Well…man, that was more work than I expected…we got 10-12 inches of snow last night and lots of blowing and drifting so it took me about twice as long to get it done…and I salted today since it is getting down to 17 tonight and then it continues to drop until Tuesday with a high of 13…I’m already sore from it so I think I’ll skip the weight work today…got my first sparrows on the feeder today and it’s taken 3 years for them to find it…the feeder has been busy with all of the snow and I have had at least one of every bird I’ve seen on it in the three years I’ve been here…so I’ll probably have to go out and fill it again before the sun goes down…right now I’m going to sit here for a bit and watch the Mecum auction…

Well…that wasn’t too bad…slept through til 5:09 and then out of bed at 6:39 but I do feel a little worn out today with only having a bowl of soup to eat yesterday…I know I need to eat more but losing weight is the goal right now….it did snow overnight and added another 4 inches to the 3 we got yesterday so I’ll be out shoveling again this morning…the temp has started to drop and it’s only 24 out there right now and it is going to keep falling until Tuesday when the high is going to be 13….the wind is not howling like it was yesterday and I am happy the power stayed on after it blinked a few times last night…didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than making the new soup and I have enough leftovers to get me through the next 3 days or so so I froze the chicken breasts I bought for the chicken masala and will make that early next week after I make another new recipe…a new Italian pasta soup to use up the celery and carrots in the fridge…I really should clean the fridge today and I might after I do the bike rides that I am going to get to in 30 minutes or so…I need more coffee first….more later….

Well…I think I’m on this theme of new soups that I have been making lately and I made another one today…a chicken/tortilla Mexican style soup that came out pretty good…even had a bowl and a half for lunch since I didn’t want or have room for a second container…I think the next time I make it, I’ll add some tomato sauce to up the tomato flavor sine I really like it…this is a keeper but if I keep making soup., it will be all that I eat anymore…it is pretty funny that so far this year, I have only eaten from scratch food that I made…no frozen food or anything else…and it is cool to be able to control what I put in to keep the salt and fat levels down…today’s soup only had one tblsp of olive oil to saute the onion and garlic in…and it used boneless/skinless chicken…okay, my little weather widget just said heavy rain later and I wonder if we are on the warm side of the big storm front that is coming through…it was supposed to start snowing at 10 this morning but it really hasn’t snowed much and I hope it stays that way….

Well…man, what a weird couple of days with not sleeping at all for over 40 hours…but that ended last night when it felt like someone just pulled my batteries a little after 10 and I hit the sack and was out until 5:20 this morning then laid back down til 6:33…and that was welcome….not sure why my body behaved that way but I know I’m still feeling it this morning and will have to ease into the day at a reduced energy level….no snow yet but the wind is ramping up to the 50+ we’re supposed to get later…I’m going to hunker down in my nice warm house and enjoy the day of shoveling snow and maybe making another new recipe of chicken tortilla soup that looks really good…that will push the chicken masala back to Sunday but I really want to keep trying new recipes…and this one is for the instant pot and I like using that….didn’t get much done yesterday but the bike rides and I’ll get to that in a little while but I really need to take it easy and let the coffee work for a bit…not much to do today…it’s going to be a low energy day and I need to roll with that for now…only sleeping 7 hours in two days with 3 hours of sleep a day for the previous 3 days has worn me right out….I’m tired…more later…

Well…okay, this is really weird…still haven’t slept since I got out of bed early wed morning…tried to take a nap this afternoon but couldn’t even get close…I am curious what will happen tonight…what if I never sleep again? Have to have two more teeth removed since they are still infected and loose but they won’t make any difference with chewing since they don’t have any opposing teeth…but this ends the extractions until I die…so, I guess I’m going to clean my teeth right now and settle in for the night…it looks like were getting bombed with snow tomorrow starting in the morning and we could get 8-15 inches with high winds and drifting…but I am prepared for hibernation til next week….

Well…this is weird…didn’t sleep at all last night and I don’t feel too bad right now…was on the bike for the first ride before 5am and finished up the second before 7…now I’m just finishing up the coffee before I have to clean my teeth to get ready for the dentist…I do need to stop at depot on the way back here to get some melting salt and I forgot some stuff at aldis so I need to stop there, too…but they are in the same parking lot so no big deal…with the really cold weather coming, I’m going to need to keep the walks salted…and shoveled since we’re supposed to get snow every day for the next ten days…oh, well…my car is not going anywhere til late next week…

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….