Wednesday 3-18-26 St. Patrick's Day Dances, Trip Preparation & More

 

Cold Windy Day

Our day started out a little chilly with the morning temperature of 41 degrees and got up to 75 degrees with a wind out of the north. By the end of the day it was beautiful with blue skies. It was very comfortable outside.

We spent the day getting ready for our spring trip, which will begin on Friday. We're not sure where we're going, it all depends on the high temperatures. 

I started the day out by loading up the Minnie with the clothes were taking with us. Then I loaded the dry stuff into the cabinet and the refrigerator and freezer with food. I worked on this for a couple of hours.

Larry worked on getting the motorcycle ready for the adventure. First I helped him loaded the carrier on the back of the Minnie. Then Larry washed the carrier, the motorcycle cover and the motorcycle itself. Then he replaced the spark plug. Afterwards he took it for a ride. It didn't run correctly he put the old one back in it. It runs great now.

I attended three virtual St. Patrick's Day square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's weekly plus at 11:00 for an hour. Di called the whole dance and Terry danced with her. She called five tips to 13 dancers. She continued working on the new calls, which were Scoot and Dodge, Quarter Thru (right and left), Partner Hinge, Partner Tag and Pass the Sea. She worked shopped Coordinate and Spin Chain The Gears. A few of the dancers wore green for St. Patrick's Day or other Irish clothes. Di and Terry wore their square dancing tee-shirts, which were green and I wore a green blouse, belly dancer belt (green) and a green hat. The dancers were from the United Kingdom, United States, Canada and France. I had a great time.

Di dressed up for St. Patrick's Day

Dancers for the dance

Second was Ett McAtee's weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. She didn't wear green but her background was Irish and some dancers wore green and I wore what I wore for Di's dance. She called four tips to 11 dancers from Canada, United States, Germany and Netherlands. In between tips we visited with each other. During one of the breaks Jane from Canada showed some Easter bunnies candy dish, that she made for a fun raising for cancer. They are very cute. I had a fun hour dancing to Ett and with friends.

Dancers who danced to Ett

Jane with two of her crochet project

Third was Dave Eno's weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. It was also a St. Patrick's Day dance. They called three tips of C1 to 8 dancers, three tips of A2 to 10 dancers and in between the A2 tips we did a couple of trivia questions. The dancers were from Australia, Canada and the United States. I had a great evening of dancing with friends.

Dancers for the C1 session

Dancers for the A2 session

When I wasn't dancing I worked out and played games.

I worked out for a half hour with the Wii Fit and 15 minutes with the Synth Riders. 

The Wii Fit workout consist of two exercises from the Aerobic menu, three exercises from the Training Plus menu, three exercises from the Strength Training menu and three exercises from Yoga menu. The Aerobic exercises were Rhythm Boxing Advance (8 minutes) and Basic Run Long Distance (2 minutes). The Training Plus exercises were Obstacle Course (3 minutes), Table Tilt Plus (4 minutes) and Perfect 10 (3 minutes). The Strength Training exercises were Single-Leg Extension (2 minutes), Single-Leg Twist (1 minute) and Sideways Legs Lift (1 minute). The Yoga exercise were Warrior (2 Minutes), Standing Knee (2 Minutes) and Palm Tree (2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobic

Training Plus

Strength Training

Yoga

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 15 minutes with two songs twice, which were Go! and Riot. I didn't earn any outstanding scores or new high score but had fun.

Go!

Riot

I played one game of Monster Manor on the Bounce Arcade. I earned a bronze trophy by being a banister buster, awoken the manor once and stunned the manor. I played the game for 15 minutes.

Monster Manor

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Pirate's Life, Tales of the Arabian Nights and The Godfather. While playing The Godfather I became high score #1. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Godzilla, Star Trek the Next Generation and World Joker Poker. While playing Godzilla I became high score #1. I had a fun time playing pinball. 

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Mini)

The Godfather (Mini)

Godzilla (Big)

Star Trek the Next Generation (Big)

World Joker Poker Tour (Big)

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Pyramid Mini of 5 games. It took me 13 minutes and 20 seconds, which put me in 26th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After Dave's dance we watched a movie off of Hoopla called Jules. It was a cute movie about Milton Robinson, a 79-year-old widower, who befriends an alien from outer space. His daughter thinks it's further proof of his senility. Two elderly women Sandy and Joyce from the town find out that he isn't senile and the alien is real. It starred Ben Kingsley as Milton Robinson, Harriet Sansom Harris as Sandy, Jane Curtin as Joyce and Jade Quon as Jules (the alien). After Larry went to bed I watched the X-Files movie from our collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.     

