Well…that really sucked…went to bed late and it’s 3:30 am and I’m still waiting for sleep to come so it looks like I’ll shift into low power mode today since I have a dentist appointment at 8:30…at least I’ll be able to get the bike rides in before I have to go out…and then it’s hibernation mode with the big storm coming in Friday night with possible 8-10 inches of snow and high winds…ick…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done but the normal stuff but I need to cook today since I’m out of leftovers and it looks like I’m going to make a batch of lentil soup today and then chicken masala tomorrow…have the ingredients for 4 or 5 new recipes so I’ll be good until the end of next week….it did snow last night but not enough to be a problem getting out of here today and they even plowed the roads so that will help….and it’s only a few miles to my dentist’s office on the main roads so that should be easy….so I’m going to sit here for a littl while longer and make one more stab at get a couple of hours of sleep…more later…

Well…it’s been a pretty good day today and I carved out some reading time and have almost finished up the second of the three books I got from the library…after doing the two rides this morning, I went out to shovel the snow and got everything done around noon…even got the weight work done early while I was watching soccer so I didn’t have to rush through it this evening…after ten days or so of doing that daily, I think I can notice small differences in my arms and shoulders so that is cool…tonight is going to be a boring one with no cocktails since I have a dentist appointment at 8:30am and I want to be clear for that…got a statement from the bank about my mortgage on this place and I only owe 44,000 bucks…down 8 grand in three years so now I have almost 100K in equity in this place and that feels pretty good…I’ve come a long way from being totally broke 5 years ago and borrowing money from my daughter to stay alive…time for tv…

Well…darn, it snowed about 6 inches overnight and that means I’ll be out shoveling this morning…slept crappy last night and woke up to find the sheets and comforter on the floor and I was freezing my butt off…and still am sitting here on the couch….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done other than the grocery run and 2 rides…the birds kept me entertained and I had lots of different ones on the feeder…less doves than normal let the smaller birds get to the feeder…sitting right at the window for a few minutes I noticed that the Juncos have the skinniest legs of any bird I’ve seen and I wonder how they support the weight….will need to fill the feeder this morning with all the snow we had last night to keep them fed…it looks like the snow is over for a couple of days but it is going to get cold with highs in the teens next week…but that is January in Michigan so I just need to hibernate and take it easy….not much to do today…just need to get the rides in and start to plan the next meals…need to make the lentil soup and then the chicken masala again….have ingredients for 4 different recipes so that will give me something to do….more later….

Well…man, I’m tired this morning and I sure don’t want to do the grocery run today….but with the snow that is coming, I need to get it done…have a huge list of things to get for meals for the next week and I want to make the chicken masala again with aldis having chicken on sale for 1.99 a pound….had a good day yesterday with getting some work done and I need to continue that today…not sure when I’ll get the bike rides in but I think they will be later since I can’t get going right now…I do have leftovers for today so I won’t have to cook til tomorrow and I’m not sure what that is going to be but I have a pound bag of shredded cheddar that I need to use so there will be some Mexican food in the future….maybe some bean burritos? Only had one meal yesterday…no, that’s not right….used up the roast beef in a sandwich for the second meal yesterday so I’ll need to cut back to one today…..not much to do today…just the grocery run and then I’m going to rest a bit before the bike rides…more later….

Well…not sure what the heck is going on but I got more work done today downstairs…right after I got off the bike after the second ride, I got tired of looking at the peeling paint and spalling in the 84 year old blocks that make up the corner of my bike room in the basement…so, before the shower, I got my rechargeable drill/driver out and put a big wire brush in it and took to getting all the loose stuff off the wall…after about 45 minutes of that and then cleaning up all of the paint chips and concrete, I mixed up some chemical cement that I had downstairs and filled all of the bad spots…now I have to wait for it to dry a few days before I can repaint the wall…will probably take a while since I keep it so cold down there…so that’s twice in the last week that I’ve worked on the house and it felt good to accomplish something today…so now I’m done for the day and need to get ready for Michigan playing int he National Championship game tonight at 7:30…Go Blue!

