Well…up a little early today at 5:41 but I slept okay so I’ll take it…still trying to stop grinding my teeth and that has been going on for years…at least it isn’t causing pain this time…the snow has been melting like crazy out here and I think I jinxed spring coming by putting the winter coats away yesterday….and we are getting a blast of cold Sat and Sun with highs in the 20’s but no snow so maybe spring is really coming…going to ride outdoors tomorrow with the temp getting to 46 and I am curious how much ice and snow is still on the trail…going to work on the door frame downstairs and get it ready to start assembling it today but there is no urgency so I may take a day off and read a bit instead…hitting the library this morning to pick up 4 more books and it is so nice to not have to think about getting out of here and shoveling the snow…should wash the car at some point and get off my ass and look for a new one…the birds have abandoned the feeder and I haven’t had to fill it for two days so I’m glad I didn’t buy more food this week…not much to do today…just need to get more coffee down me and get on the bike here in a few but I don’t feel like it right now…more later….

Well…it’s been a little busy today with getting the first ride in, then the grocery run done, and then two and more rides and some work downstairs but now I’m going to take it easy for a while…didn’t get outdoors with the rain still here off and on and it never got over 40 and that is too damn cold for me…I did get some sliced turkey today for 1.50 a pound so I got two two pound packages and lots of it will go in the freezer…have lots of food to make for the next week and will be going back to some chicken tacos and Masala over the weekend and still have enough lettuce to make a few salads if I want…I do need to cut more veggies up to dip and should get on that right now…I did finish the books and can go to the library for more tomorrow after the rides but I do want to try to go out for a ride but it looks like Friday will be the day…

Well…damn, I’m running late already and it’s only 6:41 and I need to get on the bike by 7 to be able to get the first ride in before I head out for the grocery run…I am going to try to get an outdoor ride in today but it’s all going to depend on the rain and it looks like we’ll get a couple of hours in…but it’s 31 degrees so it may be snow and then I won’t drag the bike out of the basement and I’ll wait til tomorrow…slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it…it will be a struggle to get going in 14 minutes but I have to do it to keep on schedule…I just made some pour over coffee and I’ll have a cup of that before I head down…need to buy some more allergy meds and I’ll get some more coffee beans so I’ll have 5 pounds in stock here…I did get the work area cleaned up downstairs yesterday along with more work on the door frame but I’m not sure how much I’ll do today…some, I’m sure but I have no motivation right now…Man U plays this aft but they’re playing so lousy that I’m not sure I want to see it…need to get moving…more later…

Well…made progress on the door frame today but it was all backward since I just couldn’t do it half assed like the previous owner…so today I pulled all of the trim off the frame so I could get to the backing lumber that was held together by just a couple of nails on the left side…so I cut a shim and drove some screws through the side trim and shims and that anchored the entire left side so the wall doesn’t move at all anymore…and the saw blades for both my circular and trim saws are so dull it took me minutes to just cut the shims so I’m picking up new ones at Menards on the grocery run tomorrow…then I’ll start re assembling the whole thing tomorrow but not before I try to get an outdoor ride in…the trails will still be ice covered so it will be a road ride…but it is supposed to rain, too so I may just wait it out…I did get the computer on the outdoor bike reset so it’s ready to go with just air in the tires left to do…man, I can wait to get outside for the first time this year…I am stopping at DD tomorrow to get some thin sliced turkey for 1.50 a pound and I have just enough room in the freezer for a few pounds…but I don’t need much at Meijers or Aldis so it will be a cheap week….a little more reading and then some tv…

Well…having a hell of a time getting going this morning and the question comes to me “why the hell do I have to get going every day?” yeah, we all know I’d be a fat slug if I didn’t keep up the torture on the bike every day…it stayed over freezing overnight and slabs of snow and ice were sliding off the roof making lots of noise last night…I wonder if winter is over? Not here in Michigan…I can remember 8 inches of snow in April that closed the schools so I guess we’ll see…it’s going to be 46 Friday but then a crash down into the 20’s…might have to drag the outdoor bike out for that and do some city street riding…so I need to reset the computer on that bike to get ready for it….it’s already 7 and I just started the coffee so it might be a late day to get on the bike…I do need a new blade for my circular saw since I tried to cut shims from a 2×4 and it barely did it…I need a good one to rip the trim pieces so I won’t work on that today…don’t have to cook today so that will be okay but I do need to plan meals for later in the week…and I want to use some of the thighs I have in the freezer…I overate with two chili dogs yesterday so I need to cut back to under 1K calories today…so it will be a bowl of soup and one chili dog today….more later….

