body aches

I know that I am out of shape. I don't want people trying to be encouraging. I know that my loved ones will love me even if I am out of shape. I am the only one who can make me feel better and for some reason I haven't found the motivation that I need.

You would think that I would want to exercise more so that I wouldn't hurt so bad when I try to do things. I think the problem stems from the fact that I am addicted to my job and the computer. Both of those are not conducive to moving around and exercising. I mean if I had a job where I had to move to actually perform the job, that would be better for me, I guess.

My latest problem with aches and pains stems from two things. A football game and cleaning the cars. Yesterday I walked down to the field at Eastern Michigan from the press box. Now, this should be easy, but for me who is top heavy and out of shape, it is scary. There are no handrails, so I feel like I am going to go head first down the steps. Plus the fact that my left knee hurts, so I have to go down the steps kind of sideways so that my left knee doesn't give out. Well, that made my right thigh cramp up when I finally was on the field. Today it just feels like a deep bruise. But I must of used other muscles also because I was very achy.

But then today I really wanted to get to my projects that I have planned. Cleaning the cars has been on my list for awhile. Not the outside - Dave can take the cars to the car wash for that, but the inside, vacuum and dust. The cars weren't as bad as I thought they were, but it took a lot of bending and pulling and stuff. Plus the garage had to be cleaned up a little so that I could clean the Santa Fe. I did get them all done. But boy, am I beat.

More projects to come:
Clean windows, especially the front windows.
Sweep garage, take cushions to basement, take golf clubs to basement also.
Plant tulip bulbs and clean up yard. Possibly trim bushes one more time.
Clean and organize office closet.
Organize kitchen closet.

I will keep you all posted on how this all goes.

MAC Football Week Five Preview

Probably the biggest celebrity alum to come out of Ball State, late-night host David Letterman, gave some publicity to his alma mater's team recently, talking up the Cardinals' win over Indiana on his CBS show. Can an appearance from Brady Hoke on the show be far behind?

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What I did today

Dave didn't have anything planned as far as football games, so he was going to watch all the games on TV. I thought I would try to get things done that I have been putting off. Here is my list:

Fix leaky bathtub faucet
Clean both cars (vacuum and dust)
Give blood
Do the grocery shopping
Finish the final touches on the manuscript that I am editing for someone.

So far I have only done the "give blood", grocery shopping, and I am working on the manuscript.

The give blood made me really tired. I hope to do some of the other things tomorrow.

I like to give blood, I feel righteous about it, plus I am O negative which means they really like by blood, but boy I am so tired from it. I think I have blogged about this before. Oh well.

Grandpa McMillan

Grandpa McMillan came up to Michigan just before the first hurricane and came to visit me on Friday. On Sunday all the kids and their kids converged on Mindy and Mike to hang out for a few hours. This picture is missing the husbands of Mindy and Kari (Mike and Mark) and me.

freezer kitten

Dave and I and my dad went over to Les and Joannie's last night to chat for a bit and introduce them to my dad. When we got there, they mentioned that they couldn't find one of their two kittens. They said they looked everywhere, but couldn't find the little fella.

Well, we all sat down and started chatting and then Joannie asked us if we wanted anything to drink. Dave got up to go to the refrigerator to get a pop. When he opened the door, he hollared, "The cat is in the refrigerator!"

The kitten had crawled into the refrigerator when Joannie had put some pops in the refrigerator and she didn't see him.

He probably was in there only a little bit and didn't seem fazed at all. He wasn't even cold. Crazy kitten.

one reason I like cornergas - witty repartee

Brent, the gas station owner has a scheme to find out how tall Wanda, his employee, is. He elicits the help of Hank the handyman/loafer that hangs out at the gas station and the cafe. When the plan doesn't work, because Wanda tricks Hank, Brent says: "Why do I even involve you in my schemes?"
Hank replied thoughtfully: "Maybe you are afraid of success on some level."

Don't know if it will come across as funny as it did when I heard it in this blog. Maybe you had to be there. But really, that was a classic response.