Another lazy day…

Well…didn’t really plan on taking a lazy day today and now, when I think of it it hasn’t really been completely lazy…I did get out for the grocery run this morning…got on the bike downstairs and got my miles in…did laundry and put that away…and then started putting stuff away that I had let sit in the kitchen for quite a while…so, I did do a few things and I feel good about getting everything I need for the next turkey so I don’t have to be in the stores tomorrow…and I think I’m even going to cook the turkey tomorrow instead of Thursday and that means I’ll have to get it in the brine around 6 tonight since I found that the max time in the brine should be 18 hours or less or the turkey will be rubbery…I think that applies to the dark meat more than the white since I’ve always brined for 24 hours and the turkeys came out good….my damn back is hurting again today and I think my new heating pad is failing since it doesn’t feel as hot as it did…could all be in my head since my brain has been running on empty today….only going to have one meal today since I’m not burning anywhere near enough calories with only riding once…but I am going to try to get outside the next couple of days with it getting to almost 50…and I need to put my garden hose in the garage since I didn’t get it done before it snowed…and I may even rake up the rest of the leaves that have fallen and then call it good….so it will be a busy day tomorrow but then I can take it easy and watch football and soccer all day Thursday…okay, that’s enough for now…more soccer on right now…

My brain isn’t working…

Well…have been looking for a topic all morning and I’m not sure what it is but my brain just isn’t working today…and nothing interests me right now so I wonder what to do? There was an interesting development yesterday when it was reported that the chairs of both the House and Senate Judiciary committee sent a letter to chief justice John Roberts asking him where they are on investigating the leaks that happened with the Hobby Lobby and Dobbs decision and it was reported the other day that it was Alito who leaked both of them to shore up conservative support for overturning Roe….the chairs essentially said to Roberts if he can’t or won’t do that investigation, then it will be done by congress…you know, it has been on my mind lately that everything the repubs touch is ruined…and now they have don it to the SC…and something needs to be done to enforce ethics rules on the repub hacks on the court…it would be a perfect time for both houses to pass SC reform that would put a check on the hacks on the court…and make it easier to remove justices that lied to the senate in their confirmation hearings…as all of the conservative justices did….geez…

November 22nd

Well…damn, sitting here watching Argentina losing to Saudi Arabia and that is a shock….just like the US drawing with Wales yesterday…and that sucked….I only have about 15 minutes before I need to get on the bike downstairs to get a ride in before I head out to do the grocery run a day early…don’t want to be in the stores the day before t-day since it will be pretty nuts….my damn back started to hurt again yesterday and the anticipation of it going back to hurting again today is deflating…I really thought the heat had fixed it but no, it’s never that easy for me as I get older….a lot of the snow has melted and it’s supposed to be 44 for a high today so most of it will be gone in the next couple of days….I may try to get on the outdoor bike this afternoon to just take a look at the trails and hope that they will clear and I can ride out there for a few more times…it looks like I’ll have about 5,700 miles for the year after I’m done and that’s not bad…only about 300 miles under my goal and I can live with that….didn’t get a damn thing done yesterday but I have to do laundry today since I’m running out of clothes and the sweats I’m wearing ar getting a bit ripe….not sure how much else I’ll do with the WC on all day….I was planning on watching the matches today and for the rest of the month and I’m really trying to not feel guilty about it….more later….

All of the evidence…

Well…just read an article out on Kos that revealed that the January 6th committee is going to release “all of the evidence” and a report with conclusions on who broke what laws especially ones the idiot trump did…and it will add fuel to the DOJ’s investigation that is now being led by the special counsel…and they are doing this since the January 6th committee ends with the end of the current congress unless the repubs reauthorize it…yeah, that made me laugh, too…now, this is going to be a good read for me when the report comes out…I hope they have it on the internet in searchable form to make it easier to use it for a few of these…and I really hope it puts the final nails in idiot boy’s coffin and makes him go away so we don’t ever have to hear that stupid voice ever again….and I’ll hope for a bonus of jail time for him, too…still don’t know why he hasn’t been indicted yet…it needs to happen now…geez..

