Day 155 – (AD 585) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.0 Miles – Headed North in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I pedaled 22.0 miles on my Schwinn 170 and I completed 200 sit-ups.

I have now accomplished 47.94% of my overall goal. And no, I did not want to lose weight…that would way too many pounds. I believe I've kept that reduction down to just under 10 lbs. from when I started my Trek on 2 December 2012. Things have shifted.

My waist measurement has been a different matter. I can proudly say that my exercise regime has helped me to cajole about 12” off, even though I’m dealing with a 62 ½-year old belly.

I am currently on the North West Coastal Highway and on the south outskirts of the town of Northampton, population about 870.

Well my blood sugar count this morning held up at 89 for the second day in a row. Last night I decided that I have to have something with fish. I found a recipe on The Kitchen Alchemist that I just had to try. I believe I was taken in on the images presented on the site…which of course I know, I know, I should never look at a picture of food and think that I should be able to replicate the same. But guess what? It worked and it was delicious.

And my image is not so bad. Spanish Cod One Pot served on boiled potatoes.  Ingredients - Cod, Chickpeas, Chorizo Sausage, Onion, Garlic, Chicken Broth, White Wine, Smoked Paprika, Italian Parsley, Saffron, Lime, Tomato Paste, Olive Oil, Salt and Pepper... and of course Yukon Gold Potatoes.

And tonight I'm going to try to Sous-vide hamburgers.  (Did I say that I love to eat?)

Pageviews at this time in space for Jim’s Trek now equal 46,495.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 154 – (AD 584) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – 11,900 Miles and Goal Point #8 in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I completed another 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170.

I have now passed the 11,900 mile mark and my miles to date are 11,915.6. (Kilometers – 19.176.3)

I succeeded in hitting two goals this morning. The first, I topped the 11,900 mile. The second goal is that I reached my 8th destination virtual point at Geraldton in Western Australia. So far I have completed 27.7% of my total mileage, in Part III of Jim’s Trek in my real and virtual Trek.

My location right now, the virtual part, is somewhere southeast of the locality of Glenfield, population just over 200. I am on Chapman Road and headed north in Western Australia. My next destination and goal point is 1,192 miles away.

I do not like doorbell solicitors when I am writing. Period.

Word of advice – Do not turn on any type of fan when you are organizing small pieces of cut fabric. The work of our new Sleep Jezebel quilt and wall hanging does not look good on the floor. We are working with the dimensions of our quilt design for both the inner top and the border of our Equality quilt. The length of our new crocheted Afghan #6 is now 45”.

And this morning total Pageviews for Jim’s Trek now equal 46,455.

The fourth season of Eureka began this morning as my video cycling companion.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 153 – (AD 583) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.0 Miles – Greenough in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I cycled another 22.0 miles on my Schwinn 170. And yes I completed 200 sit-ups, and from this vantage point the floor looks like it needs mopping.

This morning, on my virtual Trek, I am located on Brand Highway just south of McCarney Road at the town of Greenough. The population of Greenough is about 840. I am still in Western Australia and I think I will be in this state for some time more...while cycling on my real but virtual Trek.

My blood sugar is holding at 92 mg/dL. Last night’s supper – Bacon wrapped filet mignon; Roasted Japanese yams; Onion, Celery, and Carrot Salad… and Girl Scouts Samoas Ice Cream.  I am still free of any diabetes medications.  This is now the 382nd day without.

A thought-provoking article by Alan Noble in The Atlantic today – The Evangelical Persecution Complex. “Persecution has an allure for many evangelicals…But especially in contemporary America, it is not clear what that suffering will take. Narratives of political, cultural, and theological oppression are popular in evangelical communities, but these are sometimes fiction or deeply exaggerated non-fiction – and only rarely accurate… Globally, Christians face incredible discrimination… In the United States, evangelical values have often been in tension with public policy and cultural mores…” Interesting.

And this morning total Pageviews for Jim’s Trek now equals 46,393.

Grandpa off to toddler-sit.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 152 – (AD 582) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.6 Miles – Bonniefield in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

New orchids in bloom in Tampa and I pedaled 21.6 miles today on my Schwinn 170.







Here are my recorded stats as of today –

• Location – Home, Tampa, Florida
• Virtual Location – Western Australia
• Start Date – 2 December 2012
• Today's Date – 3 Aug 2014
• Trek Distance – Today 21.6 miles
• Trek Distance Part I – 4,257.1 miles
• Trek Distance Part II – 4,360.0 miles
• Trek Distance Part III – 3,254.8 miles
• Grand Total Miles – 11,871.9
• Miles to Go – Many more
• Avg. Miles per Day – 20.4
• Calories Burned Today - 628
• Number of Sit-ups - 200
• Weight –161.3 lbs; Total Loss – 9.5 lbs
• BMI – 22.6
• Fat – 18.5%
• Belly Measurement – 32”; Total Loss – 12”
• Blood Sugar - 92 mg/dL
• A1c ~ 5.00%
• eAG ~ 89.0 mg/dL
• Blood Pressure – 131/90
• Age – 62 yrs, 7 mths

This is my 610th post. And according to Blogger Jim’s Trek has recorded 46,318 Pageviews.

