Well…running about on time for a Thursday and already have the grocery run done and the real paper read…and a half a cup of coffee so far and that is a good start to the day…slept really well last night…when was the last time you heard me say that? Feel pretty good this morning but slept on my right shoulder and it hurts like crazy but I’ll take that all day if I can sleep….had a nice day yesterday with having lunch with T…haven’t seen her in almost a month and we had a nice talk and lots of laughs…and, I got the first meal done in my instant pot…yeah, you’re going to hear me talk about that a lot until I get bored with it…reading the booklets that came with it, I found out it’s a slow cooker, too, so I guess my slow cooker will be retired…already moved it on top of the fridge where appliances go to die….oh, the first meal…made some chicken thighs and potatoes and it only took 13 minutes to cook them perfectly…even made gravy in the bottom of the cooker…very yummy…didn’t get anything else done yesterday but I have a few errands to run today after I get the bike ride in…I did sneak through the barriers to ride the trail that has been blocked off all summer and I think I’ll try that again today…it is nice to stay off the roads and away from cars again….more later….

Well…as you read this morning, I had a little saga of trying to find an 8 quart instant pot that was on sale at Target but was out of stock at both of them here in the south end of GR….after I then ordered one from Target online, for the same sale price, I got a scheduled delivery day of Thursday of this week but, to my surprise, it just showed up here only a day after I ordered it…and I am now going through the test run with just water to make sure everything works…and it appears it does so far…I can now see how Target is competing with the online giants and I will check their prices before ordering stuff from Amazon…after all, Target’s price was 30 bucks less than Amazon…and delivery was free, and fast! Yay!!

Well…up early again today and I am going to consider this the new normal…even went to bed early last night and it didn’t make any difference on when I got up…had an okay day yesterday with lots of running around in the morning trying to find the instant pot that was on sale at Target but none of the stores around here had one so I had to order it online from them for the same price…and, with free shipping…should be here tomorrow so I can use if for making some chicken Friday…and I have lots of chicken…got 16 pounds of chicken yesterday for 9 bucks so the freezer is filled again and I think Tom is going to get some next Monday….other than that, I didn’t get a lot done but the normal stuff yesterday and today looks the same…not sure why I feel so sluggish when I get up even with being good but I hope it passes soon….maybe more coffee? More later…

Well…running a bit early today with getting up a little before 6 and that is getting to be normal and I’m not sure that is a bad thing…that still makes it about 6 hours of sleep net for the night with tossing a little…and I’ll take that…it was an okay day yesterday with pool…that I won…but it did start to rain on the way home and I had to stop and put the top up at a stop light since I didn’t want to get wet…I did get a nice bike ride in but it looks like I’ll have to wait to get out this morning with the rain coming in and it looks like a huge weather change coming…it’s only going to be in the 50’s Thursday and then in the low 60’s from now on and I know it’s almost October but I am not ready for that yet….didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I have to run errands today…can get chicken for 47 cents a pound at a store near me and my daily deals store has boneless skinless breasts for 99 cents a pound…the only thing is you have to buy 10 pounds to get the 47 cents and another 6 pounds to get the 99 cents…so, I’m going to have 16 pounds of chicken in my freezer…which is not bad for 10.70….and I do need to get out and buy an instant pot today since it will be covered with my cash back on my capital one card…and I can’t wait to try some new equipment…more later….

Well…just got a call from my dermatologist and it’s some good news….the lesions on my neck and side of my face are not skin cancer…they are just bad actinic keratosis like the ones I’ve had removed from the side of my face and scalp…so, I can have them frozen off in a couple of weeks and that should take care of it…feel kind of good about that….now, if the colonoscopy goes as well, I am going to be pretty happy….

Well…running a little early today with getting up early but I am still having a little trouble getting started so I am easing into it today…slept okay last night and it is kind of weird that the violent tossing and turning that I did for years is essentially gone…I do still toss and turn but I know now that I am going to be able to get back to sleep in a few minutes, not in a  few hours….had a nice, easy day yesterday and even got out to have a couple with K which was fun…didn’t do a lot else since I had already cleaned sat so I just needed to watch some sports and take it easy…and I did…and the Lions even won last night and I am still in shock about that….they looked pretty good, too, so I will be interested to see how they play Sunday….not much to do today…it is pool day so that will be fun and I have some chicken marinating for lunch…just threw a bunch of stuff together in a bag to see what happens…and they are thighs so they always come out good…more later….

