Cha-Cha-Change again

The treadmill died.

That may not seem like a major tragedy,

but I am VERY reluctant to lose the headway

I have worked so hard to gain

because it's too cold to exercise outside now.

Chuck came to the rescue once again and got a new longer, fancier model - for my birthday. Not like he hadn't already gotten me a nifty GPS running device already or anything.

The good thing is I can continue to exercise.

The not so good thing was the massive seismic shift in "stuff"

that had to occur to move the beast indoors.

I think the cold was a contributing factor in the previous beast's demise.

Chuck barely got the machine put together before he had to head back to Boise. It took him an hour and a half to get the box downstairs by himself. I still don't know how he managed it. This is a partial view of "some" of the change process.

It actually was MUCH worse.
I managed to pare down one full bookshelf worth of books.

And if you know me that is a major feat!

I muscled the bookshelves, sofas, chairs and

yes, the new beast around until

I figured out something that could work.

Here's the current view from the stairs into the basement.

I haven't messed with pictures on the walls or anything. But, at least you can walk through now.

And look!

I have a dedicated childrens' corner!

Now, to convince a few to come my way...

As a matter of fact there WILL be some coming!

Kelsey, the girls and Shane are arriving on the 29th.

And Tyson, Angel and Mr. Lincoln will come up as well.

I bet you can imagine how that makes me feel.

something like this...