Well…I really hope someone does something about this…a 23 year old intern at SpaceX with no security clearance or vetting is now in possession of the country’s nuclear secrets…yeah, you read that right…the new energy secretary gave access to this idiot who is a college dropout and has no experience whatsoever…and this is just another part of ole elon taking over all of the government’s IT and running it into the ground so idiot boy can say “see, the government doesn’t work” as he fires all of the people who put up guardrails last time to keep him from destroying the country….you know, I’m tired of talking about the carnage that idiot boy is doing…need to go back and read some and do my weight work….geez…
February 7th
Well…darn, another day of being up at 4am and then struggling to get back to sleep and I am worn out…again…the wind was blowing so hard last night that the power blinked about a dozen times and I had everything plugged in and charged…but it stayed on since all of the appliances still have the correct time on them and that was a relief…it’s going to be a busy one today with doing the 6 pound pork shoulder in the instant pot for lunch and that needs to go in by around 10 and it will take two hours with a natural pressure relief which means you let the pot slowly release the pressure that normally takes about a half hour…and I’ll do the third ride while all that is going on..going to brown the roast in my cast iron dutch oven and then deglase it to get the flavor bits into the instant pot…I wonder if I should just brown it in the instant pot? I think it may be too big to do that….I guess we’ll see…it looks like we’re getting a little snow tomorrow and it’s going to stay cold all week never getting above freezing but no big snow storms and I’ll take it…one week closer to spring…not much to do today…just cooking and cleaning but most of the cleaning will be done tomorrow…need to do the kitchen today scrubbing my small counters and microwave….will finish the second book today and just might be able to do the third one before Monday….more later….
More cleaning done..
Well…the cleaning continued today with working on dust here in the living room and getting the tv and stereo stand cleaned along with the bookcase so all I have to do Sat is clean the couch and rotate the cushions along with vacuuming the rug…my new shop vac is going to be here tomorrow and I can’t wait to have one that works all the time…it was not supposed to arrive until Monday so I’m pleasantly surprised and can use it to do the final touch ups around here before the visitors Sunday…I did get the three rides in today then went out and shoveled the little snow we got overnight before I cleaned…only have about 140 miles to go to 1,000 so that will be the week after next and that is the only goal I have for the year…so far…I do have to go out Monday to pay the water bill and my house taxes along with mailing my house insurance check and I would like to hit the library, too, since I’ll have two of the three books done by then so I may just as well pick up a couple more since I can see the library from the city offices…okay, it’s time to read some more…I did make some pour over coffee this morning and it the only coffee I can drink black…will probably order some more beans to have in stock here but I still have three pounds and I guess I can wait a while….
Personal attack machine..
Well…it appears that with the appointment of the corrupt Pam Bondi to be AG, the idiot trump is now using the Justice department to investigate and go after everyone who revealed all his criminality…you remember ole Pam…the Florida AG who took a bribe from idiot boy to get her to drop the suit against his fake university that he paid millions of fines for…and when announcing the pick, idiot boy came right out and told the world that he is going to investigate only dems and let repub criminals do whatever the hell they want…oh, and to prosecute anyone who instigates anti racist policies which is a blatant violation of the first amendment…when are the dems going to stand up and resist with this illegal bullshit constantly being done by the idiot? Never probably…geez…
February 6th
Well…that was not as good as has been usual for me lately and I was up around 4 and then didn’t really get back to sleep…so I’m feeling pretty worn out and having a hard time getting going…we are under a winter weather advisory and I’m glad I did the grocery run yesterday and don’t have to go anywhere until Monday when I need to pay all the bills…have 1,700 bucks going out and that stings a little but it’s all part of owning a house…taxes and insurance every year…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and I think I’ll do the living room today since I still don’t need to cook…tomorrow will be the big pork shoulder in the instant pot and I think I may go down to just two rides so I can get it going for lunch…have about 160 miles to go to get to 1,000 in Feb for the year and that will be a record for me…still have the kitchen counters and sink to do but that may wait til Sat when I do the bathroom, too….oh, and the stovetop but that will wait til after I use it tomorrow to brown the roast and make gravy…and I may steam some cauliflower to go with the pork…not much to do today…just need to get on the bike by 7am and get three rides in and then I can start the rest of the day…I still have to figure out what to do with the chicken thighs I bought and I think they will end up in the freezer later today…more later…
