Well…had a pretty productive day today and still was done just a little after 11am…started with two rides and then worked on the yard for a couple of hours…trimmed all the low hanging branches on the trees and then mowed the lawn and pulled some weeds…and finished up the book that I started yesterday and I’m about to start the 2nd one after I do this…the big blue cruise ship came in today but they couldn’t get to the dock with the Irish music festival closing the park that the dock connects to…and that’s the 2nd time they couldn’t dock in the past two weeks…DD has some deals tomorrow so I need to do three stores tomorrow…they have fully cooked steak burgers on sale for 4 pounds for 10 bucks and I have room in the freezer for them…and a 24 ounce mixed salami package for 1.99…so the freezer will be filled again after eating out of it for the past couple of weeks…think I’m going to get some chicken breasts at aldis just to have some here, too, okay, it’s time to start the new book…

Well…man, I’m worn out today and it’s going to be a struggle to get out on the bike at sunrise…and I have a busy day to get done what I want to…need to trim the trees and mow the lawn after the rides…and I do need to continue the cleaning to get this place stripped down…I did get the first book started yesterday and hope to have some time to read this afternoon…not sure what the meals are going to be today but I did thaw a chicken leg quarter so I’ll bake that this afternoon with some fries maybe…I could make a big plate of chips and cheese to use the last tomato…who knows? Going to have to put long pants on for the rides…at least the first one since it’s only 47 right now and I really don’t want to be cold…darn, I would really like to just sit here and take a day off today but I won’t…have almost 700 days in a row of riding and need to keep that going….not much to do today…just need to get moving and get ready to get on the bike and I hope to be done with everything by noon or so….more later…

Well…I finally got started on the boxes around here and cut a bunch of them down and filled the trash bin with them…so I can have them picked up and get this place emptied so my daughter won’t have to do it when I’m gone….and I ran my shredder for an hour getting rid of bank statements, medicare updates, and all of the rest of the stuff you’re supposed to…and I did get out to pick up 5 more books for this week and I had to get bagels and cream cheese from aldis since I ran out….I was going to do yard work but I didn’t get the rides done until after noon and I will have them done tomorrow by 9:30am so that will work better…I did get some other cleaning done today and I’m going to keep that up tomorrow, too, again to get this place stripped down to bare just in case I die quickly…I so have to get under the car this week to find the clutch slave cylinder and bleed it…once I do that I’ll start thinking about doing an oil change with the two gallons of oil that came with the car…it need to have all the sand removed, too, so I have lots to get done this week…but right now it’s reading time…

Well…damn, it’s only 40 degrees out there so my schedule has to change and I won’t be on the bike until after the library run…so I’ve got a lot of time to kill since it’s only 6:30…will be back in jeans this morning and I can’t remember the last time that happened in September….up at about 6 this morning and I think I slept okay but still no dreams to speak of and that sucks…might have to grind some beans for more coffee since the pot was low today…I finally found the long sleeved shirt that I was missing tucked into a tote in the closet yesterday and I wonder how it ended up in there….sure don’t remember putting it in there and I looked for it for weeks…weird…didn’t get much done yesterday but today is going to be figuring out meals for the week…don’t have much in the freezer or fridge but I do have two containers of soup so I think I’ll take one out of the freezer…I do have two ham bones so I can make a batch of ham soup in the instant pot so maybe I’ll jut do that…or maybe wait til I use one more container…not much to do today…going to ease into it with how cold it is and that is going to be hard…oh, well….

Well…just finished the 4th book that I got Thursday so I’ll have to do another no reading evening today…back to the library tomorrow for 5 more and I’m just about out of the James Patterson novels and I don’t know what I’ll do next…I did get two rides in and for the first time ever, I saw two freighters passing each other in Muskegon Lake…pretty cool…other than that, this was just another boring day of races and football in a few minutes…it’s going to get a little warmer for a week of so and back into the 70’s for 10 days or so and then dropping into the 50’s and 60’s and down from there…I’m pretty happy hat the furnace came on with no problem so I’m good to go for the fall…will get a new filter this week since this place is dusty and I’m sure it’s pretty plugged…I’ll probably get two so I’ll have a spare…okay…the Lions start right now so I’m going to watch that…