Well…damn, still in the same pattern for the past week of getting up at 3am, sleeping for a bit until 5 or so, but today I decided to fight it and didn’t get out of bed til 6:41 but the time between 5 and out of bed was that grey area where you’re not really sleeping and I think that doesn’t count…was pretty darn sore last night and I think it’s from using the hand weights but I’m not going to stop…getting out of bed so late has me running late today with needing to get on the bike by 8 am…a gale watch has just popped up for tomorrow afternoon through Wed morning with winds of 20-30 and gusts to 50 so that will be fun doing the grocery run….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and don’t need to cook today so I really should do some cleaning at least but that won’t happen until this aft if at all….Michigan play for the national championship tonight and I will be watching it but with some trepidation…they haven’t looked good the past few games…I will get to a political one today to try to get back on track after the outage last week…I am so damn tired today that I can’t get going and I’m not sure if I want to right now…more later….

Well…here we go again…it’s 10:20 and I have the bike rides in and have started the load of laundry I wanted to do so I have the rest of the day off…just need to finish the coffee and heat up some leftovers for lunch and then watch the Lions play at one…and read a bunch…so it’s going to be an easy day today…I should clean a bit and just might but not right now…I do need to go out and fill the bid feeder at some point since it is entertaining to watch as I sit here…and I do need to go out and look for a topic in politics for later…and I think I’ll do that right now since I want to read the news anyway….still more later…

Well…you know what these are…fillers to try to get back to where I need to be on the post count…it’s 8:40 and I already have the first ride in but lat leaves me only 20 minutes to finish off the coffee and get back on for the second ride…we did get about two inches of snow last night and, if it keeps up, I’ll be out shoveling later when I fill the bird feeder…it was really strange to not have any doves on the feeder yesterday when they have been swarming it for weeks…I had 8 of them on the sill and feeder at one time a couple of days ago and they have been slamming into the window the feeder is attached to…very loud…okay, the weather widget just said rain this afternoon so maybe I won’t have to shovel…okay…need to drink the coffee faster so I’ll end here…more later….

Well…it does feel good to get back to my routine that I’ve had for 15 years now of coming here to get a post out to start my day…have a nice hot cup of coffee on the table and soccer on the tv and it is a little comforting…I did get up at 3 again this morning but was able to stay in bed til 5:30 so that feels like a win after getting up before 5 the past few days but I’m still exhausted and I’m not sure why…okay, I do know that I only had one meal yesterday and that has something to do with it but I need to lose another 10 pounds so I need to keep that up…so I’ll be getting on the bike by 8 again today and that will get me to 112 miles for the week…going to have to ride at least 2,000 miles indoors to get to the goal for the year…and that will mean some 24 mile days and I’m not sure if I’m up for that yet….don’t have a lot to do today other than watch the Lions later….still have leftovers to eat so no cooking but I am looking at trying some baking powder to get my bread to rise and not be like the bricks I have been making…but that is fun and don’t need to do that today…not much to do today…just going to sit here for a bit before I get on the bike in an hour or so and try to muster the energy to get going…supposed to snow today but I don’t have to go anywhere so that’s okay….more later…

Well…I really hadn’t planned to do any work on the house today but I had some trim in the bathroom that has been bugging me so I spent a little time and painted it…only took about a half hours so not much work…I did get to 100 miles for this week and I only have to do that 70 more times to get to this years goal….I did get the two rides in, read a bunch and the did my upper body weight work that appears to be having some effect after a week of doing it daily…and it feels good to be doing it so I’m going to keep it up…it looks like cold and snow for the next 10 days or so but I only have a dentist appointment to do thurs and I’m going to hibernate until then…it is January in Michigan so I have to expect it…I have to remember to turn the hepa filters on tonight since my allergies are nuts…but right now I’m just going to read a bit more until the 7pm hour when I’ll watch a little tv…