You asked if we thought someone who had not exercised in a long time could get back in shape. well, think about this, if you DON"T exercise some, even a little, what kind of shape will you be in this time next year? You'll be worse. You want to start doing something, and walking is a good beginning, to just stay where you are. You may never get back to what you could do when you were a teenager, but you can certainly improve on what you are today. Give it a good try. It will be well worth it!!

Took Georgy for an hour brisk walk. Trying to drag myself out again but don't think I'll make it. Going to iron my table cloth and napkins and set the table for Thanksgiving.

On cork flooring, an area rug might just do the trick.

I think that your room can handle it, since it's not uptight and reads a very authentic room. I usually dislike just about any thing that's purely functional(yep, vehicles, refregirators, electrical outlets lol, you name it)-but so what, they still make life easier. I'm also thinking about the pool-but it seems it'd be 50K with the features I want(and we didn't touch basic hardscaping yet-still tired from remodel), and I don't want to spend much space of the backyard, want a smaller pool..and it seems also a buldozer that should get there to dig must have 5 feet clearance minimum to drive through-frankly I'm not sure we have these 5 feet. But it's a huge consideration to me since it's about only exercise I might be able to handle these days. And pools that come with the gyms, I'm hesitant to use already. I feel very unsafe in showers, etc. Also harder to get there. Minimizes one's chances of keeping to the routine At this point of my life, I highly envy anyone that can exercise, you know. Where an elliptycal stands, with all my aesthetical preferences-that's really secondary. I do like screens, theoretically-I've never had one. Everything I really like is really expensive (we looked into it-sometimes we have many guests and some have to sleep in the family room which has no door-so a screen would give them more sense of privacy) In some other room, would go for a screen. Here-I don't know..it might be that screen wil end up being too big, more obtrusive than helpful. In short I'd put up with it too..if drives me crazy with time, then I'd think whether to change anything. But I support your priorities more than I can ever express.