to his phone to see if he could run the tape sessions on Tuesday, He worked on the program and tapes and found he could do it. He e-mailed Susan and she wrote back. She said she was in London for a couple of weeks but she would be interested in dancing C1 again. She also said that Glen, Char, Brenda and Mike had showed up one week for C1 and Lynn and Belinda had showed up a few times. Maybe they would be interested in C1. Larry will talk to the Ski's tomorrow about the C1 session.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five on the mini cabinet, which were Dead Pool, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jaws, Lord of the Rings and Medieval Madness. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became Grand Champion. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Trouble in Little China, Blizzard of Ozz, Tales of the Arabian Nights, Theatre of Magic and Time Lord. I didn't get on the board on the big cabinet but I had fun.

Dead Pool (Mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Medieval Madness (Mini)

The Lord of the Rings (Mini)

Big Trouble in Little China (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Tales of Arabian Nights (Big)

Theatre of Magic (Big)

Time Lord (Big)

In the evening we watched You Hurt My Feelings on Hoopla. It was a cute comedy starring Julia Louis-Dreyfus and Tobias Menzies. It's about saying things to spare peoples feelings. After Larry went to bed I Started to watch the Harry Potter's movie series. The first movie was Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Jesse Stone: Stone Cold from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.