30,000, and 13.

Yesterday was a 30,000 step day with over 13 miles. I got my workout in too, cuz it totally slipped my mind on Wednesday. There wasn't anything major yesterday. I toyed with getting a load of mulch, but it was not a real nice day. Of course after 5:00 when I am making dinner it turned nice. Lisa is going to pick up a yard or two today. I plan on doing a lot of yard work the next two days. It might even be  safe to start planting gardens soon. We will see about that. Really its fine to do it by Memorial Day. 

Spring really is a pretty exciting time. It is kinda a battle with fatigue though. In the morning you are raring to go, but after work you are fatigued. I am anyway. I have to take the dogs, and catch a 2nd wind. That's usually pretty easy. Have a plan of what you want done, and just start working.  You definitely feel better getting shit done,  fatigue is a pretty big obstacle to overcome though.  

The Bears got another quarterback. You never really know though. This guy had a perfect record til late last year. He threw 4 interceptions late in the year. You really never know.  Bears don't really mold quarterbacks either. Just gotta wait and see I guess. 

The reason football is such a great game is it is one day per week. It's why people like it I bet. I am fine with the 162 of baseball. Others may not be. The White Sox are playing some good ball too. Pitching is good,  some relievers are starting slow,  and hitting is coming around.  

I feel good seeing Tony LaRussa in the dugout too. 

I guess that's about it for today. Oh, that leaves me with just one more month of blogging to do it every day for a year.  How awful. I don't recommend anyone trying it. I wasn't trying it just happened.  Seems like a lot that's for sure.  My life isn't even interesting, which makes it even more horrible.    :)

Hahaha.    

Laterzzzzzzz.         :)

xoxo.           :)

xxoo.          :)

Byeeeeeeeee.          :)))

MWAH.            :)

Just A Minor Thing

Yesterday was pretty normal. There was just a little thing added, which made it really good. I have a little area in the front yard, which is hidden by a decorative fence. I use it as a little garden. I weeded it, and got my rototiller out. It started on the 2nd pull. I tilled that area, so it is good to go. I weed whacked the front, and did a little more weeding. All of a sudden I find the work I have to do achievable. 

I think it's supposed to rain today,  but after that I can start mulching. At 4:30 or so I was able to finally sit and relax for a bit. I had a couple cocktails, went in and started dinner. Cleaned the kitchen,  put clean dishes away, and filled the dishwasher again. I felt high on life. I had a productive day, and I couldn't have felt better. 

That is all it takes for me. I was over 12 miles the last two days. I know my days off. It is impossible for me to get those numbers on a day off. I am lucky I get it without effort on my normal day to day. 

I paid off my Discover bill. It had the $2000 from my final pool payment. I paid with Discover for the cash back. I then turned that into a Lowes gift card. $45 cash back with Discover I turn in to a $50 gift card.  Win win. 

Just a lot of good stuff yesterday. Exciting to no one but me. The weather wasn't great yesterday, but I still had a great day. It makes me excited for this year.   

Laterzzzzzzz.         :)

xoxo.           :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeee.         :)))

MWAH.           :)

It Is Better To Labor.

So the crew came to put up our pool yesterday. They obviously know what they are doing,  cuz they were bustling about getting everything going. They used surveying equipment to level everything. I think they had the pool built,  and liner together in about 1-1/2 hours. It was pretty fascinating to watch. They were joking and laughing. They made it look fun. It isn't easy work. As far as society goes they probably aren't high on the totem pole,  but to put in an honest days labor, day in day out, has to do wonders for quality of life. 

Better than sitting in a cubicle designing engines making it damn near impossible to change spark plugs.  My totem pole looks a bit different than the societal one. 

Besides that yesterday was normal.  Work,  dogs, dishes,  cut the front grass. There isn't much in the back to cut anymore.  

I definitely have a lot of work to do this year. A ton of landscaping in the back. Front too. Mulch, and gardens,  pull weeds. I was kinda overwhelmed thinking about it yesterday. 

I will definitely be busy for a while. Work is picking up too. It is good for me to wake up knowing I have plenty to keep me busy. I like life the best this way. 

Besides that I guess I got nothing else. Just another full day before me.  

Laterzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.          :)

xxoo.         :)

Byeeeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.          :)

The Next Best Thing.

People have always wanted to create the next best thing. Or at least make money selling "the next best thing".  Snake oil, fad diets, vitamins, supplements. You name it. We kinda are at the mercy of the experts. Experience is a good teacher. 

Me, I say diets are dumb, unless you plan on eating like that the rest of your life. Experience tells me if you lose a lot of weight by some crash starving regimen,  you'll gain it back, once things go back to normal. 

The best diet is probably activity.  The best diet is to turn off the TV probably.  Common sense tells me food rich in nutrients is better than vitamins. A fitbit, and blood pressure machine give you good information. 

I guess people today have more information available, then say 150 years ago. Not that it does much good in the age of YouTube. 

I dummied down my life. Work,  eat, sleep.  Luckily work, and dogs,  and a house keep me very active, and keep tv time down. 

My life is a real dumbed down version of what I'd be able to do on any given day. The hours are mostly accounted for. I enjoy them too. Probably the best thing about my life is I am not looking for a better one. 

Yesterday was fine. I worked,  took the dogs, we picked up our truck. A tune up was $467, because the engineers make it a real obstacle to change spark plugs.  All the C- engineering students get hired by car companies.  Anyway, I got my summer bike out, and I am excited about that. We made a simple dinner, and watched a couple episodes of a modern family. That show is its always sunny in Philly funny. I got my workout in too, plus made my salads for 2 days. Its my new thing. Make 2 salads the day before you need 1. I am sick of making it in the mornings.  

