Maintaining Home and Health.....

     ​Steve's doing more work on our little Hawaiian Mango Shack. We thought it best to start it now while our son is in Europe so that we don't disrupt his life or cause him any anxiety while we shift his things in and out to get to spaces that need repairing. As mentioned, our Hawaii house is an old plantation home built in 1917.  It is definitely a shack. However, it has add-ons including three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a living room, a dining room, a kitchen, and a laundry room. Our goal is to keep it standing, and that means lots of maintenance. Jake is very happy living here, which was our reason for purchasing it. It's right around the corner from a beautiful bay where he surfs and I jog, and everything we need is within a block of our home. We enjoy coming here and hanging out and plan to continue doing so. Initially, we thought we would rebuild or remodel it, but we've changed our mind. We will repair and improve things here and there, but we'll keep it as-is because it's comfortable.  We'll leave it to Jake to fix up if he chooses to do so later.  Hiking is delayed because we've decided to work on the house. Instead, while Steve's doing the repair work, I'm sorting through things that need to be taken to Goodwill so that we don't have much extraneous junk. It's incredible how quickly one can overwhelm a space. I keep saying that we won't do our repair anymore and instead, we'll hire someone. Steve keeps agreeing, and then the next thing I know, he's diving in and doing it himself. He's now in his seventies and too old to do such heavy, hard work. However, he presses on, and trying to stop him is like trying to stop a moving train, so I've given up. I'm praying he doesn't kill himself as he's my best friend and soulmate.  Obviously, we did not hike this week and probably won't finish the home repairs until early next week. Therefore, the hiking won't happen for a while. We got fresh LauLau on Friday, and it is delicious.  Also, the semaglutide is still working and is perfectly compatible with the keto cuisine as long as I don't overeat and exercise faithfully. I'm living a wonderful Life!