Guess it’s that time again. I seem to do a lot of random updates anymore. Oh well.
Been doing good with the exercise stuff lately. Sometimes I even manage to get into That Zone where I can put the book down (don’t laugh! It’s nice to have something to focus on other than the weird little flashing lights on the machine & the seconds as they tick away!) and just “go inside” and think about the interesting body mechanics going on. Funny things like the theory of least effort (for maximum results). I can’t remember exactly what it’s called right now, but sometimes when people are exercising, they over exert for the returns they get on the exertion & it makes them tired & feel like they’re exerting a lot of energy. And they are — more than they need to to get the same results. So, I watched how I was doing that some last week. Sometimes your own worst resistance comes from yourself. There’s probably a lesson in that somewhere. Anyway, when I pay attention to the unnecessary resistance, I find that I can reduce it by around 50%. Interesting. I also have been doing the “random hill setting” or (depending on the machine) interval settings, set to push me to the top of the cardio training & then the bottom of the cardio. Will be waiting until I’m in better shape to push into the above cardio heart rate zones for now… Still puzzling on how to deal with upper body stuff since anytime I do anything with my arms, I end up with carpal/ulnar nerve squickiness. I like being able to use my hands, I really really do!
I’ve been knitting and spinning a lot more lately. I finally finished that fleece — it’s downstairs drying now. Yesterday I pulled out some yarn that had been bagged and threw it away. It was in shreds from casing moths. Dumb things. Dumb house on the market not letting me hang stuff out in the light & air. I wonder what’s going on with the stuff that’s actually in storage. Could be ugly. Ah well. It is what it is. An excuse to spin more! I need to knit a bunch. I think I’m about 600 yards short of sweater from the fleece, so I’m not entirely sure what to do with it. I finished P’s gloves, started a scarf for M2, I’m helping M2 learn to knit. I’m spinning a really soft-like-buttah merino silk blend. It’s spinning up fine, wheeee! I want to make a fulled hat. I want to make a fulled water bottle cover. I suspect I need to figure out some other stuff to do with what I’m spinning up too. Especially since I can’t do a whole sweater. Maybe. When it’s dry, I’ll actually count the yardage. The estimate I’ve got right now is based on weight (X ounces was Y yards, so XxN=Z yards). Yes. I know I probably mangled the math equation there, but y’all will have to forgive me. The prospect of counting out all the five foot loops out of ten hanks of yarn doesn’t inspire me.
It looks as though we’re going to pull the house off the market at the end of this set of months. It’s not going anywhere & the stuff that’s selling is stuff that’s all gussied up. No thanks to the open house where TimTheCat got out, we have the back deck to repair. And it needs rebuilt anyway, so, whatever. And various and sundry other things. It just is what it is. Everyone has an opinion on what it is that they see that they think we can improve on it. And if we did all that, we’d have a new house. Building up/adding on would make us the most expensive house on the block. But then, assuming building up could be done, does it matter, because if we do that, we’d just stay here & maybe after a zillion years when they cart us away to the old folks home or whatever, will we care whether or not we were the most expensive house on the block? I don’t know. We’re going to go talk to our nice money manager fellow tomorrow next week. The alternative is to pull off, do some stuff & try again next spring. Oh, goody.
