Some Things Learned.

Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am fine. Yesterday was pretty good. I was busy. 30,000 steps I did not hit. I was over 28,000 though. 30,000 I am realizing is a pretty big number. It would be easy if you ran like 10 miles to start your day, but I don't do that. I run short,  and just try to hit it as a part of life.  It's a big number that way.

Yesterday really was a good day. Like I said I was busy, and it was sunny. I did the dishes, cuz once again all the dishes were pretty much dirty. I made home made pizza. I made my own dough too. A simple recipe. I also cleaned up some shit in the back. I had time to sit outside with Hope too. It was a full day.

I fell asleep without a worry in the World. I woke up feeling rested. That is the key. I did lay in bed from 2:30-3:00, just cuz it was so comfortable. I probably could have stayed in bed, but 30,000 needs an early morning run. I can always take Hope after work, and a workout,  but it feels good to get it done early.

Outside of that not much. Just doing the life thing. One day at a time, and my days are full. I finish my days off, and I feel pretty good about stuff. I don't have anything terribly important on my mind. No thoughts holding me down.

In the World there is much division. I think it's what humans probably do as a natural course. A lot of information gets thrown around. A lot of sugar coated History books making heroes out of flawed people. The news today just creates more division. It is an area where hate is propagated. Hate sells. It's as simple as that. Hate beats out decency it seems, cuz hate has a better sounding voice for people. Once you are in its clutches it's hard to break the cycle. You start following other like minded hate voices,  and all of a sudden you believe a lot of nonsense. Your blind to reason at this point, and all of a sudden you got nothing to say. Beyond help at this point. Hate overwhelms you, and has taken you over.

Meanwhile, I am just doing my day to day. There will be something hopefully approaching 30,000 steps. A run, a bike, a workout,  and a meal. A good night sleep too, cuz I am tired. The next day I am recovered and we do it again.

Simple.

Anyway, I gotta go.

Laterzzz.       :)

xoxo.     :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeee.        :)))

A 17,000 Page Treatise On The Value Of Proper Fork Usage.

Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am good. Yesterday was fine, except we had to drive to pick up the car. About a half hour each way. I hate driving, and I hate when my day has that kind of glitch. Whatever though.  I got my workout in, but not the home part. I can do it this morning. It's just pushups,  and pull ups,  and really you can do them every day. So no biggie. My steps were just under 25,000, so fell short.

Other than that everything is okay. My investment account is up and running. I add $100 every week. I'll be the weenie who looks all the time probably.

Other than that not much. We did go out to dinner last night. We had a view on the water. There is a walkway, and I was surprised how many runners passed by. Dinner was good. It was kinda an expensive place, but whatever.

In about a month my schedule will change. I'll have every Sunday off, and work on Monday again. That is fine too. I'll have all of Saturday afternoon off, and all of Sunday. It should be okay.

What else?  What else is sometimes it is a struggle to write something here. You kinda search inside for something,  and sometimes nothing is there.  My days are pretty typical. Work, be active,  eat, and sleep. I don't do politics,  cuz why would I want to be angry all the time. If people try to shove it down my throat I block them. Keep that shit to yourself. I don't want to see it. Everybody is getting angry about shit, and nothing really gets done. Sow in hate, what do you think you'll reap?  You do the Devil's work, and you believe you are in the right for doing it.

I don't have a cause I am fighting for here. There are no causes really. We are just living a life. I'd like mine to be without anger. I don't particularly like angry people either. They tend to want to spread their disease. It's either that or they actually have to deal with their main cause of their  anger.  Easier to spread misery I spose.  Who wants to face the fact they are flawed. An angry heart has personal issues. Not political ones, but the weak will ALWAYS get that confused.

So today I have a day. There will be work, and steps,  and a run, and stuff. Just like yesterday.  Hopefully today I will be closer to 30,000 steps instead of 25,000.

I spose.   I really got nothing. 

