Well…I did go out and get the lumber I needed to finish up the door frame work but I did something to hurt my back on the lower right side and it’s pretty bad just sitting here…and that adds to my thumbs that I can’t use from the cracks that is causing a lot of pain every time I hit the space bar…the boards did fit in the car with the top up but just barely but with it 42 right now, it wouldn’t have been bad driving with the top down…I forgot that I had a recip saw and new blades that I can use to cut the tips of the side trim on the door frame and I should do that today along with getting the top plate anchored so I have something I can nail the trim boards to…but with the way my back feels I don’t think I can do that right now…and I have been having problems with finding a political topic that grabs me so I’ll work on that later today…right now I just need to take something for my back…more later…

Well…damn, now I know why I haven’t been sleeping…the depression seems to be back and all of my energy is gone so getting on the bike is going to be a struggle today…but I have 35 minutes before I have to go down and I do need to do three rides after taking it easy yesterday and only doing two…it stayed over freezing last night and we are in a string of days over 40 for the next few and that means no snow or shoveling and I can take that all day…don’t really have to cook for 4 or 5 days but will have to plan what I have to take out of the freezer for the weekend…probably some chicken thighs before the next batch of Masala….looking forward to chili dogs for later today and will be loading them up with cheese but I have to remember I have lettuce and tomatoes so I’ll need to make a salad in the next few days….my damn thumbs are still cracked and hurt like crazy whenever I use them and that happens every winter but it doesn’t make any less of a pain…not much to do today…I measured the car to see if the boards will fit and it’s iffy at best but I can put the top down if they don’t…don’t feel like screwing with it but I have to keep putting one foot in front of the other…more later…

Well…it is nice to a bread recipe that I can make when I want something different…made the second sourdough loaf to have with potato soup I made this morning and it was even better than the first one I made…and I did this one with my own starter that was fresh Friday…much thicker than my son’s and I’m going to make a fresh batch of starter for every loaf….and I looked in the fridge today and remembered that I have shredded cheddar in there so the chili dogs for tomorrow are going to have cheese on them…I had to rethink the frame work downstairs and need to get some 1×6 boards and I hope I can get them in the car since they are 6 feet long…might have to put the top down to get them in…might run out and check with a tape measure just to see…but I’m done for the day and only did two rides but will be back to three tomorrow…okay, out to measure then reading…

Well…it’s 6:50 and I just started pouring the coffee down so getting on the bike is going to wait a bit until I feel the caffeine start to work…slept okay last night but sure don’t feel like it right now…and the batteries in my BP machine went dead but I had more so no big deal…and my BP was okay at 123/67….didn’t get a lot done yesterday other than fiddling with the damn trim on the bike room door but I won’t be working on that today….have to make soup and sourdough bread for lunch so that means I have to get off my butt and get moving before 7:30….the skin on both thumbs have cracked and it hurts like crazy to use them for anything that puts pressure on them…and that is everything and that sucks…we could have the third day in a row of no snow and I sure need that…this winter has been wearing on me and I just want it to be over…another week and we’ll be into March but it looks like we will be in the 20’s after this little warm up that is going to last a few days….oh, well…not much to do today…just riding and cooking and the race that’s on this aft…today may be that elusive 2 ride day so I can take it a little easier…but who knows? More later…

Well…I was trying to re-assemble the door trim I am working on and it just doesn’t fit so I need to rethink what I’m doing…instead of using the crappy trim across the top of the door, I’m just going to cut the mitres off the side trim and put a1x4 flat board across the top and I can get a 6 foot one for about 4 bucks and the width I need is 36 inches so I can get both sides out of one board…what a pain in the butt…oh, well…it didn’t snow again today and it was so nice to not have to shovel for the 2nd day in a row…and now it gets around 40 for the next three days so some of the snow is going to melt…I am a little excited to see how my new sourdough starter works when I bake the loaf I made today…mine is a little thicker than my son’s but it was bubbling like crazy and made the dough rise nicely so we’ll see tomorrow…it’s in the fridge doing the cold fermentation until around 11am tomorrow and I want to have it done before I finish the potato soup I’m going to make…okay…time to read…

