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Had a nice trip to Lake Gregory & Green Valley lakes in our local mountains. Hiked about 5 miles, traffic was light and we packed a lunch for a nice picnic on a tree stump! Lake Gregory

Joslyn my wife’s aide brought us some bling today to celebrate the forth. She brought us glasses and red white and blue necklaces. I’ll try to get my wife to wear them tomorrow for a photo.

Is coming along. Five hours at low and slow. Wrapped in butcher paper, one more hour then the ribs go on.

You could always go with the homeless style.

We went through the drive through at the credit union. I needed to put the cash in for our close that is happening at the end of the month. Gave myself some extra time, cause I knew it might take time to clear. At the bank, my husband was talking to the teller, who I could not see, from my cozy passenger location. She says is "the Mrs. there?" I popped over in my spot so she could see me. We were in lane two. She said "Oh, I was thinking about you recently. Blah Blah. How are you both?" The normal question came up. Are you still biking? People always ask that. Do they ask you guys too? Is biking so strange? Lots of people have fascination with the sport, but always say they could never do it. Interesting. So, my check had to get a hold and she had to call the manager. It wasn't THAT big. A bank can't handle a few tens of thousands? It wasn't 100. It was cute how we went to a local place. The person working there, used to work at my old bank. Small town. I love this. I was supposed to put my ID in the suck tube thing, but I didn't. She just made me lean over from my spot,

Cabbage, carrot, red onyon, half and half, sugar, cider vinegar, mayo, garlic, salt 🧂 and pepper.

I’m not spending a lot but not because of the covid. As money accumulates I have been blessing people are not as well off.

Greene Valley

Mostly for @Bikeguy Do you fly a flag? On a pole? From your house? Ours is a telescoping flag pole. We bring the pole in over the winter and cap the part that is buried in the yard. Ours came from flag farm. https://flagpolefarm.com/product/titan-telescoping-flagpole-kit/ I believe ours is 25 foot. No rope to break either. Stay tuned for picture of flag pole. Also have the colors up today for the holiday.

WoJSTL and I did 37.5 miles on the tandem. We were on the bike a 7:30 AM but it warmed up fast and was humid. Still a good ride.

Installation no issue. I have a retired engineer to assign that task to.

Yesterday - hot and humid as heck - my wife decided she wanted to go for a ride, but way before I was even fully functioning. She set off about an hour before me to do the simple out and back of about 14 miles. I finished waking up, cleaned up, applied sunscreen, and set out about an hour later in the same direction, and expected to see her returning any time and kept my eyes out for her. Anyway, just as I was getting close to my halfway point of my 30 mile ride, I spotted her ahead of me coming towards me. She had decided to do a longer ride and had just turned around, and I told her to go on and I would finish my "out" and catch back up to her on the "back" part. So, after riding a bit, turning around, and then slowly reeling her back in, I spotted her up ahead. I dinged my bell a few times but she didn't look back. I sped up and as I rode past her, I smacked her ass! No one yelled at me

50 @18.1 on the morning group ride. Super humid out there.

Looks beautiful @Prophet Zacharia we are also spending like crazy but I think it started with building the house and hasn’t stopped. Durn dogs, it is there fault. Since the Covid, brickwork in front, new driveway, landscaping.

28 in the morning

Where a my husbaaand!!!!! AKA the worse beating I ever had. Those words still haunt me. Ft Myer, Wright Gate July 4th 1985. We opened the base for civilians to park and they would walk to the Iwo Jima Memorial to watch the DC Fireworks. After the show thousands of people are walking back through my gate. I’m the IP inspection officer, my partner PFC Hall the TCP or Traffic control. After the show we are watching people enter the gate & monitoring outbound traffic. I see a very large & pissed off Samoan woman walking in the road blocking exiting traffic. Me, hey hall get that woman out of the road!!! Check... Ma’am, can I get..... Oh shit fights on! Pissed off Samoan woman has Hall by the shirt & is swinging him like a rag doll screaming, where a my huuuusbaaaand!!! I call in for help and go to get the woman off Hall. I drill her with a stiff right to the jaw and the next thing I know she’s got us both by the shirt smashing us like cymbols! Every time she pulls us apart Hall & I are punching, kicking and scratching but we can’t bust loose. Finally help arrives! SPC Lundy, a huge linebacker looking dude draws his baton and CRACK!!!! across the back of her head with the baton. Pissed off Samoan woman lets go of us and is now coming for Lundy and she’s really pissed off now! Lundy is shocked the baton strike didn’t phase her and is backing up now not sure what to do... I shake off the cobwebs from the pounding and tell Hall, hey high low... Lundy, go high! So Hall & I charge from behind and take her legs while Lundy comes high and we knock her down and then the three of us sit on her. As we have her pinned all I can hear is where a my huuusbaaaand!!! Pissed off Samoan woman is still freaking pissed! Lundy pulls his cuffs and they won’t fit around her wrists!?!? Shit now what? Sgt Green arrives, we tell him to get rope so he unties his boots and we hog tie her. No way no how we gonna get her in a patrol car so we put her in the back of a van and take her to the station. We need to get her down the stairs to the holding cells and there is no way we can carry her down the narrow stairwell so we drag her down the stairs and into the cell. We leave her near the front, close the door and cut her loose. We call DC Metro to take her and low & behold her husband shows up!?!! Apparently they got separated in the sea of people. We take him down to the cell, Husband: Sese, how come you beat up the MP’s??? Sese still pissed doesn’t say a word. She’s sitting there freaking seething. Metro finally shows up and takes her. Me, I couldn’t freaking breath right for a week. Bruised ribs, black eyes, busted up lips, thrashed knuckles and although we won the war 100% I lost that fight. Worst beating I ever suffered ever.

