Saturday 7-11-26 Camera Project, New Pinball Game & Having Fun

Keep cool

We had a mild day because the it was partly cloud, which keep the sun from beating down on us. The morning temperature of 75 degrees with clouds and the high of 92 degrees. 

Larry started the day out working on the Zoom camera project. He had another idea, it didn't work out.

Sometimes during a Zoom call our camera will lose connection and we will have to restart the video. Larry thinks the plug is problem so today he cut it off and wire a new on.

While I worked out Larry installed Beetle Juice on the big cabinet. He had already downloaded the game so he installed it. It took him two and a half hours to get it to work correctly. A lot of that time was spent on getting the volume of the videos correct. He installed it in both 2D and VR. Once it was installed he played the game.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Pyramid and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 41 minutes and 54 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour. I worked out with the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I had the Wii Fit choose the routine. The routine consist of 12 exercises for 25 minutes I didn't quite get the 27 minutes the routine had. I did two exercises from the Aerobics menu (Basic Run and Basic Step), one exercise from Strength Training menu (Tricep Extensions 10 reps), five exercises from the Training Plus menu (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10 and Island Cycling), and four exercises from the Yoga menu (Tree, Standing Knee, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle). I played one exercise from Balance Games menu for five minutes to make the 30 minutes, which was Table Tilt. I had a great workout.

Wii Fit Plus Routine

Aerobics (Basic Run and Basic Step)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Tricep Extensions)

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10 and Island Cycling)

 

Yoga (Tree, Standing Knee, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle)

I worked out with three songs two times on the Synth Riders, which were Get Up On My Keys, On My Way and Raw. While working out with Get Up My Keys I earned one outstanding score. It was a good workout.

Get Up On My Keys

On My Way

Raw

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Cactus Canyon, No Good Goffers! and Transformers. I didn't get on the board playing the games but I played well and had fun. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Beatle Juice, Star Fox and The Beach Boys. While playing Beatle Juice and Star Fox I became high score #3. 

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Beatle Juice (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Beatle Juice has a lot of thing goin on in the playfield for you the do. The balls are green with black stripes. 

Beatle Juice

While I played pinball Larry watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched the third Avatar movie, which Avatar: Fire and Ash. When Larry went to bed I watched Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Ooops! Noah Is Gone. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle Horse of Iron while watching television. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

  

 

Friday 7-10-26 Happy Friday, Project, Workout & More

 

Happy Friday

We had an overcast day. The clouds kept the temperature down but made it feel hotter because of the humidity. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 96 degrees with 43% humidity. 

We hung around the house doing this and that. At lunchtime we went to town to check our mail at The UPS Store. Before going we ordered a large pepperoni pizza online. We went to town and checked our mail. 

When Larry got back in the car he checked our order from Little Caesar and it said it was ready 10 minutes ago. When he got to the store it was in the bin. It was in a Hot n Ready pizza box. The last time we ordered a pizza online it was made fresh and we tracked the process of the pizza. When we got to the store the gentleman was just putting in the holding bend. The pizza was fine today but there really isn't any advantage for ordering online instead of picking up a Hot n Ready pizza. I guess the advantage of ordering online is if you're ordering a large pizza, that's not pepperoni or cheese you know when it will be ready and not have to wait.

Little Caesar Large Pepperoni Pizza

The other day when Larry was reading Reddit a person who works at Little Caesar said he had to make the pizza dough during his shift. He said he hadn't been trained on making the dough so they had to train him. We were surprised that they make their dough fresh. Today Larry asked AI, Do pizza chains make their own pizza dough? It came back and said, that Little Caesars is the only major chain that makes their own dough daily. The other pizza chains use pre-made frozen dough. This was a surprise because we thought all of the chains use the pre-made frozen dough.

Larry has been dancing Plus with me when Di and Terry have their Wednesday dance. Di and Terry dance as a couple and people like being able to see their positions to check they are in the correct position. Terry has been having some issues and can't dance an entire tip so Larry offered to dance with me so folks would have a couple to follow. Di was quite happy about that. 

In order for folks to better see our position Larry moved our Zoom camera. He would also like to add another camera behind us. Today he tried an experiment using one of our phone cameras. He built a bracket to put it on our window blind. It didn't work well because he couldn't get the phone far enough back to see the entire area where we dance. He wanted to make it easier for people to see us dancing when they pin us. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 48 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and half. I worked out on the Wii Fit for 31 minutes using the Wii Fit Plus Routine, that was chosen for me of 12 exercises. The exercises were four exercises from the Aerobic menu (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop), one exercise from the Balance Games (Lotus Focus), two exercises from the Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats), four exercises from Training Plus (Snowball Fight, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and one exercise from Yoga (Deep Breathing). It was a great workout.