Well…I remembered to come here on a Sunday! That is kind of unusual since you all know that I normally forget until later in the morning….had a good day yesterday and got a lot of cleaning done so the place looks pretty good right now…might have to do a little more of that today since I really don’t have anything else to do…going to have to wait to get out on the bike since it is too darn cold to get out yet…it was only 46 when I went out yesterday and my hands were kind of cold but I have some new gloves to try today if I need them….it looks clear out there so the temp should come up as soon as the sun does….feel pretty good this morning with being good but I hope my legs aren’t flat like the past two days…tried to eat more yesterday but don’t think I was too successful…I guess we’ll see when I get on the bike….not much to do today….going to watch the MotoGP race here in a few and read a little news before I get moving…more later….

Well…have had a couple of days now that my legs have felt pretty flat and I’m not sure what that is about…unless I’m underestimating my calorie intake again…with no cocktails I may be quite a bit under the 1500 I’m shooting for but we’ll see…had 800 for lunch today but dinner is only about 500 so I need at least 200 more and I’m not sure where that will come from….but, that’s not what this is about…I just noticed when I got on the bike today that I have gone over 2500 miles for the year and that is my normal milestone for the year….well…I’m actually at 2664 if you count the miles on the road bike but I almost forgot about it so I guess I won’t…I have been pretty happy with the new bike and it is as good at 2500 miles as it was new and that couldn’t be said for the Motobecane….that one had already started to wear some at that mileage…and I hope I’ve gotten the flat tire bug out of my system with getting the tube protectors in after the flat Thursday….oh, one last thing…I damn near ran into a huge tree that was down over the trail in the woods today…must have been a foot thick and it was too heavy to move off the trail without doing some damage to my back so I just lifted the bike over it and went on….just made me remember that I have to pay attention in the woods after storms come through…that one would have hurt to hit it…

Well…running on time today with getting up at 6:30…but, it took me a few minutes to get my coffee poured and read a little news and then get here…I am amazed how well I’m sleeping lately…okay, well for me, that is, and I feel pretty good today…have been running out of steam quite early, though, and have been going to bed before 11…doesn’t seem to make a difference in when I get up but I’ll take any improvement….I am still sore from walking the bike back with a flat the other day and I may have to take something for it later….have been able to get my BP consistently below 120 over the past few days so I am no longer worried about it too much…especially since I know it fluctuates throughout the day and can move by 30 points or more…and I found a power supply from an old Roku that works with my BP machine so that was cool…I did get some cleaning done yesterday and today will be the same with vacuuming and cleaning the kitchen floor…but then there is soccer, football, and racing on so I may be a little busy from that…and, with Man U playing at 10, I need to get out on the bike by 8:30 but that’s no problem with being ready now…just waiting for it to get light…kind of cold out there but I can still wear shorts so I’m good with that….more later…

Well…up early but can’t get started this morning and I’m not sure why….have been good for 11 days now but the cough is bad again and I may have to talk to the doctor next week….slept okay last night but tossed a little more than has become usual but I guess there will be some days that are a little more challenging than others…I did get my BP down to where is should be yesterday and I hope I can sustain it over the long term…the lesions that were treated on my face have turned bright red and look pretty ugly but I know they’ll heal up in a couple of weeks…I did get some work done on the kitchen yesterday and need to do the floor today along with some vacuuming and dusting and just general straightening up…need to really start discarding stuff and find a house in the next week or so…will probably have to go one month off lease that will cost me and extra hundred bucks but that is cheaper than buying out of the lease for 800 and I know I’ll have a house by the end of the year…it’s raining out right now so it looks like a wait until I can get on the bike…had a rear flat yesterday and had to walk back 3 miles but I got a new tube and put the tube protector in the tire so I won’t have another flat this year…I hope….more later….