Well…up at 5:30 again today and the sound of the rain hitting the house didn’t let me go back to sleep since I like it…and it always makes me think of “The ashes the Rain and I” by Joe Walsh….Slept okay last night but I’m worn out…again…and I know it’s from not eating enough…I mean a chicken thigh, small baked potato and some corn on a day where I did two rides outside? 500 calories is just not enough but I am losing weight so that’s a good thing….going to start with an indoor ride this morning as soon as I get some coffee in me but I guess I have 45 minutes to spare until then…I did get the bike lubed up last night and I might try to get outside for a ride to see if I’ve gotten the vibration out of the bike…I did discover that one of the pedals is noisy so that could be the problem…whatever, I have a nice clean bike….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I think I’m going to make the big ham today but it will have to be outside on the grill in my big roasting pan….want to make mashed potatoes and gravy to go with it…but I still have two chicken thighs and eggs to use so maybe I’ll wait til tomorrow….not much to do today…need to get everything done before Man U plays at 10 but if I get on the bike by 7, that should be doable….more later….
Monthly Archives: December 2023
At least I have a clean bike now…
Well…have been having a weird vibration in the pedals of the bike that is super annoying so after the second ride today, I dragged the bike downstairs, put my biggest pan under the back wheel and got to work for an hour just cleaning the sprockets, chain, and idlers with my stainless steel detailing brushes and dish soap and now I have to let it dry before I can re-lube everything and hope that it was just sand that was making it glitch…there was so much gunk that I took out of everything that was full of sand so I have my fingers crossed…at least I have a really clean bike now and that feels good…wasn’t going to ride it tomorrow anyway with forecast winds of 20-40 and rain all day…
December 8th
Well…it was a pretty sucky day yesterday and I am so damn worn out from it…I remember the days when I could take the stress from work days like that every day but now I’m used to a less stressful routine…and I like that…so today will be a recovery day where I just do my normal thing of riding the bike and cleaning a bit…tomorrow will be the day I cook the big ham with mashed potatoes and gravy…or maybe I’ll wait til Sunday since I do have leftovers to use up…I know I’ve said that little things make me happy and I do mean it…Wed when I was at aldis, I went down the condiment aisle as I always do to see if there is anything new…and they had a Burman’s stone ground mustard that is probably the best mustard I’ve ever had…the only ingredients are mustard seed, water, vinegar, and turmeric but it tastes like it has horseradish…might pick up a few bottles to put in the pantry since they only have specialty stuff for a short time….I do need to get out and work on the bike as soon as it gets light to clean the shifter on the bike….the idler wheels seem to be gunked up and they are sending vibrations through the pedals that I can feel and I don’t like it…not much to do today…going to have more coffee and ease into it…it’s warm enough to get out on the bike right now but I’m not motivated to do anything right now…more later…
Equal protection under the law…
Well…I wonder why the ACLU is not use the tack of suing red states under the 14th amendment? That’s the one that states we have a right to equal protection under the law…and in red states minorities are still getting their votes thrown out or prevented at a rate significantly higher that for whites…and that sure isn’t equal protection under federal voting laws…it used to be that no matter where you lived, you had essentially the same rights…until the bought and purchased SC allowed unlimited money into politics and gutted women’s rights, voting rights, and the right to be safe from assholes with guns…so now, if you live in a red state, you have many less rights than you do in a blue state…and that is not equal protection under the law…not sure what can be done about it other than getting rid of the corrupt SC and all of the right wing judges who lied their asses off to get on the court…and we dems have to start shouting it…geez…
What a pain…
Well…damn what a pain in the butt trying to figure out why I never got any paperwork for the renewal of my medicare advantage plan…so aft 4 hours on hold an never getting through to customer service and a 60 mile round trip to Holland to find a closed walk in office…I finally figured out to go through sales and got right through…but I still have a fear that they have cancelled my plan and they won’t let the new registration go through…so I could still be screwed for a year or have to back to regular medicare for a year…I guess we’ll see…just a huge pain….
