February 2016

February 2016

Monday 01- 47 to 30 with very high winds and some scattered showers.

I did my stretches and mostly cleaned up around the insides of the house because of the storm outside.

Tuesday 02- 54 to 34

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Worked in the yard for a spell and fixed a few things that the wind blew down. Shoveled compost into a 50gal barrel.

I did my studies; drew a man’s face. I read some of chapter 6 in the geology book.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Found out my friend from my old neighborhood and high school passed away. It put a damper on the projects I had planned for tonight and wrote a poem instead.

Wednesday 03- 54 to 37

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

I did some work in the yard trying to get things sorted out and decide what goes and what stays.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

At 4pm I got a call from Linda Sibio that some folks in a truck got stuck in the wash next to her house. I took my truck and shovel and went to have a look-see and the truck was buried up to the undercarriage. Neighbor Paul Smith show up to help and we had the truck up and out of the wash within an hour or so. The people in the stuck truck had been there since 11am trying to get it freed.

So again things I had planned to do didn’t get done. I will try again tomorrow.

Thursday 04- 56 to 30 degrees and mostly clear skies.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a mile jog.

Worked in the yard for a spell throwing more stuff into the dumpster.

Friday 05- 62 to 37

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Still doing yard cleanup.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Saturday 06- 69 to 44 light breeze.

Sherry dropped by to say hi to Cassie and give her some treats... I was still asleep when she came.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

Did some editing to my book.

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

Sunday 07- 72 to 49 sunny.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Worked on the book going through some edits.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Monday 08- 74 to 50

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went mile jog with Cassie.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Tuesday 09- 77 to 50 degrees.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a one mile jog.

I drove to town. I picked up my prescriptions I called into Star Pharmacy. While I was there I walked over to the post office and mailed my property tax and the DMV renewal for the Ford F-150. The Joshua Bike Shop was nearby so I checked to see if they could order a mountain bike from Trek. The owner said the by-in just to sale Trek was $30,000 and his shop was too small to afford that, but he had others I looked at. One was a fat bike that I took for a spin, I mean this thing had some monstrous tires on it and I road through some soft dirt without a problem; $1200 was the only problem.

Then I went to WalMart and did my shopping and got a haircut while I was there. I bought a 32 inch Vizio television that can connect to wifi and has HDMI.

When I got back home I hooked up the TV, but only after me and Cassie ate the roasted chicken I bought at WM.

Finally after a long wait the weather was nice enough to take my telescope outside for the second time. Since I bought the scope it has been either too windy, overcast, hazy, or raining. I tried out the new cell phone hookup device to the scope and was able after some fiddling around take some pics of Jupiter.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

It was a very productive day.

Wednesday 10- 77 to 48

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

UPS delivered a Sony DVD, CD, AM/FM player and an Arduino UNO R3 Board Module with starter kit.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went mile jog with Cassie.

Thursday 11- 77 to 49

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went mile jog with Cassie.

UPS delivered a very nice flashlight that my Brother Kevin bought for me.

I did my stretches and went evening mile jog with Cassie.

I did my stretches and went for a night jog with Cassie and I got to test the new flashlight while on the jog. It has a strobe function that really tripped Cassie out.

Friday 12- 77 to 53

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

UPS delivered my computer monitor and I connected it up to my desktop computer. It also has an HDMI port and I’ll be able to run my Raspberry PI on it and do some of the lessons in programing it.

I drew something: house and sun.

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

I watered the plants outside since the weather is getting warmer.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

I finished chapter 6 of the geology book and all caught up with the astronomy too.

I practiced the guitar playing some of the old songs I made up and had recorded to cassette. I had forgotten all about those old songs, but now I have a working cassette player and can retrieve them all.

Saturday 13- 83 to 46

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I done some editing of the book.

I drew something: a man and houses.

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

Sherry showed up late this Saturday and gave Cassie her treats and gave me a couple of pieces of pizza; now I won’t have to worry about what to cook tonight.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells and went for a mile jog with Cassie, I accidentally clipped the leash onto her dog tag ring instead of the collar ring and it broke coming back down the hill on our jog. She was gone like a convict mistakenly released from prison. She stay in and around the property and did come back. I gave her a big hug and a few treats on being a good dog for coming back to me.

