Tuesday 8-11-26 Day of Dancing A2, Jukebox Project & Having Fun

 

Day of Having Fun

We had a fun day of dancing with friends.

The morning temperature was 75 degrees and it the high was 101 degrees. We had a breeze. Thank goodness we have air condition.

Hot Day!!!

We started the day by attending Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly A2 dance a1 10:00 am for an hour. Terry didn't dance but Di danced with us and called the dance. When the dancers were having problems with a move Di would walk us through it. When she called four couple moves she would cue the the move and tell us where we should be. Larry danced four of the five tips with me. We had 10 participants. We had a super time dancing with friends.

We love square dancing

After the dance we had lunch. Then we got ready to go to Liberty Hill to dance A2 to John Kephart. The dance was at 1:00 pm for two hours. We had six couples of dancers we used cards to let us know who was dancing in the square and which two couples will be sitting out. Kay and Bob were back from their trip to Tennessee and it was nice to see them. Larry and I sat out three tips. John worked on Relay the Deucey in a position we weren't use to being in. He also worked on Spin Chain the Gears. In between the tips we visited with each other. During one break John sang a song and he played the harmonica. He is a very talented caller and has a great voice. We had a super time dancing to John and with friends.

   Get a partner and dance

In between dancing Larry worked on his jukebox project. He posted about a problem he was having in the JukeCab forum, the developer (Jay) wrote back verifying the issue and said he would fix it. He is having a super time playing with this project.

Rock Ole Jukebox Project

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: Easy Street of 30 games. It took me 59 minutes and 5 seconds to complete, which put me in 8th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I played six games of pinball. I played three games on the mini cabinet, which were Nightmare Before Christmas, Pirate's Life and The Big LeBowski. I played three games on the big cabinet, which were Last Action Hero, Michael and The Beach Boys, While playing pinball I became high score #3 in Michael and high score #2 in The Beach Boys. I had a great time playing pinball.

Nightmare Before Christmas (Mini)

Pirate's Life (Mini)

The Big LeBowski (Mini)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Michael (Big)

The Beach Boys (Big)

When we got home from Liberty Hill we had dinner and watched our YouTube videos.

After dinner we watched the next super hero movie from our collection, which was Spider-Man: Homecoming. When Larry went to bed I watched the next X-Men, which was X2 from our movies collections. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.

We had a fun day of dancing. LIFE IS GOOD!!!! 

 

Monday 8-10-26 Jukebox Project, Dancing with Di & More

 

Happy Monday!

We had a great Monday. 

The morning temperature was 75 degrees and the high was 98 degrees. We had some cloud covering in the afternoon. 

We started the day out by going to Di Green and Terry McCann's Weekly C1 dance at 9:00 am for an hour. Di called five tips to 13 participants. Larry danced four of the tips with me. In between tips we visited with other dancers. Dancers came from United Kingdom, United States, Canada, Russia and France. We had a super time dancing to Di and with friends.

Having fun dancing with friends

Larry spent much of the day working on his jukebox project. He worked on the hardware part. He removed the Raspberry Pi and installed a mini computer. The Pi uses 6 volts and the mini computer uses 12 so some wiring changes were required. He also had to change some button stuff around. Both of these things required soldering wires. It took him the majority of the day but it is back up and running. He believes he is done with the hardware piece but now that he is using it in the jukebox without a keyboard or mouse he has discovered a software problem that will need to be figured out. There is also another change that needs to be done in Jukecab, the developer (Jay) said the change will be in the version he is releasing on Sunday. Overall it works very well.

Finished Project

The removed Pi is on the bottom left, new mini computer is on top.

I spent the day working out and playing games.

I played the Daily Challenges of Solitaire and Mahjong. The event was Event: World Tour Mini of 10 games. It took me 1 hour, 6 minutes and 40 seconds to complete, which put me in 20th place in my group. I played Angry Birds Friends and Angry Birds 2.

I worked out 31 minutes on the Wii Fit Plus using the routine of 12 exercises for 26 minutes and two exercises for the other 5 minutes (Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes and Ski Jump two times for 2 minutes). I did two exercises from Aerobic (Basic Run and Basic Step), two exercises from Balance Games (Ski Jump and Table Tilt), two exercises from Strength Training (Sideways Leg-Lift and Single-Leg Extension), three exercises from Training Plus (Rhythm Kung-Fu, Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight) and five exercises from Yoga (Palm Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Tree and Warrior). I had a great workout.

Basic Run and Basic Step

Ski Jump and Table Tilt

Sideways Leg-Lift and Single-Leg Extension

Rhythm Kung-Fu, Skateboard Arena and Snowball Fight

Palm Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation, Tree and Warrior

I worked out with Just Dance for 30 minutes with Just Dance 2015. I did three songs for 10 minutes, which were Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy. I did six songs for 20 minutes, which were Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Bang Bang, Diamonds, Let It Go, Dark Horse and Till I Find You. I had a lot of fun dancing to the nine songs.

