Lazy Sundays.... once a year it seems

(written yesterday - and no new content viewed this am... yet)

So its Sunday, and I’ve got zero miles in since Friday. Normally I might be grumpy about it…

Right now (assuming I don’t dwell on the invitation from SB) I’m defiantly cool with it.
Why?

Well I was hosed – toasted – fried and wasted yesterday. Not in the anti-AFD way either. Nope in the total lack of sleep way that ya get… one of those days after a few weeks of submarginal sleep… that ya can’t shake, where an extra cup of coffee (or a pot in this case) did jack squat for the disposition. Seein as it was the B-Day party day, that was not good... After a late dinner pushed back from the 2 hour ground delay the in-laws had getting here and a bit of absolute insanity tryin to get the girls picked up in time bed time rolled around late and started off early…

The littlest has been feverish and runny nosish, which hasn’t been a ton of fun… but its manageable, more or less.

I was hoping to get out for a ride this morning before rollin out for the ‘home tour’ but nope I slept… I slept in… and it was blissful… I feel 100% better today. Still a bit tired but I’ve got major brain function back and the rest ya know… Was very conflicted last night when the Oilers were on. I was damn ready to fall asleep before the 3rd period started, but I hung with it… and man what a payoff… damn fine game. Go Oilers… down 2-1 ain’t so bad… Maybe they can get another win at home on Monday and tie it all up. It was great hockey to watch… Grand Ledge is just west of Lansing… surprised those announcers didn’t know that… oh well, not that it matters. I woulda been pissed if I stayed up and they lost… And I wanted to catch the end of the French Open, but nope, had to motor out to the house showing. The showings were somewhat positive, back into a different house and a couple of the same ones… some promising houses, a couple with very motivated sellers… some with a bit of work we could do and all move-in-able right away.

So right now… I’m watching my favorite non-road course *nascar* race… Pocono… last few years I’ve completely missed watching this race… never quite sure why, last year I’d wager it was getting ready to sell the house. Or who knows… This is a luxury, just being able to sit and take a deep breath, its nice having grandparents show up.

Oh yeah – Saturday morning in the rain we went to the Ballet recital… two weeks ago when I was doing the BLVD chill ride some dude on an OCLV with a mustache, shitty riding position and some pissy attitude jumped in for a lap or two. Well, waiting to go in, here’s this guy talking about this cool ride that goes around the BLVD every Tuesday and they average such and such and its awesome and on and on… he’s the dude with the mustache… I think, I’m gonna try and hit the TT on Tuesday, but will hope that maybe the P-velo guys can get a nice tempo ride hooked up… Cause I’m still building up… Cox race will have to wait till next year… I’m gonna stick to my plan… no real races I think till the fall… a training race or TT is one thing… maybe I’ll hit Wells Ave. Who knows….

One of these houses would be a kick ass party central pad… the other, well, it’d be a wicked fun hang out, but not the bitchin Superbowl pad… how to make the choice… and these mortgage options are freakin nuts….80/20 80/10 7/1 arms nutzy stuff….

Oh well – it’ll sort itself out I think… maybe.

Maybe…

So the gang has headed off to the airport… the sicko is sleeping in the stroller, and I’m chillin, 60 to go in the race…

I gotta say, I’ve seen quite a bit of that ‘living’ roof thing going on… and lemme tell ya I like it. Damn freaking cool. Now the question being, is it feasible here. AND if I do it to the house we buy, will it help or hurt resale? www.cultivatinglife.com They were talking about it during a race commercial.
One of the houses has an oil fired hot water heater… only 35 gallons, but a wicked recharge rate. Me thinks, a nice dose of home-made BioFuel would be sweet. Not to mention there is a nice amount of space in the garage for the reactor, or in the barn at the farm…

Yall can talk green, but ifn ya pull Propane, Natural Gas, or Oil or for the most part electricity out here yall ain’t terribly green. Not that everyone is all excited about being green. And this same house need some upstairs expansion, and well, the upstairs would need a roof bump out and that could be a Solar install, for either a hot water or voltaic setup. That should sell the place better than a living roof… Oh and the garage is insulated! Meaning GTG central BABY… Its not the best location for commuting but its in the heart of Riverside and a good school district. On the other hand, it would seriously add some massive meat to my commuting mileage, getting the duration up to the point of paying major dividends. That and if I get the BioReactor (fuel maker) running my wife could drive the Golf guilt free and nearly cost free, okay – maybe a dollar a gallon at most.

Ohh Lydia’s Kitchen is on.

Grumbly… they doing a boring thing… some celery root and stuffed chicken crap.

Oh not chicken but a breast of Veal. And lemme tell ya Veal tastes good. And from all the veal farms I’ve seen in Michigan (lots of em) I don’t have many qualms about eating it. Those animals are treated better than any beef cattle or chicken. Sure they can’t roam around but they have a nice house to hang out in to stay cool and are well fed and cared for…

Granted I’m the kid who walked up to my dad killing the rabbits (after he told my mom to keep us all inside for a while) and said “Hey whatcha doing daddy?” “skinning the rabbits” and I replied with a dis-intersted “Oh, I’m gonna go play.”

Well I should do something less introspective and more inclusive…

We’ll see what Monday brings… I hope everyone has had a fun weekend