I believe I have found evidence of human life-forms on my virtual Trek in Western Australia. I am currently located on Brand Highway in the area of Bonniefield. I am now 37.4 miles south of my next destination and goal point.

If I believed in reincarnation, I wonder what my former self was in 1191…and what my future JKLS will experience in 2837? Once every 823 years – there are 5 Fridays, 5 Saturdays, and 5 Sundays – and it is happening this August 2014.


Our stencil creation worked. We've drawn, burned, pounced, and sewed our first “home-created” stencil. Shades of the woodburning kit I had almost 40 years ago.  We're experimenting with our Equality quilt and all-things-being-equal I think this is going to be astounding.  Just wait til you see the results.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 151 – (AD 581) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.4 Miles – Bored in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 21.4 miles on my Schwinn 170. I have now pedaled a total of 11,850.3 miles; 19,071.2 kilometers.

My virtual Trek veered a bit today as I changed from the Indian Ocean Drive to Brand Highway. I think that this is just the beginning of desolation on my Trek northward in Western Australia. And you thought it was bad before? Just wait.

And yesterday I did not try out for the leading role of the latest Disney on Ice. My Cardiologist was very happy with my ECG results before and after a stress test. My results are as normal as they could conceivably be.

My blood sugar this morning recorded in 100.  Supper last night was at Taste of Boston in South Tampa - Maryland Crabcake bites, Conch fritters, Clam chowder, Lobster roll, and a Chocolate ice cream cone.  I definitely will return.

Today’s RC recipe for today’s saint of the day, St. Eusebius of Vercelli is basic French bread. Well I got it wrong yesterday when I stopped and bought bread at the Cuban Bakery and it wasn’t French.

Did you know that you can buy a cookie dipping spoon, even though it looks like a hook, online from Amazon? For just $4.96 and in five choice of colors – blue, red, green, yellow, and purple. Why?

Got to find something to do to occupy my brain.

I welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 150 – (AD 580) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.1 Miles – A Virtual Somewhere in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I cycled on my Schwinn 170 another 22.1 miles. I have now pedaled 3,211.8 miles, 5,168.9 kilometers as a part of my Jim’s Trek III. (Grand total 11,828.9 miles.)

And just wondering that my virtual Trek is most definitely in a place where if one wanted to get away from it all, and I mean from everyone and everything, I think my location of choice would be the Indian Ocean Drive in Western Australia.

I now have about 80 miles to go to get to my next destination and goal. I also wonder where in the world are the mobile Google map image makers now.

Jim’s Trek Pageviews records 46,223.

I had to look this one up. "In his day, Alphonsus fought for the liberation of moral theology from the rigidity of Jansenism. His moral theology, which went through 60 editions in the century following him, concentrated on the practical and concrete problems of pastors and confessors. If a certain legalism and minimalism crept into moral theology, it should not be attributed to this model of moderation and gentleness." Today's saint of the day is St. Alphonsus Marie Liguori. And at the University of Naples he received, at the age of 16, "a doctorate in both canon and civil law by acclamation."

And the recipe for the saint of the day is bread and cake in the form of bannock, corn bread, whole wheat batter bread. But if you have your heart set on some "art-type" bread, this August 1st you can whip up a batch for St. Peter in Chains Feast Day.

Errands to run today in the reality of Florida.

Comments or thoughts or ideas? Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 149 – (AD 579) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.9 Miles – Near Green Head in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I cycled 22.9 miles on my Schwinn 170.  I have now passed 11,806.8 miles.

Today I am located still on the Indian Ocean Drive. I am just a tad bit northeast of the coastal town of Green Head, population about 290...and I think those are the permanent residents.

From what I can tell the Google imaging, from my virtual Trek, or should I write, is going to be somewhat boring. I can see from the expanse of the Australian contentinent this part of the landscape may be a geologist's and and antrhopologist's dream but not so much a gift to a virtual Trekker who's trying to put in his miles.

Jim’s Trek Pageviews now up to 46,166.

My fat percentage as I record is swinging back and forth. I can say that my cycling Trek is definitely producing the resulting forecast that I hope to see. The red-dotted line is the moving average of my fat percentage daily number and it is definitely headed in a positive downward direction.