I finished my online journal for January and posted it.

I started reading chapter 7 of the geology book and played the guitar a bit.

Sunday 14- 79 to 56

Day off!

I drew something: a truck and mountains.

Monday 15- 78 to 54 degrees and overcast.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drew something: a secretary.

Worked on editing book.

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells and went for a mile jog with Cassie.

I am now reading chapter 7 of the geology book and played the guitar for a bit.

Tuesday 16- 80 to 54 hazy.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a one mile jog.

I drew something: Cassie.

Worked on editing book

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

Wednesday 17- 82 to 57 large clouds forming in the evening.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a nice walk.

I messed around with an old Apple Macintosh SE I have had for a long while and decided to see if it still works. I had it out in the trailer in a box, but the dust from the winds and many years of storage had worked its way into the computer. I need to clean the two 3.4 inch drives and find the OS disk to boot it up, but before all that I have to purchase a T-15 torx screwdriver to open the case up.  

Worked on editing book and finished chapter one.

I did some stretches and went for an evening walk with Cassie.

Thursday 18- 71 to 49 cloudy.

Shopping with Sherry.... Cassie gets to play with her fur friends.

Friday 19- 74 to 49

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drew something: a man’s profile.

Worked on editing book

I did some stretches and went for an evening mile jog with Cassie.

Saturday 20- 75 to 51

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drew something: I tried to draw a woman in a dress and made a total mess of it.

Worked on editing book and finished chapter two.

I did some stretches and went for an evening walk with Cassie.

Sunday 21- 80 to 53 with wind.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I started worked on editing chapter three of my book and trying to stay focused. Told friends on FaceBook I’ll be away for a while but will check in from time to time and also post the edited first chapter.

I did some stretches and went for an evening walk with Cassie.

Monday 22- 81 to 53 very windy until late afternoon.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes. It was way too windy to take Cassie for a one mile jog so we went for a short walk.

I drew something: a face looking at me.

I’m reading a chapter in the geology book.

I played my guitar for a spell

The wind died down in the evening so I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I worked editing my book.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

Tuesday 23- 69 to 47 overcast.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drew something: I tried to fix the drawing I did on the 20th and made a bigger mess of it.

I’m reading a chapter in the geology book.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Worked on editing my book.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

I played my guitar for a spell

Wednesday 24- 72 to 50 sunny.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drew something: two houses on a country road during sunset.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I’m reading a chapter in the geology book.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

I played my guitar for a spell

Thursday 25- 78 to 52

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

UPS delivered a case for my Kindle Fire.

I drew something: Earth and Moon.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I read more of the geology book

I worked editing chapter three of my book

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

I played my guitar for a spell

Friday 26- 81 to 55 mostly sunny.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I posted Chapter one of “Desolation” to FaceBook and also made a copy of “A Little Desert Home” ebook available for free on Amazon for 5 days so folks reading the new chapters and would help  get to know the characters. "Desolation" is the 4th and last book in the "Copper Mountain Mesa Series" and connects into the "Rainbow At the End of Tomorrow Series"

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I drew something: a woman’s profile.

I read some more of the geology book (too bad I didn’t write down what chapters)

I played my guitar for a spell working on a certain rhythm I made up.

I finished editing chapter 3 of Desolation; you never really finish editing, there is always something to change, correct or add.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

Saturday 27- 82 to 56

Naomi, Brian, Kayla and Courtney came by for a visit.

Sherry came to visit Cassie. I can always tell when Sherry drives up because Cassie wines.

I did my stretches and took Cassie for a mile run.

It is potluck day! I cooked up a pot of rice and brought a box of cookies with me. I signed and gave away a few “Azure Sea of Dreams” to my friends at potluck. I kept calling out between bites to everyone that the food was really great. Unfortunately, I got so involved in a conversation with Charles, Dave and Pat that I didn’t notice the time and missed out on getting seconds of the fantastic food. It was probably just as well because by the time I arrived home I realized how full I really was. Dave told me earlier that he was having problems with his fuel system so I followed him home; he only lives just around the block... about a mile.

