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.     

 

  

 

 

Thursday 7-16-26 Just Another Day Having Fun

 

Hot Humid Day

It was very humid all day. Most of the day it was overcast. In the afternoon the sun came out. The morning temperature was 73 degrees and the high was 90 degrees at 4:00 pm. At 9:00 pm the temperature was 81 degrees with the humidity of 66 %. at the house. The weatherman predicted rain but we only got a few sprinkles at dinnertime. 

Temperature at the house at 9:00 pm

 

A couple of weeks ago Larry replaced the keyboard on the laptop he uses for crafting. He only replaced the keyboard not the entire assembly, the keyboard was not designed to be replaced this way but he thought he would give it a try. He was not thrilled with the results and a few days later the fingerprint reader stopped working, it is actually separate to the keyboard. In order to get the entire keyboard assembly he had to order it from Ali out of China, it was delivered this morning. He spent a couple of hours installing the new keyboard. He took the computer apart and installed the new keyboard. Then he put it back together. The new keyboard is perfect but the fingerprint reader still does not work. This is not important but he will try to fix it by replacing the cable and reader. 

New Keyboard

Larry started working on another greeting card. He is choosing what paper he wants to use.

During the weekend our Echo Shows (Alexa devices) were updated to Alexa Plus. When Amazon updated the devices they changed the voice. Larry changed the voice on one of the devices to a voice he likes better. The screen on the Show changed the location of the clock and the size got smaller. We haven't decided if we like the update or not.

 

Echo Show Update

Every other Thursday the mowers come and mow. Sometimes they fall behind because of rain and they may miss us but they do make up for it. We had a lot of rain a couple of days in a row so we thought for sure they won't be here. They surprised us when they showed up at 2:30. In fact two trucks showed up. It only takes them 10 or 15 minutes to mow both yards, weed-eat and blow off the front porch and driveway. We were glad they showed up because Larry was planning on mowing in the next couple of days. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street Mini of 15 games. It took me 28 minutes and 41 seconds to complete, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Yesterday, while I was working out I twisted my right knee so it's a little sore so I did a short workout. I worked out on the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I worked out with the Balance Games for 15 minutes I did four exercises (Penguin Slide two times for 4 minutes, Ski Jump three times for 3 minutes, Ski Slalom three times for 3 minutes and Table Tilt once for 5 minutes), Training Plus for 5 minutes I did one exercise (Perfect 10 three times) and Yoga for 10 minutes I did five exercises (Chair for 2 minutes, Half Moon for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I was an easy workout but fun.

Balance Games

Penguin Slide

Ski Jump

Ski Slalom

Table Tilt

Training Plus

Perfect 10

Yoga

Chair

Half Moon

Palm Tree

Sun Salutation

Warrior

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Great Houdini, Monster Bash, Tales of the Arabian Nights and World Poker Joker. While playing Great Houdini I became high score #3. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were AC/DC, Big Bang Bar, No Fear and Star Fox. While playing AC/DC I got a new high score for the weekly challenge and became Grand Champion. Once my score is approved I'll be in 57th out of 60 participants. I had fun playing pinball.

Great Houdini (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (MIni)

World Poker Joker (Mini)

AC/DC (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

No Fear (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we rented 1988 Beetlejuice on Amazon and watched it. It's a cute comedy movie about a deceased couple spirits were being harass by a family, who move into their home. We enjoyed the movie. When Larry went to bed I finished watching the fifth season episodes, that are available of Harry Wild and started watching the fifth season of My Life Is Murder.    

While watching television the family of deer came to visit. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle Horse of Iron. I ended up doing 2,000 steps.