Monday 3-2-26 Dancing, Workout, Home Projects & Games

 

Happy Monday

We had a wonderful Monday. The weather was very nice. We had partly cloudy skies on and off all day. The morning temperature was 64 degrees and the high was 81 degrees. We had a little breeze.

We started the day off by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour and fifteen minutes. Di called five tips to 15 dancers and Terry danced with her. Di's internet connection was giving her problems. Halfway through the second tip it said she had low connection and the screen we follow her with went small. She tried to fix it but was unsuccessful. The dancers told her we could hear her and asked her to continue calling. We just couldn't follow her on screen because the screen would freeze up. She has been trying to get her newer lab top to work with Zoom because the other lab top she has been using for six years to call Zoom died. It will just take a little time to get everything to work again. She worked shopped Tally Ho from Two-face lines because it was requested. She did a super job of workshopping it. She is great at explaining the moves and getting the dancers to understand it. Larry danced four of the tips with me and I was happy he did. We had a great time dancing with friends virtually.

Get a partner and dance 

After the dance Larry did a few home projects. Yesterday, Jason (our neighbor) mowed the southside of the front yard so Larry mowed the north side today. He mowed it a few times to mulch the leaves from the oak tree. Next he spread the preemergence and fertilizer on both the front and back yards. We're suppose to get some rain in the next couple of days. Then he started the irrigation system. Before starting the irrigation system he had to turn the water back on. He made sure the irrigation system worked correctly by turning on each zone one at a time. It worked great. Next he put the covers on the septic systems correctly. Last project was changing the spark plug on the lawn mower and adjusting the height up on the lawn mower. 

Larry spreading the preemergence and fertilizer

While Larry did his projects I did some housework. I dusted the house, cleaned the bathrooms and vacuumed the house. 

  

Doing housework

After lunch Larry change the spark plug on the motorcycle and took it for a drive. He said it ran great. 

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 46 minutes. I did my own routine. I worked out using Aerobic games for 10 minutes:  Basic Step for 3 minutes, Advance Step for 5 minutes and Hula Hoop for 2 minutes, Balance Games for 10 minutes:  Table Tilt for 3 minutes, Balance Bubble three time for 3 minutes and Snowboard Slalom four times for 4 minutes, Strength Training for 8 minutes: Push-up and Side Plank rep. of 6 for 2 minutes, Plank for 30 seconds twice for 3 minutes and Triceps twice for 4 minutes, Yoga for 12 minutes: Deep Breathing 2 minutes, Dance for 2 minutes and a few stretches programs for 8 minutes (Cobra for 2 minutes, Bridge for 2 minutes, Spinal Twist for 2 minutes and Solder Stand for 2 minutes) and I did Perfect 10 in Training Plus three times for 6 minutes. My balance isn't too good so I didn't do too well with Dance but I'm not going to give up on it. My strength has declined in the years so I didn't do too well with Push-up and Plank but I'll try it again. I had a super workout.  

Aerobics

Balance Games

Strength Training

Yoga

Training Plus Games

Perfect 10

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 10 minutes and 19 seconds, which put me in 9th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played seven games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Jaws and Monster Bash. While playing Jaws I became high score #3. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Blizzard of Ozz and Metallica. While playing Blizzard of Ozz I became high score #2. When I played Metallica I got a new high score of 78,177,980, which put me in 20th place out of 51 participants. I had a fun day of playing pinball.

60th Anniversary James Bond (Mini)

Creature From the Black Lagoon (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Metallica (Big)

I worked on my puzzle in between doing this and that.

In the evening we watched a movie on Kanopy called Allied. It was about two spies falling in love with each other while being undercover in Casablanca in 1942. It was a good movie starring Brad Pitt and Marion Cotillard. When Larry went to bed I watched Chitty Chitty Bang Bang out of our movies collection. It was a cute movie about a widower, who is an inventor raising two children own his own and falls in love with Truly Scrumptious (daughter of a candy factory owner). It starred Dick Van Dyke and Sally Ann Howes. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.   

Sunday 3-1-26 New Month, New Pinball Challenge, Workout & Games

 

Smile and have fun

Today started the month of March and it's Sunday. I hope everyone had a great week of doing whatever you enjoy doing. We kept busy doing this and that. We had a lot of fun doing so.

Happy March

Today was a very warm day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 64 degrees and it got up to 83. It also was very windy.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 25 minutes and 26 seconds, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.  

Today is the beginning of a week so I got a new weekly challenge of pinball, which is Metallica. We already have the game installed but our version was a bit older so Larry had to download and install the newer version. He also had to change the number of balls from 5 to 3.

Before last week's challenge of Guns N' Roses was over I played it for about an hour. I didn't get a new high score but I came close. When the challenge was over I came in 65th place out of 119 participants. The participants were from U.S., France, Finland, Italy, Argentina, Germany, U.K., Netherlands, Japan, China, Belgium, Sweden, Austria, Australia and Curacao. I played this week's challenge of Metallica and got my first high score of 28,949,640. I'm in 11th out of 19 participants. 

Guns N' Roses (big)

Metallica (big)

I played seven other pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, Goldeneye and Medieval Madness. While playing Dr. No I became high score #2. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Willy Wonka, World Cup Soccer and Tour Joker Poker. I didn't get on the board playing on the big cabinet but had fun.

60th Anniversary (mini)

Dr. No (mini)

Goldeneye (mini)

Medieval Madness (mini)

Willy Wonka (big)

World Cup Soccer (big)

World Tour Joker Poker (big)

Larry spent a good part of the day reading. Yesterday he started reading The Professor's House by Willa Cather, He finished it today. Willa Cather was born in 1873 and she wrote 12 books. Larry has now read three of  them. He has enjoyed all of them. Reading them today they are historical fiction but at the time she wrote The Professor's house (1925) it would have simply been fiction.

