Well…darn…another busy day ahead with getting on the bike here in a few minutes for the first ride and then running out to do the grocery run to avoid the snow Wed…and I really do need soup ingredients and no one has protein on sale so I’ll be dragging stuff out of the freezer…have a couple of pork chops and some chicken in there and I can make some pasta if I feel like it…slept okay last night and I think it was the third night without earplugs and my ears are thanking me since they don’t hurt today…but I’m still pretty worn out but that’s just from getting old so I’ll continue to get worse and that sucks…I really do need to clean today so I may just do two rides on the bike today…the bathroom needs work along with the kitchen and I do need to clear off the dining room table that I started the other day and need to change out the bedding but I’d like to have a day to take it easy…I say that all the time but never do it…it would be so luxurious to just wing it for a day…it has been quite cold here and it is going to stay in the 20’s for highs this week…but no snow storms so I can take it that…more later….

Well…it might not seem like a lot but I went over 100 miles today in the first 5 days of the year…and I’ve extended my riding every day record, too…but other than the rides, I didn’t do anything else but read and listen to football…didn’t even have to cook with still having leftover pizza and Masala and won’t have to cook until Tuesday but I have to figure what that will be…probably some potato soup and maybe another batch of Masala since I need to make some room in the freezer…then I’ll probably make ham soup later in the week to start getting the ham bones out of the freezer…and that will make I room to freeze the ham soup…I may do the grocery run tomorrow just to get it out of the way and get the spices I need for the next batch of Masala…and I need carrots and celery for the soups…I did finish up the Robert Ludlum book today and it was pretty good…I’ll have to look through the books I bought to see if I have any more of his stuff…but, right now I’m going to read a bit for another hour…

Well…damn, I knew this was going to happen with not eating enough…feel like crap today with no energy at all and it is going to be a struggle to get on the bike today…but when I do, I’ll go over 100 miles and that is only in 5 days so if I keep it up that should mean 600 miles for the month but that is not a record…I don’t think I need to think about that right now…I did get a little bit of work done yesterday and I should do more today but it is going to be hard until the coffee starts to work…haven’t made good coffee in a few days and I really should today but I need time to savor it and I don’t see that happening…it only got up to 18 degrees here yesterday and that looks like the high for today, too…it’s not going to get out of the 20’s until mid month but that is Michigan in January…I’ll be happy if it just stops snowing for a couple of days so I can get out of the alley for the grocery run this week…need to start planning meals and I know I’ll be making another pizza to use up the ingredients I have left over from the last one…and I need to make ham soup to get the damn ham bones out of the freezer and free up some space…not much to do today…it’s almost 7:15 and I need to get moving or I’ll turn into a slug…but I really don’t want to…I’m just wearing out…more later…

Well…I’ve been saying for almost a week that I was going to get some work done around here and I finally did today…after the three rides, I went out and shoveled the snow…we got a little over 4 inches year overnight and probably another couple today…after that I cleaned the living room including tearing the couch apart, cleaning it, and then rotating the cushions…I did have to take some laundry soap and water to a part of the rug that was a little dirty and that came out pretty good after I vacuumed it…then I got the weight work in and had a piece of pizza for dinner…did get some time to read this afternoon, too…and I’m going back to that in a minute…I did have some sparrows on the feeder today and that was cool to see that they found it along with some nuthatches that I barely even see anymore…I think the damn big doves are scaring them off…filled the feeder at noon and now at a little after 5pm, it is almost empty again…oh, well…back to reading…

Well…damn, how the heck can I be running late and it’s only 6:45am? Need to get on the bike soon to be done before noon and it will be a 3 ride day…I hope…and today will be the third day of only one meal and that means tomorrow I’ll feel like crap with no energy if I keep that up…don’t have to cook today with making the pizza yesterday and having the leftover Masala if I decide to have two meals today…feel like crap already this morning even with going to bed early and not getting up til 6:23 and I can barely breathe with my allergies really flaring but I’ll take something for them here in a minute…it snowed quite a bit overnight so I’ll be out shoveling after the third ride…it’s only 18 degrees here right now and it will be another day of 20’s for highs and that will continue until the 11th but the huge snowstorm that is coming is going to the south of Michigan and will dump ice and snow across the country…it’s even a named storm and I think that’s a bit silly…didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday other than cooking but I do need to clean some today…crap, need to get on the bike here in 25 minutes and I’m not feeling it….oh, well…more later…

