Well…that was a little better…pretty much slept through the night with just a bit of tossing and turning so I’ll take that…and my laptop updated windows overnight and it started just like normal this morning and that never happens…so, a good start to the day and I feel pretty good so I’ll take that, too….this is a little weird…microsoft has a little weather app that shows the current condition on the lower banner on my front page and it is telling me that it is humid right now…why anyone needs to know that, I don’t know…what would your reaction be? How do you dress for humid? Would you say “I’m not going out today, it’s too humid”? Sometimes too much information is of no use at all….all I have to do is open my freezer and I know it’s humid in here….weird. It was nice to get some outdoor work done yesterday and get that off my mind…still have the sidewalk edging to do but starting a 2 stroke when it’s cold is a pain so I think I’ll wait until it’s a little warmer…..I did start on the second bedroom yesterday by removing some quarter round molding that was between the floor and baseboards that looked like hell and I’ll probably do a little every day but I won’t make it a major project…yet…I am curious to see if the wallpaper remover will work if I score the walls and spray it on and I’ll probably do a test section just to see how much work removing the wallpaper and paint is going to be…but my hands and shoulders haven’t healed yet and I don’t want to do anything until they do….the skin on my hands is finally showing some progress and has stopped peeling and feeling like sandpaper and I am even getting some feeling back into them….not much to do today….have a lunch with T tentatively scheduled for noon but I will have to leave early since 31 south to GH is under construction and I don’t know how long it will take to get there from here…or even if I can….but, I have time so I can figure it out…and I need to ride indoors today with the high only about 43 and need to get on it here in 15 mins or so….more later….
Monthly Archives: April 2022
No lunch but got some work done…
Well…T just couldn’t work out getting someone to sit with her mom so lunch has been put off til tomorrow or later in the week, and that gave me the chance to get on the work that needed to be done on the lawn today…got the first mowing of the year done and it only took about 7 pulls to get the mower to start and one little adjustment of the drive to get it to work right and that lasted through the mowing so I have my fingers crossed for the rest of the summer…and the weeds are really overgrowing the lawn so I ran out to menards to get some weed and feed that was on sale and put that on the lawn….and I filled up one of the big lawn bags that needs to go out later today for pick up tomorrow but I don’t think I have enough to put the trash bin out this week…I do need to put some more seed on the front of the lawn in the spots they killed with all of the crap they piled on my lawn when they were digging for the water and sewer…and the spot where they dug up the sod plowing the driveway next door…and I need to do that tomorrow with the rain that is coming wed…okay, nope, no rain til Sunday so that will give me the rest of the week to fix the bare spots and do a repair on the car’s top that needs it….but right now I’m done for the day…I did get an indoor ride in this morning so I can veg the rest of the day…not sure if I can do that or not but I am going to give it a try….
Quitting twitter after today….
Well…I really hate frickin billionaires….with the pandemic windfall the all of these parasites made over the past two years, they now have trillions of dollars to take over the country and it’s communications…and today, Elon Musk is going to buy twitter with some of that free money and I, for one, am not going to help him make even more money so I will be leaving twitter after today. Look, the country just does not need another trump humper in charge of another huge part of the news/communication infrastructure like they have taken over most radio and television stations in this country…and the only reason he’s doing it is to help the far right spread their hate and propaganda since twitter now has rules in place to stop the spread of disinformation and lies but when he is owner, those rules go away and it turns into just another parler or gab where lies will be the currency of the day and support for the killing of our democracy is one of it’s prime purposes. This is the reason we need a billionaires tax that keeps this much power from the hands of a few right wing assholes who don’t give a damn about anything but themselves…bye,bye twitter…
April 25th…
Well…running late this morning with not sleeping well at all and staying in bed until after 6….feel pretty crappy and worn out again and I’m not sure why that would be…maybe taking Sundays off is not such a good idea? Didn’t do much yesterday which was the plan but I did make a pizza that came out good when I remembered to add some garlic powder and Italian seasoning to the crust so it had some flavor….oh, I think I know why I feel worn out…only had one piece of pizza and a small burger to eat all day but I didn’t ride so that should have been enough…and I need to get on the bike here in a few minutes since it is cold outside and I don’t want to go out in thermasuit anymore…I may have lunch with T today but it’s one of those on again, off again things that we’ll see if it happens….I do need to start planning my next project since not having something to do is a bit much to take right now….I know I have to work on the yard all week but won’t get to that til Thurs since it is only going to be in the low 40′s for highs for two days….ick….I am going to have to mow the lawn for the first time this week and will probably get the edging and trimming done, too….and I need to get some weed and feed to treat the lawn since the weeds are growing faster than the grass…not much to do today…just going to clean this place up a bit in case T visits and get on the bike to shake off the cobwebs and then just play it by ear….my damn allergies have exploded and I’ve been coughing like crazy since last night so I need to take something for it right now….more later….