December 7th
Well…damn, up at 5:24 this morning and it’s one of those days when I know there was no point of even trying to get back to sleep so I gave up and got up…even started the coffee a half hour earlier than the timer so I could get going…and it’s warm enough to get out on the bike as soon as it gets light…the wind was howling last night but it’s come down to about 10 from the SW so that’s doable….don’t hurt as much as yesterday but getting back on the outdoor bike this morning is going to hurt again and I wonder if it’s connected to my surgery and how sitting on the bike is different now? I do need to contact Priority Health this morning since I think they have dropped me after having to pay 77,000 dollars for my surgery…haven’t heard from them and they normally send me renewal paperwork…crap….didn’t get much done yesterday but i do need to cook and clean today but not until after I get the rides in….not much to do today…got everything done yesterday so I can just hang out today…got the car washed and bought new riding sunglasses since I broke my last pair…making chicken today that will get me to Sat when I make the big ham…more later…
Bye, bye Kevvie…
Well…this little bit of news has me smiling…kevin mccarthy announced that he is resigning his House seat at the end of the year…and all I have to sat to that is don’t let the door hit you in the ass on the way out…as the least effective speaker of the house in history and the only one to be removed from the post, this maga asshole supported and still supports the idiot trump and like most of the other maga assholes infesting the House, ole kevvie didn’t accomplish anything other than giving the rich and corporations tax cuts that is still damaging the economy….and trying to cripple the ACA and take health insurance away from 40 million Americans…so good riddance kevvie…leave today even, that would be better…geez
December 6th
Well…that’s 5 days now with the same pattern…up at 4 and then out of bed by 6:35…tossed the flat sheet and comforter off the bed so I may have to put the wool blanket on the bed tonight to add some weight…feel pretty worn out today but I think eating two meals was the right thing to do yesterday…going to make some chicken thighs today and I’m buying a ham to cook later in the week….that will have go in the roasting pan and out on the grill…going to start thinking about buying a new stove to make my life a little easier….just need to get moving on a lot of stuff instead of just idling around here…I did look for painting supplies and found I have two packs of sanding paper for my small sander so I can get started whenever I want….not sure if it will be today or not….darn, it’s 7:30 already and I need to get moving in 45 minutes so I can do the grocery runs and get on the bike when I get back here….not much to do today…I do need to call Priority Health to make sure I’m signed up for my medicare plan before the 7th….they did pay for all of my surgery so I’m happy with them….77 thousand dollars would have put a dent in me….more later…
Got an outside ride in…
Well…when my new gloves came early in the afternoon, it was only 37 degrees but I thought it would make a good test to see how they work…they sure can’t keep hands warm down to -12 but they are better than the ones I was using so I can live with it…and my hands were just a little cold and not white like they used to get…so I got 31 miles in today and I’m going to try to get two outdoor rides in tomorrow or maybe do one indoor and two outdoor…we’ll see…didn’t get a lot done today and tomorrow will probably be the same since I don’t have a lot to do really…going to start prepping to paint the dining room starting with the trim and windows but I’ll need to get a drop cloth or two to try to control the dust and I’ll use my vacuum attached to my sander to help that…will probably have to go to HF to get sanding discs but I’ll figure that out tomorrow….
Comer does it again…
Well…damn, it seems like every day the idiot james comer breathlessly says he has found the “smoking gun” that will allow the house repubs to impeach Joe Biden, and every day it blows up in his face…on Monday he was over the right wing propaganda sites hyping his latest “proof” of corruption since he found that Hunter Biden’s company paid his father “monthly” payments of 1,380 dollars…yeah, about that…his company did pay monthly payments for 3 months in repayment of Joe making Hunter’s truck payments for 3 months…and they were paid when Joe wasn’t even in office and Hunter was broke…so Joe does what a good dad does and helps out his only remaining son…and this is all they have? Look, they have been looking for anything to smear Joe with for over a year now and have come up with nothing…how about the repubs just give it up and maybe do something for the people of this country? This is just so much bullshit…geez…