Friday 5-21 Truck Oil Change & Dancing

 

Do the happy dance

We had a wonderful day with some rain clouds.

Our irrigation system is controlled by a Rachio: Smart Sprinkler Controller. If the forecast calls for rain or we have gotten rain we normally get a notification indicating the sprinklers will not run. The north side of the front yard has one corner that doesn't get enough water so every summer Larry puts a sprinkler attached to a garden hose there. When the irrigation system runs in that area Larry goes out and turns that one sprinkler on. He has a timer on the hose. The timer has been dripping so he goes back out and turns the water off. He was gong to replace the timer but he decided to connect this sprinkler to the Rachio system. He needed to get the parts to do the project.

We started the day out by going to town. First stop was Walmart to pick up a few items. Our kitchen drain has been having an odor again and instead of Larry taking the piping apart and cleaning it we watched a few YouTube videos concerning this problem, there were lots of them, most of them recommended using baking soda, vinegar and boiling water to clean the drain pipe. While at Walmart we bought baking soda and vinegar. One of our garden hoses is very old and starting to crack, Larry likes this hose but they no longer make it. He found a hose at Walmart that has good reviews so we picked one up. Next stop was The Home Depot to purchase parts for the sprinkler project. The employee who was working in the plumbing area helped Larry find the parts he wanted, he was very knowledgeable of the area. When we checked out the employee working in the self-service area helped us when an item wouldn't scan. We had a super experience. 

We attended two virtual square dances. First was Dayle Hodge's Weekly Four Couples A1/A2 at 11:00. Dayle called two tips of A1 and two tips of A2. During the A1 tips we had 24 participants and A2 had 23. Dayle did a great job of calling and cueing. After the first tip there was a discussion about how much cueing is too much. Larry said he could never cue too much and to feel free to help us by calling us by name, same people hate it when a caller uses their name to get them in the correct position. Dayle has an amazing memory because he can tell dancers where to go by what he sees. An example is he will say go towards the kitchen or couch. We use a cross made by painters tape to mark the center of our square. Dayle has helped me many times by telling me what side of the cross to be on. We had a super time.

Second was Di Green's Weekly C1 Workshop at 2:00. We had 32 participants. Di had problems sending an e-mail telling us what moves she was going to workshop so she just worked on two couples and four couples moves we were having problems such as Tally Ho, Turn and Deal and Stretch Tag The Line Half. She did a great job of calling and walking us through the moves. We had a fun afternoon.

In between the dances Larry changed the oil in the truck. We seldom drive the truck anymore, we use it to pull the boat or if we need to pick up something that will not easily fit in the car. Larry changes the truck oil every 5000 miles, the last time it was changed was in December of 2015. We had used the Valvoline Instant Oil Change place near us. He had a trouble removing the oil filter because it was put on so tight. 

While Larry was changing the oil I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Tri Peaks Mini of 10 games. It took me 34 minutes and 14 seconds, which put me in 10th place in my group. 

After Di's dance I did my housework and a couple loads of laundry.

 

Housework

Doing laundry

When we went to Aldi a few weeks ago we picked up a couple of frozen pizzas. We haven't had a frozen pizza in a long time because I don't need the calories. Today for dinner I baked the Mexican Style Pizza on the gas grill. I had to keep an eye on it because the directions said it would take 16-19 minutes to bake at 425 in the oven. The grill stayed at 350 and it only took 10 minutes. It was a little crunchy but it was delicious.

In the evening we watched Rickover: The Birth Of Nuclear Power via Amazon. This was a documentary on Admiral Hyman G. Rickover, who when he was a Captain harnessed the power of the atom, ultimately transforming the Navy and changing the course of America's technological development. It was a good documentary. Then I finished watching the last season of Star Trek: Voyager. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 2nd place in my group.