Well…darn, have had another busy one today and I’m just now done and it’s pushing two pm…started out the day with being ready to get on the bike by 7:15 but when I got out there the rear tire was flat so I must have pinched it with the tire tools when I changed the tire yesterday…so I did my best imitation of a nascar pit crew and put a new tube in it…only took about 5 minutes and then I got out and did three rides for another 38 miles…when I got back here I got cleaned up and put the chicken on the grill and, while that was cooking, I took care of the garden, cut some lettuce for the burger I had for lunch and for the chicken sandwich I’m planning on for later, and trimmed the small shrub that is next to the back door…shrank it back to how it started in the spring and have to keep at it so it doesn’t get too unruly…and now I’m finally done for the day other than the weight work and I am going to watch the F1 race in the rain in Canada and then the indycar and nascar race later…I need some time off but I may start on the bathroom in between…and I need to start on the windows…just have too much to do…I will have beans at about the end of next week and can’t wait…will have meals of just beans…I hope…

Well…damn, I’m sore everywhere this morning and I wonder how it’s going to feel on the bike? Going to do three rides outdoors this morning since there is little wind and it’s going to be sunny and almost 60 when I go out in an hour or so…I am going to sit here and enjoy the luxury of coffee and time today…don’t have anything to do today…okay, I do have things to do but nothing that is really pressing so I can choose what to do…going to grill some chicken today so I can make some chicken burritos for the next few days…I do need to clean the bathroom at some point and that will probably be this afternoon…the pain in my shoulders has moved to the right side where it has always been and it must be from sleeping on it last night…didn’t sleep well with getting up around three and then up and down the rest of the night but I feel okay…but the coffee needs to work soon or I’ll be dragging on the bike….it was a little weird to have a big chunk come out of the rear tire tread on the bike yesterday…it was as big as the tip of my finger and I could feel it through the seat coming back…but the tube protectors did their jobs so I didn’t have to put a new tube in…lots of races on today with F1, Indycar, and nascar all on and at the same time so I’ll have to pick what I want to watch…and cook chicken before all of that….more later….

Well…darn, it’s been another one of those busy days with going over to my brothers house again and spending over 4 hours there working…but, the day started out with me losing power while I was on the indoor bike around 8 am…then over to work on the tools, back here about 1:30pm and decided to take a ride in the rain…chunked the rear tire so I had to replace that while I was grilling burgers…glad I had remembered to buy a tire a couple of weeks ago to have one in stock…so, I’ll have to buy another one this week…the one I took off had holes all over it but I’ve only had one flat so far this year…fingers crossed…I did get some more tools today…got an electric impact driver that I’ve always wanted and a few small things…some little clamps that will come in handy when I get to patching the tubes I have downstairs…and I haven’t had time to even look at the news or do my weight work yet…butter get moving…again…

Well…damn, need to get moving right now since I am going over to my brother’s house again today and need to get a bike ride in before that…so that gives me 10 minutes to drink coffee and do this….had a good day yesterday but didn’t get a damn thing done and today will be the same…need to get started on the windows  and I’ve never been this late since I’ve lived here…damn, I’m getting old….when I get back here I need to grill some burgers since I thawed a pound of burger that needs to be cooked and I’ll need to add some chicken breasts so I’ll have food for the week…and I’ll make a batch of chicken masala tomorrow and probably some chicken burritos…want to make a pizza this week, too so I’ll have plenty of food…too much, really…it is supposed to rain today so I wonder if that will keep me off the outdoor bike? I can live with 16 miles on the indoor bike and can probably use the rest…not much to do today…just the work at my brothers and back here to figure out what else I need to do…more later…

Well…it has been a pretty good day today with all of errands I had to run and getting three rides in…and this afternoon, I’m heading over to Hackley Park for the “taste of Muskegon” with 30 food trucks, music and lots of other activities…going to ride my bike over there and hope I can just walk it around with me…if they don’t let me in, oh,well…I did go to the atm today to get cash out to have for the food tonight and just realized that it is the first time I’ve had cash in my pocket sine getting back from the trip last October…weird…it looks like I’m going to try to get another year out of this Miata since I can’t find one that I can afford with the prices doubling in the past two years…so that means I’m going to order a set of front brake pads and install them next week…they’re only about 45 bucks so no big deal…going to leave here at about 4:30 when the park thing opens and before it gets so busy…won’t spend more than 10 bucks…but it will be nice to get out to an event and the only ones I do are outdoors so I have to take advantage of them…

