Projects, projects everywhere!!!

Hey kids, remember this?! Well I finally have an update of substance on said bathroom project!


[Insert wild cheering here]

The cabinet doors and drawers were finished sometime late April/early May. Fella installed new hardware to hang the doors and here's what we got:

And:

Whoops!



So after a little handymanning, he repositioned the hinges and the doors fit together just right.
And after short (I use the term loosely) hiatus, the stagnant project was resurrected this week. And we are definitely on the home stretch with this one. Yesterday, we had the new counter top & sink installed.

Here's how that looks:

Now all that's left is for Fella to don his plumber hat and hook up the new sink and VOILA! Bathroom is ready!

It will be so nice to get to the end of this project. Well, the end of any project, for that matter. It feels like we're juggling so many right now...probably because we are!

Next on the To Finish List: the Offery. Or Nurserice, if you'd rather.

I'm thinking of moving my blog here permanently, but I'm still trying to figure out how to import the archives from my Xanga site (if I even can). I'll work something out...eventually.

Off the Wagon

Yes, I fell off the wagon as soon as I tried getting back on it. But I know that exercise is a major missing link for me. My rate of attrition has taught me I should start moderately. And while I still want to train for a 5K, I think I need to trim down some first, for the benefit of my joints.

The last piece of the puzzle is to try to figure out where it best fits it into my schedule!

C25K: Day One

I got myself to the gym this morning, although as I suspected it was a little bit of a pain. Literally and figuratively.

The closest gym is about 10 minutes from home. So it poses a logistical problem with getting up at 5:00 a.m., getting there, getting home, readying for work, and out the door before 7:00 a.m. It's a lot to try to do in 2 hours! Of course I have considered doing the readying business AT the gym, but that takes a lot of planning and organization, both of which were especially lacking for this morning's foray. But I got there and made it to work reasonably close to my usual start time.

As for the actual training, it went half well.

At about the 10-minute-mark, body parts started to revolt. It was mostly a hip that was none too pleased with me. So I jogged one more interval to make it up to 0:11:30 of the actual C25K schedule and walked the remaining 0:8:30.

I'm satisfied with my (half) Day One.

And I experimented with the Speed Interval setting on the treadmill. Pretty convenient for my C25K purposes. I toggled between my "jogging" (walking) speed at 3.4 and "running" (jogging) speed at 4.0. Slow down or speed up at the touch of a button. Marvelous!

Here I Go Again

I was looking in the mirror this morning, as I made my 5th costume change before leaving for work, and realized that something has got to give. And that something is definitely me. So I will.

Tomorrow I start training again--Couch to 5K. A few months ago I was following this but forced to stop due to an injury. This time I hope the same doesn't happen again (and will take proper steps to avoid the same problem). And I'll track my progress here, hopefully to motivate me further.

Now I head to bed so I can make my fresh start bright and early. Well, at least early!