Well…I think I have “retiree’s disease” since I have a real problem with knowing what day of the week it is…I know I don’t have to know since I don’t have anywhere to be but still…I’ve lived my life with the weekly passage of time being important but I guess I’ll have to get used to it…it’s a little after 2pm and I finally have everything done that I planned..got three rides in and then built a homemade pizza and put that on the grill…then shoveled the snow while it was baking, cleaned everything up, oh, and ate two pieces of pizza so it will be another one meal day today… and put a load of laundry in…the Robert Ludlum book I’m reading is pretty good so I’ll need to go to the library and get more of after I get through the used ones I bought…just had some sparrows find the feeder for the first time this year but the pig doves just pushed them off…oh, well…okay, time to read a bit…

Well…man, I’m worn out today and it’s probably from only having a bowl of soup and one of Masala to eat for the whole day…that will change today with making a pizza for lunch after I get three rides in first…and that means I’ll have to get going in 45 minutes or so and that is the last thing I want to do right now….one good thing is my BP is down to 123/70 this morning but I really do need to stop checking it since checking it stresses me out…I did go out and work on the walks yesterday…there wasn’t enough snow to shovel it so I just salted them and that cleared them up completely…but I’ll need to get more salt this week when I do the grocery run since I’m running out…it’s snowing now and we have a winter storm watch on for the day and might get 4 inches  before it’s over…I know I’m weird but I’m looking forward to getting outdoors to shovel today…will probably do that while the pizza is on the grill…the lake effect snow is setting up and we could get heavy stuff and that is Muskegon in winter…it’s going to be cold through January and not over the mid 20’s and I can take that…over 70 winters here in Michigan and I’m used to it….I do have to clean the bathroom today and should vacuum the rug in the living room along with couch…but I guess we’ll see…more later…

Well…for my entire life, I’ve always multi tasked and done more than on thing at once…and I was doing pretty good until today when I fell back into the old habits and did something internally to riding the bike rides…while I was on the first ride, having some fresh baked bread sounded really good so I mixed up some bread dough in the 15 minutes between rides, and put it in the toaster over to proof for the next two rides and then it was ready to bake when I finished the third ride…I could have waited and done the loaf after I was done but thought never even occurred to me and I wanted to have the bread with the last of the turkey soup…still planning way too much but that’s just me…oh, well…I did get three rides in for 24 miles and did the weight work right after lunch to get it out of the way…after that I haven’t really done much else other than clean the shower floor with some new cleaner I bought…will do the rest of the bathroom tomorrow…but right now I’m going to watch ND play Georgia at 4…

Well…up at a little after 4 this morning but was able to stay in bed and get a little more sleep until 6:09…had a dream that my laptop was falling apart…or wearing out already and I have no clue where that came from…only did two rides yesterday and that makes me feel like such a slug that I will be getting on the bike before 7 and get three rides in…don’t have to cook today with with doing the Masala yesterday and one more bowl of leftover soup so that means I’ll make a pizza on the grill tomorrow…one of these days I’m going to eat fast food and take it easy but then I’d break my record of almost 7 years of making my own food…might try to make bread again today if I get some energy but it’s not looking like that is going to happen with how I feel right now…we’re heading in a stretch of weather with highs in the 20’s for at least two weeks and that means no outdoor rides for quite a while and that gives me time to install the new fenders on the bike and reset the computer….man, I’m worn out today…not much to do today…just grinding through the rides and then figuring out what cleaning to do…more later…

Well…when I started to collect my earned SS benefits, I never thought I could live well on it…and I just got the latest statement and with the raise that starts this month, I’ll get over 30 grand this year and even with that little money, I’m putting away over 1K a month and if I don’t buy a new car, I’ll have well over 50 grand in cash in the bank by the end of the year…there has never been a time in my life when I’ve been this comfortable with money and not worried about affording even health problems or having to buy a new car…but, I am done with spending money after cancelling prime yesterday…not really anything else that I need…I guess it paid off that I was frugal my entire life…and still am…