Thursday 6-11-26 Busy Day of Doing This and That

 

Hot humid day

We had a hot humid day. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high was 94 degrees.

Thursday is a free day of dancing so we kept busy doing this and that.

Larry was busy doing projects. 

He did paper crafting. Every Tuesday we go to Bob and Kay's house to square dance and Kay loves to decorate for holidays. Last year Larry made a few paper projects for her such as an Uncle Sam and Eagle to celebrate 4th of July. Yesterday, he decided he would remake the Uncle Sam and Eagle figurines but make them bigger. First he went into the old files and changed the size of the Uncle Sam figurine. Yesterday he cut the pieces out and today he assembled Uncle Sam. It came out super. Then he went into the Eagle files and change the size of the figurine. Then he cut out the pieces. Tomorrow he'll assemble the eagle.

New Uncle Sam

New and old Uncle Sam

The other day Larry updated the security camera program to a new version and ran into a problem. He asked for help on a Reddit group. Today a gentleman wrote him on a solution to his problem. They communicated back and forth a couple of times. He got the new software to work with the Trip Wire notifications. He was very excited about this.

A few days ago he ordered a DVD from Walmart called Oppenheimer and it arrived today. He copied it to the program he stores our movies in. Tomorrow he'll work on the subtitles.

He also started reading a new book.

I spent the day playing games and worked on my jigsaw puzzle The Blue Truck. I stayed up until 2:30 and finished it.

The Blue Truck finished

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Free Cell Adventure of 20 games. I worked on solving all the games and ended up doing 19 of them. I worked on solving the event for 2 hours, 9 minutes and 57 seconds before giving up. I ended up being in 14th 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 with the Wii Fit for a half hour with the Wii Fit Routine of 12 exercises for 26 minutes and with two Training Plus exercises for 5 minutes (Segway for 3 minutes and Perfect 10 twice for 3 minutes). During the 26 minutes routine I worked out to one Balance Games (Lotus Focus), five Strength Training (Jackknife 10, Single-Leg Extension 6 reps, Lunge 10 reps, Balance Bridge 6 reps and Sideway Leg Lift 10 reps), four Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Rhythm Parade, Obstacle Course and Skateboard Arena) and two Yoga (Warrior and Chair). I had a super workout.

Wii Fit Routine

Balance Games (Lotus Focus)

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

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Rhythm Parade, Obstacle Course, Perfect 10, Segway and Skateboard Arena)

 

Yoga (Warrior and Chair)

I worked out with Gold's Gym for a half hour. I did two exercises from the Intermediate Menu for 22 minutes (Ducking Combo for 7 minutes and Intermediate Combo for 15 minutes) and one exercise from the Advance Menu for 8 minutes (Left and Right Step Combo). I worked out with Bob. At the end of the workout I did a Boxing Exam, which was five questions and four reps in each. I passed the exam.

 

Intermediate Menu (Ducking Combo and Intermediate Combo)

Advance Menu (Left and Right Step Combo)

My certification D level

 

My trainer Bob

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour with four songs two time, which were All Night, Free, L.O.V.E. and Phoenix). While workout with All Night I earned an outstanding score, Free I earned two outstanding scores, L.O.V.E. I earned two outstanding scores and Phoenix I earned one outstanding score.

All Night

Free

L.O.V.E.

Phoenix

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, Fast Break, Jaws, JP Space Cadet and The Goonies. While I played Dark Chaos I became high score #2 and JP Space Cadet I became high score #3. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Great Houdini, Ready Player One, Transformers, Willow and World Joker Poker. While playing Transformers I earned a new high score for the week, which was 18,838,300. I'm in 67th place out of 80 participants.

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Fast Break (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Great Houdini (Big)

Ready Player One (Big)

Transformers (big)

Willow (Big)

World Joker Poker (Big)

In the evening we watched a documentary on Kanopy called Women Of World War II. It was a great documentary. When Larry went to bed I watched Twisters and Finding Dory from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 1,600 steps.  

  

 

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