Well…it’s been another busy day but I finally got some stuff done….did the first ride early, then went out and got the paint I need for the door frames and it was only 20 bucks so that gallon should last me the rest of the time I’m here since I have very little that needs to painted….got back here and got the rest of the grass seed in…then out on the bike for number two…shaved my beard off just to see what I look like without it…and then out to the beach for a swim…had a beer in my Contego sippy cup and must have shaken it a bit much since it blew the top off and sprayed beer all over me and shot the thing six feet away…so that meant that I had to spray off my beach chair and clean everything when I got back here and do laundry to clean my towel so I thought I’d do bedding, too….so, I skipped lunch so I could get out to the beach sooner and I put that hour to good use….need to get the washing into the dryer so I’ll end here…taking the rest of the day off…

Well…that was a little weird…around 5 am my bedroom was flooded with moonlight and I thought I had left the lights on….weird but pretty cool…slept okay last night and feel just a little slow today and I hope the coffee will work soon since I need to get on the bike in about an hour to get the first ride in…might only do one today since my legs feel like they could use a little rest…and there is rain on the way….yeah, right….and more forecast for tomorrow and wed but I’ll believe it when I see it…think I’ll run out and get the paint for the door frames this morning and maybe I’ll skip the second ride to prep the garage door frame….might have to mow the front of the yard but the rest of it will be fine until later in the week….and I need to figure out how to fix the gate in front, too but I have until winter to do that…but, I need to get off my butt and get moving on some projects soon….and, I also need to get out to the beach a few more times before labor day, too, but I am going to try to not stress myself out about any of it…it has been pretty quiet up here for the past week and I am a little relieved about that…I wonder if it will ever be normal to not have to call in noise complaints? Hope so….not much to do today…just going to sit here for a while and have more coffee and read the news for a bit….need to figure out what to make for food today and I do need to process some tomatoes into sauce to freeze to use up the tomatoes….I’m getting tomatoed out….more later…

Well….running about on time this morning with getting up at 6, running out for the paper, and now doing this since I have to get out on the bike by 7:30 to make it back here for the Man U match at 9….and I had the headlights on in the car for the first time since about April…it is still so humid out here that I am sweating at 7 am just sitting here….had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done but ride the bike and cook…and today looks the same with lots of soccer, racing and the Michigan team plays in the LL world series and I would like to see that…and that may mean only one ride today and I’m okay with that…my legs went flat during the second ride but it was still a good one….my water bill went up by 30 bucks a month with trying to get keep my lawn alive but I can live with that to have a nice looking lawn…and it has to start to rain at some point…we are now down by almost a foot of rain this year out here and I hope that doesn’t carry over through the winter…although the prospect of shoveling all that snow does not make me smile….still haven’t been able to find a used snowblower but I need to keep looking….I am thinking about going out to the beach every day this week to wind down the summer but I do need to paint the exterior door frames before it gets cold out here….not much to do today…just what I described earlier and I should do some cleaning…my bathroom needs work and the floors need to be cleaned with all of the sand that gets tracked in….more later….

Well…running quite late this morning with waking up at 6 but then just staying in bed for another hour just for the hell of it….feel okay today if a little worn out from allergies and was pretty stuffed up all night last night…I did get out to Hackley park for the first party in the park last night and that was a little strange….had a couple of beers and watched a mediocre band and saw my brother and sister in law who were selling beer as volunteers…there is another one tonight but I don’t think I’ll go….not as much fun alone as it would be with someone….I did get the lawn mowed and watered again yesterday and it is starting to look pretty good but I still have bare spots that need to be filled in and I may have enough seed and dirt to do them….the seed I use is only 8 bucks for 5 pounds so I guess I can buy more…..it should look pretty good by fall if it will ever rain out here….I did give some of the overflow of tomatoes to my brother yesterday and to the guy rehabbing the house across the street…but I still have tons of them that I need to get the blender out to freeze some of them to use over the winter….not much to do today…it’s going to be another hot one out here today so I need to get the rides in before it gets too terrible…only did one ride with mowing the lawn and I only had one meal yesterday so I’ll have to be careful and eat two today…..more later….

Well…I wonder what would happen if I didn’t get out on the bike today? My toe hurts along with my legs and I got scorched at the beach yesterday with doing the same amount of time as always and I can’t figure that out….I mean 6 Steely Dan songs lying on my front and back has been my way of measuring time for years but it didn’t work yesterday and I had to put aloe on my face last night to soothe it….weird….I did finally get my stovetop cleaned yesterday but that is about the only thing I did other than water the lawn and I’m still worn out today….I do need to get at the garden and pick tomatoes and I may get the blender out to make some tomato puree to freeze for use over the winter…the food mill I bought is going back next week since the acid in the tomatoes is leaching some black crap off the axle and dropping it into the puree so it’s unusable….and it didn’t work too well anyway….I’m thinking of going to the “party in the park” this evening but I’m concerned about being in crowds with the delta crap going around and I don’t want to wear a mask outside…so, maybe I’ll skip it….not much to do today…going to get out for only one ride today here in a few…and I am going to work on the garage door frame but it is going to be hot out here and I may just let it go until next week….it’s supposed to  be almost 90 out here and that is a bit much to work outside….more later…

