Monday 7-13-26 Camera Research, Rain, Puzzle & More

 

Rain in the Afternoon

We had an overcast day. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 91 degrees at 1:00 pm. A rain storm came through at 1:30 pm and lasted about 45 minutes. The rain went away and won't be back until tomorrow.  

Larry has been playing with ideas for a new Zoom camera, he has not found something that will do what he wants but he is continuing to research different cameras. Lots of information on Amazon and YouTube to dig through.

He started reading another book today. By the end of the day he had finished it.

He also installed my new weekly pinball challenge. This weeks challenge is AC/DC, we have never had this installed so it will be fun to play something totally new. 

Larry played a number of pinball games today. Mostly he played what are called "Original" table, these games are normally totally made up by a developer, not copies of real pinball games. It is amazing that they dream up an idea, create the table, graphics, code and game play almost exclusively by themselves, they may get a bit of help from other developers on some of the code but mostly the work is done by the one person. If someone helps them they always give them credit.

Reading is relaxing and fun

While Larry read I played games and worked out.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 3 hours, 9 minutes and 42 seconds to complete, which put me in 18th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for 1 hour and 45 minutes.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 45 minutes using the Aerobics, Balance Games, Strength Training, Training Plus and Yoga. I did 10 minutes off the Aerobics menu with two exercises, which were Basic Run for 2 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes. I did 10 minutes off the Balance Games menu with three exercises, which were Penguin Slide two times, Ski Jump two times and Soccer Heading two times. I did 10 minutes off the Strength Training menu with four exercises, which were Sideways Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single- Leg Extensions 20 reps for 3 minutes, Single Leg Twist of 20 reps for 2 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes. I did 5 minutes off the Training Plus menu with Perfect 10 four times. I did 10 minutes off the Yoga menu with five exercises, which were Chair for 2 minutes, Half Moon for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes. I had a great workout.

Aerobics (Basic Run and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Penguin Slide, Soccer Heading and Ski Jump)

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

Training Plus (Perfect 10)

 

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

I worked out with Gold's Gym for 25 minutes. I worked out with Brenda using a Prepared Routine of Beginning Combo for 6 minutes, Left and Right Ducking Combo for 16 minutes and Punch Dodge for 3 minutes. I worked out with Brenda. I had a good workout.

Brenda and the Prepared Workout Menu

Left and Right Ducking Combo from the Intermediate menu

Beginner Combo from the Beginner menu

Punch Dodge from the Exercise menu

I worked out with Synth Riders for 30 minutes to four songs two times. The songs were ID, Outburst, Paris Night Walk and Underdog. While doing ID I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score. While doing Outburst I earned one outstanding score and one high score. While doing Paris Walk I earned two outstanding scores, While doing Underdog I earned two outstanding scores. I had a great workout.

ID

Outburst

Paris Night Walk

Underdog

I played one game of Monster Manor on the Bounce Arcade. While playing the game I earned a silver trophy. I did this by being a Banister Buster, Midnight Harvest by fighting the Jack-O-Lantern, Awoken the Manor, Stunned the Manor and Spooky Skylight. I played very well.

Monster Manor

While I was playing games Larry played a few games of pinball on the big cabinet.

I played ten pinball games. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Elvira Scared Stiff, Fun House, Nightmare Before Christmas, No Good Goffers! and Playboy. While playing No Good Goffers! I became high score #3. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were AC/DC, Beetle Juice, Big Bang Bar, Star Fox and The Beach Boys. While playing Beetle Juice I became high score #3 and The Beach Boys I became high score #4. While playing AC/DC I did my first high score of 6,664,200, which put me in 38th out of 40 participants.

Elvira Scared Stiff (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Playboy (Mini)

AC/DC (Big)

Beetle Juice (Big)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Larry watched YouTube videos while I played pinball.

In the evening we continued watching Spider-Noir on Amazon. When Larry went to bed I watched the third Indiana Jones movie, which was Indiana Jones and The Last Crusade. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

While watching television I continued working on the Horse Of Iron jigsaw puzzle.

