365 Day Photo Challenge 227/365 “Where is Everybody?”

13 Thursday Aug 2015

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Within the last few days I’ve heard tell of about five other people in my area that ride bicycles on a regular basis.  I’ve only seen one cyclist and he lives on my street but I’ve only seen him once but he’s seen by my wife multiple times riding during the day.  A couple of years ago I met a lady just as she was pulling in her driveway.  I spoke with her a few minutes and found out that she rides during the day during the week and rarely during the weekends.  This evening on my way home I spoke to a guy who just started riding and he stated that he wants to ride with me.  One problem with that is he’s only able to ride about seven miles and he doesn’t do hills.  Unless he rides at the track he’s in for a big surprise around here.  I’d be nice to have a riding partner but they’d have to ride my pace and able to ride the distances I ride.  Maybe one of these days I’ll catch up with someone who I can ride with on a regular basis.

BTW, here is a video that I did of a 29 mile bike ride condensed to a 5 minute video.  I hope you enjoy.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 226/365 “Traffic”

12 Wednesday Aug 2015

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The one word everyone hates to hear especially if one is in a hurry. Tonight I really wasn’t in a hurry but I did want to get home, change clothes, eat and head out the door on my bicycle.  That didn’t happen tonight because three cars and a semi wanted to get acquainted on the interstate this afternoon during rush hour traffic.  What normally takes me about 45 minutes to make the trip home, took me over two hours tonight.  Of course when I got up there to where the accident happened, there was nothing there.  The police had already cleared the accident.  Tomorrow night I get to go see my girls high school band perform their half time show so I won’t be riding tomorrow night.  There’s always Friday!!

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365 Day Photo Challenge 225/365 “Time That I Will Never Get Back”

11 Tuesday Aug 2015

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I love it when I spend hours in a meeting that I get nothing out of.  It was one of those “feel good ” meetings where you’re supposed to learn about yourself and how to deal with other people’s difficulties.  Time well spent.  Yeah right!  Four hours of my life I will never get back.

I got over sixteen miles yesterday before the storm of the century came through.  I had a meeting this afternoon after I got off from work so I didn’t get a chance to ride tonight.  Tomorrow, if the weather cooperates I’ll try to get a ride in but on Thursday I have two places I have to be at after work.  I’m really hoping to get back riding on a regular basis again soon.  I do better with my weight when I ride.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 224/365 “Mother Nature and Bike Riding”

10 Monday Aug 2015

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I got home and hurriedly changed into my riding gear.  My wife got home late and didn’t have supper ready but it was close.  After I changed clothes I shoved down a pork chop and off I went on my bike ride.  Before I left I checked the radar and noticed that a storm was approaching but was fading fast.   About an hour into the ride I started noticing that another storm was approaching but this time from different direction.  I stopped to check the radar on my phone and I could hear thunder off in the distance.  Being that the tornado of 2011 took out most of the trees in this area I was the tallest thing around.  This did not leave a comforting thought.  I cut the ride short and headed home.  After my shower and a change of clothes the storm hit with a mighty force.  Power has been going on and off and my poor grumpy cat hasn’t left my side.  He doesn’t like storms and usually cowards behind the bed but for some reason he’s being my best bud.  That along with the storm shall soon pass.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 223/365 ” It’s Been a Bond Kind of Day”

09 Sunday Aug 2015

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Got up this morning and made homemade pancakes, fried up some sausage and made some biscuits, all of which were ordered by my girls yesterday.  I really enjoy cooking and this weekend I made the best of it by cooking supper last night and breakfast this morning.  Everyone seemed to have enjoyed it because there is nothing left.

The rest of the day was spent in my recliner relaxing and enjoying the “Bond-a-Thon.  My favorite “Bond” has to be Sean Connery, I think he’s a great actor.  I’ve also liked him in “The Hunt for Red October”.  I’ve seen that movie 15 or more times and if it came on tonight I’d have to stay up late and watch it.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 222/365 “Not Enough Time in the Day”

08 Saturday Aug 2015

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There’s simply not enough time in the day when you have a lot planned.  On weekends I try to cook for dinner because 1. to give my wife a break and 2. to try new things and to break the regular routine of my wife’s cooking.  Today I went grocery shopping and spent over $50 on supplies for tonight’s meal and tomorrow’s breakfast.  We had grilled BBQ chicken breasts, fried potatoes and Dutch Oven Blackberry Cobbler for supper.  Tomorrow morning we’re having pancakes with sausage and biscuits.

What was also planned but didn’t have time was to go on a bike ride.  Just simply didn’t have the time.  Maybe tomorrow after breakfast I’ll go on a ride but I also want to go find that waterfall that I’ve heard so much about.  It’s about an hour drive from here.  We shall see.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 221/365 “The Weekend is Here!”

07 Friday Aug 2015

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I have a lot of plans whether or not I’ll get to them all remains to be seen.  I’d like to get a bike ride in, there’s a waterfall about an hours drive from here that I’d like to go photograph and I’m planning on doing some Dutch Oven cooking one day this weekend.  So I have a lot I’d like to do but it really depends on how active I want to get in this heat.

I sincerely hope everyone has a fantastic weekend.  Enjoy yourself and do something fun.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 220/365 “Oncologist Report”

06 Thursday Aug 2015

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Today was my day.  It’s been so long since I’ve had a day when most things went without having a problem.  I even had a civil conversation with my boss this morning.  My day was pretty well planned out so I went straight to it.  I stayed pretty busy and the day went by pretty quick.  About 2 pm the receptionist from my oncologist called and said that the doctor wanted to speak to me.  My results weren’t due in until next week so I immediately went into panic mode.  The doctor came on line and told me that my levels were lower than they had been since my diagnoses.  That was exactly what I was needing to round out my day.

I had a meeting after work so I got in really late but both my daughters were still up and they both had a great first day back to school.  That made me happy too.  Maybe this will keep going at least one more day until the weekend.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 219/365 “Emotional Rollercoaster”

05 Wednesday Aug 2015

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I felt so bad for one of my daughters today.  We upgraded their phones a few days ago and they were supposed to have come in yesterday.  FedEx tried to deliver them yesterday but no one was home to receive them. So today my girls stayed home all day just so that they would be home to receive their new phones.  FedEx came and they opened their new phones only to find that one of the phones had my wife’s number.  When ordering their new upgrades I made the mistake and marked the wrong phone to be upgraded.  My daughter was devastated.  I arrived home in the middle of mass chaos.  My wife was on the phone with the carrier trying to explain to them what happened but they were unable to help. We ended up going to the phone store and after explaining to them what happened and about another hour and a half of computer work we finally got it swapped.  But there was a price.  The upgrade my wife was going to get later on won’t happen because I used her upgrade by accident when I screwed up and ordered the phone with the wrong number.

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365 Day Photo Challenge 218/365 “Dilation, How I Loathe You”

04 Tuesday Aug 2015

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Went to the eye doctor today to get a new prescription.  Of course they want to dilate your eyes.  Not only does everything become blurry, light hurts your eyes and makes it a challenge to drive home.

I’ve been having to see an opthamologist for some time now and I’m quite familiar with some of the tests that they perform.  I’ve had several procedures done including injections and Vitreous Humor Removal, a procedure to remove floaters from my left eye. I’ve had several tests run that I have no clue what it’s for nor what they’re looking for.  I just let them do it as long as the insurance pays for it.

Today’s visit was to get another prescription for new glasses.  Since the surgery in my left eye my vision has diminished greatly.  According to the doctor my vision has shifted from a positive 1 to a negative 1.  My right eye remains a positive 1.  It may be a challenge to have my glasses made.  We shall see.

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