Wednesday 2-18-26 Virtual Dancing Day & Olympics

 

Virtual Square Dancing Day

We had a very nice day. The weather was very pleasant with cloud covering. The morning temperature was 60 degrees and the high was 83 degrees. 

I attended three virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 11 dancers. The dancers were from the U.K., Canada, France and the U.S.A. Terry danced with her through out the dance. She continued working on the moves, that were moved to the Plus moves. They were Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Clover and, Scoot and Dodge, Partner Tag, Pass the Sea, Partner Hinge and Triple Scoot. I had a great time dancing to Di and with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 pm for an hour. Loren Smith covered for her. He called four tips of C1 to 11 dancers and one tip of C2 to nine dancers. The dancers were from Canada, Netherlands', France and U.S.A. I had a fun hour of 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 helped Dave call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the C1 tips we had 9 dancers and during the A2 tips we has 10 dancers. Ross contribute one of the Trivia question. It was about cities in South Australia. She did a super job of explaining the cities and what they are known for. I had a super time dancing to Karin and Dave and with friends from Canada, Australia and the U.S.A.   

After Di Green and Terry McCann's dance I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour. I worked out with four songs two times apiece. The songs were Delight, Imperfections, Light Up The Night and Nightmare Cure. While working out with Delight I got a new high score and Imperfections I got two outstanding scores and one new high score. I had a good workout.

Delight

Imperfection

Light Up The Night

Nightmare Cure

In between Loren's dance and and Dave's dance I played games. I played five pinball games on the mini cabinet and five on the big cabinet. The games I played on the mini cabinet were 60th Anniversary, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Fun House, No Good Goffers! and Pirate's Life. I didn't enter my initials today but I had fun. The games I played on the big cabinet were Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss, Star Wars, The Godfather, Who Dunnit and Willow. While playing The Godfather I became high score #3. While playing Who Dunnit I didn't get a new high score for the challenge but I did become high score #3.  I had a good day of playing pinball.

60th Anniversary (mini)

Creature From the Black Lagoon (mini)

Fun House (mini)

No Good Goffers! (mini)

Pirate's Life (mini)

Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss (big)

Star Wars (big)

The Godfather (big)

Who Dunnit (big)

Willow (big)

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 31 minutes and 29 seconds, which put me in 19th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Before Dave's dance and after Dave's dance we watched the Olympics. The events we watched were Men's Slopestyle Snowboard Final (U.S. got a bronze metal), Women's Slopestyle Snowboard Final (U.S. got a silver metal), Men's 500M Speed Skating and Women's Short Track 3000M Relay Final.

Before Larry went to bed we watched a few YouTube videos. 

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

After Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Black Panther: Wakanda Forever. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.  

Tuesday 2-17-26 Liberty Hill Dance, Olympics & Having Fun

 

Smile and be happy

We had a great day. The weather was overcast most of the day with a wind. The morning temperature was 59 degrees and the high was 81 degrees. 

We spent most of the day in Liberty Hill dancing to John Kephart. We left the house at 10:15 to go to our weekly C1/A2 dance in Liberty Hill. When we got to Liberty Hill we parked the car in a parking lot and had lunch. After lunch we went to the Ski's house. We had a pleasant surprise, Lynn from Temple showed up to dance. She usually goes to Corsicana to dance A2 to Dale Smith. She said she was boycotting them because she was tired of being cold. Henry and Susan were also there. We danced C1 to Ross Howell and Johnny Preston for an hour via tapes. Susan, Lynn and I rotated in and out during the session. We had a great time dancing C1.

At 1:00 we danced A2 to John Kephart for two hours. Halfway through the dance  John Carlson called a tip. During the dance John Kephart worked shopped moves we were having problems with. He worked on All Eight Square Chain Thru and Motivate. We had enough people for a square with three dancers sitting out. In between the tips of A2 Baily (the Ski's dog) entertained us by chasing after her ball when a dancer through it. I baked a dessert to take with us, which was Krusteaz Meyer Lemon Bars. I wore my Mardi Gras hat and beads for Mardi Gras. We had fun dancing with friends.

