Monday 2-16-26 Valentine's Dance, Olympics & Games

 

Foggy Morning

We woke up to a foggy morning but by 10:00 the fog had lifted. The temperature in the morning was 40 degrees  with a little breeze. It got up to 73 degrees. The breeze kept it cool all day.

We started our day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. It was their Valentine's Dance so a lot of the dancers were dressed in pink and red. Monica from Germany was dressed up in a colorful outfit for their Carnival celebration in Germany. Our celebrate is called Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), which takes place the Tuesday before Lent (a Christian fasting season). Di called five tips to nineteen dancers. The dancers were from Canada, U.K., Germany, France and the U.S.A. Di called moves from direct positions we're not use to be in, which made it challenging. At times we lost our phantoms. You can find your place because Di and Terry dance with us and call at the same time. We had a great time dancing with friends. 

     

Monica from Berlin all dressed up of Carnival

Dancers at the dance

After the dance we went to town to do a few errands. First stop was Dollar Tree to buy some cookies to bake. Then we stopped by Shoe Carnival to look at shoes. Larry needs a new pair of shoes. The store is very nice and well organized and bright. The employee was very friendly. He greeted us as we entered and told us to have a great day as we left. We didn't find any shoes for Larry but it was a nice experience. Next stop was for lunch at Firehouse Subs. Last stop was Walmart to do a little grocery shopping on items we were getting low on. Then we went home.

 

Running Errands

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed last night. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Free Cell and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 6 minutes and 33 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games of pinball on the mini cabinet. The games were Batman Forever, Cirqus Voltaire, Great Houdini, No Fear and Three Angels. While playing Great Houdini I became high score number #1 and No Fear I became high score #4. I played five games of pinball on the big cabinet. They were Dr. No, Jaws, Mission Impossible, Transformers and Who Dunnit. While playing Transformers I became high score #4. I didn't get a new high score on the weekly challenge of Who Dunnit. I had fun playing pinball.

Batman Forever (mini)

Cirqus Voltaire (mini)

Great Houdini (mini)

No Fear (mini)

Three Angels (mini)

  

Who Dunnit (big)

Transformers (big)

Mission Impossible (big)

Jaws (big)

Dr. No (big)

We watched the Olympics. The events we watched were Short Track Race Women's 1000m, Short Track Race Men's Semi 500m, Short Track Men's 500m Relay Semi, Men's Slalom Skiing, Women's Team Curling U.S. vs Italy and Women's Freestyle Aerials.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle so far

After Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog 2. I ended up doing 5,500 steps.  

Sunday 2-15-26 Dancing to Loren, Olympics & New Pinball Challenge

 

Smile and have fun

We had another beautiful day. It started out overcast but cleared off in the afternoon. The morning temperature was 57 degrees and got up to 71 degrees. There was a breeze which kept the temperature a little cool.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 16 games. It took me 47 minutes and 6 seconds to complete, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Today started a new week for the pinball challenge, which is Who Dunnit. We have had this on the pinball cabinet previously but Larry removed it. We try to only keep games loaded that we enjoy the most otherwise we simply end up with too many games to choose from. Larry had installed the game before because it was a weekly challenge. He still had the files but there was a new version. He installed the new version on the big cabinet. Then he played it to make sure it ran correctly.

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle.

We like the new water bottles we bought a month ago so Larry order three more. They came in today. They're not the same color as the old ones because the color wasn't available. The bottles are from the same company.

New water bottles

Old water bottles

I played last weeks pinball challenge of The Game Show for a half hour before the challenge ended. I didn't get a new high score so I ended up with the score of 12,430,400. This score but me in 40th place out of 112 participants. When the new challenge started of Who Dunnit I played it. My first new high score was 907,411,600, which put me in 16th out of 22 participants so for. I also played three other pinball games on the big cabinet. They were Dracula, Junk Yard and Medieval Madness. While playing Medieval Madness I became the Grand Champion. 

  

The Game Show

Who Dunnit

Dracula

Junk Yard

Medieval Madness

I played four games on the mini cabinet. They were No Good Goffers!, Tales of Arabian Nights, The Big LeBowski and Scared Stiff. While playing Tales of Arabian Nights I became Grand Champion. I got all seven jewels and tried to rescue the princess from the Genie. While playing The Big LeBowski I became high score #2. While I played No Good Goffers! and Scared Stiff I became high score #3. I had a great day playing pinball on the mini cabinet.

No Good Goffers!

Scared Stiff

Tales of the Caribbean Nights

The Big LeBowski

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C Series dance at 1:00 for an hour. This week it was C1 and Loren Smith was covering for her. He called four tips of C1 to nine dancers. During the C1 tips Loren worked on Tally Ho in different positions and All Eight Recycle. Loren is learning the C2 moves so he decided to call one tip at the end to the C2 dancers, which was seven dancers. Larry and I aren't C2 dancers so we thanked Loren and the rest of the dancers and signed off after the C1 session. We had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends from Australia, Canada and United States.

 

Get a partner and dance

After the dance and during the evening we watched a few events of the Olympics. The events were Men's 4 X 7.5km Relay Cross Country Skiing, Snowboard Mixed Couple, Speed Skating Women's 500m and Short Program of Ice Skating Pairs.

