From: wolverine01@charter.net
On 1/30/2026 9:21 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2026 20:08:11 -0600,
> sticks wrote:
>> On 1/28/2026 9:59 AM, Ted Heise wrote:
>>> On Mon, 26 Jan 2026 21:08:46 -0600,
>>> sticks wrote:
>>>> First month of knee hell down.
>>>
>>> Good to hear!
>>
>> Really didn't realize how brutal a knee replacement was going
>> to be. I sure hope the other knee holds up, cause I sure as
>> hell don't want to go through this again.
>
> Oof. Fingers crossed for you!
>
>
>>> When the weather is too cold to ride outdoors, I put my bike
>>> on rollers in the garage. The last couple of weeks it's even
>>> been too cold in the garage.
>>
>> I keep my 3 car pretty toasty.
>
> That sounds appealing, but it doesn't seem possible for my 3-car.
> It's a pretty new house and the garage is attached, but there's no
> HVAC to it. I've tried running a space heater (even two!) and it
> doesn't move the needle much. Maybe I need to just prop open the
> door from the house and position a box fan in it for air exchange?
> Maybe I just need a bigger space heater (though I only have 110 V
> outlets, so that seems to be a limiting factor).
I see you've looked into it with another post. I'll respond with some
thoughts there.
>> ...The wife was talking about how everything seems so
>> expensive now and mentioned last months gas bill. I told her
>> to just pay it and not give it another thought. ;-)
>
> LOL. I avoid such problems by just paying the bills myself. ;)
Since I met my wife, I pretty much let her take care of the bill paying.
She's really good at all that kind of thing, I tend to put things off
too much. I think what makes it work for us is that I have complete
trust in her. She does not buy things we don't need, and though she
knows I don't give a crap what she buys, she will ask me before anything
out of the ordinary.
30 years ago she was a legal secretary making decent dough. The problem
was the damn lawyers. She would get into arguments with them and would
come home very upset. I finally convinced her to just quit and let me
take care of making money, and her just take care of our "estate". She
keeps very busy, actually like doing laundry, and the house is
immaculate all the time. I do nothing inside the garage and I like it
that way.
I did suggest she start making a list of all the bills and payments that
we have monthly so I would know where to start if anything happens to
her. She said not to worry, and that if payments aren't made I'll
figure it out soon enough. So I just shrugged and went back to not
worrying about it. Heh.
>>> So just the last couple of days I've taken to bundling up and
>>> walking in the neighborhood. It helps my mental well being
>>> considerably.
>>
>> The wife has still been going out about 7:30 AM for about an
>> hour and a half on the trail by our house. When it got down to
>> -10F she took 2 days off and just rode the bike down in the
>> exercise room. She's pretty dedicated to doing this. I am
>> looking forward to when I can safely go out and hike, and do
>> like it this time of the year, but at 7:30 I still want to be
>> warm in my chair drinking my coffee.
>
> Yeah, the self propulsion has to work. A friend is recovering
> from surgery to treat spinal stenosis, and his legs aren't yet
> working well enough to walk much. Hoping he gets back to regular
> mobility. I know it'll be hard for me when I'm no longer able to
> get around on my two feet.
It amazes me the people I know who can't do much and don't seem to care.
I think when those days come, I'll have to start enjoying wine a
little more. At least then you don't care.
>>> As it happens, the wife and I plan to hike at a nearby nature
>>> preserve this afternoon, so good timing!
>>
>> Awesome! I been monitoring the weather out by you and it does
>> seem to get a little warmer than by us, but you do get a little
>> bit more wind.
>
> It was really nice to get out. We'd gotten a bit over an inch of
> snow, so I tried out the Kahtoola MICROspikes (recent birthday
> gift). There wasn't that much snow, so the spikes did a better
> job of picking up mud than anything else. LOL
>
> We did a bit over 3 miles, the wife's ankle was starting to bother
> her, or we would have done more. It's hard for her, because she's
> much more intense about regular exercise than I am (sounds like
> your situation too).
When I exercise, I go hard, I'm just more willing to miss a day than she
is. She goes 7 days a week, and even if she meets a friend for lunch,
will come home in the afternoon and go right to the downstairs gym. I'm
way less dedicated than that.
> I went out yesterday and did a bit over 7 miles. Was whomped when
> done, but slept well last night! I also discovered that my Garmin
> Edge 830 is not a good tracker for hiking. It only logged 5 of
> the seven miles. Web searches suggest switching off the autopause
> function and setting it for more frequent readings might help
> (it's not designed for such slow movement). We'll see.
Just get the free GAIA app.
>
>> ...Glad you like the move and hope you continue living the
>> dream!
>
> Thanks, so far so good.
>
>
>> BTW, great hearing from you. Been a little quiet around here
>> and I've missed all you guys.
>
> Same. I'll try to be more regular about checking in and posting.
Was thinking today that once this gets back to normal, I would like to
believe I would either be in Arizona or Florida, or both, during these
winter months and would still be making trip reports. Don't get me
wrong. I do like winter and don't want to move really, but it does drag
on. Laying on the beach in the warm sunlight sounds appealing right now.
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