Saturday 6-20-26 Crafting, Workout & More

 

Hanging out with friends

We had a wonderful Saturday. The morning temperature was 75 degrees with an overcast and the high temperature was 91 degrees. We had a chance of rain all day but we only had a small shower at noon. 

We hung around the house all day doing this and that. 

Larry started a book a few days ago and stopped reading it today he wasn't even halfway into it. He felt it wasn't going anywhere. Then he wrote a review on it.

Larry spent the afternoon crafting, which was Mr. Scarecrow. He had resized Mr. Scarecrow yesterday. Today he decided on what color of paper he wanted to use and what paper he had to make. Then he cut out the pieces. Once he had all the pieces cut out he assembled Mr. Scarecrow with Leo. The first time he had made Mr. and Mrs. Scarecrow was in 2022. He wanted to redo them at a bigger size for Kay. The finished product looks super.

New Mr. Scarecrow and the old Mr. Scarecrow

The finished product of Mr. Scarecrow

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Spider and 3 Free Cell). It took me 17 minutes and 32 seconds to complete, which put me in 23rd place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.    

I worked out for one hour and fifteen minutes with Wii Fit and Synth Riders.

My workout on the Wii Fit was 45 minutes. I did two exercises from the Aerobic for 13 minutes (Advance Step for 5 minutes and Rhythm Boxing for 8 minutes), three exercises from Balance Games for 10 minutes (Penguin Slide twice for 4 minutes, Ski Slalom three times for 3 minutes and Snowboard Slalom three times for 3 minutes), three exercises from Strength Training for 10 minutes (Balance Bridge 10 reps for 3 minutes, Lunge 20 reps for 4 minutes and Torso Twists 6 reps for 3 minutes), one Training Plus for 2 minutes (Perfect 10 twice) and five exercises from Yoga for 10 (Chair for 2 minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Warrior for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Aerobic  

Advance Step

Rhythm Boxing

Balance Games

Penguin Slide

Ski Slalom

Snowboard Slalom

Strength Training

Balance Bridge

Lunge

Torso Twists

Training Plus

Perfect 10

Yoga

Chair

Palm Tree

Standing Knee

Sun Salutation

Warrior

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes with three songs two times. The songs were Abyss, Automatic Call and Empire of Steel. While working out with Empire of Steel I earned one outstanding score. I had another great workout.

Abyss

Automatic Call

Empire of Steel

I played seven pinball games. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Junk Yard and Lord of the Rings. While playing Cirqus Voltaire I joined the Cirqus and Junk Yard I became high score #4. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Michael, The Beach Boys, Willow and World Cup Soccer. While playing Michael I became high score #3 and The Beach Boys I became high score #2. I had a good day of pinball.

Cirqus Voltaire (Mini)

Junk Yard (Mini)

Lord of the Rings (Mini)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

Willow (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

In the afternoon we watched YouTube videos. In the evening we finished watching the final season of Grantchester on PBS. It had a great ending for 11 years running. Then we started to watch the second season of Patience on PBS. After Larry went to bed I watched the fifth Transformers movie, which was Transformers: The Last Knight. I ended up doing 4,000 steps.

  

  

 

Friday 6-19-26 Dancing to Loren, Crafting, Workout & More

 

Lets Dance

We had an overcast humid day. The morning temperature was 80 degrees and the high temperature was 83 degree. We had a small rain shower about noon. We didn't get a lot of rain but it kept the temperature cooler.

Yesterday, we had a surprise in the afternoon. The mowers showed up to mow, they were only here about 15 minutes. We were very happy because our grass was growing fast and we decided we would have to mow again Saturday. 

Our backyard after it was mowed by the mowers

When I got up this morning Larry was already doing some crafting. He assembled the Frankenstein he had cut out yesterday. The difference between the new Frankenstein and the old one is the color is brighter and size is larger. It came out super. Later on he decided on his next project, which is Mrs. and Mr. Scarecrow. He found the file and resized Mr. Scarecrow. Tomorrow he will continue his crafting.