And was I ever grossed out this mid-morning. I stopped by our local Whole Foods to pick-up my lunch and supper, as I always do every Thursday before I head off to do my genealogy-assist volunteering. At the buffet set-up I was shocked and grossed out, (and I have to say it again), when this relatively decent-looking, somewhat a bit older than myself, gentleman stuck his bare hand into the orange peel chicken, took a couple of pieces and then stuck them into his mouth. Gross! And his wife/partner just stood there as if nothing was wrong. Damn! Where in the hell do some people learn their manners of decorum?

This wasn't a sampling setup. It was the actual product... with tongs and large spoons for self-service. No, I do not live in a glass bubble, nor do I worry too much about eating food in an antiseptic environment, but come on. There is no excuse that I as a potential customer and should have put up with this crap. I am not blaming Whole Foods in any way. I am screaming out to the ignoramuses and the halfwits who believe it is their right. Well it isn't. Period!

And now that I have calmed down, our work on our new quilt and wall hanging Sleep Jezebel is definitely coming together. Check out Quilts SB for the next update.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 148 – (AD 578) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – He’s Back in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,


This morning I cycled 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170. I have now pedaled 11,783.9 miles, 18,964.4 kilometers.

I am headed north on Indian Ocean Drive and yes the little drag-me-to-the-spot Google man is back. And yes the Google image provided for my virtual Trek is dated March 2008.

Today is a blank day. Period.

Jim’s Trek Pageviews now up to 46,131

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 147 – (AD 577) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.0 Miles – Still No Drag-Man Images in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

News Flash – It is pouring in Tampa.

Yes, I pedaled another 22.0 miles on my Schwinn 170. (Please turn the channel. This is the real part.) From the start of Jim’s Trek III on 23 February 2014 I have now cycled 3,145.1 miles; 5,061.6 kilometers. My grand total miles to date are now 11,762.2 miles. I began this crazy journey on 2 December 2012.

And I still cannot drag the Google Map avatar traveler to determine my virtual location on the map. I am at the B marker and now somewhere on Grey Road / Indian Ocean Drive. My location is just southwest of the Nambung National Park.

Got to thinking on my Schwinn 170 this morning and I focused on a new word – Exotheology. This is about the examination of theological issues as they pertain to extraterrestrial intelligence. Just thinking that with all the egocentric crap that is going on in the world today, all in the name of some greater good, what would happen if we finally made contact with someone or something from somewhere else?

And now I am curious.

C.S. Lewis wrote an article in 1950 in the Christian Herald that contemplated the possibility of the Son of God incarnating in other, extraterrestrial, worlds or something to the effect that God may have had an entirely different plan for others out there in the beyond that is definitely different than the one(s) applicable to us puny humans, albeit egocentric, narcissistic, self-centered Earthlings.

Oh and by the way, I’m not getting into any type of way-out thesis or subscribing to any off-the-wall cult and/or religion.  And no, my mind has not gone or got lost in the virtual dimensions of Australia.  I’m just thinking and exploring like I always do.  Period.

Just found out that our three entries to the Hoffman Challenge – Light Bringer, Sea and Sky, and Diamonds have all been chosen to be included as a part of their Traveling Entries. Each will be included in three Trunk Shows and will be circulating throughout the United States for the next year.

Jim’s Trek Pageviews now up to 46,060.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 146 – (AD 576) – Jim's Trek Part III – 22.1 Miles – No-Man’s Land in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Today I cycled 22.1 miles on my Schwinn 170. I also completed my 200 sit-ups. I don’t think that I have to mop the floors in this house every single day just to work out my shoulders and arms.

This morning I am located on Indian Ocean Drive in Western Australia just southeast of the Wanagarren Nature Reserve. Not sure if this road exists because the little drag-to-man of Google Maps just will not highlight this part of the road. The question is “Am I virtually there or am I in another dimension traveling on a road that can only be seen by the International Space Station?” And what happened to the Google Image-mobile?

Anyway here’s the Google map. I am located at the B marker…on my virtual Trek, of course. (That’s for you who have just tuned into Jim’s Trek. The exercise is real, the Trek is virtual.)

Jim’s Trek Pageviews recorded – 45,983.

And today is St. Innocent I’s privilege to be saint of the day. The Catholic Cuisine website appears to have forgotten about today, July 28. Not sure if there is a special recipe to make in order to celebrate today's patron saint. I could go back in time to the 16th. I could do with an Our Lady of Mount Carmel meatball sandwich. And on the other hand, today is also National Hamburger Day in the USofA.

Our quilt and wall hanging Warhol’s Itch is in the process of being boxed and shipped. All 14 fabrics have been cut and positioned for out new Sleep Jezebel quilt and wall hanging. Also we are cutting our quilt pattern stencil for our Equality quilt. Last night we completed the center bands of our crocheted Afghan #6.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 145 – (AD 575) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.7 Miles – New Orchids in Tampa But I am in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

Orchids are blooming this morning.