 

Routine I worked out with

Aerobics (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus)

Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats)

Training Plus ( Snowball Fight,, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye)

Yoga (Deep Breathing)

I worked out with three songs from three programs of Just Dance for 30 minutes. The programs were Just Dance 2015, Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2018. The songs from 2015 were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy. The songs from 2016 were Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys (Summertime Love). The songs from 2018 were Blue (Da Da Dee), Instruction and Side To Side. I had a great workout with Just Dance.

Just Dance 2015 (Problem, The Fox: What Does The Fox Say? and Happy)

 

Just Dance 2016 (Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys :Summertime Love)

Just Dance 2018 (Blue: Da Da Dee, Instruction and Side To Side)

I worked out to four songs from the Synth Rider for 30 minutes. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I earned two outstanding scores and The Wild I earned one outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Escape

Hypothermia

Stay

The Wild

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Fish Tales, Great Houdini and The Goonies. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys. While playing Michael I became high score #1. I had fun playing pinball.

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Queen (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

 

While I played pinball Larry watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched the second Avatar movie, which was Avatar: The Way of Water from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Sherlock Holmes from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,500 steps. 

  

      

Thursday 7-9-26 Happy Thursday & Having Fun

 

Happy Thursday!!!

Happy Thursday. I hope everyone had a great day. Keep cool when every possible.

We had another 100 degree day. We spent the day indoors doing this and that. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 100 degrees. We also had wind.

 It's hot

Larry spent the day reading. He has been reading Crossing to Safety, by Wallace Stegner on and off for a few days. Today he decided to try and finish it. He liked the book and said the author was terrifically talented. The author wrote many books when he was alive. 

Relax with a good book

I played the Daily Challenge of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Free Cell Adventure of 20 games. I only did 19 of the games. I played the event for 1 hour, 26 minutes and 28 seconds before giving up. This put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with my Wii Fit for 45 minutes. I did my own routine. I worked with the Aerobics menu for 8 minutes with two exercises (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes, Balance Games menu for 10 minutes with two exercises (Ski Slalom five times for 5 minutes and Snowboard Slalom five times for 5 minutes), Strength Training menu for 7 minutes with three exercises (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes and Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes), Training Plus menu for 10 minutes with two exercises (Perfect 10 for 2 minutes and Table Tilt Plus three times for 8 minutes) and Yoga for 10 minutes with five exercises (Half Moon for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes, Tree for 2 minutes and Triangle for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

  

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Ski Slalom and Snowboard Slalom)

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

Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Table Tilt Plus)

  

Yoga (Half Moon, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Tree and Triangle)

I worked out with Just Dance 2014 for 30 minutes. I danced to 9 songs, which were 20 minutes with Applause, Aquarius, Could You Be Love, Candy, She Wolf (Falling To Pieces) and In The Summertime) and 10 minutes with Blurred Lines, Miss Understood and Where Have You Been. I had a fun times.

Just Dance 2014 (Applause, Aquarius, Could Yo Be Love, Candy, She Wolf : Falling to Pieces and In The Summertime)

Just Dance 2014 (Blurred Lines, Miss Understood and Where Have You Been)

I worked out with the Synth Rider for 30 minutes with four songs two times. The songs were Behemoth, Carol Of The Bells, Got You and Hex. I had a great workout.

Behemoth

Carol Of The Bells

Got You

Hex

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Attack From Mars, Pirate's Life and World Joker Poker. While playing Attack From Mars I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Star Fox, Transformers and Willow. While I played Willow I became high score #3. I had a fun time playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

World Joker Poker (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

Transformers (Big)

Willow (Big)

A few days ago I decided to reassemble the Horse Of Iron jigsaw puzzle. I assembled the puzzle back in October of 2018. It's a 1,000 pieces puzzle in the shape of a train engine. It's going to take awhile because of the shape but it 's going to be fun.

Horse of Iron

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Avatar from our movie collection. The are three movies, the first was done in 2009, the second in 2022 and the third in 2025. We had the first two and this week Larry purchased the third. We want to watch them in order so tonight we started with the first one, it is a very good movie and the graphics are still terrific. The first Avatar movie is the highest grossing movie of all time, it took in almost 3 billion dollars.

When Larry went to bed I watched You Got Mail and Men In Black 3 from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.