Wednesday 5-27-26 New Family Member, Dance Day & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had an over cast day. The morning temperature of 65 degrees and the high of  85 degrees.

While eating lunch we had a surprise visitor. A doe had been hanging around our and Jason's backyard's. We noticed her hanging around early today and about lunch time she had a tiny fawn with her. It looked like it was only an hour or so old very tiny. They stayed around for about an hour before moving on. Now we have a new member of the family.

Doe and her new baby

I attended three virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. Di called five tips to 10 participants. Terry didn't dance so Di danced the man's position for a couple of tips to help a dancer out, who was dancing in the man position. She worked out a few moves, that people were having problems with. They were from the A1 program, which were Partner Hinge, Partner Tag, Triple Trade and Quarter Thru. They're still having a heat wave in the U.K. so the dancers had fans and Di had a cold wet cloth around her neck to keep cool. I had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She called four tips to 11 participants. The second tip was short because her computer was acting up. I had fun dancing to Ett and with friends.

Third was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 dance at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin and Greg were calling in person so Dave Hutchinson from Canada showed up to help Dave call the dance. He use to call this dance until his local club started to meet again after COVID. He'll show up to dance when the weather keeps his club from meeting. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivia questions in between the A2 tips. During the C1 session we had 7 participants and A2 session we had 10 participants. I had a great time dancing to Dave Hutchinson and Dave Eno and with friends.

Having fun virtually square dancing

Larry is continuing to work on square dancing tapes.

He is also learning a new program where he can control his phone via the computer.

In between dancing 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, 39 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

My workout was for an hour. 

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did two games for 10 minutes in Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing), two games for 6 minutes in Balance (Soccer Heading and Table Tilt), two games for 6 minutes in Strength Training (Balance Bridge and Torso Twists), 3 games for 6 minutes in Yoga (Chair, Palm Tree and Triangle) and one game for 3 minutes in Training Plus (Segway @ Circuit).

Aerobics

Hula Hoop for 2 minutes

Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes

Balance

Soccer Heading for 2 minutes

Table Tilt for 4 minutes

Strength Training

Balance Bridge 10 reps per leg for 3 minutes

Torso Twist 6 reps diagonally and horizontally for 3 minutes

Yoga

Chair for 2 minutes

Palm Tree for 2 minutes

Triangle for 2 minutes

Training Plus

Segway @ Circuit for 3 minutes 

I worked out with three songs with the Synth Riders, which were A Matter Of Time, Interstellar and We Were Young. While working out with Interstellar I earned one new high score.

A Matter Of Time

Interstellar

We Were Young

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Dark Chaos, Guardians of the Galaxy and JP Space Cadet. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Batman, Big Bang Bar and Junk Yard. While playing Big Bang Bar I entered my initials as high score. I had a fun time playing pinball on both cabinet.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Big)

Batman (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Junk Yard (Big)

After Dave's dance we watched the last two episodes of  Dalgleish on PBS. After Larry went to bed I watched the second movie of Fantastic Beasts called Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald and Murder on the Orient Express from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle The Blue Truck.

 

  

    

Tuesday 5-26-26 Dancing A to Di and Terry, Tape Project, Workout & Games

 

Happy Tuesday

We had a very nice Tuesday. 

The morning temperature was 68 degrees and the high was 87 degrees. We had overcast skies with a little wind now and then. The rain blew in around 8:30 pm and stayed around through out the night.

Overcast day with rain

We attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 14 participants. Terry danced with now and then. Larry danced four of the tips with me. She worked shopped Motivate because the dancers were having problems with it. The U.K. is having record highs in the mid to high 80's degrees. The people there aren't used to it being so hot and most of the people don't have air conditioning. It's very humid in the U.K. Di danced with a cold wet towel around her neck and her hair up. Other dancers from there had hand fans to cool themselves. I feel for them. The thing is it's not even summertime yet. We had a great time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends from the U.K., Canada, United States and France.

We love square dancing in person and virtually

Larry continued working on the square dancing tapes for four couples. He's having a lot of fun doing this project.

I played my Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Mini of five games. It took me 18 minutes and 27 seconds to complete, which put me in 28th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

We didn't go to Liberty Hill to dance today so I did an hour and a half workout. I had a super workout.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did 8 minutes of Aerobics with Rhythm Boxing, I did 10 minutes of Balance with Table Tilt (2 times for 9 minutes) and Ski Jump for 1 minute, 1 did 7 minutes of Strength Training with Torso Twists (6 reps for 3 minutes), Lungs (15 reps for 3 minutes) and Rowing Squat (15 reps for 1 minute), I did 4 minutes of Yoga with Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Palm Tree for 2 minutes and I did 1 minute of Training Plus with Perfect 10.

Aerobics

 Rhythm Boxing

Balance

Table Tilt

Ski Jump

Strength Training

Lunge

Rowing Squat

Torso Twist

Yoga

Palm Tree

Standing Knee

Training Plus

Perfect 10

I worked out with two Just Dance Programs for a half hour, which were 10 minutes with Just Dance 2014 and 20 minutes with Just Dance 2015. I worked out with three songs on Just Dance 2014 disc, which were Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! (A Man After Midnight), Isidora and Rich Girl. I worked out with six songs on Just Dance 2015 disc, which were Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Holdin Out For A Hero, Diamonds, Built For This, Love Me Again and Burn.

Left to Right (Gimme! Gimme! Gimme! Gimme, Isidora and Rich Girl)

Left to Right Top to Bottom (Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Holdin Out For A Hero, Diamonds, Built For This, Love Me Again and Burn)

I worked out with three songs on Synth Riders, which were Rendezvous, Sledge and We Were Young. While working out with Rendezvous I earned two Outstanding scores and We Were Young I earned one new high score.

Rendezvous

Sledge

We Were Young

I played one game of Asteroid Outpost on Bounce Arcade. While playing I earned a silver trophy, Mined the Asteroids five time and was successful in mining three times and played one Multiball. I did ok considering I hadn't played Asteroid Outpost since 2/19/26.

Asteroid Outpost

I played ten games of pinball on both the mini cabinet and big cabinet. The five games I played on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Cactus Canyon, Fast Break NBA (Miami), Pirates Of The Caribbean and Scared Stiff. While playing Fast Break I became the Grand Champion of the Miami Heat. The five games I played on the big cabinet, which were Batman, Big Bang Bar, Blizzard of Ozz, Dr. No and Nightmare Before Christmas. I had a fun time playing pinball.

Batman Forever (Mini)

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

Elvira Scared Stiff (Mini)

Fast Break (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

Batman (Big)

Big Bang (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Dr. No (Big)

Nightmare Before Christmas (big)

We watched YouTube videos. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle of The Blue Truck.

In the evening we watched a documentary about J. Robert Oppenheimer on Hoopla. It was a good documentary. When Larry went to bed I watched The first movie of the three movies in the series of Fantastic Beasts, which is Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and the last Jesse Stone movie, which was Jesse Stone: Lost in Paradise from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.