Well…that sucked…tried to have a cocktail to celebrate my good health last night and it just wasn’t any fun so maybe I’m over it completely? Seems that way and I’m okay with that…emby lost all my channels this morning so I’ll spend hours trying to get them back later but I have things to get done before I can do that…it’s going to rain tonight and tomorrow so that means I need to mow the lawn today and that means no beach today…I am going to try to get two rides in before I do the grocery run and that means I need to get out by 6am or as soon as it gets light…and that is in 15 minutes or so and that is just not enough time to get enough coffee down me to fuel it so I’ll be gulping fast…still need to plan meals for the rest of the week but there is lots of stuff in the freezer and I may just wing i for a couple of days…there is the old standby of pasta and I have pounds of it dry…and if I make a pound it will last the rest of the week…maybe some potato soup tomorrow if it’s going to rain? Might only need to mow the front of the yard since the rest of the lawn is not growing much with how dry it’s been…yeah, I know…it rained Sunday and I rode in it but it never seems like enough rain to keep my lawn from going crunchy and dying…more later…
I’m happy they lost…
Well…Yeah, I never thought I’d write that about the US soccer team but after the idiot trump stuck his little corrupt fingers in to get the red card rescinded, the US was dead to me…didn’t watch it last night…and here’s the thing…idiot boy doesn’t know a red card from a red hat but in his tiny little mind, this is just another way for him to cheat…and he loves cheating as he has his whole life…but the thing that pisses me off even more is that the coach and team went along with it…bolugun should have faked an injury or the coach should have benched him or the rest of the team should have protested by not playing…there is no honor in sports anymore and to have the team allow themselves to be used and tarnished by the worst person ever to walk the face of the earth shows they are just as corrupt as idiot boy is and don’t deserve any respect…after working so hard for 4 years and to throw it all away for corrupt reasons tars every damn one of the team and now they will be known only for the rescinded red card, not how well they played or how much fun it was to watch the before that…they just have to remember this one thing…everything trump touches dies…as did the US men’s soccer team…geez…
Not too bad…
Well…had the checkup this morning and it was better than expected…when I got there they took my BP and it was under 130 which is so unusual when it is normally over 150 when I get there… and my weight is under 170 for the first time since I was young and the no drinking and starving seems to be working…every other test was okay with nothing raising any red flags…except my cholesterol which we have been tracking since I moved out here and the doctor recommended that we try the lowest dose statin and see if that will be enough to prevent a heart attack or stroke…and my doctor said to “keep doing what you’re doing” and said my health is better than 99% of his patients…whether or not I believe that, I don’t know but it does feel good that the work I’m doing is helping…so I’m going to enjoy that a bit this afternoon and do some reading…beach was nice but the water appears to be ready to turn over and get cold again…oh, well…
July 7th
Well…didn’t sleep for crap last night and I’m having coffee to help even though I’ve got my checkup at 9am this morning…not sure how much coffee effects my BP but I really don’t care…getting the rides in this morning are even worse for it but I’m not skipping them either…skipped the US world cup match last night and is it bad that I feel good they lost 4-1? I don’t think so but I’ll do one about that later…my sonicare toothbrush almost didn’t turn off after I used it this morning and I’m glad I have another one coming today…the switch started to collapse a couple of weeks ago and I knew it was only a bit of time before it failed…and I don’t feel bad about getting 4 years out of it for 20 bucks…not sure what I’m going to do today but it looks like a run out to the beach after the checkup but I need to hit aldis for some cukes to make some more pickles that I have figured out…and it’s pretty cheap…only a buck and a half for a quart jar? That’s pretty good and it only takes about 10 minutes to make them…and I found that the long English cukes hold up the best to pickling leaving them crunchy and not mushy like regular cukes…and I can see aldis from my doctor’s office so it’s no big trip…not much to do today…just the doctor, the beach, and figuring out what the meals will be later in the week…and some reading this afternoon….more later….
