Cool Room
I can't wait until we can save the money to finish our basement. I'm really looking forward to turning that into a really nice looking space. We are planning to add two more bedrooms, a utility room, scrapbooking nook, and a giant living room and closet. Needless to say we have plenty of space to work with down there, which is one of the main reasons we bought the house in the first place.
I really am hoping to turn the living room down there into a tv/gaming paradise with a huge
flat panel mount tv and big couch. There will be a lot of space too for the kids to play which will be nice.
But we plan to do this right and pay off some things and save up the cash to do it before we get started. I'm done with payment plans.
Wood Working
I'm excited about collecting some wood working tools over time. I'd love to get to the point where I can work on some projects from time to time in the shop.
I love to watch The New Yankee Workshop and see all that Norm is building from week to week. Just this weekend he was making a linen cabinet with some really cool
door hardware.
I do get a little discouraged at the wide range of tools that he needs to do the jobs but hopefully someday I will be able to get my own stuff.
Issues
We all have our issues in life. I was feeling sorry for myself the other day because I have some floating spots in my eyes. The eye doctor has assured me that they are harmless and although they are annoying, I need to get over it. I take for granted that I am one of the few guys that has no need for
hair loss products. Plenty of guys would love to have that and here I am complaining. People tend to focus on what's wrong though and I'm trying to do better with that.
Fitness Challenge
Recently, we had Phil and Amy Parham at our church to promote fitness and healthy living. You might remember them from the TV show The Biggest Loser. They are really cool people and we enjoyed getting to meet them.
If you know me, then you know that I love to talk fitness so I talked their legs off. They didn't seem to mind and we had some good discussions. It seems that they agree with me. Stop wasting money on tons of
weight loss products and start buying vegetables, fruits and lean meats. AND GET TO THE GYM!!! You wouldn't neglect the regular service on your car, so why neglect it on your own body? Isn't that way more important?
Dirty Floors
We love our new house. It is such an improvement on our old house and I am extremely happy that God led us to it. There are a few things that I want to change eventually but it's nothing compared to the laundry list of expensive problems our old house had.
For instance, I would love to put down
wood flooring in the great room/kitchen and hallway. That area is extremely high traffic and the carpet is very dirty and we can't seem to keep it clean. Wood flooring would be more sturdy and help to make the pet hair clean up easier as well. Plus it just looks better.
