Saturday 8-8-26 Cleaning Equinox, Jukebox Project, Mowing & More

Beautiful Saturday

We had a beautiful Saturday even though it was hot and humid. The morning temperature was 74 degrees. The was 100 degrees with 33% humidity, which made it feel like 106 degrees.

In the morning Larry finished our movies project of adding subtitles. He couldn't get 4 movies subtitles to work but he was successful in getting the other 258 movies to work. That is outstanding. 

We went to town to go to HEB to pickup a few things. On the way there we stopped at Mister Car Wash and gave the Equinox a bath, it had a film on the passenger side. We didn't know where it picked it up at. But we think it was when it was in the shop getting the air conditioner fixed. The shop is located on a dusty lot with other buildings. We usually take it to Today's Car Wash but the last time we went there it cost us $11.99 for the basic wash. Today at Mister Car Wash it cost $8.00 for the basic wash. The car wash did clean most of the film off. After stopping at HEB we went home.

When we got home I cleaned the front seats of the Equinox with the new Vacmaster Portable Carpet & Upholstery Cleaner Machine. Before using the upholstery cleaner machine we sprayed down the seats with some spot remover spray bottles from Folex and Stanley we had hanging around the house. Then we filled the upholstery cleaner machine with the cleaner it came with and hot water. Then the project began. I sprayed the seat with the sprayer and sucked up as much of the water I could. Larry noticed there was a lite breeze so he parked the Equinox in the driveway so the sun and breeze could dry the seats. They look a lot better. It took about 45 minutes to do.

Passenger seat before it was clean

Passenger seat after it was clean

Cleaners we sprayed on the seats before cleaning

Cleaning the driver side seat

Cleaning the back of the seat

While I did this project Larry mowed the frontyard and part of the north side of the backyard. The mowers are coming Thursday but the grass was pretty high. 

Larry also checked out how his clover was doing. A week ago he treated the clover to get rid of it. Apparently we have two different kinds, they actually look a bit different. The clover with the larger leaves is all disappearing but a lot of the clover in the frontyard doesn't seem to be dying, it has smaller leaves, they have developed white spots but don't seem to be dying. Larry did a great job of mowing.

Larry mowing the frontyard

Mowing the north side of the house

Larry started a new electronic project, he is going to try installing Windows on a Raspberry Pi. He has a number of Raspberry Pi's but only one of the faster ones and it is installed in a jukebox. He had a slower one he was not using so he had to swap it out, not as easy as it sounds since some of the wiring is different and the software is totally different. He did get that accomplished so he now has a Raspberry Pi 5 to play with. He loves to work on new stuff with electronics.

After lunch I worked out with the Wii Fit Plus for 30 minutes. I did the routine for 24 minutes and 6 minutes with two other exercises (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 twice for 2 minutes). The routine had 12 different exercises, which were one exercise from the Aerobic (Hula Hoop), four exercises from the Strength Training (Balance Bridge 6 reps, Lunges 10 reps, Row Squats 15 reps and Sideways Leg-Lift 10 reps), two exercises from Training Plus (Obstacle Course and Snowball Fight) and five exercises from Yoga (Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree, Standing Knee and Sun Salutation). The other 6 minutes I did two exercises, which were one exercise from Aerobic (Rhythm Boxing for 4 minutes) and one exercise from Training Plus (Perfect 10 twice for 2 minutes). It was a great workout.

Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing

Balance Bridge, Lunges, Rowing Squats and Sideways Leg-Lift

Obstacle Course, Perfect 10 and Snowball Fight

Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon, Palm Tree, Standing Knee and Sun Salutation

I worked out with Just Dance 2014 for 30 minutes. I did three songs for 10 minutes, which were Ghostbusters, It's You and Y.M.C.A. I did six songs for 20 minutes, which were The Other Side, She Wolf (Falling TO Pieces), Gentleman, Troublemaker, Rich Girl and Feel The Moment. I had a good workout and fun.

Ghostbusters, It's You and Y.M.C.A. 

The Other Side, She Wolf (Falling TO Pieces), Gentleman, 

Troublemaker, Rich Girl and Feel The Moment

I worked out to three songs two times a piece on the Synth Riders for 30 minutes. They were Rendezvous, Sledge and We Were Young.

Rendezvous

Sledge

We Were Young

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Spider and 3 Free Cell). It took me 18 minutes and 7 seconds to complete, which put me in 19th place. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Medieval Madness, Monster Bash and Pirate's Life. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Cirqus Voltaire, Elvira Scared Stiff and The Beach Boys. I had fun playing pinball.

Batman Forever (Mini)

Medieval Madness (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

     

 Pirate's Life (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Cirqus Voltaire (Big)

Elvira Scared Stiff (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie from our collection, which was Ant Man. When Larry went to bed I watched the seventh Harry Potter movie, which was Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1. 

I ended up doing 5,000 steps. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle the Horse of Iron.

We had a busy day having fun.

 

     

 

Friday 8-7-26 Doing Errands, Dancing with Loren & More

 Celebrate with a dance it's Friday

We had a wonderful Friday. 

We started the day off by going to town to doing errands. 

First stop was an appointment to see my pelvic therapist at 10:00 am to see how I was doing with my exercises. She said my numbers weren't as good as the last time. She figured it was because I cheated last time. She said now that I'm learning how to do the exercises the right way without holding my breath and using my stomach. She said I was doing very well.

