Friday 6-18 New Ceiling Fan and Dancing

 

Just having fun

We spent part of the day installing a new ceiling fan. The fan is called Urbain Aire By Minka. Its one of the three items Larry picked this month from the Home Depot Seeds Program. He decided to install it in the master bedroom. First he had to remove the old fan. Then he had to assemble and install the new fan, lots of pieces. The fan comes with a remote control that works both the light and the fan. The fan has six speeds. It was surprising how much extra wire Minka sent. Each wire had a label on it so you can connect the right wire together with a wire nuts. When the fan starts up it twitches back and forth until it finds the right direction to go. We were surprised how much air the fan moves. Last step was to install the LED light fixture. The remote control can make the light brighter and dim it. After getting everything installed Larry discovered the fan would run a bit and stop, then it would start again, it appears something is interfering with the signal from the remote. Larry called Minka and their tech support folks think the receiver for the remote is defective. They don't provide replacement parts so Larry will have to see what the Seeds people tell him to do. The fan is kind of a contemporary design, it is a nickle color and looks great. Our bedroom is wired with a switch for the light and one for the ceiling fan, which we really like, unfortunately this fan is not designed to be used that way, it is designed to use the remote control. If you are laying in bed the remote would be convenient but day to day it is easier just to use a normal wall switch to turn the light and fan on and off. 

 

The ceiling fan pieces

 

Removing the old fan

 

Connecting the wires

 

The finished product

We attended two virtual square dances. First was Dayle Hodge's Weekly Four Couples A1/A2 at 11:00. During the A1 tips we had 20 participants and the A2 tips had 19. Dayle had a surprise, a group out of Germany had a full square of dancers. He was excited he a chance to call virtually to a four couples square, a few two couples squares, a few one couple squares and single person square. It was very challenging for him and us. We had a great time.

Second was Don Moger's Weekly C1 at 12:00. Don had 28 participants. He called a very challenging dance. At times I was a little frustrated but overall it was a good dance.

On Fridays we usually attend a third dance, Di Green's Weekly C1, but I was tired because we had worked on the ceiling fan for over two hours and we had danced 2.5 hours. 

I did the Daily Challenges and the Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Tri Peaks). It took me 13 minutes and 28 seconds, which put me in 12th place in my group.

In the evening Larry called Louise to see how she was doing. While he was talking to her she told him the series we were watching on PBS, The Indian Doctor was also available via Acorn.

We subscribe to Acorn and it is easier to use than PBS so we finished the second season of The Indian Doctor via Acorn. 

Then I finished the first season of Keeping Faith. I ended up doing 26,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.