Thursday 6-18-26 Errands, Paper Crafting, Workout & More

 

Hot Humid Day

We had a hot humid day. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 96 degrees. 

The temperature at our house at 4:00

We started the day off by going to town. I didn't have any dancing today so we decided to do some errands. First stop was at the UPS Store to get our mail. Then we went across the street to HEB to do a little grocery shopping. We don't shop at HEB too often but we like to buy meat there because it's more tender and taste better. We bought some seasoned pork and other meats. Next we went to Aldi. We like their pepper jack cheese, I also like the luncheon meat and their chips are cheaper. On the way home we stopped by Hobby Lobby. Larry is low on bright red paper for his crafting, he found a suitable red but they only sell it by single sheets making it very expensive, it is 50 cents per sheet, buying a pack of 250 sheets via Amazon it comes out to 6 cents a sheet. He will order it via Amazon.

 Grocery shopping

Larry did some crafting. He continues enlarging some decorations for Kay to hang at her home. Today he assembled the Dracula and started to working on Frankenstein. He resized the Frankenstein files and then he decided on the paper he wanted to use. He made some patterned paper. Then he cut out the pieces of Frankenstein. Tomorrow he'll assemble Frankenstein. The Dracula came out super.

The bigger Dracula

The comparison of the new Dracula and the old Dracula

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 28 minutes and 24 seconds to complete, which put me in 12th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and a half.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did two Aerobic exercises for 10 minutes (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), four Balance Games for 15 minutes (Penguin Slide twice for 4 minutes, Table Tilt for 4 minutes, Tightrope Walk twice for 3 minutes and Soccer Heading twice for 4 minutes) and two Training Plus Games for 5 minutes (Perfect 10 for 1 minute and Segway Circuit for 4 minutes). I had a great workout.

 Aerobics

Hula Hoop

Rhythm Boxing

Balance Games

Penguin Slide

Soccer Heading

Table Tilt

Tightrope Walk

Training Plus

Perfect 10

Segway Circuit

I worked out with two Just Dance disc (2016 and 2018) for a half hour. I did six songs from the 2016 disc for 20 minutes. The songs were Fun, Copacabana, Blame, Hey Mama, Heartbeat Song and Hit The Road Jack. I did three songs from the 2018 disc for 10 minutes. The songs were Boom Boom, Slumber Party and Got That. On both disc I danced to new songs so I earned an Avatar for each new song. I had fun dancing to Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2018.

Avatars of the Artists of the songs from Just Dance 2016

 

The songs I danced to

Avatars of Artists of songs from Just Dance 2018

The songs I danced to

I worked out for a half hour on Synth Riders to four songs twice, which were Go!, Galaxy Joyride, Star Fighter and Vampirevania. I didn't get any outstanding scores or new high scores but had a good workout.

Go!

Galaxy Joyride

Star Fighter

Vampirevania

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Michael, Red & Ted's Road Show and Theatre of Magic. While playing Michael I became high score #2 and Theatre of Magic I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Dr. No, Star Trek The Next Generation, The Beach Boys and World Cup Soccer. While playing The Beach Boys I became high score #1. I had a good time playing pinball.

Dark Chaos (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Red & Ted's Road Show (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Dr. No (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we continued watching the 11th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the third Transformers movie, which was Transformers: Dark of the Moon. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

We had a super day of doing this and that.

   

 

Wednesday 6-17-26 Virtual Square Dancing, Projects & More

 

Have a great Wednesday

We had a great day. It was hot and humid with the morning temperature of 72 degrees and the high of 89 degrees. 

Larry started the day out by reading.

Saturday, Larry dug out some rocks in the backyard because the mowers were trying to avoid them so they wouldn't mess up their mower's blade. After digging out the rocks they left deep holes. Today he decided to fill the holes with dirt. We had a couple bags of dirt so he used them up but that wasn't enough dirt. So we made a trip to town to get some more.    

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 am for an hour. Di called the dance and Terry danced part of the dance with her. Larry danced with me so the dancers would have a couple to follow. Di called five tips to 10 participants. She continued working on the A moves, that are now Plus moves. They were Quarter Thru, Left Quarter Thru, Triple Trade, Partner Tag, Partner Hinge, Pair Off and 3/4 Quarter Thru. She put us in different positions we aren't use to being in so she walked the dancers through the moves we were having problems with. We had a great time dancing to Di and Terry and with friends.