We had a super day hanging out with each other. 

  

 

Sunday 7-12-26 New Weekly Challenge, Paper Crafting & More

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. We kept busy doing this and that.

We had partly cloudy skies. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high of 97 degrees but felt like 102 degrees. It was hot and humid.

Temperature at the house at 6:00 pm (96% with humidity of 38%)

Larry kept busy doing a few different projects and read. 

He started out doing some paper crafting. He made a greeting card with a record player and radio on the front. He decided on what paper and colors he wanted to use. Then he cutout the pieces. Next he assembled the pieces via a video. He did the card and an envelope. It came out super.

Greeting Card

The envelope

Next he read. He started a book and finished it within a few hours. He knew it was a short book but he didn't know it was that short.

Relaxing with a good book

We love our automatic garage door opener but at certain times of the year when the sun is shining on the sensors it doesn't want to close. We have to wait until the sun moves in order to close it. Larry has tried different things to try to make sure the sun won't shine on the sensors. He also did some research on how to fix the problem. People had different suggestions. Yesterday, he ordered a couple of garage door sensor sun shields. They came in this afternoon. He installed the protectors, now we'll see if they work.

Sensor cover

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 9 minutes and 49 seconds to complete, which put me in 10th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and a half. It was an easy workout. 

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I did three exercises from the Aerobics menu for 16 minutes, which were Advance Step for 5 minutes, Basic Step for 3 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes. I did three exercises from the Balance Games menu for 14 minutes, which were Balance Bubble three times for 3 minutes, Ski Slalom three times for 6 minutes and Table Tilt two times for 8 minutes. It was a good workout.

Aerobics

Advance Step

Basic Step

Rhythm Boxing

Balance Games

Balance Bubble

Ski Slalom

Table Tilt

I worked out on the Synth Riders for a half hour using four songs two times. The songs were Paris Night Walk, Spectrum, Stardust and Underdog. While working out with Paris Night Walk I earned one outstanding score and Spectrum I earned two outstanding scores. I had a good workout.

Paris Night Walk

Spectrum

Stardust

Underdog

I worked out on Bounce Arcade for 30 minutes. I played Gunpowder Gulch. While playing Gunpowder Gulch I earned a silver trophy and an extra ball. I played three events, which were Barrel Barrage three times, Safe Crack once and completed it and Quick Drawl once. I played three multiballs, which were Jailhouse Break, Wooden Sign Rally and Safe Crack. It took me three times to be happy with my score. It has been over a month since I played this game. I had a fun time playing Gunpowder Gulch.

Gunpowder Gulch

Today is Sunday so it's time for a new weekly challenge. This week the challenge is AC/DC, Larry downloaded it but will install the game on the big cabinet tomorrow. Then I'll play the new challenge.

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Big Trouble In Little China, Beetle Juice, Blizzard of Ozz and Star Fox. I played Apollo 13 for a half hour to get a new high score for last week's challenge but wasn't successful. I ended up with 1,202,039,740, which put me in 55th place out of 98 participants. While playing Beetle Juice and Blizzard of Ozz I became high score #3. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Attack From Mars, Batman Forever, Godzilla, Pirate's Life and The Big LeBowski. While playing Attack From Mars I became high score #2. I had a super time play pinball.

Apollo 13 (Big)

Beetle Juice (Big)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Batman Forever (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

The Big LeBowski (Mini)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we finished watching Happiness on PBS. It was a cute series taking place in New Zealand about Charles Summers, a Broadway director, who returns to his hometown to help his mother run the local theater. It was very good. Then we started to watch a new series on Amazon called Spider-Noir. It about a pirate detective, who has super powers. It's taken based on Marvel Comics featuring Spider-Man Noir. I like it so far. When Larry went to bed I watched two Indiana Jones movies, which were Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Art and Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom. I ended up doing 1,600 steps. 

While watching television I worked on my jigsaw puzzle Horse of Iron.