Sunday 28- 83 to 58

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I drew something: a man driving a car.

I read more of the geology book.

I played my guitar for a spell still working on a certain rhythm I made up.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

Monday 29- 83 to 56

I went to sleep at 3am and Cassie woke me up at 6am to go outside like she does every morning, but this time I couldn’t co back to sleep and laid there until 7qm and decided to just get up and my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I finally got my HP G72 17” laptop to upgrade to Windows 10. I tried multiple times before and it would go for hours and just die and revert back to Win 7. So I installed Win 10 using a USB thumb drive this time and it is working just fine.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

I finally cut the branch that was growing too close to my WIFI antenna; got that off my To Do list.

I drew something: an odd looking cat.

I read more of the geology book I haven’t wrote down what chapter or what’s it about.

I played my guitar for a spell still working on a certain rhythm I made up.

I finished Chapter 4 and will begin chapter 5 tomorrow.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went night jog with Cassie.

***** Stuff I Wrote this Month******

Dim has the Earth become, not as bright as yesterday's, a bit of gray replaced this light, once shining brightly from a friend who passed away....

~RD

Writing is a creative art where words come from our heart and the darkest depths of our being, to take twenty-six letters of the alphabet and turn them into some kind of meaning, and if by chance we arrange them just right they may be worth your reading.

~RD

Stop focusing so much on who you are but on what you can become.

~RD

High above some lofty forest, shadows cover moonless midnight, bleak depression settles into madness, a deeper darkness shall you not fear. Passionate sorrows harvest what’s left of my life, it withers away at pitted soul. Deeply entrenched my vile desires, retained against a fortress of trepidation, now released upon an unknowing world.  

Blighted coldness and worms do creep, over old bones of what’s left of me, for now it be said that I have fled and the laughter has ceased to be. Angst and regret crust over wounds running deep and eyes of wonder sparkle no more. Love has trickled away from once mortal life, and keeps me from loving thee.

~RD

When I go out at night I bask in the light of a billion stars and some of that light is from galaxies millions of light years away. Most I cannot see with my naked eyes, but I know their light is out there to be seen, you just have to know where to look.

~RD

They call me 10 o’clock Bob around here. I’ve been a night person all my life and would fall asleep in class in grade school and high school and had very lousy grades. No one understood why I had bad grades because supposedly I scored high on the mandatory IQ test they had us take. It wasn’t until I went to college that I excelled because I had planned my classes during the afternoon and evening hours and did my homework while working on a graveyard shift. I think kids with the same problem as I could benefit by getting up later in the day for school, but until our school system discovers that one size does not fit all when it comes to circadian rhythms, kids will be likely to fail and be called lazy as I was. Yes, 7am is an ungodly hour for some of us!

~RD

We always end up where we’re supposed to be given the choices we make, be it a nine to five job, bringing up a family, writing and publishing books or homeless in some dank dark back alley covered in cardboard cuddled up with our last bottle of cheap wine. Everyone has a chance to excel, but not everyone takes it.

~RD

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January 2016

January 2016

An end of an era... The Gross Polluter being towed away. Farewell my beloved truck!

Friday 01- 50 to 30 degrees and clear.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I began reading “365 Starry Nights” by Chet Raymo.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Saturday 02- 52 to 32 degrees.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Sunday 03- 61 to 42 nice day.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I got a call from "Microsoft" telling me I had a virus on my Windows computer... I know damn well Microsoft isn't going to call me, besides I've been using my MacBook as my main computer for the last year... so I kept the guy on the line asking him all kinds of really technical questions I knew he couldn't answer (I was having fun) finally the guy gave up on me and hung up after I asked him to get me in touch with his supervisor or someone who knew what he was talking about.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Monday 04- 56 to 36 degrees fog moving in late evening.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I read a bit of the geology book.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening one mile jog with Cassie.

Tuesday 05- 54 to 41 degrees heavy fog in morning hours lasting throughout until 3pm when moderately continuous showers came and lasted into late evening.

