Well…haven’t had time to even look at the news yet so the political one will be later…did three rides for 38 miles today and it was fun…saw lots of deer and a huge snapping turtle on the trail and it was really pretty easy…don’t hurt at all and had plenty of energy so that is welcome…and I grilled some chicken thighs, asparagus, yellow potatoes, and a  green pepper and the pepper came out so good that I wonder why I’ve never done that before? Sure hope I get some out of the garden this year…treated all the veggies with olive oil, garlic powder, dried onions, salt and pepper…yummy…I just love that old Weber my brother gave me…and I got the front suspension bushings lubed while I was cooking so that was cool…so I really don’t have much to do the rest of the day…I can use some time off…more later…

Well…damn, how can I be running late already with getting up at 6:26 and just starting the first cup of coffee? Need to get on the bike outside before 7:30 to get three rides in before noon to make up for only doing 2 rides yesterday…it rained for hours out here and my lawn really needed it…really close to losing it for another year after being dry for over a week and the rain is going to help the garden, too….should probably feed the lawn again and I need to whack the trash trees in my fence so I can put the lawn bag out Monday night…the sunflowers have survived a few weeks now and I wonder if I can finally get them to flower without the damn animals cutting them down? Have to add a few new strings to the lattice to give the pea plants something to hang onto but I don’t see them flowering yet…the beans have started to put out flowers and the cuke plants just may survive this year so the garden may just be a success this year…going to grill some food today with chicken thighs, potatoes, asparagus and green pepper going on it with garlic powder and dried onions…and I’ll take the tires off the front of the car and shoot the suspension bushings with WD as I wait for the food to cook…but I need to get moving right now to make that happen…more later…

Well…damn, felt really lousy when I got up this morning so I skipped the indoor ride to let the coffee work a bit…but when I got out for the first ride, I knew there was something wrong other than having a couple of cocktails last night since I felt really shaky on the bike and barely had enough energy to climb the last hill coming back here…so, I had an idea what it was and made a couple of slices of whole wheat bread with peanut butter and that almost immediately made me feel better…I sat here for a half hour so I could watch the MotoGP sprint race and by that time, I was almost back to normal and the second ride was much better…but I stayed with only two rides today to let my body get better…and I’m sure that’s the result of being under 1K calories for a few days but I did it again today with just a bowl of soup and some chicken masala with rice but I’m used to that so changing it will be a little tougher than I expected…I think that will change tomorrow when I grill some chicken thighs with small yellow potatoes and asparagus….and the damn cottonwood tress have started to shed and it looked like riding in a snowstorm…coughing and sneezing on both rides…that might have something to do with how I felt…at least it rained out here and that may wash some of the pollen out…

Well…damn, I’m worn out today and dragged my butt out of bed at 6am…just poured the first cup of coffee and need to get on the indoor bike in 14 minutes to keep to the schedule…not going over to my brothers house today as there is a dumpster mix up so I have the day to myself…and that is a good thing with how sore I am today…have been abusing my old body lately and it just doesn’t take it like it used to…oh, well…had a good day and got a lot done yesterday and I need to feed the garden today before it starts to rain later at around 2pm…so I’ll have to get the rides in this morning before the drunks get on the trail today…it’s “pub pedal” day today and there will be carnage on the trail…maybe I’ll just do outdoor rides today….I am going to grill some chicken thighs with small yellow potatoes and asparagus tomorrow and I’m looking forward to that…I need a day to take it easy…so damn worn out and hurting today that I wonder if 24 miles will be enough? Went over 3,800 miles yesterday and that puts me toward being over 4K in the next two weeks so I’m still on schedule to make the goal for the year…I do have to get my “ride my age” day in soon so that will mean 6 laps of the 12 mile loop but that is not as daunting as it use to be since I’ve already done 4 before…not much to do today…just need to drag my butt out right now and get going…can’t wait for the rain….more later…

Well…I really thought I’d fixed the car the other day when I put the new pads in the right rear but it still made noise coming back from the grocery run…a different noise but still noise so yesterday I took three of the 4 calipers back apart and lubed the pins with moly wheel bearing grease but then I also took some WD and lubed all of the suspension bushings in the back…and, when I went out to run an errand today, no noise at all…so now I have to take the front tires off and do the same with the front bushings…that was a load off and I didn’t even order the new front pads…going to wait a while for that…when I went out to mow the lawn, the lawn mower wouldn’t start so after I pulled it about 15 times I got the manual out and remembered that my brother included a new spare spark plug in the packet..so I changed it out and it started on the first pull…and I just stood there for a minute thinking that was just like him…thinking about everyone and trying to make their lives better…I really miss him…and tomorrow I’ll go over to his house with my last brother to help getting everything in order…going to be hard…I did get three rides in along with mowing the lawn today…and the getting up at 4:31 has left me exhausted…

