9/02926 Dumbell Update

          Lifting the dumbbell. I use 25 pounder. You choose your own weight. They make them as low as 3 lbs.  I do it sitting in a chair. Before it was 3 reps of 30 on each arm. 30 then stop 30 the next arm, stop. Then lift dumbell above my head and lock the elbow for count of 50. You can do way less. Then do again with your left arm. Then do it again. This time I do 40 each arm. This is the new part. Then lift over head for the required time. Then another rep back to 30 each arm. So, that's a total of 100 lifts for each arm. And 100 overheads. Next new thing is holding the weight behind my head in a vertical position so my 2 hands are near the one end of the dumbell. The other end dangles behind me. I am sitting. U hold for a 50 count. I gently push my shoulders against back of chair and slightly arch my back, when doing this exercise. 

           At least once a month I do the stretch in the open doorway for my neck and back. Also turn your neck to the left as easy as you can go, then back to the right 180 degrees. Do 25 times. For the neck. And get out and do some walking. Or swimming.

9/08/2026 A Follow Up

            Last night, I went to a different guy who was at the desk and told him about the upstairs neighbors. This was just before 10 pm. He said he would contact them about it. After 10pm if there is still noise, then call him. Well, it was after 10 and still with the pounding. Called him, he said I'll get on it. The pounding stops.  Great.

           So I take action by going to the desk. Now, I also invoked DS on my behalf. I believe that DS will help in assuaging the upstair person's feelings, in not becoming mad about having to modify their behavior.

           I picked up a little notebook from a thrift store. It's 31/2 x 5 inches. It has a thicker outer cover made of paper. It has a top flap that folds over and locks by a magnet. I'm going to use this little book to write what I would like to happen. I look at it first thing in the morning, at night and during the day. I'm going to focus on getting stuff done. So, today I had an appointment with my mechanic to put rear brakes on the car. It got delayed by him for an hr. Ok I will work with that. Anyway it worked out good. I got the brakes done just in time.  Because one of them just had a whisper of a pad left on the shoe. If the metal touched the drum it would wreck the drums, which would be more money. Wheel cylinders were ok as the drums. Great. The timing belt is up next.

           One thing I like about the smart phone is I can stay in touch with family members via texting. It makes it way easier, to stay in touch. If you have loved ones stay in touch with them. It's a good thing. 

           This here is a dream I had. A small furry guy with a small beak scoots up near my foot. I pick him up with my hand. He's like a mini furby. What's it mean. There is a strip of woods where I'm staying.  The remains of a wooded area at one time. The critters and birds have this for their home. Trying to live is tuff for them. They had an easier time 200 years ago. I read decades ago of a farmer who would feed the deer and other mammals melons during the winter. He would walk it to the tree line and drop the food there. They were waiting for him. Once where I was living, I buried some food waste on my property a ft down. The next morning I saw they dug it up. So,  I would just drop it on ground instead after that. I'd do it once a week. This way they're not to depended on it. So I do the same here. I freeze the food and then throw it in the wooded area. So back to the dream. The small mammal with beak was a combination of the wildlife being appreciative to my efforts. Birds and mammals. It was a thank-you note per say. You definitely don't want to do this more than once a week. They have to fend for themselves as well. Which is tuffer than it used to be.  They just filled in a low area with real tall grass, up the street. Probably more apartments. Dropping truck load after truck load into the mini valley. Unbelievable.

9/7/2026. Always Thinking

            It may not be the correct thinking but try anyway. So, I'm in the bathroom and I set my phone down on the cheap 3 tier shelf unit I got from Dollartree. 5 bucks, thin metal rods with plastic type fabric for the shelf part. Easy to move around. My phone is laying on something on the shelf. It is on a slight angle. A bit later I look back at it. I go no. Not good. Remove the thing under it so it lays flatter. Have to keep guard of that thing. When I put it in my pocket, I make sure it's actually going into the pocket and not in front of it. Some people I notice keep the phone in their back pocket of jeans. I don't get that. Most vulnerable place to keep it. 

           My wife has a problem today with her hair dryer. The brush keeps falling off. I squeeze the base of brush so it grabs the slot better. It works but when she uses it, it eventually falls off. I keep rubber bands assorted in the kitchen draw. I grab the 2 thicker bands and secure the brush to the unit. It works out good. Then the machine stops working. At the end of the plug is a reset button. Hit that. Nope. Take plug out and reset GFI wall outlet . It works. It seems a little weird but I'm having to address issues a second time and even a third time. With a lot of differing things.