  

 

  

 

 

  

Tuesday 3-17-26 Cold Day, St. Patrick's Day, Dancing with Di & More

 

Cold Day

Today was a cold day with a wind out of the north. The morning temperature at 6:00 am was 28 degrees and the high temperature was 65 degrees. The weatherman was right about it being cold. Tomorrow it's suppose to be 79 degrees. What weird weather we're having, one day it's cold and the next day it's hot.

Happy St. Patrick's Day to everyone. In the morning we hung around the house waiting for it to warm up a bit. 

Happy St. Patrick's Day

We didn't go to Liberty Hill today to dance because we have too much to do to get ready for our trip. We're planning to leave Friday if the weather permits. But we did dance A2 virtually to Di Green and Terry McCann at 11:00 am for an hour. Di called the whole dance, which was five tips to fifteen dancers from United Kingdom, United States,, Canada and France. Terry danced with Di the whole dance but didn't call. Di workshopped a few moves, which were Cast A Shadow, Hourglass, Cut The Hourglass and Spin The Windmill Right and Left. Today was another St. Patrick's Day dance, where dancers wore green and other St. Patrick's item to celebrate the day. Di did a great job of calling. Larry danced four of the tips with me. We had a super time dancing with friends.

Di Green dressed up for St. Patrick's Day

Dancers at the A2 St. Patrick's Day dance

After the dance we went to town to stop our mail delivery until we get back from our trip. Afterwards we stopped at Mister Car Wash to give the Equinox a bath. We hadn't been at this car wash in many years. It did a great job of cleaning the Equinox but we were surprised they didn't have towels to wipe down your vehicle. You could buy a towel for $1.00 but we had our own. We usually go to Today's Car Wash where they supply towels for free and it's a little cheaper for the wash. Overall our experience was very good. When we finished giving the Equinox a bath we stopped at Fuzzy's Taco Shop for lunch. We tried it out many years ago when it first opened. We were not impressed but we thought we would give it another try. We shared their shredded brisket nachos. Larry didn't eat but one or two bites, he didn't like it, they covered the nacho's with a cheese spread that was more of an alfredo sauce. The brisket didn't have much of a taste. I ate a lot of it but I wasn't impressed by it. The atmosphere was very nice and the service was good. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 6 minutes and 45 seconds, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

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

While working out with the Wii Fit I decided on doing the Balance Games for 10 minutes, which were Soccer Heading (2 minutes), Penguin Slide (2 minutes), Snowboard Slalom (2 minutes) and Table Tilt Advance (4 minutes), the Aerobics for 6 minutes, which were Basic Run: Long Distance (2 minutes) and Rhythm Boxing (4 minutes), Strength Training for 8 minutes, which were Arm and Leg Lift (10 rep per leg for 3 minutes, Single-Arm Stand (6 rep for 2 minutes) and Torso Twist (6 rep for 3 minutes) and Yoga for 6 minutes, which were Standing Knee (2 minutes), Sun Salutation (2 minutes) and Downward-Facing Dog (2 minutes). I tried a couple new exercises in the Strength Training and they were very hard. The Arm and Leg Lift was where you get on all four on a mat and lift one arm and the opposite leg at the same time using a controller. The Wii will tell you if your arm is too high or too low. I didn't do too good. The other one was Single-Arm Stand was where you hold your arm up at the same time as you lay down on the mat and pull yourself to a standing position. I cheated because I couldn't really do it because I have a hard time pulling myself up to the standing position at the time the Wii gives me. It said I did very well but I didn't stand up most of the time. I don't know when I'll try it again but I had fun.

Balance Games Menu

Aerobics Menu

Strength Training Menu

Yoga Menu

My workout with Gold's Gym was a Prepared Workout for 23 minutes and a Warm-Up from the Beginning Menu for 6 minutes. The prepared workout was Warm-Up Ducking Combo for 7 minutes, Hook Combo for 13 minutes and the Mitt Work for 3 minutes. The beginning menu was Cross Punch Combo for 6 minutes.

