Friday, June 09, 2006

And we are starting with this why???

There is a monster list of things that we need/want to do to the house but prioritizing them has been kind of difficult. We've already gone a little off plan (not bad for only 1 week in the house).

Here's what we've done so far and what's in the works for weekend:

  1. Weed whacking and mowing the jungle that is the yard.

All complete sans one section to be completed this weekend.

  1. Making something to hold the firewood and moving the wood from being scattered across the driveway to one neat spot near the house.

To be done this weekend

  1. Prime the kitchen and paint the trim something quite obnoxious. This is not the permanent, this is just to amuse ourselves while we work on the rest of the house. We have to get at least one room de-old-ladied just for sanity’s sake

To be done this weekend

  1. Also in the kitchen, get rid of the disgusting under counter coffee maker from 1972 and install a temporary shelf in that area to put the microwave on.

To be done this weekend

  1. Final item in the kitchen, move the credenza I used to put the snake on into the kitchen for more counter space and paint it the crazy color to match the temporary kitchen.

To be done this weekend

  1. Put plans together for the shoring up of the living room wall and built in entertainment center including pricing out the materials and tools.

To be done this weekend

  1. Get washer and dryer working.

Washer is finally working after getting some new hoses because our old ones decided to be leaky bastards. We got the exhaust tube for the dryer last night only to come home and find out the plug for the dryer does not match the outlet. We’ll need to get an adapter this weekend.

  1. Take inventory of the entire house
    1. where outlets & light switches are
    2. what windows need to have the weights fixed
    3. what windows need to have the locks replaced
    4. what windows need to have nails and/or paint removed
    5. what windows need to have storm windows
    6. what windows need to have screens
    7. what wood we are saving/removing paint
    8. measurements of each room for floor plan
  1. Breathe
Mike will probably be posting later with photos and witty commentary. I'm pretty much the dry get it done type of person.

-Tina

posted by Unknown @ Friday, June 09, 2006