It Has Been Quite The Week.

Last Saturday, I picked up two bags of cement to rebuild the gate and fence we tore down. I have no idea where we stood with the pool running at all. Today the gate,  and fence are built,  and our pool is set on a timer to run 9-5:00.  The pump. So now we just check the water once per week,  until we got a pretty good idea of how its going. Regular upkeep in other words. Yesterday I ran the sprinkler in the front. The grass took to it. Seemed to green in front of our eyes. 

Basically things are turning to a sort of normal. There is still a ton to do, but this was definitely a good week. I'll hit 72 miles sometime at work today,  if not then when I take the dogs. Work has been busy this week, and it will be for a while. Oh I sent in the check for the pool installation too. So that's done. I don't recall how much total I spent. $7,000, $7500?  More?  That's a lot of money. How long have I been talking about this stupid pool?  That's kinda a big deal I guess. I'm sure I was the same with the driveway.  

Things continue to be pretty good,  and even better and better year over year.  I don't foresee any more big finances coming up. That shit is brutal kinda. You think about it all the time. I basically used stimulus to pay for a lot. I save at a pretty good clip,  and I don't like to touch any. I feel my non IRA investment account is as untouchable as my IRA one. I just plan to let those grow and grow for the next 15 years give or take. Plus my Discover savings. I will touch my Discover savings account though if I need be. Really I'd just like all my accounts to grow. Disposable income ones too. 

I'd like to get back to a spot where I have too much money,  and nothing to spend it on. That's boring though. Every day I got shit running through my mind. If I wake up in the middle of the night my mind doesn't shut off. Probably,  cuz I got so much going on. 

This Spring has started out super busy. So different than winter,  yet my steps are only slightly higher. 

Anyway, I spose.  Sox are doing good. Chicago talk radio has been bashing Larussa, and I cannot be happier with him as manager. Have you noticed the Cardinal organization never sucks since he was at the helm. I witnessed through my phone an early year decision. Leave the young lefty in to pitch vs. Nelson Cruz in a tight spot. The young lefty threw change ups, sliders etc...  the young lefty can throw 100 mph. Grooming him to be a starter in the future. Getting him used to high leverage situations early in the year. 

Anyway, it means nothing,  but we do have the best record in baseball. 2 outfielder Allstars are injured too. 

Laterzzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.         :)

A Plan Made Good.

Yesterday before work,  I was thinking I really had a lot of stuff I needed to get done,  so I made a to-do list. These days all you have to do is talk to your phone to make one. It wasn't anything major,  but just several minor things, you know you would forget. I got it all done, even made a real dinner,  which didn't make my list,  but was in my mind to do. 

Most important thing was get the pool running.  Chemicals in, pump running,  and cover on. That cover will stay on for a while.  Water has to warm up,  and helicopters have to fall. Just that little shit kinda makes the day. Today, I think I just want to get my front watering started. There is a pretty good shot I hit my 72 miles on Friday. 

Besides that not much. Activity is the key to happiness I think. At least for me.  Also having energy, and generally being positive I guess.  Feeling good on the inside. A couple times yesterday I was thinking I am pretty lucky to live my life.  I was busy at work,  I had my to-do list for after. I felt pretty good. I learned a lot about the pool yesterday too. With a new pool you kinda just get thrown to the wolves.  Previously I had no idea how all that stuff works.  Still don't really,  but a ton more since last week. 

I think Spring is here to stay. Close to 70⁰ as far as the eye can see. I will have to start planning my gardens.  I lose a lot of space with the pool. I'll be ready by Memorial Day or before.  My Springs have been busy. Driveway, fence,  dumpster,  move downstairs,  and this year the pool. Next year there probably won't be anything.  I wonder what that will be like?  I guess the pool may be something you have to fuck with frequently.  

Whatever,  yesterday was pretty good. Today will be just as sunny,  but warmer.  Pretty sweet huh?  

Laterzzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.        :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeeee.         :)))

MWAH.         :)

They Had To Tear It Down, But We Built It Back.

We had to tear down one of our gates to the back yard so the excavator could get his bobcat in. He didn't use a small one, which is what I expected.  He tore up the grass too, but that came back as expected, except for a couple spots. Easy fix. The gate and fence are back up. It wasn't hard, it didn't take long, but looking at the project as just the whole thing being torn down, it seemed it would be a big project. 

I guess I feel pretty good about that. Electrical is done,  our back yard is closed in. Things definitely look better than last week. 

The extended forecast says we are warming up. 50⁰, and sunny is still pretty sweet, but nothing wrong with approaching 70⁰.  That is where we are heading. 

