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.

 

  

Friday 7-3-26 Computer Keyboard, Workout & More

 

Celebrate it's Friday

We had a beautiful day with sunshine. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 98 degrees.

Larry started the day off by replacing the keyboard on the laptop he uses for his crafting. The keyboard still works but some of the keys lettering is flaking off. He ordered a new keyboard and received it the other day. He has been watching YouTube videos on how to replace it. This morning he decided to give it a go. He took the lab top completely apart to get to the keyboard. To removed the keyboard he had to use different exacto knifes to cut and remove 37 plastic rivets. After getting the new keyboard in place he tried using his soldering iron to melt the old material onto the cut rivets, this did not work. He ended up using super glue. After reassembling the laptop the finger print reader and sound did not work. He had to take it back apart and reseat the connections. The new keyboard looks great and the computer works perfectly. It took about five hours.

Larry replacing keyboard

Old keyboard (S, E & D) keys coating flaking off

New keyboard installed

While Larry worked on the computer I played games and worked out.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 32 minutes and 31 seconds to complete, which put me in 7th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and a half. I worked out on the Wii Fit, Gold's Gym and Synth Riders.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I worked out with two exercises from the Aerobics menu for 9 minutes, which were Advance Step for 5 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes. I worked out with four exercises from the Balance Game menu for 11 minutes, which were Balance Bubble three times for 3 minutes, Ski Jump two times for 2 minutes, Ski Slalom two times for 2 minutes and Soccer Heading two times for 4 minutes. I worked out with one exercise from the Training Plus menu, which was Perfect 10 two times for 2 minutes. I worked out with four exercises from the Yoga menu for 8 minutes, which were Chair for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Triangle for 2 minutes. It was a great workout.

Aerobics (Advance Step and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Balance Bubble, Ski Jump, Ski Slalom and Soccer Heading)

Training Plus (Perfect 10)

Yoga (Chair, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Triangle)

I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes. I had Gold's Gym do a Prepared Workout, which was Weaving Combo (Warm-Up) for 7 minutes, Upper Combo for 14 minutes and Mitt Work for 3 minutes for the total of 24 minutes. I added on Beginner Combo for 6 minutes to make the 30 minutes. The workout consist of Upper Combo and Beginner Combo (Warm-Up) from the Beginner Menu, Weaving Combo (Warm-Up) from the Intermediate Menu and Mitt Work from the Exercise Menu. I hadn't worked out with Gold's Gym for two weeks. This was a great workout.

Prepared Workout with Bob

Intermediate Menu (Weaving Combo)

 

Beginner Menu (Uppercut Combo and Beginner Combo)

Exercise Menu (Mitt Work)

I worked out with four songs on Synth Riders, which were Empires, I Loved You Then, Imperfection and It Ain't Right. While working out with Empires I earned two outstanding scores, I Loved You Then I earned one outstanding out of two times, Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores and It Ain't Right I did it three times and earned one outstanding the last time. I had fun doing Synth Riders songs.

Empires

I Loved You Then

Imperfection

It Ain't Right

Larry installed a new pinball game on the big cabinet, which was Star Fox. He downloaded the game and installed it. Some people were having problems getting it to work via Popper and Larry had the same problem. Someone had figured out if you removed a dash (-) in the name it would work. Then he played it and had fun. It has a great VR Room. Below are four pictures of the room.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, JP Space Cadet, Playboy and Tales of the Arabian Nights. While playing Playboy I did the Playboy Mansion and be came a Playboy Champion. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Game of Thrones, Jaws, Star Fox and The Beach Boys. I had a great time playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Playboy (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Mini)

Game of Thrones (Big)

Jaws (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Superman from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King from our movies collection. This is the third and final movie. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.