Interesting viewpoint - “How the neoliberals stitched up the wealth of nations for themselves”
Ξ August 28th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ (R)evolution? |
Guardian Unlimited - How the neoliberals stitched up the wealth of nations for themselves
Epididdy
Ξ August 28th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ General, Health |
I am having post vasectomy complications. My right testicle is very sore and is getting progressively worse day to day. I’ve got some inflammation that is extremely tender, which I think is epidydymitis. I hope it isn’t that, since the options for dealing with the pain are not pleasant. I tell you, when it gets aprticularly bad it feels like a needle is being stuck through my testicle, into my stomach, and through my back. It’s nasty. I have an appointment next week to get it looked at.
In other news, I saw the lunar eclipse last night. I stayed awake until 3am to see it. It was cool, but anticlimactic.
Still no plans on having any parties at the Retreat for the forseeable future. We’re still renting the space to those who want to use it, but the B&B is closed and the parties are on hold.
We’re still pondering moving in spring. It will depend on a number of things, but income and property value in particular. I like it here, but it is expensive, and the house needs a fair bit of work still if we plan to be here long term. I don’t particuarly relish the idea of putting a new roof on. It will be needed next year, but I’ll be damned if I’ll pay someone to do it when I can do it myself for a fraction of the cost. The shop roofing experience was good in the sense that I know I can do it.
The main things I need to get done on the house: rewire 9 or 10 electrical outlets, new roof, and new water pipes. I will likely be having the fence done on the east side of the house this summer, and the south/alley fence replaced as well. The next door neighbor is willing to go half&half so it becomes much more affordable. We are so tight though that I would rather not put any money out at all, but when someone offers to pay for half your fence, it is stupid not to do it.
And with that, I am off to try to get less tight.
A year ago… and a general update…
Ξ August 22nd, 2007 | → 2 Comments | ∇ BDSM Talk, General, Health, Porn Notes, Travel Diary |
A year ago today we finished our trip across Canada. Can a year have passed so quickly already? Obviously it did, but the time seems to have flown by. We’ve been in our house now for 10 months too. Wow. I really had a blast on our trip and sometimes I miss being on the road. We might still have been on the road if it hadn’t been so darn expensive to travel. I am glad we settled down though. I like having a house - and a yard for the dogs. I like having my king size bed to sleep in rather than the sofa in the RV. I am a real home body so it is really nice to have a -home- again.
Now the update…
We took a time off of running parties in our dungeon this month. Katt’s health has been poor for the last 6 weeks or so and we decided that some time to ourselves was in order while she was going through the initial stages of diagnosis. We are waiting for speicalists appointments still. It takes a while. The two different ideas that are being bandied about are an autoimmune issue which may resolve itself over time, or alternatively fibromyalgia, which is a chronic condition. Until she sees a specialist we can;t say for sure what is going on. We are hoping it is autoimmune and that it will go away on it’s own, but we are prepared if it happens to be something else.
Starting September we’ll be throwing parties as normal. We don’t really make anything from the parties, we break even, but the spin offs from people seeing the space and later wanting to rent the space for private use is a real benefit to us. It will be awesome to have people here and using the space again.
A major development for me - I am now a reviewer at Janes Guide! I’ve been friendly with the folks over at Janes Guide since I first entered the adult internet business in 2000 and am really stoked to be a part of such a well respected site and working with people I have a lot of respect for. *does a happy dance*
We had planned on breeding Luna, our newest female pug, but we decided not to in the end. The risk of complications with squishy faces dogs giving birth is quite high, and we didn’t want to risk anything bad happening to Luna; we love her too much! So as soon as she finished her heat we’re going to have her spayed.
The shop roof doesn’t leak. We had 3 days of rain this week and the roof was water tight. It’s gratifying to know that I did a good job on it. If we stay here more than another few years I will have to re roof the house. In the meantime I am going to put moss killer on the roof and take the moss off once it dies. That should extend the life of the roof.
We have been throwing ideas around as to what we plan on doing for the next 2 years and 2 months. The original plan was to live in this house until Oct 2009 and decide whether we’d stay here or sell and move somewhere else. Depending on what happens with Katt’s health and our finances we have though of potentially moving earlier. We’ll stay here as long as we can afford to financially, emotionally, and health wise. Hopefully for at least another 2 years and 2 months! I like living in Chilliwack. Our neighbors are great, we’re close to our friends and family, and we’re so close to nature. I also really love our leisure centre. It is the best one I’ve been to in any city across the country.
I’d better be off to bed. Need my gnarly sleep and all.
Feeling better
Ξ August 13th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ Health |
My back is feeling a fair bit better the last few days. I still have to be careful that I don’t twist the wrong way or lift anything that is too heavy, but I can generally get around without too much discomfort. I am going to try to get back to the gym tomorrow and stick to low weight and see how it goes. I’ll avoid the muscles that got hurt so I don’t tweak them again, but I can still work arms and chest etc on the machines.
It will be great to get back in the gym; I love to work out.
Pain
Ξ August 6th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ Fitness, Health |
I hurt my back in the gym today. I was doing squats at a weight I’ve done before with n problem at all, and wen I was down in the squat my back popped and cracked and spasmed and I just barely got the weights back up. Once I stood up I was in an amazing amount of pain; it was all I could do to make it to the bench 10 feet away.
I rested for a little bit and then made my way downstairs to the change room. I managed to get undressed by working through the pain, and I managed to get my swim trunks on and I hobbled into the hot tub. The hot tub helped a fair bit.
Getting dressed was a real SOB. I couldn’t tie up my shoes. Driving… not much better… I could barely lift my leg into the truck.
I’m obviously home now. I took robaxacet and we’ll see how that does. I am still in a lot of discomfort. I have no bulging discs, so I am sure it is just a muscle pull… something only time and rest will fix.
Still… damn… bad timing…
Roof is done!
Ξ August 5th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ General |
The shop roof is done! A quick photo of the finished job follows.
The mad Shingler
Ξ August 5th, 2007 | → Comments Off | ∇ General |
I’ve been re roofing my shop for the last 3 days. It took me 4 hours to remove all the shingles, another hour to clean up and put all the old roofing material in the utility trailer, and so far about 9 hours to lay down the felt and put up all the shingles except the ridge cap. I have a 3 hour window in the morning from 7am-10am and a 3 hour window from 6-9pm when it is actually cool enough to be on the roof. I should be done tonight! Woohoo! I will replace the gutters once I am finished the roof. The current gutters are beyond repair.
I’m pretty happy. I saved a lot of money by doing it myself. Here’s hoping that my other home improvement projects go as well.
