Well..with the warmer weather and the snow melting some, I only had a few doves on the feeder and very few other birds, too…kinda strange since most of the grass is still covered by snow since we had so much of it…at least that will save me some money…I am going to get to 700 miles for the month tomorrow and I am sitting at 692 with the rides today…and that really is enough…I only took two two ride days this month so I guess I can take it a little easier…the potato soup I made last week went bad today and I had to throw a bowl of it away it smelled so bad when I opened the container…so I had to have the chili dogs for a quick meal but my sense of taste is going away again and I could barely taste them and that sucks…and I had just opened a new tube of saltines and don’t want to waste them by letting them go stale so I took a container of ham soup out of the freezer to have Sunday when it thaws…didn’t get a lot done today but didn’t need to with getting the laundry done yesterday…I could have cleaned and I am going to tart on the trim in the dining room that needs to be sanded before I can paint…once I get back in the groove of working on the house, maybe I can get the dining room painted before summer…we’ll see…more reading now…

Well…darn, only 24 minutes before I need to get on the bike and this pushing all the time is wearing me out…or it could be that life in general is wearing me out…it looks like I’ll get to 700 miles for the month tomorrow and the string of riding every day is still going…497 days in a row isn’t bad for an old guy…I wonder why I’ve stopped having dreams? It’s been months since I’ve had any but I’ve been sleeping okay so that is a puzzle…oh, well…didn’t get much done yesterday so I’ll have to get something done today…what that is I don’t know but something…it’s going to be in the 40’s for the last day today and then back in the 20’s but we’ve lost a lot of the snow over the past few days an I’ll take it…and there isn’t any big snow in the forecast for the next 10 days so I’m going to put my shoveling clothes away for a while…still don’t have to cook today but I do need to start planning what needs to come out of the freezer for the weekend…not much to do today…10 minutes until the bike rides need to start but I’ve only had one cup of coffee and I’m not sure if that’s enough…no, it’s not but I’ll drag myself down soon…more later…

Well…it’s been a nice day out here today and it’s been sunny almost all day so that means we lost a lot of snow…I did get a mini grocery run done today and won’t have to go out again for a couple of weeks and I don’t mind that at all…I did get the laundry done but not much else since the library books have been calling my name…and I’m going right back to that after I finish this…we have one more day of relatively warm weather so more of the snow will be gone but we still have inches of ice on the roads up here but I hope the next three days of freezing will help that…still won’t need to cook for a few days but then it will be alfredo and stir fry along with some chili dogs…I bought 4 cans of chili since they were less than half price…can you believe that a 16 oz can of Hormel is 3.19 regular price…but I got them for 1.39 and I thought that was a deal…and that is the no bean chili that has lots more burger in it…now I’m going to read a little and plan what cleaning I’m going to do tomorrow…

Well…damn, I feel pretty lousy this morning and not eating enough for days is the reason…have been under 1K calories for 4 days in a row and today is going to be the same…it stayed over 35 degrees overnight so that will make the mini grocery run this morning easy but we are supposed to get rain/snow later today and I will be in until Monday…have about 4 minutes til I need to get on the bike and that is going to be a chore with just starting on the first cup of coffee…damn, I’m worn out….didn’t get a lot done yesterday and today looks the same but I should do some cleaning…my coffee table is full of books and mail that need to be taken care of and I should get after the dining room….but who knows if I will? I still need a day off at some point but need to get off my butt right now and get going…lots of champions league matches on today and I’ll hope to see a couple of them…this is going to be a hard day…more later…

Well…after all of the running around yesterday, today reverted to be pretty normal with three rides in before 11 and then making some Masala for lunch that will last me 4 more days of so…and I probably won’t have to cook before Friday or Saturday and then I’ll make the Alfredo sauce with fettuccine and maybe the guilty pleasure of some chili dogs with onions and pickles…no other protein and my freezer is getting light but I should buy a bag of stir fry veggies to make since I do have a couple of chicken breasts in the freezer I could use for that…it was another melting day out here and we get two more before the temp drops on Friday and I’ll take that…down to a month of really bad cold weather and I can’t wait to get back on the outdoor bike…I may rebuild the driveline on the bike before that since it’s going to need it but I am a little curious how much farther I can go before it starts to skip all the time…and it’s hard to get the shifter adjustment right without riding it on the street…this will be the first year in a long time I didn’t ride outdoors in the winter…and I’m okay with that…I will have over 700 miles for the month by the end of Friday and I feel okay about that…okay, have three books to read….

