Well…man, I’m feeling so worn out this morning that I just got to my first cup of coffee at 7am so it won’t start to work soon…darn…it was so nice to have rain finally yesterday and I think we had almost 10 hours when you add in what we had overnight…tried to stay up to see the storms but I ran out of steam and had to go to bed…slept okay and was only up once at around 3:30 and out of bed when I heard the coffee make start to work…it looks like I’ll be able to get three rides in outdoors today but I’ll need to get going in twenty minutes to get that done…one of these days I’m going to take it easy for a day…I thought that was yesterday but after it cleared up, I went out for an outdoor ride for 28 miles…going to grill some more chicken tomorrow but still have leftovers so I don’t have to cook today and I need to freeze a bunch of it, too…still need to figure out some variety in my meals soon…just bored with what I’ve been eating…not much to do today…just going to watch some races and soccer and will probably have some pasta salad for breakfast again…more later…
Monthly Archives: August 2024
Treatment he deserves…
Well…finally, the media is starting to report on the idiot trump’s deteriorating mental capacity and lies that he spews almost constantly…MSNBC didn’t even carry his screed from last night while CNN did live fact checks and cut away from the speech to do it…and the headlines have started to change when they write about the idiot with “lies” being called lies not “trump being trump” and I know that’s small progress but the complaining from the few real journalists to still be reporting is starting to make a difference…and every time idiot boy opens his mouth, his poll numbers go down so I say keep it up moron…hold a “rally” every damn day…oh, and he just lost his suit trying to get his sentence for the 34 felonies pushed back until after the election and the courts have said no so it’s on for September…I still think the idiot is going to bail on the debate set for September, too…and Kamala is going to shred him and that is going to leave a mark when she fact checks his lies in person and in real time…weight time…
Finally…
Well…finally…it rained out here overnight and ever since I’ve up and moving until just now at 10:30…we really needed a good soaking and I sure hope my lawn rebounds some…and we may get more rain later today…so that means the 16 miles I’ve already done downstairs could be it for the day and that will be like a day off for me…don’t even have to cook today with leftover soup and chicken…already had a bowl of pasta salad for breakfast…and yes that is weird but I needed something for fuel to get through the bike rides…Man U plays at 3 this afternoon so whatever I’m going to do needs to be done by then….more later….
August 16th
Well…it looks like I need to make a decision on where and when to ride today with the rain that is going on right now…probably should do at least one ride indoors this morning to get started but I will do two outdoors…slept okay last night but was up and down a bit until I gave up a little before 6am…feel okay today and I hope the coffee gets me going soon…don’t have a lot to do today other than cleaning the kitchen sinks and floor…leftovers today so no cooking and that will be okay…made enough pasta salad for a week yesterday and I think I’ll have to have it for every meal to keep it from spoiling…and I have a lot of soup to use up, too…damn, I need to plan meals better…not too sore this morning but my neck is still giving me fits two months after I hurt it in the high winds…I sure wish it would heal…not much to do today…just the bike rides and whatever cleaning I want to do…should work on the dining room table since I’ve let it clutter up over the past month or so…I do need a light day after 38 miles a day for two weeks in a row now…I do have to remember that Man U starts their season this aft…more later…
Lots done today…
Well…I usually like to take an easy day on Thursday but jit didn’t work out that way today…I hustled to get on the bike for three rides a little after 7am that I finished up before 10:30…then I got laundry started and washed the couch cover and some bed linens…then took the couch apart, cleaned it, and rotated the cushions and just now put it back together…but before that, I made some pasta/tuna salad that came out great and will be in the rotation for now on…really easy to make and made a lot of it with a 1 pound box of pasta…not sure if I’m going to grill the chicken today or just put it in the air fryer…probably that since I don’t feel like grilling…still have a load of laundry in the dryer and need to do the weight work before that is done…still isn’t raining and it looks like it isn’t going to…crap…oh, well…need to get the weights out and get moving…
I like our position…