I woke up and there wasn’t any AC power, the batteries down and not taking a charge from the solar panels. I went out to the battery room and found all the connections were corroded and I had to clean and reconnect them back up to the batteries.

Wednesday 06- 49 to 41 degrees and rained all day long.

Watched a few Netflix movies...

Thursday 07- 53 to 36 with clouds and scattered rain.

I went to Walmart and Home Depot to get supplies and stopped off at the Mobile station to fill my two 5 gal propane tanks and get gas.

Friday 08- 53 to 37 clear and windy.

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my stretches and went for an evening jog of a mile with Cassie.

Saturday 09- overcast.

I did my stretches and jogged a mile with Cassie.

I did my stretches and went for an evening jog of a mile with Cassie.

Sunday 10- rained here and there throughout the day.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Monday 11- 57 to 36 clouds and some rain late at night.

I did my stretches and took the rest of the day off and just read and surfed the web.

Tuesday 12- 59 to 36

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I took my microscope out for the first time and looked at squiggly things

I did my stretches and went for an evening walk with Cassie.

Wednesday 13- 60 to 41

We went to Sherry’s house and Cassie played with Barney, Abbey and Willie while me and Sherry went shopping and had lunch/dinner at the Sizzler.

Thursday 14- 62 to 44 mostly sunny.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I practiced playing my guitar for a while.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

Friday 15- 63 to 44 and really really windy!

Just stayed inside and messed with computers and read.

Saturday 16- 64 to 44 cloudy.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Kelly called and needed her tire fixed. So I went over to her house and worked on it. She didn’t have a tire iron so I couldn’t take the tire off, I would have to plug it with it still on the car. We jacked it up, inflated the tire with my air pump, but couldn’t find a nail or any place it was leaking air from. I had her get some soap and water and brush and I splashed the tire with the concoction. It started bubbling from where the rim connects to the tire and I could see a dent in the rim where she may have hit a curve or something. So she needs a new rim. It’s a slow leak and will hold air until she gets to WalMart later today. I told her to get that green fix a flat stuff to seal the leak until she gets a new rim. She also needs to get a tire iron and air pump.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

Sunday 17- 60 to 47 cloudy.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I read one of my study books: Astronomy.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

Monday 18- 63 to 45 mostly cloudy.

I spent most of my time helping the guy who bought my old truck (the Gross Polluter)  get it out of my front yard, hooked up to his truck and making it able for him to tow it away. He has a use for it and it was sad to see it just sitting there wasting away. Kinda like an end to an era for me.

Tuesday 19- 59 to 44 cloudy with rain.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

I worked outside for a little while. Eventually I get this place cleaned up.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a night run with Cassie.

Wednesday 20- 62 to 43 overcast.

I took Cassie for a one mile jog.

UPS delivered my package that contained a selfie stick and a wool watch cap.

Thursday 21- 64 to 43 overcast.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I drove the truck to the post office to pick up a package that contained a gadget that will hold my smartphone’s camera to a lens of my telescope or microscope. It should be interesting what I can video of the micro and macro worlds.

Friday 22- 59 to 44 and overcast.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I started working on putting my front porch back together after all the storms we’ve had lately blew parts of it away, mostly the wooden lattice was destroyed.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

A review I left on Amazon for the TP-Link range extender (Technical stuff ahead)

It worked for a few months and then I couldn't connect. The website the instructions told me to connect to "tplinkextender.net" has a damn virus! Another website I was directed to "tplinkconnect.net" was for sale! I finally ended up at http://tplinkrepeater.net and still couldn't get into the device. It seemed it just stopped transmitting its wi-fi signal.... I did a reset on the device and was able to receive a signal and then was able to log into tplinkrepeater.net as admin with my Mac Air. It was almost finished when a popup said my Adobe Flash was out of date. I didn't click on that and closed the browser. I decided to try reseting it and try again on a different computer running Win 10. I got it to load up and there wasn't any popups for outdated flash, but a weird search site replaced the TP-Link site. I shut down my browser and opened it again, no problem. I went and connected my desktop ethernet cable into the TP-Link Range Extender and I was connected to the internet, but when I opened the browser it said I have a virus and to call the number they provided for tech help. I couldn't open another tab. I closed the browser without clicking on the notice and unplugged the ethernet cable and restarted my desktop. I opened up the browser and the notice popped up again. So now I have some kind of malware I have to deal with all because I used TP-Link's websites to get access to their device! I am dumping this and getting something a little more dependable...

