Tuesday 6-16-26 Liberty Hill Dance & Games

 

Smile and have fun

We had a terrific Tuesday. 

Ir was hot and humid with the morning temperature of 73 degrees and the high of 90 degrees. We had overcast clouds and an occasional sprinkle. 

Overcast Day

We spent the day in Liberty Hill dancing. This week we had four dancers for C1 tape dancing at noon for an hour. This was the first time Larry used his phone to play the tapes he worked on. He asked Kay about using their amplifier. Susan and Lynn showed up to dance with Larry and me. We danced four tips of two couple C1 called by Johnny Preston. It worked out great. 

Larry had made Kay a Werewolf, Uncle Sam and the 4th of July eagle.  She loved them. She already had the smaller Uncle Sam and eagle hanging. She put the bigger Uncle Sam and eagle on her mirror, where she had the smaller ones. She moved the smaller ones around the garage. She put the Werewolf with her other Halloween decorations.

Werewolf

Uncle Sam

4th of July Eagle

The A2 session started at 1:00 until 3:00. John Kephart called the dance to two squares and a couple of dancers sitting out. Lynn had brought her computer so the dance was run via computer. The dancers had to check the computer to see which square they were in. John Carlson came with his wife Sharon, in a few weeks John Kephart will be in Japan and John Carlson will cover for him. He wanted to see what's going on. We had a super time dancing to John Kephart and friends.

Get a partner and dance

We left the house at 10:15 am and got back at 4:15 pm. It was a long day of dancing but we had a great time dancing with friends.

Before leaving for Liberty hill Larry read.

 I played games. I did 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 15 minutes and 49 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2 after we got back from the dance.

When we got home we watched YouTube videos.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Cactus Canyon, Great Houdini, Michael, Mission Impossible and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing the Great Houdini I became high score #3 and Michael I became high score #2. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Big Trouble In Little China, Blizzard of Ozz, The Beach Boys and World Cup Soccer. While playing World Cup Soccer I got a new high score for the weekly challenge, which put me in 47th place out of 51 participants so far this week.

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

In the evening we finished watching the 10th season of Grantchester on PBS. After Larry went to bed I started watching the Transformers movies from our collection of movies. The movie was called Transformers. It was a good movie. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

    

 

 

Monday 6-15-26 Wellness, Dancing with Di, Sewing Project & More

 

Smile and have fun

We had an overcast day. The front, that came in last night brought rain, which stayed around through out the morning. The morning temperature was 73 degrees and the high was 86 degrees.

We started the day out by going to Salado for my annual Wellness appointment. The appointment was at 8:00 am but we had to be there at 7:45 am. I was Dr. Smith's first appointment so was in and out fast. Everything went well. The actual check-up only lasted about 20 minutes because I don't have any medical issues. Larry waited for me in the lobby. I'm all set for another year.

Wellness Check-up

On the way to Salado we stopped at Jack 'n' Jill Donuts for breakfast. We ate the donuts on the way home. We were back at the house by 8:30 am.

Next we attended Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 17 participants. Terry danced part of the first tip and Larry danced four of the tips with me. Di worked on the Triple Concepts of Waves/Lines/Boxes. She also worked on moves the dancers were having trouble with. She cued through out the dance, which helped me very much. We had a super time dancing to Di and Terry and friends.

Dancing with friends and having fun

Larry read and worked on some electronic stuff.

We did a sewing project together. My VR headset pad is starting to deteriorate, the pad is not available separately so Larry asked if I would make a sleeve to cover the piece. At first I said no because I always have problems sewing. I have to rip out the stitching. I thought about the project and decided to do it. Larry had some black cloth left over from a project so we didn't have to buy the material. We measured the size we needed for the sleeve. Then Larry cut it and I sewed the seams on the edges and then sewed a seam to join both sides together. Next I turned the sleeve inside out. Larry slid the sleeve over the piece of the headset, that was deteriorating. It fit perfect. Then I made another sleeve for Larry's headset. Later on I used the headsets and the sleeves felt great.

My sewing machine

The headset and the new sleeve on it (center piece)

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 43 seconds to complete, which put me in 27th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour using the Wii Fit and the Synth Riders. 

My workout with the Wii Fit was for a half hour. I worked out 26 minutes using the Wii Fit Routine the program decided on. The routine had 12 different exercises, which were three Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop), two Balance Games (Lotus Focus and Table Tilt), three Strength Training (Single-Leg Twist 10 reps, Single-Leg Extension 6 reps and Tricep Extension 10 reps), two Training Plus (Big Top Juggling and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and two Yoga (Deep Breathing and the Chair). I did Perfect 10 for times for 4 minutes to finish up the workout. I had a great workout.

