Friday 11-13-26 Friday the 13th, Dancing, Movie Project & More

It's Friday the 13th

Today was Friday the 13th. Are you superstitious? I'm not.

We had a great day. The weather was great with the morning temperature of 49 degrees and the high temperature of 77 degrees.

We started the day off by going to town. First we stopped at Walmart to drop off the old oil from the Minnie and Equinox and an oil filter. Next we stopped at the UPS Store to check our mail. Final stop was Walmart to buy a few items I forgot to put on our home delivery order a couple of days ago. After doing our grocery shopping we went home.

Larry spent the day working with a computer program for movies. 

I played games and worked out.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The Daily Event was Klondike Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 43 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, Godzilla, Monster Bash, No Good Goffers! and The Goonies. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Beetlejuice, Sexy Girl, Star Fox, Star Wars and Whirlwind. I didn't get on the board playing any of the games but I had fun.

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Beetlejuice (Big)

Sexy Girl (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

Star Wars (Big)

Whirlwind (Big)

I worked out for an hour and 45 minutes using the Wii Fit Plus, Gold's Gym and Synth Riders.

I worked out for 45 minutes on the Wii Fit Plus. The exercises I did were two exercises from the Aerobics Menu for 12 minutes (Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes), two exercises from the Balance Games Menu for 6 minutes (Penguin Slide for 2 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for 4 minutes), four exercises from the Strength Training Menu 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 exercises from Training Plus Menu for 9 minutes (Obstacle Course for 3 minutes, Perfect 10 two times for 3 minutes and Table Tilt Plus for 3 minutes) and four exercises from the Yoga Menu for 8 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm-Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Tree for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Penguin Slide and Soccer Heading)

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

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

Yoga (Chair, Palm-Tree, Standing Knee and Tree)

I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes using a Prepare Lesson for 24 minutes and an extra exercise from the Beginner Lesson Menu for 6 minutes Cross Punch Combo . The Prepared Lesson was two exercises from the Intermediate Lesson Menu for 21 minutes (Weaving Combo for 6 minutes and Up and Down Ducking Combo for 15 minutes) and an exercise from the Exercise Menu for 3 minutes (Roadwork). I had another great workout.

Beginner Lesson Menu (Cross Punch Combo)

Exercise Menu (Roadwork)

Intermediate Lesson Menu (Weaving Combo and Up and Sown Ducking Combo)

I worked out for 30 minutes with four songs two times on the Synth Riders. The songs were Dust To Dust, Enemy, Into The Void and Untouchable). While working out with Enemy and Untouchable I earned two outstanding scores in both. I had a great workout.

Dust To Dust

Enemy

Into The Void

Untouchable

I played one game of Monster Manor on Bounce Arcade. While playing the games I earned a silver trophy. I Awoken the Manor two times and Stunned the Manor once. I earned a Skeleton Key and I was a Banister Buster. I kit all the spider webs and summons the spider but was unsuccessful playing the multiball. I had a fun time playing Monster Manor.

Monster Manor

We watched YouTube videos.

The other day when we received our home delivery from Walmart the driver delivered a couple of packages of Marketside Fettuccine by accident. Larry tried to let them know by going to Walmart Website but it didn't have a phone number to call nor anyway to contact them if you received an extra item.. Today for dinner I made a package of the fettuccine and heated some tomato sauce to go with the fettuccine. The fettuccine tasted good by itself so we snacked on the leftover fettuccine during the evening.

Marketside Fettuccine

  

In the evening we attending Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance. Loren Smith called the dance for Ett because she was calling in person. Loren danced with Dawn because she was in the neighborhood. Dawn is a local dancer in B.C., Canada, where Loren calls. She attends Ett's Friday dance when possible. Loren called four tips of A2 to 9 participants and one tip of C1 to 7 participants. Larry danced with me and we had a great time.

    Square dancing with friends

After the dance we watched Smurfs. It was very cute. After Larry went to bed I watched the third Star Trek movie from our movies collection, which was Star Trek Beyond. 

By the end of the day I did 4,000 steps. 

 

  

 

Thursday 11-12-26 Just Another Day of Having Fun

 

We didn't have anything on our agenda. We hung around the house doing this and that and having fun.

The weather was very nice. The morning temperature was 52 degrees and the high temperature was 79 degrees. The temperatures are getting cooler, which is great.

Larry spent the day playing with a computer program for movies. He played a little pinball while checking out the VR rooms of the pinball games we have on the big cabinet. Larry played Mass Effect and Sexy Girl. He had a super time.

I spent the day playing games and working out. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The Daily Event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Free Cell and 10 Pyramid). It took me 1 hour, 41 minutes and 53 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Dead Pool, No Fear, No Good Goffers! and Red & Ted Road Show. While playing No Fear I became Grand Champion. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Mass Effect, Nightmare Before Christmas, Whirlwind, Willow and World Joker Poker. While playing Mass Effect I became high score #1. I had fun playing pinball.

Dark Chaos (Mini)

JP Dead Pool (Mini)

No Fear (Mini)

No Good Goffers! ( Mini)

Red & Ted Road Show (Mini)

Mass Effect (Big)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Big)

Whirlwind (Big)

Willow (Big)

World Joker Poker (Big)

I worked out for one hour and 45 minutes with Wii Fit, Just Dance and Synth Riders.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I had the Wii Fit choose a routine for me for 28 minutes using 12 exercises. The other 2 minutes I did Perfect 10 two times from the Training Plus menu. The exercises I did with the routine were two exercises from the Aerobics menu (Advance Step and Hula Hoop), four exercises from the Strength Training menu (Balance Bridge 6 reps, Jackknife 10 reps, Lunge 10 reps and Sideways Leg Lift 10 reps), two exercises from the Training Plus menu (Big Top Juggling and Obstacle Course) and four exercises from the Yoga (Chair, Deep Breathing, Half-Moon and Warrior). I had a super workout with the Wii Fit.

