I have been sick the last 2 days.  Did not do much on Sat and Sun.  Just watched TV.  I have a chest cold.  When I get sick, in usually starts with a sore throat and congestion.  This time it started in my lungs.  I don't have fever, so I will wait a few days to see if it improves.

If it does not improve, I will have to see my doctor.  Anytime the cold gets in my lungs, I have to watch it very carefully.  So today,  I will watch TV again, and rest on the couch.  I have to get better, so I can start working outside again.  There are things that I want to do....

Have a good day everyone.

Have not been on the bike since Tuesday.  But I have been busy around the house.  Working on the yard behind the garage.  Still not sure what I am going to do with it.  I was going to make it a spot for the raised garden beds, but noticed that it did not get enough sun.

Garden beds need 8 to 10 hours of sun.  So I decided to move the garden beds to the east side of the yard, where there are no trees.  Will get enough sun there.  In the northeast corner is a bush that I need to take out.  The beds will be about 5 feet from the fence.

I put one together, and leveled the ground, and then put it in.  There should be 2 more coming for a total of 3 raised beds.

leveling the ground

Ready to put the raised garden bed in 

Garden bed is done 

Will have to take out the bush in the back 

I have not been on the bike in 9 days.  I had to rest my right leg.  The tendon was a little sore, and I did not want it to get worse.  The rest helped.  I was able to get a ride in today, and the leg felt much better.

Wanted to do about an hour ride, and easiest was head west on the SART.  Rode out to Van Buren, and came back home.  I stopped at Mclean-Anza park off of Jurupa, and again at Jurupa/Van Buren intersection. 

Speed was 12.2 MPH over the 12.3 miles.  Kept it slow, always have to watch my heart rate. 

Looking east from Mclean-Anaz park

From the bike trail near Van Buren/Jurupa intersection

After I worked outside this morning, I had to finish the cabinet for the stereo/records that is in the office.  I almost had it done, but had to put in the final bottom of the cabinet.  I already had it built, I just had to install it.  Bad thing is, I had to take everything out of the cabinet.  Records were easy, the stereo was a bit more difficult, lol.

This was my Dad's desk before I took it apart.

After I took the desk apart, I used the material to make the cabinet

Now it is done.  You can see the bottom of the cabinet that I installed today.  It is the light strip to make it a bit higher.  It will make the center speaker work a bit better too.  ( heh, that is Toto singing "I'll be over you".  Michael McDonald is in the video too. )

Well it is Monday.  I have been busy last week, working on the house.  I did not get out on the bike.  I will have to do it this week.  This morning I worked outside a bit.  I am getting the yard behind the garage ready for raised garden beds. 

I had to move all the wood, and have to level it.  I think I will put in 3 raised garden beds.  Will probably take me a month or two to get them in.  Still trying to decide what kind of lay out I want.  Will have to get Rufina's input too. :)

The top picture was from 2 weeks ago.  The bottom one is after I moved everything out.

Finally finished the garage.  Been working on it for the last 2 days.  Got rid of some items, but organized the rest of the garage.  I still want to go through the plastic containers, I am sure there is a lot more that I have to get rid of.  I guess if we have not used the items for the last 10 years, why keep them.  Probably be best to donate them.

                   

This is what the garage looked like.  I had already painted the floor.

About a year ago, I met my biological parents for the first time.  They were still married, and I was the only child from the two of them.  I have some half brothers and sisters.  I was lucky to meet them and that time, because my biological father passed away 6 months later.

I find is strange that they lived 50 miles away in Hemet.  I found them from the Ancestry DNA testing.  Took about 1 month to find them.  I am still talking to Bette, and she will be coming back to Hemet in a few months.

Bette and Tom Brashear, my biological parents

Mowed the front yard yesterday, so I had to mow the back yard today.  I also did some trimming of the bushes.  Another very nice day.  I was out there for 2 hours and the high temperature was 78 degrees.

I have to figure out what we are going to do with the back yard.  Right now there is a lot of grass, and I want to get rid of some of it.  Also, behind the garage, I need to put is some planting boxes to grow vegetables.  The planting boxes will be my project for the next couple of months. 

The Back Yard

I needed to mow the front lawn today.  It has been 10 days since I mowed it.   I bought a new lawn edger, but had to put it together first.  The old one would not hold the battery anymore.

It took about 45 minutes to mow the lawn, and I felt that I need to do a bit of trimming the bushes.  The one that is in the corner up front was getting to big.  I did trim it, but I think I will take it out and put something there that I won't have to trim it, to keep it out of the driveway.

After I cleaned everything up, it too me 2 hours.  Wow.  It is now 2pm and I will have something to eat!  Have a good day everyone!

This is the bush that I want to take out.

Rode the bike on the SART (Santa Ana River Trail) with John.  First time I have rode outside in more than a year.  When I got back home, my quadriceps on the right leg was hurting a bit.  It seems that my tendon the goes from the groin to the knee was irritated a bit.  Just will have to rest it a bit.

Link to Strava website that shows the ride that I did with John

Today was Xavier's birthday party.  Xavier is Rufina and my godson.  He is 8 years old, and his parents always have a nice birthday party for him.  A lot of Rufina's family come over to celebrate.

We were at Rufina's sister, Lucia, house.  Lucia is Xavier's grandmother.  Kids had fun in the pool, the men sat around, drinking a few beers, and the women chatted in the shade.  Rufina's family are very nice people.

Happy Birthday XAVIER!

I have been busy this week.  Rode the bike the last 3 days (Wed, Thurs, Fri) and got my average speed above 13 MPH. I will ride outside tomorrow with John.  First time outside in over a year.  Temperature is coming down, and I should be able to ride outside now. :)

Football starts tomorrow, and I am in a Fantasy Football league with Rufina's relatives.  Been doing it 5 years with them.  Maybe I can win, lol.  I finished 2nd once, so we will see how I will do this year.

John came over yesterday for dinner.  Maria and Rufina are in Salinas so it was just the brothers.  We had Steak, Corn-on-Cob, and baked potatoes.  We just talked for a couple of hours and had dinner.

Today, I rode the trainer again, 6.8 miles in 33 minutes. I listed to the Creek Trail Playlist on the IPhone.  This Playlist is the songs I listen to on the Santa Theresa Creek Trail in Mountain View.  It last about 33 minutes and it was my time trial loop.

I did 6.8 miles in 33 minutes with an average HR of 116.  Average speed was 12.4 MPH.