Well…it’s been a kinda busy day today with getting three rides in and then just putting the chicken and the rest of the stuff in the dutch over and getting it simmering…I did finish the third book and have started the fourth one but I’m not sure how much headway I’m going to make on it today…have a few other things I need to do and still haven’t done the weights yet…it looks like DD has smoked spiral sliced ham for about 1.20 a pound so I’ll stop there for that and for roasted turkey for 2.50 a pound so that will give me some easy food to make later…so it will be a three store run tomorrow and I think I can get the indoor ride in before I go…and it will be warm enough to go out in shorts tomorrow before the temp drops and it snows again Thursday so I’ll be riding indoors through the rest of the month…I did get over 1,800 miles today and I just might be able to get to 2K before the end of March…still have 12 days to do it so the numbers work…okay, I need to get the weights going…

Well…up and running at 6:06 this morning and need to accomplish something today…not sure what that will be but something…slept okay but had to take a red dot for my allergies and it’s just going to get worse as spring goes on…haven’t eaten a lot in the past couple of days so I’ll need to do better today to fuel the three rides I’m going to do today…going to start with an indoor ride even though it’s warm enough to go outside right now…but it’s still dark and I don’t want to wait til after 8 to get on the bike…the bathroom needs to be cleaned at some point and I’m not sure if I’ll do that today or tomorrow…no one has protein on sale this week so I’ll empty the freezer for meals this week and probably take a container of ham soup out for second meals for a few days…12 minutes until I need to be on the bike and I need more coffee before I can do that…not much to do today…have to get my beach parking permits this week and get the books done so I can get more before the weekend but I have one and a half left to do…and I do need to cook the chicken thighs I thawed and that will be a nice change from soup, soup, soup….more later….

Well…it wasn’t much of a day today but I did get a ride in outdoors even though it was in the 30’s when I went out…no Stupid the turkey today so I wasn’t as entertained as normal…but the ride was nice and got me to 29 miles for the day today…didn’t have to cook today since I’m trying to use the potato soup up before it spoils so today was the second day of only two bowls of soup to eat…don’t think that’s enough…damn, I forgot to do the weight work…have to get on that after I do this…going to make chicken thighs tomorrow that will last me for 3 more days after I have the first of it…but I’m not sure what the second meal will be the rest of the week…maybe some pasta? I have enough chicken for another stir fry so maybe I’ll try that…okay, just checked and I have enough chicken for both a stir fry and Masala later in the week…so that give me two more meals and I still have a couple of pork chops and a t-bone in the freezer so I can make those on the grill this weekend…so it looks like the chicken dish tomorrow and then the stir fry Wed…okay…need to read more…

Well…happy St. Patrick’s day to all of you who celebrate…man, I remember the years when a huge group of us would get together and hang out with lots of beer, shots, and laughs…I miss those days a lot…oh, well…I did enjoy the moon shining through my blinds in the bedroom this morning and I just lied there and soaked it in for a bit but then my compulsion to get moving kicked in I was out of bed at 6:09…it is damn cold for March out here right now at 21 degrees and I really hope this is the last of the cold for the spring…it’s going to get to 60 tomorrow but then back down into the 40’s for highs and we really need a break from the cold…or I do…haven’t smelled the spring smell yet and I look forward to that….didn’t get anything done yesterday but bake bread and read but I really should clean some today…oh, I did do laundry yesterday so I guess that’s something…I did take some chicken thighs out of the freezer so I can make the chicken, potatoes, carrots, and rice dish in my half dutch oven tomorrow…and that will last a few days to go with the potato soup and bread…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike in 14 minutes to get started by 7am and get the two indoor rides in…going to suit up and do an outdoor ride this aft…have a can of Colombian coffee I’m going to open this morning and see what it tastes like in my pour over coffee maker…I wonder if it will be as good as my whole bean coffee? More later….

Well…only did two rides indoors today and I feel really guilty about that…but I think I made up for it by only having two bowls of soup to eat…oh, and two slices of sourdough bread to go with it…will have to get moving tomorrow…should do two indoor and one outdoor ride since the high is going to be 49 so I can get out for a ride in the afternoon…we got three frickin inches of snow today and my entire yard is covered…ick…but it will all melt tomorrow morning and then it’s going to be 50 for the rest of the week…not warm enough for me but it’s better than snow…still haven’t figured out any other meals so it may be another two bowl of soup day…have already finished two of the books I got Friday and I’m going to start another one right now…so back to reading…

