Well…has a little scare this morning when I felt a chill and just couldn’t get warm…thought I may be coming down with something and we all know what that would be…then, it dawned on me to look at the thermostat since I hadn’t heard the furnace run for a while and it was blank…so I pulled it off the wall and put new batteries in it that, luckily, I had picked up fro HF a couple of weeks ago…once I put the batteries in, it lit right up again and even had the programming still in it…and the temp in here was only 58 degrees when I have it set for 66 degrees normally…once I put it back on the wall, the furnace lit right up and now it’s all the way up to 62 in here already and feels damn good…it may be too warm at 66 degrees…probably not…I’m just glad that was all it was…the furnace has been really reliable and I need to keep my fingers crossed….

Well..running a little late today with waking up around 6 but going back to bed depressed that it snowed last night….stayed in bed til 7:30 or so and had some weird dreams that involved me lending people stuff and everyone of them brought the stuff back broken…and my car never came back so I wonder what that is about? I was going to run an errand this morning but that will have to wait til the snow melts this afternoon and I think I could wait til tomorrow….need some more drop cloths to put on the kitchen counter and sink so I can get sanding the small window in the kitchen….and if the blinds come today, I’ll put them up, too….and I need to get back on the indoor bike since I feel like a slug with not riding yesterday…I think I’ll need to shovel the snow from last night, too since we got a couple of inches and I’m not sure how warm it’s going to get today…could wait for it to melt but I know it’s getting colder later in the week and I don’t want ice on the walks….not much to do today….just the bike ride and work on the house…and I think I’ll shovel before I get on the bike since I’ll be too sweaty if I do it after the bike ride…..but I need more coffee first….more later….

Well…I finally did it…took the day off and did absolutely nothing today…I was going to put the new blinds up but they were pushed back another day so I’ll do that tomorrow….I did find the brass cap for the outdoor faucet and put that on yesterday since one of the plastic valves I left on it had started leaking after it got cold out here…was pretty sure it wouldn’t survive the winter but couldn’t find the cap until yesterday…so, no more leaks…at some point, I’m going to have to climb into the crawl space and put a new valve in….that’s a summer job…I did get some new neighbors this week in the house that has been under renovation across the street but probably won’t meet them until spring since I don’t have anything to do outside but shovel snow if it snows….I will have to do another one meal day today with not riding and that sucks a bit since I spent 3 bucks on a loaf of rye bread to go with the ham I made…I suppose I could put it in the fridge to keep it from spoiling too soon…darn…

Well….up at 4:45 this morning but I was able to go back to sleep for an hour or so…and I went to be early last night so that’s not too bad….just ran out of steam at 10:15 last night and I’m not sure why other than doing an outside ride and getting lots of fresh air….I wonder if that’s why my back hurts today? Didn’t get anything done yesterday except the bike ride but that set’s me up for taking the day off the bike if I want….I really do need a repair day every once in a while…but, we’ll see…it’s supposed to be in the 40’s today so I may just go outside for a ride again today…..the blinds might be here today so I might have to work some this aft and put them up but I sure don’t feel like doing it right now…just want to sit here for a while and have coffee…it looks like the EPL matches have been cancelled so no soccer for me today and that’s disappointing…but the Lions are going to lose this afternoon so I guess I could watch that…not much to do today…going to ease into it and get to reading the news here in a minute…it is so nice to have my car in the garage and to not have to scrape the ice off the windows to go out for the paper….and to not have to shovel the snow so far…keeping my fingers crossed that we don’t have any blizzards this winter….more later….

