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