Well…I think I’m running a little late today since I finally didn’t get up at 5:30 and I’m not sure why that is…but, I’ll take it…slept okay last night but still feel a little slow today so I am going to wait for the coffee to work before I do much…other than this…it was an okay day yesterday but I didn’t get much done but cook so today will have to be better…but I don’t want to think about that right now…still need to wake up more before I even think about it…I hope the bike ride will be better today after the debacle yesterday…just couldn’t get comfortable and the whole thing was a chore and that’s not normal…but, it’s still too cold to go out in shorts so I am going to wait a while for that and read some news and have some more coffee….looking at the weather, I probably will still need a light thermasuit to go out but that’s okay…it looks like that will be the case all week…more later….

Well…it’s been a pretty lazy day today but I did learn three things that may be important but probably aren’t…first, the instant pot is not the best way to cook everything…the turkey breast that I made this morning was not even close to being as good as using the brining/roasting methods I’ve developed over the years…it came out dry and tough when my roasted ones are always moist and tender…second, it’s not a good idea to go out for a bike ride right after having a big lunch….it was such a struggle and I felt lousy through the whole thing and I won’t do that again…and, part of that might have been that the coffee had worn off, too…third, cleaning the oven without using gloves is a really bad idea…the skin on my right hand started flaking off earlier today and it continues now…it may be that I bought heavy duty oven cleaner instead of the normal stuff…whatever it is, I am getting gloves this week…

Well…running early again today and I wonder if 5:37 is the new permanent wake up time..I sure hope not but it’s been edging that way for quite a while now…I did sleep okay last night but I am noticing a slide back to the tossing and turning that used to frustrate the hell out of me…and I’m not sure what to do about it…I did get a bike ride in yesterday and froze my fingers so I need to re think the gloves that I am wearing…and I’m not sure when I’ll get out today…going to wait for it to warm up some so that will probably mean after noon…I did figure out how to get the water out of the top yesterday and it was just a matter of putting it down…that after I worked for a day trying to dry it….now I just need to get the thing sealed so it won’t leak anymore…but, it needs to finish drying first…I do have a turkey breast brining to cook in the instant pot today and I think I’ll do that for lunch…going to cook it in the pot and then slather it in butter and roast it in a hot oven to get the skin crispy…I think this will be a test run for t-day but I want a whole turkey for that and I know that won’t fit in the pot…the 7 pound breast I have barely fits….I may just take the day off and just cook and clean around here…and watch races and football…more later….

Well…nothing earth shattering in this update…just sitting here waiting for the temp to come up and the rain shower to stop so I can get on the bike so I thought I’d come here as I have my last cup of coffee for the morning…it did rain last night but the water int he tops is no worse than after I drained some of it yesterday so it appears that the top repairs are almost successful so far…now, I just need to have it dry out so I can finish the repairs…I did go over to Meijers to get the turkey breast but they were out of them…grrr….but, one of the people who work in the meat department subbed another brand so I got a better one for the same price and that was cool…and I just checked and I can brine it in the instant pot pot and don’t have to drag out the huge roaster that I use for whole turkeys…and this one is over 7 pounds and still fits fine in the cooker so I can’t wait to cook it tomorrow…hope it thaws in the brine overnight….more later…

Well…up early again today with getting out of bed at 5:40…got a text from T around then but that is not what woke me up…was already doing my final flop of the day to try to sleep some more but knew it wasn’t going to happen so I just gave up and got up…slept okay last night even with flipping all night but I feel a little odd today…think it may be another instance of not eating enough yesterday and that normally happens when I have fish for a meal and overestimate the calorie content…I did find a leak in the top on the car yesterday and spent part of the day figuring out where it came from and trying to do some repairs…will have to wait for a few days for it to dry out to complete them but it is not supposed to rain so that should work out…although it is raining right now…I hope the start of the repairs will keep out any additional water….now that I think of it, I think the leak was there most of the summer but it just didn’t dawn on me…oh, well….I do have an errand to run this morning…Meijers has turkey breast on sale for 99 cents a pound and I need to get one small enough to cook in the instant pot…but that will still be about 6 pounds…need to brine it overnight and I hope that thaws it…and I need to get my Mega tickets for tonight since the jackpot is almost 600 million….not much to do today…I do need to dig out the cold weather clothes for the bike today since the high is only going to be 43…and it was cold and brutal on the bike yesterday…more later….

