Saturday 2-12-26 Olympics, Puzzle, Reading & Workout

 

Happy Saturday

We had another day of doing this and that. 

The weather wasn't bad. We had blue skies and occasionally the clouds would roll in. We had a little wind. The morning temperature was 51 degrees and the high was 68 degrees, very comfortable. 

Temperature at 2:30 pm

Larry finished reading Project Hail Mary and started another book. I'll probably will read Project Hail Mary when we go on our Spring Trip, which is at the end of March after Spring Break.

 

Relax with a book

I spent most of the day working on my jigsaw puzzle.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed last night. The event was Event: Experts Only Mini of 5 games. It took me 1 hour, 8 minutes and 31 seconds, which put me in 21st place in my group. I always get stuck on solving the Free Cell game but it 's ok. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

     

In the afternoon I was going to workout with my Wii Fit but the console won't read the disc. Larry tried to get it to work by unplugging the device still wouldn't work. We even tried other workout disc. We finally gave up. Larry went on the internet and found a console so he ordered it. It was off E-Bay so it will take awhile.  Thank you Larry.

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with three songs. The songs were Carry On, I'll Fight Back and Voidwalkers. I did all songs two times except I'll Fight Back I did three times because my right controller died. I had a good workout.

Carry On

I'll Fight Back

Voidwalkers

I played one game of Pirate's Plunder on Bouncer Arcade for 30 minutes. I earned a silver trophy, defeated my enemies three times, played Skeleton Swamp (hit the skulls with ball), Cutlas Clash (broke the banister on the ship) and I got four Jolliest Rogers. I had a great game. I hadn't played Pirate's Plunder since 2/5/26, which was 16 days.

Pirate's Plunder

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace Of Speed, Cactus Canyon, Jaws, Godzilla and Pirates of the Caribbean. While playing Cactus Canyon I was high score #2, Godzilla I was high score #6 and Pirates of the Caribbean I was high score #2. I had a super day of playing pinball on the mini cabinet. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Fish Tales, Mission Impossible, Theatre of Magic, Who Dunnit and World Cup Soccer. I didn't get on the board while playing on the big cabinet but I did well.

Mini Cabinet

Ace of Speed

Cactus Canyon

Godzilla

Jaws

Pirates of the Caribbean

Big Cabinet

Fish Tales

Mission Impossible

Theatre of Magic

Who Dunnit

World Cup Soccer

We watched three events of the Olympics. They were Men's Mass Start (16 Speed Skaters 10,000m), Women's Mass Start (U.S.A. got a bronze metal) and Men's Ski Cross Free Style Ski. There were other events but not events we were interested in. 

We watched YouTube videos. 

Afterwards we watched a movie on Kanopy called Infinite. It was a science fiction movie based on a novel called The Reincarnation Papers. The movie was about Evan McCauley (Mark Wahlberg), who was diagnosed as having schizophrenia. He finds out he is an "Infinite", who can remember past lives and retain skills from them. It was an ok movie. When Larry went to bed I watched Fantastic Beast and Where to Find Them from our movies collection. I ended up doing 2,000 steps

 

Relaxing in front of the television

    

   

Friday 2-20-26 Shirley's Birthday, Dancing to Ett & More

Shirley's Birthday Flowers

Happy Birthday Shirley (Larry's Mom). We hope you had a great day. 

 

It's Friday Let's Celebrate

We had another day of relaxing. We didn't have anything on the agenda so we didn't do too much.

The weather was overcast most of the day. The clouds would move in and out which gave us a little sunshine. It was cooler today. The morning temperature was 50 degrees and the high was 62. The clouds kept it cooler and there was a little breeze.

I spent most of the day either playing games or working on my jigsaw puzzle. 

Larry spent the day reading. A movie is coming out next month called Project Hail Mary. Awhile back on one of camping trips we read the book. We really enjoyed it and are looking forward to the movie. Larry wanted to refresh his memory on the book so today he starting reading it again.

Reading is fun

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 5 games. It took me 13 minutes and 24 seconds, which put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

After lunch I took a two hour nap. When I woke up I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour. I worked out with four songs two times a piece. The songs were Keep On Smilin, Keep You In Line, Silent Movie and Watch Your Tongue. While working out with Watch Your Tongue I earned outstanding scores both times.

Keep On Smilin'

Keep You In Line

Silent Movie

Watch Your Tongue

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Transformers and Willy Wonka. While playing I became Grand Champion in Dark Chaos, High Score #2 in Transformers and High Score #1 in Willy Wonka. I had a super day playing pinball on the mini cabinet. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, Goldeneye and Who Dunnit. While playing Who Dunnit I got a new high score 4,635,251,090, which put me 31st out of 85 participants in the weekly challenge.