Got sunburned yesterday…
Well…okay, this is a little strange…just noticed that after being out in the sun for over 3 hours yesterday, I got some sunburn and it is starting to hurt a bit…and I even got some on my face where I used 50 sunscreen and that shouldn’t happen…but I now realized that I only used sunscreen for the first ride and forgot it for the other two…so I’ll have some color to make me look less like a damn ghost….as I’ve said before, I’m one of the whitest people you’ll ever see…almost to the point of being transparent so I don’t really mind getting a little burned…but I won’t have to worry about that for another two weeks at least with how damn cold it is going to be…I mean May is coming fast and it is still in the 40′s? That kind of sucks but it keeps the noise down around here…I guess that’s something…
Corporations are no longer people, my friends, in Florida…
Well…the fascism is starting to be all too clear in Florida after the governor pushed his toadies in the legislature to pass a law that revoked Disney’s special status that allowed them to run their parks as independent governmental units there…and they wrote it so narrowly that it can only apply to Disney as retaliation for their opposition of the Florida “don’t say gay” law that was pushed by DeSantis as a blatant attack on the LGBTQ community. So, I guess that corporations are no longer people, to quote Mitt Romney, in Florida and no longer have free speech rights without fear of retaliation by the government…and that is the description of fascism that the repubs all across this country are embracing not only for corporations but for individuals, too…starting with teachers, librarians and parents…or anyone who opposes fascism and the repubs attacks on our democracy. the one thing I can’t understand is why Disney hasn’t filed a multi billion dollar lawsuit against DeSantis and Florida for this blatantly unconstitutional attack on their rights? The only way to stop this crap is to punch the bastards in the face when they try this crap…and the fact that this attack on Disney that is going to cost Florida taxpayers billions won’t make a damn bit of difference is the problem that we are going to face in the next election….the red states just don’t care if what their leaders do hurt them…I think they like to be hurt since it reinforces their adherence to the cult and their hatred of anyone who is not white and straight and repub….geez…
April 24th
Well…running about on time for a Sunday but I have to remember that I don’t have to adhere to any schedule on Sundays…ha,ha…yeah, that’s funny to me, too…my whole life has been one big schedule and I’m pretty sure that won’t change just by saying it…but, I am going to try today…had a good day yesterday and got 45 miles in on the bike that I am anticipating is going to be pretty painful as the day goes on…I think it’s pretty early to be doing triples but I felt good and didn’t have a whole lot else to do so I thought I’d go for it and that would help me not feel too guilty about taking the day off today…almost went out a few minutes ago but the wind is blowing 25 out here and that is just too much for a comfortable ride…but it is hard to not take advantage of the last warm day for the week…it is still 66 out there and I even put the top down when I went out to get the paper this morning and that was cool…..I did get the registers installed in the bathroom and bedroom yesterday and that makes 3 rooms completed and 3 more to go…at first, I was a little iffy about the gloss black that I painted the registers and thought that maybe I should have painted them in satin finish instead but, as I look at them, I like the gloss more and more…and they are clean and work right again even with the rust damage that you can still see through the paint but I was not going to get body filler and spend another week repairing them…it’s an old house after all and any improvement is tons better than it was….with that work done, I really can start on taking my summer off but you and I both know that is not really going to happen…still need to get my perennials for around the house and need to do that this week so I’ll have some color around here this year…might get a couple of hanging baskets of flowers and put up a couple of hooks for them on the little roof that is over the back door…that would look pretty cool and make me smile….not much to do today….I do need to get back on track here and do a political one today and I will get to that a little later and I still need to make a pizza but have leftovers that will last one more day so I may wait til tomorrow…or not, who knows…I do know that I have used this laptop so much doing these that I have worn the E off the key and now I have one blank key that I probably should figure out how to re label…but not now…need more coffee and to read the news to find a topic….more later….
Going back out for a third time…
Well..got a second ride in before lunch today and now I’m sitting here thinking “maybe I should do a third one today?” That would make for 40+ miles today and I feel pretty good about trying it….felt good on the second one but I think this one will be a no sprint, leisure ride and just out there to have some fun and burn off some bonus calories….but I need to get going soon if I’m to make it back here for the next race at Talladega that starts at 4….and with the rain that is coming in around 8am tomorrow morning, it looks like I’ll be off the bike tomorrow since the rain is supposed to last all day….so, I’m going to get off my butt and get out there….again….oh, and I’ll try for a political one after I get back…just need to read the news that I haven’t done yet….more later….
Miggy just got #3,000…
Well…not sure if you follow baseball at all but today was a historic day for Miguel Cabrera who was chasing his 3,000th hit, a feat that very few players have accomplished in the history of baseball…when I remembered it may happen, I changed the channel over to the Tigers and Miggy was just coming up to bat…and he did it! Sliced a grounder through between first and second and Comerica park just erupted with a huge standing ovation for him…and the cool part is that Miggy is one of those nice guys who can be a role model for any young kid growing up a fan of baseball….the strange part for me is that the last Tiger to hit that milestone was Al Kaline in 1974…and I was watching that game, too…48 years ago..man, time flies…congrats Miggy!
Got an 8 o’clock ride in..
Well..damn, that was nice to get out on the bike early and set myself up for 2 outdoor rides today…it was a little cold but tolerable and the wind was coming in out of the south and that is okay essentially being a cross wind for the whole ride out and back….and it looks like it hasn’t come up much but the temp has so I’ll be out in a t-shirt for the second ride about 11:30…I did take my ballot over to the cop shop to drop it off and the only thing on it was a millage increase to fund programs for disabled kids and I can get behind that…going to cost me an extra 60 bucks a year but I’ve never voted against a millage that would help kids or schools…and, as soon as I got back here, I got right on painting the registers…two coats of primer and two coats of gloss black made them look okay…not like a paint shop could do but I got tired of working on the darn things and just wanted them done…and they are so much better than the paint icicle coated ugly things they were that I can live with it…they had lots of rust on them and the one from my new bedroom looked like it had set outside for 20 winters in the salt….so, all in all, I’m satisfied with they came out…now I just need to let the paint harden a day or so and then get them installed…now the F1 qualifying race and then back on the bike before the ARCA race at Talladega…