That's about it. I got stuff to do today too. Busy is good, and busy is fun.  

I spose.  

Laterzzzzzzz.         :)

xoxo.            :)

xxoo.           :)

Byeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.           :)

Up And Down.

Springtime weather is so up and down I feel like it plays with our mood. In the winter you don't expect much sun, and it will definitely be cold,  spring we get sun sometimes,  we get warm sometimes,  we also get cold sometimes. Our moods if tied to the weather will be bipolar for sure. 

I am not sure what I would have done yesterday with nicer weather, all I did after work was listen to my book, while watching the Sox game update on my phone. I finished listening to two books yesterday.  Probably around 13 hours of listening,  then read some of my other book. I can concentrate on reading that for a while. No library books checked out to listen to, and I have 2 audible books I can listen to at my leisure. 

If it was warm and sunny,  I may have done the same,  just outdoors. Monday is back to a schedule I guess.  Work,  take the dogs,  and do other productive stuff. Workout etc...   it will be warm after work too, which should be nice.  

I see Carey Mulligan didn't win the Oscar for her role in "Promising Young Women"  I saw that movie, and I was disturbed by it. I thought she did a great job. I didn't see any of the other movies,  so I don't know shit. Promising Young Women is a movie worth watching however. I was disturbed cuz I am male,  and I know the base lust that can take over our gender, especially with drugs or alcohol involved. 

Taking advantage of a situation where a female had a little too much. In this movie there was more than just one on one stuff,  and that never held any interest for me. More disgusted with that really,  but if I got a girl alone in my younger years, and we were both liquored up,  I would definitely take that as far as I could. 

Like I said the movie was disturbing for me as a male,  because I am a male. I've definitely had less than saintly desires in me all throughout my life.  

Anyway, besides that I guess not much. Work,  eat, sleep today.  Plus read my book, it is a library book too,  so the clock ticks.    :)

Laterzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.          :)

Byeeeeeeeeee.         :)))

MWAH.           :)

Days Off Still Kinda Blow.

I got everything done i wanted yesterday. Even workout #3 for the week. The weather was on the cold side, and overcast. It might have reached 50⁰, but it didn't feel like it. Today it will not reach 50⁰  tomorrow it will be 70⁰, and like 77⁰ the day after. So a shitty weekend mostly due to the weather. Luckily I work today,  so I'll be busy. Plus I get to finish a book,  and I have another started. Had to give that one up, cuz I had 25 hours in 2 weeks to listen to. That was easy.  I almost forgot the long one was the WWII one. 

Not much going on besides that. Strange how things change. A 45⁰ day the first week of March is awesome. The last week in April it sucks. The sun would help. Overcast blows. 

I did a little research on my blog. I am a little over 2850 entries, I think on my 11th year. For this blog anyway. There were two before this one.  :)  2850 is about 7 years straight if I blogged every day.   :)  what kind of nonsense have I been writing all this time?  

I am not going back. Who cares?  More crazy to me is why I even feel like doing it. The majority of the entries are published before I get ready for work. Meaning I get up before I have to just to write it. 

I don't know if that sounds crazy to you.  It does to me. Yet here I go, day after day writing about nothing.  

There doesn't really seem to have a theme. Maybe it is just like a diary. People used to do diaries,  maybe they still do. I don't have a lock for it, but it still is kinda invisible. I guess I just do it for myself like a diary.  Like most diaries I won't go back and look, so it must be a therapeutic thing just getting shit down from head to paper. 

I'm like Anne Frank, just not interesting like a girl coming of age hiding from Germans. More like an average white guy, whose done nothing remarkable, and who has nothing remarkable to write about. Not in fear every day either.  

My blog is definitely MUST READ.      :)   hahaha.  I kid.  

Laterzzzzzzz.        :)

xoxo.         :)

xxoo.        :)

Byeeeeeeeee.        :)))

MWAH.          :)

Slept Like A Champ

I slept for just under 9 hours. That is sleep time too. Not included is the 2 hours of awake time. I was tired. I did a little cat nap on the couch before I took Hope. My muscles were a little sore from my workout too. That always makes you tired. I lost like .3 of 1 pound so basically stayed the same. On pace to get 72 miles for the week too. 

A pretty normal week I guess. Can't think of anything too crazy going on. It is kinda an exciting time as the weather warms up. 

Trees are getting their color. As I was walking Hope yesterday I noticed a change in me. A tree with white flowers held no interest for me. I've seen it all too much or maybe 50+ that stuff just doesn't inspire anymore. 

Things come to life in Spring. I've seen it a lot, but as I age maybe I have more, who cares? In me. At 50 plus you basically turn into a teenager again. Just smarter. You don't do as much stupid shit. 

Today is my day off. I did do the dishes and a load of laundry last night. I have to go shopping,  and I have some outdoor work to do. I am closer to two weeks past my 2nd Pfizer shot. Pool should be installed this week. Work is busy too,  only going to get busier. 

Financially this year should be pretty good. I have no more big expenses I can foresee. I will try and do some saving. Its my new hobby. Watching my accounts grow. Its a horrible hobby,  cuz they don't grow fast enough. They do grow though so that's good. 

I guess I really got nothing. Another day down,  and another day started. I think it should be okay.  

Laterzzzzzzz.         :)

xoxo.          :)

xxoo.          :)

Byeeeeeeeee.         :)))

MWAH.          :)