Lemon Bars

Before going to the dance I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

When we got home it was 4:30 pm. We watched the Olympics. The events we watched were the Men's Big Air Finals and the Women's Short Program in Ice Skating.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. I only did 29 of the games. I played them for 2 hours and 35 minutes, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

When Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Thor: Love and Thunder. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

  

    

Relaxing in front of the television

Monday 2-16-26 Valentine's Dance, Olympics & Games

 

Foggy Morning

We woke up to a foggy morning but by 10:00 the fog had lifted. The temperature in the morning was 40 degrees  with a little breeze. It got up to 73 degrees. The breeze kept it cool all day.

We started our day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. It was their Valentine's Dance so a lot of the dancers were dressed in pink and red. Monica from Germany was dressed up in a colorful outfit for their Carnival celebration in Germany. Our celebrate is called Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), which takes place the Tuesday before Lent (a Christian fasting season). Di called five tips to nineteen dancers. The dancers were from Canada, U.K., Germany, France and the U.S.A. Di called moves from direct positions we're not use to be in, which made it challenging. At times we lost our phantoms. You can find your place because Di and Terry dance with us and call at the same time. We had a great time dancing with friends. 

     

Monica from Berlin all dressed up of Carnival

Dancers at the dance

After the dance we went to town to do a few errands. First stop was Dollar Tree to buy some cookies to bake. Then we stopped by Shoe Carnival to look at shoes. Larry needs a new pair of shoes. The store is very nice and well organized and bright. The employee was very friendly. He greeted us as we entered and told us to have a great day as we left. We didn't find any shoes for Larry but it was a nice experience. Next stop was for lunch at Firehouse Subs. Last stop was Walmart to do a little grocery shopping on items we were getting low on. Then we went home.

 

Running Errands

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed last night. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Free Cell and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 6 minutes and 33 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games of pinball on the mini cabinet. The games were Batman Forever, Cirqus Voltaire, Great Houdini, No Fear and Three Angels. While playing Great Houdini I became high score number #1 and No Fear I became high score #4. I played five games of pinball on the big cabinet. They were Dr. No, Jaws, Mission Impossible, Transformers and Who Dunnit. While playing Transformers I became high score #4. I didn't get a new high score on the weekly challenge of Who Dunnit. I had fun playing pinball.

Batman Forever (mini)

Cirqus Voltaire (mini)

Great Houdini (mini)

No Fear (mini)

Three Angels (mini)

  

Who Dunnit (big)

Transformers (big)

Mission Impossible (big)

Jaws (big)

Dr. No (big)

We watched the Olympics. The events we watched were Short Track Race Women's 1000m, Short Track Race Men's Semi 500m, Short Track Men's 500m Relay Semi, Men's Slalom Skiing, Women's Team Curling U.S. vs Italy and Women's Freestyle Aerials.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle so far

After Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I ended up doing 5,500 steps.  

Sunday 2-15-26 Dancing to Loren, Olympics & New Pinball Challenge

 

Smile and have fun

We had another beautiful day. It started out overcast but cleared off in the afternoon. The morning temperature was 57 degrees and got up to 71 degrees. There was a breeze which kept the temperature a little cool.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 16 games. It took me 47 minutes and 6 seconds to complete, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Today started a new week for the pinball challenge, which is Who Dunnit. We have had this on the pinball cabinet previously but Larry removed it. We try to only keep games loaded that we enjoy the most otherwise we simply end up with too many games to choose from. Larry had installed the game before because it was a weekly challenge. He still had the files but there was a new version. He installed the new version on the big cabinet. Then he played it to make sure it ran correctly.

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle.

We like the new water bottles we bought a month ago so Larry order three more. They came in today. They're not the same color as the old ones because the color wasn't available. The bottles are from the same company.