Excited about aluminum foil…
Well…I lost the crimp on the end to the rear shifter cable on the bike yesterday and I was sure that I bought some of them online in the past…couldn’t find them on the bike shelf or anywhere else so I must not have bought them…so I went to amazon to order 120 of them for 4 bucks but didn’t want to have an order in a box with just that tiny bag…so, I remembered I am running out of heavy duty aluminum foil and was going to buy some this week…the normal price for Meijers house brand is 4.59 for 50 sq ft and they never have it on sale so I looked on amazon for it and found 2 rolls of 125 sq ft for 15 bucks when 1 from meijers cost almost 12 bucks…so now I’m excited that I have a two year supply of foil here since I use so much of it to line pans and wrap food…yeah, my life is that boring when foil can make me excited…little things…
A better ride…
Well…today’s rides were much better with nice weather that was even a little cool when I went out…but no rain but I had to spray off my bike to get the shifters to work with all of the dirt and sand from yesterday…saw a lot of deer and even found a nice Nike hat that was floating in the weeds in Ruddimann creek so I considered it finders keepers and brought it home to wash it…must be a 30 buck hat that is in perfect shape and I don’t feel bad about fishing it out…it’s been in the creek for over a week and I was leaving it there to see if anyone would come back to get it…it may have been dumped in up stream and lost…can always use another hat and this one fits pretty good…and I don’t have to worry about getting it all sweaty since it can be washed…I finally got my absentee ballot today and that was a relief since I was going to have to go to the city clerk to get another one tomorrow after my checkup…so now maybe I’ll go to the beach since I got the weed walk done and shouldn’t have to mow the lawn until Thurs or so…I’m sure they have found something they are going to want to treat and I sure don’t want any more pills to take every day…I did get the chicken in the freezer today before it spoiled and have enough leftovers for tomorrow so I can figure meals out tomorrow…maybe just some pasta since that’s easy and I have some mushrooms in the fridge to add to it…we’ll see…time to read…oh, I did have to buy another Sonicare toothbrush since the switch on this one is failing…got 4 years out of it for 20 bucks so I bought the same one since I still have 3 new heads that will fit it…okay…now it’s time to read a bit…
Hubris at the SC…
Well…are the conservative SC justices stupid or just full of hubris? The ruling they have handed down with no arguments or explanation have put them in the role of kings that none of them seem to see as a problem…but the country is pissed off with the gutting of the VRA, and their slavish devotion to the idiot trump…and they don’t seem to see that almost 70% of the country wants true reform of the court including term limits (that will be retroactive when they are imposed) but alito and thomas think they are protected and can continue to make a mockery of the constitution…just wait assholes…when we take the senate back this fall, even repubs will support the commonsense reforms that will force the justices to just rule on the law and stop the political bullshit and graft that has been a hallmark of the roberts court…but now the dems need to make sure they are ready for the shenanigans that are being telegraphed that alito and thomas may retire so the idiot trump can appoint unqualified losers to replace them…just like kavanaugh and barrett….and they need to use every tool to keep that from happening…scorched earth is the only thing that will stop them…geez…
July 6th
Well…riding in the rain yesterday just wore me out and I’m not really sure why…I mean it’s just water so it shouldn’t be that much more work…hmmm…with the rain we got yesterday, my lawn should be greening up again but there is a drought coming with no rain for the next 2 weeks so anything gained will be lost pretty quick…I do have to spray the bike off before I can ride today or the shifters won’t work too well the bike has so much dirt on it…even with the fenders on the bike, I was still covered in crap when I got done so everything I was wearing went straight into the laundry…I do need to get the chicken in the freezer this morning after I do the weed walk and then start planning meals for the rest of the week…not sure about the beach today sine they just issued a beach advisory to stay out of the water so then what’s the point? It was pretty quiet here yesterday and I hope that continues since I am so damn tired of having to make noise complaints…okay…need to get off my butt and get the weight work done….more later…
Politics is wearing me out…
Well…as you can see, I’ve been doing less political stuff lately and that is because politics is just wearing me out and I need some time to let my brain rest and live in the world a bit…so, I did refill my weirdness bucket this morning with doing 26 miles in the pouring rain and having the trail all to myself…it was fun and warm enough that I didn’t even put my rain gear on so when I got back here I was covered in dirt and crud that filled bottom of my shower…it was the first time this year that I got 2 rides in with it raining and there were times it was raining so hard I could hear it hitting the bill of my hat over the music in my ears…I did see a few deer and some turkey babies so that made me smile…and it makes me smile even more that I am done for the day at 9:30 am and have Tour de France, World Cup, races, and reading to keep me busy today…oh, and laundry I started when I got back…do need to get the chicken in the freezer since I’m not making masala for a while but I may bake a couple more breasts to have sandwich material for the week…I guess we’ll see…more later…
July 5th
Well…I still think the days after holidays are the best days…and the day after the firework stupidity will allow me to get back to quiet around here…maybe…and here’s the thing, I used to love fireworks but I think it was because it was one day and then it was over…not the extended week of these morons getting after it…but, it was a pretty good noise day yesterday and I was able to get some reading in but we’ll see about today…the widget says it’s raining out there but the roads are dry so I’ll be able to get out on the bike before 6;30…to do that, I have to haul butt to get the weight work done and have a bagel with my coffee so I’ll be done before 9am when the F1 race starts…had some dreams last night that were weird but it was nice to have them…when I was cutting my hair yesterday the attachment fell off the clippers and I cut a big swath through my hair right down to my scalp so I had to even it out so now it looks like I have no hair and I don’t mind that look…it stayed over 70 overnight and pretty humid so the ride will be okay but there are showers coming in that I am going to ignore and just get wet if they come…not much to do today…going to be another day of riding, reading, and maybe cleaning if I get the ambition…I do have to do laundry but that’s no big deal….more later…