Tuesday 6-9-26 A2 Dancing & Having Fun

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. We spent the day square dancing virtually and in person. It was overcast all day. The morning temperature was 76 degrees at 6:00 am and the high was 92 degrees at 3:00 pm. 

When I woke up and said hi to Larry. He told me there were twin fawns in Jason's backyard. They were there most of the morning. Mom would come and check up on them now and then. At one point they just disappeared for a few minutes. I think they went into the trees on a vacant lot. I love this time of the year because we see a lot of fawns and does in the yards. The hummingbirds come and drink the nectar out of the bowl. We have a couple of different species of hummingbirds. One small one, that sits on the lid of the bowl and drinks. A larger one, that continues to flap it's wings while it drinks the nectar.

The twin fawns

Smaller hummingbird

Larry added subtitles to the F1 movie. In the evening we watched F1 and the subtitles came out perfect and very crisp.

We attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance at 10:00 am for an hour. Terry called the first tip and danced part of the second tip. Terry did an excellent job of calling he hadn't called in a long came time. Everyone cheered him on and thanked him. Di called the other four tips and danced three of the tips by herself. Di and Terry called to 12 participants. Di walked us through moves the dancers were having problems with. Larry danced four of the tips. We had a great time.

Dancers at the dance (U.K., Canada, France and United States)

After the dance we had lunch. At 11:20 am we went to Liberty Hill to dance A2 to John Kephart. John is celebrating his 50th Anniversary of calling and Larry made him a card. We gave it to him today. He was very surprised and happy. He showed the card off to the dancers by putting it on the table, where he calls. John called to 14 dancers. He used cards to give all the dancers a chance to dance. We had one square and three couples sitting out. The last tip John called he called to six couples. We sat out the last tip and watched the dancers dance. John worked shopped moves the dancers were having problems with. The dancers played fetch with Baily in between tips. We had a great time dancing to John and with friends for two hours.

John calling to the six couple square and Baily standing next to him

Dancing to John

John's 50th Year of Calling Anniversary Card

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 56 minutes and 38 seconds to complete, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Batman Forever, Cactus Canyon, No Good Goffers! and Theatre of Magic. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, Godzilla, Great Houdini and Transformers. While playing Transformers I got a new high score, which put me in 52nd place out of 61 participants so far this week.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Batman Forever (Mini)

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

60th Anniversary (Big)

Dr. No (Big)

Godzilla (Big)

Great Houdini (Big)

Transformers (Big)

In the evening we watched F1 from our collection of movies. When Larry went to bed I watched Alice Through The Looking Glass and All Dogs Go To Heaven from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle The Blue Truck.

The Blue Truck so far

  

   

 

   

Monday 6-8-26 Dancing with Di, Crafting, Workout & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had a great day. It was mostly sunshine. The morning temperature was 77 degrees and it got up to 92 degrees. The clouds rolled in and out all day. 

We started the day off by going to Salado for my lab appointment. It was in preparation for my annual Wellness appointment next Monday. I had to get up at 6:30 which is really early for me. My appointment was for 7:30 and it takes us 25 minutes to get to Salado. 

On the way there we stopped by Jack 'n' Jill Donuts to buy breakfast. We didn't eat the donuts until after my appointment. I was in and out within five minutes. When we were going home we stopped by The UPS Store to check our mail. Then we filled the car with gas.

We got back in time to attend Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour. Di called five tips to 13 participants. Terry danced part of each tip and Larry danced with me four of the tips. Today Di worked on lefty moves. She put us in positions we weren't use to being so she walked us through them. We were very happy she and Terry dance with us and Di cued the whole dance. It was challenging but a lot of fun. It's always a pleasure to dance to Di and Terry and dance with friends.

Get a partner and dance

Larry went back to paper crafting. The other day when he worked on the Werewolf project he also worked on a Leprechaun Jointed figure. He downloaded both of them and modified the files to the size he wanted. Then he decided on what colors he wanted to use. Next he cutout the pieces for each project. Two days ago he assembled the Werewolf and today he assembled the Leprechaun. He watched the video, that Leo put together to assemble the Leprechaun. It came out excellent.

Larry assembling the Leprechaun

The finished Leprechaun

Larry has been wanting to see a car racing movie called F1 starring Brad Pitt. The movie was put out by Apple and up until recently could only be rented or purchased via Apple for more than he wanted to pay. The DVD is now available via Walmart for a much more reasonable price. So he bought it and it was delivered this afternoon. We hadn't bought an actual DVD in many years. Once we received the DVD he copied it to the program we store our movies on. 

