Well…never had my mp-3 player flash an “I’m too cold” warning until I used it to play some music while out shoveling the snow today…still only 5 degrees out here heading down to zero or below tonight and my hands could only take the half hour it took to clear all the snow…I did get three rides in today even though I felt like crap when I got up…pretty sure I’m not eating enough and that will continue today with having a bowl of soup and some stir fry that I’m going to make for dinner…the ham soup I made for lunch came out great and I put 3 2 quart containers in the freezer and one in the fridge…and I have another bone and some chunks of ham to make another batch when these are gone…will probably have one going until this batch is done…so now it’s 2:30 and I am done for the day other than the stir fry…
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This is funny…
Well…after the asshole in chief published his “enemies” list in the past week or so and with his continued threats to prosecute the members of the January 6th committee, Joe Biden insulated all those folks from idiot boy by issuing them all preemptive pardons even though they did nothing wrong…not sure I’ve ever heard about that but good on ya, Joe…these people did great work for this country and because idiot boy is an amoral asshole who has stocked his government with people who would abuse their power this had to be done…and it was a nice little poke in the eye to the idiot, too….I’m glad Joe spent the past 6 months doing everything he could to trump proof the country from his stupidity…it’s not going to work but it’s a good try…geez…
January 20th
Well…damn, I’m not sure if I’ve felt this bad in a long time and I’m not sure why…I mean I only did two rides yesterday but maybe it was not eating enough…who knows…it’s only 6 degrees out here and it looks like we got about 4 inches of snow overnight that I will have to go out and shovel later…but it’s not getting any warmer today and the furnace is running almost constantly…ick…going to make ham soup today and I will need to find a second meal…thinking of some pasta and garlic bread since I haven’t made that in quite a while…the coffee is not working today and it really needs to if I’m going to get three rides in today…okay…it says 5 degrees at the bottom of the screen and that will be the high for the day….I wonder if this is one of those polar vortexes that the weather people talk about? Whatever, it is it’s damn cold out here…not much to do today…just making soup and getting some rides in starting in 15 minutes…can I take a day off? Nope…I am damn worn out….more later…
Days of dread…
Well…as of tomorrow, the days of dread are going to start and we will need to go into full survival mode…in the idiot boy’s first term we thought it was bad but it turned out to be worse than any of us expected…so this time we need to keep our eyes open…or maybe just cut ourselves off from the news completely since this term is going to be much much worse with the repubs rigging the legal system with incompetent judges who are the most political of any time in this country’s history….so hunker down folks it’s going to much more ugly than any of us here on the left could even imagine…geez…
67 years of disappointment…
Well…with the Lions losing their playoff game last night, it added to the 67 years of disappointment they have given me since I was 5 years old…and they will probably not get to the super bowl let alone win it in my lifetime…oh, well…I’m over it already…I did just go out to fill the bird feeder and it is COLD at 13 degrees…and it’s not going to get out of single digits night or day until Wed…the snow has started and that is going to continue for a few days with the possibility of getting 6-8 more inches…not sure if I’m going out to shovel tomorrow…maybe if I can find my face mask hat but it will probably take me two shifts every time since there is no way the boots or gloves will stand up to 4 degrees for a high…I am looking for a political one to do later and I’ll find one even if it has to be a re-run…more later….
January 19th
Well…man, I feel crappy again today and I sure don’t want to get on the bike at all….just so damn tired and I think this will have to be an eating day since all I had yesterday was a bowl of Masala and half a chicken breast in a stir fry….so I’ll have the second half of the chicken breast for lunch and maybe make some potato soup later today…or ham but who knows? The cold weather is already here and it’s only 15 degrees out there and will continue to drop all day into the single digits overnight and into the next two days…ick…got my house insurance bill yesterday and it went up by 50 bucks a year but my house went up in value so I guess that’s to be expected…man, I have almost 2 grand in cash going out in Feb with house taxes and insurance and that will set me back a bit…had gotten to over 43 grand in the bank but that won’t grow for a while…still, I’m pretty comfortable and even if I can find a car and spend 10 grand, I’ll still be over 30 grand and I can live with that..need to get off my butt and find a car before spring…not much to do today…only have 20 minutes before I need to get on the bike before 7 but I may make this a two ride day since I need some rest…over 400 miles already this month but I need to get to 700 so I’ll have to keep going even though I don’t want to…oh, well…more later…
Had a thought on the bike today…
Well…when I was on the bike this morning, I had an idea with the really cold weather we’re getting starting tomorrow…the car just doesn’t have enough excess power to start when it gets down around zero so I have charged up my battery jump box but the thought came to me that I can heat the garage just by turning all three burners on the grill and closing the doors…it only has to get up to about 20 in there and the car should start right up and I’ll open the trunk so the warm air can get to the battery…it is so nice to have a work around and be able to stop thinking about the cold…I really don’t have to go anywhere until late next week and it will be back up in the 20′s by then so no big deal…pretty cool…
Noon and done…
Well…it’s a bit after noon and I am really leaning toward taking the rest of the day off after getting three rides in and making the stir fry for lunch…I do need to feed the birds here in a minute and I really should clean the stovetop and I may…and I’ll look for a political topic for later…the Lions play tonight and I’ll start watching that but won’t get through the entire game since it doesn’t start until 8:20 and that is a bit late for me…still pretty worn out even with getting three rides in so I’ll shift into half slow mode for a while and take it easy…but first the birds…more later…
January 18th
Well…damn, I only have 23 minutes before I have to get on the bike and I wonder how much longer I can keep it up? Just poured the first cup of coffee and I’ll get at least one cup down before I need to get going…slept okay last night but I am just so worn out today that I may need to shift into go slow mode to survive it…the weather is going to go to hell later today with the winter weather advisory that is on and we may get 6-8 inches of snow over the next two days as the temp plunges down into the single digits for highs and I’ll be in full thermasuit to go out and shovel…I have enough groceries so I don’t have to go anywhere til Thursday of next week…the wind was howling out here all day yesterday and that is supposed to keep up until Wed…and these next few days will be the coldest since I’ve moved out here and I really do hope the power stays on…going to make some chicken/veggie stir fry today but I’m not sure what I’m going to make tomorrow…it’s looking like some potato soup or ham since my BP still sucks and nothing I do changes it…not much to do today…the Lions play tonight and I’m looking forward to that and the Mecum auction is on all day with some multi million dollar cars to be sold and I’ll have that on all day….more later…
Took it easy today…
Well…after being busy most of the week, today I decided to take it easier after getting the rides in this morning…still have the weight work to do right now but then I’ll be done…I did get the chance to read the rest of the James Patterson novel I started a couple of days ago and it was pretty good…and that gives me another author to look for at the book sale this fall…along with David Baldacci…do I feel like a slug for not cleaning…yep, but I can live with that…still don’t have to cook today but I am going to make chicken and veggie stir fry tomorrow using the bottle of stir fry sauce I got this week since Meijers didn’t have the packets I normally use…might get two meals out of that and I have enough chicken and veggies to make another batch to put over rice…and I have the ingredients of another batch of Masala in the fridge too but I think I’m going to make potato soup first to use up the potatoes that have started to sprout and the celery that has started to wilt…okay, I should go cut up some more celery and carrots for a snack for later…I did plug my jumper box in to make sure it’s charged up in case I need to start the car Monday or Tuesday in the single digit highs…