Well…damn, up a little after 5 this morning but I did go to bed early from boredom so I guess that evens out…I did sleep okay, for me, and I feel okay this morning other than being damn sore from cleaning the garage siding yesterday…the last time I did it, I didn’t have the extension handle I used this time so it went a lot easier with a lot less climbing up and down the ladder…it looks pretty good and will keep til spring…might even get some of the house done this week…cripes, it’s only 35 out here right now so the outdoor rides will probably wait til later after I get the grocery run done…with wholesale coffee prices up 80% in the last 6 months, I wonder if I should stock up now before the increase hits retail prices more than it has? It’s already up to 9 bucks a can and could get to 12-15 bucks soon…hmmm…I am going to hit DD for chicken breasts at 2 bucks a pound so I’ll be making chicken Masala this weekend and potato soup today…I do need to plan better so I don’t have so many leftovers going on at once…the “saddle sore” I’ve been fighting for the past 10 days is finally starting to heal so it doesn’t hurt to ride the bike…or it does but it’s tolerable now…need to get on the bike here in  half hour to get an indoor ride in before I need to get moving…going to hit menards for some stump killer to treat the stump and let it rot over the winter…and I need to get the fence ties installed…maybe this afternoon…not much to do today…just my normal busy day that falls every Wed…four stores to hit today but I can’t buy much since the freezer is full…need to start using the canned goods I have on the shelf and make burritos to use the lettuce and tomatoes in the fridge…more later…

Well…damn after looking for an affordable Miata and not being able to find one…I’ve decided to look at Porsche boxsters, too…and with just a cursory search, I found some that were 5-6,000 dollars less than a comparable Miata…I mean a 2004 with 67,000 miles for under 10 grand? So that is going to be my new focus since Miatas are priced out of my reach for some reason…found quite a few boxsters for under 10 grand…all the way down to 6,850 for one with about 120K miles…and I really don’t care about the mileage since I put about 10 miles a week on my Miata right now…I know that Porsches are really expensive to fix but if I can get one for 5 grand less than a Miata, I can put the difference in the repair fund for when it breaks…I did get three rides in and even washed all of the siding on the garage today to get ride of the dirt, black mold, algae, and moss that was all over it…and it only took about an hour and a half this time with putting a long handle on the brush…so I may do the front porch tomorrow and the porch windows that are going to have to be replaced at some point…okay…going to go look at more boxsters…

Well…that wasn’t too bad…only up once at 3 or so and didn’t climb out of bed til around 6…lots of struggle to get to sleep and back to sleep but I feel okay this morning with being good last night…I could do that every day if I could just get past the boredom that comes at night…but last night was easier so I hope that continues…didn’t get much done yesterday but the bike rides but I am going to work on the stump today and get some stump killer at menards tomorrow to kill the damn thing once and forever…it’s cold again today and it looks like I won’t be able to get on the outdoor bike until 10 or so and it’s going to be cold like yesterday so it may be first fleece day today…and it appears that the weather change has come so I’ll be doing that every day…oh, well..I do need to do some meal planning for later in the week and I think I’ll make potato soup tomorrow along with some scalloped potatoes since my 2 quart baking dish fits in the toaster oven but I will still need to figure out what the protein will be to go with it…I do like the chicken/potato/rice dish I made last week but I still have leftovers of that for the rest of the week…so i won’t have to cook until the weekend with making the potato soup tomorrow…not much to do today…just need to get on the indoor bike by 8am but more coffee first…and I do need to get the grocery list done…I did drop my ballot off yesterday so I have already voted and now I hold my breath for a month….more later…

well…just took a look at the post count here and I’m already running three behind and it’s the first week of October…so, you’re going to see some filler until I get caught up…I’m sitting here waiting for the temp to come up enough to get on the outdoor bike and having the last cup of coffee while I do…have the indoor ride in already so at least I’ve made some progress…still have leftovers for today so I don’t have to make potato soup until tomorrow and I’m looking forward to that to use up some of the potatoes that I have way too many of…not going to ride over to the city offices until tomorrow to drop off my ballot and pay the water bill since, even in this small town, Mondays are pretty busy there…I had to put voltaren on my knees this morning they were so stiff and painful and I’m not sure what the reason would be other then riding in the high winds yesterday…it seems to be pretty calm out there right now but I’m sure there will be some wind since there always is…and we are getting down in the 30’s here for a low Wed for the first time since April…it is October in Michigan and I can live with that…but that will mean afternoon rides…okay…need to finish the coffee and get ready to ride…more later…

Well…damn, I wasn’t good last night and I was supposed to be…so I guess I’ll get back to it today…it’s pretty cold out here right now so the first ride will be on the indoor bike…the lows are going to be in the 30’s Wed and then bouncing around in the 40’s and that is to be expected in October here…it’s only 49 here right now and it won’t be warm enough to ride outdoors until 10 or so and that puts me behind for whatever I have planned for the day…I wonder if there will ever be a time that I don’t plan my day? I almost got there yesterday when I was sitting at the beach when I just sat there and felt instead of thinking…the feel of the wind and the noise of the waves almost broke through the urgency of getting the rides done…but not quite…oh, well…I did get my ballot filled out and signed yesterday and I’m going to drop it off tomorrow and pay the water bill at the same time…it is nice to live in a small town where it’s just easy to get things done…I am going to try to find the trail to Whitehall and do a color tour on the bike in a couple of weeks…it’s a 34 mile round trip and should be pretty easy if I can find out where the trail starts…might have to take the car to scope it out…not much to do today…have one more day of leftovers for both meals but I am going to make potato soup tomorrow to use up some of the 10 pounds of potatoes I bought Friday…and I’m going to try to make scalloped potatoes for the first time but I need some whole milk for that…will probably have to make a half batch to fit it in my toaster oven…more later…

