Well…what an ordeal…I switch the winter and summer tires on the car today and it was a pain…the lug nuts they put on with the winter wheel were of a type I had never seen before and that I didn’t have a socket for…so I went back to discount to get one and they gave me one for free but when I put the wheels on, they lost a lug nut so now I’m going to have to buy one to match…what a pain…and man, are the winter wheels and tires heavy…each one must weigh 50 pounds when the summer ones only weigh about 25 pounds so it will be interesting to see how the car rides when I take it out next…I think I’m going to suit up and get on the outdoor bike here in a minute since the temp is 52 and the wind we were supposed to get didn’t come…also got the lawnmower fixed, I hope, so I can start on the yard next week…still having good results of not having cocktails but I’m still not past the boredom that comes with it…going to keep it up just to see how it feels…I did taste lunch a little today and I am looking forward to doing the pork shoulder Friday…okay, going for a ride…
Of course he folded…
Well…with the announcement of a cease fire with Iran, it is clear that the idiot trump got nothing he wanted…Iran still gets to keep all of it’s enriched uranium (that idiot boy claimed 5 times that was “obliterated”) and the deal is half of the Obama deal that the idiot tore up since he truly believes he the “bestest negotiator in the world”…and he spent over 300 billion dollars to gain absolutely nothing other than killing Iranians…and the mockery of him coming out of Iran is just delicious and made me laugh my ass off…look, when a stupid person is told he is the smartest in the world every day by his minions, this is what you get…and when we take back the house, he’ll never be able to use and abuse our military again…and he will be impeached for all of his crimes…geez…
April 8th
Well…okay, that was weird…after waking up at 3:11 after going to bed at 9:30, I was able to get back to sleep until 5:10 and in that time I had a full blown dream for the first time I can remember…this one was a doozy with the front door of the house that opened on a London street and the back of the house open to a lake…and weirdest thing was Mick Jagger and Rod Stewart just showed up and hung out with everyone….lot’s of food and drink and complaints from the neighbors that it was too loud and it went on for hours…I woke up and feel full of energy so I guess there is something to this new no cocktail life…the only drawback is that the tv time at night is so boring that I went to bed at 9:30…I guess that will stabilize over time…froze my butt off again so I added a wool blanket on top of the comforter and it acted like a weighted blanket after that… a lot less tossing and turning and I stayed warm overnight…it got down to 25 overnight and I am so damn tired of the cold going all the way down to my bones…have lots to do today and might even put the summer tires on the car after I fix the lawnmower…but it has to warm up to get the JB weld to cure so that might wait til later…okay, that’s enough for now…more later…
My taste is coming back…
Well…this is just so damn weird…after just two days of not having cocktails, my vision is heading back to normal and I have started to taste things again…just had lunch and I could taste the ham, mashed potatoes and gravy, and even the corn…not how it used to be but I’ll really take anything to make it better…so it looks like my days of cocktails are over if I ever want to be normal again…and really, I’m okay with that…just need to make no cocktails the new normal and I think I can…and being able to taste again will be great when we head for Italy in September…the dentist recommended that I get a water pik to work my gums and make them stronger so I ordered one yesterday…a rechargeable portable one that has lots of attachments and three speeds and that is supposed to be here today…and that I can pack with me for the trip…okay, time to read some more…
The idiot trump writing appeals?
