The trouble all happened on September 23rd. I was in the crawlspace installing a pressure regulator in my water supply line. I had a tube of plumbing crap that I tried to open like this: This was a suboptimal idea. And by suboptimal, I mean very, very bad. The knife slipped and plunged into my hand. My flesh spewed blood while my mouth spewed very naughty … [Read more...] about Fitness Update: Bad Blood And Badder Words
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Fitness Update: Walking Fool
One of the great pleasures of FIRE is that I know have the time to live life at my own pace. Much of the time, I have no need to be anywhere fast, so I just walk. Walking gives me a chance to observe, listen and think. Regarding the last one, a good walk may be one of the best activities you can do to spark creativity. And if that isn't enough, brisk walking will also help you … [Read more...] about Fitness Update: Walking Fool
Fitness Update: Amazing Daughter C
Health is everything. All of the money in the world means nothing if you're not healthy. Perhaps the best part of FIRE for me is that I've been able to finally get into decent shape. When I had a job, the first thing I'd eliminate in my schedule when time ran out was exercise. Now that I don't have a job, I exercise right after I walk the children to school. At one point … [Read more...] about Fitness Update: Amazing Daughter C
Anti-Fitness Update
Today, I was supposed to publish a fitness update. Unfortunately, I've been out of town, so I have no way to weigh myself or check my measurements. Also unfortunately, I went to the Minnesota State Fair. Don't get me wrong, the state fair was great. The weather was perfect: I like tractors and there were millions of them there: It all started to go wrong when I … [Read more...] about Anti-Fitness Update
Fitness Update: The Power Of Routine
I mostly failed at my strength training goal and it took some thinking to figure out why. Everything was going fine until the middle of May. After that, the girls got out of school and life got busy... Failure A couple of years ago, I worked and Mrs. 1500 didn’t. At that time, she took care of most domestic duties like getting the girls ready for school, household chores, and … [Read more...] about Fitness Update: The Power Of Routine