Sunday 7-20-26 Crafting, Puzzle, New Challenge & More

 

Hot Day

We had a hot. The morning temperature was 72 degree and the was officially 97 degrees but at our house it was 98 degrees.

Larry spent the day working on the Frontend Loader paper project. He finished cutting out the pieces and began assembling it. There is a lot of folding and gluing to do. There are 88 steps and Larry has done 24.

Frontend Loader so far

I worked on the Horse of Iron puzzle in between playing games and workout.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Solitaire World Tour of 30 games. It took me 4 hours, 33 minutes and 57 seconds to complete, which put me in 8th 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 10 minutes from the Aerobics menu (Hula Hoop for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), 10 minutes from the Balance Games menu (Penguin Slide twice for 4 minutes, Ski Jump 3 times for 3 minutes and Table Tilt for 3 minutes), 10 minutes from the Strength Training menu (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension for 20 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), 5 minutes from the Training Plus menu with Perfect 10 4 times and 10 minutes from the Yoga menu (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 (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Penguin Slide, Ski Jump and Table Tilt)

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

Perfect 10

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

Today is the beginning of a new week so I got a new weekly pinball challenge. I played last week challenge of AC/DC for a bout a half hour to get a new high score and was successful. I finished the week with 26,865,220, which put me in 83rd out of 99 participants. This weeks weekly challenge is Sponge Bob' Bikini Bottom. I never played this game. Larry downloaded the game and installed it on the big cabinet. He installed it in both 2d and VR. Then he played the game to make sure it worked. My first high score for the challenge is 31,836,240. This score put me in 25th place out of 28 participants. 

AC/DC

Sponge Bob's Bikini Bottom

I played eight pinball games. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Beetlejuice, Big Bang Bar and The Beach Boys. While playing Beetlejuice I became high score #3. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Fun House, Pirates of the Caribbean, Pirate's Life and Metallic. While playing Fun House I became high score #3, Pirate's Life high score #1 and Metallica high score #4. I had a good afternoon of playing pinball. 

Beetlejuice (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

Metallica (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched Guardians of the Galaxy from our movies collection. After Larry went to bed I continued watching the 12th season of The Brokenwood Mysteries on Acorn. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

LIFE IS GOOD!!!!!

   

    

Saturday 7-18-26 Crafting, Motorcycle Rider, Puzzle & More

 

Hot Day

We had a humid day with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 75 degrees and the high was 97 degrees (felt like 105). 

Larry kept busy doing this and that. 

Larry completed one crafting project and started another. The second crafting project is a Frontend Loader. A number of years ago a gentleman who designs his own projects created a dump truck, excavator and loader. Larry built the dump truck in 2022 and the excavator in 2024. He is now working on the loader. There are lots of details in these vehicles, the designs are very complicated and there are no videos to help with the assembly, but there are 24 pages of printed instructions. There are lots of pieces so it's going to take a while to complete. He printed out the directions and cut some of the pieces.

Dump Truck in 2022

Excavator

Larry treated the frontyard and gravel for weeds. Our yards have a lot of clover and Larry wants to try and get rid of it. He got a new weed killer and wanted to make sure it didn't kill the grass so he started in the front. He used the same killer in the gravel on the side of the house to see how well it worked on other weeds.

After finishing the weed project he added fuel additive on the gas tank of the motorcycle. Then he took it for a ride. He said the motorcycle ran great.

The motorcycle

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Hard Road Mini of 5 games. It took me 16 minutes and 3 seconds to complete, which put me in 4th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for 30 minutes with the Wii Fit. I did the Wii Fit Plus Routine for 27 minutes and Perfect 10 three times for 3 minutes. The routine had 12 exercises, which were three exercises from the Aerobics menu (Advance Step, Basic Step and Hula Hoop), four exercises from the Strength Training menu (Jackknife 10 reps, Lunge 10 reps, Sideways Leg Lift 10 reps and Tricep Extension 10 reps), two exercises from Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Rhythm Parade) and three exercises from Yoga menu (Half Moon, Palm Tree and Warrior. It was a good workout.

Wii Fit Plus Routine

Aerobics (Advance Step, Basic Step and Hula Hoop)

Strength Training (Jackknife, Lunge, Sideways Leg Lift and Tricep Extension)

Training Plus (Perfect 10 and Rhythm Parade)

Yoga (Half Moon, Palm Tree and Warrior)

Perfect 10 (three times)

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, No Good Goffers! and Three Angels. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were AC/DC, Michael and The Beach Boys. While playing AC/DC I got a new high score for the weekly challenges of 23,638,860, which put me in 69th place out of 80 participants. I had fun playing pinball on both the mini and the big cabinets.

