Well…damn, the rides seem to be getting harder and harder lately and I sure hope it’s not from getting old…had a good first ride today and thought I was healing up in my right thigh and hip since it didn’t really hurt much but, as soon as I started the second, it started to hurt again and my legs just fell off a cliff about half way through and it was a struggle to get up any speed…I know the wind was blowing pretty good right into my face coming back but damn, what happened to my legs? Seems I have to remember that as I age I can’t expect to be able to go like I was able to at 50….oh, well…I did get the work done I planned to do today and the rug is clean and the couch has been cleaned and the cushions switched around….and I even cleaned up my coffee table table and got rid of the junk mail that was stacked on it…not a lot of work done but at least I did something and that might keep the guilt at bay…I did order my new see through window bird feeder today along with some new handgrips for the bike….the ones on it are falling apart and have become gooey and they stick to my gloves so it’s time…got some really cool ones for about 11 bucks that have set screws to keep them in place along with a shelf extension to rest my hands on like I do most of the time when I ride and that may help to keep my right thumb from hurting…that stuff will be here next Tuesday so I need to get some feed on the grocery run next wed…it will be fun to see if I get more kinds of birds than sparrows like I got in GR…and I can sit right here and watch them once they find the feeder…that normally takes a couple of weeks….should be fun….
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Everything is a “crisis” according to CNN…
Well…I am getting really tired of the media, especially CNN, having to make everything into a crisis and the worst thing that has ever happened every damn day….their latest botch job focuses on inflation and the price of milk for some reason and the reporter went nuts when the people he was interviewing said that they couldn’t afford milk anymore because of Biden’s inflation…and then, like the hack he is, the reporter then goes to the grocery store with the people so he can make it sound even worse, look, yeah there is some inflation right now and the cost of gas is high…and pork chops…pork chops!! Have gone up in price by 50 cents a pound…why doesn’t Biden do something about that? I mean he should go to the processing plants and stand on the dis-assembly line and single handidly butcher enough hogs to make the price go down…and after that, he should go drill some oil wells to get the price of gas down….yep, that was sarcasm…there’s not a damn thing that can be done about any of this right now since he can’t get legislation through the repub blockade that would help…so, for once, why don’t we blame mitch mcconnel for his obstruction? Hey CNN…here’s a story for you…think you could do some real reporting for a change? Geez…
November 4th
Well…running about on time this morning with getting up at 6:20 and just starting on the first cup of coffee…slept okay last night and just feel a little tired today but that is pretty normal as I get older…had an okay day yesterday and got a few things done but no real progress on the house and that is disappointing….need to get started on painting the inside of the house but I don’t feel any urgency to do it….I’m getting used to the ugly paneling and I think I’m going to have to force myself to get moving with all of the prep work that needs to be done….and I still need to find a doctor out here and that will be the project for next week…I am happy that I got all of the outside work done and all I have left to do is the leaves if they ever fall…I am still mowing the lawn and I wonder when it will stop growing…I think I mowed into the end of November last year so that means at least a couple more times….need to edge everything one more time and run the string trimmer so it will look nice and finished all winter….not much to do today…going to just ride in a little while and then see what happens for the rest of the day…I do have to clean the living room today and rotate the couch cushions along with doing the cobwebs and dusting….oh, and I get to have a bagel with my coffee today…yay….more later…
I’m worn out…
Well…darn, I was going to take it a little easy today but it just didn’t work out that way….after doing the grocery run where I had to get protein for the first time in a couple of weeks and got both some pork chops and some chicken, and even bought some bagels with cream cheese to splurge a little….then out on the bike for the first ride and I was in pain the entire way…something in my right hip and thigh is hurting and I wonder if it is from the stationary bike riding yesterday? It started right after I got off it and it hurt every damn pedal on the first ride…and the first one was brutal with how dead my legs felt…the weird thing was that even with the wind coming up to around 15 for the second ride, it was much better than the first one and the pain subsided a little….once back here, I ate a little for lunch then got started on cleaning even though I wasn’t going to…got the cobweb patrol done in my room and then cleaned the stove and and the storage shelf where I put my food….and now I’m in the middle of cooking dinner early with not eating much for lunch and I feel pretty darn worn out…so, I’m done for the day….going to take it easy and read the news for a while….
Elections…
Well…we had an election here in Muskegon and I’m pretty happy with the result…all three progressive candidates I voted for won their races so that was cool…we are going to have a new mayor replacing the repub one that has been in office for almost 10 years and I can’t be happier about that…but, I can’t believe that only a little over 4,000 people voted and the mayor’s race was won 2200 to 2100…and that is out of 38,000 people who live here…now, I know that the number of registered voters can be half of that or less but damn, only 4,000 voters? Now, that I don’t understand…I hit the record this year of being a voter for 50 years and have never missed an election that I was eligible for….and now with the permanent absentee ballots, it is just too easy to vote so I wonder why no one does? Oh, well…I did my part…..
