Well…damn, I completely forgot to come here and do a political one today…I will use being busy as an excuse since I made a big batch of ham soup and put 2 2 qt containers in the fridge along with keeping one in the fridge along with an overflow container…I can’t taste if it’s good or not but it looks good and the extra veggies were a good idea…very hearty soup…then I cleaned my bedroom to get rid of the dust and cobwebs along with washing the bedding…oh, and I read 135 pages of the last book…so it was a little busy and now it’s time for Svengoolie…

Well…up after 6 again today and that is the benadryl talking…not sure how long my body can support that but it is nice to sleep a little…still so damn worn out that I can’t get going but I need to get on the weights soon to get my day started…just poured the first cup of coffee and it really does need to work soon…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I am going to clean my bedroom today…it’s just so dusty that it may help me sleep if I clean it…going to make ham soup today after I get the bike rides in but I’m not sure if I’ll do a 2nd meal…I do have eggs to use so maybe a smoked sausage omelet? I’m getting used to only one meal a day so maybe just a bowl of soup for the day…I do need to wash the bedding today but that seems like a daunting task right now…not much to do today….just need to let my body adjust to being up and ease into it…it looks like today is going to be a lot of work…more later…

Well…I did get a few things done today but it is still a pretty lazy day with starting the next to last book…I did get a run out to DD to get some beef smoked sausage and self rising pepperoni pizzas for 2.50 each…and I have ham, onions, and olives that I can put on them to dress them up a bit…going to make another batch of ham soup tomorrow using two ham bones and this time I’m going to put a lot more veggies in it…a whole onion, 6 stalks of celery, and 6 carrots…I even had room in the freezer for the pizzas and getting ham bone out of there will make more room I even discovered some chicken in there I didn’t know I had so I won’t have to buy any protein this week…another one meal day today and I think that makes it a full week of eating less…and I think I’ll keep that up until spring…a show that I ordered showed up on plex called “Pluribus” that is pretty weird but that kept me interested…it’s like a sci fi alien horror show…so back to that to start the night..and I didn’t even get to “Landman” so that will be tonight, too…time to read…

Well…man, I feel worn out this morning and it’s probably from taking a benadryl before bed so I could sleep a little…not going to be able to keep that up with how much it takes out of me but I really needed to not get up 5 times a night…had a really nice day yesterday with just taking it easy and kinda watching football and reading all day…need to get on the weights in a few minutes so I can get the bike rides in before I run errands this morning…need to pick up my new prescription and make a run to DD to pick up some smoked sausage…not sure if I’m going to put some of it in the ham soup I’m making tomorrow but it sounds like it would be a good fit…or maybe put it in an omelet since I have lots of eggs…I will need to shovel the snow before the errands since we got 5 more inches of snow overnight…it’s going to warm up into the 40’s this week and that is going to make a mess of the streets up here…oh, well…not much to do today…I really need to clean my bedroom since the dust is pretty thick in there but all I want to do is read after I get the errands run….more later…

Well…didn’t get out of bed til 6am today and I’m already feeling like a slug for it…need to be on the bike by 7 to get the two rides in before 9…the new year begins and I haven’t thought about what that means yet…I never thought I’d live to be this old…after all, my father died at 56 and that used to be the normal age to go out…it’s only 18 degrees out there right now and we got another 4 inches of snow that I’ll be out shoveling after the rides…still don’t have to cook with the big ham in the fridge but I do want to have some chili dogs or I’ll have to freeze the dogs I took out earlier in the week…I may run out to DD tomorrow to get some smoked sausage they have on sale but I wonder how that will affect my cholesterol…and they have self rising pepperoni pizzas for 2/5 bucks that I can embellish with ham, onion, and olives…haven’t had a pizza in a year but I don’t have room to put one in the freezer…I guess I can clean some stuff out of there…not much to do today…just need to get off my butt and get moving but sitting here has way too much attraction…happy new year….

Well…this year as in every year when we get to the last day I like to do a recap of the year and I think I’ll start with the mileage I’ve ridden this year…5,283 miles outdoors, 3,668 miles indoors for a total of 8,951 miles…not a record but damn close to 9,000…and the indoor miles are a record for me…more than 500 miles farther than I’ve ever ridden indoors…and today marks the 805th day in a row I’ve been on the bikes…I think I’m going to try for a 5 figure year in 2026 but it will be a loose goal that I’m not going to stress over…financially it has been an okay year with too many big ticket items like my dentures and the new tires for the car but those were one time expenses that won’t have to be repeated…still have a comfortable amount of money in the bank so I don’t have financial worries and my house gained 11% in value this year so I’ve got at least 100K in equity that I can play with if I have to…my health keeps ticking along with no big scares but I do need to work on my cholesterol since it is up year over year but I’m still not taking anything for it and my doctor doesn’t seem too concerned…I’ve really enjoyed getting back into reading over the year and I have 5 more books sitting on the table to get to over the next week…I really do think reading so much has sharpened my brain and made it clearer than it was…and that is supported by many studies that say it helps to prevent dementia and that is about the only thing I worry about…so, it’s been a good year and I look forward to next year and getting back outside on the bike…Happy New Year!