Well…why the heck does Man U have to play so early? Their match against Everton is at 7:30 this morning and that means I have to be on the bike by 6:30 and that is in 15 minutes…and no, I can’t wait to ride until after they play…so I need to fly this morning to get my day started…and I sure don’t feel like it…didn’t get a lot done yesterday but I do need to work on some sourdough today so I can bake it tomorrow to go with the potato soup I’m making…damn, I’m worn out today…I am looking forward to a little bit of thaw that is going to happen over the next few days and I may be able to get out of here next week if the snow melts on the alley…it looks like I won’t have to shovel any snow again today and I can use the rest…both of my thumbs have cracks in them that hurt like crazy from it being so dry so I probably should rest them today…or wear gloves if I work on the door frame….crap, I need to get moving…more later…

Well…I was going to take it easy today but the door frame turned out to be more work than I expected and I spent a couple hours working on that today…lots of patching on the trim that will have to be sanded before I start putting it together tomorrow…I did get the new trim piece nailed in but the door frame trim at the top has to be glued in since there is nothing to nail it to…lots of duct tape to keep it in place til it dries…then I’m going to paint it white like the rest of the trim in the house…then start with gray on that wall that is a wallboard stud wall…at least I’m getting something done…and I made some more sourdough starter and with just two tablespoons of my son’s starter, it took off and is bubbling like crazy…going to make bread again tomorrow and that will get baked Sunday after the dough stays in the fridge overnight…and that will go great with the potato soup I’m making Sunday, too… but right now, I’m going to find something to watch tonight and read a bit….

Well…I may have hit the wall this morning but I’ll have to wait til I have this first cup of coffee to see for sure…I know I feel so damn worn out that I could be 80 years old…so getting on the bike is going to wait til 7:30 so I can get through the second cup…it looks like it’s not going to snow for a few days but I’ll believe that when I see it after all the snow we’ve had up here this winter…I am going to feed the sourdough starter today so I can make another loaf early next week and that will go well with the potato soup I’m going to make and I have some chicken thighs that need to be used so I’ll have food to eat out of the freezer…have enough chicken to make another batch of stir fry so I can try the bottle sauce I got this week…not sure what I’m going to do today other than ride the bike and work on the door frame but I may not do that at all and just read…I guess we’ll see…right now I’m going to pour that second cup of coffee and watch part of a cheesy sci fi movie….more later…

Well…I finally made some progress on the door frame and have all of the wood cut to start repairing it in the next couple of days…we are still getting more and more snow out here and it’s wearing me down…but we are going to be above freezing for 7 days in a row starting Sunday an three of those are going to be 40 degrees and I look forward to that…but then it goes back down into the 20’s for highs…spring is coming and but I won’t be able to get on the bike outdoors until mid April or so with how much snow we’ve had and how much is piled up still…unless it gets really warm really fast…oh, well…even with not having a lot to do today…I still didn’t get done til after 2pm and I am really tired of working all the time…going to feed the sourdough starter tomorrow so I can make bread in a few days….okay need to do my teeth and read a bit…

Well…it’s a hell of a lot of work to be old…feel so worn out today but it’s going to be an easy day with no plans other than to do three rides…have leftovers to eat and did the laundry yesterday so my afternoon is going to be nothing but reading and shoveling the damn snow…it is going to warm up a bit over the weekend but I just looked into the first week of March and it looks like more Feb weather with temps in the 20’s….oh, well…I do have to get the sourdough starter fed so I can make another loaf next week or this weekend…and that will have to set on the prep table for a few days for it to be ready to use….it would be nice to melt some of the damn snow out here and that might happen with three days of 40 for a high starting Monday…I should get on the bike right now but I’m taking another half hour before I do…and I need to work on the door frame later today to keep the progress going…it’s another morning of the temp in the teens and I am so damn tired of the cold…and now the next few weeks are going to be grinding out the last of winter…and I can’t wait til I can get outdoors on the bike…that looks like it’s going to be April again…ick…more later….