Friday 6-19-26 Dancing to Loren, Crafting, Workout & More

 

Lets Dance

We had an overcast humid day. The morning temperature was 80 degrees and the high temperature was 83 degree. We had a small rain shower about noon. We didn't get a lot of rain but it kept the temperature cooler.

Yesterday, we had a surprise in the afternoon. The mowers showed up to mow, they were only here about 15 minutes. We were very happy because our grass was growing fast and we decided we would have to mow again Saturday. 

Our backyard after it was mowed by the mowers

When I got up this morning Larry was already doing some crafting. He assembled the Frankenstein he had cut out yesterday. The difference between the new Frankenstein and the old one is the color is brighter and size is larger. It came out super. Later on he decided on his next project, which is Mrs. and Mr. Scarecrow. He found the file and resized Mr. Scarecrow. Tomorrow he will continue his crafting.

New Frankenstein

The new Frankenstein and the old one

After he finished Frankenstein he moved installed a new security camera on the porch. He has three old Wifi cameras from two different companies around the exterior of the house. He wants to try and consolidate on one brand of a newer camera. It took him a bit to get the camera to work correctly. He went online and found other people were having the same problem. He never gave up and now it works excellent. The new cameras are Tapo Indoor/Outdoor Wifi Security Cameras. They were delivered this morning at 5:00 am. 

Security Camera

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 3 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds to complete, which put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Larry ordered a couple of neck fans. They are suppose to keep you cool while exercising. One goes around your neck and has three speeds, which is Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan . It's loud and the higher speed you use it gets louder. You charge it up like you do any of your electronic devices and cell phones. The other one hangs around your neck and has three speeds and is USB rechargeable, which is Aocollfan Neck Fan. They came in yesterday. While I worked out today with the Synth Riders I used the Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan and it worked great. 

Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan

Aocoolfan Neck Fan Mini

I worked out for an hour and a half with the Wii Fit, Gold's Gym and Synth Riders.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. The Wii Fit Routine was for 26 minutes, that consisted of 12 exercises. They were two Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing), one Balance Games (Table Tilt), four Strength Training (Jackknife 10 reps, Rowing Squat 15 reps, Torso Twist 3 reps and Single-Leg Extension 6 reps, three Training Plus (Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Rhythm Kung-Fu and Rhythm Parade) and two Yoga (Half-Moon and Triangle). I did Basic Run Plus in Training Plus for 4 minutes to complete the workout. It was a great workout.

Wii Fit Workout Routine

Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Jackknifes, Rowing Squats, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist)

  

Training Plus (Basic Run Plus, Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Rhythm Kung-Fu and Rhythm Parade)

Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle)

I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes. I did a prepared workout for 21 minutes using two routines off of the Beginner Menu for 20 minutes, which were Beginner Combo Warm-Up for 6 minutes and Beginner Combo for 14 minutes) and Sandbag from the Exercise Menu for 1 minute). Then I did one routine off of the Advance Menu, which was Left and Right Step Combo for 8 minutes and Log Chopping from the Exercise Menu for 1 minute.

Advance Menu (Left and Right Step Combo)

Beginner Menu (Beginner Combo and Beginner Combo)

Exercise Menu

Log Chopping

Sandbag

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes to four songs twice, which were Galaxy Joyride, Satanic Panic, Star Fighter and Vampirevania. They were the same songs as yesterday. I wanted to try them again to get a better score on them. I was unsuccessful getting outstanding scores and new high score but I did do better.

Galaxy Joyride

Satanic Panic

Star Fighter

Vampirevania

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Michael Jackson, Monster Bash and Nightmare Before Christmas. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Trouble In Little China, Junk Yard, Willow and World Cup Soccer. I didn't play pinball well but had fun trying to get on the board.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Michael Jackson (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Junk Yard (Big)

Willow (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

At 6:30 pm we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance. This week she is on vacation so Loren Smith covered for her. Larry danced with me the whole dance. Loren called four tips of A2 to 8 participants and one tip of C1 to 7 participants. We had a super time dancing to Loren and with friends.

     

We love square dancing

After the dance we continued watching the 11th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the fourth Transformers movie called Transformers: Age of Extinction from our collection of movies. I have three more Transformers movies to watch. 

I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

   

    

 

  

Thursday 6-18-26 Errands, Paper Crafting, Workout & More

 

Hot Humid Day

We had a hot humid day. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 96 degrees. 

The temperature at our house at 4:00

We started the day off by going to town. I didn't have any dancing today so we decided to do some errands. First stop was at the UPS Store to get our mail. Then we went across the street to HEB to do a little grocery shopping. We don't shop at HEB too often but we like to buy meat there because it's more tender and taste better. We bought some seasoned pork and other meats. Next we went to Aldi. We like their pepper jack cheese, I also like the luncheon meat and their chips are cheaper. On the way home we stopped by Hobby Lobby. Larry is low on bright red paper for his crafting, he found a suitable red but they only sell it by single sheets making it very expensive, it is 50 cents per sheet, buying a pack of 250 sheets via Amazon it comes out to 6 cents a sheet. He will order it via Amazon.

 Grocery shopping

Larry did some crafting. He continues enlarging some decorations for Kay to hang at her home. Today he assembled the Dracula and started to working on Frankenstein. He resized the Frankenstein files and then he decided on the paper he wanted to use. He made some patterned paper. Then he cut out the pieces of Frankenstein. Tomorrow he'll assemble Frankenstein. The Dracula came out super.

The bigger Dracula

The comparison of the new Dracula and the old Dracula

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 28 minutes and 24 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th 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. I did two Aerobic exercises for 10 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), four Balance Games for 15 minutes (Penguin Slide twice for 4 minutes, Table Tilt for 4 minutes, Tightrope Walk twice for 3 minutes and Soccer Heading twice for 4 minutes) and two Training Plus Games for 5 minutes (Perfect 10 for 1 minute and Segway Circuit for 4 minutes). I had a great workout.

 Aerobics

Hula Hoop

Rhythm Boxing

Balance Games

Penguin Slide

Soccer Heading

Table Tilt

Tightrope Walk

Training Plus

Perfect 10

Segway Circuit

I worked out with two Just Dance disc (2016 and 2018) for a half hour. I did six songs from the 2016 disc for 20 minutes. The songs were Fun, Copacabana, Blame, Hey Mama, Heartbeat Song and Hit The Road Jack. I did three songs from the 2018 disc for 10 minutes. The songs were Boom Boom, Slumber Party and Got That. On both disc I danced to new songs so I earned an Avatar for each new song. I had fun dancing to Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2018.

Avatars of the Artists of the songs from Just Dance 2016

 

The songs I danced to

Avatars of Artists of songs from Just Dance 2018

The songs I danced to

I worked out for a half hour on Synth Riders to four songs twice, which were Go!, Galaxy Joyride, Star Fighter and Vampirevania. I didn't get any outstanding scores or new high scores but had a good workout.

Go!

Galaxy Joyride

Star Fighter

Vampirevania

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Michael, Red & Ted's Road Show and Theatre of Magic. While playing Michael I became high score #2 and Theatre of Magic I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Dr. No, Star Trek The Next Generation, The Beach Boys and World Cup Soccer. While playing The Beach Boys I became high score #1. I had a good time playing pinball.

Dark Chaos (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Dr. No (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the 11th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the third Transformers movie, which was Transformers: Dark of the Moon. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

We had a super day of doing this and that.