Wednesday 6-17-26 Virtual Square Dancing, Projects & More

 

Have a great Wednesday

We had a great day. It was hot and humid with the morning temperature of 72 degrees and the high of 89 degrees. 

Larry started the day out by reading.

Saturday, Larry dug out some rocks in the backyard because the mowers were trying to avoid them so they wouldn't mess up their mower's blade. After digging out the rocks they left deep holes. Today he decided to fill the holes with dirt. We had a couple bags of dirt so he used them up but that wasn't enough dirt. So we made a trip to town to get some more.    

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 the dance and Terry danced part of the dance with her. Larry danced with me so the dancers would have a couple to follow. Di called five tips to 10 participants. She continued working on the A moves, that are now Plus moves. They were Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Triple Trade, Partner Tag, Partner Hinge, Pair Off and 3/4 Quarter Thru. She put us in different positions we aren't use to being in so she walked the dancers through the moves we were having problems with. We had a great time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends.

Second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Dave Hutchinson, Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped him call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivia Questions. During the C1 session the callers called to 11 participants. The first tip was called by Karin and Greg, the second tip was called by Dave Hutchinson and the third was called by Dave Eno. During the second tip Dave introduced us to a couple of C2 moves, which were Kick Off and Cross Kick Off. Kick Off is where the designated dancers run and roll and the dancers they run around do a partner tag. Cross Kick Off is where the designated dancers cross run and roll and the dancers they cross run around do a partner tag. During the A2 session the callers called to 12 participants. The first tip was called by Karin and Greg. The second tip was called by Dave Eno. The first sequence was called by Dave Eno, Dave Hutchinson and David Boney (one of the dancers). They did a super job. The rest of the tip Dave Eno called it. The third tips was called by Dave Hutchinson. In between the A2 tips were had two Trivia questions. I had a great evening of dancing with friends and to Dave Eno, Karin Rabe, Greg Moore and Dave Hutchinson.

Dancing with friends

After the first dance we went to town to buy more dirt. We decided to go to Atwoods for the dirt because we needed to get some bleach for the septic. Atwoods has a great price on gallons of bleach. The bleach is a lot cheaper at Atwoods than Dollar Tree. The Dollar Tree container is a lot smaller. The service at Atwoods was excellent. The lady, who helped us was very friendly and told us where to get the dirt. She also helped Larry load a couple of cases of bleach on the cart (6 gallons per cases). The dirt was outside. We paid for the dirt and then drove to where it was and Larry loaded the five bags in the truck. He could have gotten someone to help us but he decided to do it himself. I tried to help but I was more in the way. 

Larry was reading one of his Reddit groups and someone said, that you could get a $5.00 pizza from Little Caesar's using Amazon Prime Day. People thought they were crazy. Larry got on Amazon and found out the person was correct. Prime Day starts Tuesday and they had a special promotion, that started June 15th and went through the 25th. If you use a promo code from Amazon you can get a $5.00 large cheese or peperoni pizza from Little Caesar's. You're allowed one pre day and can only get up to five pizzas. You have to order it online. After we finished our shopping at Atwoods Larry ordered a large pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar's. We picked it up on the way home. 

Little Caesar's Pepperoni Pizza

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 2 hours, 48 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 worked out on the Wii Fit for 46 minutes. I did two exercises in Aerobics for 10 minutes (Basic Run for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), three games in Balance for 10 minutes (Lotus Focus two times for 4 minutes, Ski Jump one time for 1 minute  and Snowboard Slalom five times for 5 minutes), four exercises in Strength Training for 10 minutes (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes,  Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes, and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), three games in Training Plus for 6 minutes (Balance Bubble Plus for 2 minutes, Bird's-Eye Bull's-Eye for 2 minutes and Snowball Fight for 2 minutes) and five exercises in Yoga for 10 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Half-Moon for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus, Ski Jump and Snowboard Slalom)

Strength Training (Sideways Leg Lift, Single-Leg Extension, Single-Leg Twist and Torso Twist)

Training Plus (Balance Bubble Plus, Bird's-Eye Bull's-Eye and Snowball Fight)

 

Yoga (Chair, Half-Moon, Palm Tree, Standing Knee and Warrior)

I worked out on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times. The songs were Carbon Cult, From Hell, Satanic Panic and Space Rock. While doing Carbon Cult I earned 2 outstanding scores, From Hell I earned 1 outstanding score, Satanic Panic I earned 1 outstanding score and Space Rock I earned 1 outstanding score. I had fun working out with the Synth Riders songs.

Carbon Cult

From Hell

Satanic Panic

Space Rock

I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Fun House, The Goonies and World Joker Poker. I played four games on the big cabinet, which Big Bang Bar, Dracula, Star Wars and World Cup Soccer. I didn't get on the board playing pinball but had fun.

Fun House (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Dracula (Big)

Star Wars (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

Larry started working on another paper project. He is making Kay a Dracula to go with the Werewolf he already made her. He wanted to make a bigger Dracula so he resized the files and then cut them out. He'll assemble Dracula tomorrow. He worked on this project while I attended Dave Eno's dance.

After Dave's dance we started to watch the final season of Grantchester on PBS, which is the 11th season. After Larry went to bed I watched the second Transformers movie, which was Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

 

      

Tuesday 6-16-26 Liberty Hill Dance & Games

 

Smile and have fun

We had a terrific Tuesday. 

