Thursday 8-13-26 Working Out, Games & Jukebox

 

Hi have a great day

We had a great relaxing Thursday. I have no virtual square dances on Thursday. I kept busy doing this and that.

It's hot and windy. The morning temperature was 77 degrees and the high was 103 degrees. We kept cool under the air conditioner.

Hot Summer Day

Larry spent the day playing with his jukebox. He continued playing with Jukecab. Jay was very excited Larry got Windows to work on the PI. He thought he wouldn't ever see it happen. Great job honey.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 2 hours, 52 minutes and 22 seconds to complete the games, which put me 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 Plus for 30 minutes. I did 24 minutes with the Wii Fit Plus Routine with 12 exercises and 6 minutes with an additional two exercises (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 two times for 2 minutes). The exercises in the routine were one exercise from Aerobics (Basic Run), one exercise from Balance (Table Tilt), three exercises from Strength Training (Balance Bridge 6 reps, Rowing Squats 15 reps and Sideways Leg Lift), two exercises from Training Plus (Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight) and five exercises from Yoga (Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree and Standing Knee). I had a great workout.

Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing

Table Tilt

Balance Bridge, Rowing Squats and Sideways Leg Lift

Perfect 10, Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight

Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree and Standing Knee

I worked out with Just Dance 2016 for 30 minutes with nine songs. I did three songs for 10 minutes, which were Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Drop the Mambo. I did six songs for 20 minutes, which were The Choice Is Yours, Rabiosa, Circus, Lights, Born This Way and Hit The Road Jack. I had a fun workout with Just Dance 2016.

Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Drop the Mambo

The Choice Is Yours, Rabiosa, Circus, Lights, Born This Way and Hit The Road Jack

I worked out with four songs two times each on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes. The songs were Empires, I Loved You Then, Imperfection and It Ain't Right. While working with Empires and Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores. I had a good workout.

Empires

I Loved You Then

Imperfection

It Ain't Right

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were JP Dead Pool, Junk Yard, Michael and No Good Goffers!. When I played Michael I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Guardians of the Galaxy, Last Action Hero, Queen and Star Trek the Next Generation. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became high score #2. I had fun playing pinball.

JP Dead Pool (Mini)

Junk Yard (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Queen (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie, which was Black Panther from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched the last X-Men movie we have, which was X-Men: Days of Future Pass. Both were good movies. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

I worked on the Horse of Iron puzzle. 

   

   

Wednesday 8-12-26 Dentist, Two Dances, Project & More

Just Having Fun

It was another 100+ day with a wind. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high temperature was 103 degrees and felt like 114 degrees. 

Beautiful Hot Day

We started the day off by going to the dentist. It was time for our six month cleaning. Our appointment was at 8:00 am so I had to get up earlier then normal. I got up at 7:00 am. Our appointments went very well. Larry has to go back and get a small cavity filled. We made our next cleaning appointment. On the way home we stopped by Jack 'n' Jill Donuts to buy donuts for our breakfast.

Six month cleaning

Larry spent a good part of the day working on getting Windows to work on a Raspberry Pi. There are not a lot of folks who have done this so information is sometimes outdated and not very good. By the end of the day he had it working and running JukeCab. He was really excited about getting it to work and while he had fun with the challenge the usefulness of this would be very limited. The Pi simply is not powerful enough for Windows 11.  

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 9 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me and to help Liz dance the man's part. She thanked him. Terry danced part of the first tip with Di. Di worked shopped Spin Chain The Gears because the dancers were having problems. She also worked on a few of the new moves in Plus, which were Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Triple Trade and Partner Tag. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

The second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 pm for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. They were in Aspen, CO. They said the smoke was really bad but they did dance with four squares outside. They stopped when a black bear showed up with her two cubs. The format for the dance was three tips of C1 for 6 participants, three tips of A2 for 8 participants and two trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the A2 session when it was time for Dave to call one of the dancers (David) called a couple of sequences. He did a super job. I had a great evening of dancing with friends.