World Cup…part 1

Well…the World cup really got started this morning with England beating Iran 6-1 and the Netherlands playing Senegal right now and that looks like it’s going to be a good one, too…but the big one is the US vs Wales at 2 this afternoon and I really don’t have a good feeling about the US team this time…they are so inconsistent but at least they made this tournament after missing it 4 years ago…thisĀ  group looks like a tough one with England, Wales, the US, and Iran and we need to finish in the top two to move on to the knockout stage…and that will take at least one win and probably a draw to go with it…this is Wales’s first time making it in quite a while so they are going to be tough but I have my fingers crossed we can get on the front foot with a win today…not going to do much else but watch soccer for the next two weeks…but I did get a ride in today and my back doesn’t hurt so that’s cool…more later…

November 21st

Well…running really late today with not getting out of bed til 7:35 and I’m not sure how that happened….well…yeah, I do know how that happened but I’m not going to admit it….after heating my back muscles last night, they loosened up and my back cracked like crazy and that continued this morning and I wonder if that will keep it from seizing up like it has been doing for the past month…I do know that it does feel better and I’ll take that…must have slept okay last night with not getting up til after 7 but I don’t feel like it….it’s going to be a slow start to the day today and I do need to get on the bike at some point…but England is playing their first world cup match right now so that will have to wait…I am getting my freezer down to manageable levels before I cook the next turkey Thurs but I think I’ll go down to one meal a day until then since I feel like I’ve gained a bunch of weight and I don’t like that one bit….going to make some pork loin today if it thaws but that will be later…will probably make some chicken strips for lunch if I do two meals today and I probably should with how I feel right now….not much to do today…just going to ease into it and have more coffee as I watch the match and then figure things out….I did take the day off the bike yesterday so that’s not an option for today no matter how much I want it to be….more later…

31 inches of snow…

Well…when I was doing some reading today, I came across an article about snow amounts from this lake effect storm we just had and I was shocked when I saw that EGR got the most snow of any place in Michigan…and get this, they got 31 inches of snow out of this storm while right here next to the lake we got maybe 4 inches if that much…so when I saw that EGR amount, I immediately texted T since she lives there…and yep, she said she couldn’t get out of her driveway or street for the past couple of days….she was a little shocked that we didn’t get any snow out here and I even went out to get the paper this morning and a lot of the streets didn’t have any snow on them at all…and they have not run a plow out here once…they were forecasting over a foot out here but I’m not complaining at all….and what we did get will be melted by the end of the week….just too damn strange…

I’m conflicted…

Well…with the world cup starting today, I’m conflicted about watching it knowing what I know about Qatar…the country is one of the biggest human rights abusers on the globe and it should not be rewarded for it…and they bribed their way to getting the tournament in well known corruption that FIFA always seems to be involved in…but the biggest reason that gives me pause is the fact that over 6,000 laborers died constructing the venues and infrastructure needed to support the games….and many, many more went unpaid like slaves so the rulers could make money from the games….so, will I watch the tournament…yeah, probably, but I’m not sure how much I’ll enjoy it…especially since the rulers there have put strict rules on the broadcasts so they get only good propaganda out of it…no criticism is allowed at all…still don’t think these games should have even been awarded to what is a dictatorship that abuses it’s people…but FIFA equals corruption so what can you do?

November 20th

Well…it didn’t snow as much as they forecast so I went out to get the paper and the roads were fine…and now I’m sitting here with the heating pad on my back again since it still hurts but I expected that…it’s nowhere near as bad as it was and I am going to keep the heat on it for the next few days to see if I can move around here without it seizing up…slept okay last night but feel worn out this morning and that’s to be expected since I wasn’t good last night and I won’t be tonight….it’s pretty damn cold out there at 23 degrees and I’m glad I’m taking the day off the indoor bike….going to go back to the indoor bike pattern of taking Sundays off as a reward for riding all week…but I may be able to get out on the outdoor bike this week with the temp getting into the 40′s….didn’t get anything done yesterday and with the F1 race and the world cup starting today, I probably won’t today either….there have been lots of birds on the feeder and that’s a nice change from last winter when I only had a few…keeps me entertained as I sit here and do this…not now since it is still not light out there but soon…not much to do today…just going to ease into it with another cup of coffee and a little news…the last F1 race starts in a half hour and then into the world cup at 11 so I have a plan for the day….going to take it easy…have an e-mail from my daughter about the UK trip but I don’t want to deal with that right now…later today….more later…

Got my stuff today…

Well…finally, I got the stuff I ordered from amazon this afternoon and the first thing I did was put the heating pad on my back and I think it’s working…haven’t had a seize up of the muscles since I had the thing on for a half hour and I even went out to shovel the snow so I guess we’ll see in a little while if I can deal with the pain I have left…had the thing up to 160 degrees and it felt pretty good…I really like the digital readout on it, too…the beard trimmer is pretty nice and I’ve already trimmed my beard once with it and it’s so nice to not have to hold the cord in the trimmer like the old one…so, a nice 40 bucks spent and it appears worth it…