Sunday 6-14-26 New Weekly Challenge, Dancing with Loren & Projects

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. 

It was hot and humid with partly cloudy skies. The morning temperature was 76 degrees and the high was 96 degrees at the house at 4:00. The humidity was 47%. The rain rolled in at 9:00 pm and stayed around for the rest of the night and into the morning. It rained very hard at times.

It's Raining Cats and Dogs

Larry spent most of the day working on a couple of new pinball games developed by Marty, which were Beach Boys and Michael. He loaded up Michael yesterday and got it to work but it wasn't exactly what he wanted. Today he fixed the DMD where it worked correctly and in the right place. He downloaded the Beach Boys and installed it on the big cabinet. Then he worked on getting it to work correctly. Both games are excellent. Marty doesn't design his games to work with VR so Larry has to make changes so they do. I don't play the games in 2D but he does install Marty's games in 2D and VR. When playing pinball in VR you can see the ramps and other things, that you can't see in 2D.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Medium Mayhem Mini of 5 games. It took me 10 minutes and 35 seconds to complete, which put me in 9th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C dance at 1:00 for an hour. This week Loren Smith from Canada called four tips of C1 and one tip of C2. Larry danced with me the four C1 tips. We don't dance C2 so we said our good-byes and thanked Loren for calling the dance. During the dance Loren had 9 participants and he worked shopped Relay The Top because the dancers were having problems with it. We had a great time dancing to Loren and with friends.

Square Dancing with Friends Virtually

I worked out with the Wii Fit for 31 minutes. I worked out with the Wii Fit Routine, which 12 exercises for 26 minutes. I did two Aerobics (Rhythm Boxing and Basic Steps), three Strength Training (Torso Twist three reps, Single-Leg Twist 10 reps and Single-Leg Extension 6 reps), five Training Plus (Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10, Rhythm Kung Fu, Bird's Eye Bull's Eye and Skateboard Arena) and two Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle). I played an additional two Training Plus to finish the workout for 5 minutes (Table Tilt Plus for 3 minutes and Perfect 10 for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

My Routine

Aerobics (Basic Step and Rhythm Boxing)

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

Training Plus (Rhythm Parade, Perfect 10, Rhythm Kung Fu, 

Bird's Eye Bull's Eye and Skateboard Arena)

Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle)

Table Tilt Plus

Perfect 10

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with four songs two times, which were Pursuit, Silver Stallion, The Curse and The End Of The Night. While working out with Pursuit I earned 2 outstanding scores, Silver Stallion I earned 2 outstanding scores, The Curse I earned 1 outstanding score and 1 new high score and The End Of The Night I earned 1 outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Pursuit

Silver Stallion

The Curse

The End Of The Night

I played ten pinball games. I played five on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Michael, Pirate's Life, Pirates of the Caribbean and The Goonies. I became high score #1 playing Michael.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

Pirates of the Caribbean (Mini)

The Goonies (Mini)

I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Transformers, World Cup Soccer, Beach Boys, Michael and Red & Ted Road Show. I had a great time playing pinball.  

Today starts a new Weekly Pinball Challenge, which is World Cup Soccer. Last week's challenge was Transformers and before it ended at 2:00 I played it for a half hour trying to get a new high score. I wasn't successful. I needed up with the high score of 24,418,630, which put me in 92nd out of 118 participants. After the dance I played this week's challenge of World Cup Soccer and my first high score was 480,116,130 which put me in 23rd place out of 28 participants so far.

Transformers (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

 

 

Red & Ted Road Show (Big)

Michael (Big)

Beach Boys

In the evening we started to watch the 10th season of Grantchester again because the 11th season started today. After Larry went to bed I watched Lara Croft: Tomb Raider and Shrek the Third from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 2,000 steps. 

  

 

  

  

Saturday 6-13-26 Yardwork, Working Out & New Pinball Game

 

Hot humid day

We had a hot humid day. The morning temperature was 75 degrees and the high was 95 degrees.

We spent the morning doing yardwork. Our mowing company is suppose to mow every other Thursday but they are apparently running behind. We have had the same mowing company for years but the last few years they have not been terribly reliable. The last couple of weeks we have had a lot of rain and our yard was getting quite tall so today we mowed it. When I woke up at 8:00 Larry was already mowing. He had done the front and was on the process of  doing the backyard. I got the weedeater out and started to cut around the landscaping bricks. When I got to the back Larry was resting, the temperature and high humidity was getting to him. He also said he had to mow the front yard three times before liking the outcome. When I got to the back-yard my arms were tired so I put the weedeater down and started mowing. After resting a bit Larry picked up the weedeater and finished trimming, he edged around the driveway and trimmed around the trees. Then he treated for bugs and weeds. He also dug out some rocks in the backyard because they were in the way of mowing. We were outside until 10:30. The yards look good.

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 10 games (5 Klondike and 5 Free Cell). It took me 1 hour, 25 minutes and 5 seconds, which put me in 11th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for a half hour. I worked out with two Aerobics exercises for 12 minutes (Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes and Super Hula Hoop for 4 minutes), four Balance Games for 12 minutes (Ski Jump twice for 2 minutes, Ski Slalom twice for 2 minutes, Soccer Heading twice for 4 minutes and Table Tilt once for 4 minutes) and two Training Plus exercises for 6 minutes (Segway for 4 minutes and Perfect 10 once for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics

Rhythm Boxing

Super Hula Hoop

Balance Games

Ski Slalom

Ski Jump

Soccer Heading

Table Tilt

Training Plus

Perfect 10

Segway

I worked out with the Synth Riders for a half hour with four songs twice. The songs were Go!, Lazer Pink, Riot and Tonight. While working out with Lazer Pink I earned one new high score and Tonight I earned two outstanding scores and one new high score.