Wii Fit Routine

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus and Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Single-Leg Twist, Single-Leg Extension and Tricep Extension)

 

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye)

Yoga (Deep Breathing and Chair))

Perfect 10

I worked out on the Synth Riders with four songs two times, which were Choices, Neo Tokyo, Sunset Hologram and Suppress It. While working out with Choices I earned two outstanding scores and Neo Tokyo I earned two outstanding scores. I had another great workout.

Choices

Neo Tokyo

Sunset Hologram

Suppress It

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Batman Forever, Metallica, Michael and Nightmare Before Christmas. While playing Michael I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, The Beach Boys, The Big LeBowski, Transformers and World Cup Soccer. While playing World Cup Soccer I got another new high score for the week. I had fun playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Batman Forever (Mini)

Metallica (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

The Big LeBowski (Big)

Transformers (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the 10th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched Lara Croft: Tomb Raider- The Cradle Of Life and Toy Story 4 from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

 

 

   

 

Sunday 6-14-26 New Weekly Challenge, Dancing with Loren & Projects

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. 

It was hot and humid with partly cloudy skies. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 96 degrees at the house at 4:00. The humidity was 47%. The rain rolled in at 9:00 pm and stayed around for the rest of the night and into the morning. It rained very hard at times.

It's Raining Cats and Dogs

Larry spent most of the day working on a couple of new pinball games developed by Marty, which were Beach Boys and Michael. He loaded up Michael yesterday and got it to work but it wasn't exactly what he wanted. Today he fixed the DMD where it worked correctly and in the right place. He downloaded the Beach Boys and installed it on the big cabinet. Then he worked on getting it to work correctly. Both games are excellent. Marty doesn't design his games to work with VR so Larry has to make changes so they do. I don't play the games in 2D but he does install Marty's games in 2D and VR. When playing pinball in VR you can see the ramps and other things, that you can't see in 2D.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 9th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C dance at 1:00 for an hour. This week Loren Smith from Canada called four tips of C1 and one tip of C2. Larry danced with me the four C1 tips. We don't dance C2 so we said our good-byes and thanked Loren for calling the dance. During the dance Loren had 9 participants and he worked shopped Relay The Top because the dancers were having problems with it. We had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends.

Square Dancing with Friends Virtually

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I worked out with the Wii Fit Routine, which 12 exercises for 26 minutes. I did two Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Basic Steps), three Strength Training (Torso Twist three reps, Single-Leg Twist 10 reps and Single-Leg Extension 6 reps), five Training Plus (Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10, Rhythm Kung Fu, Bird's Eye Bull's Eye and Skateboard Arena) and two Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle). I played an additional two Training Plus to finish the workout for 5 minutes (Table Tilt Plus for 3 minutes and Perfect 10 for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

My Routine

Aerobics (Basic Step and Rhythm Boxing)

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

Training Plus (Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10, Rhythm Kung Fu, 

Bird's Eye Bull's Eye and Skateboard Arena)

Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle)

Table Tilt Plus

Perfect 10

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times, which were Pursuit, Silver Stallion, The Curse and The End Of The Night. While working out with Pursuit I earned 2 outstanding scores, Silver Stallion I earned 2 outstanding scores, The Curse I earned 1 outstanding score and 1 new high score and The End Of The Night I earned 1 outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Pursuit

Silver Stallion

The Curse

The End Of The Night

I played ten pinball games. I played five on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Michael, Pirate's Life, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Goonies. I became high score #1 playing Michael.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Transformers, World Cup Soccer, Beach Boys, Michael and Red & Ted Road Show. I had a great time playing pinball.  

Today starts a new Weekly Pinball Challenge, which is World Cup Soccer. Last week's challenge was Transformers and before it ended at 2:00 I played it for a half hour trying to get a new high score. I wasn't successful. I needed up with the high score of 24,418,630, which put me in 92nd out of 118 participants. After the dance I played this week's challenge of World Cup Soccer and my first high score was 480,116,130 which put me in 23rd place out of 28 participants so far.

Transformers (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

 

 

Red & Ted Road Show (Big)

Michael (Big)

Beach Boys

In the evening we started to watch the 10th season of Grantchester again because the 11th season started today. After Larry went to bed I watched Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Shrek the Third from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.