Friday 3-6-26 Working Out, Games, Puzzle & Dancing

 

Humid Day

We had a warm humid day with overcast skies and wind. The morning temperature was 68 degrees and the high was 83 degrees and humidity was 50%. The wind kept it a little cooler outside. The wind was out of the south with the gust up to 22mph.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 4 minutes and 1 second, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

While I played games Larry worked on a home project. We have an old Harmony remote controller for the television. Awhile back the company said they weren't going to support it any more. It worked great for many years. The other night it stopped responding to our Alexa commands. It wouldn't turn on or off the television and it wouldn't turn on or off my Wii Fit. That was ok we have a controller, where we can turn it off manually. Larry decided to try and fix the Harmony/Alexa issue. It took awhile but he got the Harmony controller working again with the television and the Alexa commands. Thank you Larry.

After lunch I did my workout for an hour and fifteen minutes. 

First I worked out with the Wii Fit for 30 minutes using My Wii Fit Plus for 28 minutes and one Perfect 10 game for 2 minutes. My Wii Fit Plus routine was one Aerobic, four Strength Training, two Balance, four Yoga and one Training Plus. The Aerobic was Basic Step. The Strength Training were Torso Twist of 6, Jack Knifes of 10, Lunges (10 rep) and the Balance Bridge (6 rep). The Yoga were Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle. The Balance were Lotus Focus for three minutes and Table Tilt. The Training Plus was Island Cycling. It was a great workout.

Workout routine (I earned an extra minute)

I failed to complete the reps so I was unbalance

Second I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes. I decided to do the workout A La Carte, where I choose two programs from the Intermediate Level. I decided to do Ducking Combo for 7 minutes and Left and Right Ducking Combo for 16 minutes. The other 7 minutes was doing a Box Exam, which was Exam E. The exam consist of seven questions and four sets per questions. The questions are different boxing moves and punches. I completed it prefect. 

Lessons to choose from

The questions asked during exam

Certification of completing exam

Finally, I worked out on the Synth Riders for with two songs twice. The songs were Spectrum and Underdog. While working out with Spectrum and Underdog I did four outstanding scores and Underdog I got a new high score.

Spectrum

Underdog

I played two games of Monster Manor with Bounce Arcade. The second game wasn't good at all. The first game I earned a bronze trophy by stunning the manor once, awoken manor once, banister buster and tried hitting the spider to start multiball. I played a lot better than normal and had fun.

Monster Manor

I played seven games of pinball. I played four pinball games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Fun House, No Good Goffers! and Theatre of Magic. While playing No Good Goffers! I became high score #3. I played three pinball games on the big cabinet, which were Dracula, Metallica and The Big LeBowski. While playing The Big LeBowski I became high score #3 and Dracula I became the Grand Champion. I had a great day of playing pinball on both cabinets.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

 

Dracula (Big)

Metallica (Big)

The Big LeBowski (Big)

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 pm for an hour. Ett called four tips to 9 participants. I had a great time dancing with friends from the U.S.A., Canada and Australia. In between the tips we visited with each other.

After the dance we watched a movie on Kanopy called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. It was a very good movie about a female reporter Kim Baker ( Tina Fey) who takes a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. She gets out of her comfort zone and finds her strength as she looks for her next story. She befriends a BBC correspondent Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) and an independent photographer Ian MacKelpie (Martin Freeman) from Scotland. She becomes friends with Ali Massoud Sadig (Alfred Molina), who is Afghan Attorney General. Other stars in the movie were Billy Bob Thornton, Stephan Peacock and others. It's biography drama based on a true story during the Afghanistan War. 

After Larry went to bed I continued watching the first season of the Night Manager on Prime. I ended up doing 3,000 steps. While watching television I worked on my puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle so far

 

 

       

Thursday 3-5-26 No Dancing, Workout, Puzzle & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had another overcast day with a small chance of rain. The morning temperature was 69 degrees and got up to 83 degrees. It was windy.

We started the day out by going to Walmart, I was getting low on a few things and we wanted to pickup a can of freon. Walmart didn't have any freon. They had a large space for it but it was empty. I guess they haven't stocked it for summer yet. 

On the way home we stopped and filled the car. We were surprised to see how much it was per gallon $2.99. When just last week it was $2.59 per gallon and the week before it was $2.29. I can complain about the price but we need to drive a vehicle to get anywhere.