November 3rd
Well…damn, I just realized that I have voted in every election I’ve been eligible for over the past 50 years…and the people I voted for won out here…so that is cool….up at 5:30 again this morning but I was able to go back to sleep for an hour or so and that wasn’t bad…but no dreams at all for weeks now and I wonder what that means? It’s damn cold out here at 29 degrees and that should start getting the leaves down so I can get them out to the curb….didn’t do the shorts to Thanksgiving thing this year since I became bored with it last year….but I had a long run of doing it…I think I’m getting more sensitive to cold as I get older and the damage to my thumb has done the same thing….it’s really weird how the cold makes it hurt and I’ve never felt that before…I do have a few things to do today starting with the grocery run here in a few minutes and I really do need to change up my diet a little…I know there are great foods out there that I can buy but don’t…like some crusty bread that costs about 5 bucks a loaf or a steak…haven’t had a steak in over two years and that would be great to taste…I am going to make chili this week and I haven’t done that since I’ve been out here….not much to do today…I am going to try to get out on the bike today but I am getting spoiled by the bike downstairs and I think I’ll be riding that a lot…it is just so easy to walk down instead of getting suited up…but exercise is exercise and I need to make sure I do two rides a day….more later….
Another wasted day…
Well…another day and another one that feels wasted with not getting anything done on the house….didn’t even get an outside ride in other than to go to the post office and drop off a bill that I had to pay…well, it was two weeks early but with how bad the mail is lately, I couldn’t take a chance of it being late….but, I did get two 8 milers in on the downstairs bike and that should be enough..it sure feels like I rode longer than when I do the 30 outside so I guess I can not feel guilty…decided to not buy new winter tires since the cheapest ones are 90 bucks each and I’m not spending over 400 bucks on tires that I’ll put 200 miles a year on….so the old blizzaks will go back on for one more year and I’ll just try to not drive much….and I can still look for tires over the winter to see if I can find some that are reasonable…I did get laundry done today so I guess that’s something but I’ll need to do more tomorrow….it looks like I may be out on the bike in shorts one last time this weekend since it’s going to be in the 50’s and I still need to winterize the car and clean it so that will work out well…have some rust preventer that needs to be applied, too so I guess I’ll be busy…
Why hasn’t the idiot been prosecuted?
Well…I’ve had this thought kicking around in my head a while and thought I’d try to get it out of there…whey hasn’t idiot boy been prosecuted for his malfeasance during the start of the covid pandemic? With estimates saying that his failures cost an additional 130,000 American lives, he at least should be prosecuted for negligent homicide and be locked up for the rest of his life…especially since all of their decisions were politically motivated…especially at the start when it looked like the virus was only attacking blue states and minorities and they were perfectly okay with that. What needs to happen, and I am confused why it hasn’t, is a investigation of the pandemic response from start to finish to find out what really happened…and then the doj needs to get involved to prosecute anyone who made it worse as they just did in Brazil with the investigators recommending charges against Bolsinaro…and since he is considered a mini trump, trump should be charged as well….geez…
November 2nd
Well…running late this morning and feel pretty crappy so I’m not sure how the day is going to go…slept okay but I just want to go back to bed and one of these days I’m going to…but not today…have a lot to do and need to get started soon…I was going to go out and buy some new snowies for the car but the cheap ones doubled in price over the weekend and I can’t figure that out…now the cheapest ones are around 80 bucks each so I may just use the worn out blizzaks for another year….or just not go out in the snow…I have that option with just a little planning and stockpiling groceries….I can see not leaving this place for weeks this winter and I’m not sure how that is going to go….I did get a little work done around here yesterday but I don’t feel like doing anything right now….but it is warm enough to get on the bike right now and I have to start thinking about that….my legs are okay after riding the inside bike yesterday but I now remember how boring that is….just looking at the wall of the basement is no substitute for the scenery outside….not much to do today…feel like a car with a dead battery right now and I’m not sure if the coffee will jump start me….or if I want it to…I wonder what would happen if I just watched old movies all day? Yeah, you know that isn’t going to happen…but I wish it would just once….more later…
First ride on the indoor bike…
Well…I did try to ride outdoors today and got out about 8:30 or so…but, the wind was blowing pretty good…about 15 that I could feel after I just turned the corner out of the alley….when I got to the point, it was blowing around 20 and that was just too brutal…so I turned around and came back after only three miles or so and decided to mow the lawn instead. After I got that done, and the mower worked perfectly, I decided to try out the downstairs bike and get some miles in…man, I had forgotten how much harder it is to ride a stationary bike that it is outside…even on the medium magnetic drag setting I was working way harder than I do outside and only rode about 8 miles before my legs started screaming at me that they had enough…by the time I was done, I had a total body sweat going on that was like riding outside in 90 degree heat but it made me feel good that I now have options to avoid the worst of the weather and it was nice to not have to suit up to ride…I will still ride outside as long as I can but some days I’m just not motivated to freeze and this will keep me going all winter…I wonder how sore I’m going to be tomorrow?