After my appointment we stopped by Aldi to buy some bread. Then we stopped by Dollar Tree on Addams to get wrapping paper but we didn't like what they had to offer.

Next stop was in Belton to check our mail at the UPS Store. When we walked by Great Clips, which was next door to the UPS Store, it wasn't busy so Larry made an appointment for a hair cut. While waiting we went to Walmart to do a little shopping. We bought wrapping paper and a couple of things we needed. 

After shopping we went back to Great Clips and Larry got his haircut. He usually waits right before our trip but it was convenient and Great Clips wasn't busy so he got it done today. When he was finished we order a deep dish pizza from Little Caesars for lunch. When it was ready we picked it up. Then we went home.

Larry continues adding subtitles to our movies.

Deep Dish pizza from Little Caesars

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Experts Only of 10 games. It took me 3 hours, 17 minutes and 33 seconds to complete, which put me in 14th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out on the Wii Fit Plus for 35 minutes. I used the Wii Fit Plus Routine the Wii Fit Plus chosen for me for 32 minutes and 3 minutes of Perfect 10 three times. I did three Aerobics exercises (Advance Step, Basic Step and Super Hula Hoop), I did one Balance Games exercise (Lotus Focus). I did three Strength Training exercises (Balance Bridge 6 reps, Lunges 10 reps and Single-Leg Twist 10 reps), two Training Plus exercises (Obstacle Course and Skateboard Arena) and three Yoga exercises (Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog and Palm Tree). I did Perfect 10 three times for 3 minutes to make the 35 minutes. I had a great workout.

Advance Step, Basic Step and Super Hula Hoop

Lotus Focus

Balance Bridge, Lunges and Single-Leg Twist

 

Obstacle Course, Perfect 10 and Skateboard Arena

Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog and Palm Tree

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Pirate's Life, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Goonies. While playing Pirates of the Caribbean I became high score #4. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Dracula and Jaws. While I was playing Jaws I became high score #1. I had fun playing pinball.

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Dracula (Big)

Jaws (Big)

In the evening we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 pm for an hour and fifteen minutes. Loren Smith covered for Ett. Dave Hutchinson showed up and called two A2 tips. Loren called three A2 tips and one C1 tip. Larry danced with me. We had 11 participants for the dance. We had a super time dancing to Dave and Loren and with friends.

Participants for the dance

After the dance Larry continued to work on the movies. When he went to bed I watched the next Harry Potter movie, which was Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

  

    

Thursday 8-6-26 Chair Cleaning, Movies Projects and Workout & Games

 

Summertime Fun

We had another hot humid day with the high temperature of 102 degrees but felt like 113 degrees according to the website Weather Underground. The morning temperature was 75 degrees. 

We started the day off by cleaning our Lazy Boy chair. The chair is almost 40 years old and Larry has been thinking on and off about replacing it. Over the years we have gone in a few Lazy Boy stores to look for a replacement. But Larry really didn't find one he liked. He cleaned his chair years ago but it really needed to be cleaned again. He ordered a Vacmaster 400 Series Portable Carpet & Upholstery Spot Cleaner Machine from Amazon. He received it a couple of days ago. After breakfast we decided to clean the chair. Larry decided to clean it in his workroom, that way we didn't have to kneel on the floor to clean it. I took the back off the chair and put it on the work table on the work room. We put towels on the floor because it's a laminate floor and we wanted to protect it from the water. The cleaner came with a liquid solution to put in the water canister of the cleaner. We used hot water out of the kitchen faucet in the canister. The cleaner has two canisters, one for the fresh water and the other is for the dirty water. The cleaner works great. You use the head attachment to spray the water and cleaner solution on the surface. Then you suck the water out. He did the seat of the chair first and then the back. It took us about an hour to clean the chair. It looks super.

Lazy Boy cleaned

Vacmaster 400 Series Portable Carpet & Upholstery Spot Cleaner Machine

Larry cleaning the back of the chair

Larry spraying the arm with the liquid (sprayer in the back of the head)

Sucking the extra liquid from the chair

Larry spent the day working on adding subtitle of our movies project.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 33 minutes and 42 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out on the Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes. I did my own routine, which was two Aerobics exercises for 17 minutes (Basic Run Distance: Island Lap for 5 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 12 minutes), three Balance Games exercises for 8 minutes (Balance Bubble three times for 3 minutes, Table Tilt for 3 minutes and Tightrope Walk two times for 2 minutes), four Strength Training exercises for 11 minutes (Balance Bridge 10 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), one Training Plus for 1 minute (Perfect 10) and four Yoga exercises for 8 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Basic Run Distance: Island Lap and Rhythm Boxing

Balance Bubble, Table Tilt and Tightrope Walk

Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension, Single-Leg Twist and Torso Twist

Perfect 10

Chair, Palm Tree, Standing Knee and Triangle

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Cirqus Voltaire, Lord of the Rings and No Good Goffers!. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Great Houdini, Tales of the Arabian Nights and Theatre of Magic.

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Cirqus Voltaire (Mini)

Lord of the Rings (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Great Houdini (Big)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Big)

Theatre of Magic (Big)

In the evening we watched Avengers: Age of Ultron from our movies collection. After Larry went to bed I watched the next Harry Potter, which was Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.