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.    

 

   

 

 

Saturday 7-11-26 Camera Project, New Pinball Game & Having Fun

Keep cool

We had a mild day because the it was partly cloud, which keep the sun from beating down on us. The morning temperature of 75 degrees with clouds and the high of 92 degrees. 

Larry started the day out working on the Zoom camera project. He had another idea, it didn't work out.

Sometimes during a Zoom call our camera will lose connection and we will have to restart the video. Larry thinks the plug is problem so today he cut it off and wire a new on.

While I worked out Larry installed Beetle Juice on the big cabinet. He had already downloaded the game so he installed it. It took him two and a half hours to get it to work correctly. A lot of that time was spent on getting the volume of the videos correct. He installed it in both 2D and VR. Once it was installed he played the game.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango of 20 games (10 Pyramid and 10 Tri Peaks). It took me 1 hour, 41 minutes and 54 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour. I worked out with the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. I had the Wii Fit choose the routine. The routine consist of 12 exercises for 25 minutes I didn't quite get the 27 minutes the routine had. I did two exercises from the Aerobics menu (Basic Run and Basic Step), one exercise from Strength Training menu (Tricep Extensions 10 reps), five exercises from the Training Plus menu (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10 and Island Cycling), and four exercises from the Yoga menu (Tree, Standing Knee, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle). I played one exercise from Balance Games menu for five minutes to make the 30 minutes, which was Table Tilt. I had a great workout.

Wii Fit Plus Routine

Aerobics (Basic Run and Basic Step)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Tricep Extensions)

Training Plus (Big Top Juggling, Snowball Fight, Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10 and Island Cycling)

 

Yoga (Tree, Standing Knee, Downward Facing Dog and Triangle)

I worked out with three songs two times on the Synth Riders, which were Get Up On My Keys, On My Way and Raw. While working out with Get Up My Keys I earned one outstanding score. It was a good workout.

Get Up On My Keys

On My Way

Raw

I played eight pinball games. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Cactus Canyon, No Good Goffers! and Transformers. I didn't get on the board playing the games but I played well and had fun. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Beatle Juice, Star Fox and The Beach Boys. While playing Beatle Juice and Star Fox I became high score #3. 

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Cactus Canyon (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Beatle Juice (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Beatle Juice has a lot of thing goin on in the playfield for you the do. The balls are green with black stripes. 

Beatle Juice

While I played pinball Larry watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched the third Avatar movie, which Avatar: Fire and Ash. When Larry went to bed I watched Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows and Ooops! Noah Is Gone. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle Horse of Iron while watching television. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

  

 

Friday 7-10-26 Happy Friday, Project, Workout & More

 

Happy Friday

We had an overcast day. The clouds kept the temperature down but made it feel hotter because of the humidity. The morning temperature was 74 degrees and the high was 96 degrees with 43% humidity. 

We hung around the house doing this and that. At lunchtime we went to town to check our mail at The UPS Store. Before going we ordered a large pepperoni pizza online. We went to town and checked our mail. 

When Larry got back in the car he checked our order from Little Caesar and it said it was ready 10 minutes ago. When he got to the store it was in the bin. It was in a Hot n Ready pizza box. The last time we ordered a pizza online it was made fresh and we tracked the process of the pizza. When we got to the store the gentleman was just putting in the holding bend. The pizza was fine today but there really isn't any advantage for ordering online instead of picking up a Hot n Ready pizza. I guess the advantage of ordering online is if you're ordering a large pizza, that's not pepperoni or cheese you know when it will be ready and not have to wait.

Little Caesar Large Pepperoni Pizza

The other day when Larry was reading Reddit a person who works at Little Caesar said he had to make the pizza dough during his shift. He said he hadn't been trained on making the dough so they had to train him. We were surprised that they make their dough fresh. Today Larry asked AI, Do pizza chains make their own pizza dough? It came back and said, that Little Caesars is the only major chain that makes their own dough daily. The other pizza chains use pre-made frozen dough. This was a surprise because we thought all of the chains use the pre-made frozen dough.

Larry has been dancing Plus with me when Di and Terry have their Wednesday dance. Di and Terry dance as a couple and people like being able to see their positions to check they are in the correct position. Terry has been having some issues and can't dance an entire tip so Larry offered to dance with me so folks would have a couple to follow. Di was quite happy about that. 

In order for folks to better see our position Larry moved our Zoom camera. He would also like to add another camera behind us. Today he tried an experiment using one of our phone cameras. He built a bracket to put it on our window blind. It didn't work well because he couldn't get the phone far enough back to see the entire area where we dance. He wanted to make it easier for people to see us dancing when they pin us. 

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 5 games. It took me 11 minutes and 48 seconds to complete, which put me in 13th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out for an hour and half. I worked out on the Wii Fit for 31 minutes using the Wii Fit Plus Routine, that was chosen for me of 12 exercises. The exercises were four exercises from the Aerobic menu (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop), one exercise from the Balance Games (Lotus Focus), two exercises from the Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats), four exercises from Training Plus (Snowball Fight, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye) and one exercise from Yoga (Deep Breathing). It was a great workout.

 

Routine I worked out with

Aerobics (Advance Step, Rhythm Boxing, Hula Hoop and Super Hula Hoop)

Balance Games (Lotus Focus)

Strength Training (Torso Twist and Rowing Squats)

Training Plus ( Snowball Fight,, Obstacle Course, Rhythm Kung Fu and Bird's Eye Bull's Eye)

Yoga (Deep Breathing)

I worked out with three songs from three programs of Just Dance for 30 minutes. The programs were Just Dance 2015, Just Dance 2016 and Just Dance 2018. The songs from 2015 were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy. The songs from 2016 were Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys (Summertime Love). The songs from 2018 were Blue (Da Da Dee), Instruction and Side To Side. I had a great workout with Just Dance.

Just Dance 2015 (Problem, The Fox: What Does The Fox Say? and Happy)

 

Just Dance 2016 (Kaboom Pow, All About That Bass and Boys :Summertime Love)

Just Dance 2018 (Blue: Da Da Dee, Instruction and Side To Side)

I worked out to four songs from the Synth Rider for 30 minutes. The songs were Escape, Hypothermia, Stay and The Wild. While working out with Escape I earned two outstanding scores and The Wild I earned one outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Escape

Hypothermia

Stay

The Wild

I played eight games of pinball. I played four on the mini cabinet, which were Big Buck Hunter Pro, Fish Tales, Great Houdini and The Goonies. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Apollo 13, Michael, Queen and The Beach Boys. While playing Michael I became high score #1. I had fun playing pinball.

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Mini)

Fish Tales (Mini)

Great Houdini (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

Apollo 13 (Big)

Queen (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

 

While I played pinball Larry watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we watched the second Avatar movie, which was Avatar: The Way of Water from our movies collection. When Larry went to bed I watched Sherlock Holmes from our movies collection. I ended up doing 5,500 steps.