Well…as part of trying to get my cholesterol down some, I have cut red meat out of my diet…and that includes both beef and pork…that is, until today…I found a couple of pork chops in the freezer that needed to be used so I made one of them for lunch today…not sure if I feel guilty about it or not but I still have another one in the fridge that I’ll have to make tomorrow…one of the problems with not eating pork anymore is the fact that it is so cheap…they have pork loins on sale for 1.15 a pound tomorrow and I am getting tired of chicken…but, they also have turkey breast on sale for 99 cents a pound so I guess I can live with that….I mean, 6 pounds of turkey for 6 bucks? Can’t really pass that up…oh, and I did have red meat a couple of weeks ago…but, it was venison and it’s so lean that I’m not going to count it as red meat….I DO get to make the rules after all…

Well…up too damn early again today so that puts me out of synch with the normal Thursday schedule where I don’t come here until after I do the grocery run…but, not today…have an hour before I can head out so I thought I’d get this done first…back to the iffy sleep that I have had for years and that just shouldn’t be with doing 46 miles on the bike yesterday…oh, well…won’t bitch any more about that…had an okay day yesterday but didn’t get much done other than cook some fish and look for houses with no luck…again….but, I will keep it up again today…and clean some…it looks like it’s going to be an iffy couple of days with the weather and I am not ready for that yet…so, I may have a few days off the bike and I could use one or two to repair the damage to my legs from yesterday…just have a dull ache that I may have to take something for but it’s less pain than I expected…not much to do today…I am going to clean after the bike ride but that is about it…the wind is already blowing over 20 so it may be a little brutal on the bike but at least it’s out of the West which will help on the first leg out…more later….

Well…have been working on a topic for this afternoon but nothing has seemed worth the effort…I think I’m experiencing news overload again and that is hampering my ability to make sense of anything today…so, I’ll put that on the back burner for now and go back to something that I do understand…with the weather being so nice today, and probably for the last time this year, I got out on the bike early…and with taking some ibuprofen before I left, I really had no pain through the first 20 miles and felt so good that I thought I’d turn around and run the route backwards to add another 20 to the total…and then I took a few side trips on trails that I normally don’t ride and that added up to a total of 46 miles for the day….by the end, my legs had started to hurt some and it took a lot of energy out of me so I am now just taking it easy to rest a little…and it just dawned on me that I can eat an extra 600 calories today with the added mileage…so, I think I’ll have an apple right now while I continue to think of a topic…and I might be back later for another one if I do…

Well…running early again today and this getting up at 5:30 is getting really, really old….and I am feeling really old today with all of the low level soreness that I have had the past few days…going to take some ibuprofen before the bike today to try to get the kink out of my neck and get the soreness out of my legs…I did get a few things done yesterday and finally got the top on the car repaired just in time since it is going to rain all day today starting around noon or so and then the temp is going to crash into the 40’s for highs…looks like I’ll have to get my long riding pants out for this weekend and into next week…not looking forward to that….but, it is October so I guess I’ll get used to it…it looks like another day of leftovers today but I do have some fish and two pork chops that I found in the freezer marinating for later today or tomorrow…yeah, I know…pork chops are red meat and I shouldn’t be eating it but I am not going to throw food away…it may be a good day to clean some around here when it’s raining and it is bathroom time again so I’ll probably do that…oh, and I didn’t win the Mega last night but no one else did either…so it’s 548 million for Friday and there is still hope…more later…

Well…running about on time today but I just can’t get too motivated …feel a little slow today and that means I’ll ease into it until the coffee starts to work…it was a nice, warm day yesterday and I had the top down out and back to pool…and I won that…and today looks like another nice one with it already almost 70 at 7am…so I can get out on the bike as soon as it gets light…and after I work out…I did get some of the rust taken care of on the car yesterday and today I need to make a repair on the top to get ready for winter…didn’t get much else done yesterday but I will do some work today cleaning and prepping some food for later in the week…have some fish that needs to be put in some marinade and found two pork chops in the freezer that need to be used so that will be lunch Thursday….I do need to get some oven cleaner to do a clean up inside of the stove since I did the outside the other day….more later….