What started as
windows for the baby is now turning into a full-time
job of "nesting" unlike anything I could've imagined.
It makes the week when I moved into this place seem
like child's play (a week where we painted and re-did
every INCH of this house before moving our things
in). No, we're talking months of work, every second of
the day my body can handle it for as long as it takes.
Vienna is a lucky girl...
...if only it was
just the windows. In the middle of the night it
occured to me I couldn't keep the dogs in the
kitchen at night if we have to go prepare some
milk for the baby. That just isn't gonna work. So, I'm
going to put a doggie door in the WALL that leads
into a dog house that will be permanently ADDED to the
house. And the drop-down kitchen ceiling, and our
shitty closets, and the entire nursery and the
unfinished hard-wood floors and then to top it all
off? Kitchen/Bathroom in the guest house as well as a
new gate for the renter to come in and out of so they
don't wake up the baby as the current gate is RIGHT at
her window and the dogs go nuts there, putting a
wooden fence in place of the broken cement one,
painting the back cement wall brown...
...it never ends.
It's literally never ending. I will be able to
work every single day, as long as my body holds out,
on these projects until the baby is born. I worked it
out and hiring people to do all of this would be
(ready for this?) over $50,000. LMAO. So, yeah, I'm
foregoing trying to come UP with that much money
and just doing it myself which I'm able to do thanks
to my trusty IMAX stock that maintains it's value
still. I have yet to write about that late 2008
choice I made because I want to do it when I
officially sell all of it. But rest assured,
it's the best financial choice I ever have or ever
will make. Enjoy your Facebook stock dummies. I'm
continue to make 10x my investment.
;)
Crazy part is?
I've never been happier. I mean, I love writing music,
making videos... creating art - but that dining room
looks pretty goddamned awesome. And it's tangible. I
dig that kind of creation because it's rare that I
have the ability to do that. The deck and guesthouse
were certainly times I felt that, but that's twice in
what, 8 years? This is really a magical time for me to
know that I have one goal: take care of Talya and this
house. It is a sense of purpose that I long for and
all the while I'm continuing my diet and workout
routine...
20 pounds down:
170.
It's actually
gotten easier. Weirdest workout/diet routine ever for
me. It's the support of Talya to be honest. In a weird
way, me losing weight and being healthier makes her
feel better about the weight she's gaining throughout
the pregnancy. Because if I'm on board when the baby
comes? It'll make getting back into shape for her a
helluva lot easier. So she's digging watching the
scale go up (although it does freak her out a bit) and
I'm enjoying watching it go down. I believe we're
gonna have a little party when our weights meet. If my
calculations are correct that should be at 164 in
about 2 1/2 weeks. And I don't want to hear any of you
tell me that the guy in that picture shouldn't lose
another 15-20 pounds. When I get there, tell me what
you think. Black is slimming and I hide it well.
I know what my healthy weight is. Sorry for being so
defensive but I already heard it from a few people
when they found out this wasn't my goal, it was my
halfway point. I'm 5' 9.5" 153 isn't too skinny. Look
it up. ;)
Alright, those
window frames aren't going to build themselves. The
nesting continues...
