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Tuesday, June 23, 2026

Monday 6-22-26 Dancing to Di, Projects, Workout & Games

 


Awesome Monday


We had an awesome Monday. The morning temperature was 80 degrees and the high was 95 degrees. 

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Terry danced a little bit with Di as she called five tips to 14 participants. Larry danced four of the five tips with me. Di does an excellent job of calling while she dances. She walked us through moves we were struggling with. We had a super time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends.



Get a partner and dance


Larry bought a couple of DVDs, which were Dune and Dune Part Two. He took a breather from crafting to work on the DVDs. He copied them into our movies collection. After doing this he inserted subtitles to the movies.

After doing this project he moved onto a computer project. Larry works with two computers while doing his projects. They both don't work the same and this bugged him. He worked on making them work the same.

While Larry worked on his projects I played games and worked out.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 33 minutes and 51 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 a half.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I did two exercises off the Aerobics menu for 15 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 13 minutes) and three games off the Training Plus menu for 15 minutes ( Balance Bubble Plus once for 2 minutes, Obstacle Course two times for 6 minutes and Table Tilt Plus two times for 7 minutes). It was a great workout.




Hula Hoop (Aerobics)




Rhythm Boxing (Aerobics)




Balance Bubble Plus (Training Plus)




Obstacle Course (Training Plus)




Table Tilt Plus (Training Plus)



I worked out with Just Dance for 30 minutes with Just Dance 2018 for 10 minutes and Just Dance 2019 for 20 minutes. The songs I danced to on Just Dance 2018 were Blue, Bubble Pop! and Despacito. I earned three new avatars. The songs I danced to on Just Dance 2019 were Mad Love, Water Me, Finesse, One Kiss, A Little Party Never Killed No Body and Sweet Little Unforgettable Thing. I earned three new avatars. It was a good workout.

  


Songs from Just Dance 2018




Songs from Just Dance 2019



I worked out with Synth Riders for 30 minutes with three songs two times. The songs were A Matter of Time, Interstellar and Sledge. I didn't earn any outstanding scores or high scores but it was a great workout.




A Matter Of Time




Interstellar




Sledge



I played 10 games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Great Houdini, Jaws, Medieval Madness and Michael Jackson. While playing 60th Anniversary I became high score #3, Great Houdini I became high score #2 and Michael Jackson high score #3. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were 24, Big Bang Bar, Elvira Scared Stiff, The Beach Boys and The Big LeBowski. While playing 24 I got a new high score for the weekly challenge of pinball, which was 28,148,580. I became # 29 out of 44 participants. I had a fun time playing pinball.





60th Anniversary (Mini)




Great Houdini (Mini)




Jaws (Mini)




Medieval Madness (Mini)




Michael Jackson (Mini)




24 (Big)




Big Bang Bar (Big)




Elvira Scared Stiff (Big)




The Beach Boys (Big)




The Big LeBowski (Big)



We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the second season of Patience on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the last Transformers movie #7, which was Transformers: Rise Of The Beasts and Frozen 2 from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.





Relaxing in front of the television



   



       


Monday, June 22, 2026

Sunday 6-21-26 Hello Summer, Crafting, Project & More

 


Hello Summer


Today was the first day of summer. 

The weather was hot and humid. The morning temperature was 73 degrees and partly cloudy. It got to 93 degrees at 4:40 pm. The web said, that at 4:40 it felt like 106 degrees because of the humidity. 



Temperature at our house at 4:40


Larry kept busy all day. 

He started the day out by doing some crafting. Yesterday, he crafted Mr. Scarecrow and today he crafted Mrs. Scarecrow. He resized it to be the same size as Mr. Scarecrow. Then he decided on what color of paper he wanted to use and made the pattern paper. Then he cutout the pieces for Mrs. Scarecrow using his Cameo. Next he assembled Mrs. Scarecrow. It came out super.




Mrs. Scarecrow




New one on the left and the old one on the right




Mrs. and Mr. Scarecrow



After crafting Larry moved on to a security camera project. He decided to install the second Tapo Indoor/Outdoor WIFI Security Camera to replace an old garage camera. In order to install the camera he had to rewire the power. He installed a bracket to hold the camera on the eaves at the garage. Then he had to program the camera so it works with our security system. Both of the Tapo Indoor/Outdoor WIFI Security Cameras work excellent. He replaced an old Wise Security Camera and a EZViz camera with the new Tapo Indoor/Outdoor WIFI Security Cameras.




Tapo Indoor/Outdoor WIFI Security Camera on the porch


 

Tapo Indoor/Outdoor WIFI Security Camera on the garage


While Larry did his crafting and security camera project I played games, worked out and housework.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Pyramid Adventure of 20 games. It took me 57 minutes and 43 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

I spent an hour in the morning doing housework. I cleaned the bathrooms, dusted the house and vacuumed the house. Yesterday, I did the laundry. 




  Housework



 I worked out for an hour. 

I worked out for 30 minutes on the Wii Fit. I did one exercise from the Aerobic menu for 8 minutes (Rhythm Boxing), two games from the Balance Games menu for 7 minutes (Ski Jump three times for 3 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for 4 minutes), three exercises from the Strength Training menu for 7 minutes (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) and four exercises from the Yoga menu for 8 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Triangle for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). Great Workout!


Aerobic



Rhythm Boxing



Balance Games



Ski Jump




Soccer Heading



Strength Training



Sideways Leg Lift




Single-Leg Extension




Single-Leg Twist



Yoga



Chair




Palm Tree




Triangle




Warrior



I worked out on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with three songs twice. The songs were Rendezvous, Sledge and We Were Young. I didn't earn any new high scores or outstanding scores but I had a great workout. 



Rendezvous




Sledge




We Were Young



Today is a beginning of a new week so I got a new weekly challenge in pinball. This week the challenge is 24. We didn't have this pinball installed so Larry downloaded the game. Then he installed the game on the big cabinet in both 2D and VR. Then he played the game to make sure it worked correctly. It has a super VR Room. 24 was created from the 24 series, that ran from November 6, 2001 to July 14, 2014. Below are pictures of the room.



Conference Room 




Pinball Playfield in the Office




24 Team




Office used by the team




Jack entering the conference room




Door to the conference room


I played 10 pinball games. 

I played five games on the big cabinet. I played last week's challenge of World Cup Soccer for a half hour to try to get a new high score for the week before the challenge was over at 2:00 pm. I failed but had fun. My final score was 2,795,141,800, which put me in 25th place out of 114 participants. Later on when the new challenge 24 began I played it a few times to get my first high score for the week, which was 11,853,480. This score put me in 16th place out of 18 participants so far this week. Then I played three other games, which were Indianapolis 500, JP Viper Night Driver and Mustang. I didn't get on the board on the games but I played well.



World Cup Soccer




24




Indianapolis 500




JP Viper Night Driver




Mustang



I played five games of pinball on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, No Good Goffers!, JP Space Cadet, The Godfather and Theatre of Magic. I didn't get on the board playing the games but had fun.




Batman Forever




JP Space Cadet




No Good Goffers!




The Godfather




Theatre of Magic



We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the second season of Patience on PBS. After Larry went to bed I watched the sixth Transformers movie, which was Bumblebee and Frozen from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.




Relaxing in front of the television