April 2017

April 2017

Saturday 01- 77 to 54 very nice with a bit of breeze.

Tanner sign- Doug poem & guitar

Sunday 02- 84 to 58

I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, took the dogs for a mile jog, and punched the heavybag.

I cleaned up the yard some and did the dreaded poop patrol; most of the poop was buried in the sand by the high winds we’ve had the past week. I had to hunt them down and dig them up.

Just finished doing my Federal and State Taxes... I am glad that's over and done with! I felt like stuffing all the forms and that incomprehensible 8962 into a envelope and sending it off to the IRS with a note: You made up all this complicated jargon and rules, here you go figure it out and let me know how much I owe.

Monday 03- 88 to 51 and windy again

I did my stretches.

Tuesday 04- 77 to 54

I did my stretches, exercises with the 20lb dumbbells, took the dogs for a mile jog, and punched the heavybag for a spell.

FedEx delivered my 20 watt solar panel I opened it up and found it was shattered.

Wednesday 05- 80 to 50

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a nice walk morning and evening walk.

I emailed the business that sold me the broken solar panel. Alex said that he will replace my broken 20 watt panel with a 30 watt panel and will ship it right away.

Thursday 06- 87 to 52

I did my stretches and took the doggies for a mile and a half jog.

Late in the evening I had just starting writing chapter 12 of "Upon Ashen Roads" when I got distracted by our missile strike against Syria... strange how I am writing fiction of that area right now... I'll try and continue chapter 12 on Friday night....

Friday 07- 81 to 57 overcast.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a walk.

I am still distracted by the strike against Syria to write.

Saturday 08- very windy 73 to 47 degrees.

I did my stretches.

I went to the "Full Moon Desert Acoustic and Poetry" out in the windy desert tonight and met some really nice people and had a wonderful time.

Sunday 09- 72 to 48 still windy, but not as bad as yesterday.

I think I got sick from the cold wind last night. I just stayed inside. I took an antihistamine that knocked me out.

I did some writing on chapter 12 but still distracted by events in the world and only gotten 186 words written.

Monday 10- 68 to 45

Still sick and stayed inside. I did my stretches and messed around with my computers.

Tuesday 11- 83 to 56 with afternoon clouds.

I felt better and did my stretches, weight bench, core trainer, punched the heavybag, and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I watered all the outside plants.

Wednesday 12- 86 to 57 windy.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I went WalMart to do some shopping.

Thursday 13- 81 to 55 windy in the evening.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile walk.

I cleaned up the yard and threw a bunch of stuff in the dumpster.

I took the dogs for an evening walk.

Friday 14- 75 to 51 with a lite breeze.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I went to the post office in 29 to pick up the 30 watt solar panel sent to me as a replacement for the 20 watt panel that had shattered in transit to my home. I also stopped at Stater Bros to pick up a few items I couldn’t get at WalMart the other day.

Took the doggies for an evening walk.

Saturday 15- 81 to 58

I stopped taking the antihistamine pills last night. The pills make me very tired and lazy the next day. I think they may be worse than the allergy symptoms that I experience. I  did my stretches, yoga, took the dogs for a mile jog, and punched the heavybag for a long spell.

I finally cleaned the kitchen counter and stove very good. I have neglected most cleaning in the house lately.

Sunday 16- 88 to 60

I did my stretches and took the dogs on a mile jog.

I am still feeling like crap because of my allergies. Don’t really feel like doing anything, plus my Doctor said two visits ago that I shouldn’t lift any weights for awhile because of my pain in my wrist, so I cut weightlifting down to maybe two or three times a week. I hope it starts getting better soon.

Monday 17- windy

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I finished chapter 12 after a long delay. I wrote over two thousands words.

Tuesday 18- windy still.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

I got interested on Hawaii. Just sell everything and move there with the dogs. I spent a bunch of hours online looking at property. I even contacted a realtor about one. Just a dream right now and there ain’t nothing holding me here in the desert anymore. All my good friends I had here have gone on to a different dimensional plane of existence than I.

