Thursday 2-5-26 Two New Pinball Games, Workout & More

 

Gorgeous Day

 

We had a gorgeous day with a lot of sunshine. The day started out with a chilly morning of 31 degrees. In the afternoon it warmed up to 70 degrees as the high for the day. 

We kept busy doing this and that in the house.

Larry installed two new pinball games. The first game on the mini cabinet, which was Ace of Speed. It is an old game but a lot of fun. The VR room is marvelous below are pictures of the room. There was a call out we didn't like because of the language so Larry changed the call out to another one from another games we have. The playfield is in a car, which is so cool. The second game he installed on the big cabinet, it is JP's Viper Night Driving. The game wasn't really made for VR so Larry had to convert it to VR. It doesn't have a VR room. The game is very hard but fun. We have other games, that JP has worked on and they are a lot of fun. After installing the games he played them to ensure they work correctly. He loves to find new games to install and for me to play. He plays pinball now and then but I play pinball everyday when possible for about an hour or two.

 

Backglass of Ace of Speed in VR room

 

 

A couple of cars in the VR room

 

Another car with a poster girl on it in the VR room

 

Gas pump in the back of the truck in VR room

 

Playfield inside the hood 

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 1 hour, 4 minutes and 56 seconds, which put me in 31st place. I didn't do too well. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I started a new jigsaw puzzle. which was Flowers by Nancy Wernersbach from MB Puzzles. The puzzle doesn't have a name so I named it Flowers. It is a 2,000 pieces puzzle and the frame is 24 in X 32 in. It's going to take a bit because of the colors. That's ok because I like a challenge.

 

 

Jigsaw puzzle

 

Easel to hold box cover

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 40 minutes with four songs twice. They were Galaxy Joyride, Satanic Panic, Star Fighter and Vanpirevania. While working out with Galaxy Joyride I earned one new high score. While working out with Satanic Panic I had two outstanding score and one new high score. While working out with Star Fighter I earned one new high score. I had a good workout.

 

Galaxy Joyride

 

Satanic Panic

 

Star Fighter

 

Vampirevania

I played one game of Pirate's Plunder on Bounce Arcade. While playing the game I earned a silver trophy. I earned an extra ball. I fought my enemies once and won. I did the Cutlass Clash and Skeleton Swarp. I raised the flag on the ship twice and hit the flag enough times to earned the Jolliest Roger twice. I had a good game considering I started out very poor.

 

Pirate's Plunder

I played nine games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet including the new game. The games were Ace of Speed (new), Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirate's Life and The Goonies. While playing Ace of Speed I became high score #1 and The Goonies I became high score #4. I played five games on the big cabinet including the new game. The games were Blizzard of Ozz, JP Space Cadet, JP Viper Night Driving (new), No Fear and The Big LeBowski. While playing JP Viper Night Driving I became high score #1. I played pinball very well.

 

Mini Cabinet 

 

Ace of Speed

 

Pirate's Life

 

Pirates of the Caribbean

 

The Goonies

 

Big Cabinet

 

Blizzard of Ozz

 

JP Space Cadet

 

JP Viper Night Driving

 

No Fear

 

The Big LeBowski

In the evening we relaxed in front of the television. We watched The Talented Mr. Ripley on Kanopy starring Matt Damon as Mr. Ripley. The movie was a psychological thriller about a con-artist. It started out as a good movie but as the movie went on it got weird. We didn't like it. Then we watched the Olympics snow board big air qualification on Peacock. When Larry went to bed I watched Spider-Man: Homecoming from our super hero movies collection. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.

 

 

  

   

     

Wednesday 2-4-26 Virtual Dancing, Workout & Having Fun

 

Smile and be happy

 

We had a very nice day. The morning temperature was 36 degrees and the high was 61 degrees. We had a cloud covering.

I attended three virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour and fifteen minutes. Terry danced with Di while she called five tips to nine participants. Di called the dance because she was working on the A1 moves, that have been moved to Plus moves. The moves Di worked on were Quarter Thru (right/left), Triple Trade, Triple Scoot, Scoot and Dodge, Partner Tag, Single Circle Half, Partner Hinge and Pass The Sea. I had a great time dancing with friends from the U.K., Canada, France and the U.S.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. This week Loren Smith covered for her. He called five tips to twelve participants. He worked on Relay-The-Top and Tally Ho because the dancers were having problems with them. Larry danced with me and Loren was very happy to see him. I liked it when he dances with me because he helps me get in the right place. We had a super time dancing with friends.

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped him call the dance. The format was three tips of C1 to eight participants, three tips of A2 to eleven participants and two trivia question in between the A2 tips. I had a fun evening dancing with friends from Australia, Canada and U.S. 

 

I love square dancing with friends

Larry loaded up my new cell phone with all the applications I use. It now looks just like my old one and has the same phone number.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event today was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Klondike and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 38 minutes and 12 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.  

In between the dances I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour to three songs two times. The songs were Carbon Cult, From Hell and Space Rock. I had a super day working out with the Synth Riders. While working with Carbon Cult I did one outstanding score, From Hell I did one outstanding score and Space Rock I did one outstanding score, which gave me a new high score. 

 

Carbon Cult

 

From Hell

 

Space Rock

 

I played five pinball games. I played three games on the mini, which were No Good Goffers!, The Goonies and Willy Wonka. I played two games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar and No Fear. While playing No Fear I got a new high score for the weekly challenge of 686,816,410. It put me in 63rd place out of 80 participants so far this week. 

