Sunday 3-8-26 Daylight Saving, Workout, New Pinball Challenge & More

 

Daylight Saving Begins

It's that time of the year when Daylight Saving begins, where your clocks spring forward. Here in the United States and Canada our time went an hour forward, the U.K. will also do this in three more weeks. Daylight Saving begins in the United Kingdom the last Sunday in March and lasts until the last Sunday in October. The United States Daylight Saving begins the second Sunday in March and last until the first Sunday in November. 

We had overcast skies all day. The morning temperature was 50 degrees and the high was 71 degrees. 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 19 minutes and 35 seconds, which put me in 38th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle. Larry started a new book.

I worked out for an hour and a half. I had a great workout.

I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour. I did the My Wii workout for twenty-nine minutes and Perfect 10 for one minute. My Wii workout consist of three Strength Training games, which were Torso Twist (6 reps), Single-Leg Twist (10 reps) and Tricep (10 reps), four Yoga poses, which were Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Downward Facing Dog, three Aerobics games, which were Basic Run, Basic Step and Super Hola Hoop and two Training Plus games, which were Obstacle Course and Island Cycling. I did one Perfect 10 for a minute. 

Perfect 10

    My Wii Workout

I worked out for a half hour with Gold's Gym. I used the prepared workout for 15 minutes and one Intermediate program for 15 minutes.

I used the Double Combo

Nina (my trainer) and the prepared workout

Finally I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour with four songs two times a piece. The songs were Code War, Phoenix, Wolves and You Know That You Love Me. While working out with Wolves I earned two outstanding scores. While working out with You Know That You Love Me I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score. 

Code War

Phoenix

Wolves

You Know That You Love Me

I played two games of Gunpowder Gulch on Bounce Arcade. The first game was that great. The second game I earned a silver trophy by playing five multiballs (Wooden Sign Rally twice, Jail Break, Safe Crack and SALOON) and the five events (Cracked the Safe, Gun Fight, Quick Drawl twice and Barrel Barrage). I was successful completing Cracked the Safe and Gun Fight. I played Bounce Arcade for a half hour.

Gunpowder Gulch

 

Today is the beginning of a new week so I got a new weekly challenge, which is Elvira and the Party Monsters. I played last week's challenge of Metallica and didn't get a new high score. I ended up with the high score of 101,858,350, which put me in 37th place out of 113 participants. Larry already had the new challenge in a file of pinball games. He put it on the big cabinet and changed the number of balls from 5 to 3. He also changed Metallica number of balls from 3 back to 5. Once he got Elvira and the Party Monsters on the cabinet he played. When I played the game it kept going back to 5 balls from 3. Larry found the problem and fixed it. Then I played a few games to get my first high score on Elvira and the Party Monsters. The score was 1,073,930, which put me in 21st place out of 23 participants so far this week.

Metallica (big)

Elvira and the Party Monsters (Big)

I played six other pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Attack From Mars, Creature From The Black Lagoon and Godzilla. While playing Ace of Speed I became high score #1. While playing Godzilla I became high score #7. I played two other games on the big cabinet besides the weekly challenges. The games were Elvira Scared Stiff and Fish Tales. I had a great day of playing pinball.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Attack From Mars (Mini)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Mini)

Godzilla (Mini)

Elvira Scared Stiff (Big)

Fish Tales (Big)

In the evening we watched a new series called The Young Sherlock on Prime. It's an updated version of Sherlock Holmes. When I started watching it I wasn't sure if I would like it but it turned out being pretty good. When Larry went to bed I started to watched the second season of The Manager on Prime. We already watched the first season before. The second season is new. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

 

Saturday 3-7-26 Rainy Day, Workout & Games

 

Rainy Day!

We had a rainy day. The morning temperature at 6:00 am was 70 degrees. When the rain rolled in at 10:00 am the temperature started to drop by noon it was 52 degrees. Then it started to go back up at 4:00 pm it got up to 59 degrees. The rain stayed around throughout the night.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 15 games. It took me 46 minutes and 52 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

In the afternoon I worked out for an hour and a half. I worked out with the Wii Fit for thirty-one minutes. I did one Aerobics for eight minutes with Boxing, Balance Games with two games for four minutes with Soccer Heading and Ski Slalom, Strength Training for nine minutes with Single-Leg Extension (10 reps), Torso Twist (6 reps), Single-Leg Twist (10 reps), Sideways Leg Lifts (10 reps) and Balance Bridge (6 reps), Yoga for eight minutes with Half Moon, Warrior, Palm Tree and Chair and Training Plus for six minutes with Perfect 10. I did Perfect 10 three times to try to complete the balls to get 15 but I failed all three times, which made me unbalance.

  

Aerobics Menu

Balance Games Menu

Strength Training Menu

Yoga Menu

Perfect 10

I worked out with two different programs of Just Dance for a half hour. I worked out with three songs on Just Dance 2014, which were She Wolf (Falling to Pieces), Starships and The Other Side. The other program was six songs on Just Dance 2015, which were Holding Out For a Hero, 4X4, Speedy Gonzalez, Love Me Again, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy.

 

Falling to Pieces, Starships and Other Side

Holding Out for a Hero, 4X4 and Speedy Gonzalez

Love Me Again, What Does the Fox Say? and Happy

Finally I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour. I worked out with three songs, which were ID two times, Outburst two times and Paris Night Walk four times. While working out with ID I did one outstanding score and a new high score, Outburst I did one outstanding score and Paris Night Walk I did three outstanding scores. 

