The journey continues...

Brian Bilbrey April 20, 2014

Ishtar. Easter. Spring.

It is said by historians that the ancient celebration of the Sumerian goddess Ishtar was co-opted by Christianity to wean the pagans from their happy sex and fertility holiday. All I know is that I couldn't do the weekly food shopping because the store was closed for Easter Sunday. Hmmm. Still a chore-filled weekend, though. Mostly yardwork and car washing yesterday, with dusting, vacuuming, and laundry filling the Sunday. Pretty damn boring, truth be told. * * * Our condolences to the family and friends of Specialist Danyluk. Spc. Kerry M. G. Danyluk, 27, of Cuero, Texas, died April 15…

Brian Bilbrey April 17, 2014

I ain't Rocky...

Stallone's director made getting in shape look like a snap in the Rocky movies. Me, I'm doing well with the elliptical, and for a moment over the weekend I was below 230. I've not been that weight in better than a decade. Today: A good run (for me) - 6000 strides in under 50 minutes. Ciao!

Brian Bilbrey April 13, 2014

This is my belly ...

Would you scratch it for me? I'd trade her in on a working dog, especially one that does house-cleaning. But Lexi is so darned cute. * * * Today, shopping, and more yardwork. I finished dismantling and bagging the junk on the concrete pad. I'll arrange for a "large item" pickup from the trash provider sometime later this week. Very happy to have that done. I also dressed all of the garden beds with manure and leaf compost... and turned over three of them. I'll knock out the rest later this week. Overall, I managed about 12 hours of yardwork,…

Brian Bilbrey April 12, 2014

Spring Chores

Spring cleaning extends to the outside of the house, too. I had a pile of stuff from the dismantling and rebuilding of the front fence last fall. Y'see, by the time the fence had been rebuilt and the stain on the front-facing portions of the fence ... well, ice and rain were falling out of the sky. So I left the pile for Spring. Now, it's the time, so I took that pile, and amended my mulching/composting box. Now it looks like this: I constructed that atop the old, low (10") box I'd previously used for the purpose. Now it…

Brian Bilbrey April 8, 2014

Elliptical Progress

Pushing harder