New water bottles

Old water bottles

I played last weeks pinball challenge of The Game Show for a half hour before the challenge ended. I didn't get a new high score so I ended up with the score of 12,430,400. This score but me in 40th place out of 112 participants. When the new challenge started of Who Dunnit I played it. My first new high score was 907,411,600, which put me in 16th out of 22 participants so for. I also played three other pinball games on the big cabinet. They were Dracula, Junk Yard and Medieval Madness. While playing Medieval Madness I became the Grand Champion. 

  

The Game Show

Who Dunnit

Dracula

Junk Yard

Medieval Madness

I played four games on the mini cabinet. They were No Good Goffers!, Tales of Arabian Nights, The Big LeBowski and Scared Stiff. While playing Tales of Arabian Nights I became Grand Champion. I got all seven jewels and tried to rescue the princess from the Genie. While playing The Big LeBowski I became high score #2. While I played No Good Goffers! and Scared Stiff I became high score #3. I had a great day playing pinball on the mini cabinet.

No Good Goffers!

Scared Stiff

Tales of the Caribbean Nights

The Big LeBowski

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C Series dance at 1:00 for an hour. This week it was C1 and Loren Smith was covering for her. He called four tips of C1 to nine dancers. During the C1 tips Loren worked on Tally Ho in different positions and All Eight Recycle. Loren is learning the C2 moves so he decided to call one tip at the end to the C2 dancers, which was seven dancers. Larry and I aren't C2 dancers so we thanked Loren and the rest of the dancers and signed off after the C1 session. We had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends from Australia, Canada and United States.

 

Get a partner and dance

After the dance and during the evening we watched a few events of the Olympics. The events were Men's 4 X 7.5km Relay Cross Country Skiing, Snowboard Mixed Couple, Speed Skating Women's 500m and Short Program of Ice Skating Pairs.

After the Short Program we watched a few YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Spider-Man: No Way Home. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog from our movies collection. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.    

Saturday 2-14-26 Happy Valentine's Day, Workout, Olympics & More

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! I hope you had a great day, we did.

We had a rainy day. It rained on and off all day. The morning temperature was 64 degrees and the high was 69 degrees. At noon the temperature started to drop by 9:00 pm it was 55 degrees.

We spent the day hanging around the house doing this and that.

Larry continued playing with the old cell phone and voice output. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 1 hour, 46 minutes and 1 second, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I spent most of the day working on my jigsaw puzzle.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes. I worked out with three songs, which were Hard To Love, Never Gonna Die and New Comedown. I did the songs three times because they were about 3 minutes long each. I had a great workout.

Hard To Love

Never Gonna Die

New Comedown

I played one game of Gunpowder Gulch on Bounce Arcade for 15 minutes. I didn't play that well but had fun. I earned a bronze trophy, played two events (Quick Drawl once and Safe Crack twice), earned an extra ball and played two multiball (safe cracked and wooden sign rally). 

Gunpowder Gulch

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini pinball cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Pirate's Life, Playboy and The Big LeBowski. While I played the Big LeBowski I became the high score #2. When playing Playboy I became Playboy Champion because I did the mansion mania. I played four games on the big pinball cabinet, which were Fast Break, Star Trek the Next Generation, Space Lord and The Game Show. I got on the board as high score #3 on the Game Show but didn't get a new high score in the challenge. I'm 30th out of 86 participants.

Ace of Speed (mini)

Pirate's Life (mini)

Playboy (mini)

The Big LeBowski (mini)

Fast Break (big)

Time Lord (big)

Star Trek the Next Generation (big)

The Game Show

We watched the Olympics all afternoon and evening. We finished watching the Men's Free Skate Part 2. Then we watched Men's Snowboard Halfpipe final, Men's Giant Slalom and Short Track Women's 3000m Relay and Men's 1500m.

Before Larry went to bed we watched a few YouTube videos. After he went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from our super hero collection. I also watched Up out of our movies collection. It is a cute movie about a cub scout and an elderly man, who become friends and go on an adventure in the man's house. I liked the movie. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.