The Good You - Personal Training and Lifestyle Design

A little morning snuggle with my buddy Ares!

You ground me and remind me to take a moment to chill.

My faithful companion and shadow.

O I love ya!

Take just a moment for you, a moment to be greatful for the space and place you are in.

Things will get better.

No matter what you struggle with there is a greater purpose that your soul signed up for. Everything is happening in it's own perfect way.

The last couple years have been a rollercoaster to say the very least.

From hernia surgery and recovery twice in 2 years, sciatic nerve damage in March which is still on the mend, and leaving my job that had become increasingly stressful and anxiety inducing, to start putting me first for once!

Anyone who knows me knows my Psoriasis struggles.

I just stopped and noticed how good my hands are feeling and how much better I am feeling regardless of other struggles.

These pictures show the state of my hands today and how they looked at the end of September just a couple months ago.

Perhaps removing unneeded stressors in my life made this difference, perhaps it has something to do with have my hands in my board butter?

Maybe a bit of both? Whatever it is I am grateful!

Alot has happened in that time but if I have learned anything this year it is that life is happening FOR you and not TO you!

Happy Friday friends and thank you to all of you that have supported and stuck by my side! Especially , takes a certain strong woman to put up with me. I love you.

Sorry not sorry for the long post!?

Well it's a month post hernia repair surgery.

That means this binder thing can finally come off!

I can not wait to sleep without this thing hugging me tonight.

Thank you to my beautiful wife for being there to bind me back up after showers this past month.

Here's to core conditioning so this never happens again!

Hernia surgery recovery in full swing!

Well not quite ready for swings but tomorrow will be a month post surgery and I can finally take this binder thing off!

Can't wait to use our new Kettlebells and get my ass back into shape, literally!

Let's just say I've put on a few pounds!

I am really pleased with how Nonas board turned out!

Dad will be happy to have it freshened up.

The smell of Bonaldo's All Natural Board Butter brings out the life and soul of every grain of wood!

I will be commissioning a special run of recreations of this board to a special few.

Reach out to claim one of these limited run timeless classics for yourself or someone special!

Board butter also available!

Second Honey Locust bench completed with inserts and legs.

Ready for your forever home!

Going to go nicely at someone's front door or in a hall somewhere perhaps.

Holler for specs/details if you are interested in this beauty of a bench!

And she's complete and off to a great home!

One bench left for a lucky someone.

Let me know if you are interested in a live edge piece for your special place!

First coat of Osmo on the tops!

Just about there now!

Bringing out the beauty in these babies is o so rewarding!

Boom!

Flipped and ready to put finish on the tops!

Thanks to Dan and Joey for the assistance here!

Hows this for before and after?

Lets hope this is the last one. Round 1 of umbilical hernia repair came May 2019.

Round 2 came yesterday with another hernia repair but with a different procedure using a small piece of mesh between anterior and posterior walls.

What a difference in pain level this time around my lord! Apparently 3.6mg of morphine is where they draw the line for pain management. Ugh!

Thank you to the staff the Guelph General, Dr. Leigh Bishop for learning something new and for doing all the things for me at home.

Feeling grateful for what these experiences have taught me. In this binder thing for the next month now!

First coat of Osmo applied a few hours ago to the bottoms of everything!

To think no one is really going to see these sides...

What a beautiful finish!

Can't wait to do the tops!

Sanded down to 320 grit on everything now! Feelin like butter to the touch.

A good wipe down and should be just about ready to apply the finish to these babies.

Can't wait to see the grain pop while bringing out the blacks and reds in this lovely Honey Locust!