Well…after I wrote that title, it occurred to me that a lot of you out there may not know what a stuck record is…or what a record is for that matter, but a stuck one is where a record sticks and plays the same few seconds over and over….and that is what my days have seemed like since I got back to work around here…busy, busy, busy and today I didn’t get done till almost three after getting going about 7:30….started out with getting out to do the grocery run this morning…hit 3 stores that would have been 4 but the dollar store was closed and I wonder if it is having business trouble? After the run, I got back here and got straight on the bike at 10 and finished the rides at about 12:30 and then straight into working on the car…got the rust treated and painted over on the drivers side and then vacuumed the trunk and drivers seat and floor, then repaired the mat that was frayed and that took me til almost 2:30 and I have the passenger’s side to do tomorrow but I did put the first coat of the rust treatment on and will do another one tomorrow before I paint over it…after I got that done, I got the laundry started and then made a batch of pasta salad since I like it and it is handy to have with anything instead of chips or fries…after I got that done, I checked on the front steps for the package that was due and it was here, so I opened it and put the new case on the phone…I really like it, the phone just didn’t have anything to grip or to tell you where the buttons are and this case takes car of that…pretty cool…and I got my Phillips sonicare rechargeable toothbrush and I can’t wait to use it later…it really vibrates and I sure hope that it helps with keeping my teeth clean and infection free…it’s very slim and is supposed to last 14 days on one charge and that would be cool…so I retired my spin brush pro battery powered one that I have been using for almost 20 years….damn, I’m getting pretty modern and it’s all by accident…now it’s time to take it easy for a bit…long, busy day…again…

Well…running about on time this morning and I have settled into a sleep pattern where I wake up at 4, then back to bed til a little after 6…and it was my 4th night of being good so I feel okay today if a little sore from the work yesterday…and I have more to do today after the bike rides but it is easy stuff…just working on the car and it is a pain but  it has to be done to get the car through the winter….amazon is working really fast this week and the phone case and Phillips electric toothbrush I ordered are coming today instead of Saturday and the allergy meds that weren’t getting here til the 18th will be here tomorrow…and just in time since I’m running out and the ragweed is nuts out here….fun to get new stuff but I spent 65 bucks and that is a little hard for me…oh, I can afford it but the habit of not spending is pretty strong…one day I would like to just buy something without having the guilt that comes with it…I do need to make the grocery run this morning and hit menards for some stuff along with the dollar store so that means a 4 store run this morning….it’s going to be another busy one today with trying to beat the cold weather and get the car done…I did have some chickadees on the feeder yesterday after I cleaned it and put fresh food in it and that was pretty cool….very few of those last winter and I hope that the sparrows discover it this fall….more later….

Well…when I started the day, I knew I had a lot to do and it was going to be a busy day…after I got the two rides in by noon, I mowed the lawn and then washed and waxed the car and then repaired the top in 4 places…but the repair caulk I have been using has gone bad so I think I’ll have to get more at menards tomorrow and will probably have to replace the patches with new stuff…and tomorrow I need to clean the car and try to treat the rust with rust preventer and repaint some of the matte black on the rockers…then I got a couple of bills ready to be go into the mail tomorrow and found that I had skipped a booklet of checks so everything is out of sequence…don’t think that matters…I hope….so tomorrow will be car work since sand is piled up in the trunk and both footwells and both seats and need to  vacuum the heck out of it since the sand is everywhere… so it looks like every day this week is going to be busy and I am already a little worn out from it….or I’m just damn old…that’s probably it….

Well…I sure would like to break this pattern of tossing and turning all night and getting up a little after 4 and then out of bed around 6…still feel okay so maybe I should just get used to it as sleeping well through the night fades into the past….got a lot done yesterday and even hung the door to the bathroom and, even with how old beat up it was, the door came out pretty good and looks clean…still doesn’t fit that well since it is 82 years old and a little warped but it opens and closes so I can live with that…have a lot of outdoor work to do the rest of the week so I won’t get to much inside…I do want to get the shades down in the dining room and plan what needs to be done to the windows in there and even choose the color I want…the bedroom grey may be a little too dark in there so I could go with the same color as the living room but I wanted some contrast between them so we’ll see…maybe switch up the colors and do the living room in the darker grey? Who knows? I do need to mow the lawn and wash the car today to get it ready for the top and rust repair tomorrow and I need to get all the damn sand out of it and start looking for a new one over the winter…if I do buy one, I’ll need to get a cover for it and park it next to the garage since I don’t want to drive a new one in the snow yet…and I do need to cook some today and figure out my meal planning for the rest of the week….not buying any protein this week since nothing is on sale and I have a full freezer and I think I’ll thaw a pound of burger to use the lettuce and tomatoes up on some burgers….and I want to make some more pasta salad this afternoon since it is nice to have it available so I don’t have to cook…not much to do today…I get to just sit here for a bit since it’s not going to be warm enough to get on the bike til 10 and the lawn won’t be dry enough to mow it til the afternoon…so I’ll get the rides in first then lunch, then on to the lawn and washing the car….it looks like another busy day once I get started and it needs to be if I’m going to have everything done to prep for winter….more later….

