Well…it’s been a busy day today and I’m still looking for a political topic for the day…okay, I did go to the beach for an hour that I could have used to look but I busted my butt all morning getting the 38 miles in and the grocery runs done…and now I really do need to start cooking the chicken Masala for dinner since it takes a couple of hours…I will try to come back for another one later if I can get everything else done that I need to do including my weight work for the day…damn…
Monthly Archives: June 2024
June 19th
Well…now I know the downside of playing hard in the waves yesterday…I hurt almost everywhere today and only have 16 minutes before I need to get on the bike at 6:30 am to get the first ride in before the grocery run…it only got down to 77 degrees last night but I slept okay even with that…the beach was fun yesterday but I won’t be going out there today…have too much to do with making chicken masala for lunch and needing to get three rides in after only doing 25 miles the past two days…going to make the first batch of potato salad this week and i can’t wait for that…but, I like to make mine with Miracle Whip and that is up over 5 bucks a jar and that is just stupid so I may make it with Mayo from aldis that is only 2.49 a jar…oh, well…damn, only have 8 minutes before I need to get on the bike so I need to get moving…not much to do today…just the bike rides and and cooking along with the grocery run and I need to get going right now….more later…
Fun day at the beach..
Well…had to sit here to wait out the rain so I could go to the beach and I was surprised how nice the water was…I don’t think it got to this temp all last summer…so I was able to get used to the water quickly and I spent 20 minutes playing in the waves…I do have to remember that I’m not 40 anymore and to not do anything stupid…the waves were pushing me around a bit and the lake floor was so uneven with sand bars and holes all around and that made it difficult to walk without stumbling…I did get a couple of 40 yard rides in on the waves that almost landed me on the beach and I laughed like an idiot…lots of fun but it looks like I won’t be out there again til Thurs with needing to do the grocery run and get three rides in tomorrow…need to get eggs and sweet pickles to make the first batch of potato salad this week…
More tax cuts for the rich?
Well…if you want to see a big difference between the dems and repubs,…all you have to do is look at their tax policies…the idiot trump promised the CEO’s he met with last week more tax cuts for them and to renew the 3.7 billion tax cut debacle they passed in 2017…the dems want those tax cuts to expire and with that to use some of the money to make childcare affordable and to keep the infrastructure engine going to keep making good paying jobs available for the middle class…the dems want to raise the corporate tax rate from 21% to 28%…and the dems want billionaires to pay a higher tax rate than a working person…and to keep funding the IRS so it can enforce the law and go after wealthy tax cheats…okay, independents, which one sounds better to you? I know which one does to me and it’s sure as hell not more giveaways to the rich…not another dime for them…geez…
June 18th
Well…damn, I hurt everywhere this morning and I’m not sure why…going to have to take an ibuprofen before I get on the bike before 7…didn’t have to run the AC last night since the fan pointed at the ceiling moved enough air to do the job…still up at 3:14 and then 5:41 out of bed…going to do 2 rides this morning but I don’t have to cook with making the pizza yesterday and planning on doing the chicken masala tomorrow so that will get me to the weekend…still going to be hot the rest of the week and I’ve lost the lawn again this year…it was crunchy when I was killing the big ant nests yesterday so that’s not good…not sure about the beach today and I wonder if I should rest my skin a bit after getting red yesterday…just so damn worn out today and part of it is not eating enough…sounds like a broken record doesn’t it? Made a bean and chicken burrito for lunch and then had one piece of pizza for dinner…and that’s well under 1K calories for the day…but the sun and heat doesn’t help, either…and today will be another one…not much to do today…just the rides and thinking about the beach…it’s already 76 out here and the wind is blowing pretty hard so these rides will be a chore….more later…
Went to the beach…
Well…with it getting to 90 here today, it was a perfect day to go to the beach…and since I wanted to go in the morning, that put me out on the bike before 7am to get two rides in before 9:30…I may even do three rides in tomorrow morning before I go out there…going to try to go every day this week…I even got a short swim in to keep my streak of 66 years in a row of at least one swim in Lake Michigan…the water was cold at 58 degrees but it was colder last year…and if the lake doesn’t turn over, it may get into the 60′s by the end of the week…so maybe some extended swimming…not a lot of people out there when I went out a little after 10 and I stayed until around noon…got a little color where I needed it so that was something…might have to run the air tonight since it is still almost 90 out here and the low is going to be in the 70′s…just ran a fan last night and that was okay…I love the new swimsuit I bought over the winter…nice fabric and it fits the new 35 pounds lighter me…not bad for 15 bucks…
