Well…the easy day I had planned for yesterday but didn’t allow happened today with only two indoor rides and then cleaning and a little yard work…started out with getting the two rides in downstairs by 11 am but it was a struggle to get going for some reason…didn’t even get out of bed til 6:30 or so and if I could figure out how that happened, I’d do it every day…after lunch, I went out to put the last of the winter food on the lawn to take advantage of the rain that is coming in Sunday…the leaves are still on the trees and I only have til the end of the month to put them out so I’ sure some of them are going to just get mulched up and left on the lawn…after that, I put a load of laundry in for the second time this week and that is unusual, too…normally, I do one load a week and I’m not sure how that many clothes got used…after that, I did a full cleaning on the bathroom and finished up my day with the weight work around 3 or so…I did get to read and finished up another one of those I got at the book sale so I’ll have to start a new one tomorrow…got some of the bike parts today but I’m still waiting for the rear cassette…bike is still working fine and as of today I only have 1,155 miles left to go and two months to do it…and I can sure do 600 miles a month..after all, I did over 800 in October…time for tv…

Well…damn, another month starts and I’m so darn worn out that I just want to go back to bed but I won’t…just poured the first cup of coffee and it’s already 7:30 so this is going to be a day of struggle to get going…it’s not going to get to 50 out there so it looks like a short day on the bike…I am so tired of having a schedule every damn day…so I wonder if I should get the thermasuit out for the first time and get a cold outdoor ride in today? I’ll have to think about that…I really do need to put the last food on the lawn today since we have lots of rain coming in the next few days…might get up to two inches starting Sunday so I guess I could wait til tomorrow…didn’t get anything done yesterday but cook so I’ll have to get off my butt today and clean the bathroom…and I only have 9 minutes before I have to get on the bike downstairs and I sure don’t want to…but I will…going to have leftover chicken and scalloped potatoes for one meal today but I’m not sure what the second one will be…maybe the bean burritos I’ve been thinking about…who knows? More later…

Well…I had every intention of taking it easy today and only doing 2 rides downstairs for 16 miles and then making scalloped potatoes and chicken for lunch…the potatoes came out only okay with something missing from them…I think it’s too much flour for the roux so next time I’ll cut that back on that…after lunch the wind came down and the rain stopped so I suited up for a ride outdoors that wasn’t bad so when I got back here, I got right back on the bike for number two and about a mile out a squall came through with high winds and stopped me dead as it started to pour and that kept up for a couple of miles until the wind slowed and the rain stopped…and then the ride was okay again…so that was a 41 mile day that started out as an easy one…and this is the 100th post here this month…and that is a lot…no more later…

Well…it is so strange how the wind was howling one second out here and then just stopped…it is barely blowing right now and the rain has moved out so, after the scalloped potatoes are done and I have lunch, I’m going to go out for at least one ride…already have two rides in downstairs so there could be a potential for 41 miles today and that would be pretty cool…okay, you know what this one is for…trying to get to 100 of these for the month so there is going to be some filler for the next three…I still can’t believe that I bought so much fruits and veggies this week and now I need to figure out the meals that are going to come from them..and I do need some of the cauliflower, celery, and carrots raw so that is my new snack thing..veggies dipped in buttermilk ranch dressing with three or four drops of hot sauce in it…man, that is good…and it doesn’t have the salt the pretzels were killing me with…the potatoes are bubbling so I’m going to stop here and read some news…yeah, I know, the those two things have nothing to do with each other…more later…

Well…I think I need an easy day today after all the work yesterday and the 30+ miles of riding every day for the past month…and the weather is going to cooperate with rain coming in from the south soon and wind that is even more crazy than yesterday…the branches are just whipping around so I’ll just do a couple of indoor rides and let my body rest a bit….I just laughed when I opened the fridge to get milk for my coffee and saw all the veggies I bought yesterday along with the apples sitting on the table…can’t remember buying 4 kind of veggies in a week before…actually 5 if you include the onion…nope, 6 with the potatoes…have all the ingredients for potato soup, too…so that may be for tomorrow…pretty damn sore this morning but I slept okay so I guess I can live with it…just found the recipe for scalloped potatoes I was looking at the other day and it looks pretty easy so that will get made for lunch with a chicken leg quarter…don’t have room in the air fryer for both so I’ll get the chicken in first after the rides and then prep the potatoes as it cooks…not much to do today…I do need to clean the bathroom today and will get to that after lunch…I do need to remember that this is an easy day and take some time for myself…more later…

