What I'm Reading This Week #38

Happy Friday all!  I hope the week went by lightning fast so that you can enjoy a lazy river paced weekend.  Not like we're going to get to enjoy the weekends again ever with all of this house project tomfoolery around here.  So much done yet so much still to do and those are all last year's projects.  I'm really hoping we can call the stair project done within a week so that we can turn our attention to the bathroom.  We've got shiplap to rip out that is on top of beadboard we need to rip out so it'll be mighty interesting to see what we're left with.  A friend's ex used so much construction adhesive to put that beadboard on it will either pop right off or fight us the whole way.  I can't wait to find out which!  

Edit:  We know how that story goes and to quote Tone Loc, it goes a little something like this, hit it.  We're brushing our teeth over the tub now.  Why?  Oh, you know, we don't have a bathroom now and we're awaiting a quote today about a tub to shower conversion that wasn't on the radar yesterday morning but by midday we had the project manager from the place who did our kitchen grabbing measurements.  SMDH  So that stair project we were looking to put a fork in?  Yeah that's going to have to be last, carpet wise, because we can't have people tromping on new carpet.  The Mr is in full on panic attack mode.  We're a month out best case scenario if the price isn't too outrageous.  It truly blows my mind how many times I had to update this post this week.  I've got a shit load of rando projects I must now tackle and design a bathroom and manage my vein crap and hope that's clearing up and try not to freak about the Mr's MRI this morning and design a newel post.

Now let's get to:

Trainers Swear by the '4-2-1' Workout Method To Shed Fat: 'Every Week I See Progress'  (Something to consider)

Want to Get More Sleep? Study Suggests Brief Bursts of Nightly Squats May Help  (I will take any amount I can get plus my leg issues could probably benefit anyway)

Taking Melatonin To Sleep? Your Gut Might Prefer If You Didn't — Here's Why  (For those who take it and maybe switch to the above?)

Starting hormone therapy in perimenopause may help slow down aging  (Good to know.  Man that study in the 90's really screwed a lot of women who needed relief.)

5 Things You Should Know About Emotionally Neglected Men  (So prevalent with Gen Xers)

How to Make Friends As an Adult—At Every Life Stage  (So much harder as an adult and for the Mr and I, we have to be extra Covid aware so it feels impossible. 😔)

How to Become a Neater Person Even if You're Naturally Messy (Teach me)

Most dangerous cosmetic surgeries revealed — one has a 92% risk of complications  (As much as I would love to have a full body lift if I ever lose this effing weight, this complication rate is too high.  I know four people who have all had some form of that very procedure and all of them have lifelong nerve damage/unnatural tightness that causes pain.)

Winona Ryder's Songs of Innocence and Experience  (A long read but a fun one for Gen xers to cozy in for tonight.  That reminds me, I need to watch Mermaids soon for a serotonin fix.)

Husband suffers bizarre penis infection after dinner and ‘vigorous’ sex — here’s how  (Uhhh, that last sentence though.)

I don't even need to tell y'all something house related will be on tap for us this weekend.  My goal is to be done with the stairs/bathroom by the end of October so pray we get a good estimate today.  I would like to enjoy the holidays and have nothing outstanding if we can.  Also.  Is a house EVER done??  Finally, if you want to throw some good vibes out for the Mr on his scan, I'd be much obliged.

Whatchu got planned this weekend?

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