Saturday 2-22-25 Jukebox Project, Working Out & More

 

Cold Day

 

It's still cold. The morning temperature was 31 degrees and the high was 50 degrees. Occasionally, we had a little sprinkling. 

Larry spent the day installing the upgrades on the red Rock Ola. He installed the new marquee he made and led lights that light up the marquee. He also installed and wired two buttons, these buttons allow you to restart the Jukebox software and select a new genre of music. The jukebox works great and looks even better than it did.

For a few weeks we have been having a problem where some rogue Bluetooth device connects to the jukebox causing our music to stop. Larry then has to work his magic to get it playing again. We had this same issue with the pinball machine, Larry replaced the two Bluetooth amplifiers with non-Bluetooth amplifiers and that of course fixed the problem. While he was working on the jukebox he also replaced it's amplifier.

 

Finished project

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Two Game Tango Mini of 6 games (3 Klondike and 3 Pyramid). It took me 13 minutes, which put me in 17th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I worked out a half hour on the Wii Fit and a half hour with the Synth Riders. 

 

 

Working out

 

I played two games of Pirate's Plunder twice on the Bounce Arcade. I earned a silver trophy in both games. I fought my enemies three times and defeated them twice. The highest score I also got the Jollies Roger twice and the skulls. I had a great day playing Pirate's Plunder.

 

Pirate's Plunder

I continued working on the Princess diamond painting.

I played six games of pinball. I played the weekly challenge of Bay Watch. I also played Monster Bash, Spider Man, Medieval Madness, The Champion Pub and Rambo. While playing Monster Bash I got the #1 high score. I had a great afternoon of playing pinball.

 

Bay Watch

 

Medieval Madness

 

Monster Bash

 

Rambo

 

Spider Man

 

The Champion Pub

In the evening we watched a movie on Amazon called Invitation to a Murder. It wasn't bad but it wasn't the greatest. It was a movie about solving a murder on an island. Then we watched an episode of Elementary. I started watching the fourth season of Hope Street on BritBox. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 3rd place in my group.

 

 

Relaxing in front of the television

 

   

 

 

 

Friday 2-21-25 Jukebox Project, Games & Having Fun

 

 

Doing the happy dance

It's Friday. Have a super weekend. 

 

Overcast Day 

We had an overcast today. The high was 37 degrees and the low was 27 degrees. 

Ray (Larry's brother) took Shirley to lunch today to celebrate her 87th birthday. We love the picture she sent us of her and the flowers we sent her. The dress and hat go perfectly with the flowers. She has a great eye for color and style, she is so beautiful.

 

Shirley all dressed up for her birthday lunch

 

Larry spent the day working on the jukebox project. He installed two buttons by soldering the wires and plugging them in the jukebox. He also installed some LED lights (more soldering) to shine through the marquee label he made. He finished the project on the yellow Rock Ola, now he will transfer it to the red Rock Ola. The project came out super. 

 

Jukebox before

Finished project

 

  

The marquee before

 

New marquee, buttons and lights

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 1 hour, 33 minutes and 26 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

 

I worked out for a half hour on the Wii Fit and an hour on Just Dance using Just Dance 3.

 

 

 

Working out

 

 

I played Asteroid Outpost twice on Bounce Arcade. The first game I earned a bronze trophy and tried to mine the asteroids twice and was successful once. The second game I earned a silver trophy. I tried to mine the asteroids five times and was successful two times and a played a multi-ball. In both games I earned an extra ball. I had a great time playing Asteroid Outpost.

 

 

 

Silver Trophy 

 

 

Bronze Trophy

 

I played seven different games of pinball. I played the weekly challenge Bay Watch and got a new high score of 1,016,361,130, which put me in 30th out of 44 participants. The other games were White Water, Black Rose, Goldeneye, Iron Man, Scared Stiff and Big Buck Hunter Pro. I didn't get on the board in the games but had a great time playing.

 

 

Bay Watch

 

 

 

Big Buck Hunter Pro

 

 

 

Black Rose

 

 

 

Goldeneye

 

 

 

Iron Man

 

 

 

Scared Stiff

 

 

 

White Water

 

I worked on my diamond painting of the Princess.

 

In the evening we finished watching the Star Wars series of movies, this one was, Star Wars Episode VI: The Return of the Jedi. Then I finished watching the third season of Hope Street. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 2-20-25 Happy Birthday Shirley, Jukebox Project, Diamond Painting & More

 

Happy Birthday Shirley

 

Today was Shirley's (Larry's mom) 87th birthday. We sent her purple flowers for her birthday, they were delivered to her house in Tucson yesterday. Larry called her tonight. She loved the flowers, purple is her favorite color. The company says the flowers are cut fresh and treated with a unique preservation technology, keeping the fresh appearance and tactile impression for at least 1 year.

