Well…just figured out that getting out on the bike at 6:30 with the temp 57 degrees will really wake you up…and that is why I’m running a little late today..wanted to get the first bike ride in before the rain came in and I had to ride over and get the paper before I came here to do this one…haven’t even started the car since last Tuesday so I guess I’ll have to at some point….slept okay last night and don’t feel too bad this morning even without coffee…yow…I just realized I had a good bike ride without any coffee…I wonder how that happened? Oh, well…I’m going to pour some down now as I do this and then read the paper…then the F1 race is on at 9 so at least I won’t be too bored…didn’t get much done yesterday but laundry and a little cleaning and I still need to clean some today but no cooking with the fridge full of leftovers….I think I probably need to eat more today since I only had tacos and an egg salad sandwich yesterday and that is not enough to support 2 rides…but, I need to read the paper and have more coffee before the race….more later…

Well…as you can see, I don’t think I’m going to do a political one today…at least not right now…just got back from ride number 2 and haven’t had a chance to catch up on the news yet..but, I did want to talk about something light and a little more fun…as you saw from this morning, I have been tinkering and trying new recipes to keep me from getting more bored with my food lately…so far, I have figured out a great homemade pizza crust, an alfredo sauce that is better than any jarred sauces I have tried, and just today, I tried what was called “food truck chicken tacos” and they were the best damn tacos I have ever had…with an overnight marinade of lime juice, olive oil, cumin, chili powder, garlic, and cilantro, the chicken was yummy even before I made them…put the tortillas in my sauce pan to heat them and made them really soft, then I built the tacos with lettuce, tomato, 4 cheese Mexican blend, the pickled red onions I made the other day and just a hint of salsa….they tasted really fresh and yummy and it is now my go to taco….no more beef ones for me…

Well…another 4:34 morning but I don’t feel to bad so I guess I can live with it…I did lie back down for a little while and that was a nice transition to getting up instead of just climbing out immediately…and I slept okay that that’s a plus…I just wish the damn crack in my thumb would heal so it doesn’t hurt when I shift the bike…that has been annoying for the past few days and I need to continue to treat it and hope for the best…and I’m getting out on the bike here in a few minutes but decided to have a cup of coffee and do this before I get out today…and I need to get out and back here before 9 to see F1 qualifying but I’ll be out by 7 so that won’t be a problem…I am going to make chicken tacos for the first time for lunch today and have had the chicken in a marinade overnight to get the flavor into it….and I made my best pizza ever yesterday…didn’t over bake this one and the crust came out soft and chewy so I think I have my pizza figured out…it will be interesting to see if I can repeat it but that won’t be a for a few weeks…and that put a question in my head…why do they put so much salt in frozen pizzas? Mine has about a half teaspoon in a 14″ and it tastes great…and it has very little fat with using turkey pepperoni…hmmmm…okay…need to watch F1 practice and finish my coffee so I can get out on the bike…more later…

Well…have been rushing around here this morning trying to get going to get out on the bike in the fog but I just looked out and it has mostly cleared so I thought I’d come here and do this before I get out…and that gives me the chance to have a cup of coffee and it is strange how much that helps the legs…it is much more of a chore to ride without it…slept okay last night but I think I need a new pair of earplugs…have lost one each of the past few nights and that is annoying even with the place upstairs being empty…no dreams to speak of either and I was getting used to having them after a few days…oh, well….I have a split in my right thumb that has been hurting like crazy the past few days since I use it to shift and that is keeping it from healing…got some vinegar in it yesterday when I was making some pickled red onions and that was just too much…kept it hurting all afternoon no matter what I did even with washing it…cripes…didn’t get much done yesterday but one bike ride since it was raining most of the day but today looks like I can get two in…and I am going to make a pizza for lunch along with getting some chicken in a marinade for tacos for tomorrow and that is going to be a new one for me…more later…

Well…as I said a little while ago, I had a nasty rattle coming from the exhaust that started yesterday and it was just so damn annoying…so, you know that I have to get at it when something is wrong with the car and even the rain wasn’t going to stop me…so, I just went out to take a look at it and the heat shield just fell off in my hand when I pulled on it…and when I started the car up to test it and see if the one on top of the pipe had to come off, too…it was quiet with no problem so that was probably one of the easiest fixes I’ve ever had on the car…and it will make my day to not have to think about it anymore…yay!