Well…damn, it was windy here yesterday and we had one gust last night that just shook the house and it was so damn loud it sounded like a jet was landing in the yard…going to be in the 40’s today and I’ll take that for the end of January but then it goes down into the 20’s for weeks but I’m okay with that if it doesn’t snow…slept okay last night but I should have with getting up at 5 yesterday…stayed in bed til a little after 6 this morning and I need to get on the bike in 30 minutes to get all three rides in before noon and make the Masala for lunch…didn’t eat much yesterday…just two bowls of potato soup and I can feel that right now…but I need to do that since the soup goes bad pretty fast…and with it having milk in it, it doesn’t freeze well…I am going to make some alfredo sauce later in the week and what I’ve learned thickening the milk for the potato soup will work for the alfredo, too….I need to straighten this place up some today but I want to just read the new books I got from the library…I’ll have months worth of reading from these three authors and that is cool…not much to do today…one of these days I’m going to take an easy day but I need to get to 700 miles for the month by Friday and that means 24 miles a day til then…more later…

Well…for the first time this year, I was able to just get in the car and do the grocery run without having to shovel or worry about burying the car in the snow…and I didn’t have to plan anything…just got in the car and went…and even after I forgot to go to the library, I just got back in the car and went over there and that is just so liberating after being trapped in here for so long…and getting back in the car, I noticed that I hadn’t disconnected the battery and it would have been dead in a couple of days so that worked out well…and I got the car washed and went to DD to get 2-46 ounce cans of coffee for 10 bucks…I did forget my grocery list but remembered all but one item from Meijers and that isn’t bad for an old guy…and now I have the Parmesan I need for alfredo sauce…but I’m not going to make that until later in the week…have chicken thawed for Masala tomorrow so I’ll just have another bowl of potato soup for dinner…I did get three new books so I want to do some reading this aft…but need to take care of the dishes first…

Well…up at 5 am this morning and I’m doing this at 5:27 and will be getting on the bike before 6 to get two rides in before I head out for the grocery run at 9 or so…need to pick up a prescription so I need to wait til almost 9 before I go out…this is going to b one busy morning with hitting Meijers, washing the car, then Aldis, then DD and a run to the library for more reading material…then the third ride before noon…slept okay last night but I know I’m going to hit the wall later with only eating a bowl of potato soup and some pasta yesterday….I am going to eat badly this week…have a taste for some chili dogs so I may make them tomorrow but I have chicken thawing for Masala so they could wait til later in the week…have to take the dogs out of the freezer and I have room to fill it again…it’s going to be warmer here for the next few days and we are getting to 40 tomorrow so we’ll get rid of some of the snow…my walks are almost clear and the road is slowly clearing, too…only 4 more weeks until March and spring and I can do that easily…not much to do today…just running around and rides and it will be nice to get out of here for a bit…haven’t started the car for more than a week and it can use a run…more later…

Well…how the hell can I be running late already at 6:49am? Need to get on the bike in 11 minutes to get the rides in before Man U plays at 10 and I am really tired of being in a hurry all the time…I did sleep okay last night but…okay…I’m going to feel worn out the rest of my life so I’ll stop whining about it now…have the 24 hours of Daytona on right now and I wonder how these guys can keep talking after 17 hours? I won’t be able to get three rides in before 10 so it looks like I’ll be back on the bike this aft…still trying to make the mini goal of getting 700 miles in by the end of the month but that gives me no room to take any time off so I’ll need to grind it out for 5 more days…I do need to cook today and I’m making potato soup later to use up the potatoes that are starting to sprout…couldn’t get any chicken bouillon crystals so I’ll have to use cubes for the soup today and I’m curious how it will come out…I do want to make some fettuccine alfredo this week so I’ll have to remember to get more parmesan cheese tomorrow…it’s going to be a busy day tomorrow with the grocery run and washing the car so I’ll have to get going early…not much to do today…did the kitchen cleaning yesterday so I think I can take it easier today…more later…

Well…with all of the snow and shoveling all week, it was nice to have an easy day for a change today where all I had to do was clean the kitchen and heat up leftovers…and the 24 hours of Daytona has been on all day on a Canadian channel for background noise to read by…going to have to go to the library Monday to get a few more books since I’ve read all of the new ones I got last fall…finished up a Harlan Coben that I found buried in my bookshelf that only took 3 days…it got up to 35 degrees with a lot of wind today and I can actually see pavement in front of the house…and next week is going to be in the 30’s all week so I should be able to get out to do the things I need to do…will probably do the grocery run Monday since I need to pick up another bottle of the toenail medication I have to use for a year…still have 10 more refills to use….will probably wash my car Monday, too, since the car wash is right over by Aldis and I have to stop there for more veggies…have to check to see if I have enough quarters…okay, going to look for another book to start…