Well…it’s one of those days finally that I don’t have to feel guilty about not doing enough work…got the door frame painted and the work room cleaned up, then outside to take the rest of the tomato plants down and cut down the remaining flowers at the back of the house and bag them up for pick up tomorrow…then out on the bike for two rides and cleaned and filled the window bird feeder and scrubbed the window and sill that had tons of seed spilled on it…then I just ordered some stuff from Amazon I needed…a new electric toothbrush, a case for the new phone, and some more allergy spray that I am almost out of…so I spent 65 bucks on things I needed but it is still hard spending any cash since I’ve been burning through it over the past couple of months…and now I’m going to put the striker plate back on the bathroom door frame and put the hinges back on the door so I can hang it tomorrow….and then take the rest of the day off and watch a little soccer…I think I’ve earned it….maybe…

Well…there are benefits to being good at night and one is having more energy and ambition when I get up in the morning…it’s only 8:45 and I have all of the inside work done that I had planned…got the second coat of paint on the door frame and have the work room cleaned up and ready for the next project which will be the door to my bedroom but I’m not sure when that will be…think I’ll do the dining room first and I think that will take me about a month to do with how bad the windows and baseboards are…it appears like they had carpet in there since some of it is still stuck to the baseboards and that will mean I’ll have to use my angle grinder with a flap disc like I did in my bedroom but I still have the outside work to do over the next few days including getting the sand out of the car and trying to treat the rust and fix the top before it starts getting cold later in the week…so, it’s going to be busy this week and I don’t mind that…but it’s still only 39 outside so I think I’ll wait a while before I get started on the outside…still have some flowers that I can cut and put in a vase inside so I can enjoy the last of them…and I do need to take my scrub brush and hose at the bird feeder and the window it hangs on so I can fill that…so that means no bike ride until the afternoon but I am still going to try to get to rides in today….

Well…I am really hoping for a normal feeling day today after only getting up once at around 4 or so and the out of bed at 6:23 and I even had some dreams last night that I don’t remember but I remember having them…so, I don’t feel too bad right now and I’m just starting on the coffee…but it’s a big cup new coffee pot day so I have hope that it will work soon…really didn’t get much done yesterday since I took the day off after the painting I did Sat to give my back and shoulder a rest…and it’s going to be a slow start day today with it only 37 degrees out there so I think I’ll clean up the work room after I read the news here in a minute and then get on the bike around 11 or so…I am taking the last of the tomato plants and flowers out today to put them out tomorrow and I still have a few green tomatoes I’m going to see if they will ripen indoors…didn’t have nearly as many tomatoes this year and that is okay…they were coming ripe just about the speed I wanted to eat them and that worked out well….and I still had some to give away…I do need to plan next years’ garden a little better and do more prep work on the soil…and plant lots more beans and peppers…not much to do today…just going to enjoy taking it  a little slow to start the day…I do need to put a second coat of paint on the door frames I did Sat…I thought I could get away with one but, as it dried, it showed some bleed through from the old paint and bare wood so I need to cover it so I can hang the door back up in a couple of days…darn….more later….

Well…I’ve know for quite some time that I am a little weird and I’m okay with that…but how weird was emphasized with what happened with my bike the past couple of days…the other day, I noticed that the thread had broken in one of the seams of the seat cover, so I thought I’d trade that seat out with the one from the black bike since they are identical and I can repair the seam later….so, to make sure the adjustment was correct, I measured the height of it from the bike frame and put it at the same measurement….that was close, but it was a little too high and I was stretching to get power to the pedals…so, I adjusted it down about a quarter of an inch since I know that small adjustments are all that are needed…but, that quarter of an inch lower made me feel like I was cramped on the bike so I made another adjustment between the rides of 1/8 of an inch up on the seat and it was perfect and I feel great riding again…but 1/8th of an inch? How the hell do you feel 1/8th of an inch? That is why I think I’m weird..I CAN feel that 1/8th of an inch and it made all the difference from uncomfortable to perfect….and with that adjustment, I got two great rides in today…flying on the way out to the beach with the wind and even going well against it coming back…so now you know, I’m weird….and I’m okay with that….

Well…man, I’m tired today….didn’t get out of bed til 6:21 but it feels like I was up all night….the coffee is not working at all this morning and I really do want to go back to bed for the whole day…but no, the F1 race is on at 8 and Man U plays at 9 so I won’t be out on the bike til 11 or so and the temp won’t be over 50 til then anyway….had an okay day yesterday and got some stuff done but I need to clean up the work room today to keep the paint chips from spreading all over the house…I can’t believe how much I hurt today just with painting yesterday…making the old guy noises when I move and that just sucks…oh,well….not sure what I’m going to do today but I should get some work done outside…but that could wait til tomorrow with how I feel right now…I am pretty happy with how the door and frame came out…looks nice and clean with the eggshell finish and I can’t wait to put it back up and get that done…but not today….should take the shades down in the dining room and get the newspaper up on the windows but I think I won’t…I need a day off and today may be that day…..not much to do today….I really do need to just ease into it today and read some news before I even think about what to do….just want to sit here for a bit and have more coffee before I make any decisions…life is a lot of work….more later…

Well..yeah, this isn’t a political one…that will wait til later if I get to one at all….what I did want to talk about is the fact that I’ve been running all day but have accomplished a lot so it’s worth it…as soon as I got up this morning, I finished sanding the bathroom door and cleaned it up to get ready to paint…then I panted the inside of the door and the edges with two coats, masked off the door frame and painted that, then stood the door up against the wall and painted the outside of it with two coats again….oh, in between that I got the first bike ride in as I waited for the paint to dry so I could handle the door…and I just finished cleaning up and now I’m watching some of the Michigan game before I get back on the bike for the second time…and it is almost 70 so I’ll be out in a t-shirt when I get on the bike around three so I can get back here for the race from Talladega at 4….I am going to have to wait for a few days for the paint to cure before I can put the door back on so I’ll start working on the windows in the dining room….I think I’ll take the rest of the day off after the bike ride…and come back here for one more for the day….