Well…got to work some more on the door frame this afternoon and made some good progress on getting the top plate secured and glued in so now it’s not held in by one nail…and I put shims in so the whole thing is level and ties the whole wall together…I may have to trim another 3/4 of an inch off the side trims since I’m  using 1 inch top trim and I want to keep it flush with the new headers…but I guess it doesn’t have to be flush…we’ll see after I get started assembling it…my back is still hurting like crazy and I have no clue how I hurt it…still haven’t taken anything for it but I probably should….finished the third book and I’m going to start the 4th right now so I can get to the library this week…I’ll get back to politics tomorrow…

Well…I did go out and get the lumber I needed to finish up the door frame work but I did something to hurt my back on the lower right side and it’s pretty bad just sitting here…and that adds to my thumbs that I can’t use from the cracks that is causing a lot of pain every time I hit the space bar…the boards did fit in the car with the top up but just barely but with it 42 right now, it wouldn’t have been bad driving with the top down…I forgot that I had a recip saw and new blades that I can use to cut the tips of the side trim on the door frame and I should do that today along with getting the top plate anchored so I have something I can nail the trim boards to…but with the way my back feels I don’t think I can do that right now…and I have been having problems with finding a political topic that grabs me so I’ll work on that later today…right now I just need to take something for my back…more later…

Well…damn, now I know why I haven’t been sleeping…the depression seems to be back and all of my energy is gone so getting on the bike is going to be a struggle today…but I have 35 minutes before I have to go down and I do need to do three rides after taking it easy yesterday and only doing two…it stayed over freezing last night and we are in a string of days over 40 for the next few and that means no snow or shoveling and I can take that all day…don’t really have to cook for 4 or 5 days but will have to plan what I have to take out of the freezer for the weekend…probably some chicken thighs before the next batch of Masala….looking forward to chili dogs for later today and will be loading them up with cheese but I have to remember I have lettuce and tomatoes so I’ll need to make a salad in the next few days….my damn thumbs are still cracked and hurt like crazy whenever I use them and that happens every winter but it doesn’t make any less of a pain…not much to do today…I measured the car to see if the boards will fit and it’s iffy at best but I can put the top down if they don’t…don’t feel like screwing with it but I have to keep putting one foot in front of the other…more later…

Well…it is nice to a bread recipe that I can make when I want something different…made the second sourdough loaf to have with potato soup I made this morning and it was even better than the first one I made…and I did this one with my own starter that was fresh Friday…much thicker than my son’s and I’m going to make a fresh batch of starter for every loaf….and I looked in the fridge today and remembered that I have shredded cheddar in there so the chili dogs for tomorrow are going to have cheese on them…I had to rethink the frame work downstairs and need to get some 1×6 boards and I hope I can get them in the car since they are 6 feet long…might have to put the top down to get them in…might run out and check with a tape measure just to see…but I’m done for the day and only did two rides but will be back to three tomorrow…okay, out to measure then reading…

Well…it’s 6:50 and I just started pouring the coffee down so getting on the bike is going to wait a bit until I feel the caffeine start to work…slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it right now…and the batteries in my BP machine went dead but I had more so no big deal…and my BP was okay at 123/67….didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than fiddling with the damn trim on the bike room door but I won’t be working on that today….have to make soup and sourdough bread for lunch so that means I have to get off my butt and get moving before 7:30….the skin on both thumbs have cracked and it hurts like crazy to use them for anything that puts pressure on them…and that is everything and that sucks…we could have the third day in a row of no snow and I sure need that…this winter has been wearing on me and I just want it to be over…another week and we’ll be into March but it looks like we will be in the 20’s after this little warm up that is going to last a few days….oh, well…not much to do today…just riding and cooking and the race that’s on this aft…today may be that elusive 2 ride day so I can take it a little easier…but who knows? More later…