Home Improvements

Okay, we have alot
of projects
on hold
and the list
keeps growing...
and growing...

The Cabinet Doors (having one made /do paint treatment)
The Bedroom Doors (do treatment/adding trim or getting new ones)
The Mantel Stripping/Staining (why did I paint it?)
The Couch Table (more tablespace required)
Couch Table Storage Cubes (to tuck stuff away/use for seating)
Getting Kid Stuff Organized (clothes, etc)
Motion Sensor for the Kid's Closet (no light now)
The Garage (organization, a coat of paint)
The Back Bathroom (texture, paint, tear out the carpet)
Floor treatment in the kitchen, halls and living room (cement stain/polish)
The Deck Needs to be Taken Apart (1/2 way there)
Mike's FlowerBeds (using deck wood)
His Pond (we'll see...)
The Benches (using deck wood)
The Platform (another wood project)
The Leveling of the Ground (special tools required?)
The Pathways (need gravel or pavers or do cement work)

And we're on a tight budget and have very little time. What's wrong with this picture?

What we did do this weekend on the house: organized the boy's shoes. Got a storage solution that holds 14 pairs- AND I still have about 8 more to deal with NOT including the shoes I'm getting rid of. Hand me downs are great but storage is fast becoming an issue. Still, it feels good to get one project done and the closet looks MUCH BETTER.

Oh yeah, that's 2 projects completed now. Mike installed a motion sensor on our closet light. Now when you go in there- the light comes on, after 1 minute of no movement- it turns off. Cool huh? Now I need another though and the Target I went to on Saturday didn't have it. So when I return the other storage solution that didn't work along with the shoes the guy charged me for that I didn't want (keeping the ones I did)... I can look for the light thing.

Sometime amongst this all, I need Captain to show me how to download my pictures to a CD. I would die if something happen to them and I have no backup now. Plus I need to download 3 thank yous for those people that don't have computers so I can wrap-up my thank you picture project.

LIFE.

And we'll be getting Mom moved out and the garage sale completed. Which will likely result in more to organize because all the stuff she's been storing is coming home. Guess free storage wasn't going to last forever.

Now what you see in Red is what I want to do FIRST, in blue is what Mike considers priority. Interesting. In Bold you'll see the things we can do now (if we can see eye to eye). The italics are possible. All others, well they require more $$$ than we have and/or more time than we can allow any time soon.

So I think we should tackle one project at a time. A project from my list, a project from his... Don't you think?