Well…damn, how the heck can I be running late with only being up for a half hour? Need to get moving so I can get the bike rides started and run an errand by 8am…had a really busy day yesterday and didn’t get everything done until after 2pm…I did get the lawn mowed and weed killer applied after the 33 miles on the bike and I cut lettuce out of the garden to make a salad…I really like the flat leaf lettuce I planted…it has a better flavor than iceberg and I’m going to cut more to use on some burgers I’m going to grill this weekend….going to be eating out of the freezer for the next week or so since no one had any protein on sale this week…I was really sore last night after all the work on the yard yesterday but I feel okay right now and will be getting on the indoor bike in 20 minutes or so…should have the rides in by noon or so and I need to get started on washing the exterior of the house so I can get the windows cleaned…the people doing the condo project are putting on boat races in a couple of weeks and that may be cool to ride out and see…I need to put the new beach sticker on the car…think I’ve resigned myself to keeping the old Miata running through the year as I wait for the prices to come down so I can buy another one….not much to do today…just the rides and an errand and I need to get that done by noon so I can relax a bit…the busyness is wearing me out…more later…

Well…damn, I’m worn out from the busy day yesterday and it’s almost going to be that busy today…need to get on the indoor bike here in 30 minutes but I just poured the first cup of coffee and it’s not working yet…need to do the grocery run today but I really haven’t planned any meals and probably should…thinking about grilling burgers and using my lettuce from the garden for that and for a salad…I am going to get to 4,000 miles for the year today and I wonder if I should take a couple of days to heal my body? Not off, since I have the goal of riding every day this year, but maybe a little easier…say only 20 miles? Hoping to get back to the normal routine today so I can go on autopilot for a bit…allergies are nuts and I need to remember to treat them before I get on the indoor bike in a few minutes…it rained again last night and I sure hope that keeps my lawn alive for a while…it was looking pretty brown and I hope the food I put on helps…not much to do today…just grinding through my day gig as Donald puts it….more later…

Well…I hope you can bear with me a bit…it’s 4:30 pm and I haven’t had the chance to read any news yet to get a political topic for today…got the indoor ride in and then over to my brothers to work on his garage for 4 hours and made a lot of progress but will be going back there for a few more hours Sat to work on the small stuff…we had a lots of laughs about just how much stuff he had…I mean, does anyone need 3 table saws? Or three air compressors…and duplicates of almost every tool he had so I came home with a Ryobi sawzall with a battery and charger along with a drill driver and battery…along with a saber saw and some other tools…oh, and my SIL gave a paper shredder that works like a champ…and then I got two rides in outdoors for 33 miles…and that means I’ll get to 4,000 miles tomorrow…had to push the grocery run back to tomorrow…and I’ll try to get back on schedule with politics…maybe even tonight…

Well…finally, we got some rain overnight and it’s still raining right now…and there is more coming in that will hit later so I think my lawn will survive…didn’t sleep at all last night and was up around 5:30am today…heading over to my brother’s house this morning to go through his tools and garage stuff so my SIL can sell it…but first I’m getting on the indoor bike by 6:30 to get at least 8 miles in today but it will probably be 16 miles with doing another indoor ride when I get back here…and that will put me at 4K miles tomorrow and that is so early for that mileage I’ll probably never do that again…still pretty sore from all of the miles and yard work so I think I’ll take an ibuprofen before we head out…this constant pain is wearing me out but I know it’s going to continue as long as I’m doing 38 miles a day on the bike…have to push the grocery run back til tomorrow but I really don’t need anything so that’s okay…I am contemplating stopping at DD to get some ghost pepper chicken fries for 5 bucks for 5 pounds but I’m not sure if I can tolerate the heat and I don’t think I have room in the freezer….so maybe not…not much to do today…just the run into GR and then back here probably around noon or so….then we’ll see about the rest of the day…….more later…

Well…as of today, I only have about 44 miles to go to get to 4,000 for the year so far and I am quickly catching up to the indoor mileage total with the outdoor miles…2,054 indoors and 1,902 outdoors…got three rides in today before 11am but tomorrow looks a bit iffy with rain all day so I may only get 16 miles in downstairs…my body can use the rest but we’ll see…it’s 85 out here today but the temp is going to drop to 70 or so Thurs and then down into the 60’s for a couple of days…I have flowers on almost all of my veggies and the pollinators have done a great job since I have tiny little beans on some of the plants…the peas have flowered along with one Jalapeno plant and the two big tomato plants have flowers on them so more successful already than last year…and I have 6 cuke plants that seem to be doing okay and I sure hope to get a few for pickles this year…even have 6 sunflowers that have survived…oh, when I went out to ride I found a shredded rabbit carcass lying next to the garden and I wonder if it was a coyote or a group of feral cats? Don’t know but half of the rabbit was gone and the half left over was mostly skin and feet….one less rabbit to attack my garden…