Wednesday 19-  windy

I did my stretches and took the dogs for an evening mile walk.

Played around with my computers. I have so many I think I’ll start giving them away or maybe sell them on ebay.

Thursday 20-  82 to 52 windy

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a walk.

I did the poop patrol and cleaned up a few areas outside.

Friday 21- 87 to 60

I did my stretches, yoga, core trainer, took the dogs for a mile jog, did the weight bench, and punched the heavybag for a bit.

FedEx arrived with a package containing a Panasonic ToughBook.

Watered the plants.

I did some leg stretches, exercised with the 20lb weights, and took the doggies for an evening mile jog.

Wrote over a thousand words in chapter 13 finally. I now know how the book is going to end.

Saturday 22- 88 to 63

I did my stretches, worked out with the 10lb weights, and took the doggies for a mile jog.

I did this and that and other things  today that needed being done that I’ve haven’t done but needed to do, eventually.

Took the dogs for a nice evening walk. Everything is in bloom now and Cassie and Barney are sniffen at all the flowers.

I finished chapter 13.

Sunday 23- 91 to 60 and windy.

stretches

Monday 24- 84 to 60 and real windy. So windy in fact I had to let the dogs inside.

I did my stretches and worked on chapter 14 of “Upon Ashen Roads”

Tuesday 25- 82 to 55 and still windy.

stretches

Wednesday 26- 86 to 53 and windy.

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a walk.

I went to my Doctor’s appointment in Palm Springs where they drew more blood from me. I did some shopping at WalMart and didn’t get back home until 8pm. The Doggies not happy with me so I took them for a evening walk.

Thursday 27- 82 to 62 very windy again... kinda getting tired of all the wind.

I did my stretches, took the doggies for a mile jog.

Seime came by for me to help him on his laptop because the sound wasn’t working; I fixed it for him,

Friday 28- 76 to 52 with wind...

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a mile jog.

Saturday 29- 76 to 51 with lite wind

I did my stretches and took the dogs for a walk.

I cooked up a pot of rice, gathered the cookies I bought and headed down to the community center for our monthly potluck. There were about twenty hungry denizens of the desert there waiting to dig into the feast set before them on the table. There was Yvonne’s yummy banana pudding; Dorothy's delicious Mexican casserole, Cal’s healthy fruit platter; someone made a chocolate cake that magically disappeared; Chris and Mary’s fried chicken and pea salad; cookies from Joyce and John Lee, who journeyed from Santa Ana to enjoy the wonders of our desert. We have no music or entertainment of any sort except the pleasant chattering of desert folks yammering on and on about this and that and other important things pertaining to their lives. It’s a wondrous feeling to be among them.

Sunday 30- 87 to 62 sunny day.

I did my stretches, core trainer, weight bench, punched the heavybag, and took the doggies for a mile jog.

*************** Stuff I wrote this Month **************

The cord that binds has been tied off and cut, but forever remains a link to a mother’s heart.
~RD

At this moment in history the news media thrives on opinions of reactionaries, not on a sense for fairness or any impartial coherent reporting. For good or bad we alter the world by just being alive and trying to rationalize and internalize the information we acquire. How we change the future is up to us by the seeds we sow. Plant the seed of knowledge and watch us grow. Plant the seeds of deception to watch the world wither and die.
~RD

I like dogs because they have no political ambitions. Cats on the other hand I'm not so sure of...
~RD

Create and enjoy life so others may enjoy it with you...

~RD

Life is not to be wasted on mundane and irrelevant demands put upon you by others. Treat life as a wondrous journey not a racetrack to the end. Be awed, be creative, be inspired and inspire others, ask questions and question everything, love and be loved along the way to journey's end.

~RD

Come live in the desert with me and enjoy the beauty, silence, and grandeur of endless horizons. It's simply awesome to behold. Then ponder as you gaze out into the desert’s sparse habitat how so much can survive with so little. Did you know the kangaroo rat survives without drinking water?

~RD

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