The gloves come off…
Well…it’s about damn time…the Biden campaign has taken off the gloves with a few new ads that call the idiot trump just what he is…a convicted felon, a tax cheat, a rapist, a fraud…do you get the picture now undecideds? Now they just need to do a better job of contrasting honest Joe with the idiot and connect Biden’s accomplishments to everyday people since the polls show that people think them equal on economic progress when the only thing that trump even got passed was tax cuts for the rich and corporations and not another damn thing…while Joe has the IRA, cut student loan debt and tons of other stuff benefits regular people and not just the rich…and c’mon…is there any comparison personally between them? Hell, no…trump is the worst person in the world and Joe is compassionate, smart and funny, and he gets things done like repairing our standing in the world after trump trashed it…we are back to leading the world that idiot boy just doesn’t care about…so never tell me there is no difference between them and all of you independents who say you are voting for idiot boy, you can just go right to hell…geez…
June 17th
Well…it’s going to be a hot one today sine it never got under 72 overnight and it’s heading to 91 this afternoon…still slept okay last night and didn’t need to put the AC on so I wonder why I put it in the window? Only had to run the little fan last night to keep the air circulating…but there are still warnings for heat on for the entire week…it is humid so I need to get on the bike before it gets much warmer…and I am going to the beach this morning before it gets to 90…and I get to use the new swimsuit I bought late last year that doesn’t hang off me like all the rest of them do with the weight I’ve lost…I think I’ll only do two rides today for 25 miles and will probably be back here before noon after the beach…don’t think I’ll get a swim in today with the water temp only 59 degrees but I will wade in up to my ankles…have been out of synch the past day or so and I’m not sure why that would be….I really could go back to bed and I think I need to take a day off at some point..too damn old to keep up this pace…I am surprised that I don’t hurt from dragging the AC unit up and installing it but that may be the 2 day rule at work…who knows? One more day of leftovers and then I’ll make a pizza tomorrow and then chicken masala Wed…have to take the chicken out of the freezer today for that and for grilling Thurs…it’s going to be a lot of effort just to live today but I’ll manage…more later…
Well…this sucks…
Well…I have been looking forward to having fresh green beans from my garden this year and today I picked the first ones…but, there is a catch…I can’t taste them anymore…and that’s all part of losing my taste that has been going on for years now and I think it’s going to get to the point where I can’t taste anything and that will really suck…oh, well…it is going to be HOT this week with temps in the 90′s tomorrow and then near 90 for the rest of the week and the news is going nuts about a “heat dome” that is going be over the eastern half of the country…with the humidity that kept building all day today it is going to be uncomfortable…I even dragged the A/C unit up from the basement and put it in my bedroom window…it doesn’t work that well but it does take the temp down to tolerable in about an hour…I know I’m getting old when carrying it up the stairs was a lot of work…think I’m going to the beach tomorrow so that means I’ll have to get two rides in early since I don’t want to be out there when it gets over 90 since I won’t be able to swim with how cold the water still is…but this week may do it…it is supposed to be 58.3 degrees today and that may be warm enough to dip in it for a splash…we’ll see…
Crap, missed the rain again…
Well…for the third day in a row, our force field that keeps rain away has worked too well…this one missed to the west and north…I can hear the thunder and the sky is black but not a frickin drop…there goes the lawn for a second straight year…I did pick the first of the green beans that I am going to steam for dinner with chicken legs and a half potato for dinner…the tomato plants are looking a little wilted but I think I’ll get at least some tomatoes this year…and I have a couple of tiny cukes and Jalapenos and green peppers on the plants and didn’t get any last year…I did cut some lettuce for the burrito I made for lunch and the broccoli is looking good…not sure when to pick the peas but I think it will be a couple more weeks until they are ready…I did get 38 miles in outdoors this morning and now I have more miles outdoors than in heading for 5,000 before my birthday…over 4,300 right now so doing 700 miles in a month shouldn’t be hard…okay, I’m worn out even with staying in bed til 6:30 this morning so I’m going to take a break and watch some soccer with England playing later this afternoon…