Having fun dancing with friends

In between the dances I played games and worked out.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Mini of 10 games. It took me 32 minutes and 3 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour. 

I did the Wii Fit Plus for 30 minutes. I used the routine the program picked for me of 12 exercises for 22 minutes. The exercises were one of Aerobic (Hula Hoop), four exercises of Strength Training (Jack Knives 10 reps, Lunge 15 reps, Rowing Squats of 15 reps and Torso Twist 3 reps), two Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung-Fu) and five Yoga (Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Triangle). I did an additional 8 minutes using two Strength Training exercises for 4 minutes (Sideways Leg Lifts of 20 reps for 2 minutes and Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes) and one Aerobic exercise for 4 minutes (Rhythm Boxing). I had great workout.

Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing

Jack Knives, Lunge, Sideways Leg Lifts,  Rowing Squats, 

Single-Leg Twist and Torso Twist

Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung-Fu

Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Standing Knee, 

Sun Salutation and Triangle

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs twice. The songs were Delight, Imperfection, Light Up The Night and Nightmare Cure. While playing Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores and Nightmare Cure I earned one outstanding score. I had a fun work out.

Delight

Imperfection

Light Up The Night

Nightmare Cure

I played six pinball games. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Cactus Canyon, The Goonies and Willy Wonka. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Last Action Hero, Nightmare Before Christmas and No Fear. While playing Last Action Hero I got a new high score for the challenge of 114,937,000, which put me in 50th put of 60 participants so far.

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Willy Wonka (Mini)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Big)

No Fear (Big)

After Dave's dance we watched Bling from our movies collection. It's an animated love story movie about Sam, who is a theme park mechanic and his girlfriend and childhood sweetheart Sue, who is a reporter for channel six news. It's cute and funny. When Larry went to bed I watched the third X-Men movie, which was X-Men: The Last Stand. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.   

 

 

  

 

 

Tuesday 8-11-26 Day of Dancing A2, Jukebox Project & Having Fun

 

Day of Having Fun

We had a fun day of dancing with friends.

The morning temperature was 75 degrees and it the high was 101 degrees. We had a breeze. Thank goodness we have air condition.

Hot Day!!!

We started the day by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance a1 10:00 am for an hour. Terry didn't dance but Di danced with us and called the dance. When the dancers were having problems with a move Di would walk us through it. When she called four couple moves she would cue the the move and tell us where we should be. Larry danced four of the five tips with me. We had 10 participants. We had a super time dancing with friends.

We love square dancing

After the dance we had lunch. Then we got ready to go to Liberty Hill to dance A2 to John Kephart. The dance was at 1:00 pm for two hours. We had six couples of dancers we used cards to let us know who was dancing in the square and which two couples will be sitting out. Kay and Bob were back from their trip to Tennessee and it was nice to see them. Larry and I sat out three tips. John worked on Relay the Deucey in a position we weren't use to being in. He also worked on Spin Chain the Gears. In between the tips we visited with each other. During one break John sang a song and he played the harmonica. He is a very talented caller and has a great voice. We had a super time dancing to John and with friends.

   Get a partner and dance

In between dancing Larry worked on his jukebox project. He posted about a problem he was having in the JukeCab forum, the developer (Jay) wrote back verifying the issue and said he would fix it. He is having a super time playing with this project.

Rock Ole Jukebox Project

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 59 minutes and 5 seconds to complete, which put me in 8th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirate's Life and The Big LeBowski. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Last Action Hero, Michael and The Beach Boys, While playing pinball I became high score #3 in Michael and high score #2 in The Beach Boys. I had a great time playing pinball.

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

The Big LeBowski (Mini)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

When we got home from Liberty Hill we had dinner and watched our YouTube videos.

After dinner we watched the next super hero movie from our collection, which was Spider-Man: Homecoming. When Larry went to bed I watched the next X-Men, which was X2 from our movies collections. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

We had a fun day of dancing. LIFE IS GOOD!!!!