Laterzzz.      :)

xoxo.       :)

xxoo.      :)

Byeeeeeee.       :)))

On This Thing Goes.

I was definitely having title problems this morning. Life goes on though. Another day was had. My day went pretty much as planned. Ran, worked, did some stuff outside. Just under 28,000 steps. For the record I am not sure if I ever hit 30,000 steps before, but there is plenty over 25,000. Today is a workout day. We have to pick up our car too. It is fixed,  and I am pretty sure for good. We got our driveway quote. It is only $4700. I was thinking it could be as high as $10,000 so that was good news.

I have to file more taxes. I will have to pay a chunk. The estate is finally all settled,  and I have to pay what I assume are IRA withdrawal taxes, and income. I still have some cash coming back to me, so that will make up for the taxes I have to pay. It will probably break even,  but in my favor. Meaning I'll have some left over.

Life goes on. Every day there is stuff to do. It's spring time so stuff we want to do. At the end of the day I want my steps. Hopefully they just coincide with me living. I like chill out time too. Where you have a drink, and eat dinner,  maybe watch tv, and crash. Wake up and start a new day.

I don't know how other people live. It's enough I live my own life. I have stuff to do each day. I want to feel on most days, and I think I do. I don't really have a lot of stuff to stress me out.

I guess it helps I am not looking for a better life. This one is fine. I do not need a better outlook. My future is bright.

It helps I guess I know what life is about. I know about the hidden stuff. I know kinda what makes us tick. I know I am not like others. I am assured of my ways, and that makes me strong.

I can do this thing, and it ain't nothing. Wake up, jot a few things down,  and be on my way.

I am not making a big splash. I am just living my life. It's an easy one. That is all I can say.

Today I have a day. There will be a run, and bike, and steps,  and a workout. There will be work,  and a meal. I will fall asleep hopefully approaching 30,000 steps. Wake up tomorrow,  and do it again.

I feel good being me. It's kinda nice.

Anyway, I guess. 

Laterzzz.      :)

xoxo.      :)

xxoo.      :)

Byeeeeeee.        :)))

The Post War Dream.

2 Suns in the sunset. Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am fine. Yesterday was okay. We did our finance thing. Basically we have someone taking care of our extra money to invest,  and our IRA money. You really have to trust people to do that kinda thing I see. I went with a small company. A recommendation from someone I work with, and we know someone who works there. I don't really have a ton of confidence in investing,  but I'll put cash away anyway. My IRA stuff is aggressive'ish, and my other one is conservative. What can you say?  It's just money. I still marvel at how much trouble people get into just cuz of money.

Why is it so important?  I was just as happy having it as not having it. Life went on. The days still came and went.  I think I was mostly happy working. Filling my day with stuff. Chilling out a bit, and sleeping. Having a meal.

I know people look up to people who have a lot of money. Why?  If you have too much you have nothing to do with it. Why would you want 12 houses?  If you have a lot of money I think the stupidest thing you can carry is debt. Do you need the airplane,  yacht, Summer,  Winter,  Memorial Day, house?  I'd say Labor day, but perhaps rich people don't celebrate Labor day.

I suspect this has always been the case. Money pictured  as being much more important than it really is. It doesn't cure our outlook. Just look at our current President.  You don't see many with more anger and hate in their heart. I would wager he is one person who would carry debt. He seems shallow and insecure. My tie is bigger than yours,  and so is my Summer yacht etc...   who shit in his cheerios to make him so angry?  Why do people like anger in people. Gives them a place to vent. Gives us a scapegoat so we have an area to place our frustrations, since we too are angry for some reason.

Maybe the 24 hour news cycle isn't so great. There has to be something worthwhile to watch for 24 hours right? 