Relaxing with a book

I worked out for a little over an hour and a half.

I worked out using the Wii Fit for 35 minutes. I usually use the Wii Fit routines but today I did my own routine using the menu board. The routine was 10 minutes of Balance Games (2 minutes with Soccer, 2 minutes Snow Skiing, 2 minutes Ski Jump, 2 minutes Tight Rope Walking and 2 minutes Penguin Catching Fish), 10 minutes of Aerobics (4 minutes Boxing, 2 minutes of Hola Hoop and 4minutes of Super Hola Hoop), 5 minutes of Strength Training (1 minute of Single-leg Extension, 1  minute of Torso Twists, 1 minute of Single-leg Twist and 1 minute of Side-ways Leg Lift) and 10 minutes of Yoga (2 minutes of Half Moon, 2 minutes of Warrior, 2 minutes of Tree, 2 minutes of Palm Tree and 2 minutes of Chair).

Aerobics

Balance Games

Strength Training

Yoga

I worked out a half hour with Just Dance with Just Dance 2018 (10 minutes) and Just Dance 2019 (20 minutes). Just Dance 2018 I did three songs (Another One Bites The Dust, Risky Business and Foot Loose) and Just 2019 I did six songs (Mad Love, Not Your Ordinary, Finesse, Rave In The Grave, A Little Party Never Killed No Body and Toy). I had fun.

Just Dance 2018

Just Dance 2019

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour to four songs twice. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I got an outstanding score and a new high score. While working out with Stay I got one outstanding score. While working out with The Wild I got two outstanding scores. I had a great workout.

Escape

Hypothermia

Stay

The Wild

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle when I had time.

In the evening we watched Curious Case of Benjamin Button on Kanopy. It was about a boy, who was born old and gets younger as he gets older. We have seen this movie years ago and enjoyed watching it again. It stared Brad Pitt as Benjamin and Cate Blanchett as Daisy, Benjamin's girl friend. When Larry went to bed I watched Battleship from our movies collection. It was a movie about a fleet of ships is forced to do battle with an armada of unknown origins in order to discover and thwart their destructive goals. It about two brothers in the navy and are opposites. It was a good movie. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

 

    

  

    

Saturday 2-28-26 Home Project, Workout & More

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome Saturday with gorgeous weather. The morning temperature was 53 degrees and the high of 84 degrees. There was a breeze, which made it very comfortable.

I started the day out by making pancakes for breakfast. After breakfast we decided to to go to town. Ever since we got our VR headsets we have been storing them on the kitchen counter where we have other electronic devices and chargers. Larry decided to build a shelf for the headsets. First stop we did was at The Home Depot to check out the shelves they have to offer. We found one we liked. Larry had done some research on trim edging for boards when you cut them. The internet said that our local The Home Depot didn't have it but the Killeen store does. We didn't want to go all the way to Killeen to get the trim edging. Larry also checked out Lowe's and they had the trim edging. We figured that Lowe's would have a shelf close to the one at The Home Depot. We left The Home Depot empty handed and went to Lowe's. We found a shelf that we liked and they also had the trim edging. They must not sell too much of the trim edging because the packaging was very dusty.

On the way home we stopped by and donated a box of items to the Goodwill store.

When we got home we worked on building the shelf. First Larry went and measured how long he wanted the shelf. Then he cut the shelf down to size using his miter saw. Larry made legs (sides) to hold the shelf together, that way he didn't have to drill tile on the back of the wall. Before cutting the legs he measured to see how tall he wanted it and to make sure the headsets fit and didn't hit the cabinet. After cutting the shelf to size and legs he drilled three pocket holes for screws on each leg. Then he screwed the legs to the shelf. It came out great. He took one of the legs off because he wanted to put the trim edging on the bottom edge. He used my iron and pressed the trim on the bottom edge and on the edge he had cut. The other edges already had a trim on it. Finally he assembled the shelving unit and put it in the kitchen. It looks great and the counter is much better organized.

Larry installing the trim edging

Pocket holes

Finished project on the counter

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (three spider and three free cell). it took me 15 minutes and 9 seconds, which put me in 6th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for a half hour with my Wii Fit and a half hour with Gold's Gym. While working out with Gold's Gym I had to start all over. I learned the different punches and stepping. I think I may be sore tomorrow.

My Wii Fit workout

This is the four areas I'm working

Worked on the Basic area and Beginner (warm up and 13 minutes workout)

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle when I could.

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Creature From The Black Lagoon, Godzilla and The Goonies. While I played Cirqus Voltaire I became high score #3 and Godzilla I became high score #2. I had a supe day of playing pinball on the mini cabinet. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Great Houdini, Guns N' Roses, Junk Yard and Theatre of Magic. I didn't get on the board playing pinball on the big cabinet but I had fun.

Cirqus Voltaire (mini)

Creature From the Black Lagoon (mini)

Godzilla (mini)

The Goonies (mini)

Great Houdini (big)

Guns N' Roses (big)

Junk Yard (big)

Theatre of Magic (big)

In the evening we watched The Secret Garden on Hoopla. It was a movie about Mary Lennox, who was orphaned and was sent from British India to live with her uncle in England and discovers a secret garden. It was a good movie. After Larry went to bed I watched the third Kingsman, which was The King's Man and Shrek 3 from our movies collection. I ended up doing 6,000 steps.