Mental Meanderings

Yoga and my new entertainment unit.

A couple of weeks ago my mother and I went hunting for wood. You might remember it because I'm pretty sure I wrote an entry about the fact that wood costs as much as ready made cabinet doors and ready made cabinet doors cost nearly as much as a finished cabinet. We decide instead of buying the wood and putting doors onto the front of the computer desk I currently keep my TV on I'd just buy an entertainment unit.

We found the perfect one marked down at a local furniture store. Trouble is it cost about $500 and I didn't have that much money available because I was within days of my mortgage interest coming out of my bank and I'd loaned a few hundred to family.

Well today my mother paid me back her loan, mortgage is a month away, and payday was yesterday. Being shopping day we made stopping at the furniture shop one of the days errands. At the time I'd said if it's meant to be it'll still be here when I had the money to buy it. I was right, it was still there although every other cabinet that had been with it was gone.

So tomorrow morning my new entertainment unit will arrive and I'll be able to give the computer desk I'm currently using to my mother. What's great about this new unit is the doors. They are a criss-crossed wood pattern and they have little knob bits that hold them closed. The kids won't be able to manage them so they won't be constantly getting into the videos and I can safely store my DVD's.

With the shopping and housework I've done today I'm already up to 6000 steps but I've got another 4000 to get done tonight. It's going to be tough because I'm a little achy already. While shopping this morning I found a boxed packet that caught my eye.

It's a Yoga Kit. With a floor mat, a fit ball, fit strap and two blocks. I already had a Yoga DVD but because I've got hard floorboards and no rugs I haven't used it. The floorboards really hurt my knee's so I wouldn't try doing it straight on the floor. Same goes for the morning arobics on TV.

Anyway, I blew up the fit ball this afternoon with the provided (tiny) hand air pump. And this evening when my mother arrived to pick up her food scales we put the DVD on and I followed along with it. I only got the first half hour done before Josh woke up crying.

He's teething at the moment and while his mouth doesn't hurt the teething causes an abundance of acid which gives him seriously bad nappy rash. He's in so much pain, especially when he has a soiled diaper. Anyway, I gave him a quick wash and soap down in the shower while he screamed in agony. It's better to do it that way because using the wipes abrades the skin (which would hurt more) and it's important to get it completely clean or you'll just aggrivate the rash. I walked around for a few minutes with him held carefully in my arms and no diaper on. Then quickly got cream and a diaper onto him. He's asleep again now after a dose of panadol. Hopefully he'll sleep the night now pain free.

Anyway, I've wandered. What I was saying is that I only got half way through the Yoga DVD but that'll do for today I think. It really works muscles that aren't used to the work and I need to get my steps up which Yoga doesn't do. So I figured I'd write a quick journal entry then get stepping.

G'night everyone and have a great day. PS. I'm wish something interesting happened in my life occasionally. My mundane day to day seems so boring on paper.