On my day off yesterday I didn't think of 24 hour news cycles. I got my workout in. We got all our grasses cut, and out to the  road. We got our investment stuff done. Our car started running rough so we took it in. It's under warranty. Also gave us an excuse to go to Kirby bar and grill in Grand Haven. It's where we have to take it for warranty work. The car is kinda a lemon for having under 30,000 miles. Thinking about trading it in for a helicopter.    ;)   j/k

I went to bed really early too, which pretty much is the best of all things. Today I have a day planned. There will be work,  and steps,  and food. There may be some sit outside time too like yesterday. It was warm in the Sun.

I don't think I'll waste my time being angry about stuff in the 24 hour news cycle. It's made to look more important than it is. Money is the root of all evil, and viewership is advertising money. The agenda is viewership from the conglomerate owned news outlets. You'd think news would be the driving force right?  Nope it's money. The World is weird like that. So now we got everyone angry cuz of bottom lines.

Just look at your social networking. If you haven't blocked all the news people yet. The news people have their talking points.

Anyways, like I said today is a day. It should be okay. Hopefully 30,000 steps. The important thing is the run in the morning, and working for an hour or so after work. Also to not be tired or kinda work through it. We do have a lot to do. Just not as much as last year. 

I spose.

Laterzzz.      :)

xoxo.     :)

xxoo.     :)

Byeeeeeee.       :)))

The Excitement Of The Day Off.

So many opportunities to do stuff. I know tomorrow my day off will never meet the expectations I have right now, but it is still pretty exciting waking up like this. I do have to work out, and do the finance thing. Lisa bought us new suitcases for traveling. That is one less thing to do today. Ill probably do yard work. Get shit taken to the road. Lisa already got a start to it.

I did get all my shit done yesterday. It's why I love my Sundays. House gets cleaned,  dishes,  and all laundry folded and put away. At work I am busy, but it is pretty stress free I guess. I am getting better at doing donuts. It ends up being a fast paced night,  but it goes by quickly. I am typically frying donuts before 5:00 PM, and decorating is done probably between 8:00, and 9:00. Also they are separated for the two locations. I do dishes package whatever is left,  clean up,  and mostly we are out before 10:00 PM. A day of accomplishments I guess. It's the little things that make me feel good I guess.

Other than that not much. The 10 day looks fine. My outlook looks good. I got that Seattle trip coming up. That should be fun. Life is fine I guess. Really not much for me to worry about.

My highest gas bill this season was $87. That is pretty nice. My gas bills will slowly fall down to nothing. If it gets hot and humid, the air conditioner can really increase our electric bill. That pretty much is just July, and August, and maybe only 1 week or two where we'd have to turn it on. Lisa's thermostat is whack,  cuz of her age, so she may want it on more.

Kinda nice waking up with nothing to worry about,  feeling good,  and just contemplating your day. I like it. That it is Monday, and people are starting their week is just a feather on top.

As you can see there is nothing on my mind. I'll hit publish anyway. I've been blogging a lot this year. More so than usual for some reason. 

Guess I got more of nothing to say this year.   :)  probably more like I wake up early almost every morning.

Oh well.

Laterzzz.      :)

xoxo.     :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeeeee.        :)))

Over 9 Hours Of Sleep.

Good morning. How's it going?  Me, I am doing good. I fell asleep during a basketball game. Like 8:00 PM, and didn't wake up til 2:00 AM on the couch. Then went to bed,  and slept a few more hours. It's Sunday so I got my routine. I was kinda tired the last two days for some reason.

Everything else is fine. Nothing crazy going on with me. I have tomorrow off, but I have a few things to do. Got a meeting to set up my investment accounts. I have to work out, and seems there were a couple other things to do too. I think I have my goal set. I want to have at least 72 miles of steps each week. I'll fall short this week. I don't think it will be too hard,  unless I find myself tired a couple days in the week. I'd like to hit the 100 mile mark too at some point. That may be hard. 

72 miles I hope can just be a normal thing just by living. 100, I would have to add. Just something to keep track of I guess.   Outside of that not much. I just do my daily thing. Not much to worry about. I have enough money, and not much to spend it on. I keep active with work,  and taking Hope. I do my upper body workout on M,W, and F.