I still have stuff to do, and I will be busy through Memorial Day, but little by little we are getting there.  

The days definitely are different. In the winter I take the dogs,  and prep dinner. These days I take the dogs,  and work outside. Then I chill for a bit, and dinner ends up being something quick. Brats on Monday,  frozen pizza yesterday.  Not as good as winter eating. 

I may lose some more weight this week. Yesterday I didn't eat my sandwich at work. I always do that. Who can eat a lot of shitty frozen pizza too?  

I do feel pretty good though. I have a busy work week, but I feel I got a lot done the first two days.  

Life just goes on I guess. I have plenty of stuff to keep me busy. That tends to make me wanna go go go.  I kinda have to to keep on top of things.  

Anyway, I spose. 

Laterzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.        :)

Time Moves On.

Well we got some more stuff done. Poles are in the ground, I can rebuild gate, and fence. It shouldn't be too difficult. We started the chemicals in the pool too. We never took the car yet, cuz who wants to drive?  I did get two salads made last night, so that's good. Then there was eat, and then sleep. 

Serial came out with another podcast. The improvement association. It is about a group trying to get a block of black people to vote in rural North Carolina. Its pretty good. This group has been tarnished by unsubstantiated claims of illegal ballots. These allegations have all been investigated,  and found to be without substance.  

The right actually rigged an election. Guilty,  they needed to redo the whole thing in 2018. It made national news back then. Trump even campaigned the night before the election. 

Maybe you heard this later on too. Unsubstantiated claims about stealing elections. It is interesting. Once something gets screamed about enough it is hard to turn off the noise. 

Anyway it's about a group trying to build political power for blacks in an area that knows all about Jim Crow. This group has been around a while, so there is political infighting. I just go back to you scream a lie enough it is bound to be considered the truth. 

The right actually rigged the election. Guilty,  but they didn't seem to get in any trouble. I think the guy who brainstormed the false ballots did. White people are more mad at the group who they consider just as Guilty,  just not proven.  Proven in their own minds however.  

That's how fox News and others created a whole stink about the Presidential election being stolen. Scream a lie enough people will believe it to be true. 

I think they are on the wrong side of this,  and will pay a price.  When fringe right news becomes the accepted truth for a group,  they will never get numbers. Cuz its based on bullshit. Think Joseph McCarthy. Oh he had his day in the sun, but ended up being a dishonorable pos in the end. The truth has a way of winning in the end.  See Germany circa 1933-1945. 

I have no idea what circa means. I know it is used in that way, or close to it.    :)

I don't do podcasts all too often, but if serial comes out with one I jump on it. It is always informative,  and makes you think. Also exposes the ugly truth in most cases. 

I spose.   

Laterzzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.        :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.        :)

Ehhh, I'll Just Go To Bed.

Yesterday was pretty good. I was able to do my normal work stuff pretty much. We cemented two poles for our fence. We need one more bag of cement. The fence and gate will be up and running in a day or two. I can call the city for the final pool inspection after that. 

Its just when it was almost time for dinner I decided to just go to bed. I wasn't really that hungry, and I was definitely tired. After work on Sundays I've been getting a whopper. No fries or anything,  just a whopper. They are soooooo good. I did it one week a while back for some reason or another. I couldn't believe how good it was. Now I am craving one after work almost every Sunday. I pass a BK on my way home too. 

Besides that not much. I do like having that little extra work to do after Sunday work. I think usually I'd sit on my ass and watch sportsing. I listened to another deal of the day audio book. Another in a series I won't continue. Its okay, but it takes place in France, so all places in France sound weird. Sex scenes described by a Scottish dude are weird too. The story is okay. There is just too much of a barrier for me. 

There wasn't much on my mind yesterday. Just another day in the life. Work, eat, sleep for sure. I just skipped the final eat part. 3 more weeks,  and I have my year of blogging done. Hopefully I will have more to write about than today. 

We got some more shit to do today. Get rid of my dads car. He traded his car to someone for another car. The guy got my dad's car with a title. My dad got his car with no title. So Lisa called the police, and went through a whole thing. Got a police report showing last person with the title.  It wasn't this dude. Anyway our junkyard wouldn't take it without the title. Even with the police report,  so we are taking it to another that will take it. No money though.  So my dad screwed himself. Not anymore than he has the past few years by giving heroin addicts money. We finally get that piece of shit out of our yard. 

Now we will only have 3 cars in our yard with 3 people with licenses. We used to have 5 at one time. We are just waiting for Kevin,  and my Dad to die. One is old,  and one is old beyond his years cuz of a unhealthy lifestyle. Video games,  pizza, and a never ending supply of 2-liter Pepsi. No exercise or anything outdoors actually. Just an ever expanding waist line. 

