Mrbill's Bikenbreakfast
O9, January, 2012
I think I'm going to live.
It's been a rough week, came down with a stomach Bug or whatever but I have had severe nausea all week finally went to emergency room on Friday.
In the emergency room I was given three meds intravaneously thank goodness they did relieve Nausea.
Friday night, in the middle of the night I start scratching , I wake up to weps all over my body, allergic reaction to one of the meds.
Back to the Emergency room on Saturday, extremely nauseous again, I get a shot for nausea and some new prescriptions, the ones I'd purchased the day before were now useless.
I get my new meds and it looks like things are looking up until late Saturday night when I notice the weps are there again.
After reviewing my experience I am led to believe the problem drug is the Nausea medicine, so after talking to a Nurse friend, I decided to stop taking the Nausea medicine, Nausea was minimal at this time.
So here I am Monday morning feeling almost normal, or as normal as I get, and the weps seem to be clearing up, hopefully I'm putting this behind me.
What really bugged me about this time was that I missed some of the nicest weather this year to ride since I was stuck to the couch and recliner.
Hopefully I'm getting over this, I would rather get shot by a nail gun or cut with a saw than to have Nausea twenty four hrs a day.
Just wanted to let everyone know that I haven't passed, and hopefully I'll I'll get back on track, would like to ride today but no luck, heavy rain all day, we need the rain so that's a good thing.
So this time I wasn't lazy, I was down.
Go LSU
O2, January, 2012
I had a fun ride today, I rode "Black Dog Loop," a fourteen miler on Mtnbike over the "Cordillera de Carterville."
It's been a while since I did this ride makes me think I need to visit some more routes I haven't done in awhile, keep it interesting.
This ride has a pretty good climb, actually a four stepper.
First Step
Second Step
Third Step
Fourth Step
On TopA nice ride down but take it easy on the gravel,
and there's a sharp turn at the bottom
Might should have went fishing,Cattle are all standing, means fish are biting
Clear blue skies and a moon in the afternoon********
The Nude Men Clock
Pretty neat, not X rated.
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Deadly, but Delicious,thanks Janice
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From:TomA four stepper? What about the Texas two step?
mrbill:
It probably would be a "Two Step" for you.
O1, January, 2012
I got my first ride of the year, I did my "Club Lake Loop," for twenty miles.
The weather was nice except for the NW wind which made my return trip home little fun, it was also a bit chilly on my skinny legs.
Fortunately we're having good riding weather this week.
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I'm finding this book really interesting and thought provoking, it's about a man about my age and his Viet Nam experience, lot of parallels here.
This book won the Pulitzer Prize for Biography, so far, real good.
I hope everyone got their New Year off to a good start, I'm really looking forward to 2012, it has to be better than 2011, maybe I can even set a new mileage record.
The Dallas Cowboys finished off their year about the same way they started it, rough.
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From:TomThanks for the 2011 posts. Here's to more for 2012. Happy new year.
mrbill:
same back at you, and thanks for the classic, "What's a Stop"
31, December, 2011
Happy New Year, may all your resolutions be fulfilled, I truly do hope everyone has a great New Year, thanks a lot for stopping by, I truly enjoy my Online friends.
Today I went to the "Black Eyed Pea Ride" in Texarkana.
This was a year end get together for the Texarkana club folks, I really enjoyed the ride and the after ride fellowship.
I'm certain everyone had a good time, I know I did.
I would like to thank everyone for making this a good event.
Thanks Chris for the photography work and Scott for the Black eyed peas and I must thank Don for his famous Green Egg Pork, was Delicious, the quote of the day was, "you can't beat Dons meat."
God willin and the creek don't rise, I'll make this ride next year.
28, December, 2011
It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood.
Full Sun today with a light wind and fifty nine deg F, a really nice day, and we're supposed to have a few more, bring em on.
I took a ride thru the "Frasier Creek Bottom" today and was happy to see some aqua flowing south, it got dry this summer for the first time in a while.
I really do love cuisin the backroads, decent blacktop and no traffic, just an occasional suicidal squirrel or port lost turtle.
This is the "Four Way" in the bottoms,
as your looking, straight ahead is Linden,
right, takes you up Pate Mtn and the left takes you to "Van the Goat Man."
27, December, 2011
The Suns out and I'm going for a ride!!
P.M.
Sun, Glorious Sun, it came out today and so did mrbill.
I did my lottery loop, the temp was about 55 deg F, breezy with full Sun, nice.
I felt strong, I looked good, when I had a good movement this morning, I knew it was going to be a good day.
After leaving Linden on Tabacco Rd, about five miles from town I pass by this House
"Van the Goat Mans" new home
I built these homes for about six years in NE Tx and Arkansas.
It's funny but I was looking at this picture I noticed the gable end is set out with the porch beam instead of going straight up with the logs on the end of the house, very interesting and a lot easier, wish I had learned that trick sooner, and I thought I knew all the tricks, just goes to show.
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On my ride today as I passed "DeLoach's Pond" I thought about this song and I cracked up, I always do
26, December, 2011
I don't mean to be a scrooge but I sure am glad Christmas is over, it was fun and it is done.
Now New Years and then we can get back to living and breaking our New Year Resolutions.
It's beginning to get downright depressing, cloudy all the time, can barely remember what the Sun feels like and only a couple of months ago I didn't think I'd ever see a cloud again, the grass is always greener.
I finished planting my trees Saturday morning and about thirty minutes later it started raining and hasn't quit yet, that's good for trees but not for riding.
Looks like a good day for reading, don't think I'll do the "Mega Monday" deal, I'm about Holiday bought out.
I make this promise to myself, when the sun returns I'll take a ride, there, now I've got to do it, heck, I want too, badly.
Everyone have a good day, hope you have sun, if so, send me some.
Maybe I'll take a ride indoors, ugh.
Leave a comment From:MrDaveyGieYeap, I gotta admitt, me too, glad it's over. Things can settle back down and less traffic also, makes for a better bike ride. :-)
24, December, 2011
A very Merry Christmas to everyone, I hope you have a great one, me and the dogs are looking forward to it, the dogs get a chicken on Christmas, cooked just the way they like it, which is anyway.
I haven't ridden my bike in a couple of days, I've been doing some cross training, planting Pine Trees.
The first three hundred wasn't to bad, by the second planting of two hundred that fun Jonnyappleseed feeling was gone and now I'm trying to talk myself into going out and planting the last one hundred and twenty five.
The weather continues to be cloudy and depressing, clouds with rain is great, clouds w/o rain is depressing.
Doesn't look good for a ride today, by the time I finish planting trees it may be raining, I'll keep my fingers crossed.
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I can read almost anything and this is the first book in a while I had to work to finish, not one I'd reccomend.
I'm currently reading "Swimming to Catalina" by Stuart Woods, no problems here, this is one in the Stone Barrington series and there always entertaining, it won't last long.
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From:MrDaveyGieMerry Christmas to you too, Sir Bill of Texas. Oh and that is a lot of trees.
mrbill:
And a Great New Year to yall
From:TomMerry Christmas to you and the dogs.
mrbill:
Darn Dogs, I didn't get any presents, I look outside on Christmas morning and the Dogs are chewing on what looks like "reindeer legs," this ain't good.
Have a Great New Year