Ir was hot and humid with the morning temperature of 73 degrees and the high of 90 degrees. We had overcast clouds and an occasional sprinkle. 

Overcast Day

We spent the day in Liberty Hill dancing. This week we had four dancers for C1 tape dancing at noon for an hour. This was the first time Larry used his phone to play the tapes he worked on. He asked Kay about using their amplifier. Susan and Lynn showed up to dance with Larry and me. We danced four tips of two couple C1 called by Johnny Preston. It worked out great. 

Larry had made Kay a Werewolf, Uncle Sam and the 4th of July eagle.  She loved them. She already had the smaller Uncle Sam and eagle hanging. She put the bigger Uncle Sam and eagle on her mirror, where she had the smaller ones. She moved the smaller ones around the garage. She put the Werewolf with her other Halloween decorations.

Werewolf

Uncle Sam

4th of July Eagle

The A2 session started at 1:00 until 3:00. John Kephart called the dance to two squares and a couple of dancers sitting out. Lynn had brought her computer so the dance was run via computer. The dancers had to check the computer to see which square they were in. John Carlson came with his wife Sharon, in a few weeks John Kephart will be in Japan and John Carlson will cover for him. He wanted to see what's going on. We had a super time dancing to John Kephart and friends.

Get a partner and dance

We left the house at 10:15 am and got back at 4:15 pm. It was a long day of dancing but we had a great time dancing with friends.

Before leaving for Liberty hill Larry read.

 I played games. I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Spider and 3 Pyramid). It took me 15 minutes and 49 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2 after we got back from the dance.

When we got home we watched YouTube videos.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Cactus Canyon, Great Houdini, Michael, Mission Impossible and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing the Great Houdini I became high score #3 and Michael I became high score #2. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Big Trouble In Little China, Blizzard of Ozz, The Beach Boys and World Cup Soccer. While playing World Cup Soccer I got a new high score for the weekly challenge, which put me in 47th place out of 51 participants so far this week.

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

In the evening we finished watching the 10th season of Grantchester on PBS. After Larry went to bed I started watching the Transformers movies from our collection of movies. The movie was called Transformers. It was a good movie. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

    

 

 

Monday 6-15-26 Wellness, Dancing with Di, Sewing Project & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had an overcast day. The front, that came in last night brought rain, which stayed around through out the morning. The morning temperature was 73 degrees and the high was 86 degrees.

We started the day out by going to Salado for my annual Wellness appointment. The appointment was at 8:00 am but we had to be there at 7:45 am. I was Dr. Smith's first appointment so was in and out fast. Everything went well. The actual check-up only lasted about 20 minutes because I don't have any medical issues. Larry waited for me in the lobby. I'm all set for another year.

Wellness Check-up

On the way to Salado we stopped at Jack 'n' Jill Donuts for breakfast. We ate the donuts on the way home. We were back at the house by 8:30 am.

Next we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 17 participants. Terry danced part of the first tip and Larry danced four of the tips with me. Di worked on the Triple Concepts of Waves/Lines/Boxes. She also worked on moves the dancers were having trouble with. She cued through out the dance, which helped me very much. We had a super time dancing to Di and Terry and friends.

Dancing with friends and having fun

Larry read and worked on some electronic stuff.

We did a sewing project together. My VR headset pad is starting to deteriorate, the pad is not available separately so Larry asked if I would make a sleeve to cover the piece. At first I said no because I always have problems sewing. I have to rip out the stitching. I thought about the project and decided to do it. Larry had some black cloth left over from a project so we didn't have to buy the material. We measured the size we needed for the sleeve. Then Larry cut it and I sewed the seams on the edges and then sewed a seam to join both sides together. Next I turned the sleeve inside out. Larry slid the sleeve over the piece of the headset, that was deteriorating. It fit perfect. Then I made another sleeve for Larry's headset. Later on I used the headsets and the sleeves felt great.

My sewing machine

The headset and the new sleeve on it (center piece)

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 43 seconds to complete, which put me in 27th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour using the Wii Fit and the Synth Riders. 

My workout with the Wii Fit was for a half hour. I worked out 26 minutes using the Wii Fit Routine the program decided on. The routine had 12 different exercises, which were three Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop), two Balance Games (Lotus Focus and Table Tilt), three Strength Training (Single-Leg Twist 10 reps, Single-Leg Extension 6 reps and Tricep Extension 10 reps), two Training Plus (Big Top Juggling and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and two Yoga (Deep Breathing and the Chair). I did Perfect 10 for times for 4 minutes to finish up the workout. I had a great workout.

Wii Fit Routine

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus and Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Single-Leg Twist, Single-Leg Extension and Tricep Extension)

 

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye)

Yoga (Deep Breathing and Chair))

Perfect 10

I worked out on the Synth Riders with four songs two times, which were Choices, Neo Tokyo, Sunset Hologram and Suppress It. While working out with Choices I earned two outstanding scores and Neo Tokyo I earned two outstanding scores. I had another great workout.

Choices

Neo Tokyo

Sunset Hologram

Suppress It

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Batman Forever, Metallica, Michael and Nightmare Before Christmas. While playing Michael I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, The Beach Boys, The Big LeBowski, Transformers and World Cup Soccer. While playing World Cup Soccer I got another new high score for the week. I had fun playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Batman Forever (Mini)

Metallica (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

The Big LeBowski (Big)

Transformers (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the 10th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched Lara Croft: Tomb Raider- The Cradle Of Life and Toy Story 4 from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.