Day 10 – (AD 235) – Jim’s Trek Part II – The Sequel – 20.7 Miles To North Portland, Oregon

Good Day,

And yes I am sounding a wee bit hoarse with a chest cold today… but I did mount my Schwinn 150 and cycle another 20.7 miles. This morning I am in North Portland, Oregon. I just turned off N. Portland Road onto W. Delta Park.

To date I have cycled on my Schwinn 150, The Sequel, 207.8 miles. My grand total to date is 4,464.9 miles. Obviously I am looking forward to the 5,000 mile mark.

Liza Donnelly in her article yesterday in Forbes “Anthony Weiner is Strange, But He Is Also A Typical Politician” wrote “I think politicians need to think more outside of the box, but let’s be clear: they should not text everything little thing that they think. Please.” And yes I agree with her that ALL politicians are egocentric narcissists with shades of megalomania. And social networking is definitely adding more fuel to their virtual fires.

And last night we decided to try home delivery of Chinese food. A new restaurant, Happy Garden just moved in. We have lost all other Chinese restaurants who deliver in our area in the past year. I need this type of food when I definitely do not feel like cooking. And there is always so much left over. My personal ranking, Fair-to-Okay.

But just within the hour of placing my order, even though it had nothing whatsoever to do with our order, my Gmail account was spammed with emails from Match-dot-com and China-Women-Dating-Team. Why? I, in most cases, cook my own meals.

Conversion on my new operating systems on my PC is almost complete. Only two more softwares to set up and ensure that each is working well.

My Sequel words for today: "Chip’n Dip" and "Misanthropist".

My stats for Day 10 of my Sequel Trek are:

• Location – North Portland, Oregon
• Sequel Distance – 20.7; Total 207.8 miles
• Grand Total Miles - 4,464.9
• Calories Burned - 620
• Weight – 165.4 lbs; Total Loss – 5.4 lbs
• Belly Measurement - 34"; Total Loss - 10"
• Blood Sugar - 86 mg/dL
• Blood Pressure – 115/75
• BMI – 23.2

Mad Men – Season 1, Episode 7 – Red in the Face. Additional introductions of individual characters… and there may be an implication the fiction mirrors life.

Work is continuing on the quilting of our Tampa Kaleidoscope. It will be looking pretty good. Still looking for the originator of my new design inspiration, Ladies on The Boardwalk.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 9 – (AD 234) – Jim’s Trek Part II – The Sequel – 21.1 Miles – Today on My Schwinn 150 in Oregon

Good Day,

As you can see from my biorhythm cycles on the right, today I am at the top in my Physical cycle and near the bottom of my other two: Intellectual and Emotional. I truly did not have the wherewithal to get on my Schwinn 150… Sort of got the blahs.

But I did get on my Schwinn 150 even though I really pussy-footed around trying to give myself an excuse not to exercise. I couldn’t. And so I got on my cycle and decided that I would just plug away.

This morning after my 21.1 miles I definitely fulfilled my Physical motivation… and I can say that I am definitely in a better tune and frame of mind especially to my Intellectual and Emotional cycles. I am located in Oregon headed south on the Lower Columbia River Highway. I am also closing in on the intersection of Fullerton Road.

My next two Interlake/Interlachen/Interlaken goal points are about, from where I am now located, in my virtual world, 35 and 40 miles away, give or take.

The image to the left is "Ladies on The Boardwalk".  It is something that I created quite a number of years ago. I am sure that I was inspired by a work. I did not note down the possible artist. And this is where I go completely blank. Does anyone have an idea who may be, if not me, the original artist to this or something similar? I have started working on designing our new “Ladies on The Boardwalk” as a quilt/wall hanging. Andy I have been discussing what we would like to do and how we would approach our project and construction.

Want to see more stay tuned to Quilts SB for updates and progress.

No Mad Men today.

Is there anyone out there in Internetland who likes Cheddar Cheese, Tomato, and Mayonnaise sandwiches? Just a plain and simple sandwich.  To me this has always been my sort of “comfort food”, that is, if I truly did have something I would call my “comfort food”. Just as I finished my cycling my Trek this morning, I had a quick craving for one… Medium sharp Cheddar Cheese, a perfect red ripe Tomato, Duke’s Mayonnaise, a dash of salt and pepper all sandwiched between two slices of seeded bread. Done... When’s lunch?

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 144 – Jim’s Trek – 21.2 Miles – 20th Interlake Goal Reached

Good Day,

And today I reached my 20th Interlake Goal on my Tampa to Seattle Trek. This one goal is a wee bit out of the way. (Ya think?) My goal is the Interlake Homes at Winnipeg Beach in Manitoba, Canada. This Goal is at the 2,557th mile of my Trek. Not really sure where the Interlake Homes are, but this is, the image to the right, where Google map directions led me, eh.

This morning after 21.2 miles I have now completed 2,562.5. I am now headed west again… (Yeah, that’s the right way to Seattle.) I am located at MB-231W about 5.7 miles west of the Town of Gimli, Manitoba, on the shores of Lake Winnipeg. And I’m now have in sights my 21st Interlake address goal location.

Spring is here in the northern hemisphere and today is Sense of Smell Day. Achoo… thank you allergies. Today is the day to promote one’s proboscis.

Episode 1 and 2 of VEEP… How do brainless politicians sell their lives to manipulate and be “Gepetto-ized”? It is pointless to ask why. The best of the VPs’ and VP-wanna-bees’ gaffes and conundrums are well written into the script of the Second Season of VEEP.

Top of our Equality Quilt completed. Now the quilting begins. It is a big quilt. Stay tuned to Quilts SB for updates.


And the squirrels are teasing the hell out of The Rats and Radar.  They jump from the trees to the top of the screen, to the white bird of paradise, then scurry along the screen, back-and-forth, back-and-forth... I believe that they are doing it on purpose.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim

Day 143 – Jim’s Trek – 20.8 Miles – IT Does Get Bloody Cold!

Good Day,

Today I finished 20.8 miles on my Schwinn 150 Trek. I am now located at a point on MB-8 N and just about at the intersection of Matlock Road. I am to the west of Matlock and Lake Winnipeg. Matlock is really a resort community with a very small number of year-round residents. Matlock is considered the southernmost part of the Village of Dunnotar; full-time population in somewhere in the vicinity of 670.

It appears that I am in the middle of almost nowhere. But… when I check out my location on a satellite picture from Google, it looks like I am just about smack dab in the middle of the North American continent.

Manitoba might be a very nice place to move to… but it gets bloody cold!!!

And today I celebrate Pretzel Day and I have completed 2,541.3 miles.

I watched the last two episodes of VEEP while cycling this morning. I keep having to say to myself that this is just a TV show, that this is not the real life of the political circles in our glorious nation’s capital. But writers do have to have sources and roots for their thoughts and ideas. It truly is a very funny and riotous presentation of the foibles of our illustrious elected officials… and the nannies, and paper pushers, and power-hungry wanna-bees. On to Season Two.

EssbeeCon has arrived in Denver. The border has been attached to our new Equality quilt. The Amulet has been loaded to our Longarm and the new quilting design is in process. A new wall hanging, Ladies on The Boardwalk is going to muslin. And we’ve begun another new quilt – Tampa Kaleidoscope. Updates always at Quilts SB.

Be healthy and enjoy,

Jim