           Someone lives above us. The first couple woke me up About 5:30 am. Big arguements. The guy winds up leaving for good. A week after the gal would be dragging furniture all over the floor. It would happen everyday. A kook. Now, I have a gal with 2 kids.  So the noise sounds like her walking around with a heavy footsteps.  In the morning and at night. I found out from  the manager,  a complaint can be filed against them if the noise goes past 10 pm. They get a warning. With 3 warnings they get kicked out. So, I said DS please take care of it. So, today is not perfect but it is way better. Try to make it better for yourself. Then invite DS in. Even I forget sometimes.

          Yesterday, I stepped on the scale and I hit 220. I eat bigger meal on Sundays. Then Monday back to the grind stone. It's going good. Today starts the 12 th week

9/02/2026 Cade

             This story I found in Unilad. This happened in 2014. Cade was three years old when he started to get nightmares. He told his mother about them.  He worked in a tall building. Looking out was the Statue of Liberty. The building shook with the explosion. He felt himself fall with the building. Molly Curnutte thought the story odd. No one in their family had ever been to NY or the World Trade Center. Cade also developed a fear of airplanes in the sky when looking up. His fear would go to big buildings as well.  Anytime they drove to the city, he would freak out big time. The mother went on line to search for answers. A reply came from someone who said that events that her son described went with one of the victims. When Molly read about the guy's story, she saw all the parrells between what her son said and the victim. She did not tell the victims family.

            At preschool the kids called him a liar. The teachers said he was a disrupter. The parents have disguised his name to keep him from being bothered. When the kid gets to be 5 it will start to settle down as the head develops more bone.  I remember a story a while back where a gal's son always wanted to go to the Revolutionary war museum that opened up. He was driving her crazy about going there. But go they did as a family. They went many times. I wanted to go but always something getting in the way or I would forget. I was always fascinated by this war and still am. Just the other day I'm in a thrift store and one of the workers had books in his arms. I spot a George Washington book. I say hold on there, can I have that book. I got the book. Hardcover too and like brand new. I was there just at the right time. If he wasn't holding them, I would never have known.

            If you have a kid in that age group you can ask them about their past life. If they don't want to talk about it than that is just fine. Write down what they do tell you. You can also show them family scrapbooks.

8/31/2026 Annoyances

            Because of the small quarters I live in, I eat off a tray stand. These are used, I got them from a neighbor. I Had to glue a couple dowels back in place, but otherwise they're in good shape. Made of birch a hardwood. So,  this week I touched the table after I cleaned it. It was tacky after the cleaning which I clean everyday. So I tried nail polish remover which has acetone in it. Buy the nail remover,  way cheaper than pure acetone sold in Home Depot.  I put a little on the paper towel and start wiping. It works good. I fold the towel and dab more on the paper towel. I can see the paper picking up the dirt. Real good. But it also removes a little of the finish. In my case that is acceptable. I am pleased with the result and no more tackiness. There was a nail polish stain on the formica countertop. Which is a guess. I tried reg cleaning spray. It didn't touch it. Tried peroxide, no good. Tried nail polish remover, no good. So I poured a little on the stain and cut a piece of plastic film and placed it over it. Then I put the cleaning bottle on top of it. Over a couple days, the stain faded by 95 %. Still have a little more work to do on it.

          Month ago,  I'm in a thrift store and see a shirt in the mens section. It is blue with black outlines of leaves. I have others sorta like it. I buy it. Yesterday I try it on.  A couple days ago I was telling my wife about a skit on the Office. Micheal the boss shows up to work for a meeting. One of the employees says why are you wearing a women's suit. He got it from a thrift store and it's not a woman's suit. Tried to convince everyone. Funny.  Yep, I put on the shirt and it's a woman's shirt. I've done this in the past a couple times. Women's shirts the buttons go on left side right on man's, when wearing it. Also the cut is more narrow especially in the arms. So in a short period of time I was predicting the my future without even knowing it. 

           I ordered some rear brake shoes on line for my car. I put in my shipping address. Made the payment. Usually they come quick but not this time. Mistake: I didn't check my mail. So it wound up going to my old home address. I tried to rectify it by contacting them online but they don't answer my query satisfactorily. No phone number either. So,  I re,-ordered them. This time checking the right box for shipping. So I paid twice. Chance of getting a refund, not so great. Didn't get the brake shoes yet. So, when ordering on-line make sure the shipping address is correct before giving the payment. Usually in my prior orders I don't have a problem with this.

