Well…I was trying to re-assemble the door trim I am working on and it just doesn’t fit so I need to rethink what I’m doing…instead of using the crappy trim across the top of the door, I’m just going to cut the mitres off the side trim and put a1x4 flat board across the top and I can get a 6 foot one for about 4 bucks and the width I need is 36 inches so I can get both sides out of one board…what a pain in the butt…oh, well…it didn’t snow again today and it was so nice to not have to shovel for the 2nd day in a row…and now it gets around 40 for the next three days so some of the snow is going to melt…I am a little excited to see how my new sourdough starter works when I bake the loaf I made today…mine is a little thicker than my son’s but it was bubbling like crazy and made the dough rise nicely so we’ll see tomorrow…it’s in the fridge doing the cold fermentation until around 11am tomorrow and I want to have it done before I finish the potato soup I’m going to make…okay…time to read…

Well…why the heck does Man U have to play so early? Their match against Everton is at 7:30 this morning and that means I have to be on the bike by 6:30 and that is in 15 minutes…and no, I can’t wait to ride until after they play…so I need to fly this morning to get my day started…and I sure don’t feel like it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to work on some sourdough today so I can bake it tomorrow to go with the potato soup I’m making…damn, I’m worn out today…I am looking forward to a little bit of thaw that is going to happen over the next few days and I may be able to get out of here next week if the snow melts on the alley…it looks like I won’t have to shovel any snow again today and I can use the rest…both of my thumbs have cracks in them that hurt like crazy from it being so dry so I probably should rest them today…or wear gloves if I work on the door frame….crap, I need to get moving…more later…

Well…I was going to take it easy today but the door frame turned out to be more work than I expected and I spent a couple hours working on that today…lots of patching on the trim that will have to be sanded before I start putting it together tomorrow…I did get the new trim piece nailed in but the door frame trim at the top has to be glued in since there is nothing to nail it to…lots of duct tape to keep it in place til it dries…then I’m going to paint it white like the rest of the trim in the house…then start with gray on that wall that is a wallboard stud wall…at least I’m getting something done…and I made some more sourdough starter and with just two tablespoons of my son’s starter, it took off and is bubbling like crazy…going to make bread again tomorrow and that will get baked Sunday after the dough stays in the fridge overnight…and that will go great with the potato soup I’m making Sunday, too… but right now, I’m going to find something to watch tonight and read a bit….

Well…I may have hit the wall this morning but I’ll have to wait til I have this first cup of coffee to see for sure…I know I feel so damn worn out that I could be 80 years old…so getting on the bike is going to wait til 7:30 so I can get through the second cup…it looks like it’s not going to snow for a few days but I’ll believe that when I see it after all the snow we’ve had up here this winter…I am going to feed the sourdough starter today so I can make another loaf early next week and that will go well with the potato soup I’m going to make and I have some chicken thighs that need to be used so I’ll have food to eat out of the freezer…have enough chicken to make another batch of stir fry so I can try the bottle sauce I got this week…not sure what I’m going to do today other than ride the bike and work on the door frame but I may not do that at all and just read…I guess we’ll see…right now I’m going to pour that second cup of coffee and watch part of a cheesy sci fi movie….more later…

Well…I finally made some progress on the door frame and have all of the wood cut to start repairing it in the next couple of days…we are still getting more and more snow out here and it’s wearing me down…but we are going to be above freezing for 7 days in a row starting Sunday an three of those are going to be 40 degrees and I look forward to that…but then it goes back down into the 20’s for highs…spring is coming and but I won’t be able to get on the bike outdoors until mid April or so with how much snow we’ve had and how much is piled up still…unless it gets really warm really fast…oh, well…even with not having a lot to do today…I still didn’t get done til after 2pm and I am really tired of working all the time…going to feed the sourdough starter tomorrow so I can make bread in a few days….okay need to do my teeth and read a bit…

