2023 Oh Baby

HA    Who Took The Money      Who Took The Money Away      Ha Ha Ha Ha It's Always Showtime     Here At The Edge Of The Stage  And I Wake Up And Wonder   What Is This Place    What Is The Name    We Wanna Wait      But Here We Go Again     HA   Takes Over Slowly     But It Doesn't Last Very Long    No Need To Worry   Everything Is Under Control    O U T !     But No Hard Feelings    What Do You Know     Take You Away     We Are Being Taken For A Ride Again 

Talking Heads

Speaking In Tongues 1983

ORTHO:

Totally jamming in the office and finished the year on a good note. So Thats Cool 

Booked quite a few new clients and regular clients for January already. Nothing all that earth shattering by any means but all has gone well. Loads of neck issues, low back releases, happy visceral work, and disconsolate legs have come and gone. I have performed a tremendous amount of acupressure work these days as a direct result of hanging up my posters. That and foot reflexology but I have always been a foot guy. Makes Sense 

Will be working on a new banner and Biz Cards here soon. Time for a little self kick in the pants. That and shedding some winter weight. Self care 101 with intentions and grounding healing from within. Hopefully this will increase my desire to motivate and stimulate. Both as a projection and internal growth. 

DOGS:

Dogs are so charismatic I tell ya. 

They crack me up and I know that I make them think. Like when it comes to meal time, I make such a big production out of it. I talk to them, I pretend I am mixing up the good stuff, I shake their bowl around, and always let their food merry on the counter before I set it down on the floor. Delicious 

And they in return pretend to give a Ratz A$$ about what I am jawing about. Dogs are funny when they give you that look. Come On Human 

XMAS:

Boy the holidays came and went rather quickly. Super casual but fast just the same. 

I snapped off this photo below of Mr B opening his gift from P&P. Check out that face of excitement. And check out the loot he scored this year. Classic  

This photo below stuck a cord with me. Something so simple yet beyond profound. I was reminded when I went to my grandparents home as an adult and stumble around the kitchen corner to gaze upon all of us grandkid's marks of hight on the door fame. That was such a big deal ever summer. All five of us would stand against the door frame so Moo Moo could slap a rule on our head and make the mark labeled with the year. Wish I had that photo which lays deep in my third eye. Click 

The ease of the Insta Pot catered my tasty Christmas meal. A bone sticking dish of assimilating green lentils, black beans, garbanzo beans, red & purple potatoes, tomatoes, diced onions, pealed garlic, tiny baby carrots, and a few splashes of random herbs and spices. This of course was served over wild rice and a gorgeous side salad topped with sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, and alfalfa sprouts. 

TWILIGHT ZONE:

You wanna talk about stoked!! The SYFY folks ran a Twilight Zone Marathon and I was trickled pink. Its the goto channel I had on December 31st between Bowl Games. Good Ol BLK & White Television all day for a perfect background soundtrack. Now, did I catch every episode?? Hell No. 

But it was a time machine for me and sometimes I stopped dead in my tracks in order to reminisce about various scenes or episodes. I was like a kid in the candy store. 

Rod Serling was an absolute genius with the way he wrote and popped in for quick tid bits of narration. So many of his stories rocked me to my core back in the day. I simply find his creative work fascinating.

And the amount of famous characters before they were famous still blows my mind. I am not a TV kind of guy but I could always be talked into a Leave It To Beaver, 1990's Simpsons, or a sprinkled in Twilight Zone episode. No Worries 

SHOVELING:

Time to make some hard cold $$$$$$. The Valley has been receiving the white stuff finally. Not all the walkways pay out but the homes that I care take spoil me. And I really enjoy shoveling snow and clearing curbside gutters. It's Therapeutic 

The other day, was a Thursday morning, streamed Tony's Jazz Way Boulevard radio show while shoveling out the neighbors. I went out of my way to shovel out an elderly couple as I know he just had his neck fused earlier this fall. The wife gave me a tin full of homemade cookies and thank me profusely. Another couple next to a home that I take care of wanted to pay me way more than they should have. I accepted and I might have a few projects this spring in their backyard. Time Will Tell

NUMBERS:

And here is the wrap on my least productive year in many moons. Like way A$$ embarrassingly posted numbers. Pathetic 

Only 2,133 miles / 3432km on the bike and that is way below normal for me. Believe me when I say that I am humiliated with these stats. I posted just a pinch over 300 hours on the saddle and I am willing to bet that half of those hours were on the commuter bike. Zero trail running but just over 400 miles / 643 kms of hiking this year. The only real numbers that I am proud of this calendar year of 2022 would be the 117 miles / 188 kms of river miles. That's A Score 

GOALS:

1. Centered
2. Happiness 
3. Electrified
4. Excellence
5. Rowdy
6. Simplified 

Enjoy Another Magical Trip Around The Sun,

Cheers