It is really kinda gross to see people live like that. I see bad in people, and I don't want to be like them. Maybe that's why I am antisocial. Everybody is always angry about something or other.  In my head I typically am not angry. My dad is always angry. Been treating people like shit all his life. 

I spose. Better get this day started. I have a lot of mixing to do this week.  Probably most of the cookies, soda bread, bars, you name it. 

I guess my busy season starts now.  

Laterzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.          :)

xxoo.           :)

Byeeeeeee.         :)))

MWAH.         :)

As Days Off Go...

Good morning. How's it going?  I am doing fine. Yesterday was okay as far as days off go. I got a fair amount done. Stayed busy pretty much the whole day. I went shopping at Lowe's for stuff to rebuild our gate. Also, bought top soil for some spots the bobcat tore up,  and isn't coming back. Most of it came back. I did some grocery shopping,  skimmed and vacuumed the pool. Went back to Lowe's,  cuz Lisa wanted something,  and wanted to use my gift card. E-card actually from discover. I figured out how to use the e-card. It's pretty easy. 

For dinner I roasted a whole chicken,  and we watched Harley Quinn on HBO max. Then I went to bed. Party animal right here. As a day off it was fine. I don't know what people like to do for fun, but that day was good enough for me. Oh, I also made my salads for today,  and tomorrow. Nice not having to fuck with that in the morning.  

Tulip time is over too, so normal traffic continues again. Downtown could really be a cluster fuck. I am not sure the allure of gathering in crowds. I would have stayed away even before last year. Now I can't imagine a time I don't go shopping without a mask.  When will it end?  For me maybe never. 

If it makes me uncool, well I don't care. I can't picture anything negative coming from it. Unless you consider not getting colds or flu negative. Socially distancing I tried during this pandemic,  and have become a fan. 

Being social is a way of having fun. I stay plenty entertained just by my lonesome. I don't even need a TV on. I have no problem being in my own head.  

I am so comfortable with myself I don't even see the allure of being sociable.  My regular life is fine though. I don't need to escape it. The normal stress people may want to escape from I don't really have. I don't need to create a brief bubble where I don't have to worry about anything, cuz that pretty much is my day to day. 

As far as a flawed person goes of which we all belong to that club, I have very little to no guilt.  I am accepted. Not cuz I am a saint, but cuz I was willing to take this path. 

The one where I denied myself the ability to create the best life I could come up with, and went the blind way. Turns out this turn made the whole difference.  Peace of mind I guess. 

You know what?  The best life I could have come up for myself would have been horrible compared with this. I am an average guy. Prone to fucking shit up. As my life turned out, I got pulled just when my life was before me. I saw a World with nothing in it for me. I was willing,  but my heart had no other choice.  It was all that was left.  I really just wanted to be a good person. If I didn't make a name for myself that's fine.  The good person part is still in the future. The name who cares.  To be content in my days, well that is pretty sweet.  

I spose.  

Laterzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeeee.       :)))

MWAH.         :)

The Friday Night Sleep.

I slept a lot last night. I wasn't sure if I was,  cuz I woke up for (a while) at 2:20 AM, but eventually fell back asleep. I lost almost a full pound last week, which is a lot for me, especially coming off consecutive weeks of losing .5 lbs. 164.4. It is a good weight, and I like to see weight falling instead of rising.  Not that I  try to gain or lose.  Typically I assume I'll gain weight every week. I don't feel like I eat little throughout the week, I feel I eat a good amount. I guess it is just activity level weight loss, although I don't feel more active than some months in the winter. 

Anyway, I really am not concerned too much with these things, I just monitor it. No reason even for that. I heard if you weigh yourself do it one time per week, so I do. No weight gain/loss goals at all. Stay the same I guess.  I don't really have a ton to do today. A little,  and I can plug along with outdoor stuff. I cut the grass yesterday just in time for the fertilizer people to come today. Everyone's grass looks green this time of year. Some have dandelions,  but my front grass looks pretty good. No spring weeds to speak of. My back yard looks good too, the little patch that's left. 

I ended up working a bit of overtime on my main job last week. We may every week before too long. Not a lot,  but a little. It is fine by me,  I want to see accounts rising more after the pool expenditures.  

Today should be a pretty good day. I have enough to keep me busy. I only need 3 miles for 72, so I'll hit that easily. The sun is out, but it won't be really warm, which I am fine with. 

Just another day I guess. Should be pretty good.  

Laterzzzzzzz.       :)

xoxo.        :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeeeeee.      :)))

MWAH.       :)