Well…after another night of constant coughing and not sleeping, I have gotten to the point that I had to try something to clear up the congestion in my lungs and stop the coughing…so, I made a run out to Meijers this morning to pick up some OTC stuff that is designed to do just that…man, there is so damn much stuff out there to address every symptom of everything you may have but I didn’t want one that would take on a dozen symptoms, just the two that I have. Luckily, they make medicine that does address just the congestion and the coughing so I bought some…not cheap at 10 bucks but if it works, it will be worth it…took some and feel a little weird like an old time antihistamine but, after tonight, I don’t have anything to do other than the grocery run so I can take just feeling a little strange if it works…don’t see how anyone could take 6 of these a day…I may be able to tolerate 2 but that would be my limit…think I’ll save the second one for bed tonight and maybe I’ll get some sleep…
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Mitch the great strategist?
Well…I know there has been this mythology that has arisen around moscow mitch that he is this “great strategist” when it comes to him running the senate but why? When you control the entire thing and have 53 trump synchophents to support anything you tell them to do, what great strategy is needed…especially when all you have to do is say no? When has he taken a losing situation and turned it into a win? Or when has he been in the minority and gotten what he wanted? This is just a tired shorthand lie that the media is telling about him…what makes him so great? Blocking Merrick Garland? When all he had to do is say a petulant “no” and the vote on him didn’t happen? Or even today, when he is blocking calling witnesses or getting documents from the idiot trump…why is that such “great strategy”? In the short term it may keep trump from getting convicted but it is going to lose them the WH and the senate in the fall…is that part of his “great strategy”? It may even lead to him losing his own seat in the senate since over 70% of the people in this country want to see the witnesses and hear from them first hand…and the dems are crushing the repubs in fundraising partially due to ole mitch’s shenanigans trying to protect trump…another great strategy? All I have to say is keep it up moscow mitch…you and idiot boy just might do what the dems haven’t been able to…destroy the repub party and save this country….
January 28th
Well…that sucked….went to bed a little early last night but woke up at 2:30 and couldn’t get back to sleep until 4 or so…even got up to watch tv for a while….then 5:30 rolled around and I was awake again so I just gave up…and I was coughing all night again last night so I am going to go out to get something OTC for it this morning…there has to be something that will break up the crap in my lungs once and for all and get rid of this damn cough…so, I feel a little lousy and worn out this morning and that may lead to a nap later in the day…I did get invited over to my youngest son’s house for dinner tonight and that is the first time I’ve been there since they got married 4 years ago…talk to him all the time but this will be fun…I did have to fill the feeders yesterday with the sparrows emptying the round one in only three days once they found it but it is still weird that they won’t use the clear one at all…may have to replace that one with another hanging one if they don’t want to use it….think I’ll check how much another one costs at Meijers when I’m out getting the lung stuff later this morning…didn’t get much done yesterday but clean a little and the bike ride and today looks the same…I really should get at the last room some today and I may work on it a little but I’m not sure….have to start figuring out how to afford a new weight machine, grill and new summer tires for the Miata…that should come to almost 600 bucks but I do need to spend it since I am feeling flabby without doing weight work and spring is coming so I will need the new tires since the old ones are bald…I guess I could put off the grill but I do miss grilling chicken and smoking fish…hmmmm….more later…
Bolton, Bolton, Bolton….
Well….how the hell could all of the repub senators be “blindsided” by reports that John Bolton says in his soon to be published book that, In August of last year, trump told him that he was withholding aid to Ukraine until he got investigations into the dems and the Bidens? The damn book was submitted to the WH for review on the 30th of December and you can be sure that the day it showed up, Moscow Mitch knew what was in it and in his “coordination” with the WH included telling other repub senators that Bolton had blown up the lie that trump and ole Mitch were pushing….and that made it even more important for moscow mitch to block any witnesses from being called since Bolton says in the book the Barr, Pompeo, and Mulvaney knew what was going on and went along with it…and idiot boy’s lawyers knew about it and went on the senate floor and lied to the senate and to the American people….and this morning, the coverup continues with the help of 53 repub co-conspirators who are still behind the criminal trump and protecting him. Now, I think this is where the dems have an opening since more than 50% of the people want trump convicted and removed from office…I know that won’t happen but the idea of a “truth commission” that will happen if the dems take the presidency and the WH in the fall could be a huge selling point if it is couched in the idea that no one is above the law including presidents and senators….no more of this bullshit “healing the country” that happened after Obama was elected…the repubs are a cancer that needs to be cut out before it kills America….