Well…it’s a little after 5 am and I’ve been up since 4:31 and there is no chance of getting back to sleep so here I am…it’s shaping up to be another busy day today and I need to get started but it’s only 45 degrees out there and the heat is running and it’s June tomorrow…there is something wrong with that…need to get on the indoor bike by 6 or so…okay, not really…it’s just that I’m already bored and need to do something…the schedule looks like this: an indoor ride, then the errand to Meijers to pick up the stuff I forgot Wed, and stopping at the zone to order the brakes…then mowing the lawn, then out on the bike for two rides and figuring out when to cook the chicken masala…I wonder if there is going to be a nap in there at some point? I did start the coffee maker and it is starting to smell good in here…I am sore from the work yesterday and I’m going to be even more sore after today…and tomorrow is going to be more work at my brother’s house that needs to be done…I won’t say not much to do today since I’ll be busy all day…should get going…more later…

Well…I don’t know why I keep doing this to myself but it was another crazy busy day…started out with the indoor ride and then right out to the garage to try to find the brake noise and ended up pulling three of the four calipers to take a look at the pads and didn’t see anything that would do it…the fronts are down to about a third of the friction material and it could have gone hard so I’m going to order a set from the zone tomorrow morning when I run another errand I have to do…only takes about 15 minutes a side for the fronts and I should get them later in the day tomorrow so I’ll probably change them out Sunday since I’m going over to my brother’s house to help my SIL figure out what tools are there and get them ready for sale…my last brother and I are going and will probably be there most of the day…happy to help…after the car stuff, I did two outdoor rides and then got the string trimmer and edger out and did the entire yard and didn’t finish until almost 2:30pm…..from 7am and I am going to be sore later and tomorrow since I’m already pretty sore and stiff…oh, and I did a load of laundry and took care of the garden, too…so yeah, a crazy busy day today and I still have the weight work to do…I am going to skip cooking today and move that back til tomorrow…

Well…damn, up at 5:40 this morning and it’s already 6:30 and I haven’t gotten started yet…it’s only 43 degrees out there so I won’t be getting on the outdoor bike until later when the temp comes up…so I guess I’ll work on the car after the indoor ride and try to figure out where the noise is coming from…at least I’ll be working on it in a clean garage…the heat was on all night and it’s damn near June and that’s not right…but the lows will be in the 50’s starting tonight and I sure hope I don’t have to keep paying 60 dollar gas bills…I do need to cook today since I thawed some chicken for chicken masala and I did buy some chicken thighs that I will grill probably Sunday…and I have one salad to make…no, two since I have a tomato and green pepper that needs to be used…maybe I’ll cut some of it up and put it in with the pickled red onion just to see how it tastes…I’ll probably have to mow the lawn tomorrow and I should put the edger attachment on and do some edging since I haven’t done that this year…and I have more weed killer to put on those damn little weeds that have taken over the yard…and grass seed to put in the bare spots…just too damn much work to do and not enough time to do it…more later…

Well…I really thought that I found what brake was making the noise and fixed it…but no, it just changed the noise…it’s not as bad as it was so there must be another one that is bad…going to take the front wheels off and look at the pads tomorrow…it still sounds like it’s in the rear but I’ll look at the easy ones first…sure hope I don’t have to replace the caliper that has the broken pad retractor…that’s over a hundred bucks and the are a pain to change…it has been a busy one today with getting the indoor ride in, doing the grocery run, two outdoor rides, and then cleaned the car completely along with the garage, grill, and ramps…and that all started at 7am and I didn’t get done until 2:30….and, with only having a bowl of soup and an ear of corn yesterday, my legs were really flat on the bike but I’m doing that again today like an idiot…I suppose I could have a salad, too…I guess we’ll see…

Well…how the heck can I always be running late? It’s 6:35 and I need to be on the bike in 25 minutes and I sure don’t feel like it right now…pretty sore from folding myself into the rear wheel well to replace the rear brakes on the car yesterday but it feels good to have it fixed…it was pretty busy yesterday and today will be the same and I want to clean the car even though it’s a rusted old shell…haven’t done a full cleaning this year yet and the glass and carpets need work…then I need to get working on the house and get the windows started…so I have way too much to do and now I’m down to 16 minutes to get on the bike…I might have scared the bunnies away from my garden by throwing ice at them the other day since they haven’t been back…I did pick a leaf of my lettuce yesterday to chew on and it really tastes good so I can’t wait for it to grow more so I can have some salads…only had a bowl of soup and and ear of corn yesterday and I know that is not enough to support 32 miles on the bike but I’m going to do it again today like an idiot…but I need to lose more weight and there is no other way to do it…more later…