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.   

      

 

Sunday 2-1-26 Dancing with Loren, New Pinball Challenge & Workout

 

Beautiful Day

 

We had a beautiful day with sunshine. It was still cold. The morning temperature was 20 degrees and the high was 55 degrees at our house.

 

 Temperature at 2:00 at the house

 

 

Larry spent most of the day trying to install a newer version of Android on a very old tablet. Tablet and phone updates are generally only supported by the manufactures for a few years, after that they will stay working but they don't receive any security updates. Larry's oldest tablet is from 2013 and has not had an Android operating system update in 10 years. He is attempting to install a version of Android that is only three years old. Even though others have done this it is quite a challenge. He still has a ways to go.

 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before I went to bed last night. Today's event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Pyramid). It took me 42 minutes and 47 seconds, which put me in 22nd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

 

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour to four songs twice. They songs were Choices, Neo Tokyo, Sunset Hologram and Suppress It. I earned two new high scores and one outstanding score with Choices. I earned one new high score and two outstanding scores with Neo Tokyo. I earned two new high scores and one outstanding score with Sunset Hologram. I earned two new high scores and two outstanding scores with Suppress It. I had a great day of working out with Synth Riders.

 

 

 

Choices

 

 

 

Neo Tokyo

 

 

 

Sunset Hologram

 

 

 

Suppress It

   

I played one game of Asteroid Outpost on Bounce Arcade. I earned a silver trophy, mined the asteroids seven times and was successful once and I played one multiball. It was a great game.

 

Today is Sunday so I got a new weekly challenge in pinball, which is No Fear. We already have the game but the challenge is a newer version. Larry download the game and installed it on the big cabinet in both 2D and VR. Then he played it to make sure it worked correctly. Before last weeks challenge of Cactus Canyon was over I played it. I didn't get a new high score. My high score for the week was 64,749,770, which put me in 58th place out of 124 participants. When No Fear started I played it. My first high score for the week was 577,566,290, which put me in 17th place out of 21 participants so far.

 

 

 

Cactus Canyon

 

 

 

No Fear

 

I played six games of pinball on the mini cabinet, which were Fish Tales, Guardians of the Galaxy, Jaws, Scared Stiff, The Goonies and World Joker Poker. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became the Grand Champion and The Goonies I became high score #2.

 

 

 

 

Fish Tales

 

 

 

Guardians of the Galaxy

 

 

 

Jaws

 

 

 

Scared Stiff

 

 

 

The Goonies

 

 

 

World Joker Poker

 

 

I played four other games of pinball besides the two challenges on the big cabinet. They were Indianapolis 500, Iron Man, Mission Impossible and Rambo.I didn't get on the board on any of the games but I had fun.

 

 

 

 

Indianapolis 500

 

 

 

Iron Man

 

 

 

Mission Impossible

 

 

 

Rambo

 

I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C Series dance at 1:00 because it was C1. Loren Smith covered for her. He called four tips to 9 participants. He worked on Relay The Top and Tally Ho because the dancers were having problems doing the moves. He did a super job calling and I had a great time.

 

 

 

Dancing with friends

  

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle the Cambridge.

  

In the evening we watched Catch Me If You Can on Hoopla. It starred Tom Hanks (Carl Hanratty), Leonardo DiCaprio (Frank Abagnale Jr.), Christopher Walken (Frank Abagnale), Nathalie Baye (Paula Abagnale) and many more stars. It was about a conman Frank Jr., who is being chased by the FBI lead by Carl Hanratty. It was a good movie. Then I watched Avengers: Age of Ultron, which was out of our superhero movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.