After lunch I worked out on the Wii Fit for a half hour, Just Dance for a half hour and Synth Riders for 15 minutes. During the workout on the Wii Fit I did the My Wii Fit Plus for 21 minutes and Boxing in Aerobics for 8 minutes and Perfect 10 for 1 minutes. My Fit Plus combined Training Plus, Yoga, Strength Training and, Aerobics. My Wii Fit Plus I did Juggling, Leg Twist (10 rep.), Leg Extension (10 rep.), Lotus, Rhythm Parade, Lunges (10 rep.), Perfect 10, Balance Bridge (6 rep.), Downward Facing Dog, Skate Board, Rowing Squats (15) and Triangle.  I worked out with the first Just Dance Disc, which was Just Dance 3. I did the group of Duet songs, which were Something Stupid, Bollywood Rainbow, Crazy Little Thing Called Love, Da Funk, No Limit, Pata Pata, Jump (For My Love), Beautiful Liar and Promiscuous for 30 minutes. The two songs I did Synth Riders were On My Way and Stardust. I had a super workout.

Boxing

Just Dance 3

On My Way

Stardust

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 38 minutes and 17 seconds, which put me in 24th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five pinball games on the mini cabinet, which were Dead Pool, Fun House, Jaws, Scared Stiff and Tales of the Arabian Nights. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Indianapolis 500, Junk Yard, Metallica, Monster Bash and Mustang. I didn't get on the high score board on any of the games but had fun.

Dead Pool (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Scared Stiff (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Mini)

Indianapolis 500 (Big)

Indianapolis 500 (Big)

Metallica (Big)

Monster Bash (Big)

Mustang (Big)

While I played games and worked out Larry finished reading the book he started yesterday. He said it was another really good book by Willa Cather.

Relaxing with a good book

In the evening we watched a movie on Kanopy called The Partisan. It was based on the story of  Krystyna Skarbek, who was a Polish agent for the British Special Operations Executive (SOE) during World War II. It was a good movie. When Larry went to bed I watched Suicide Squad from our movies collection. Then I started to watch the first season of The Night Manager on Prime. It's a series about a night manager at Cairo hotel, who is recruited to infiltrate an arms dealer's circle by MI-6. It stars Tom Hiddleston as the night manager Jonathan Pine and Hugh Laurie as the dangerous arm's trader Richard Roper. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

  

           

Wednesday 3-4-26 Two Virtual Dances, Workout, Puzzle & More

 

Overcast Day

We had an warm overcast day with wind. The morning temperature was 70 degrees and the high was 87 degrees. About 8:30 pm a front come through and we got a little rain.

I attended two virtual square dances. Usually on Wednesday I attend three but Dave Eno cancelled his night C1/A2 dance due to a project he had to finish by midnight.

First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di called all five tips this week and Terry danced with her. She continued working on the new moves that were put on the Plus list. The moves were Scoot and Dodge, Partner Tag, Quarter Thru and Left Quarter Thru, Walk and Dodge, Partner Hinge, Circle Halfway and Clover And. Di called to 11 dancers. I had a great time dancing with friends from U.S.A, Canada/Mexico and U.K.  

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 pm for an hour. She called four tips to 15 dancers. I danced a lot better this week. I had a fun time dancing with friends from Canada, Germany, Netherlands, Australia and the U.S.A.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 46 minutes and 12 seconds, which put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After Ett's dance I worked out on the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did one routine in the Aerobics, which was Rhythm Boxing for eight minutes. I did six routines with the Strength Training part for 11 minutes, which were Single-Leg Extension, Torso Twists, Single-Leg Twist, Sideways Leg Lift, Triceps Extension and Lunges.  I did four routines with Yoga for 8 minutes, which were Half-Moon, Warrior, Standing Knee and Chair. I did Perfect 10 twice for four minutes.

Aerobics

Rhythm Boxing

Strength Training

Single-Leg Extension

Torso Twists

Single-Leg Twist

Sideways Leg Lift

Triceps Extension

Lungs

Yoga

Half Moon

Warrior

Standing Knee

Chair

Training Plus

Perfect 10

I worked out on the Synth Riders for fifteen minutes to two songs twice, which were Get Up My Keys and Raw. I also worked out with Gold's Gym for fifteen minutes using their routine of Cross Punch for six and a half minutes, Beginning Combo for five and a half minutes and Mitt Work for three minutes.    

Get Up My Keys

Raw

Gold's Gym workout

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Cactus Canyon, The Goonies, Three Angels and Transformers. While playing Transformers I became Grand Champion. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Metallica, The Godfather and Transformers. While playing JP Space Cadet I became high score #1. While I was playing Transformers I became high score #3. I had a good day of pinball.

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Three Angels (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Big)

JP Space Cadet (Big)

Metallica (Big)

The Godfather (Big)

Transformers (Big)

While I danced, played games and worked out Larry read. He finished reading a book and started another one.

Relax with a good book

In the evening we finished watching The English Patient. It was a great movie, it took place during World War II. When Larry went to bed I watched Fiddler on the Roof from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

While I was watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.