And this morning I pedaled 21.7 miles on my Schwinn 170 and I burned 602 calories. And instead of doing my sit-ups today I decided to work a new set of unused muscles, my shoulders and biceps. I think I burned up about another 224 calories and got a good work out mopping the floors of the house. I do like the smell of Lemon Pine Sol.

Today I topped 11,718.1 miles, the equivalent of 18,858.5 kilometers. Obviously I am continuing on for another 281.9 miles. My goal of 12,000 miles is just around the corner, so-to-speak.

I am currently located on Indian Ocean Drive and somewhere in the area of Breton Bay in Western Australia. If you ask me it does look a little bit, somewhat sort of desolate. But I do have 192 more miles to go to get to my next destination and goal point.

My blood sugar is holding at 96 this morning and Jim’s Trek Pageviews are now clocked in at 45,914.

We've begun a new mosaic-type quilt which we've titled right now Sleep Jezebel. This time we’re trying 900 1 ¾” squares. Haven’t got a clue what the final piece will look like, but nothing ventured nothing gained. Check Quilts SB for updates.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 144 – (AD 574) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.3 Miles – Mind Games in Western Australia on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

This morning I completed 21.3 miles on my Schwinn 170. I have now pedaled in 574 days 11,696.4 miles, 18,823.6 kilometers.

There seems to be a strange “mind-game” happening with me now. It appears that I argue with myself each morning as to whether I should get on the bike. I use the excuse for not getting on my Schwinn 170 that nobody gives a damn whether I do it or not… But then I come back with an immediate answer that I should not give any worry about anybody else that it is really only me that is benefiting from the exercise, which of course I am right. (Try repeating all that in one breath.) It is sort of like having a those two little representations of me sitting on my shoulders trying to outdo each other.

Today I am located on Indian Ocean Drive heading north away from Perth in Western Australia. I wonder what the images will look like from here on in for the next good portion of my Trek.

On my virtual Trek I now have 214 more miles to go to reach my next destination and goal point. I am also now 46.97% of the way done with my ultimate goal. This means that it looks like I will be, or I should be pedaling for another 1 and ¾ years. And here’s to that goal.

Well I was able to drop my morning blood sugar count be 19 points as compared to yesterday. This morning’s count registered in at 96. 

Obviously I watched what I ate yesterday and supper was a trial experiment of Chinese BBQ Meatballs on Zucchini and Green Pea Fried Rice. And easy preparation with Trader Joes’ Turkey Meatballs and leftover Jasmati Rice. Only thing about the Chinese BBQ sauce was that it must have been bottled in a sodium vat. I just could not get enough water for the remainder of the evening.

We’re sort of in limbo right now regarding our quilt and afghan schedule. We have targeted another 30 quilts and 4 afghan projects.

Jim’s Trek Pageviews are now clocked in at 45,802.

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim

Day 143 – (AD 573) – Jim's Trek Part III – 21.5 Miles – Back on the Road Again in Western Australia, I think, on My Schwinn 170

Good Day,

And yes it is humid in Tampa.

This morning I cycled 21.5 miles on my Schwinn 170. That now racks up a total of 11, 675.1 miles; 18,789.3 kilometers. And I struggled through 200 sit-ups.

I am, in my virtual Trek at a location, "B", which has not be filmed yet by Google. The road is Marmion Avenue in Western Australia and the above image is the most current 2014 image provided by Google Maps.  Imaging, you know that little cartoon man that you drag to spots on Google Maps, just sort disappears north of Alkimos, a coastal suburb of Perth. Alkimos must have grown some since 2006 when the census reported a population of 0. That’s right ZERO.

Well I knew that my blood sugar count would jump up this morning, no exercise and eating all day yesterday day, and a late supper of Pad Thai and Dan Dan noodles. I funneled in the carbohydrates and the sugar and the snacks. This morning’s reading hit 115, which falls into the “pre-diabetic” range. Well if I was not already diagnosed a Type II diabetic I would just have to pay attention.

I did get back on my Schwinn 170 and I am now 372 days without taking any diabetes-related medications. And there is the Japanese proverb.

Jim’s Trek’s Pageviews recorded right now at 45,682.

Today St. James the Greater is saint of the day. And damn, this saint has to be important. He has seven special recipes listed for him on this July 25 – Apostle Cookies; Coquilles Saint-Jacques; Green String Beans Saint Jacques; Madeleines; Sea Scallop Supper; and Steak and Kidney Pie.

We just received notice in the mail that our “Warhol’s Itch has been selected to be judged at the World Quilt Show – New England and will be exhibited August 14-17 in Manchester, New Hampshire.”

I definitely welcome any comments or thoughts or ideas. Please feel free to contact me at Jim’s Trek.

Be healthy and enjoy your day.

Jim