Workout with Nina

Shape Boxing program

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Junk Yard, Nightmare Before Christmas and Theatre of Magic. While playing Ace of Speed I became the highest score and Junk Yard I became high score #1. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Magic Pinball, Ted & Red Road Show, Star Trek the Next Generation and World Cup Soccer. While playing Ted & Red Road Show I became high score #1. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Junk Yard (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

Magic Pinball (Big)

Star Trek the Next Generation (Big)

Ted & Red Road Shop (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

In the evening we watched a movie on Hoopla called The Impossible. It was based on a true story about Maria Belon and her family surviving the massive Indian Ocean tsunami in December of 2004. It was an ok movie. It starred Naomi Watts (Maria Belon), Ewan McGregor (Henry Belon) and Tom Holland (Lucas Belon their oldest son). After Larry went to bed I watched You Got Mail starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. I ended up doing 4,000 steps. 

I worked on my puzzle a little bit.

  

    

Monday 3-16-26 Cold Front, Trip Prep, Di C1 Dance & Workout

 

Cold Front

We had a cold windy day. Another cold front is coming. The weather report has said it's going to be cold tomorrow with wind out of the north. Today the morning temperature was 36 degrees and the high was 50 degrees. The temperature started to drop at 2:00 pm by 10:30 pm it was 37 degrees. It was windy all day. The wind came out of the north.

This month is the sixth anniversary of square dancing through Zoom. We are very grateful that some of the callers are continuing to call. We are still dancing to Di Green, Terry McCann, Ett McAtee, Dave Eno, Karin Rabe and Greg Moore and occasionally to Loren Smith. The callers say they'll continue calling as long as they are needed. We are very grateful to them otherwise we probably wouldn't be dancing.

Get a partner and dance

We started the day out by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 10:00 am for an hour with 15 dancers. Di had written an e-mail to ask everyone to wear green and whatever else we wanted to celebrate St. Patrick Day, which is tomorrow. Di and Terry wore their green square dancing tee-shirt and Di wore a St. Patrick Day hat. Larry and I wore a green shirts and a green hat. Some of the other dancers dressed up for the occasion. Larry danced four of the tips with me. Di workshopped a few moves, which were Little, Scoot and Little and Counter Rotate. She worked shopped the moves in both the right and left directions. The dancers were from the United Kingdoms, United States, Canada, France and Germany. We had a super time dancing with friends. 

Di dressed up for St. Patrick's Day

Dancers at the dance

After the dance we had lunch. Larry put in an online delivery from Walmart, which came to the house by 12:00. Then we started to load the Minnie with food. I worked on loaded the Minnie for about an hour. Tomorrow I'll load up the clothes in the Minnie. While putting the food in the Minnie I wiped the inside down, swept the Minnie out and washed the floor. 

 

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 45 minutes using two Aerobic routines for 10 minutes, five Strength Training for 10 minutes, five Yoga for 10 minutes and three Training Plus for 15 minutes. The Aerobic routines were Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes and Basic Run for 2 minutes. The Strength Training routines were Single-Leg Extension (10 rep) for 2 minutes, Torso Twist (6 rep) for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Twist (10 Rep) for 1 minutes, Sideways Leg Lift (10 rep) for 1 minute and Balance Bridge (10 rep) for 3 minutes. The Yoga poses were Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Chair for 2 minutes, Half Moon for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes. The Training Plus routines were Perfect 10 for 5 minutes, Segway @ Circuit for 6 minutes and Balance Bubble Plus for 4 minutes. I had a great workout.

Aerobics 

Strength Training

Yoga

Training Plus 

Today started a new week for the Solitaire challenges, I wanted to earn a golden ticket so I played 16 games of my choice. Then I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. I didn't get around to doing the games before going to bed so I did them today. The event was Event: Experts Only Mini of 5 games. It took me 59 minutes and 25 seconds, which put me in 16th 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, which were Great Houdini, No Good Goffers!, Pirate's Life, Queen and The Goonies. While playing Queen I became Grand Champion. I played five games on the cabinet, which were Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss, Elvira Scared Stiff, Jaws, JP Space Cadet and Star Trek the Next Generation. While playing Elvira Scared Stiff I became high score #2. I had a good day of playing pinball.

 

Great Houdini (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Queen (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Elvira House of Horrors Blood Red Kiss (Big)

Elvira Scare Stiff (Big)

Jaws (Big)

JP Space Cadet (Big)

Star Trek the Next Generation (Big)

In the evening we watched a movie on Hoopla called One Life. It was based on a true story about British humanitarian Nicholas Winton (Anthony Hopkins as 79 year old Winton and Johnny Flynn as 29 year old Winton), who rescued 669 predominantly Jewish children in German-occupied Czechoslovakia in 1938-1939. It was a great movie. After Larry went to bed I watched the fourth Jason Bourne movie, which was Jason Bourne. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.