Dark Chaos (mini)

JP Space Cadet (mini)

Transformers (mini)

Willy Wonka (mini)

60th Anniversary (big)

Dr. No (big)

Goldeneye (big)

Who Dunnit (big)

I attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:00 for an hour. She is back from her cruise to Antarctica. She called four tips and in between the tips she talked about her trip. She had an outstanding trip. Her partner Linda and her have now visited all seven Continents. She called to twelve dancers. I had fun dancing to Ett and with friends.  

We watched the Olympics before Ett McAtee's dance and after it. The events we watched were Men's Freeski Half Pipe (U.S.A. got gold), Short Track Men's 5000m Relay and Short Track Women's 1500m finals ( U.S.A. got bronze). First medal in Women Short Track in 19 years.

We watched YouTube videos before Larry went to bed. After Larry went to bed I watched Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. It's not on the super hero movies list but it's in our movies collection. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

Thursday 2-19-26 Lunch, Olympics, Puzzle & Insurance

Laid Back Day

We had a laid back day of doing this and that. 

Larry received an e-mail from Nationwide saying our home insurance was going up. This is the third or forth year in a row where the premium has gone up. We haven't made any claims and a few weeks ago they sent us a message saying our roof was old and if it needed to be replaced they would only pay about 50%.  We have been in the house about 12 years and the roof is original. Larry spent the morning working on lowering the homeowner insurance. He received quotes from a couple of places and it looks like Farmers will be substantially less money, about half the price of Nationwide. I'm glad I have Larry to call around and get the quotes.

Home Insurance

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed last night. Today I did the event, which was Event: Two Game Tango of  20 minutes (10 Klondike and 10 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 35 minutes and 6 seconds, which put me in 15th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Larry has peripheral neuropathy in his feet. Years ago he found some shoes that worked well with it and other than hiking boots they are all he has worn. Apparently something has changed with his feet and those same shoes now cause him pain. He doesn't believe it is related to the Neuropathy but he needs to figure something out. The only other shoes he has is a very old pair of Hush Puppies, he has been wearing them for a couple of months and they have been great. Unfortunately the ones he has are no longer made. He prefers double extra wide shoes and they are very difficult to find. 

About 10:00 we went to the Academy in Temple to see what shoes they have. On the way we stopped by Aldi to do a little grocery shopping. At Academy we didn't find any shoes for Larry. He'll probably continue doing some research on shoes and order them online.

Academy

Larry surprised me by taking me to lunch at Wes's Burger Shack in Temple. We haven't been there before. We shared a catfish filet sandwich with onion rings and for dessert we had coconut creme pie. The onion rings were homemade and very good except they didn't have a lot of flavor. The sandwich was ok. The pie we took home and it was delicious. The waitress was very friendly and service was excellent. When the meal was delivered we thought the waitress forgot the pie. Larry asked her and she said she was going to bring it to us after we finished eating. We told her that was great. When the meal was delivered they brought us an extra plate and they had cut the sandwich in half because we told them we were sharing the meal. We had a great experience at Wes's Burger Shack. 

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour. I worked out with three songs, which were Empire, I Loved You Then and It Ain't Right. I worked out with Empire twice and earned two outstanding scores and one new high score. I worked out with It Ain't Right and I Loved You Then three times. While working out with I Loved You Then the second time I earned a new high score and an outstanding score. I had a great workout.

Empires

I Loved You Then

It Ain't Right

Afterwards I played one game of Asteroid Outpost with Bounce Arcade. I hadn't played this game in a month and had fun. I earned a silver trophy, mined the asteroids five times and mined them once. I earned a new ball and played one multiball.

Asteroid Outpost

We watched the Olympics. The events we watched were Women's Sprint Mountaineering, Men's 1500m Speed Skating (U.S.A. won a silver metal), Women's Slalom Skiing and Women's Free Skating (U.S.A. won a gold metal). 

While watching the Olympics I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Attack From Mars, Big Buck Hunter Pro, Guardians of the Galaxy and The Goonies. While playing Guardians of the Galaxy I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bar Bang, Great Houdini, Iron Man, The Big LeBowski and Who Dunnit. While playing Who Dunnit, which is the weekly challenge. I earned a new high score, which put me in 54th place out of 76 participants.

Ace of Speed (mini)

Attack From Mars (mini)

Big Buck Hunter Pro (mini)

Guardians of the Galaxy (mini)

The Goonies (mini)

Big Bang Bar (big)

Great Houdini (big)

Iron Man (big)

The Big LeBowski (big)

Who Dunnit (big)

We had a home delivery from Walmart of groceries we couldn't get at Aldi. 

Grocery Shopping

  While watching television I worked on my puzzle. 

After the Free Skating event we watched some YouTube videos. When Larry went to bed I watched the last super hero movie called Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania, which is the last movie in our super hero movies collection. Then I watched Sonic the Hedgehog 3. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.