When we bought our home, we tore into right away, thinking we had lots of time (and $$$). Then we found out we were having a baby- YEA!!! Hmmm, I wonder if this is why I want to start finishing some of our many unfinished projects...disclaimer: the following statement is one borrowed from another Blogger friend- I.W.A.N. (I Want A Newborn). Can't help it...it's finally hitting me after almost 4 years ;) You can read her blog from my link, Life. Find it, she says it perfectly (thanks Shawni!).
Anywho...here's the list of projects either begun and not finished or ones that I just prefer to be done before we have any more cherubs joining us in the Dosil Domain:
1. Finish painting our master bath (completed 8/21/09)
2. Lay quarter round by the fireplace (completed 8/22/09)
3. Lay quarter round by the kitchen cabinets- only because I can't get new ones anytime soon...that's one of our last To Do's on the 'list' (completed 8/22/09)
4. Lay baseboards and hang a doorframe in the AZ room.
5. Hang a doorframe, and paint it, on our french doors.
6. Lay baseboards in all 3 bedrooms.
7. Caulk all the new baseboards.
8. Hang a closet door in the master bedroom- this one requires help.
9. Switch electrical in our laundry room to another wall- another one that requires help.
10. Take out a wall in our laundry to open it up, then repair the drywall.
11. Paint the laundry room.
12. Lay flooring in the laundry room.
13. Install shelving or cabinets (or both) in the laundry room/pantry.
14. Texture living/family room ceilings- again, another one that needs assistance.
15. Paint the above mentioned ceilings.
16. Tile master bathroom shower.
17. Tile master bathroom floor.
18. Install recessed lighting- paying someone to do that!
*19. Get new carpet in bedrooms- paying someone to that too!
*20. Laying pavers in the backyard- paying someone to do that as well!
*21. Getting new kitchen cabinets- we can probably do this ourselves (my uncle is a master carpenter), but it costs a lot, so it's officially last on the 'list'.
* items will likely not be done before anymore subsequent children. I'd be 45 before I got to have anymore if that were the case ;)
WHEW! I'm tired just typing this list out! Is it possible that this list going to change and evolve? Most likely ;) But, rest assured, while it seems as though we have a lot to do...I really just break things down into each step something requires because I feel MUCH more successful when I can physically cross something off my list. I do that with cleaning too. Doesn't it feel so much better to cross off, like, 10 things from a list of what you cleaned, rather than just "clean the house"? Um, I think so! I know it's all mental, but, well, I don't care ;)
Here are just a couple of pictures as we begin our many "fun" family projects. Enjoy and cheer us on!
Abby is helping us measure the base of the cabinets.
Here daddy is, checking Abby's work...
Abby gave up actually doing any work and moved on to supervising.
Not sure how she feels about it, but it seems as though she disapproves...
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