Exercise Equipment

Momoko suggested that we get rid of the exercise equipment in the basement. She said we could use the extra room. And besides, nobody uses the stuff. At first I was against this idea. The main driver was that the stuff cost a couple thousand dollars to buy.

I like to live by the anti-hoarding rule: If something does not get used, it gets thrown out. Even expensive items like exercise equipment should fall under this rule. So what's a cat like me to do? It was simple actually. I started using the equipment.

Over the past week, I have used each of our three exercise machines every day. I only spend 5 to 6 minutes on each machine each day. I am done in well under 30 minutes each day. I was TV on our new big screen TV down in the basement as I exercise.

For now I am put off the removal of the equipment. The trick is to keep up this schedule for the long haul. That will serve two goals. I will get our money's worth our of the equipment. And I am sure it will do wonders for my health. Go Voltron force.

End of the Heat

I got 4 window air conditioning units ready to go. Tomorrow my contractor is coming to do some installs. Let's hope he stays long enough to put all the A/C units in. They will be going in each of the bedrooms upstairs.

Things have been just too hot recently. I don't even sleep in my bedroom any more. I sleep in the basement where it is actually cold. The problem is that we have the best pillow top bed upstairs. The basement only has an old queen sized bed that is not as comfortable. But I can't get any shut eye when the weather is too hot.

Tomorrow night I plan to sleep in my bed again. If the A/C units are all in and working, I will crank the temperature down to extra cold. Might even need a comforter on the first night. Ahh I can't wait.

Locked Out

Yesterday I had to report to my company headquarters for an in person meeting. The main office is far away. And the traffic to get there is murder. So I got up in the early AM hours, and drove there early.

The day went well. Since I got there so early to beat traffic, I left early to miss the traffic going home. When I got home all the lights were on in the house. So I turned them off, locked up the doors, and headed outside for some yard work.

After a few hours I came in, took a shower, and hit the sack. Later I found out that I had locked Little Kat in the basement. He stayed home sick from school and was in the guest bedroom. How was I to know this? Luckily Kit Kat came home from school and detected something was wrong with the downstairs door being locked. No harm. Little Kat was sleeping the whole day.