Alas, today is another short day. Not for anything fun though. My daughter and I have our appointments for our dental check-ups. Usually my daughter is OK with going to the dentist. For some reason, she doesn't want to go this time. One of the reasons is that she's going to miss gym class. Today is the day they are working on the pull up bars to get ready for the President's Fitness Test. She'll just have to get over it. Teeth are more important than chin ups.
What a weekend
This weekend was filled with activity. Unfortunately, none of it involved watching jdoramas. My daughter had a winter tap performance at one of the local senior centers. It was pretty cute. Their costumes consisted of black shirts/leotards, jeans, garland as skinny ties, and a bow in their hair. The idea was that they would look like Christmas presents. I think the seniors enjoyed the performance. My daughter and I also took in a local performance of The Nutcracker. We both enjoyed it, even though it was difficult to find the venue. If everything goes well, we'll probably check out a few other performances from that dance company. Dance has now filled our lives to the brim!
Favorite Friday
Sorry this is so late. I was out running errands. At one of the stores, this popped on the radio:
I hate winter
Man, I absolutely hate the winter. It was so cold this morning that some of the wet patches from yesterday's pouring rain froze. My car slid a little as I drove past one of these patches. (I'd hate to see the insurance quotes if I crashed my car into a tree thanks to ice. We pay enough as it is!) And it's only the beginning of December! We still have at least three months before it starts to warm up again. Please summer, come back to me!
Kinect
It has now been awhile since we purchased the Kinect. I have to say that the entire family enjoys it a lot. While there are some buggy games out there (I'm looking at you, Zumba), if you do your research ahead of time, many of the games are tons of fun. My daughter's favorite is Kinect Adventures, which comes with the system. To be specific, she likes the Rallyball mini-game. It's a lot like Racquetball but your hand is the racquet. The goal is to use the balls to break boxes. You hit the balls with various parts of your body. It is a pretty interesting game. My favorite is Dance Central. Then again, I really like to dance. The moves are easy enough for anyone to pick up and you still get a decent workout from it. I haven't tried the harder levels yet. I'm working my way up to it.
I'm sad that there are developers throwing out buggy games for the Kinect. I really wanted to play the Zumba game. However, everything that I have read about it says it is terrible. C'mon guys, this is an awesome system. Take the time to develop the game properly before throwing it out there. The users will love you much more for it!