I just can’t…
Well…with all of the damage the asshole trump is doing to this country right now, I have been trying write about it every day but I just can’t do it anymore…and the worst thing is the trump supporters think it’s just great that a fox news talking head as the secretary of defense…or they have a crazy antivax nut as head of the FDA…or that elon fucking musk now is in control of the payment systems of the federal government…it is just too much for me so I need a rest from politics again…see you in a while…
Had to buy a new shop vac…
Well…after using my little wet/dry vac to do the floors yesterday the on/off switch failed completely after sparking for a couple of years…and I started to plan how to take it apart and cobble in a new switch but then it came to me to just buy a new one since the old one has been used to do my son’s house and half of this one…I got my money’s worth after buying it at HF for 39 bucks…but it is really small at two gallons and it doesn’t have wheels…you have to carry it everywhere…so, out to Amazon and I found a Stanley 6 gallon for only 49 bucks that does have wheels and a lot of accessories…and it has a four horsepower motor for some reason that really should suck the dust in when I use it with my hand sander…I’m still going to try to figure out how to get the old one apart and replace the switch since you can never have too many vacuums…and it will be here Monday for the next round of cleaning…
February 5th
Well…up and running at 5:30 this morning and it is going to be another busy one…slept okay last night but I’m not drinking enough water since my right big toe has been howling at me all night and dehydration is the cause….we may have to adjust the BP meds since I have a couple of hours yesterday that I was dizzy while I was doing the floors but it may have been that I haven’t been eating enough…a half bowl of soup and some Masala is probably not enough to support 3 rides and then working on the place for 4 hours….oh, well…I did like the kung pao sauce in the stir fry yesterday…going to move the grocery run back to tomorrow since I really don’t need anything and I need to think about meals for the next week…DD has 2 1/2 pounds of chicken breasts for 6 bucks so I may get 5 pounds so I’ll have some in the freezer…or not…we’ll see…I did get some thighs earlier in the week so maybe I’ll just wait til next week…the kitchen and bathroom still need to be done so I’ll be working on that but probably not til the weekend so it stays clean…skipped the weight work yesterday since I was pretty worn out after the floors but I will do it today…finished a book in one day and I really don’t know how the heck I did that…I may have the other two done by Monday so I can get three more after I pay the taxes and water bill and drop the house insurance payment off at the post office…1,700 bucks going out this month and that is going to hurt…oh, well…more later…
A frickin busy day…
Well…damn, this has been one of the busiest days I’ve had in along time…started on the bike at around 7 and got three rides in…then I mad the stir fry with Kung Pao sauce and it came out great…added lots more veggies so I think I’ve got enough of that for 4 days…so that means I’ll make the pork shoulder Friday…oh, back to today…after lunch, I vacuumed the kitchen and mopped it…then vacuumed the hardwood floors and mopped them, then waxed them all…cleaned up the table beside the fridge and washed the fridge along with the dining room table and couch side table…and now it’s 3pm and I am done for the day…but that gives me a leg up on having this place clean for my son’s visit Sunday…I may push the grocery run back to Thursday this week since I really don’t need anything right now…time to read…
Data breaches by elon…
Well…I don’t know about you but I really don’t want ole elon being able to access everyone data and steal what he wants to…he is now in charge of all the payment systems the federal government uses to pay it’s bills so hey moron maga voters, that includes the medicaid and SS you depend on to live…and I’m sure he is going to take that data to sell to the highest bidder…this is what you get when the idiot trump puts an unelected and un vetted tech bro in charge of the entire federal payment system…there is a 1974 law in place that makes that illegal but with the trump paced courts, they are going to let him get away with whatever he wants…and what he wants is to wreck the government to allow the billionaires to steal everything…way to go maga morons…geez…at least Brian Schatz…the senator form Hawaii is going to put a hold on every appointee that trump wants until he gets elon out of the government…that’s what every dem needs to do and is what I proposed weeks ago…geez…again…