Well, that was exciting. A lightning storm killed our internet connection and television service, and we were cut off from the world a little bit. Apparently Fedor Emelianenko lost while I was stuck in 1985--what the hell?
Anyway, I've used that time to GAL some more. Joined that gym I couldn't seem to get to, and I'm really enjoying working out again. Wish they had a real squat rack, but they've got a lot of good stuff and the elliptical machines are much more challenging than my bicycle, yet so much easier on my joints than running. Eating 2000 calories per day and doing at least 30 minutes of cardio per day, plus back to weight lifting.
I've also begun the improvements to our fence that should keep the dogs in--lining the outside of the fence with sunken railroad ties and the inside with an electrified wire. The goal here is to train the dogs to stay in the fence so that they can be left outside without chain runs. At that point we can install a dog door at the back of the house and avoid a LOT of the household stress caused by those dogs.
Tomorrow a roofer is coming to repair a leak the previous owners left us (their roofers didn't flash around the chimney when they put a new roof on.) This too is a deceptively large step, because we've been putting it off forever since we want to take that chimney out someday after we get a new furnace. But the water from the chimney leaks directly down to our bedroom ceiling, and it's been one more reason why we couldn't renovate the bedroom "yet." Now we will, and we'll then have a brand-new bathroom and a new, comfortable, romantic bedroom upstairs.
