October 21 to 31 2012

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Sunday 21- very nice weather outside!

I did my stretches- that’s about all I do on Sundays anymore.

I rode the Harley down to collect my mail at both mailboxes; an 18 mile trip!

I made pancakes for dinner… with the cooler weather I’m starting Pancake Sunday again!

I watched episode 2 of “Sherlock Holmes: Hound of the Baskervilles”; just fantastic!

Monday 22- another fine day but with a little breeze, temps in the mid 70s.

I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5 lbs wrist weights, lifted dumbbells, (3X: core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag), and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand. I did everything! I’ve lately been doing the core trainer, lifted weights, and the heavy bag three times. I spend 5 minutes punching on the heavy bag for a total of 15 minutes. This all takes about 2 hours.

I watered all the plants in the yard.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I did a lesson in Beginning Latin book and another in “1100 words you need to know workbook”, and I drew something:

I watched season 5 episode 4 of “Castle”.

I went for a night run

Tuesday 23- Nice outside!

I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5 lbs wrist weights, lifted dumbbells, core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag, and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand.

I did a lesson in Beginning Latin book (I’m just going to have to push my way through this Latin course) and another in “1100 words you need to know workbook”, and I drew something: a roof of a house.

I voted and rode the scooter to my mailbox on Border to mail it out. The scooter sat for about 4 days or so and it started right up. That’s a big improvement since they fixed it the second time.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I watched season 2 episode 3 of “Sherlock Holmes: The Reichenbach Fall”.

I did my stretches and went for a night run.

Wednesday 24- very windy today and I don’t think the temps cracked 70 degrees.

I did my stretches, yoga, (3X: core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag), and ran about a mile carrying 5lbs in each hand; had to change my route because of the high winds.

I did a lesson in Beginning Latin book and another in “1100 words you need to know workbook”, and I drew something: a guy running.

I cleaned around inside some putting things away.

I went for my evening walk with the backpack. The winds had died down a bit so it was a nice walk.

Dana came by for a short spell to yap.

I watched season 4 episode 9 of “Warehouse 13”.

I did my stretches and went for a night run; windy and cold!

I practiced my guitar.

I watched season 1 episode pilot “Elementary” a Sherlock Holmes in present day New York City- quite good, but I like the BBC one better.

I read part of a section on beetles in “The Practical Entomologist”.

Thursday 25- a cool but pleasant day.

I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half, dumbbells, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

Kath’s friend John came by with the 8Gig Ram memory he purchased and I put it into his computer for him.

Linda H. just got back to her cabin after a long absents and I helped her unload her truck and carry boxes inside; was there for three hours.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack. There weren’t any high winds today!

I watched season 1 episode 2 and three of “Elementary”.

I did my stretches and went for a night run.

I did a lesson in Beginning Latin book and another in “1100 words you need to know workbook”, and I drew something: a woman’s face.

I practiced my guitar.

I read part of a section on beetles in “The Practical Entomologist”.

 Friday 26- dang it’s warming up a bit!

I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half with 1.5 lbs wrist weights, lifted dumbbells, (3X: core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag), and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand.

I went to WalMart and Staters

I had a big scare Friday! The brakes went out on my Cougar! Fortunately I was able to stop it with the emergency brake and ended up in the middle of an intersection... luckily no one was coming either way. I drove it very slowly home using the emergency brake... Passenger side back tire was covered in brake fluid when I finally got home to examine it... I will need to fix it...

Saturday 27- nice day today.

I did my stretches, ran for a mile and a half, dumbbells, core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag, and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand.

Sherry came by for a little spell and brought back the copy of my book I lent her two weeks ago; she liked it.

I called Family.

I went to Potluck with my taco chicken rice casserole. Not many folks showed but that’s okay with us. Mary Koval and Chris cooked up an old recipe from the Wild West called Cowboy Casserole, and also some strawberry jello for dessert. Chris Jonas made this fantastic potato salad that was to die for; I ate so much of it I nearly did. Marie Morrison whipped up a wonderful chocolate cake that quickly disappeared  Tim Atzei slaved over the stove all day to bring us some scallop potatoes. Ruth Malton concocted a fruit salad that was to everyone’s liking. We all left community center feeling full of food and Friendship.

I watched YouTube videos on how to repair disk brakes on a car.

Sunday 28- pretty day.

I did my stretches.

I went out to take the tire off and remove the hub so I could get at the disk brakes. I was surprised to find they are not disk but drum brakes with shoes. I found that one of the clips that holds the foreword shoe had cracked causing the shoe to slip off the caliper and dig a hole into the rubber boot that covers the piston. This is where all the fluid sprayed out.

I watched more videos now on YouTube about how to fix drum brakes.

Monday 29- nice day again.

I did my stretches.

I hopped on the scooter and drove down to Twentynine Palms to get parts. I had a package notice in my mailbox so I stopped at the post office first; they couldn’t find the package but said they’d call me when they did. At AutoZone they had one the parts I needed and will have it shipped up from Desert Hotsprings tomorrow. I stopped off at Stater Bros to pick up a few things and then had coffee at Burger King.

Linda H. called and wanted me to bring a key I had to her trailer. I went over and we had a nice visit.

I am so sad about the HMS Bounty sinking and the death of Claudene Christian. Someone asked me why they went out in hurricane Sandy…  I believe I read that it left over a week before the hurricane. Nobody knows how a hurricane will track and how bad it will be that far off in time. I also heard that they had planned to sail around it until they had a rudder and power malfunction or some such and were adrift without steerage. I am not knowing the specifics of the ship, I do have to say that a crew of 15 plus the captain is too small for a craft that size in bad really weather, though they may have had a lot of systems automated and depended a lot on mechanical help, when you get in trouble in seas that rough the crew gets overworked and with the loss of sleep to keep all quarters manned, mistakes happen... Saying this, I will not try to second guess or lay blame;

When you go to sea in little ships your life is at the whim, of what the weather may throw at you, your skill, fortitude, and luck. All ships will surely sink someday when all of these have failed and to the bottom she will swiftly seek to lie upon her keel.

Tuesday 30- nice and warm!

I did my stretches, yoga, ran a mile and a half, core trainer, lifted weights, and punched the heavy bag.

I was going to spend the whole day waiting for UPS to deliver a package but they came at 11am. So I hopped on my scooter and drove down to Twentynine Palms again. I stopped at the post office first to find that the postman wrote the wrong address on the receipt and they were able to find the package. At AutoZone I picked up the remaining parts I needed to complete my job. I went to McDonalds for coffee and a hamburger.

I went for an evening walk with my backpack.

Wednesday 31- another very nice day.

I did my stretches, dumbbells, ran a mile and a half, core trainer, lifted weights, punched the heavy bag, and ran up the hill and back carrying 5lbs in each hand.

I worked on my brakes and got them all done in a few hours. This has hopefully saved me much money if I did them correctly. I drove the Cougar to get my mail testing the brakes many times and it was working perfectly. I stopped off at Linda H. to yak for a spell and help her move some furniture around.

I went for my evening walk with my backpack.

I will watch some of my favorite programs tonight and also go for a night run, but I want to have this blog posted tonight because I’ll be doing a lot of writing in the month of November and will need to get things out of the way before midnight. It’s National Novel Writing Month (also known as NaNoWriMo)