Christmas/Birthday present

I've wanted a home exercise machine for a while now. I was really keen on getting the NordicTrack Incline Trainer to help simulate hiking in the off season (the new versions even have a decline feature!), but for various reasons we decided on an elliptical instead. Life was crazy with other things these last few months, so we actually did not purchase anything until after the New Year. Luckily, the sales on exercise equipment continue into January due to those old New Year's resolutions.

But things have still been busy, so there it sat in a box, first in the Suburban and then the garage. The biggest issue being that I was not strong enough to help Dan get the bulk of it in the house so that we could put it together. (It needed to be lugged up the stairs to the front door and then down into the basement.) Every time he went to go ask a neighbor, and he asked four different neighbors at various times, the guys were always conveniently gone. Finally, our neighbor Joe was around Sunday afternoon and they delivered it to the basement. 

This is what I could not help carry. Heav-Y!