Well…after a judge ruled that the idiot trump has to have the plans for his stupid ballroom approved by congress, of course idiot boy appealed it not with any legal arguments but with a litany of justifications that had nothing to do with the judge’s ruling…and legal pundits are savaging it saying that it reads like idiot boy wrote it…and he probably did depending on his crappy legal team to turn that turd into something that meets the legal framework for an appeal not even arguing the legal facts of the judge’s ruling but just saying that the ballroom is needed for “protection” of the people who work at the WH and then going into the specifications of the travesty which have nothing to do about whether the construction is legal without congess’ approval…I wonder where they find these incompetent lawyers? I sure hope the next administration tears this monstrosity down and restores the dignity of the WH…geez…
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March 7th
Well…up and moving at 5:23 and that was a little early with not getting to bed until 11 or so last night…the 2nd night with no cocktails was pretty boring but I actually had dreams and that hasn’t happened in years…that is enough to keep up this dry time…feel okay today and I can see again with just my 2 reading glasses and I don’t think my vision has been this clear in quite a while…it’s still damn cold out there at 25 degrees and I’m going to do the grocery run today since it is going to be warmer tomorrow and I can get started on fixing the lawnmower and the yard work…not sure if I’m going to get started on changing out the winter tires for the summer ones and it is still in the back of my mind that it can still snow but I really want to get the car cleaned up and ready for summer…I even had wisps of being able to taste yesterday and I’ll do anything to get that back…so I guess we’ll see…not much to do today…just going to take one more easy day before I get back to getting stuff done around here…found a great rub for the pork shoulder that I’m going to use later in the week…more later…
Deck chairs on the Titanic…
Well…as the idiot trump considers firing more of his incompetent cabinet (all women)…the visual comes to mind of that old cliche of “rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic” and then continue their delusion that his problems are all caused by the media just not getting how “amazing” he is…but he sure won’t fire Litnick who is all over the epstein files just as idiot boy is…look, it’s not a messaging or media thing…it’s a stupidity and incompetence thing…he had no plan for going to war with Iran and had just wishful thinking that bombing them for a couple of days would get him the “regime change” he wanted…the only problem is that his stupid attempt didn’t result in what he wanted since it was never going to happen…and that goes with his trying to bully the rest of the world to bail him out and they all said no…and he can’t sue to end the war, he can’t declare bankruptcy to end the war, or stiff creditors to end the war…and those are the only things he knows how to do…he created this mess all by himself and now he whines that no one sees the “awesomeness” of what he has done…hey, stupid, it’s because it’s not awesome to spend 200 billion dollars to be led around by netenyahu and kill thousands of innocent people…geez…
Saving the political stuff for later…
Well…Sitting here finishing up the coffee as I wait to head out for the dentist appointment at 9:15…feel pretty good this morning so I think I’m going to make this no cocktail thing last for at least a week just to see how much damage I’ve been doing to my body…already have a lot more energy and the indoor bike ride was an easy one…I’m hoping that cutting out the cocktails will let my sense of taste come back a little…I know my vision is better after only one night so that is enough incentive to keep it up for a while…and I’ll be losing weight without the extra calories so I can buy new clothes for the Italy trip…and I can spend the money I’m not spending on booze to update my wardrobe…okay, need to get ready for the dentist by doing a good job cleaning my teeth…more later…
March 6th
Well…up and moving again at 5am and I didn’t sleep too well but there is a reason for that…not sure what that is yet but I know I froze my butt off in bed all night and I wonder if the unrelenting cold out here has something to do with it…this is the coldest spring on record and today is going to be 20 degrees under the average high for April and it’s getting down to 21 degrees overnight and that just sucks…need to go out for a dentist appointment this morning and I’ll have to warm up the car since it’s only 32 here right now…last night was the first night of no cocktails and I feel pretty good this morning so I’m going to continue that for a while just to see what the effects are…can’t hurt…and it will save me some money…have the food all planned for this week and will be cooking the pork shoulder Thurs or Friday and that will keep me eating for another week can’t wait to make some pulled pork sandwiches and pour gravy over everything…not much to do today…going to be too damn cold to work on the lawnmower so I think I’ll just do one more hibernation day and do some reading after I get back here…more coffee first…
The easiest day….
Well…okay, it was probably the easiest day today since all I did was the weight work and one indoor ride and that meant I was done for the day before 8am…so all I did was read all day since there no races on…finished a book and I’m 3/4 through the next one but I still have 4 more to last until later in the week…only had one meal today but I am going to have a snack later of rosemary and olive oil wheat crackers with pastrami and swiss heated…need to heap a lot of flavor on with not being able to taste much…and it’s a no cocktail night with having a dentist appointment at 9:30 tomorrow to get my teeth cleaned…need more water and to watch some tv…