Saturday's Summary

When I woke up this morning I did not want to get up. Normally Saturday mornings I can sleep in a little, but this morning I needed to get up and go for my walk because this was men's breakfast Saturday and if I were going to get my walk in I needed to get up.

I walked for about an hour and a quarter or about five miles...if I had just been walking I probably would have walked six and a half miles or so, but since I was picking up trash along the way, I was not walking at a steady pace. I did wind up picking up three and a half bags of trash. I emptied the bag three times but it was not full each time and then there were times that I had a full bag and carrying some in my hands until I got to the next garbage can.

By the time I got home, cooled off a bit, clean up, changed my clothes it was time to leave. Kathleen was up when I got home, she had awakened just before I got up and could not get back to sleep. So she was making herself breakfast when I left.

I got back home about 1100, changed my clothes and went out to the garage to finish up sorting some of the things I had been working on. I would up throwing out a large garbage bag of old rag/clothes and an old pair of boots that I had not worn for so many years that I cannot remember the last time.

When I came back in I suggested to Kathleen that we might have some lunch before our contractor got here at 1400. She heated up a can of vegetable soup and the leftover tuna stake, potatoes and squash from last night.

After eating, I loaded up the dishwasher and started it up. Then I sat down at the kitchen table with my cup of coffee and read the paper and watched the Ohio State/Washington football game. The first half was pretty even, neither team could do much and both missed scoring opportunities, but the second half, Ohio State really came out and played.

Unfortunately the contractor arrived and I could not finish watching it. It looks like he is going to start on the upstairs bathroom first; I will have to remove the existing vanity, sink, toilet, medicine cabinet, side lights, wall molding, linoleum and whatever else I can. That will save us quite a bit of money, as I work pretty cheaply around here.

Then he will come in and tile the bathroom floor and up the walls, put in the new vanity, sink and upper cabinets. The downstairs bathroom we are going to have to hire someone to fix the floor and perhaps change out the tub, but that we will have to see about. We might even remove the soffit above the tub, but whether we do that or not we will also be putting in a fan and I will have to move one of the light switches and one or two of the outlets to make room for some new upper cabinets.

We also showed him the kitchen and what we were thinking about doing there, but I think that he wants to get one or two of the other projects done first. Kathleen also described what she wanted done in the dining room. She wants a built in buffet and then a cabinet above that. It will be two separate pieces, with a work area on top of the buffet.

He is going to get back to us sometime late next week with some estimates, so that will give us a few days to investigate our financing options. I could take a little out of my ARA, but I am leaning more toward using a home equity loan, but we will probably talk to our financial advisors about it next week.

For dinner tonight Kathleen made some whole wheat spaghetti and some ravioli along with some grapes, peach and orange slices. Well, I am full and tired, I think that I will just take my shower and get to bed early tonight. Have a good night!