Well…just took a look at the bread dough in the silicone bowl in the fridge and I can’t believe how much it’s risen overnight…this is by far the best loaf I’ve made and I wonder if it was from the newly fed starter I used? I’ll bet it’s going to rise even more and push the top off the casserole dish I use to bake it in…I don’t know if I’m going to buy bread anymore or just bake a loaf a week…but bread flour is about 5 bucks for a 5 lb bag so it’s not cheaper than buying whole wheat at aldis…and each loaf takes 350 grams…okay, so that makes it about a buck per loaf so I guess it is cheaper…if you didn’t know, a pound is 454 grams so that gives you 6 loaves out of a 5 pound bag so that is 83 cents a loaf…I wonder if I should factor in the time it takes to make a loaf…no, I was just sitting here reading and the total time of mixing it up and doing the folding and stretching is about 10 minutes over the afternoon so it only appears it’s a lot of work…okay, need to get on the bike right now…more later…

Well…it’s damn cold out there with the temp hovering the mid 30’s and that is down 40 degrees from Friday…that is March in Michigan so that will mean the rides will be indoors today…my right eye is pretty weepy this morning but doesn’t hurt so I will need to wash it and put the hot compress on it before I get on the bike here in a few minutes…I hurt my back somehow and it’s probably just from riding outdoors and using outdoor muscles to do it…and my hands hurt all night last night from the same thing since I only have about 200 miles in outdoors and I’m not used to it yet…slept okay last night and I’m not sure why I’ve been feeling so tired lately…yesterday it was a chore just to move at all and I feel the same today…I really should take a day off at some point…man, that would be such a luxury if I could ever do it…I used to be able to and I wonder how the heck I got to this point? I am going to bake some bread this morning to go with the potato/cabbage soup that I am going to have for both lunch and dinner today since I have so much of it in the fridge and don’t want it to spoil….not much to do today…it’s going to be a good day to just hibernate here with the rain/snow and cold that is going on right now…more later…

Well…I did get two outdoor rides in today and the turkey was being exceptionally weird on the road up to the beach…when I got there, Stupid the turkey was chasing cars at full speed down the road gobbling loud enough that I could hear it over my music..so, of course, I gobbled right back at him and he stopped dead, turned around, and started to follow me up the trail…weird as heck…man the wind has been blowing like crazy out here all day today and I’m glad I went out early but it was still blowing almost 20 when I was out there but now it’s blowing 25-30 and gusting to 40…I really shouldn’t be surprised at that after living out here for 4 years…I did get the dough for another loaf of sourdough bread mixed up using the new batch of starter I made yesterday and it is now in the fridge doing it’s cold fermentation so I can bake it tomorrow morning and have some with the soup I’m having for lunch and dinner tomorrow…probably need to do some meal planning tomorrow, too and get some stuff out of the freezer…the temp is going to start crashing here in a couple of hours and tomorrow’s high is only going to be 35 so I’ll be indoors for the rides…but it will be warm enough to outdoors for most of the week but I’ll have to be in part thermasuit…okay, need to do some reading…

Well…damn, feel like crap this morning and I wonder it I ate enough yesterday with a bowl of soup and one chicken thigh? Sure doesn’t feel like it but we’ll see after I get a cup of coffee down…with the rain and high winds out there, I won’t be outside on the bike today…and I may only do two rides indoors today with the way I feel….don’t even want to do one so I’ll wait a bit to go down…I did get the sourdough starter ready for making a loaf of bread today but that seems like too much work right now…it was nice to get rides in outdoors yesterday but March in Michigan weather is coming in tomorrow with the high only 35 degrees with high winds so I’m not sure when I’ll get back outside…was really hoping to get 2K miles in before the end of March but that looks out of reach…need to stop with the goals this year…they are wearing me out…I may go out at 8am since it’s going to be over 50 and shorts weather and the wind is not going to be howling until a little later…we’ll see…not much to do today…just going to do the rides and get the bread dough ready to bake tomorrow…have already gotten through the last Harlan Coben book I picked up yesterday and that is a little sad…have read everything the library has so I need to find a new author to fill my time…more later…

Well…slept okay last night and I got through the whole day with no pain in my eyes so I’ll take that…have already washed my eyelids and put the heated compress on them and that really cleared the crap out of them…it’s going to be warm this aft so I’ll wait to do the outdoor rides until then and then I’ll be able to go out in a t-shirt and shorts but that means I’ll have a big hole in my day from 9 after I go to the library so I think I’ll make the potato soup I have planned this morning…so I need to get an indoor ride in at 7, shower, head for the library at 9, make soup, add to the sourdough starter so I can make the dough tomorrow, then lunch and wait for the temp to come up…I seem to always need to plan my days even this long retired but that makes it easier and then I get things done…it is supposed to storm tonight and the we have winds tomorrow with steady 25-35 and gust to 50 so I won’t be outside on the bike…and the high Sunday is only 35 so I’ll be back indoors again for a while…and there is snow in the forecast for next Thursday as the cold settles in til April…ick…not much to do today…just need to get started on the plan here in a half hour or so but want more coffee first…not going to hit the goal of 2K miles before the end of March but that’s okay…the only goal I have left is to ride everyday and keep my string going….more later…