Pretty simple. I don't feel I have any agenda.  I just live out my days. I don't seek out greener pastures.  I am not looking for better days. If I had all the money in the World that would be a waste. I'd rather live as I am now. I wouldn't change a thing. I stay busy with 2 jobs. It fills my day pretty well,  plus they are active jobs so a lot of steps. I have my one day off which is fine. More than enough really.   :)

My life is easy. Feeling tired is the only thing that can slow me down. Sometimes just relaxing for 15 minutes can recharge me.

I live in a World where I have nothing to accomplish. No goals really except that 72 miles I'd like to reach each week. I won't kill myself if I don't. It's just a baseline to jump over or fall short of. I don't need anything, and I don't feel I am missing out on anything. I just live a simple life with little concerns.

Anyways I spose. 

Laterzzz.      :)

xoxo.        :)

xxoo.       :)

Byeeeeee.         :)))

I Almost Forgot To Add This.

Remind me, I have to add a title to this entry. I could not think of a title for the life  of me. Just sitting there looking at the wall. I thought I somehow overslept,  or didn't hear the alarm. I thought my watch said 3:15, but I can't see shit without my reading glasses on. It was only 2:15. I woke up from a deep sleep too, so you always feel tired then. I was tired last night. I fell asleep after dinner like 6:15 PM. I think I was tired cuz I drove. Around 20 miles each way to my BIL's house. Dropped off a couple couches, and checked out the finished product of his new house. I don't drive much. Not far when I do either.

Other than that yesterday was pretty normal. I worked, had over 25,000 steps, ran and biked. There wasn't much on my mind yesterday. I didn't think of anything really. Another day gone though.  They keep coming. I kept forgetting the NCAA tourney started yesterday. I didn't do a bracket,  so I guess I am completely retired from guessing/studying sportsing things. Not that I do anything real important in its place, but that part of me is over.

In life there aren't really any important things to do. We are powerless about so much. We want to make ourselves better, but our heart does it's own thing. Maybe people want to make the World better, but how?  I think many deeds are selfish deeds pretty much. In the end we don't make any dents. We may want to feel like we are special,  but we are not. We are here living day after day, and not really doing anything of consequence. Really just putting in our time.

We don't come out without flaws either. We did "wrong" stuff. It is kinda important we look at true shit like that. We aren't coming out perfect,  and either is anyone else. Kids included. Hopefully kids don't turn into mass murderers, and farm animal molesters. I'm innocent on the murder one.   ;)

I wonder if the World has always been so angry. As a kid I don't remember being angry. As a grown up everyone seems angry about something. I guess wars have been fought forever so I guess people have always been angry.

Seems stupid right?  One life,  and everyone is ready to have one taken. Everyone is holding onto some type of shitty information as their truth. A prisoner of some type of propaganda. The World does not know the truth, and it is kinda impossible to not be a student of the World. I was, until a turn, and whoops,  life is different than anything I imagined.

I thought I was special I guess for a brief time,  and quickly after I was put in my place. Now I am reconciled I guess. Instead of an enemy I am accepted. So I am secure.  The worries all taken away.

It really is a crazy story. One that's been hidden for a while.  Pretty strange really. I know people don't get it. I learned long ago to not trust in my own understanding. I knew my heart did not have understanding. The formula is easy. Am I the best a person can be?  No.  Therefore I do not have understanding.

It's easy for me to judge cuz I've had a small taste of what it will be like to be the best a person can be. I am nowhere near that point. I know where you stand on that equation too. Just not sure if you do.

Anyway I spose.

Life is strange kinda. People can be a trip.

I gotta run. I hope to be nearer to 30,000 steps today.

Laterzzz.       :)

xoxo.       :)

xxoo.      :)

Byeeeee.        :)))