Well….I think I’m a little weird when I woke up today to the furnace running for the first time since April and I found that comforting…this has been a really reliable house since I bought it 4 1/2 years ago…going into the wind yesterday has left me pretty sore all over today but I’ll be back out there when it gets light…I’ll be in long pants today with the temp only 44 out there right now and it won’t get much warmer before I go out…but it’s going to get warmer over the next 10 days and we’ll be in the 70’s starting tomorrow…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I’m going to try to clean the kitchen today and finish up the last book…and the Lions play and there are races on so I’ll need to get one ride in before 9, then watch the F1 race, then back out for the 2nd ride so I have a plan for the day…but first, coffee and a bagel with cream cheese…I sure hope the wind is not blowing 20+ like yesterday…it says the wind is blowing out of the NW at 13 and I’ll take that…more later…

Well…I’ve finally gotten some book discipline and have an unfinished book that I put down and watched some sports instead today…it was kind of strange to just do one thing this afternoon instead of multitasking and reading while I have sports on in the background…we’ll see how long that lasts…I did get two rides in with the wind still blowing 20 today and going into it I hurt my left thigh that is throbbing right now and I think I aggravated my left knee that I hurt in a crash a couple of weeks ago…and some idiot didn’t look and almost did the same thing by turning right in front of me as he tried to turn around…now, I’d never even change lanes without looking but this moron did and I damn near t-boned him…idiots…so I did eat two meals today…breakfast for lunch, and then a pork loin fillet with some fries…I won’t be buying any more of those since the price is up 100%, going from 99 cents each to 1.99…if food keeps going up like it is, I won’t be able to afford food in a few months…even DD’s prices have doubled lately so I haven’t gone there in 3 weeks…and even my coffee beans on Amazon went from around 14 bucks to almost 20 for an almost 50% rise….and I blame it all on the idiot trump and his stupid tariffs…back to soccer…

Well…up and moving a little before 6 this morning and I’m pretty beat  but the coffee should help with that after I get some of it in me…I can still hear the wind out there but it’s supposed to be down to 10 to 20 today so I’ll be heading out as soon as it gets light…I wonder if I need to do 3 rides today to make up for yesterday? Nope…I needed a light day and I didn’t gain 5 pounds from it so I can live with it…it’s a no leftover day today so I need to cook and I took some bacon out of the freezer so I can make breakfast for lunch and a blt for later…and I have breaded pollock fillets with fries for fish and chips for tomorrow…and I think I have pasta sauce to make some pasta for Monday…digging deep in the freezer now but I still have two containers of soup in there and two ham bones to make more ham soup this week…still have a book and a half to read before Monday but I don’t think I have enough to get through the weekend…oh, well…not much to do today…need to get the rides in by 9 and the math doesn’t work for that…it’s still dark and will be for the next hour and that will make me late for the MotoGP sprint race at 9…more later…

Well…the wind has been blowing like crazy out here all day from 30 to 50mph but that didn’t stop me from trying to get a bike ride in this morning…and I did try but only got about 5 miles out before a gust hit and I pulled something in my neck…so I turned around and almost didn’t have to pedal coming back…so only a 10 mile day and that is the lowest this year…I could have gone downstairs but the bike needs maintenance before I can use it so I’ll get on that tomorrow just in case…and I can try out my new rechargeable compressor that I bought for the car…after I got back here all I did was read and that was nice but I’m already working on the 3rd book since Thursday so it looks like I’ll have some no reading time Sunday afternoon…oh, well…and I think I’ll go back to reading right now for an hour or so…

Well…damn, up at 5 again this morning but there wasn’t a chance of getting back to sleep so here I am drinking my first cup of coffee at 5:40 and resigning myself to a day of sleepwalking from being exhausted…and the wind is howling so I may have to do an indoor ride for the first time since April…and that will take some work to get the indoor bike ready…and emby crashed again last night so I don’t have any tv to watch and that sucks…I do need to clean the kitchen today and figure out meals for the weekend but I really don’t care since I can’t taste anything anymore…okay…that’s enough of that…I do need to keep my 700 day streak of riding the bike going but I may only do 8 miles today to give my body a rest or try to ride outdoors in the wind…it’s 62 out there so it will be warm enough if I decide to go out…not much to do today…just cleaning and reading…I did finish the first book yesterday so that only leaves me with 3 for the weekend so I guess I need to parcel them out a bit….more later…