New idea, new challenge?!

In spite of several left over pains from yesterday's gardening work, I walked 2.5 miles with my friend who kindly stopped patiently a couple of times for me.  

Then, in comfortable late afternoon I bicycled with him, because I really wanted to try 90 cadence with metronome on smart phone.  That was fun at beginning, but I noticed that speed is impossible for me and for him either.  So we changed to 80 cadence, even that was not easy, but we went through and back.

I think I found it fun to keep trying.  😁😍

Finished our DIY together era

Unfortunately I accidentally hurt my right thumb and wrist by using a big brush painting primer on our deck.  In spite of icing and taping, the pain is left in the bottom of my right thumb.
Luckily my husband recovered from his wrist swollen with pain within two days, and he started painting again all by himself, but he was careful, so he worked little by little.  Now he finished 2/3 of real paint painting job.

Meanwhile I tried cooking, gardening, and vaccuming.  Every domestic job hurt me, but I got more careful and took more rest between chores.  Luckily we managed to ride bicycles together even on the hottest day.

Finally the nasty heat wave seems to have passed away.
 

Yesterday, today, we have worked ...

Deck rails, boards and pergola posts....  We decided to fix and paint by DIY again.  That was under estimated.  We lost at least 1/3 or even half energy of the energy we had three years ago.

It was hot.  sweat, sweat, sweat....

I was going to ride yesterday and made a plan, but when I saw our deck rails I changed my mind.  

Chore is not fun, but at least I can get peace in my mind when we finish.

We should do minimum job, the most necessary thing only....

I missed riding very much today.

I got one idea to keep us riding.

I thought two things together might work to enhance my excitement.  Choose a place to ride towards, and take some pictures for my future paintings.
We haven't ridden local places so much, this might be a good time to do that.  
Or maybe in Fall this year.

When the weather is hot, I might want to go to the beach or ocean, or lake. 

Anyway I just want to take off too much tension to ride more distance or hours.  I just want to ride a little,  paint some, and play music.

We haven't worked in our garden for a while, the weeds popped up everywhere and roses got looking ugly so that we had to work quite a bit today.  My right knee hurts and my back too. 😞 But our work got a good result, so I should be happy, yes, I am.😉

Our Statice over grew, so I cut.  I wonder if anybody wants it?

 

We lost the passion.

The passion to ride together different places as many as we can.  Recently we are passion-less about everything, except eating and sleeping maybe.
Because any activity made us tired so that we are discouraged to do anything which needs our energy.

I have to think about something new, or find some new way to think.  

Give us energy and passion!

So far so good the Ice cream BF

My stomach has never bulged out after meals.  Finally the habit faded away.  I still need to shave off the extra fat here and there from my body somehow.
The weight slightly went down, but it's not big change yet.  So I can't be pleased yet.
But pedaling was a little easier than before.

Recent Breakfast:  Found low sodium vegetable juice!  I take 8 fl.oz of this juice.

 Plus two oranges from our garden squeezed to mix together.

And finish with small cup of coffee and 2 oz vanilla ice cream.

I've never thought that ice cream would be a meal, but I'm full enough and I can work to finish my morning chores.