Well…I don’t know why I keep doing this to myself but it was another crazy busy day…started out with the indoor ride and then right out to the garage to try to find the brake noise and ended up pulling three of the four calipers to take a look at the pads and didn’t see anything that would do it…the fronts are down to about a third of the friction material and it could have gone hard so I’m going to order a set from the zone tomorrow morning when I run another errand I have to do…only takes about 15 minutes a side for the fronts and I should get them later in the day tomorrow so I’ll probably change them out Sunday since I’m going over to my brother’s house to help my SIL figure out what tools are there and get them ready for sale…my last brother and I are going and will probably be there most of the day…happy to help…after the car stuff, I did two outdoor rides and then got the string trimmer and edger out and did the entire yard and didn’t finish until almost 2:30pm…..from 7am and I am going to be sore later and tomorrow since I’m already pretty sore and stiff…oh, and I did a load of laundry and took care of the garden, too…so yeah, a crazy busy day today and I still have the weight work to do…I am going to skip cooking today and move that back til tomorrow…

Well…damn, up at 5:40 this morning and it’s already 6:30 and I haven’t gotten started yet…it’s only 43 degrees out there so I won’t be getting on the outdoor bike until later when the temp comes up…so I guess I’ll work on the car after the indoor ride and try to figure out where the noise is coming from…at least I’ll be working on it in a clean garage…the heat was on all night and it’s damn near June and that’s not right…but the lows will be in the 50’s starting tonight and I sure hope I don’t have to keep paying 60 dollar gas bills…I do need to cook today since I thawed some chicken for chicken masala and I did buy some chicken thighs that I will grill probably Sunday…and I have one salad to make…no, two since I have a tomato and green pepper that needs to be used…maybe I’ll cut some of it up and put it in with the pickled red onion just to see how it tastes…I’ll probably have to mow the lawn tomorrow and I should put the edger attachment on and do some edging since I haven’t done that this year…and I have more weed killer to put on those damn little weeds that have taken over the yard…and grass seed to put in the bare spots…just too damn much work to do and not enough time to do it…more later…

Well…I really thought that I found what brake was making the noise and fixed it…but no, it just changed the noise…it’s not as bad as it was so there must be another one that is bad…going to take the front wheels off and look at the pads tomorrow…it still sounds like it’s in the rear but I’ll look at the easy ones first…sure hope I don’t have to replace the caliper that has the broken pad retractor…that’s over a hundred bucks and the are a pain to change…it has been a busy one today with getting the indoor ride in, doing the grocery run, two outdoor rides, and then cleaned the car completely along with the garage, grill, and ramps…and that all started at 7am and I didn’t get done until 2:30….and, with only having a bowl of soup and an ear of corn yesterday, my legs were really flat on the bike but I’m doing that again today like an idiot…I suppose I could have a salad, too…I guess we’ll see…

Well…how the heck can I always be running late? It’s 6:35 and I need to be on the bike in 25 minutes and I sure don’t feel like it right now…pretty sore from folding myself into the rear wheel well to replace the rear brakes on the car yesterday but it feels good to have it fixed…it was pretty busy yesterday and today will be the same and I want to clean the car even though it’s a rusted old shell…haven’t done a full cleaning this year yet and the glass and carpets need work…then I need to get working on the house and get the windows started…so I have way too much to do and now I’m down to 16 minutes to get on the bike…I might have scared the bunnies away from my garden by throwing ice at them the other day since they haven’t been back…I did pick a leaf of my lettuce yesterday to chew on and it really tastes good so I can’t wait for it to grow more so I can have some salads…only had a bowl of soup and and ear of corn yesterday and I know that is not enough to support 32 miles on the bike but I’m going to do it again today like an idiot…but I need to lose more weight and there is no other way to do it…more later…

Well…man, another busy day today with an indoor ride, over to the library, and out for an outdoor ride, then I made a batch of soup, then decided I was going to try to figure out the brake noise that was annoying the hell out of me…it sounded like the right rear brake this time so I took it apart and yep, the inner pad had fallen apart and half of it was gone and the other half was just wedged in no longer attached to the backing plate….so I took it apart and this time the pad retractor worked perfectly and it took less than an hour from start to finish…so now I’m hoping that this will fix the long pedal travel, too, since I have the pads adjusted right…and I had the pads here from fixing the other side…probably should have just replaced them all but I seem so damn busy…after that, I got the second ride in and I still have the weight work to do…at least the car is now fixed and I won’t cringe driving it anymore…yay me!

