Well…I was really hoping that I had the outdoor bike figured out but when I took it out for a ride, I still had the vibration in it so after the second ride, I noticed the the 7th gear on the rear cassette was completely worn out and that was the gear it was vibrating in…and the chain and front crankset were both worn out, too, so I swapped them all out with the new ones from the black bike and fixed a broken spoke in the back wheel with another donor from the black bike so now it’s sitting downstairs in pieces…the sand out here is really hard on the driveline and I only got about 17,000 miles on this one but the last one was even worse at about 13,000 miles…but the good thing is I know how to do this now and have the specialized tools for the chain and the front crankset puller…so now I need to find a bike shop that has a spoke maker like Village does in GR…or I’ll have to drive to GR and buy a few to make it worth the trip…now I need to read the news to try to find another topic…

Well…up at 3:14 and then out of bed a little after 6 and I don’t think that’s interesting anymore so I don’t think I’ll talk about that anymore…not too sore today and the rising temps for the next few days will put me outside on the bike as soon as it gets light…but I may wait til 10 or so when it will be in the 40’s…so that gives me 3 hours or so just to sit here and gain some energy…can’t wait to see if the cleaning/repairs to the bike worked and to see if there is anything new on the trail…there was last time I went out after being indoors for a couple of weeks…they are building two new houses on lots across the street from the trail on the uphill going to the beach and I can’t figure out why anyone would buy one since they are crammed in next to each other on a lot smaller than mine…probably more rentals that will go for 2,000 a month….it’s going to be hard being out in the cold since I’ve been so cold indoors lately…probably spent 20 bucks this month just on running the heating pad…not much to do today..still working on leftovers so no cooking for the next few days…it will probably be another one meal day today to continue dropping the weight I gained since the surgery…then I’ll need to plan something or eat out of the freezer for a while…more later…

Well…contemplating skipping the second meal today since I had a big one for lunch and still feel full even with eating at 11:30…I did get the grocery runs done this morning and then straight on the indoor bike when I got home…so I was done with the rides by 11:15 or so and then straight into lunch…after that, I got after cleaning the bathroom that really needed it so it looks squeaky clean for a day and that took about an hour…so I’ve been done working since about 3 or so…it looks like I’ll get outdoor rides in tomorrow with the temps getting up to the upper 40’s for the next 4 days so I’ll get the chance to see if I fixed the vibration and clicking in the bike…have started to tally up how many miles I’ve ridden since my 20’s and what I posted yesterday was wrong since I have two totals for the schwinn and I forgot to add in the miles from the indoor bike…and that’s 3,600 miles since I moved out here…still getting really close to 100,000 miles

Well…up early today with waking up for the first time at around 3 and then out of bed at 5:44…and the slow process of getting moving starts again….need to do the grocery run this morning but don’t have a lot to get…no protein to buy today but I may get another ham next week….I still like the Cooks ham better than the Meijer brand and I wonder why they don’t carry them anymore? I did do two meals yesterday and I feel pretty guilty about that with taking the afternoon off and not getting any work done…but I’m still losing weight so one day of overeating doesn’t hurt too much….not sure what I’m going to do today after the grocery run and the bike rides when I get back here…there is some soccer on so maybe a match or two? Should be able to get outside on the bike tomorrow and I sure hope I’ve figured out the vibration that has plagued me for a few days….not much to do today…I do need to clean today and probably will especially after taking yesterday afternoon off….I feel out of synch today but I just need to plow forward and sleepwalk my way through the day and I’m tired of that….more later…

Well…today I had the easy day I have been looking for a long time now and it felt good to just noodle around here this afternoon…I did get two rides in inside sine it never got above 34 and with high winds so there was no way I was going outdoors…I am a little curious if I fixed the bike or not but the pedal I took off had around 30,000 miles on it and I can hear a bearing rattling around in it…the new pedals are coming a day early on Friday so I’ll only use the used ones for one day and I’ll buy another set of pedals for the black bike if I like them and a new rear shifter so I can put that bike back together…so another 40 bucks to make that one road worthy again…getting close to the mileage record for bikes I’ve owned that is still the Motobecane at 33,345 but I’ve got almost 32,000 on the grey bike so I’ll get there soon after I get riding back outdoors in the spring…the black bike only has about 16,000 miles on it but my Schwinn has around 18,000 and that makes 99,345 miles since I started riding in my 20’s…yow! That’s a milestone I didn’t even think about this year with being off the bike for 3 months…should hit that in the spring…

