I’ve really got into a nice groove of riding the stationary bike. Nothing crazy. Just a self paced 30 minute ride of various degrees of resistance and cadence.  It’s always a good workout.  I’m sweating (thanks Florida!) and sucking wind at the end so it feels good. Getting some of those bike riding muscles back again.

So I’m here in Long Beach watching Betty for 5 days while Kelly travels (to Florida no less) for business. My first night here and before Kelly left, we walked down to 2nd street to get a gyro bowl. We walked by the Belmont athletic club with an exercise bike in the window. Told Kelly it would be nice to get a week long membership. She said that she was a member and to call them and see.

Unfortunately they only offer  month long guest memberships for $145.

BUT!

Since Kelly is a member they would put me on the guest list for 2 free uses!

I’ll take it!

So today I went to the gym.  After a short time trying to figure out the new bike I was on my way. Same type of ride so it felt good. Going back tomorrow to try the other kind of bike they have.

The pic is after the ride

Barb is the bird Nerd. I’m just the enabler. We have a video birdhouse and bird feeder. We just saw our first brood of 4 baby blue birds hatch and fly the coop.

We use the Merlin bird app to identify bird songs.

We’ve already adopted a small murder of crows.

So yes. Bird nerd all around.

We love it when the Lee fam comes to town. They roll in on a Friday after work and stay until Sunday afternoon, and sometimes stay over and leave super early on Monday. Toby never disappoints

Really getting into and enjoying retirement mode. I like slowed down life. I like the low stress life. Good day for me is nothing on the calendar. Starts with morning coffee and wordle. Dog walk then some morning chores. Mow the lawn or water plants and kill ants.  It’s a good day when I can get in a 30 minute ride on the echelon stationary bike or a couple mile walk, which usually includes a stop at the beach. Shower and get ready for the day. Figure out what’s for dinner and head to the store. If it’s a simple grocery list I walk to Whole Foods. Come home and have a cup of tea.  Afternoons can be continued work on the honey do list. Always something to be done as a home owner. We’ve been trying to eat dinner a little later but at some point it’s prep, cook, eat, and clean. Since we got the new kitchen we like to keep it looking nice all the time. After that it’s chill til bedtime.

Retired life!

One thing that happened in the last year was that we finished our kitchen remodel! When we left off we had just had the granite installed. We still hadn’t painted the cabinets. Sure turned out good. Couldn’t be happier !

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