Second was Dave Eno's Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Dave Hutchinson, Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped him call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivia Questions. During the C1 session the callers called to 11 participants. The first tip was called by Karin and Greg, the second tip was called by Dave Hutchinson and the third was called by Dave Eno. During the second tip Dave introduced us to a couple of C2 moves, which were Kick Off and Cross Kick Off. Kick Off is where the designated dancers run and roll and the dancers they run around do a partner tag. Cross Kick Off is where the designated dancers cross run and roll and the dancers they cross run around do a partner tag. During the A2 session the callers called to 12 participants. The first tip was called by Karin and Greg. The second tip was called by Dave Eno. The first sequence was called by Dave Eno, Dave Hutchinson and David Boney (one of the dancers). They did a super job. The rest of the tip Dave Eno called it. The third tips was called by Dave Hutchinson. In between the A2 tips were had two Trivia questions. I had a great evening of dancing with friends and to Dave Eno, Karin Rabe, Greg Moore and Dave Hutchinson.

Dancing with friends

After the first dance we went to town to buy more dirt. We decided to go to Atwoods for the dirt because we needed to get some bleach for the septic. Atwoods has a great price on gallons of bleach. The bleach is a lot cheaper at Atwoods than Dollar Tree. The Dollar Tree container is a lot smaller. The service at Atwoods was excellent. The lady, who helped us was very friendly and told us where to get the dirt. She also helped Larry load a couple of cases of bleach on the cart (6 gallons per cases). The dirt was outside. We paid for the dirt and then drove to where it was and Larry loaded the five bags in the truck. He could have gotten someone to help us but he decided to do it himself. I tried to help but I was more in the way. 

Larry was reading one of his Reddit groups and someone said, that you could get a $5.00 pizza from Little Caesar's using Amazon Prime Day. People thought they were crazy. Larry got on Amazon and found out the person was correct. Prime Day starts Tuesday and they had a special promotion, that started June 15th and went through the 25th. If you use a promo code from Amazon you can get a $5.00 large cheese or peperoni pizza from Little Caesar's. You're allowed one pre day and can only get up to five pizzas. You have to order it online. After we finished our shopping at Atwoods Larry ordered a large pepperoni pizza from Little Caesar's. We picked it up on the way home. 

Little Caesar's Pepperoni Pizza

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 2 hours, 48 minutes and 38 seconds to complete, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 46 minutes. I did two exercises in Aerobics for 10 minutes (Basic Run for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), three games in Balance for 10 minutes (Lotus Focus two times for 4 minutes, Ski Jump one time for 1 minute  and Snowboard Slalom five times for 5 minutes), four exercises in Strength Training for 10 minutes (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes,  Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes, and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), three games in Training Plus for 6 minutes (Balance Bubble Plus for 2 minutes, Bird's-Eye Bull's-Eye for 2 minutes and Snowball Fight for 2 minutes) and five exercises in Yoga for 10 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Half-Moon for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus, Ski Jump and Snowboard Slalom)

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

Training Plus (Balance Bubble Plus, Bird's-Eye Bull's-Eye and Snowball Fight)

 

Yoga (Chair, Half-Moon, Palm Tree, Standing Knee and Warrior)

I worked out on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times. The songs were Carbon Cult, From Hell, Satanic Panic and Space Rock. While doing Carbon Cult I earned 2 outstanding scores, From Hell I earned 1 outstanding score, Satanic Panic I earned 1 outstanding score and Space Rock I earned 1 outstanding score. I had fun working out with the Synth Riders songs.

Carbon Cult

From Hell

Satanic Panic

Space Rock

I played seven games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Fun House, The Goonies and World Joker Poker. I played four games on the big cabinet, which Big Bang Bar, Dracula, Star Wars and World Cup Soccer. I didn't get on the board playing pinball but had fun.

Fun House (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Dracula (Big)

Star Wars (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

Larry started working on another paper project. He is making Kay a Dracula to go with the Werewolf he already made her. He wanted to make a bigger Dracula so he resized the files and then cut them out. He'll assemble Dracula tomorrow. He worked on this project while I attended Dave Eno's dance.

After Dave's dance we started to watch the final season of Grantchester on PBS, which is the 11th season. After Larry went to bed I watched the second Transformers movie, which was Transformers : Revenge of the Fallen from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.