Well…up at 3:44 and then out of bed at 6:14 today and that keeps me worn out for another day….but I’m pouring coffee down and hope it starts to work soon…bought a really cool digital tire pressure gauge yesterday that will be here Sat and I got it for under 10 bucks…I would rather buy local but I can’t get it anywhere near that price even at HF….it’s almost 40 degrees out there and I wonder if I should try to take the bike outdoors for a ride today? Would really like to know if I’ve fixed the bike or not….but the second season of “Goliath” is ready to go for the indoor bike downstairs and I’d like to start that today….don’t have a lot to do today after getting everything done yesterday and I don’t even have to cook with leftover ham and the potato soup I made yesterday…so I’m going to ease into the day and take it a little easy as I plan what to do today…yep, I’m planning the day again but not working too hard at it…more later…

Well…it’s been a good day today and I got some things done so that is cool…started with getting two rides in and then straight into making potato/ham soup…then lunch and outdoors to cut up a couple of branches so I could put them out for pick up tomorrow…then put a load of laundry in and while I was downstairs, I took a pedal off the black bike and put it on the grey one to replace one that the bearings had gone in and I think that is the vibration I’ve been feeling…hope so anyway…and I just ordered a bunch of stuff that I need from amazon…a new set of pedals, 8 heads for my sonicare toothbrush, a digital tire pressure gauge, and a pack of 4 hard shell eyeglass cases so I can replace the old brown one that is falling apart and keep the wear off the one I bought in Dublin…and now it’s almost 6pm and I want to read for a while…

Well…my sleep patterns have gone wonky again after having some relatively normal nights…up at 2:34 today and then out of bed at 6:35 and I really never got back to deep sleep after the first wake up and that sucks…going to be worn out all day…didn’t get much done but the bike rides and cooking the big ham yesterday and I do want to make potato soup today to use up the veggies and some of the ham…but I still have leftover chicken that needs to be used for one meal….and I need to keep my calorie intake under 1K to continue to lose weight so that’s a conundrum….man, I’ve been cold for the past few days and I can’t figure that out…have had the heating pad on me just to get warm and I wonder if it’s related to restricting calories…looks like the rides will be indoors today since it’s not going to get out of the 30’s and that will continue until later in the week….not much to do today…just making the potato soup and the rides but I should clean the bathroom and I just might…who knows? more later…

Well…woke up at 5;30 again today but was able to lie back down until almost 7 so that is a win in my book…I am really thinking about taking the day off the bike since it is 37 and raining outside and I just don’t want to get on the indoor bike…and I’ve been making progress on losing the weight I’ve gained so maybe I can relax for once…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get anything done but today I need to cook a big meal so I’ll probably feel guilty later and go downstairs for at least one ride before the Lions play the Bears at one….it looks like we have high winds again today after the 20-30 mph and gusts yesterday…it was howling out here but not much is going on right now…not too sore this morning and I’m going to enjoy that while it lasts with all the pain I’ve had lately…my gout has even come back and my right big toe hurt lots yesterday and I know it’s from not drinking enough water so I’ll try to fix that today….when I was lying in bed, I thought of how cool it is that this house just keeps on running with not a lot of problems with the heat or water…i would like a new stove and I think I’ll save for that and get one in the spring…but that will take a lot of research that I don’t want to think about right now….more later…

Well…after I dragged myself out of bed at 5:30 this morning and with Man U playing at 10, I had to get moving to get on the bike by 8 so I could get two rides in before then…so I busted butt to get done and probably didn’t need to with Man U stinking up the place so I didn’t even watch…after that, the only thing I’ve done is heat up some food for lunch and watched the latest Doctor Who episode on BBC1 and it was pretty good so I now need to try to find the other two shows in this 3 show set…and remember that there is a christmas special on BBC that I will be able to see…so it looks like it’s another day of one meal and all I had today was a small chicken thigh, small baked potato, and some corn with a glass of milk for 500 calories today…but tomorrow I’m make the big ham so I’ll go way over a thousand tomorrow…now I’m going to read…oh, forgot to talk about the tree guy coming to take out my stump yesterday…he just showed up and I didn’t know he was here until he started the stump grinder…so that’s gone and now I need to think about what I’m going to put in there since I do want a tree there…thinking about an apple tree or a red maple…not sure which yet…