 

 

Shirley's flowers
 

We had another cold day. We woke up to temperatures in the teens and it only got to 35 degrees. The sun did make an appearance for a little bit, which melted the ice on our walkway. This cold weather is suppose to be around for a few more days.

 

Another cold day

 

Larry finished a paper project yesterday so today he started a jukebox project. He has been wanting to add a couple more buttons to the red Rock Ola. He also wants to design a lighted marquee for it. Since we stream music through the red one everyday while we do this and that around the house he took the yellow one apart to design the changes. Once he is done he will install them in the red one. Tomorrow he'll continue on this project.

I got up and had breakfast. I was sitting in Larry's Lazy Boy and couldn't keep my eyes open. Larry suggested that I go back to bed so I did. When I woke up it was time for lunch.

After lunch I worked out on the Wii Fit for a half hour and a half hour with Gold's Gym.

 

Working out 

 

I did the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong before going to bed. After my workout I did the event, which was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 1 hour, 14 minutes and 38 seconds, which put me in 13th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I helped Larry put the labels on a plastic strip he had built for the jukebox.

After dinner while Larry watched his YouTube videos I played pinball. I played three games, which were Bay Watch, The Big Lebowski and The Champion Pub. While playing The Big Lebowski I entered my initials as high score #1. I had fun.

 

Bay Watch

 

The Big Lebowski

 

The Champion Pub

 

I continued working on the diamond painting of the Princess.

We watched episode V of Star Wars, which was Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back. Then I continued to watch the third season of Hope Street. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group.

  

Wednesday 2-19-25 Freezing Cold Day, 2 Dances, Diamond Painting, Crafting & More

 

Freezing Cold Day

 

We had a freezing cold day. We woke up with the temperature of 14 degrees and it only got 24 degrees. To top it off there was a strong wind out of the north. It snowed lightly for a couple of hours but the only accumulation was around the edges of the driveway. Our septic sprayed this morning and the water froze on the grass. Since it didn't get over freezing the ice stayed around all day.

 

The high for the day

 

Ice on the backyard grass and snow around the trees

 

This winter Larry put new devices on the outside hose bibs, when the temperature gets near freezing they drip water to prevent the pipes from freezing. This morning the hose bib on the side of the house where our walkway is dripped water on the walkway. It was so cold, that the water froze. We were receiving an Amazon package and Larry didn't want the driver to fall so he put a saw horse on the walkway with a sign, that said "Dangerous Ice Not Safe".    

Warning about the ice

 

I attended two virtual square dances. First was Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly Plus at 10:00 for an hour. Di and Terry took turns calling five tips to 11 participants. Di worked on Spin Chain Thru and Spin Chain the Gears. I had a super time dancing with friends and to Di and Terry.

Second 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 to 9 participants, three tips of A2 to 10 participants and two trivia questions in between the A2 tips. I had a great evening of dancing to Dave, Karin and Greg and with friends.

 

Having fun with friends

 

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 16 minutes and 18 seconds, which put me in 17th place in my group. Then I played Angry Birds.

I worked out with my Wii Fit for a half hour and Just Dance for a half hour (10 minutes with 2019 and 20 minutes with 2016).

 

Working out

 

I played Gunpowder Gulch twice on Bounce Arcade. I earned a silver trophy the first game and a bronze trophy the second game. During the silver trophy game I did the jailhouse breakout multi-ball twice, I cracked the safe and played the multi-ball, earned an extra ball, got extra points by hitting the wooden post and I did quick draw and deputy shoot out. I had a very great time.

I played seven games of pinball. They were Bay Watch, Dr. No, Cactus Canyon, Rambo, Red & Ted's Road Show, Scooby Doo and Superman and the Justice League. While playing Bay Watch I got a new high score, which was 924,492,790. This score moved me from 34th place to 27th out of 39 participants. When I played Dr. No I entered my initials as high score #3 and Scooby Doo as high score #4. I had a get day of playing pinball. 

 

Bay Watch

 

Cactus Canyon

 

Dr. No

 

Rambo

 

Red & Ted's Road Show

 

Scooby Doo

 

Superman and the Justice League

 

While I danced, worked out and played games Larry continued paper crafting.

I finished the red-headed Princess and started the blonde-headed Princess of my diamond paintings. The re-headed Princess came out looking good. I started it 2/6/25 and finished it 2/19/25, which was about two weeks.

 

Red-headed Princess finished

 

Blonde-headed Princess begins

After Dave's dance we watched Star Wars episode IV called Star Wars: A New Hope. It was the very first Star Wars made back in 1977. Hard to believe it's been almost 50 years since the movie was made.. Then I continued to watch the third season of Hope Street on BritBox. I ended up doing 18,000 steps, which put me in 4th place in my group.