Saturday 23- 61 to 44 overcast, high winds after 7pm.

Sherry came by to visit with Cassie and fed her a bunch of dog biscuits.

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a mile run with Cassie.

I did a reset of Windows 10 on the desktop to be rid of whatever the system caught when I tried to connect to the TP-Link website. I’ll just connect the desktop to an ethernet cable hooked to my router instead of the TP-Link WiFi Extender. Another time waster I am not going to deal with again. It’s too late to send it back, but I might just send it back to the company and tell them to shove it.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a nice long walk, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Sunday 24- 60 to 41 degrees.

I did my stretches and messed around the yard and on the patio. I mostly kicked back and read tech stuff online.

Monday 25- 44 to 40

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a one mile jog, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

Tuesday 26- 60 to 39

I did my stretches, lifted 20lb dumbbells, and went for a mile run with Cassie.

I worked on the front porch painting it white before I put the lattice on. Tomorrow when I go to town I’ll get some flathead wood screws to hold the lattice down.  

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Wednesday 27- 50 to 43 degrees and overcast.

I did my stretches.

Me and Cassie went to Yucca Valley to visit Sherry, Barney, Abbey and Willey. Sherry and I went to the Sizzler before we went shopping and Cassie got to play with her friends in the backyard. She was very tired when we finally went home.

Thursday 28- 68 to 44

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I finally finished the patio by screwing in the lattice. This took a few hours because I had to work around cactus and other pointy plants.

Friday 29- 68 to 50

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Saturday 30-  52 to 50

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes.

I went to potluck and had a mighty fine time there with the folks in my community. We all got pretty stuff like always. I like to thank Mary and Chris for putting it all together and continuing our potluck tradition.

I did my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening walk with Cassie and did some pullups and punched the heavybag for a round.

Sunday 31- 49 to 29 lots of rain and wind.

I did my stretches, lifted weights, yoga, took Cassie for a mile run, core trainer, and punched the heavybag for three minutes. I had just finished punching the heavy bag when the rain started to fall.

The rain had stopped for a spell and I decided to do my stretches, lifted 10lb dumbbells and went for my evening jog with Cassie. Unfortunately the wind picked up as we went for the job and as we jogged across the crest of the hill, little pieces of sand and grit was hitting me in the face and stung when they hit.  

***** Stuff I Wrote this Month******

I treat dogs and people alike... some will smile while some may bite.

~RD

I feel like I am stuck in a carnival surrounded by clowns and carnies; barkers shouting out their persuading pleas of solicitations to entice me away from my life’s calling and divert me into some shady tent for a dog and pony show. All the while, off in the distance, the dim sounds of a fading parade reach out and beg for my attention.

~RD

Green with fluorescence that rips across cresting waves, white is the ocean that pounds upon the shore. The sea sweeps over castles built of grainy sand, but a love can last forever, when a heart is gently cradled, sitting on a beach in silence, holding hand in hand. Your eyes sparkle with Moonbeams as we gaze into the night, hair that glistens with stardust, when I run my fingers through their lovely locks. Moist lips and eager cuddling that first kiss brings has begun, when I hold you closely, our heartbeats come as one.

These are memories I cherish, whenever I think of you, I tingle in delight with the love we kindled, and the love that we had. If I ever fall, I shall rise back upon my feet, for such a love conquers all, from whatever darkness seeks.

~RD

I lie in silence upon my bed, as cold sweat flowed down from my head, to drip and soak on silken sheets, frozen with fear the death I may meet. A feeling of grief, a wave of sorrow, has shaken me right down to my marrow. A dream of  dread, still lingers and seeps, had woken me from this horrid sleep. I am startled, I am stunned when a tap tap tapping at my door begun, then a foreboding cry I heard echo off darken walls within... Lenore! Lenore! Never more!

~RD

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