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Three Angels (Mini)

AC/DC (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

In the evening we watched Cruella from our movies collection. It a cute movie about how Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians was created. Both were made by Disney. I liked it. When Larry went to bed I finished watching the fifth season of My Life Is Murder and started to watch the 12th season of The Brokenwood Mysteries on Acorn. It's another detective movie, it takes place in New Zealand. 

I ended up doing 3,000 steps. I worked on the Horse of Iron puzzle when I had time.

Horse of Iron

 

   

  

 

   

 

Friday 7-17-26 Muggy Day, Mammogram, Crafting & More

It's Friday celebrate with a happy dance

We had another muggy day. The morning temperature was 75 degrees and the high temperature was 94 degrees at 5:00 pm and felt like 107 degrees because of of the humidity. 

 

The temperature at our house at 5:00

We started the day out by going to Killeen for my appointment to get a mammogram. Larry tried to schedule it in Temple but he could only get me in at the clinic in Killeen. He scheduled it way back before my annual wellness appointment in February. I'm glad I'm healthy and don't have to see a doctor in a hurry because it's so hard to get in to see one. My appointment was at 8:40 am, this is early for me because I don't get out of bed until 8:00 am  or 8:15 am. It takes about a half hour to get to Killeen because it's 20 miles from the house. It didn't take long, I was in and out within 10 minutes.

On the way home we stopped at the UPS Store to check our mail. While there we went to Walmart to pickup a few things. I have been using a small towel to wipe down the shower everytime we shower and it's looking pretty shabby. The other day Larry went on Amazon and looked for a towel basically the same size as the one I use. He found some similar but not exactly what we wanted. While we were in Walmart we walked around and looked at the towels for sports and baths. We really didn't find exactly what we wanted but we bought two that we liked. We hadn't had breakfast so we walked around the bakery. Very few bakery goods in Walmart are baked in the store, most come in frozen. We saw some pies (cholate pie delight, apple pie delight and cheese pie delight, that said they were baked in the store. We picked up a chocolate pie delight and an apple pie delight. Each container has two pies in them. The chocolate pie delight was in the warming bin so it was still warm, we ate them on the way home. Usually we don't like the donuts in Walmart bakery but the chocolate pie delight were good.  After shopping at Walmart we went home.

By the time we got home it  was almost lunchtime. We had soup for lunch and for our dessert we had the apple pie delights. We put icing on the apple pie delights. They were delicious.

Apple pie delight

Apple Pie Delight with icing on it

Larry made a greeting card on his Cameo. While he waited for me to get up he cut out the pieces for the card. When we got back from Killeen he went through his font file and decided on what font to use. Once he decided on the front he cut the salutation out. It took him a bit because he customed designed a project that he bought years ago from Dreaming Tree. In the afternoon he assembled the card.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Klondike and 10 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 49 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2. 

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobics menu for 12 minutes (Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes). I did five exercises from the Strength Training menu for 13 minutes ( Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes, Single Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes and Tricep Extensions 20 reps for 3 minutes). I did two exercises from the Training Plus menu for 6 minutes (Obstacle Course once for 3 minutes and Snowball Fight twice for 3 minutes). I had a good workout. I'm still resting my knee a little bit. 

Aerobics

Rhythm Boxing

Super Hula Hoop

Strength Training

Sideways Leg-Lift

Single-Leg Extension

Single Leg Twist

Torso Twist

Tricep Extensions

Training Plus

Obstacle Course

Snowball Fight

 

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Dark Chaos, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Goonies. While playing The Goonies I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were AC/DC, Elvira's House of Horrors Red Blood Kiss, Tales of the Arabian Nights and The Godfather. I didn't get on the board on the big cabinet. I had a good time playing pinball.

Cirqus Voltaire (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (MIni)

The Goonies (Mini)

AC/DC (Big)

Eliva's House of Horrors Red Blood Kiss (Big)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Big)

The Godfather (Big)

In the evening we watched Beetlejuice Beetlejuice, which was the sequel to Beetlejuice. It was a 2024 movie. It was just as funny and good. After Larry went to bed I continued watching fifth season of My Life Is Murder. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

While I watched television I worked on Horse of Iron.