January 27th
Well…that wasn’t a bad night of sleep…I did wake up at 4:30 but went back to sleep until after 6 so I’m going to consider that a win…and I didn’t cough much overnight but it started up again just a few minutes ago but I can live with it….I now know it’s allergies since my eyes are scratchy and my head is plugged up, too…I know it’s a little weird but I am relived that it is allergies and not something else…can’t wait til it’s warm enough to open this place up and air it out….but then I guess the outdoor allergens will hit me then but what can you do? I am thinking about taking the bike off the trainer to take it our for a ride to look at the trails and see what condition they’re in…and the fresh air might help the allergies some…but I think I’ll wait til later in the week to give it a little more time to melt…I think I’ve started to count down to spring already since we’re only 5 weeks away from March and I can’t wait for this winter to be over…I know, it’s not been a bad one so far and it’s going to be above freezing for the next 10 days or so but I do want to get started on the yard and my garden…I may get some tomato seeds and get them started indoors so I can have tomatoes early in the summer….that would be fun…and I think I’ve been good enough not spending money that I can afford a grill here in a few weeks…not much to do today…still working on prep work for the last room and need to get moving on that so I can start on piecing the base trim together and get that painted…but not right now…need coffee and the news to find a topic for later today…okay, you know what it’s going to be….Bolton, Bolton, Bolton….more later…
The chickadees have found the window feeder…
Well…as you know, I was a little confused why no birds were using the feeder that is attached to the window while the round hanging feeder has a traffic jam of sparrows…just a few minutes ago, a chickadee found the window feeder and I think it is telling the rest of the flock that it is there since there is one coming in there every few seconds…and that is pretty cool…but still not one sparrow on it and that is a little weird since there is a waiting area below the round feeder where the sparrows sit until there is a place for them on it…maybe later in the day they will figure it out…now I need to make sure that I keep them filled since they will be depending on them for food…they have eaten half of what was in the round feeder already in just a day or so…I wonder if I’ll see any other birds than sparrows and chickadees?
January 26th
Well…that was a little bit better…slept most of the night with little coughing but that started back up as soon as I got up but it is actually clearing my lungs some and I wonder if this is a combo of my allergies and a cold…it’s hard to tell but I don’t feel too bad today so I’ll take it…and I’m here early today with getting up at 5:47 and it being too early to go out for the paper…I will say that the allergy stuff I took last night helped some to get rid of the itchy eyes and plugged up head so I may take some more later this morning…I did get a bike ride in yesterday and will do that again this morning before Man U plays at 10…I really don’t mind riding indoors and not having to worry about ice and snow…but it looks like it will be spring before I get outside again…don’t miss the cold at all….didn’t get much done yesterday and I think I’ll take the day off today, too…just can’t take any more dust that will flare my allergies…will need to get a a better respirator for all of the work around here…can’t wait to be able to open this place up and air it out…not much to do today…just going to take it easy and make some tacos for lunch…more later…
The lies and propaganda start…
Well…after the stirring and devastating presentation by the House managers in the idiot trump’s senate trial that showed in clear and ugly detail how idiot boy and his minions blackmailed Ukraine and then covered it up through preventing the House investigators from getting the witnesses who were in the room when these crimes were committed…and if you didn’t watch any of it, you DO need to go out and find Adam Schiff’s closing argument where he made it clear that the stakes in this trial are nothing less than the survival of our country….and that the repubs are all co-conspirators to this coverup since they will not look at the evidence and are going to acquit trump no matter what the truth is. And today, trump’s minions started their lie filled propaganda presentation in the senate, going back to the debunked conspiracy theories and completely ignoring the obstruction of congress charges that there is no defense from…instead pushing the lie that the president can do whatever he wants with foreign aid even though the GAO has said that trump and his cronies broke the law by withholding the Ukraine aid. So, should you watch this travesty? Either this or fox news, it’s all the same….
There be birds here!
Well….just finished up riding the bike and when I came upstairs and took a look at my feeders, there were 5 sparrows on the round feeder! They haven’t figured out the one on the window yet but at least they’ve found one of them…that is pretty damn cool…I’m smiling…
January 25th
Well…that was a little better…still coughing some but I did sleep through until almost 6 and that was so much better than Thursday night that I have hope that I have figured out why I have been feeling so miserable lately….we’ll see as the day goes by…I am starting to have some hope that this is going to be an easy winter with getting to Feb with no huge snow storms and the forecast of temps in the 30’s for highs for the next week or so…and it is staying light later and later so I think I have hope for surviving another winter….after all, March is only a month away…but that means I need to get after it on the bike since I am under 200 miles for the year and need to get to 600 by April…didn’t get much done yesterday but build some stuff and get a bike ride in and today looks much the same with soccer starting in a few minutes and then the 24 hours of Daytona starts in the early afternoon and I always watch as much of the first race of the year that I can…or, I nap for as much as the race as I can…at least it will give me some background noise to read by…I really should get back to working around here and finish the last room but I just haven’t been feeling it lately…I am going to clean some and cook today since I only had one meal yesterday and I have some chicken that needs to be cooked and I need to thaw some venison to make tacos again since I have tomatoes and lettuce that needs to be used…but, right now it’s coffee and news time while I wait for the first soccer match to start….more later…