Aerobics (Advance Step and Hula Hoop)

Strength Training (Balance Bridge, Jackknife, Lunge and Sideways Leg Lift)

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Obstacle Course and Perfect 10)

Yoga (Chair, Deep Breathing, Half-Moon and Warrior)

 I worked out for 40 minutes with Just Dance 2015 to 10 songs. The songs were Love Is All, Holding Out For A Hero, Diamonds, Happy, 4X4, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?), Bas Romance, You're On My Mind, Burn and It's My Birthday. I had a great workout with Just Dance 2015.

  

Just Dance 2015 (Love Is All, Holding Out For A Hero, Diamonds, Happy,4X4, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?), Bas Romance, You're On My Mind, Burn and It's My Birthday)

I worked out for 35 minutes with four songs on Synth Riders, The songs were All Night, Free, L.O.V.E. and Phoenix. While working out with All Night I earned 2 Outstanding Scores, Free I earned 1 Outstanding Score and One New High Score and L.O.V.E. I earned 2 Outstanding Scores. I had another great workout.

All Night

Free

L.O.V.E.

Phoenix

I played one game of Gunpowder Gulch with the Bounce Arcade. While playing the game I earned a gold trophy and an extra ball. I played six multiballs, which were two Wooden Sign Rally, two S.A.L.O.O.N. one Jailbreak and one Safe Crack. I played the events six times, which were Barrel Barrage two times, Quick Draw two times, Gunfight once and Safe Cracked once. I was successful in the Safe Crack event. I had a fun time playing Gunpowder Gulch for 30 minutes.

Gunpowder Gulch

We watched some YouTube videos. 

In the evening we watched Smurfs: The Lost Village. It was a cute animated movie about the Smurfs. I enjoyed it very much. After Larry went to bed I watched Star Trek Into Darkness from our movies collection. 

I ended up doing 5,000 steps. 

  

    

 

   

  

Wednesday 11-11-26 Three Dances, Projects & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had a great day. We kept busy.

The temperature was very nice. It was partly cloudy. The morning temperature was 58 degrees and the high temperature was 80 degrees.

We started the day out by going to town for Larry's annual wellness appointment. His appointment was at 9:00 am. It didn't take long, we were back home by 9:40 am.

I attended three virtual dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for and hour. Terry didn't dance or call but he was sitting in his chair. Di called five tips to 10 participants. She worked on Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Partner Hinge, Scoot & Dodge, Pass The Sea, Spin Chain The Gears and Coordinate. Di did an outstanding job of calling and dancing at the same time. The dancers were from the U.K., U.S., France and Mexico. I had a fun hour of dancing to Di and with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. Ett called four tips to 15 participants from Netherlands, U.K., U.S., Sweden and Germany. Ett called a lot of Vertical Tag, Vertical Half Tag, Dixie Sashay, Percolate, Scoot and Plenty and Regroup. This week I danced a lot better. I had fun dancing with friends and to Ett. 

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 foe. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore were calling in person so Dave called the dance by himself. The format was three tips of C1, three tips A2 and one Trivia question. During the C1 session we had 7 participants from U.S., Canada and Australia. During the A2 session we had 9 participants from U.S., Canada. It was a small group of dancers  I had a great evening of dancing with friends.

Participants for the C1 session 

Participants in the A2 session

While I danced to Di Larry did a few projects. 

First he changed the oil of the Equinox. When he was draining the old oil he missed the pan so he had to clean a bit of oil off the driveway using Dawn and Simple Green. After draining the oil he replaced the oil filter. He also changed out the air filter and the cabin air filter. After changing the oil he put the old oil in the oil container. Then he cleaned the oil pan and put everything away. 

Larry changing the oil in the Equinox 

Next he treated the clover in the grass. We have a lot of clover. Over the summer he tried a couple of different chemicals, one failed miserably, the other killed some clover but had no effect of a different type. He hopes this chemical will work. 

Next Larry walked around the house and put cover on the spigots. Before putting the cover on each spigot he put an automatic freeze protection valve on. The spigot on the southside wall by the garage was leaking a little bit so Larry had to replace the stem and the vacuum breaker. In order to do this we had to go to town to get parts. 

After Ett's dance we went to town. Larry thought he could get everything at Ham & McCreight, they were out of the vacuum breakers and they did not stock the stems. He bought an entire spigot that had the correct stem. We then went to Ace Hardware to buy a vacuum breaker. We stopped by Best Buy to pickup Louise's new television.

Running Errands

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The Daily Event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 52 minutes and 33 seconds to complete, which put me in 24th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Pirates of the Caribbean, The Lord of the Rings, Willy Wonka and World Joker Poker. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Beetlejuice, Dracula, Indianapolis 500, Queen and Whirlwind. I didn't get on the board playing pinball but I had fun trying.

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

The Lord of the Rings (Mini)

Willy Wonka (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

Beetlejuice (Big)

Dracula (Big)

Indianapolis 500 (Big)

Queen (Big)

Whirlwind (Big)

After Dave's dance we watched a movie off of Amazon called Hotel Transylvania Transformania. It was an animated movie about monsters becoming human and a human becoming a monster. It was cute. When Larry went to bed I watched Star Trek from our movies collection.

By the end of the day I had done 4,000 steps.