Go!

Lazer Pink

Riot

Tonight

  

Yesterday, Larry received a notification, that our favorite developer of pinball games, Marty, who's out of France was back. He stopped releasing games to the public due a year ago. He wrote to thank everyone for their support during his absence and saying he's back. He released a new game, which is Michael Jackson. Larry downloaded the game and installed it in both 2D and VR on both cabinets. Marty's games are not designed for VR so it is normally a bit of a challenge for Larry to get them working, this table was more difficult than normal. It took him some time to get it to work in VR. Once he got it to work he played the game. It's a great looking game and plays super.

I played six pinball games. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Jaws, Michael Jackson and The Godfather. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Michael Jackson, Terminators and Willow. While playing Terminators I got a new high score for the challenge of 24,418,630, which put me in 76th place out of 99 participants.

Jaws (Mini)

Michael Jackson (Mini)

The Godfather (Mini)

Michael Jackson (Big)

Terminators (Big)

Willow (Big)

In the evening we watched Oppenheimer from our collection of movies. It is a three hour movie and is very good. When Larry went to bed I watched Top Gun: Maverick and Shrek 2 from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 5,000 steps.

Relaxing in front of the television

   

   

Friday 6-12-26 Projects, Dancing with Loren & More

 

Celebrate it's Friday

We had another hot humid day with clouds and wind. The morning temperature was 78 degrees and the high was 95 degrees and humidity 52%. 

The temperature at our house at 3:00 pm

The doe and the fawns walked through the backyard early in the morning before I woke up at 8:00 am. Larry watched them on the security cameras. 

Larry kept busy doing this and that. He started the day out by finishing reading a book on his e-reader. Next he did some paper crafting. He assembled the 4th of July eagle. Once again it came out super. Then he worked on the Oppenheimer DVD extras to decide which ones he wanted to keep on the recording. Finally he worked on the security cameras by installing the updated version program on the old laptop and made sure it worked. Once he got the program installed he tested out the trip wire. It works perfect.

New 4th of July Eagle

New on the left and old on the right

I kept busy playing games and working out. I finished The Blue Truck jigsaw puzzle so I worked out a little longer then usually.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 1 hour, 47 minutes and 12 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 2 hours. I worked out with the Wii Fit for 46 minutes. I did four exercises on the Aerobic Menu for 15 minutes (Basic Run Short for 1 minute, Basic Run Long for 2 minutes, Hula Hoop twice for 4 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), I did four exercises on the Strength Training Menu for 10 minutes (Sideways Leg Lift 20 reps for 2 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes, Single-Leg Twist 20 reps for 2 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes), I did four exercises on the Yoga Menu for 10 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee twice for 4 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes) and I did two exercises on the Training Plus for 11 minutes (Obstacle Course twice for 7 minutes and Table Tilt Plus for 4 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobics

Basic Run Long

Basic Run Short

Hula Hoop to the right and to the left

Rhythm Boxing score for today

Strength Training

Sideways Leg Lift

Single-Leg Extension

Single-Leg Twist

Torso

Yoga

Chair

Palm Tree

Standing Knee

Warrior

Training Plus

Obstacle Course

Table Tilt Plus

I worked out on Just Dance 3 for 40 minutes to 11 songs on the Duets section. They were Promiscuous, Baby One More Time, No Limit, Beautiful Lier, Jump (For My Love), Da Funk, Pata Pata, Somethin' Stupid, Baby Zouk, Crazy Little Thing Called Love and Kurio Ka Uddah Le Jana. It was a great workout.

Duets songs

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes to four songs twice, which were Dust to Dust, Enemy, Into the Void and Unshakeable. While working out with Enemy I earned two outstanding scores and Unshakable I earned two outstanding scores and one high score.

Dust to Dust

Enemy

Into the Void

Unshakeable

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Monster Bash, No Good Goffers! and Playboy. While playing Monster Bash I became Grand Champion and Playboy I became Mansion Champion by playing Mansion Mania. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Transformers and Willow. 

Monster Bash (Mini)

No Good Goffers! (Mini)

Playboy (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Transformers (Big)

Willow (Big)

We watched YouTube videos.

In the evening we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance at 6:30 for an hour. This week Loren Smith from Canada covered for Ett, while she is on vacation. He called five tips of A2 to 9 participants and one tip of C1 to 7 participants. Larry danced with me the whole dance. We had a great time dancing to Loren and withe friends from Australia, Canada and United States. 

Square dancing is fun

In the afternoon we watched one Oppenheimer movie extra, which was a little an hour long. This extra was about Oppenheimer and his life and how they made the movie. After the dance we watched another hour extra of Oppenheimer, which was about behind the scenes of making Oppenheimer. The extras were very interesting. The second extra was very informative because we didn't realize how much of the special effects were done by people and not computer. After Larry went to bed I watched Top Gun and the Shrek from our collection of movies. I ended up doing 4,500 steps.