Well…didn’t get out of bed til 6:30 this morning but I don’t feel like I slept much…but I feel okay and just poured the first cup of coffee so we’ll see after I get that down…the wind is supposed to come up to 20-30 mph by noon so I’ll need to get two rides in before then…so I’ll have to skip the Man U match that comes on at 9…or miss the first half and call it good at 25 miles…so that means on the bike by 8 for the first ride…didn’t get anything done yesterday but I will have time to do some cleaning today and I just need to decide what to clean…the house at the end of my street either sold or turned into a rental since there were people moving into it yesterday so I’ll be making a noise call soon…every time someone new moves into the neighborhood, they bring their thumpy assed bullshit music that I have to squash and I wonder where they are from where that is acceptable? Oh, well…it’s going to be cooler here from now on and I will enjoy that…I have always loved the fall and look forward to a color tour…have never been north to Whitehall and I think seeing that small town would be fun…have even thought about riding the bike the 17 miles to get there and there is supposed to be a trail that goes all the way…that will be on my list to do this fall…after all, 34 miles is right in my sweet spot for riding…not much to do today…have 14 minutes  before I need to get on the bike so I’ll pour down another cup of coffee and get going….more later…

Well…last week, I sat on a pair of my reading glasses and broke them…glued the bow back on but can’t fold them anymore so I decided to look for another cheap pair at Meijers…so I found another heavy duty pair and bought them but there was something familiar about the color of them…black on the top of the frame and clear on the bottom and that had stayed in my thoughts when I was looking in the bathroom mirror…and today I came to the realization that I knew why they were familiar…while I was growing up, my father wore glasses that were just this same color…and now I can see him clearly with those glasses on…the thing is, I don’t look much like him…I look more like my mother but now I think I see the resemblance in my memory…just a bit of a funny realization that has made me smile a bit today…I did get three rides in today but the wind was nuts out here..we have been under a gale warning all day and the wind was blowing 20-25 with gusts to 35 while I was riding outdoors and I had to push myself to remember to take it easy going into the wind and just not push it…and I don’t think I hurt myself much…hope so…time for tv and getting ready for the Michigan game…

Well…running late this morning with not getting out of bed til 7 and I needed that…and I even went to bed early last night…had a petty huge sleep deficit with only getting around 5 hours a night for the past week or so…but I’m not sure about the whole cocktail thing…it didn’t keep the boredom at bay last night at all…darn…I guess that will give me more incentive to be good and healthy…it was cloudy here last night so I couldn’t see if there were any aurora and that sucked with there being an X9 flare that should have given us some…it’s only 41 degrees out here so that is going to keep me off the outdoor bike until 10 or so but I need to get an indoor ride in before then…Michigan doesn’t play until 7:30 tonight so that opens my day up some…have been so damn sore lately and that continues this morning…my neck hurts to move it again and my knees have joined in the fun along with my right forearm…how the hell does that happen? I wonder if my body is telling me I need a day off? Yeah, it’s been telling me that all year but that isn’t going to happen at least until New Years…the chicken dish I made yesterday came out so good I really do need to remember what the heck I put in it so I can do it again…the first time using the new pot was interesting and now I know the changes I need to make to have to have the food come out better…put too much in it and it overflowed onto the stove top so I need to leave more room…not much to do today…crap, I should be on the bike right now and I’ve only had one cup of coffee…need to get moving…more later…

Well…it’s 20:05pm and I am finally done for the day after being busy again today…started with an indoor ride since it was sprinkling and cold at 7:30 this morning…then out to run the errands to pick up the veggies for the chicken dish I’m making this aft…along with the celery, carrots, and potatoes, I’m going to add red and green lentils, mushrooms and rice that will almost turn it into a gumbo but I really can’t afford 10 bucks a pound for shrimp…might have to add some chicken broth since the pan is quite big…I wonder if I should put 6 thighs in instead of 4? that would feed me until mid week and I like having easy leftovers…then two outdoor rides for 33 miles today and just put laundry in since I wanted clean bedding and I haven’t washed it for more than a week…I guess I could have just put another set of sheets on since I now have 3 sets but I was doing laundry anyway so I figured I’d just wash these…when I was at aldis today, they had potatoes for 3.49 for 5 pounds but I looked around the corner and you could get another 5 pounds for an extra buck so I got 10 pounds…not sure how I’m going to use them before they spoil but potato soup sounds good…there was an X9 solar flare and CME yesterday so we may get an aurora tonight…I’ll check if the clouds cooperate…okay, I need a rest and some veg time…

Well…up at 5;30 this morning and that is a lot better than 4:04 so I’ll take it…slept okay and only got up a couple of times but I’m sore everywhere for some reason…didn’t do much yesterday other than the rides but I need to do better today…and I’m going to start it off with a ride before 8 and then I need to go to aldis to get the carrots and celery that I need for a chicken dish I want to make this afternoon…and I remembered that I have lentils and chickpeas that I think I’ll put in it, too, to make the sauce a little more hearty…might have to see if they have potatoes on sale since mine are a little old and wrinkled…and after aldis I need to go to the library since I finished the three books I have checked out…it’s only 52 out there right now so I may do an indoor ride to start the day…I’ll have to make that decision here in about an hour but that gives me time to enjoy my coffee…but that might end soon with wholesale coffee prices up 80% over the past couple of months…I did buy a big can before the increases kick in and I think I’ll buy another one next week if I can find some on sale…oh, well…it looks like it’s going to rain a bit this morning so I guess I’ll be on the indoor bike for the first one…not much to do today…just cooking and cleaning since I’m too damn sore to work outdoors..why the heck my knees are hurting is confusing  me…I wonder if it’s the weather change that is coming or maybe I slept with them contorted? Who knows? More later…