ID

Paris Night Walk

Outburst

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Great Houdini, Red & Ted Road Show, Tales of the Arabian Nights and The Goonies. While playing Great Houdini I became high score #2 and The Goonies I became high score #2. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Creature From The Black Lagoon, Metallica, The Addams Family and World Cup Soccer. While playing Metallica I got a new high score of 101,858,350, which put me in 28th place out of 90 participants.

Great Houdini (Mini)

Red & Ted Road Show (Mini)

Tales of the Arabian Nights (Mini)

 

The Goonies (Mini)

Creature From The Black Lagoon (Big)

Metallica (Big)

The Addams Family (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

 

I worked on my jigsaw puzzle in between playing games and working out and while watching television.  

In the evening we started to watch a new series on PBS called The Puzzle Lady. It was about a lady, who solves puzzles and works with the police to solve crime. We only watched one episode because it wasn't exactly the type of series Larry likes. I'll probably finish watching it. It's like a modern Murder She Wrote. We watched a movie on Kanopy called Lilly. It was based on a true story about Lilly Ledbetter (Patricia Clarkson), who took Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. to court for equal pay. She had worked as a supervisor for over 20 years and only got paid half the pay as the men who held the same position. It was a good movie. After Larry went to bed I finished watching the first season of Night Manager. I ended up doing 4,500 steps.

  

Friday 3-6-26 Working Out, Games, Puzzle & Dancing

 

Humid Day

We had a warm humid day with overcast skies and wind. The morning temperature was 68 degrees and the high was 83 degrees and humidity was 50%. The wind kept it a little cooler outside. The wind was out of the south with the gust up to 22mph.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Spider Adventure of 20 games. It took me 2 hours, 4 minutes and 1 second, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

While I played games Larry worked on a home project. We have an old Harmony remote controller for the television. Awhile back the company said they weren't going to support it any more. It worked great for many years. The other night it stopped responding to our Alexa commands. It wouldn't turn on or off the television and it wouldn't turn on or off my Wii Fit. That was ok we have a controller, where we can turn it off manually. Larry decided to try and fix the Harmony/Alexa issue. It took awhile but he got the Harmony controller working again with the television and the Alexa commands. Thank you Larry.

After lunch I did my workout for an hour and fifteen minutes. 

First I worked out with the Wii Fit for 30 minutes using My Wii Fit Plus for 28 minutes and one Perfect 10 game for 2 minutes. My Wii Fit Plus routine was one Aerobic, four Strength Training, two Balance, four Yoga and one Training Plus. The Aerobic was Basic Step. The Strength Training were Torso Twist of 6, Jack Knifes of 10, Lunges (10 rep) and the Balance Bridge (6 rep). The Yoga were Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle. The Balance were Lotus Focus for three minutes and Table Tilt. The Training Plus was Island Cycling. It was a great workout.

Workout routine (I earned an extra minute)

I failed to complete the reps so I was unbalance

Second I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes. I decided to do the workout A La Carte, where I choose two programs from the Intermediate Level. I decided to do Ducking Combo for 7 minutes and Left and Right Ducking Combo for 16 minutes. The other 7 minutes was doing a Box Exam, which was Exam E. The exam consist of seven questions and four sets per questions. The questions are different boxing moves and punches. I completed it prefect. 

Lessons to choose from

The questions asked during exam

Certification of completing exam

Finally, I worked out on the Synth Riders for with two songs twice. The songs were Spectrum and Underdog. While working out with Spectrum and Underdog I did four outstanding scores and Underdog I got a new high score.

Spectrum

Underdog

I played two games of Monster Manor with Bounce Arcade. The second game wasn't good at all. The first game I earned a bronze trophy by stunning the manor once, awoken manor once, banister buster and tried hitting the spider to start multiball. I played a lot better than normal and had fun.

Monster Manor

I played seven games of pinball. I played four pinball games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Fun House, No Good Goffers! and Theatre of Magic. While playing No Good Goffers! I became high score #3. I played three pinball games on the big cabinet, which were Dracula, Metallica and The Big LeBowski. While playing The Big LeBowski I became high score #3 and Dracula I became the Grand Champion. I had a great day of playing pinball on both cabinets.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Fun House (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Theatre of Magic (Mini)

 

Dracula (Big)

Metallica (Big)

The Big LeBowski (Big)

In the evening I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 pm for an hour. Ett called four tips to 9 participants. I had a great time dancing with friends from the U.S.A., Canada and Australia. In between the tips we visited with each other.

After the dance we watched a movie on Kanopy called Whiskey Tango Foxtrot. It was a very good movie about a female reporter Kim Baker ( Tina Fey) who takes a dangerous assignment in Afghanistan. She gets out of her comfort zone and finds her strength as she looks for her next story. She befriends a BBC correspondent Tanya Vanderpoel (Margot Robbie) and an independent photographer Ian MacKelpie (Martin Freeman) from Scotland. She becomes friends with Ali Massoud Sadig (Alfred Molina), who is Afghan Attorney General. Other stars in the movie were Billy Bob Thornton, Stephan Peacock and others. It's biography drama based on a true story during the Afghanistan War. 

After Larry went to bed I continued watching the first season of the Night Manager on Prime. I ended up doing 3,000 steps. While watching television I worked on my puzzle.

Jigsaw puzzle so far