Well….it’s 6 am again….and I’ve been up for almost an hour already but I don’t feel too bad so I guess that’s something….and I did sleep okay, too but I may be coming down with a little bug since I’ve felt warm and have been coughing since yesterday…I guess there are multiple bugs going around but I’m not sure how I would have gotten one since I’m not really around people that much…I did get out to see K and have a couple yesterday and that was fun…and the run back out to the south end was only about 15 minutes so no big deal…it is cool that I found the problem with the car starting so I don’t have to worry about that anymore…but I do have to put the winter tires on  the car today since the summer ones are worn out and no good even in the wet…and it is supposed to snow today and even the worn out snowies are better than the summer tires….I may have lunch with T today so I need to get that done this morning and I am going to try my new cordless drill/driver to take the lug nuts off…after I loosen them, of course…and I get to work on the car in the garage…yay! It was pretty cool to get back here last night and just open the garage door and drive right in…I could get used to that…not much to do today…after working on the car and lunch, I think I’ll just take it easy this afternoon and rest the hands again…my thumb feels better this morning but I know that just a little abuse of it and it will be back to square one….more later….

Well…as I said earlier…I bought an expandable garden hose last week because the heavy duty one I bought was just too stiff and heavy to drag around comfortably and I wanted something a little more light duty for every day use. After using it today to wash the bike, I have found my new favorite thing…it is just so light and easy to drag around I wonder why I never bought one before…oh, I know…I lived in an apartment and really couldn’t use a hose so maybe that’s it? All I know is it made doing the bike so easy that I washed the car, too and, even though it’s only a half inch hose, it has plenty of pressure and volume to do anything I want it to do…I like it enough that I may just buy a second one in the spring so I can reach the whole yard…I love it when a plan comes together….

Well…I think it kind of odd to sit here and feel good about getting 6 hours of sleep but I got all the way through to 5:37 this morning and really wanted to go back to sleep but I knew that wasn’t going to work so here I am at a little after 6…I did sleep okay last night so I don’t feel too bad today but we’ll see how that holds up as the day goes on…didn’t get much done yesterday but I did get a bike ride in even in the cold and it was actually pretty comfortable in full thermasuit…the only ice on the trail was on the bridges and there are only three of them so it was a no drama ride…and it’s already 40 out there so I will be able to get out again today…after Man U plays at 9…I did get the big hose drained and put away yesterday and used my collapsible one for the first time…and that was pretty cool…not as much water flow as the big one but enough to wash the car and get the salt off it and it only weighs about two pounds and is really easy to drain….not much to do today…just the normal Sunday stuff but will be heading back to the south to have a couple with K later but that is about it…no work today to try to get the thumb to heal since it is really annoying not being able to use it…more later…

Well…have been having some problems with the car barely starting after having it set for a couple of days even with the battery switch turned off and the only thing I could think of was that the switch had gone bad and had started to not shut the battery off completely…so, I went out to HF Thursday and bought a new one since they are so cheap…only about 6 bucks or so and replacing it would be the easiest way to figure out what the problem was…at first, I thought it was the new battery I put in a couple of months ago but having it fail that soon just didn’t make sense…so, this morning, after having the car sit in the garage since Thursday without running it, I gave it a try and the thing spun over fast like it’s supposed to so it appears that it was the switch and that is a relief…didn’t want to spend any more money on it since I am edging toward buying another Miata in the spring since this one needs a lot of work and I should be able to find one for 4 grand or so….this takes a load off my mind and almost prepares me for winter…I do need to put the winter tires on for one last winter…but now I have a garage to do it in…and a cordless driver to take the lug nuts off after I loosen them…I love having a garage….

Well…have been lazy getting going this morning after staying in bed until 6:23 and I really don’t feel too bad about that…after all, I don’t really have any schedule I have to follow but I still feel the need to get the first one of these done soon after I get up…just part of starting my day and I think it helps to de-fog my brain…along with the coffee…and I have been thinking about how my habit of making a 12 cup pot last two days is really restricting how much coffee I can drink…like today, after having half of the pot yesterday…or a little more than half, today is a short coffee day and I’m not sure why I just don’t make 8 cups and do it every day…hmmmm…that thought never came to me…after all, who measured what a “cup”of coffee is anyway? My smallest coffee cup is almost three of their “cups” and that makes me feel a little guilty drinking 6 “cups” every morning…I wonder what the normal consumption in ounces is? I’ll be it’s available on the internet and I am curious if I am a heavy coffee drinker or not…does it mean anything? Nope….I wonder if consumption increases as you get older and you need more of a jump start to get going in the morning? Not much to do today…I am going to try to drain the heavy duty hose and put it away since it is supposed to be 41 today and I do have the expandable one to use that came a few days back…and I’m going to go back out to the south end to have a couple with K later in the day…more later…