 

No Good Goffers! (mini)

 

The Goonies (mini)

 

Willie Wonka (mini)

 

Big Bang Bar (big)

 

No Fear (big)

 

After Dave's dance we watched Z For Zachariah on Hoopla. It was a science fiction thriller starring Margot Robbie, Chiwetel Ejiofor and Chris Pine. It was about surviving an apocalyptic event. It was very slow moving and had a lot of holes in it. It wasn't too good. When Larry went to bed I watched Black Widow from our super hero movies collection. Then I watched Men In Black 3 from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.  

   

Relaxing in front of the television

 

  

    

Tuesday 2-3-26 Liberty Hill Dancing & Dentist Appointment

 

Overcast Day

 

We had an overcast day. The morning temperature was 61 degrees and the high was 69 degrees.

We started the day out by going to the dentist. Our appointment was at 8:00. It was our sixth month cleaning appointment. It didn't take long, we were finished a little before 9:00. On the way home Larry stopped by Jack & Jill Donuts to buy a few donuts for our breakfast.

 

Dentist appointment

 

By the time we got home it was 9:30. We rested for a little while before leaving to go to Liberty Hill for our weekly C1/A2 dance. We left the house at 10:15 and arrived in Liberty Hill about 11:20. We parked in a parking lot by a convenience store to have lunch. 

After lunch we continued our adventure to the Ski's house to meet up with Susan and Henry to dance C1 for an hour using tapes. We had to wait a few minutes because Kay and Bob were doing errands. They apologized for being late. We were early, it wasn't noon yet. We were surprised to see Kay on crutches. She had an operation on her foot and has to be in a cast for six weeks. This week we danced C1 via Ross Howell two couple tape. We did a lot of phantoms because he called four couples moves. When we had problems with the move we helped each other and redid the sequence. We had a super time.

At 1:00 it was time for the two hour A2 session. John Kephart called seven tips of A2. We had enough dancers for one square and seven other dancers sat out. We used cards so we rotated in and out using the cards. John turned 74 years old last week, we didn't meet for the dance because of the weather so today we celebrated it during the dance. Kay had baked cupcakes (chocolate and vanilla). They were very good. When the dancers were having problems with a move John would walk us through it. We had fun dancing with friends in person. 

 

Get a partner and dance

On the way home from the dance we stopped by the UPS Store to pick up a package we had waiting for us. Larry had bought me a new (used) cell phone, it was suppose to be delivered yesterday but it came in today. Tomorrow, Larry will work on it. He's going to use my old phone for a project.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed last night. When we got home I did the daily event, which was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 27 minutes and 38 seconds, which put me in 7th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After dinner I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet. They were Batman Forever, Medieval Madness and Monster Bash. I didn't get on the board on the mini but I had fun. I played four games on the big cabinet. They were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, No Fear and World Joker Poker. Once again I didn't get on the board but had fun.

 

Batman Forever (mini)

 

Medieval Madness (mini)

 

Monster Bash (mini)

 

Dark Chaos (big)

 

JP Space Cadet (big)

 

No Fear (big)

 

World Joker Poker

 

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle of The Cambridge by Charles Wysocki and finished it. I started it 1/16/26 and finished 2/3/26, which is 19 days. It was very challenging because some of the colors were very close to the same color. I had a great time doing it.

 

The Cambridge by Charles Wysocki

 

In the evening we watched the movie Annihilation on Kanopy. It was a 2018 science fiction movie starring Natalie Portman. We didn't like it. When Larry went to bed I watched the next super hero movie called Captain America: Civil War from our super hero movies collection. Then I watched Men In Black II. I ended up doing 3,500 steps.  

   

         

Monday 2-2-26 Dancing with Di & Terry, Puzzle & Games

 

Awesome Day

 

We had an awesome day with a lot of sun and wind. The morning temperature was 34 degrees and the high was 70 degrees.  

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 for an hour. Di called the dance of five tips to 19 participants. Terry and Di makes it a lot easier to dance because they dance together and cue throughout the dance. Larry danced four of the tips with me. When we dance together we help each other to get to the correct place. We had a super time dancing with friends from Russia, Germany, U.K. and U.S.

 

 Get a partner and dance

 

Larry had a super day working on his old tablet. He was successful in updating it to a much newer operating system. Now he is installing a few applications that he has never tried before. 

Today was the start of a new week of Solitaire, it started at midnight and I like to get my bonus points doubled by playing 16 games of any Solitaire game I choose. You can combine the games to get the total of 16 games, where you earn a golden ticket. The Solitaire games to choose from are Klondike, Spider, Free Cell, Pyramid and Tri Peaks. Before going to bed I played 12 games of Pyramid and 4 games of Spider. Then I played the Daily Challenge of Solitaire.

During the day I played the Daily Challenge of Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 32 minutes and 45 seconds, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle of The Cambridge.

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Creature From the Black Lagoon, Dead Pool, Fish Tales and Guardians of the Galaxy. While playing Dead Pool I became high score #1 and Larry is still Grand Champion. When playing Creature From the Black Lagoon I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Dr. No, James Bond 60th Anniversary, Goldeneye and No Fear. I didn't get on the board on any of the four games but had fun.

 

Creature From the Black Lagoon (mini)

 

Dead Pool (mini)

 

Fish Tales (mini)

 

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

60th Anniversary (big)

 

Dr. No (big)

 

Goldeneye (big)

 

No Fear (big)

 

In the evening we watched Red Sonja on Hoopla. It was a 2025 movie about a Sonja, who was captured and had to learn to fight for her freedom. It was a Sword & Sorcery, Adventure movie and wasn't that bad. It starred Matida Lutz as Red Sonja. After Larry went to bed I watched Ant Man the next super hero movie from our super hero movies collection. I also watched Men In Black out of our movies collection. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.