I still feel like a child within. I have a difficult time looking in the mirror and seeing a real adult. I might have believed the delivery of my 2nd child would have altered it, yet I still seem to be in self-denial of the aging process.
Speaking of aging — or instead fighting it off — my wife and I moved into a brand new house and it features space in its basement for the exercise room my dear wfe has always desired. But I’m seeing dollar signs when I ponder all the tiny and large items necessary, from the essential but oft-forgotten weight-lifting benches and mats for exercise to deciding on the most reliable stationary bicycle. Exercise bikes can be difficult these days. Do you buy a recumbent or an upright bicycle? Should I select a digital or analog?
My wife appears determined to get an elliptical machine as well. Yes you read that correctly. A stationary bicycle and an elliptical machine — not only one or the other. My guess is that it will go with the cream for stretch marks she started using after she bore our youngest child. Oh boy I’m gonna get it for that jest.
I have to be deliberate with our budget because our new house is more of a diamond in the rough. We desired it this way, but we still must carefully budget everything, down to the cabinet knobs (no kidding). My wife has an ambitious kitchen cabinet refacing design projected, but must remind her the bathroom sink she desires put in shall set us back a fair amount, too.
Gratefully, she and I both appreciate the rustic, natural look, so we are furnishing our new house with unfinished furnitures. Yes, it still requires some finishing, but we can keep the expenses down and produce better furniture than we could find in any store.
I discovered a good table for coffee with some nice, natural knotting and a console table in matching mahogany. For our patio outside we’re researching an outdoor fireplace and we’ll go with some budget wicker furnitures to start.
Supplying a new home might seem so adult, but I can’t help but feel like I’m merely playing house. The new furniture and exercise equipment only feel as a new era of toys.