Happy Monday, everyone.
Well, it's the start of a new week.....and a new week that contains a new month! My goal is to get myself positioned to get back on the wagon by Thursday so that I can hop back on and make some significant strides toward my "end of March" goal. I'm not sure that it's achievable anymore, but we'll see. I'm not totally giving up on it yet.
Weigh in was today and I've adjusted my ticker to that value.
I'm almost back to my "start weight". Oh well, it's just a starting point...
No work for me today. This is "day 2" of the couple days I took off work to try and recharge. I was definitely not the "motivated and happy" person I am - and that's saying something. Decided on Thursday that I should probably take some quiet time to myself and it does seem to have helped a little.
I think my lovely wife and I are going to go out and buy our treadmill today. The original model we were looking at is no longer being carried (they were having trouble with that particular model and stopped carrying it) and the one that we're considering now is 1) not a folding model and 2) a bit more money. Anyway, we pretty much decided that we can handle the extra space that a non-folding model will take up (and the rigid frame is probably a benefit anyway) so we'll go and do the deed today. I have no idea when it'll be delivered but I'm hoping for before Thursday.
More entertainment on the home front.
DW and I have been noticing a discolouration/soft spot on the bathroom floor for the past couple of years. We originally attributed it to water getting out of the shower and onto the floor. So, we sealed around the bottom of the tub (so the water wouldn't get underneath) and went on our merry way. Well, the spot slowly has been getting worse and NOW the carpet in the adjacent hall has also started to get damp. That was a signal for me to cut a hole in the master bedroom closet which is right behind the tub's faucets. Well, as soon as I took that piece of gyprock down the smell of mildew hit me like a ton of bricks. Good news: the pipes are not leaking. Bad news: water seems to be getting behind the tiles and has TOTALLY rotted/molded the wall behind the tiles. I'm guessing the whole way around the tub.
Probably been getting worse from before we bought the house, it's just one of those things you can't see so don't know about. ANYWAY.....we sealed the cracked grouting with silicone caulking yesterday as a stop gap fix and are now planning an (early) renovation to the upstairs bathroom (and installation of the bathroom in the basement at the same time). Once we talk to a couple contractors and get some quotes, we'll go to the bank and talk to them about some financing options since this is no small undertaking. Ah...the joys of home ownership.
Have a great day everyone. And to any Canadians out there - remember, you've only got a few more days to get your money squirrelled away into an RRSP to claim it on this year's taxes.
Take care!
:Lawrence