Well…for the second day in a row I had to ride outdoors in a gale warning but today was quite a bit windier than it was yesterday and it was a lot of work but I like being out in the strong elements like storms, blizzards and wind…started the day with an indoor ride…then out to groceries where I filled up on veggies but bought some chicken leg quarters at aldis for 1.19 a pound and that will keep me going a while since there is very little left in the freezer…and I’m going to make scalloped potatoes tomorrow for the first time with whole milk that I got a half gallon for the dish…after the groceries, I headed straight out to get the rides in before noon so I could get on the yard and leaves…just finished that up at 2:30 and ended up with 5 bags of leaves in the garage to be put out next week…so that leaves me with an easy day for tomorrow with the rain coming in…cooking and cleaning will be the order of the day…

Well…that was a little better…didn’t get out of bed til 5:30 and slept some so I feel okay today…not even as much pain as I expected but I treated it all last night and I think that helped…damn, it’s going to be a day of figuring out how to get everything done starting with the indoor ride, then the grocery run, and fitting in either outdoor or indoor rides to get to three…and in between that, I need to get the first layer of leaves picked up before the rain that is coming in tonight…but, the wind is already howling even more than yesterday blowing from 20-30 and gusts to over 40 with a gale warning on til 4 and the a high wind advisory taking over after that…so it could be a light ride day today with only 2 indoors but I’m on schedule for getting to 10K…sitting at 8,763 as of this morning and that will leave me about 1,200 miles to do in the last two months of the year…the veggie experiment is going okay and I’m picking up lots more of them at aldis today…eliminating salt from my diet is helping with my swollen right foot as I hoped it would but I still have a couple of weeks until it’s back to normal….not much to do today…ha,ha…I’m going to be running starting here at 6:30 and won’t be done til probably 3 or so but tomorrow will be an easier day…more later…

Well…don’t know if I planned to cut the two stumps put of the fence today but I did and got them down to ground level…left a big hole in it that I covered up with some leftover square hole chicken wire that was here when I bought the house…so I’m going to pay for that tomorrow…my right thumb is howling in pain right now from taking a beating with the reciprocating saw and it didn’t help my neck either…need to treat that as soon I’m done with this…got three rides in today and even though the wind was blowing 20+, they were still fun since the wind was out of the south and that made it a cross wind all the way except for the first 300 yards or so…that was brutal…so it’s 1:45 and I am done for the day other than the weight work and making the grocery list…so I better get after it….

Well…darn, another night of up and down but that gave me the chance to see a little thunderstorm roll through at 3 am…mostly to the north but we did get a little rain…need to haul butt today to get the indoor ride in by 8 so I can get outdoors before the gale warning kicks in…but I can already hear the wind howling out there so I’ll probably get hurt on the outdoor bike today…steady 17 mph wind with gusts to 25 and it’s a shame that is happening with the temp already over 60 right now…but the wind is coming out of the south and I can usually cope with that…didn’t get anything done yesterday since the leaves still haven’t fallen much but it looks like 31 degree low Thursday night will get them dropping…still have leftovers for today but there is no protein on sale this week so I’m not sure what I’m going to plan for the rest of the week…have two pork chops in the freezer along with some pork fillets but I can’t eat any red meat until after I get my blood drawn on the 12 of November to get my cholesterol down…so lots of veggies til then…not much to do today…might do some raking to get the leaves out of the fences and take my angle grinder to the stump with a cut off wheel to try to free up the fence from it…and I do have to make up the grocery list that is almost all veggies this week…going to have to get used to that….more later….

Well…over the past week or so, the bike chain started slipping when I hit bumps while pedaling so that means that the driveline is wearing out so I spent some money today to get all of the replacement parts I need…93 bucks with tax for the front crankset, chain, rear cassette, a bottom bracket tool, and a new set of handgrips…but, I had cashback to spend with Capital One so everything was free…I was going to buy some heated gloves to ride in the winter but even the 40 dollar ones were crap and I’m not going to spend 50-60 bucks for a pair…so I’ll look another direction for that..didn’t get anything else done today but take the left rear tire back off the car since I forgot to lube the suspension bushings when I had the wheel off to clean it…I decided to try a nickle plated rear cassette to see if it will last longer than the anodized ones I’ve been using…and it looks like chrome so that is cool…decided to cut back on my salt intake that I’ve been getting from snacking on pretzels so I won’t be buying any more of those…going to replace them with carrots, celery and cauliflower and see how that works out…it won’t be the same but I only have 3 weeks to get my blood pressure down before the checkup…and an article I read the other day said that extra salt intake is the most common cause of high blood pressure…and cocktails are another bad one so I’ve stopped those, too…and the calories from both have made my weight plateau so I’m hoping to now get down to 160 pounds and stay there…but I am going to have cocktails after the checkup…have to remember to get my blood work done next week and then I can have red meat again, too…okay, time to read….