Projects through end of 2013
Even though we have almost two months left of 2013, the time left to commit to any project aimed at longer term improvements to our living situation...not much.
Nov. 16-17: weather good: yard maintenance and finish last leg of fence. Put tools and paint away. Weather bad: clean the house including the back room or front room redeux.
Nov. 22-23: same as previous weekend.
Nov. 28- Dec. 1: Thanksgiving. The project here is merely getting food prepared, cleaning up and doing all the holiday mailing, writing, etc. I want to focus my "holiday" time here. Bring up Christmas stuff and install.
Dec. 7-8: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning. If weather good, add lights.
Dec. 14-15: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning.
Dec. 21-22: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning.
Dec. 25: Christmas
Dec. 28-29: fall out from Christmas: clean and put away Christmas stuff.
Dec. 31: New Years Eve (I hope to stay at a hotel and go out that evening)
I would like to start 2014:
* in good financial shape, ready to pay off debts in late January.
* with a cleaner, more organized house: kitchen, back room, front room, bedroom, office, film library.
* beginnings of a cleaner basement, with target in early 2014 to finish removing all unnecessary items from it so that we can fix the kitchen drain, do basement-only repiping and can tackle basement floor/walls surfacing and sealing (including a basement drain to outside dry well).
* beginnings of a landscape we can be proud of, with the beginnings of a picket fence on one corner of the property and restructuring of the land on the south side so that we can properly drain water on that side.
* beginning to lose weight and work to become more healthy--more exercise, better eating, more time for proper hygiene (flossing!).
I think we are going to do that...and we can take off from that for an even better 2014.
Nov. 16-17: weather good: yard maintenance and finish last leg of fence. Put tools and paint away. Weather bad: clean the house including the back room or front room redeux.
Nov. 22-23: same as previous weekend.
Nov. 28- Dec. 1: Thanksgiving. The project here is merely getting food prepared, cleaning up and doing all the holiday mailing, writing, etc. I want to focus my "holiday" time here. Bring up Christmas stuff and install.
Dec. 7-8: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning. If weather good, add lights.
Dec. 14-15: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning.
Dec. 21-22: same as November weekends...other inside projects: kitchen, book recovering, record collection recording, basement cleaning.
Dec. 25: Christmas
Dec. 28-29: fall out from Christmas: clean and put away Christmas stuff.
Dec. 31: New Years Eve (I hope to stay at a hotel and go out that evening)
I would like to start 2014:
* in good financial shape, ready to pay off debts in late January.
* with a cleaner, more organized house: kitchen, back room, front room, bedroom, office, film library.
* beginnings of a cleaner basement, with target in early 2014 to finish removing all unnecessary items from it so that we can fix the kitchen drain, do basement-only repiping and can tackle basement floor/walls surfacing and sealing (including a basement drain to outside dry well).
* beginnings of a landscape we can be proud of, with the beginnings of a picket fence on one corner of the property and restructuring of the land on the south side so that we can properly drain water on that side.
* beginning to lose weight and work to become more healthy--more exercise, better eating, more time for proper hygiene (flossing!).
I think we are going to do that...and we can take off from that for an even better 2014.