Well…it’s a hell of a lot of work to be old…feel so worn out today but it’s going to be an easy day with no plans other than to do three rides…have leftovers to eat and did the laundry yesterday so my afternoon is going to be nothing but reading and shoveling the damn snow…it is going to warm up a bit over the weekend but I just looked into the first week of March and it looks like more Feb weather with temps in the 20’s….oh, well…I do have to get the sourdough starter fed so I can make another loaf next week or this weekend…and that will have to set on the prep table for a few days for it to be ready to use….it would be nice to melt some of the damn snow out here and that might happen with three days of 40 for a high starting Monday…I should get on the bike right now but I’m taking another half hour before I do…and I need to work on the door frame later today to keep the progress going…it’s another morning of the temp in the teens and I am so damn tired of the cold…and now the next few weeks are going to be grinding out the last of winter…and I can’t wait til I can get outdoors on the bike…that looks like it’s going to be April again…ick…more later….

Well…sitting here drinking 2 day old coffee and I probably should have made new stuff like I did yesterday and I may still grind some pour over…I curse the idiots who randomly call my damn phone at 5:54am and shock me out of bed when I was in that almost sleep zone…it feels good that I don’t have to go anywhere today and I have enough food for the next week…need to make Masala today to go with the large amount of leftover stir fry I made a couple of days ago…it did snow again yesterday afternoon so I will be out shoveling again after the rides and it is cold out there at 13 degrees…this is the kind of February I remember when I was young…cold and snowy but March is coming and the sniff of warm weather is happening this week and we may get up to almost 40…but then it goes back down into the 20’s…oh, well…not sure what I’m going to do today other than ride and cook but I should work on the door frame to keep that project going….but right now I just need more crappy coffee and to stop grinding my teeth….have been doing that for a full day now and that’s not good for my jaw….more later…

Well…I did get out this morning for the grocery run, depot and the library and getting out was okay but getting back to the garage when I hadn’t shoveled and with 5 inches of snow I had the car sideways trying to get into the garage…so that is something I learned…always shovel the approach to the garage before I go anywhere in the winter…I did get a bunch of deals today at Meijers including 5 lbs of potatoes for a buck and I even bought some extra butter microwave popcorn for a buck so that was cool…the roads were nasty but I went out in the morning so there was no traffic and I could slide the car around some and I miss that…got the wood I need to work on the door frame but didn’t work on it today since I had other thing to do and I barely got started on the 4 new books but I have til March 11th so it should be easy to finish them…making Masala tomorrow and then I have leftovers for the rest of the week…have some chicken thighs that need to be used so that will probably be the next food to eat…okay…need to read a bit…

Well…damn…it’s only 8 degrees out here and it snowed another 6 inches overnight and I am damn tired of being trapped here and not being able to get out…made some pour over coffee this morning and I need lots of it to get moving….have 32 minutes before I need to get on the bike and that appears to be a little daunting as I sit here….this may be the elusive two ride day I’ve been searching for a long time now and I may just say the hell with it and try to get the car out and do some errands for something different…not being able to get out of here could be all in my head and today could be the day I banish it…or bury it…who knows which? I did get a little done on the door frame but I’m not sure how much I want to do on that piece of crap before I paint it…as I’ve said before, the heavy lifting will be left for the next owner…okay, the temp just dropped to 7 and if I’m going to try to get out, I’ll have to warm the car up before I do…not much to do today…just the errands and the laundry I have going right now…will do the sanding on the first layer of filler later and I need to get some indoor white paint to start working on the trim in the dining room….more later…

Well…just got a call from my dentist cancelling my appointment for tomorrow with the hygenist out sick…so I really don’t have to go anywhere for a few days and that may be a good idea with the snow still coming down out here…I did go out and shovel the end of the alley this morning to ensure I could get out but since then it’s snowed another 4-5 inches that I will have to shovel before attempting to go out to the library tomorrow…and I need to hit depot to get some trim pieces I need to continue working on the door frame downstairs…and I just used my sander with the new vacuum attached to it and not a bit of dust got out…so I guess I can start on the trim in the dining room since that was the thing keeping me from getting started…just hate dust all over everything…I did pull the door stop molding off the frame today since I’m not going to hang a door on the frame again and I started filling all of the holes and cutouts to try to smooth it some before I paint it white…it only got to 11 degrees today and it will be in single digits tonight and tomorrow…brrr…oh, well…need to read some more but I finished all the books…darn…hope I can get out for more tomorrow…