Well…have been waiting for the rain to come…ha,ha…it’s never going to rain here again…and I wanted to talk about the slew of new polls out there that show Kamala ahead in almost every state and the trends are up for her…I know the polls don’t mean much until after labor day when people start paying attention but the change from Biden to Harris has done wonders for our side…going from being down almost everywhere to really having a chance to win this thing…and that is without the bump that should come with the dem convention that starts Monday…and it is starting to look good to take the house and senate with Wisconsin now having fair maps like we do here in Michigan…I really do like our position vs theirs…the enthusiasm and the newness and having real solutions for everyone to make their lives better…and tax the damn billionaires…I think I may have said that before…I’m going to keep my fingers crossed but I’m not freaked out like before…geez…
August 15th
Well…up at 4:34 and then out of bed at 6:05 and I need to get moving at first light to get two rides in before the rain that should be here by 11…this time it really looks like it’s going to rain but I’ll believe it when I see it…allergies are terrible this morning and it’s going to be a lousy day with my head plugged up…sore everywhere after swimming and using new muscles yesterday… and it looks like I’ll have to treat the pain for the rides today…I may even try an ibuprofen to see if I can avoid the pain in the left side of my neck…didn’t get much done yesterday other than the rides but I do need to do laundry and clean the couch today along with vacuuming…I do have chicken legs and thighs that need to be grilled so I’ll do that when it’s raining this aft but I’m not sure what to have with the chicken…have a few small tomatoes and some baked beans that I could have…I wonder if I should make a pasta salad? Haven’t made one in quite a while and that sounds good…not much to do today…just need to get coffee down and get the rides in…will probably have to do two loads of laundry with having a set of sheets to be done along with some towels and the couch cover…more later…
Let’s talk about Ukraine…
Well…damn tired of talking about the idiot trump so let’s talk about Ukraine…wow, did they just make old putin look like the fraud he is by invading Russia? The Ukrainian army now holds over 1,000 square miles of Russian territory and are taking more every day…now, I didn’t see this one coming at all since the illegal invasion had stalled and there was not much more than the grind it out to take a few yards here or there…the last time this happened, Ukraine took back a large chunk of it’s own land with what is called maneuver warfare that they are really good at and what NATO equipment is built for…one thing I want to contrast is what the 75 towns look like that the Ukrainians captured…the only damage being what Russia caused by throwing glide bombs at the UK army…Ukraine didn’t shell or bomb the towns into dust like Russia does…they are even killing their own citizens in the captured territory as they try to push Ukraine out…and hundreds of Russian soldiers are surrendering since it it the only way they can avoid being killed in the “meat waves” that are Russia’s favorite tactics…and one commenter that I read this morning pointed out that the Russian soldiers are better treated as POW’s than they are by their own commanders…I found that funny since it’s true…where will this eventually go? Not sure but you have to admire the guts and smarts the Ukrainians are showing….
Went to the beach…
Well…yeah, I know I’m late for my political one for the day but I went to the beach to get a swim in and I did get burned with being out there the normal amount of time and the only sunscreen was what I put on for the rides that started at 9:30…oh, well…it’s not too bad so I can live with it…there was no way I was going to go the rest of the summer without swimming…and it’s 84 out here and it’s going to rain tomorrow through Sat so it had to be today…I did get 3-2lb packages of ham at DD today for 2.49 each so that should be enough for a while…2 will go in the freezer and I think I’ll make a hot ham and Swiss for dinner and finish off the potato salad…..okay…I need to go read some news to get a topic idea…more later…
August 14th
Well…man, I’m worn out this morning with getting up at 5:30 and not sleeping well at all…need to get on the indoor bike here in 15 minutes to get the first ride in before I do the grocery run…thinking about mowing the lawn today but that won’t be til the afternoon…damn, my brain is not working today…it looks like we’re getting some rain tomorrow and Friday but I’m not holding my breath for it…it’s going to be in the 80′s today but then falling into the 70′s for a week or so…not really August weather in Michigan…I remember it being hot when I was younger…it’s only 57 right now but I am going to put the top down on the car for the grocery run…trying to choke the coffee down to get my brain jumpstarted before I get on the bike but it’s more work than it looks…I do have lots of work to do around here today with laundry and cleaning the couch and then we’ll see about doing more…okay, I need to get going…more later….