I was hanging out in my back yard with my uncle this weekend, and was telling him that the trout that I had seen were just small ones. Not two minutes later, a couple of 2 or 3 pounders started swimming by right next to us.

The fish have grown a bit since I last saw them. There are still a few small ones in there as well. I wonder if the bigger ones live in the brook, or whether they got flushed a couple weeks ago when the dam was opened up.

Either way, I definately need to get some line and hooks for my fishing pole. I also need some oars for my duck boat. Next spring, I will definately be getting it out into the water. This year it never happened, which is a bit disappointing.

This morning, my uncle and I installed a new vent in the bathroom. The one that I wanted to put in was out of stock at Home Depot, so I got one at Lowes that pushes a little bit more air and is a tiny bit louder. Our priorities for what we wanted (in order of importance) were:

1. Quiet - the one that we wanted was 1.0 sones and the one that we got was only only 1.2 sones, so we still made out rather well in the sound department.
2. Strong - we wanted one that could push a lot of air and be useful - the one that we were looking at originally pushed 80 CFM, and we got one that was a little better at 90 CFM.
3. Light - we wanted one that had a light in with it as well as being a fan, and that is what we got.
4. Heat - we would have liked a heat lamp, but we did not get one.

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My wife and I acquired a treadmill this weekend from her grandparents. It is an old treadmill, but it does not have a huge footprint and it seems to be in good working order. It will need to be cleaned and serviced before we begin using it since it has been sitting in a bedroom unused for a few years, but it will be nice to have an option of somewhere we can get a lot of movement without leaving the house. Maine winters can get cold, and it should be a good way to warm up a little.

I do not think that it will work for actually running on, however. I think that it will have to be limited to brisk walking. That’s all right though.

The absolute worst case scenario is that it breaks and we are unable to fix it, in which case I can just pick it up and carry it back and forth around the basement. It is heavy enough to give a great workout that way. Bringing it down from an upstairs bedroom on a split staircase and then bringing it to my basement sure drove that home.

For now, though, it is the best time of year to get outside to go for a walk or a run.