Monday 7-6-26 Happy Monday, Yard Projects, Workout I More

 

Summertime Fun

We had a beautiful sunny day. Summer is differently here with the high of 98 degrees and the morning temperature of 73 degrees.

We usually have a Monday morning C1 dance with Di Green and Terry McCann but for the next two weeks there won't be one because their in Germany for the European Square Dancing Convention. That's ok because it gave us a chance to do what ever we want.

Larry did a couple of projects in the frontyard. 

First was straightening the landscaping border around the oak tree. The border is a metal band that goes around the tree. We installed it years ago. Over years of mowing it has gotten hit many times causing it to be out of alignment and bent. Larry worked on it for about an hour, he got it back together by drilling holes at the connection points and using screws. He also used a huge pair of pliers to bend some of it back into shape. It once again looks great.

The landscaping around the oak tree

Next he moved over to the other side of the yard to work on a sprinkler. A couple of weeks ago Larry discovered someone had drove over it and it was broken. Hi did a quick repair to get it working so today he dug it up and replaced it. Years ago he had used some extensions to get it high enough to spray above the grass. Today he replaced the old 4" popup and extensions with a 6" popup. He dug it up, replaced it and then filled the hole back in He then had to adjust the spray so it covered the area right. He also made sure the other sprinklers in the zone worked correctly. They work perfect.

The sprinkler Larry worked on

Testing the sprinklers out

I'm very lucky to have Larry around to do a lot of projects that need to be done. Thank you Larry. 

While Larry did his projects I played games. I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 10 games. It took me 2 hours, 34 minutes and 18 seconds to complete, which put me in 22nd place in my group. I got stuck on the last game. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

In the afternoon I worked out for an hour and forty-five minutes. 

I worked out for 45 minutes on the Wii Fit using the Wii Fit Plus Routine of 12 exercise for 28 minutes and the other 17 minutes I used Training Plus (Perfect 10 for 2 minutes), Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes) and Balance Games for 7 minutes (Table Tilt 4 minutes and Balance Bubble three times for 3 minutes). The Wii Fit Plus Routine was four Strength Training exercises (Jackknife, Lunge 10 reps, Single-Leg Extension 6 reps and Tricep Extension 10 reps), four Training Plus exercises (Island Cycling, Obstacle Course and Rhythm Parade) and five Yoga exercises (Chair, Palm Tree, Tree, Triangle and Warrior), I had a super workout.

Wii Fit Plus Routine

Strength Training (Jackknife, Lunge, Single-Leg Extension and Tricep Extension)

Training Plus Games (Island Cycling, Obstacle Course and Rhythm Parade)

  

Yoga (Chair, Palm Tree, Tree, Triangle and Warrior)

Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Table Tilt and Balance Bubble)

Perfect 10

I workout with Just Dance for 30 minutes using Just Dance 2016. I danced nine songs, which were When The Rain Begins to Fall, All About The Bass, Kaboom Pow, The Choice Is Yours, Gibberish, Junto a Ti, Lights, Balhan Blash Emix (Angry Birds) and This Is How We Do. I had a fun workout.

Just Dance 2019 (When The Rain Begins To Fall, All About The Bass and Kaboom Pow) 10 minutes

Just Dance 2016 (The Choice Is Yours, Gibberish, Junto A Ti, Lights, Balkan Blast Remix and This Is How We Do) 20 minutes

I worked out with the Synth Riders with three songs twice, which were Carry On, I'll Fight Back and Voidwalkers for 30 minutes. Another great workout.

Carry On

I'll Fight Back

Voidwalkers

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Dr. No, Great Houdini, Mission Impossible and Transformers. While playing Great Houdini I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Star Trek The Next Generation, The Beach Boys and Willow. I got a new high score playing the weekly challenge of Apollo 13, which was 1,202,039,740. This score put me in 16th place out of 33 participants. I had a good day of playing pinball.

Dr. No (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Star Trek The Next Generation (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Willow (Big)

While I played pinball we watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched The Sheep Detectives from our movies collection. A couple of months ago we had seen this movie in the theater, it was very cute. It is now available via Amazon Prime. 

After Larry went to bed I watched The Suicide Squad and Men In Black from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,000 steps. 

While I was watching movies a doe and her two fawns showed up. They walked through the frontyard and the backyard. As they walked they stopped and grazed. The fawns still have their spots but they're grazing along side of their mother.

  

  

 

      

Saturday 7-5-26 New Pinball Challenge & Having Fun

 

Just having fun

We had a fun day of hanging around the house and keeping cool. We didn't have anything on our agenda and was too hot to hang outside. The morning temperature was 77 degree and got up to 100 degrees and the skies were mostly sunny.