Well…it appears to be a normal Thursday with doing the grocery run and then reading the paper before coming here…and now I have a new problem with the car…the leak appears to be fixed but I have a heat shield in the exhaust rattling that is annoying as hell…so, I’ll have to climb under the car today or tomorrow to see which one it is…it’s in the front of the car so I think it’s the one that is on the pipe just coming off the header…we’ll see…should be an easy fix or I’ll just remove it if there is clearance and it won’t start the car on fire…slept okay last night and feel so much better this morning than I did yesterday…and it looks like the bike ride will have to wait until later with the rain out there right now so I am going to revel in that and plan on only one ride today…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I need to do the oven today since it is getting pretty dirty….and the rest of the kitchen needs work, too, so that will be on the agenda today….but first, I am going to have more coffee and read some news and ease into it….more later…

Well…so much for the new schedule working…got up at 6 but just couldn’t get to the point where I wanted to do one of these…so, I got on the bike first and still don’t feel that hot…part of that may be that I didn’t have coffee yet so we’ll test that right now with the first cup…slept okay last night but getting on the bike was a chore…much more work than I like and it feels good to be back here on the couch…I did get out to get my hair cut and run some errands yesterday and I need to get out and run a couple more today…need to get out to DD to get some chicken for 99 cents a pound so I’ll have protein for the rest of the week…the marinade I made the other day came out really good so I am going to modify it a little to make some chicken tacos…just going to add some chili powder and maybe a little cayenne…need to make something new since I am getting bored with the normal stuff…not much to do today…I should clean but probably won’t…just have no motivation right now so we’ll see…more later…

Well…trying out the new schedule this morning with getting this done before I get on the bike for the first ride and I’m not sure the brain is ready for this…I did sleep okay last night but up at 5:04 is not okay…I was able to lie back down for an hour or so but none of that was sleeping so that didn’t help much…but, I don’t feel too bad right now so I guess I can live with it…and, I’m not really too sore today even after two rides yesterday so maybe I’ve gotten over that hump and two a days are going to be the new normal….need to get on the bike by 7 or so today since I want to get my hair cut and run some errands this morning and I do want to see if the car is still leaking…it appears it isn’t but I think it needs a full heat cycle to see for sure…and I need to spray around here again today since I found another cricket in the kitchen so I must not have done a good job of it yesterday….not much to do today…after the hair cut and errands, I need to cook some chicken that I’ve had in a new marinade overnight…just got bored with baking it with a little seasonings on it and it would be nice if I can get some more flavor into it….more later….

Well…running pretty late today and I just can’t figure out this new schedule of getting out on the bike early….I’m not sure if I am lucid enough to do one of these as soon as I get up but I guess I’ll give it a try tomorrow…one thing I do know, the bike ride is not nearly as much fun without having coffee first…slept okay last night and got up just a little before 6 even with getting to bed late again last night but for some reason I felt flat on the bike…oh, okay, no coffee…almost forgot about that…not too sore today even after the bike…didn’t get a lot done yesterday with all of the sports on tv and not having any motivation so I think I’ll try to clean some today…I do need to put some poison down since I am damn tired of having crickets in here and that may help with the spiders, too….I did make a pizza yesterday and I think I finally have the recipe for those down…one thing I can’t understand is why frozen pizzas have so damn much salt in them…the crust recipe I use has only a teaspoon of salt in it and that makes a 16 inch crust….and my pizza tastes so much better than frozen…hmmm…more later…

Well…running a little late today with getting out on the bike around 6 and then reading the paper before coming here to do this…it was still a little dark when I got out and it was so damn windy that it was a little unpleasant…slept okay last night but was up around 5 and that is disappointing…it would be nice to get at least one night of 7 hours or so…and I even went to bed late last night…oh, well…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done but cook and watch races and that looks like what today will be….going to make a pizza for lunch and I’m not sure if I’m going to go out on the bike again…could take a rest day of only 15 miles but I’ll think about that later…maybe it will rain? I do have to do some laundry today since I don’t have anything clean and need to do bedding and towels…so maybe I’ll just take it easy today…have been getting 30 miles a day in and don’t really need to do that every day…more later…