Today is the beginning of a new week of playing Solitaire so I played 8 games of Spider and 8 games of Pyramid, which earns you a golden ticket, which will double the points when playing Solitaire all week. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Hard Road Mini of 5 games. It took me 30 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 11th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did one exercise on the Aerobic for 12 minutes (Rhythm Boxing), five games on Balance for 15 minutes (Tightrope two times for 3 minutes, Balance Bubble three time for 3 minutes, Penguin Slide two times for 4 minutes, Snowboard Slalom three time for 3 minutes and Ski Jump two times for 2 minutes) and one game on Training Plus for 3 minutes (Perfect 10). It was a good workout.

Aerobic

Rhythm Boxing 

Balance Games

Balance Bubble

Penguin Slide

Ski Jump

Snowboard Slalom

Tightrope Walk

Training Plus

Perfect 10

I workout with Just Dance for a half hour using three discs, which were Just Dance 2014 for 20 minutes and 2015 for 10 minutes. The songs I worked out to on Just Dance 2014 were Just A Gigolo, Feel So Right, Dancando, I Kissed A Girl, Follow The Leader and She Wolf (Falling To Pieces). The songs I worked out on Just Dance 2015 were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy. I had a fun time working out with Just Dance.

Just Dance 2014

Just Dance 2015

I worked out on Synth Riders for a half hour to four songs two times. The songs were ID, Outburst, Paris Night and Underdog. While I was working out with ID I earned two outstanding scores and one high score, Paris Night Walk I earned one outstanding score and Underdog I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score. 

ID

Outburst

Paris Night Walk

Underdog

I played nine pinball games. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Junk Yard, Mission Impossible, The Godfather, The Goonies and Theatre of Magic. While playing I became high score #3 on The Godfather. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Big Trouble In Little China, Transformers and Star Trek The Next Generation. I got a new high score for my weekly pinball challenge of the Transformers.

Junk Yard (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

The Godfather (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

Transformers (Big)

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle of The Blue Truck.

In the evening we watched F1 from our collection of movies. It was a great movie. When Larry went to bed I watched Alice In Wonderland and R.I.P.D. from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 6,500 steps.

We had a busy day but it was fun.

 

      

 

Sunday 6-7-26 New Pinball Challenge, Reading, Puzzle & More

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. It was overcast with wind. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and it got to 92 degrees. It was humid but the wind kept it very comfortable.

Temperature at the house

Larry spent the day reading. He started a book and finished it. He said it was a great book and recommended for me to read it. 

Relaxing with a good book

I spent the day doing this and that. 

I did the Daily Challenge of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Spider and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 50 minutes and 44 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I worked 12 minutes with the Strength Training (Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes, Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes, Balance Bridge 10 reps for 3 minutes and Tricep Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes), 13 minutes with the Training Plus (Perfect 10 for 5 minutes, Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Balance Bubble Plus for 4 minutes) and 6 minutes with Yoga (Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Chair for 2 minutes and Standing Knee for 2 minutes). It was a great workout.

Strength Training

Balance Bridge

Single-Leg Extension

Torso Twist

Tricep Extension

Training Plus

Balance Bubble Plus

Obstacle Course

Perfect 10

Yoga

Chair

Palm Tree

Standing Knee

I worked out with Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs twice, which were Paris Night Walk, Spectrum, Stardust and Stay. While working out with Paris Night Walk I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score and Spectrum I earned two outstanding scores. 

Paris Night Walk

Spectrum

Stardust

Stay

I played one game of Pirate's Plunder on Bounce Arcade for 20 minutes. I earned a silver trophy, two Jolliest Rogers, one Cutlass Clash, two Skeleton Swamp, Raised the Sails twice and Fought and Defeated Enemy twice. It was a fun game.

Pirate's Plunder

I played ten games of pinball. 

I played five on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Batman Forever, Big Buck Hunter Pro, Nightmare Before Christmas and No Fear. While playing Batman Forever and Nightmare Before Christmas I became high score #3.

Attack From Mars

Batman Forever

Big Buck Hunter Pro

Nightmare Before Christmas

No Fear

I played five games on the big cabinet. 

Today started a new week so I got a new weekly challenge in pinball, which is Transformers. We already have the came so Larry changed the number of balls from 5 to 3 and he had to update the game to the new version. Before playing Transformers I played last week's challenge of Creature From The Black Lagoon. I played Creature From The Black Lagoon for 30 minutes and got a new high score for the week. The score was 87,752,940, which put me in 100th place out of 120 participants. When I played Transformers my first high score for the week was 7,838,630. This put me in 21st place out of 24 participants so far. Then I played three other games, which were Big Bang Bar, Big Trouble in Little China and Blizzard of Ozz. I had a fun afternoon playing pinball.

Big Bang Bar

Big Trouble in Little China

Blizzard of Ozz

Creature From the Black Lagoon

Transformers

In the evening we watched Wonder Woman from our collection of movies. When Larry went to bed I watched Jack Reacher: Never Go Back from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle The Blue Truck.