The temperature at our house at 3:00

Larry kept busy. First he went outside and treated for weeds in the gravel and around the yards. Next he took the motorcycle for a ride. He hadn't done it for awhile and he wanted to make sure it ran good. He drove it to Rogers Park boat ramp in Morgan Point. He was surprised that it wasn't busy because it was Sunday on the July 4th weekend. Then he worked on some movies.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Free Cell and 5 Pyramid). It took me 38 minutes and 38 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 31 minutes with the Wii Fit. I had the Wii Fit choose a routine for me. The routine was for 25 minutes but I had internet problems so I only did 23 minutes of it. That was ok I did another 8 minutes to complete the workout. I redid two the of the 12 exercises the Wii Fit had on it's routine. The routine was 2 exercises from Aerobics (Basic Run and Super Hula Hoop), 2 exercises from Strength Training (Single-Leg Extension 6 reps and Single-Leg Twist 10 reps), 4 exercises from Training Plus (Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Island Cycling, Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung Fu) and 4 exercises from Yoga (Chair, Half Moon, Palm Tree and Sun Salutation). The exercises I redid were Bird's Eye Bull's Eye and Rhythm Kung Fu for 4 minutes. I did Perfect 10 three times for 4 minutes to complete my workout. I had a great workout.

My routine

Aerobics (Basic Run and Super Hula Hoop)

Strength Training (Single-Leg Extension and Single-Leg Twist)

Training Plus (Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Island Cycling, Perfect 10 and Rhythm Kung Fu)

Yoga (Chair, Half Moon, Palm Tree and Sun Salutation)

I played ten games of pinball.

I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Fast Break, Michael, Monster Bash, No Good Goffers! and The Goonies. While playing Fast Break I entered my initials as high score in playing Milwaukee Bucks with 151 points. While playing Monster Bash I became high score #3. 

Fast Break (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Big Bang Bar, Big Buck Hunter Pro, Game of Thrones and The Beach Boys. I started by playing the weekly challenges because a new challenge started today. I played Game of Thrones to get a new high score for last week's challenge but failed. I had fun trying. My ending score was 336,583,630, which put me in 50th place out of 94 participants. This week's challenge is Apollo 13. My first high score is 857,133,440, which put me in 7th place out of 14 participants so far. Then I played the other three games. I didn't get on the board but had a great time trying.

Game of Thrones (Big)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Larry was working on the movies Sheep Detectives, How to Train Your Dagon and Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom.

In the evening we watched Aquaman and The Lost Kingdom. When Larry went to bed I watched Suicide Squad and 101 Dalmatians from our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

    

Saturday 7-4-26 Happy 250th Birthday U.S. & Having Fun

 

Happy Fourth of July 

Happy Fourth of July everyone. Happy 250th birthday America. 

Today was very exciting because it was America's 250th birthday. Our neighbor behind us celebrated the 4th by having a pool party. Other neighbors had a lot of fireworks. They started them about 8:30 pm and went on until 10:30 pm. We just stayed at home.  

The morning temperature was 75 degrees and the high was 99 degrees. It was hot so we just hung a round the house.

The at our house at 5:00 99 degrees

We did leave the house in the morning for a little bit before it got too hot. We took the Minnie out for a ride. Larry tries to take it for a ride now and then to make sure the generator and the Minnie runs correctly. Larry drove the Minnie a few miles with the generator running. The generator started right up. The Minnie and the generator ran excellent. 

On the way home we stopped by Walmart to pick up a few things for our July 4th celebration. We hadn't had hot dogs in years and they sounded good perfect for the 4th of July. We also got buns to go with them along with a couple of desserts. We bought a piece of  carrot cake and tow pieces of  turtle pie cheese cake. The cheese cake says it should thaw in the refrigerator for at least 24 hours before eating it so that will be for tomorrow. We also picked up wedge potatoes to go with the hot dogs. We were very surprised that Walmart wasn't busy. Maybe because it was 9:00 am.

Hot dogs for lunch and dinner

In the afternoon Larry started to read a book. I played games.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Klondike Adventure of 20 games. It took me 1 hour, 5 minutes and 47 seconds to complete, which put me in 5th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 45 minutes. I did two exercised off the Aerobics menu for 10 minutes, which were Basic Run Long Distance for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes. I did three games off the Balance Games menu for 10 minutes, which were Penguin Slide two times for 4 minutes, Table Tilt for 4 minutes and Tightrope Walk two times for 2 minutes. I did four exercises off the Strength Training menu for 10 minutes, which were Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension of 20 reps for 3 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes. I did two games off the Training Plus menu for 3 minutes, which were Balance Bubble two times for 2 minutes and Perfect 10 three times for 3 minutes. I did five exercises off the Yoga menu for 10 minutes, which were Chair for 2 minutes, Half Moon for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Tree for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes. I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Penguin Slide, Table Tilt and Tightrope Walk)

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

Training Plus ( Balance Bubble and Perfect 10)

Yoga (Chair, Half Moon, Palm Tree, Tree and Warrior)

I worked out with the Synth Riders with four songs twice, which were Keep On Smilin, Keep You In Line, Silent Movie and Watch Your Tongue. While doing Keep You In Line I earned one new high score. When doing Silent Movie I earned one outstanding score. When doing Watch Your Tongue I earned two outstanding score. I did very well.

Keep On Smilin

Keep You In Line

Silent Movie

Watch Your Tongue

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Dark Chaos, Jaws and Michael. While playing Jaws I became high score #2 and Michael I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Trouble In Little China, Blizzard of Ozz, Game of Thrones and Star Fox. While playing Game of Thrones I didn't get a new high score for the weekly challenge but I did become high score #4. While playing Star Fox I became high score #3. I had fun playing pinball.

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Project Hail Mary from our movies collection. After Larry went to bed I watched Armageddon from our movies collection. I ended up doing 4,500 steps.