Category: hobbies

  • Juggling Update!

    Juggling Update!

    Well, we’re using our new safety glasses retainers and they work out fine. We’re a little off the beam on the 2-person 6 ball pass juggle for some reason. Some days are diamonds, some days are stones, I guess. Our mistakes are funny. We just make too many. I’m still working on the shower juggle…

  • New Safety Goggle Retainers!

    New Safety Goggle Retainers!

    We’re big on safety goggles whenever we juggle nowadays. The only problem is that they fit loosely around our ears. We’re always pushing them back up on our noses. So, Sena got a couple of eyewear retainers for our safety goggles. They were only a dollar a piece. I was a doubtful at first that…

  • Another 2 Person Glow Ball Juggling Adventure!

    Another 2 Person Glow Ball Juggling Adventure!

    Sena and I are still practicing the 2-person 6 ball pass juggling trick. We adjusted the colors on the glow balls so they all change color. We count so we can stay in synch on the pass (1, 2, pass). We have to count the first two throws from the right hand only—which is sometimes…

  • New Step Platform for Climbing Stairs Exercise!

    New Step Platform for Climbing Stairs Exercise!

    Yesterday we got the new aerobic step platform for cardiovascular health enhancement exercise. As I reported in October, climbing stairs can be very helpful in promoting cardiovascular health. This article summarizes the findings. At least 5 flights (around 50 steps of 10 stair steps) is said to be beneficial. I climbed a lot of stairs…

  • We Juggled on Our Anniversary!

    We Juggled on Our Anniversary!

    Guess what we did on our anniversary yesterday? We juggled! We got another set of 3 glow balls so we could try the 2-person 6 ball pass juggling trick. The glow balls are plastic and filled with plastic pellets. They are uniform in size and weight and have 20 different colored light modes and patterns.…

  • Rube Goldberg Contraptions and Other Updates

    Rube Goldberg Contraptions and Other Updates

    Just random updates for now. That 2-person 6 ball pass juggle Sena and I made a YouTube about? We could barely complete a couple of volleys, and we didn’t think we’d ever make much more progress. However, yesterday, we were starting to make 3, even 4 passes and cascades. Just when you think it’s hopeless….…

  • 2 Person 6 Ball Pass Juggle

    2 Person 6 Ball Pass Juggle

    Sena and I reached for the sky and tried another two-person juggle pattern with 6 balls. It’s supposedly one of the easier tricks, but we are ordinary jugglers and beg to differ. One YouTube expert juggler says you should be able to stand in one place and juggle 100 cascade throws to do this trick.…

  • Side By Side Steal Juggle

    Side By Side Steal Juggle

    We took a couple days to get the hang of the side steal juggle. It’s not easy and a lot of the throws look more like sneaky passes than steals. But it’s a lot of fun! Sena juggles with her arms really reaching for the sky, like she’s getting robbed—which actually fits this complicated crime…

  • Juggling Updates

    Juggling Updates

    Well, I’ve been juggling for a year now. I have been trying to learn the shower juggling pattern for 6 months. I can still do only about 3-4 throws. I think it’ll happen eventually. All of the juggling balls are downstairs on the lower level since all the upstairs doors were repainted. We can’t scuff…

  • Claw Back Those Juggling Balls in The Steal!

    Claw Back Those Juggling Balls in The Steal!

    Sena and I have been practicing the front steal trick in juggling. It’s another two-person juggling pattern that took us a couple of days to get right—sort of. We tried it at first by counting the throws (and catches), which helped us sustain the pattern. On the other hand, it was a lot more fun…