Well…it’s been another busy day and another day where I didn’t get anything done…just not enough time…got on the bike by 8 and back on it by 10…then back here and made lunch then out to the beach for a swim and some sun…then back here to take care of the yard and unsuccessfully look for a topic for the day…I think I’m going to have to change out what I’m doing since I haven’t been able to relax at all…even at the beach in the water, no relaxation…I think I’ve forgotten how to do it and just can’t let go and just enjoy what I’m doing anymore….I’m sure it’s guilt from not working around here but damn, when do I get to just live? Oh, well….maybe if I just work all day for a week or so and get the rest of the outside work done then maybe I can enjoy myself a while…yeah, no…then I’ll just worry about the inside work and getting the winter wheels done and all of the rest of the stuff I need to do…and the garage door opener…and finding a snowblower….you get the idea…it is never going to be done….I’m going to have to accept that I’ll never be finished….and that is going to be hard…darn…

Well…running a little late today with staying in bed until almost 7 but I don’t think that is sleeping in…just didn’t want to get out of bed and don’t really want to do anything right now…but I am and it is more than a little work….and I forgot to set the timer on the coffee maker so my coffee was cold this morning…aargh…I did get two bike rides in yesterday and did the weed walk and that always hurts my elbow so it is a little tender this morning…but better than it has been all summer so I’ll take it….I do have to water the lawn today with no rain in the forecast for the next week and I don’t want to lose all of the work I’ve done on it since I moved in….I did discover a white pepper in my garden and it is weird since it is growing on a green pepper plant…wonder what it will taste like when it is ready? Didn’t get anything else done yesterday and that is starting to get depressing….I have so much to do around here and I think I’m in a loop of not working and then more depression but I am so damn tired that I just can’t do more work…may have to cut out one ride every day and see if I can use that energy to get the painting done…and finish washing the siding…and I want to get out to the beach more with the summer almost gone….not much to do today…yeah, that’s just a habit…again, I have lots to do but just don’t want to do any of it right now….only have 17 minutes before I have to get on the bike and still need to read some news and have more coffee….more later….

Well…running quite late this morning with getting up at 6 or so and then going back to bed until 7….just wasn’t ready to get up at 6….don’t feel too slow today and know I have to get moving here soon to get the grocery run done…have to go to the atm today to get some cash out to buy some stamps since I ran out yesterday and I may want to go to the party in the park Friday but I am a little concerned about being in any crowd with the damn virus still everywhere…went back to masking up in stores and will do that again today…I just hate the damn anti vaxxers who did this to us and their selfishness is not “freedom” it’s just stupidity….I did only do one ride yesterday and got out to the beach for a while and probably should do that again today but I won’t because of the guilt that it generates….still haven’t figured out how to relax and just take it easy yet when I have so much to do around here…need to get the back of the house washed and climb up on the roof to put the soffett trim back on that blew off in the wind when I first moved in here….but I may have to buy an extension ladder since the one I have is too short to get up on the lowest part of the roof….I did spend some time yesterday figuring out how to replace the drive train on the old bike and need to buy some tools to do it…it looks like with the tools and parts it will cost almost 60 bucks to get it running again but that will be good practice when I need to rebuild the current bike…and then I’ll have three working bikes and that will be cool…not much to do today…just the grocery run and riding but I think I’ll get to prepping the door frames for painting, too, so I can get those done next week….more later….

Well…running about on time this morning and it is uncanny how I’ve been getting up at around 6:30 for such a long time now….that should be enough sleep but I still feel worn out almost every day…must just be getting old…I did get a lot done yesterday with two bike rides and mowing the lawn and I will need to water the lawn today to keep it alive since the rain that was forecast has been pushed back til maybe Thursday….and I do want to get out to the beach today since it is going to be warm but I’m not sure when I want to go…I may just do one ride today to give the legs a rest and then go out around 11 or so…and that will give me time to work on the door trim…I did start giving away my garden bounty yesterday with having way too many tomatoes…thinking about getting the blender out and making some puree to freeze in bags as sauce base that I can use over the winter…I think the tomatoes need to be blanched first but I’ll have to look it up before I do it…still have the white pepper growing on the plant and I am going to save the seeds from it to see if it can grow more white ones…that would be cool….not much to do today…need to ride to the post office to drop of my house payment and scope out Hackley Park for the party in the park event this weekend…supposed to have bands, food, and beer so that’s something I can do…I could walk there but I will probably drive and park…it’s just easier and with sore my legs have been, they need a rest….more later…

Well….I know I’ve been having a laugh over the summer months about the size of my gas bill at this house, thinking that getting it down to 7 bucks or so was kind of ridiculous given that I have a gas range and a gas water heater and take a couple of showers a day after riding and working around here…but today, the bill that came beat even the 7 bucks that was the last record…only 5.80 for this bill and that made me smile a little….how the heck can I only have used 5.80 in gas? I’ll take it but I sure don’t want them coming back to me in a couple of months to say “oh, we made a mistake, you owe us 300 bucks” or something like that…I guess I should just enjoy the bills for now…and continue to laugh a bit….