After the Short Program we watched a few YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Spider-Man: No Way Home. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog from our movies collection. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.    

Saturday 2-14-26 Happy Valentine's Day, Workout, Olympics & More

 

Happy Valentine's Day

Happy Valentine's Day to everyone! I hope you had a great day, we did.

We had a rainy day. It rained on and off all day. The morning temperature was 64 degrees and the high was 69 degrees. At noon the temperature started to drop by 9:00 pm it was 55 degrees.

We spent the day hanging around the house doing this and that.

Larry continued playing with the old cell phone and voice output. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 1 hour, 46 minutes and 1 second, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I spent most of the day working on my jigsaw puzzle.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes. I worked out with three songs, which were Hard To Love, Never Gonna Die and New Comedown. I did the songs three times because they were about 3 minutes long each. I had a great workout.

Hard To Love

Never Gonna Die

New Comedown

I played one game of Gunpowder Gulch on Bounce Arcade for 15 minutes. I didn't play that well but had fun. I earned a bronze trophy, played two events (Quick Drawl once and Safe Crack twice), earned an extra ball and played two multiball (safe cracked and wooden sign rally). 

Gunpowder Gulch

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini pinball cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Pirate's Life, Playboy and The Big LeBowski. While I played the Big LeBowski I became the high score #2. When playing Playboy I became Playboy Champion because I did the mansion mania. I played four games on the big pinball cabinet, which were Fast Break, Star Trek the Next Generation, Space Lord and The Game Show. I got on the board as high score #3 on the Game Show but didn't get a new high score in the challenge. I'm 30th out of 86 participants.

Ace of Speed (mini)

Pirate's Life (mini)

Playboy (mini)

The Big LeBowski (mini)

Fast Break (big)

Time Lord (big)

Star Trek the Next Generation (big)

The Game Show

We watched the Olympics all afternoon and evening. We finished watching the Men's Free Skate Part 2. Then we watched Men's Snowboard Halfpipe final, Men's Giant Slalom and Short Track Women's 3000m Relay and Men's 1500m.

Before Larry went to bed we watched a few YouTube videos. After he went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings from our super hero collection. I also watched Up out of our movies collection. It is a cute movie about a cub scout and an elderly man, who become friends and go on an adventure in the man's house. I liked the movie. I ended up doing 3,000 steps. 

Friday 2-13-26 Friday the 13th, Olympics, Dancing and Projects

 

Happy Friday

It's Friday the 13th! Are you superstitious? I'm not. We had a super day.

It was a beautiful day with the morning temperature of 57 degrees and the high of 80 degrees. 

We had a very productive day doing this and that. 

Larry kept busy doing projects. Larry continues playing with the old cell phone. He has once again wiped it clean and started over. It seems every time he does this he has to work out some issue. Today he had to spend a lot of time getting voice output to work. He is having fun researching things and figuring them out. He has been using AI for lots of help. 

The toilet handle on the master bathroom toilet broke. In order for Larry to fix it we had to go to The Home Depot to get the replacement part. He was going to order the part from Amazon but that meant we had to either use the second bathroom or pull the chain on the toilet everytime we used it. 

We received the last of our tax forms so Larry did our taxes. Good news, we will be getting money back. Just in case a late change comes in we will wait a bit before we actually file them.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed last night. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 54 minutes and 9 seconds, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 45 minutes. I worked out with five games twice. They were:  A Matter of Time, Interstellar, Rendezvous,  Sledge and We Were Young. I didn't get any outstanding score or new high scores but I had a great workout.

A Matter Of Time

Interstellar

Rendezvous 

Sledge

  We Were Young

I played one game of Monster Manor on Bounce Arcade. I played the game for 15 minutes and earned a bronze trophy. During the game I awoken the manor twice, stunned the manor once, banister buster once and tried to do the spider multiball once. I played a good game.

Monster Manor

I continued working on my jigsaw puzzle.

I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Fish Tales, Jaws and Red & Ted's Road Show. While playing Jaws I became high score #3. I played four games of pinball on the big cabinet, which were JP Viper Night Driving, Nightmare Before Christmas, The Game Show and Willy Wonka. While playing The Game Show I got a new high score of 12,430,400, which put me in 25th place out of 78 participants.

Fish Tales (mini)

Jaws (mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (big)

The Game Show (big)

JP Viper Night Driving (big)

Willy Wonka (big)

We watched more of the Olympics. The events we watched were Men's Team Curling U.S. vs Canada, Snowboard Women's Cross Finals and Men's Free Skate Part 1.

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 at 6:30 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Loren Smith from Canada called the dance for Ett. He called four tips of A2 and one tip of C1. During the A2 tips we had 12 participants and the C1 tip we had 10 participants. Larry and I were the only couple dancing so a lot of the dancers pinned us. Liz thanked Larry for dancing because he helped her get in the right place because she dances the man's part. We had a super time dancing to Loren and with friends.

 

We love square dancing

After the dance we continued watching the Olympics. When Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie, which was Eternals. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.