Wednesday 6-10-26 Virual Square Dancing Day, Projects, Wildlife & More

Doe and her two fawns from security camera

This morning while I was sleeping Larry watched two fawns running around the backyard. One ran to the gate, where they entered into the backyard and then it ran back. Then it ran around the yard. Mom was close by to keep an eye on them. He took a couple of pictures off the security camera because he didn't want to scare them off by going outside on the porch take the pictures. They left around lunchtime and the fawns returned in the evening. They laid in the backyard for a couple of hours and left.

The morning temperature was 75 degrees at 6:00 am and the high was 94 degrees. 

I attended two virtual square dances. On Wednesdays I usually attend three but Ett didn't e-mail us to say if she was going to have a dance. Last week she had to take her computer to the shop and hadn't gotten it back last Friday. I figured because she didn't e-mail us that she hadn't gotten it back yet.

First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus dance at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 9 participants. Terry had to sit out most of the dance. Some dancers were asking Di to give more cues on where the boys were suppose to be because they were dancing by themselves. Larry decided he would dance with me. He told Di and the dancers he would dance this week to help out because we only had another couple. Di thanked him for it because he did help in getting people in the right place. Di continued calling the new plus moves, that were added to the plus dancing this year, They were Partner Tag, Pass the Sea, Scoot and Dodge, Walk and Scoot, Triple Trade, Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru and Pair Off. We had a great time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends from Canada, United Kingdom, France and United States.

Second was Dave Eno Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 pm for an hour and a half. This week Karin Rabe, Greg Moore and Dave Hutchinson. The format was the same as last week three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivia questions. Karin and Greg called the first tip in each section, Dave Hutchinson called the second tip in C and the last tip in A and Dave Eno called the third tip in C and the second tip in A. Paula called two short sequences during Dave Eno's tip. She did a great job. I had a fun evening of dancing with friends and to Dave E., Karin, Greg and Dave H.

Get a partner and dance

   

I worked out after Di Green and Terry McCann's dance. I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I worked out with the Wii Fit Routines for 24 minutes. The routine consisted of 12 exercises: two Aerobic (Hula Hoop and Basic Step), one Balance Game (Table Tilt), three Strength Training (Single-Leg Extension of 6 reps, Lunge of 10 reps and Sideways Leg Lifts of 10 reps), four Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and two Yoga (Half Moon and Deep Breathing). I did two extra games from Training Plus for 7 minutes, which were Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 twice for total of 3 minutes. It was a great workout.

Wii Fit Routine

Aerobic (Hula Hoop and Basic Step)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

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

Training Plus Routine & Extra (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Kung Fu, Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Obstacle Course and Perfect 10)

Yoga (Half Moon and Deep Breathing)

I worked out on Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times, which were Code War, Phoenix, You Know That You Love Me and Wolves. While working out with You Know That You Love Me I got a new high score the first time and an outstanding score the second time. While I worked out with Wolves I got an outstanding score both times. I had a great workout.

Code War

Phoenix

You Know That You Love Me

Wolves

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong, The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Pyramid). It took me 49 minutes and 22 seconds to complete, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Larry spent most of the day working on a computer project. He updated the software for the security cameras to the current version. He worked on getting the software to work how we had it setup but it wouldn't notify us when anything triggered the Trip Wires he has setup. He worked on it a long time before he went back to the old version. It works great. Then he wrote an append to see if anyone knows how to fix the problem. Now, he's waiting to see if anyone will respond.

Then he moved on to paper crafting. He worked on his project while I danced in the evening.

I played six games of pinball. I played three on the big cabinet, which were Transformers, Willow and Willy Wonka. I played three on the mini cabinet, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, Fun House and Theatre of Magic. I didn't get on the board but had fun playing.

Transformers

Willow

Willy Wonka

Creature From The Black Lagoon

Fun House

Theatre Of Magic

After the last dance we watched An Amish Murder on Hoopla. It was a good movie about Kate Burkholder a former Amish woman, who returns to the community as a police chief to investigate a murder. When Larry went to bed I watched Twister and Finding Nemo from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I worked on my puzzle The Blue Truck.

 

     

 

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.