Problem, The Fox (What Does The Fox Say?) and Happy

Ain't No Mountain High Enough, Bang Bang, Diamonds, 

Let It Go, Dark Horse and Till I Find You

I worked out to five songs on the Synth Riders for 40 minutes. The songs were A Matter Of Time, Hard To Love, Interstellar,  Never Gonna Die and New Comedown. It was a great workout. 

A Matter of Time

Hard To Love

Interstellar

Never Gonna Die

New Comedown

I played one game of Pirate's Plunder on Bounce Arcade. I hadn't played Pirate's Plunder in over a month and had fun. I earned a silver trophy and an extra ball. I fought my enemies three times and defeated them two times. I did the Skeleton Swamp, I got three Jolliest Rogers and one Cutlass Clash.

Pirate's Plunder

I played ten games of pinball. I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were Batman Forever, Fast Break, The Godfather, Three Angels and Transformers. While playing The Godfather I became high score #1. I played five games on the big cabinet, which were Dark Chaos, JP Space Cadet, Last Action Hero, Time Lord and World Cup Soccer. While playing Last Action Hero I got a new high score for the challenge and moved to 31st out of 37 participants so far. 

Batman Forever (Mini)

Fast Break (Mini)

The Godfather (Mini)

Three Angels (Mini)

Transformers (Mini)

Dark Chaos (Big)

JP Space Cadet (Big)

Last Action Hero (Big)

Time Lord (Big)

World Cup Soccer (Big)

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie, which was Black Widow from our collection. When Larry went to bed I started to watch the four X-Men movies we have in our collection. The movie was X-Men. I ended up doing 4,000 steps. I worked on Horse of Iron jigsaw puzzle.

 

 

Sunday 8-9-26 New Pinball Challenge, Dancing with Loren, Project & More

 

Smile and be happy

We had a great Sunday. The morning temperature was 75 degrees and it got up to 99 degrees. 

Today was the beginning of a new week so I got a new pinball challenge, which is Last Action Hero. Before Last Action Hero started at 2:00 pm I played last week's challenge, which was Big Buck Hunter Pro. I got a new high score for the week, which was 44,437,520, which put me in 43rd out of 105 participates. 

Big Buck Hunter Pro (Big)

Before I played the new challenge Larry had to download and install it on the big cabinet. Then I played the game to make sure it worked correctly. Later on I played the challenge. My first high score was 66,934,850, which put me in 23rd out of 35 participants so far. Then I played three other pinball games, which were Beetlejuice, Star Fox and Willow.

Last Action Hero (Big)

Beetlejuice (Big)

Star Fox (Big)

Willow (Big)

 

I played five games on the mini cabinet, which were 60th Anniversary, Dr. No, Jaws, Michael and Mission Impossible. While playing 60th Anniversary I became high score #3 and while playing Jaws and Michael I became high score #1. I had a great afternoon of playing pinball. 

60th Anniversary James Bond (Mini)

Dr. No (Mini)

Jaws (Mini)

Michael (Mini)

Mission Impossible (Mini)

We attended Ett McAtee's Weekly C dance at 1:00 p.m. for an hour. This week the dance was an C1 dance and Loren filled in for her while she's on holiday. Loren called four tips of C1 and one tip of C2. Larry and I danced the C1 session, where it had 11 participants. Dave Hutchinson was at the dance but he just danced with his wife Mary. Larry and I had a great time dancing with friends.

Get a partner and dance

After the dance I worked out on the Wii Fit Plus for 45 minutes. I did one exercise from the Aerobic menu for 13 minutes (Rhythm Boxing), three exercises from the Strength Training Menu for 10 minutes (Balance Bridge 20 reps for 4 minutes, Single-Leg Extension 20 reps for 3 minutes and Torso Twist 6 reps for 3 minutes, two exercises from the Training Plus menu (Obstacle Course for 4 minutes and Table Tilt Plus twice for 6 minutes) and six exercises from the Yoga menu for 12 minutes (Chair for 2 minutes, Half-Moon for two minutes, Palm Tree for 2 minutes, Standing Knee for 2 minutes, Sun Salutation for 2 minutes and Triangle for 2 minutes). I had a great workout.

Rhythm Boxing

Balance Bridge, Single-Leg Extension and Torso Twist

Obstacle Course and Table Tilt Plus

Chair, Half-Moon, Palm Tree, Standing Knee, Sun Salutation and Triangle

Larry spent most of the day working with his mini computer. He also worked with the Jukecab program. Jay had sent him some corrections he made for him. He took the computer a part to see if he could solder wires to it. He found it was too small to do what he wanted. 

Mini computer

In the evening we watched the next super hero movie, which was Captain America: Civil War. from out collection. I watched the eighth and final movie of Harry Potter, which was Harry Potter and the Deadly Hallows: Part 2. I ended up doing 3,000 steps.