           I've been sleeping on an air mattress since early February. Bought the 57 dollar one. A couple days ago it started to deflate a little when sleeping on it. I try to find the leak, to no avail. The pump built in to it also started to do a weird noise. Instead of a constant noise, it would go steady noise then a lull steady noise lull. But it would blow it up 95,%. Then slowly leak out 4 hrs when laying on it. The big mistake  was not getting the insurance on it. Got a cheaper mattress at Wallmart and got the insurance on the pump and mattress. Insurance was 4 dollars for both.

           So, in life there is always problems. Some funny once in awhile and others not. You perceiver. And hopefully become smarter.

8/24/2926 Diet ll and Other Stuff as Well

            Adjusted my dumbell bell routine. Now, I do 35 curls up from 30 each arm with the 25 pounder. It's really 26.3 do to the added weight of the handle. Then I lift the weight over my head with locked elbow for a count of 50 went up from 40. Each arm. Then I do it again. The last one is just with the curls. For a total all together 3 sets. 2 sets in the weight lifted over my head.  Sometimes I use the other hand to help lower the weight. This you do slowly. Only do the weight you feel comfortable with.  Even if it's only a couple of pounds. When my right shoulder hurt I stopped for a week lifting. Then started up slowly with lesser weight. Now, I'm back up to par. I also do 45 push ups against the sink, twice a day.

           After 8 weeks I lost 18 pounds. 242 to 224. That's more than 2 pounds a week. I plateaued at 230 for a week as well as at 228. Then last week at 224. So I used to eat the blueberry pop tart every day at the 230 wt mark, I switched it up. Now, every other day. 

             For lunch I can do 5 heaping teaspoons of cottage cheese with blackberry jam well mixed up so it has a purplish color. Or if I'm out I do a Taco Bell chicken stacker 2.99. I was doing a  Mc Chicken $1.50 at Mc Donald's. Looked it up online and it turns out the chicken stacker is at 450 calories and the Mc Chicken is at 400 calories. So I'm back to the stacker.

             I got a silicone sink strainer. Way easier to clean then that metal one. I love that thing. 1.50 at the Dollar tree. To clean it out I cut a paper towel in half and just scoop it out. Works great. Last Sunday I let myself have one Nestle Crunch bar from the vending machine. I do it every Sunday, but last Sunday I swipe my card it registers the right amount. The bar falls. Take it out peel the wrapper and I hear a thud look in the machine a second bar falls. I fish it out.  Never ever happened before in my life a unicorn. I put that bad boy in the freezer for next Sunday! Thank+you DS. In case it was you.

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             For the car I have to do the timing belt and water pump at the same time. I've owned about 20 trucks and cars so far. Never did a timing belt on one of them. But the car has 208,000 miles on it. Suppose to change it at 90,000 miles. If it breaks the motor is done for. Don't want that. Also need the rear brakes done as well.

               Next up will be diet lll

8/21/2026 Do the. Work

            Going back to the time where DS tipped me off about the dark chocolate bar. I asked what was causing my migraines. Next day gal wearing a hoodie with giant picture of a Hershey bar. I knew that was it's answer. I followed through and cut it out. Result no more headaches. Very greatful.

            So, that gal getting dressed that morning is deciding what to wear that day. Many items to choose from. I believe that DS helped her make that decision. It had a mission to fulfill. She probably didn't even know that she was influenced by it. But she was. This is how DS can move  the levers that make things happen. It took me to make that request of DS. It was not going to set things in motion until I asked. That is how it works. By working with DS it can help you as well. Pick one thing a week ask your question. Then pay attention to the answer. It will come. From somebody, a book, a tv show, a joke or dream. You have to think about what you are seeing or hearing. If you feel you missed the answer, ask it again after a week. And keep writing in your journals. Work with DS all the time. It is there to help and aid you during your life. Focus on you not others. If you have a family you focus on them of course. But keep that connection with DS. It's the most important tool in your spiritual tool box.

          It is my hope that my readers are able to see by now,  that this force is real. And that you are using it on a consistent basis. When DS helps you always give thanks. DS can help even if you think all is lost. It knows how to get you to your desired end.

           Sometimes it takes time. Like with me now. My living arrangements have changed since 8 mos ago. I'm not that happy about it. The message I got was just chill and that's what I have been doing. So something is going on. As of yet I don't see it. But the answer will come.