New Frankenstein

The new Frankenstein and the old one

After he finished Frankenstein he moved installed a new security camera on the porch. He has three old Wifi cameras from two different companies around the exterior of the house. He wants to try and consolidate on one brand of a newer camera. It took him a bit to get the camera to work correctly. He went online and found other people were having the same problem. He never gave up and now it works excellent. The new cameras are Tapo Indoor/Outdoor Wifi Security Cameras. They were delivered this morning at 5:00 am. 

Security Camera

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: The Hard Road of 16 games. It took me 3 hours, 4 minutes and 18 seconds to complete, which put me in 21st place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

Larry ordered a couple of neck fans. They are suppose to keep you cool while exercising. One goes around your neck and has three speeds, which is Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan . It's loud and the higher speed you use it gets louder. You charge it up like you do any of your electronic devices and cell phones. The other one hangs around your neck and has three speeds and is USB rechargeable, which is Aocollfan Neck Fan. They came in yesterday. While I worked out today with the Synth Riders I used the Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan and it worked great. 

Sweetfull Portable Neck Fan

Aocoolfan Neck Fan Mini

I worked out for an hour and a half with the Wii Fit, Gold's Gym and Synth Riders.

I worked out on the Wii Fit for 30 minutes. The Wii Fit Routine was for 26 minutes, that consisted of 12 exercises. They were two Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing), one Balance Games (Table Tilt), four Strength Training (Jackknife 10 reps, Rowing Squat 15 reps, Torso Twist 3 reps and Single-Leg Extension 6 reps, three Training Plus (Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Rhythm Kung-Fu and Rhythm Parade) and two Yoga (Half-Moon and Triangle). I did Basic Run Plus in Training Plus for 4 minutes to complete the workout. It was a great workout.

Wii Fit Workout Routine

Aerobics (Hula Hoop and Rhythm Boxing)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

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

  

Training Plus (Basic Run Plus, Bird's Eye Bull's Eye, Rhythm Kung-Fu and Rhythm Parade)

Yoga (Half Moon and Triangle)

I worked out with Gold's Gym for 30 minutes. I did a prepared workout for 21 minutes using two routines off of the Beginner Menu for 20 minutes, which were Beginner Combo Warm-Up for 6 minutes and Beginner Combo for 14 minutes) and Sandbag from the Exercise Menu for 1 minute). Then I did one routine off of the Advance Menu, which was Left and Right Step Combo for 8 minutes and Log Chopping from the Exercise Menu for 1 minute.

Advance Menu (Left and Right Step Combo)

Beginner Menu (Beginner Combo and Beginner Combo)

Exercise Menu

Log Chopping

Sandbag

I worked out with the Synth Riders for 30 minutes to four songs twice, which were Galaxy Joyride, Satanic Panic, Star Fighter and Vampirevania. They were the same songs as yesterday. I wanted to try them again to get a better score on them. I was unsuccessful getting outstanding scores and new high score but I did do better.

Galaxy Joyride

Satanic Panic

Star Fighter

Vampirevania

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Ace of Speed, Michael Jackson, Monster Bash and Nightmare Before Christmas. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Trouble In Little China, Junk Yard, Willow and World Cup Soccer. I didn't play pinball well but had fun trying to get on the board.

Ace of Speed (Mini)

Michael Jackson (Mini)

Monster Bash (Mini)

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Big Trouble In Little China (Big)

Junk Yard (Big)

Willow (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

At 6:30 pm we attended Ett McAtee's Weekly A2 dance. This week she is on vacation so Loren Smith covered for her. Larry danced with me the whole dance. Loren called four tips of A2 to 8 participants and one tip of C1 to 7 participants. We had a super time dancing to Loren and with friends.

     

We love square dancing

After the dance we continued watching the 11th season of Grantchester on PBS. When Larry went to bed I watched the fourth Transformers movie called Transformers: Age of Extinction from our collection of movies. I have three more Transformers movies to watch. 

I ended up doing 5,000 steps.