Thursday 7-2-26 Reading, Workout, Games & More

 

Laid Back Day

It's Thursday, no dancing so we had a laid back day. We didn't have anything on the agenda we just hung around the house doing this and that.

It was a hot day with the morning temperature of 74 degrees and the high of 95 degrees.

The mowers came and mowed about lunchtime. We were glad they came otherwise we would have to mow the backyard and the northside of the front. Our neighbor, Jason was nice enough to mow the frontyard closest to his yard Saturday. Thank you Jason.

Larry spent the morning reading. He finished The First Ladies by Marie Benedict. He said it wasn't bad but it wasn't excellent it was ok.

Keep cool under the air conditioner with a book

While Larry read I played games and workout.

I played 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 24 minutes and 45 seconds, to complete, which put me in 37th 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 exercises from the Aerobics menu for 10 minutes, which were 2 minutes with Hula Hoop and 8 minutes with Rhythm Boxing. I did three exercises from the Balances Game menu for 11 minutes, which were 3 minutes with Balance Bubble four times, 5 minutes with Table Tilt one time and 3 minutes with Tightrope Walk two times. I did one exercise from the Training Plus for 3 minutes, which was Perfect 10 two times. I did three exercises from the Yoga menu for 6 minutes, which were 2 minutes with Half Moon. 2 minutes with Palm Tree and 2 minutes with Warrior. It was a great workout.

Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Balance Bubble, Table Tilt and Tightrope Walk)

Training Plus (Perfect 10)

Yoga (Half Moon, Palm Tree and Warrior)

I worked out with Just Dance for a half hour using Just Dance 2014 for 20 minutes and Just Dance 2015 for 10 minutes. I danced 20 minutes to six songs on Just Dance 2014, which were Just Dance, Flash Dance (What A Feeling), Gentleman, Love Boat, Rich Girl and It's You. I danced 10 minutes to three songs on Just Dance 2015, which were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say and Happy. It was another great workout.

Just Dance 2014 

Just Dance 2015

The last half hour was playing two games of Pirate's Plunder on Bounce Arcade. The first game was a flop. The second game I earned a silver trophy. I earned a new ball, two Jolliest Roger, Raised the Sails two times, fought and defeated my enemies two times, played Skelton Swamp and busted the banister to get the Cutlass Clash. I had fun playing Pirate's Plunder considering I hadn't played Pirate's Plunder since 6/7/26 about a month.

Pirate's Plunder

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Fish Tales, The Big LeBowski and The Goonies. While playing Fish Tales I became high score #4 and The Big LeBowski I became high score #2. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Game of Thrones, Medieval Madness, Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys. While playing Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys I became high score #2 in all three. While playing Game of Thrones I didn't get a new high score for the weekly challenge but I became high score #2. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Cirqus Voltaire (Mini)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

The Big LeBowski (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Medieval Madness (Big)

Michael (Big)

Queen (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

We watched YouTube videos. 

In the evening we watched Dune Part Two again from our movies collection. Afterwards Larry was flipping around in YouTube and came across a live streaming of Billy String on The Austin City Limits. Billy String is a Bluegrass singer. After it was over I watched The Lord of the Ring: The Two Towers from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,000 steps. 

 

   

  

  

Wednesday 7-1-26 Two Virtual Dances & Just Having Fun

 

It's Wednesday have fun

We had a great day. It was hot with the morning temperature of 77 degrees and the high of 97 degrees.

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di called five tips to 11 participants. Terry danced the first tip with Di and Larry danced four tips with me. He danced to help the dancers to know where they should be as a man. Di continued to work on the A1 moves, that were moved to plus. She called Partner Hinge, Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru and Pass the Sea. She also worked shopped Relay The Deucey from both right handed and left handed. She called a lot of Cross Fires. We had a great time dancing with people from the U.K. and United States. 

Second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. He called the dance by himself because Karin Rabe, Greg Moore and Dave Hutchinson were in Montreal Canada for 2026 IAGSDG Convention. While we were dancing Cindy and Barry logged in to say hi and Karin, Greg, Dave and his wife were with them. It was a pleasant surprise. They weren't at the dance too long because their Trail In Dance was beginning. The format was three tips of C1 to 6 participants from Australia and the U.S., three tips of A2 to 7 participants from Australia and the U.S. and two Trivia questions in between the A2 tips. The second tip of A2 David Boney (one of the dancers) called a sequency and he did a great job. Dave finished up the tip. I had a great time dancing with friends and visiting in between tips.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 1 hour, 57 minutes and 46 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Larry worked on improving a couple of  movies from our collection.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which was Ace of Speed, Jaws, Michael and Willy Wonka. I didn't get on the board on the games but had a great time trying. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Game of Thrones, Mustang, No Fear and The Godfather. While playing No Fear I became high score #2. I had fun playing pinball on both cabinets.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Willy Wonka (Mini)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Mustang (Big)

No Fear (Big)

The Godfather (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

After Dave's dance we watched The Return on Hoopla. It was a slow moving movie and not that bad. When Larry went to bed I watched The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring. I ended up doing 3,000 steps for the day.

 

    

Tuesday 6-30-26 Liberty Hill Dance, Games & Having Fun

 

Good-bye June

It's the last day of June, where did the time go. I can't believe it's more than halfway through the year. 