You should be telling this to the wife!

Long weekend at our friends farm. Spending the day on the pond

Ran 2

47 years ago today While the shopping center is still there, the stores aren't My hair is about the same length today since last haircut was in Feb.

We were in that mode for most of last year. The blood letting continues.. (but not nearly as bad as last year) WoBG and I disagreed about what kind off grill to buy for our patio. I surrendered... and we got the grill island with a built in grill she wanted. Of course it matches the table and chairs we got last fall. Last on the list... a 25 (or 30) foot flag pole. They sure get expensive the taller they get. That said... I've saved money this year. But I'm not telling WoBG that anytime soon.

Spending more. We’ve done a fair amount of yard work. Some pricey professional landscaping, other more economical self-home improvements. New fountain. We’ve got our back patio and yard into a pleasant retreat.

Get off your fucking ass...who needs a tracker. I use Map my walk (ride..run..wharever) Samsung has their own thing..I bet apple does too..you need my trainer!!

Sweet!! We ran into these four two weeks ago on s backpacking trip:

Yeah, I am not falling for that one again...

Fresh from the oven

I am thinking of putting in drip irrigation because three hours of watering is a chore. Would put it in the front beds which would leave just hauling to the remote areas and eventually trees won’t need water out there. Cutting garden and rock garden probably always use a sprinkler. Used sprinkler, soaker hose, and hauling today.

Not a dime. I did spend over $100 on food. Priorities man. Brisket $60 ribs$25 farmers market $35 pie fixings $20

I've always said value doesn't matter. I'm building this place for ME. The future owners are just gonna tear it apart and personalize it for THEM anyway.

Every stage of life has its blessings. Find them and enjoy it for what it offers. This is life. peace

Nah. Old is always 5 years older than me.

Arroz, enchiladas de pollo con salsa picante, y unos frijoles.

You won't have to build one wall, however there is the expense of making it a fire barrier. We love having the garage attached. Convenient on many different levels.

I don't know how many trees you have to water but something like this could help. Each releases water slowly to the ground.

Hot with no breeze here either.

My wife is frugal by nature so we are not spending a whole lot. She’s doing some DIY home improvements but paint is cheap. She’s putting down a lot of her stimulus money into our daughters student loans (we agreed to pay them years ago) so that it will be paid off this month. When the stimulus ends and if my wife is not working we’ll have that monkey off our backs.

After trimming and seasoning the brisket, it went into the Weber at 7:30. Wo7 and I went to the farmers market. Picked up zucchini, carrots, basil, pickling cukes, green bell peppers, maters, green beans, corn, and okra. I’ll be frying okra today.

....water skied for the first time this year today. Judging by the shrinkage, the water was pretty cold too...my boat said 62 degrees.

Sorry I was harsh Dottie..it ain't about going to a trainer or buying a gadget...it is about doing it...and if the tracker motivates you..go for it!

Now you look more like Uncle Sam than moses

Two out of three done. Lemon Meringue with Limoncello and Pecan. Apple will have to wait for tomorrow.

I love you people.

I’ve turned into my dad. That’s not a bad thing.

So where are the pictures?

I had an Uncle Sam, he was named after my grandfather. My middle son we named John Samuel Fleet. We thought it was a good idea until we couldn’t tell when we got mail addressed to John S. Fleet we couldn’t tell who it was for without opening it. Should have just named him junior. Now he has a son named junior and he is senior. That add to the confusion on social media. It’s fun though to read the confused comments from people who can’t figure it out.