Well…not a bad night of sleep last night…for me, anyway…and I didn’t get up until around 6 so I can live with that…I am pretty sore this morning with all the heavy work in the garage yesterday but it was worth it to be able to get my car in a garage for the first time in my life…but my hands are so damaged that I need to rest them for a few days…just way too many cuts and my thumb is still sore so I think today will be a day off…I did find some of the baseboard trim that I thought was gone and I am going to try to see if that will still work in the living room to cover the joint between the wall and floor…if it does, I will need to repaint it since the black paint on the pieces is pretty chipped…and I can use my new drill/driver to screw it down instead of doing it by hand and that will make it easier on my hands….I don’t think all of it is there but I think I can do the living room with what I found and that will look much better….not much to do today…I really do think I’ll take the day off today and just rest my sore bones…think I’ll even take some ibuprofen later to help….more later….

Well…just got the package that had parts for a piece of equipment that failed the other day and found out that it is permanently shot…but, I guess I shouldn’t bitch too much about the failure since I have been using it since 2007 with only one breakdown in all that time….so, I upgraded to a much more modern piece that only cost 59 bucks and has lots of features that I’m not sure I’ll use but it is cool that they are there…and now, I need to stop spending money completely until the third wed in December…oh, I did get my new hose today, too and it came with a nozzle and a hanger for the back of the house…all that for 24 bucks and if I give them my order number, they will upgrade me to a lifetime free replacement warranty so I think I’ll do that in the next few days…have to drain the other hose when it gets warmer and get that put away in the garage…and will probably never take it out again…the new one only weighs about 2 pounds and that is pretty cool…so some good, and some bad today…

Well….have been trying to find a political topic…a little anyway…with little success today…I have been distracted by the crappy cold weather and the snow on my car this morning when I got up…and I couldn’t find my scraper so that irritated me even more…so, when I was getting the trash bin filled for pickup tomorrow, I kind of got lost in cleaning the garage and seeing if I could pack stuff well enough for me to get the car in so I don’t have to scrape in the mornings….and after about an hour’s work, I have a garage! It was actually pretty easy to get everything stashed and there is plenty of room to even work on every side of the car…so, everyone…if you don’t see my car in the driveway, I could still be here…this is the first time ever that I have had a garage to put MY car in…there was always room for everyone else’s cars to go in the garage but mine was always out in the snow and rain…so, I really don’t know how to act other than to smile a little…and now I can work on the car inside for the first time ever…that is going to be weird…but, cool….

Well…it appears to be a normal morning with getting up a little after 5 but it is damn cold outside at 27 frickin degrees…just not ready for it to be this damn cold…and it is going to keep me off the bike for  a second day and that is annoying…I finally broke down and took some ibuprofen for my thumb last night and that was a good idea since it doesn’t hurt much today…not sure why I have been resisting using pain killers since I hurt all the time and I do need to keep the inflammation down…I did get my errands run yesterday and I am still surprised by how easy it is out here…even found where the daily deals is and got some smoked turkey breast for 1.29 a pound…had to buy over 6 pounds but that is still a deal and half of it will go in the downstairs freezer…I had to laugh about some stuff I ordered from Amazon yesterday that was not supposed to get here until next week but is coming today…that is pretty cool since I need it…I am going to make a run out to HF today to get a new battery switch for the car…the one that is in there appears to be shorting out and takes too many turns to disconnect it…and I am going to buy a cordless drill/driver for 16 bucks…not sure why I haven’t bought one before now since they are pretty handy and will keep me from having to drag my 100 foot extension cord around the house and yard….I am thinking of just driving the Miata through the winter and then buying a new one in the spring since this one has rust in it and needs a lot of money put into it….and I like the “B” body style so maybe that’s what I’ll do instead of getting a winter car…but, that still doesn’t help with hauling stuff but that is pretty much done with this house so I think I can get by…more later…