We haven't broken 100 degrees yet this year but we've gotten close a few times. Today the morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 96 degrees with wind. It has been hazy this week because we have the Saharan Dust. Saharan Dust is an aeolian mineral dust from the Sierra Desert.

Hot Windy Day!

We spent the day in Liberty Hill square dancing C1/A2 at Kay and Bob's house to John Kephart. We left the house at 10:15 am and was back at the house at 4:30 pm. 

We stopped in Liberty Hill and ate lunch. Before leaving the house I made a sandwich and packed a few snacks to have for lunch. We arrived at the Ski's house at 11:40 am. We said hello to Kay and Bob and Larry set up for the C1 tapes session of the dance. A few minutes later Susan, Lynn and Belinda arrived to dance C1 with us. A gentleman from Germany was staying with the Ski's and he is a caller so he danced with us. He hadn't danced C1 for about two years so he just wanted to watch. After a bit we invited him to join in. He danced very well. We all danced very well, we rotated in and out because there were six of us. We danced to Tony Collingwood from the U.K. We had a super time.

Dancing C1 to Tony

At 1:00 we danced A2 with John Kephart for two hours. We had enough people for a square and four people sat out. We used a computer program to tell who was dancing with whom. The last tip John called a six couple tip. Larry danced with Mary Alice one tip and I sat out.  I took pictures. All dancers danced very well. We had a great time. 

John Kephart calling the dance

Larry dancing with friends

John calling to the dancers

Before leaving for the dance Larry did a little crafting. He assembled the Skeleton. It came out excellent. He took the Jack-O-Lantern with us to the dance to give to Kay. She loved it. She was excited and said how cute it was. 

The finished Skeleton

New Skeleton on the left and the old Skeleton on the right

Jack-O-Lantern given to Kay

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Pyramid). It took me 1 hour, 4 minutes and 29 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

When we got home I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Medieval Madness, Mission Impossible, No Good Goffers! and Red & Ted's Road Show. I played very well even though I didn't get on the board. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Dr. No,  Game of Thrones, Tales of the Arabian Nights and World Joker Poker. I had fun playing pinball.

Medieval Madness (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (Mini)

Dr. No (Big)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Big)

World Joker Poker (Big)

We watched our YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Dune again out of our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Wicked For Good and Stuart Little from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

 

 

  

Monday 6-29-26 Dancing with Di, Crafting, Working Out & More

 

Awesome Day!

We had an awesome day of doing this and that.

The weather was hot and sunny. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and got up to 97 degrees. I think it's going to be a hot summer.

We started the day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 Dance at 9:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Terry danced with Di the first tip and part of the second tip. Di called five tips of C1 to 14 participants. Di did a great job of calling, dancing and cueing through out the dance. In between tips the dancers visited with each around the world. The dancers were from the United Kingdom, Germany, Canada and the United States. Larry danced with me for four of the tips. We had an outstanding time dancing with our virtual square dancing friends.

Get a partner and dance

Larry did a little crafting. He assembled the witch he cut out yesterday. He also pulled up the file of a skeleton he made a few years ago. He resized the skeleton so it would be the same size as the other figurines he made for Halloween for Kay. He'll assemble it tomorrow. He always has a great time doing his crafting. 

The larger witch

New witch on the left and original witch on the right

Larry's new project (Skeleton)

After crafting Larry started reading a book on his e-reader.

Relaxing with a good book

While Larry did his crafting and reading I played games and worked out.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 24 minutes and 59 seconds to complete, which put me in 9th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and fifteen minutes. 

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 45 minutes. I did 8 minutes with one exercise from the Aerobic Menu, which was Rhythm Boxing. I did 7 minutes with two exercises from the Balance Game Menu, which were Ski Slalom three times for 3 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for 4 minutes. I did 10 minutes with four exercises from Strength Training Menu, which were 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. I did 10 minutes with three exercises from the Training Plus Menu, which were Perfect 10 for 1 minute, Obstacle Course two times for 6 minutes and Table Tilt Plus one for 3 minutes. I did 10 minutes with five exercises the Yoga Menu, which were Half Moon for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Tree for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes. I was a great workout.

Aerobic Menu (Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games Menu (Ski Slalom and Soccer Heading)

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

Training Plus Menu (Perfect 10, Obstacle Course and Table Tilt Plus)

Yoga Menu (Half Moon, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Tree and Warrior)

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times. They were Delight, Imperfection, Light Up The Night and Nightmare Cure. While I was doing Imperfection I did two outstanding scores. It was a good workout.

Delight

Imperfection

Light Up The Night

Nightmare Cure

I played ten pinball games. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Dead Pool, Fish Tales, Pirate's Life and The Godfather. I didn't get on the board but I had fun trying. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Game of Thrones, Guardians of the Galaxy, Superman and The Beach Boys. While playing Game of Thrones I got a new high score of 336,583,630, which put me in 15th place out of 36 participants so far this week in the challenge. 

Batman Forever (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

Dead Pool (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

The Godfather (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Big)

Superman (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

We watched out YouTube videos we follow.

In the evening we watched Dune: Part Two from our movies collection. It ended up with an open ending because there's a third part of it. It's going to be released in December. When Larry went to bed I watched Wicked from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.