The only drawback is the walk from the house to the garage. But I've been making the effort as I'm really enjoying the ability to work out in the garage. I have a great set up, since the garage reno. The only thing is the heat, or lack thereof. But it's tolerable. I'll have to find a way to keep my my toes from getting too cold. It's basically the only thing that gets really cold for me. And it's not that bad, yet. But as temps fall well into the -10 to -30's. I'm gonna have to find a solution that works and doesn't cause my hydro bill to go through the roof.
But for now it's still good. And I'm happy to ride in there. I also set up my pull up bar in there and got room to use the Bowflex. So I've got a gym setup, with bike and weight training. Only thing is the floor is a bit dusty. But during these COVID times, this really helps to shed the beer and bread I've been consuming, daily. It doesn't help my beer fridge is in the garage. It's too convenient there.
We don't enter through the large garage door any more. It's nice not having to swing that thing open to get in and out. I've got the gaps closed up as best as I could. It's so much easier through the new side door.
So now that the festive season is upon us. What to do? The gov't is telling us we need to celebrate with our own household. Until a vaccine is available and being rolled out. It is what it is. Stay away.
What better way to lighten the pandemic mood, than with lights. Diwali was just a few weeks ago and we always celebrate it with next door. We've been doing it every year. This year we just had to do it a bit safer, with masks. We still had the fireworks lit up on the driveway. I'm good with whatever as long as I still get to eat whatever next door brings out. Besides next door has been in lockdown since the beginning.
As the winter marches in, any warm day Mother Nature decides to toss our way, I'm choosing to experience the day on my bike or something outdoorsy. I thought I'd missed my opportunity to put up the outdoor Christmas lights on the house and tree. But thankfully I got an extra day thrown my way.
It's now the first full week of December and I wasn't sure if we were going to get a really live cut tree, but Kieran said...'why not?' so i dragged him with me to choose a tree. This way I can say he chose it, if it turns out to be a crappy tree. It's hard to tell if a tree will look full and even. I do check the top piece that it's not crooked or bent. I check the height to make sure it'll fit in our room. After that, it's hope for the best.
And this is always my fear that I'll end up with a Charlie Brown tree. I have ended up with one years ago. That one was from IKEA. I must have missed the memo to get em while they're alive. We got one of the last trees squished up against the fence. It was me and Kieran and a prison of unwanted trees. We don't go to IKEA for trees any more.
You have to cut the trunk so that when you stick it in the base and fill it with water it is able to draw up the water from the trunk. If you don't the tree doesn't draw up the water as effectively. I used to bring it into the garage and let it settle and open up after being wrapped for a while. But once it's open, it becomes harder to get into the house. So now I just bring it straight in and set it up and fill the base with water.
It's only been in the house now for 3 days and this years tree looks pretty good. I wasn't too keen as I was out and people were not distancing in the line ups and it was freaking me out a bit. But since Kieran wanted a tree, i said OK and it wasn't bad at all when we went on Sunday. I'm happy we got one this ear like we always do. It feels right. And it's now lit up and you can smell it when you come in the house. This is why we get a real tree.
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