Well…looking for a change, I got my Abbey Road coffee mug out this morning…it’s smaller than the red one my daughter brought me so I’ll have to pour more cups to get going…the heat came on last night and it’s darn near June and that is just wrong…and it’s raining out there right now so it may be a two indoor ride day today…I am going to make potato soup today to use up the small yellow potatoes I’ve had for a couple of weeks…and will do that for lunch…I still hurt like crazy from going into the big wind yesterday and I’m surprised that every time I move I find more pain from more places…and it’s not from sleeping wrong like almost every night…oh, well…no rabbits in the garden this morning but I think that’s from the rain were having right now…but it’s supposed to stop around 9:30am so there will be time to get two outdoor rides in this afternoon…and it’s going to warm up to the upper 70’s and low 80’s for the next 10 days or so with a little rain mixed in and I hope that keeps up to keep my lawn alive….and I have grass seed to put in to start trying to fill in the spaces where I killed the weeds….and put more weed killer on…so I’ll have to get off my butt and get some work done…starting in 13 minutes on the indoor bike…not much to do today…need to get on the bike after one more cup of coffee and I think I’ll do the weight work after that…not taking it easy for me…more later…

well…I don’t know how I got so darn lazy but I have to change that…I did get two indoor rides in and one outdoor ride in so I guess that counts for something…Oh, and I did finish up the second book and chased bunnies out of my garden where there were 4 of them around it this morning…they didn’t eat anything yet but you can be sure they will attack the lettuce that is growing really well and that I’ll be able to pick soon…it’s the kind that just grows leaves and not heads so I’ll have to figure out when it’s ready to pick and eat…okay, just watched a youtube video and the lettuce will be ready in about a week or so and I think it will be cool to have a salad from my garden…no tomatoes or peppers yet but they are growing out there and have flowered so in about 6 weeks I’ll have tomatoes and peppers…can’t wait to see what the chili peppers look like since I have a lot of them that survived and are starting to thrive…okay, need to get ready to be lazy the rest of the day…

Well…not sure why but I felt cold last night and I’m sitting here in almost winter clothes trying to get warm…one of these days I’m going to not think about schedules and bike rides and just wing a day,,,but not today…have 25 minutes before I need to get on the indoor bike and it’s almost warm enough to go outdoors when I’m done with that…slept okay last night but I’m sore darn near everywhere so there may be some ibuprofen in my future…not sure how that happened since I haven’t done anything but ride the bike…it feels like another ride into the wind but it wasn’t too windy yesterday…maybe I just need a light day…I used to take a day off for recovery regularly and I may have to start doing that again as I get older…today is the last day of leftovers so I need to plan some meals today…more potato soup and chicken masala? Have all the ingredients that are edging toward spoiling so I just need to take the chicken out of the freezer and spend a day cooking tomorrow…I think I need to get the recipes out and start to use the canned goods I have on my prep table…not much to do today…I really should start on the windows but I sure don’t feel like it right now…13 minutes til I need to get on the bike and I’ve only poured half a cup of coffee down and that’s not enough….but I guess I’ll survive it…more later…

Well…it was a pretty good day today and I even got my 32 miles in today and only had to skip the second half of the F1 race to do it…it was boring anyway…and now I’m watching Indy that started 4 hours late so it is running at the same time as the Coke 600 but I’ll finish Indy before I go over to watch nascar…I do have some flowers on both my bean plants and pepper plants…and quite a few of the pepper plants that came up in the cups are starting to grow so I’ll have peppers late in the summer…and I’ll plant the last pack of broccoli seeds in about 3 weeks so those will feed me later in the summer, too…I even have 6 sunflowers that the squirrels haven’t discovered and they are up over a foot tall now…but I’ll probably go out there tomorrow and they will be cut down…we did get some rain here but it didn’t last nearly long enough for the lawn but I’m not going to water it…it may rain later tonight so I’ll keep my fingers crossed…I think I may do a second planting of beans later, too since they freeze well and I’ve never grown more than I can eat…need to plant onions next year…if the leeks don’t turn out…

Well…damn, I have 5 minutes before I have to get on the indoor bike to start the day and I’m so worn out that it is going to be a struggle to get moving…the assholes up here were lighting off fireworks all night last night so I ended up sleeping with earplugs in…they need to repeal the fireworks laws that the repubs passed a few years back…what’s the point of it anyway? Freedom? For who? Today used to be my favorite race day of the year but with having to get so many miles in on the bike, it’s just work now…and I hurt my back somehow and it hurts to just sit here…crap…it looks like Indy may be rained out but I guess I’ll just have to wait to see about that…lots of storms on the radar but, with our luck out here, they will probably all just fall apart and it will stay dry even though the forecast says 100% chance of rain…still have leftovers so I don’t have to cook today but I should make some potato soup to use up the yellow potatoes before they spoil….not much to do today…just wedging in the bike rides when I can and watching the F1 race to start the day…probably won’t get the full 32 miles in today but that’s okay…feeling like I need a break after the indoor ride to heal up some…more later…