Wednesday 10-21-26 Three Square Dances, Jukebox Project, Workout & More

 

Awesome Day

We had an awesome day. The weather was gorgeous with a lot of sunshine. The morning temperature was 51 degrees and the high was 85 degrees.

We started the day off by dropping the Equinox at Doughty Automotive for it's appointment. They called about 3:30 and told Larry, that they found two problems. First, the air conditioner was not working, they discovered an O-ring they installed back in the summer had gone bad, they replaced it and recharged the system with freon, they will not charge us for this. Second, the temperature mixing door is stuck so the system can't switch from heat to a/c, they also had this apart in the summer and while they don't know what has gone they don't think we will be charged to fix it. It is a long complicated process to get the dash apart and fix it. We won't get the Equinox back until next week. Larry told them we have another vehicle so it was ok. This is what we like out Doughty Automotive. They call you to let you know the statis of your vehicle and what they are doing.

Equinox Projects

I attended three  virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. Di called five tips to 11 participants. Larry danced four of the tips because Terry is having problems dancing the dance. The dancers are happy Larry's dancing because the dancers who dance the man's position will know where they should be. The dance was very vanilla (easy), there were a couple of new dancers to Zoom so Di spent a lot of time cueing them. It was good because Larry and I hadn't danced for two months. We had a great time.

Second was Ett McAtee's Weekly C1 at 1:00 for an hour. Ett called four tips to 13 participants. I did very well considering I hadn't dance C1 with Ett for over two months. She was calling a little slower and making sure the dancers were in the right position. This is very rare for Ett. I had fun getting back into dancing to Ett. She was happy to see me back.

Third was Dave Eno's  Weekly C1/A2 at 6:00 for an hour and a half. Karin Rabe and Greg Moore helped Dave call the dance. The format was three tips of C1, three tips of A2 and two Trivial questions. During the C1 session there were 8 participants and the A2 session there were 12 participants. I had a great time dancing to Karin, Greg and Dave. Everyone was happy to see me back.

 

A2 session of the dance

C1 session of the dance

In between dancing I worked out for an hour. I worked out with the Wii Fit for a half hour using the Wii Fit Plus Routine of 12 exercises for 27 minutes and three minutes with Perfect 10. The routine exercises are one exercise from the Aerobics menu (Advance Step), one exercise from the Balance Games menu (Table Tilt), five exercises from the Strength Training menu (Jackknife 10 reps, Lunge 15 reps, Rowing Squats 15 reps, Sideways Leg Lift 10 reps and Tricep Extensions 10 reps), one exercise from the Training Plus menu (Island Cycling) and four exercises from the Yoga menu (Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon and Palm Tree). It was a great workout.

Aerobics (Advance Step)

Balance Games (Table Tilt)

Strength Training (Jackknife, Lunge, Rowing Squats, Sideways Leg Lift and Tricep Extensions)

Training Plus (Island Cycling and Perfect 10)

Yoga (Deep Breathing, Downward Facing Dog, Half-Moon and Palm Tree)

I worked out for a half hour with the Synth Riders. I worked out with four songs two times, which were Empires, I Loved You Then, Imperfection and It Ain't Right. While doing Empires I earned two outstanding scores and a new high score. While working out with Imperfection I earned two outstanding scores. It was a great workout.

Empires

I Loved You Then

Imperfection

It Ain't Right

I played eight games of pinball. I played four games on the mini cabinet, which were Cirqus Voltaire, Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet and Mission Impossible. I played four games on the big cabinet, which were Big Bang Bar, Blizzard of Ozz, Indiana Jones and The Beach Boys. I didn't get on the board playing pinball but I had fun.

Cirqus Voltaire (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Mini)

JP Space Cadet (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

Big Bang Bar (Big)

Blizzard of Ozz (Big)

Indiana Jones (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

While I danced Larry worked on a Jukebox project. Before we went on our trip Larry was working on installing a mini computer into one of his jukeboxes. He was working on replacing the Raspberry Pi with a Windows machine. Today he worked on a button to turn on and off the jukebox. He made a bracket to hold the button. The bracket looked great and the jukebox works super.

Jukebox Project

Yesterday, when we were working  on the Minnie we heard a loud noise. One of the construction trucks crashed into our neighbor's (Mario) mailbox. This isn't the first time this has happened. Everyone in the neighborhood has had their mailbox hit and some have had their mailbox hit multiple times. The road is very narrow and the mailboxes are right on the road. The driver of the truck was moving over to let another vehicle coming from the other direction to get by. When the truck hit the mailbox and the bricks went flying. We went over and helped the driver pickup the pieces and stack the pieces together. He was very grateful for our help. Larry swept the small pieces up. The driver notified his boss and left a note for Mario.

What's left of the mailbox

After Dave's dance we watched R.I.P.D. from our movies collection. It's a cute movie. When Larry went to bed I finished watching the fourth season of Reacher on Amazon. 

By the end of the night I had done 4,000 steps. I worked on my jigsaw puzzle Horse of Iron.