Well…I really was going to take the day off today but around three the sun came out and it was 42 so I dragged the bike back out of the basement and rode out to the beach….it was okay with the wind only blowing about 10 or so out of the nw and it was fun to see the changes that have happened in the month I’ve been inside…the lake is down what looks like a couple of feet to where the depth gauge in Muskegon Lake isn’t even in the water anymore….I did put the bike in the garage just in case I can get out one last time this year…oh, I did hear from one of my sons today and that was cool…and got pictures of my granddaughter which was really cool…..so now I can relax and have a nice night tonight….but, I am skipping dinner…need to cut back the calories…

Well…got all the way to 6:55 this morning and now I’m watching the launch of the JWST that is set to go in 2 mins…slept okay last night but still feel pretty worn out even without doing much yesterday so I may take it easy today and skip the bike ride but I don’t think my guilt will allow that…I did get over 4800 miles on the bike yesterday so everything else I do will be a bonus over what the goal was for the year….okay, the launch was successful but we’ve gotten spoiled by spacex launches and all of the cameras they have on their rockets….this is all animation and nowhere near as exciting….I really do need to ease into the day today with how I feel….walking in cement again today and could go back to bed easily but I won’t…have a damn headache right now and I’m sure it’s from allergies that have been bugging me since I started working on the windows and having so much dust around here…and that will probably continue all winter as I do the remaining 10…but the rest of them are not as bad as the first two so I may get some relief….not much to do today….it’s already 43 degrees out there and I may be tempted to ride outdoors today for the last time this year…but, we’ll see if it’s going to rain…don’t want to get the bike gunked up and have to wash it again….more later….

Well…crap, still no blinds and this is pretty darn irritating…they were supposed to be here this past Tuesday originally, then today, but they haven’t shown up so it looks like next week is the earliest I’ll have them…I really wanted to get them up by the end of the week so I can start on the last kitchen window but I guess I can put newspaper up on that one, too, and get started tomorrow…or, I could take the weekend off like I try to do…hmmm…didn’t get anything else done today…just didn’t feel like it and it’s getting late in the day so I probably won’t do anything else but make dinner…and watch a movie tonight…or the Expanse….not sure which yet….

Well…running really late this morning with waking up at 5:13 but not getting out of bed until around 8….and that last 2+ hours wasn’t good for anything…I’m tired….had an okay day yesterday and got the couch cleaned and the rugs vacuumed but no work on the house and I think I won’t do much but clean a little more today…the blinds are supposed to come today and I’ll put them up if they do and it will be good to have the newspaper off the kitchen windows and be able to see out again….I did get over 300 miles on the downstairs bike yesterday and still have a week to get another hundred miles…yeah, not going to get there but it was still a good year on the bikes…almost 5K miles and I am creeping up on 75K since I started riding…three times around the Earth is a long way and lots of calories burned….I was thinking about taking the bike outside today but I really don’t want to get it dirty with the showers we’re supposed to have out here today….it would be nice to get out one more time this year but it is just so easy to just walk downstairs….not much to do today….just going to wing it a bit with no plans other than to ride the bike here in a few minutes….but, I’m still on my first cup of coffee and need more than that….more later….

Well….I think I’m learning how to take it easy…all I’ve done today is ride the bike, cook the huge lunch, clean up my tools and put them into a tote that I can just move around with the work, and do the dishes…and now it’s a little before two and I think I’m done for the day…I should clean the couch and flip the cushions and I still may but right now I’m just going to sit for a minute and stare at the tv…but, I know that won’t last…I still have a topic to find for a political one this afternoon and I’m running out of time….so, I probably should get at it…okay, maybe I’m not learning…darn….

Well…I wonder what the heck it is with the time between 5 and 5:15 am? It seems that is the time I wake up almost every morning and today it was 5:14…I was able to go back to sleep for a little while and didn’t get out of bed until after 7 and that means I’m running late today…going to pay for not eating enough yesterday and that should be happening soon…only had two slices of rye toast and a chicken sandwich and that is only about 700 calories for the day…I am losing a little weight and I normally gain it over the winter so I guess that’s cool….I really think the window came out good the more that I look at it….it still has flaws but it looks like it belongs in a restored house and I only have 10 more to do….but I’m taking the day off from working since I have some cooking to do today and with the big ham I got yesterday…I had a brainstorm for the gravy and I’m going to add some veggie broth, bay leaves, onion, and garlic to it to pump up the flavor as the ham cooks….the last gravy was a little bland so I thought I’d try something new…..not much to do today….after the busy day yesterday, I’m going to take it a little easier…I am going to organize the tools and materials for working on the windows in one of the totes I used to move to get it off the dining room table and give me room to cook….but I have news to read and coffee to drink first….more later…