Another split weekend but all is good - and today was a good, fairly productive day! Got all three bathrooms cleaned (yay have 3 bathrooms to clean!); all my laundry is done (still needs to be put away); downstairs dusted (upstairs later tonight) and I've had time to relax.
There are always more things to do but each little bit done gives me pleasure! :)
Sunday, September 30, 2012
Sunday, September 23, 2012
Busy weekend
Even though my weekend was split (worked Saturday), a lot got done - well, some things got done, meaning that there's less to be done later!
On Friday, new garage door openers were installed - YAY - making it much easier for Bryan and me to get in and out of the house. His car goes in the garage (mine doesn't) but it's a shorter distance from my car to the garage than from my house to the front door so it's a benefit to me too! While moving some things for the installer, I was able to get rid of a couple of more things too - and rearrange some others. Now the fence will be fixed on Monday (I hope) and that's two things crossed off my list.
Sunday I had enough of looking at the poor dog and cat abused chair and ottoman in the family room. There were two recliners (one smaller than the other) in the room over the garage that were in much better shape. So today I went up there, moved and rearranged some things to make it easier to get to the recliner and dragged it downstairs. Only a minor struggle to get it through the door! :) (Of course Quincy went into the front of the house behind closed doors, Freyja went into her crate and I moved Cleo's gate back so that she couldn't "help"!) Once it was downstairs, I carried the ottoman up (not bad) and dragged the chair to the door. Once the cushions were off, the chair was turned on its side, I was able to drag it, step by step upstairs. I must say that I'm glad there aren't more stairs to the room over the garage! :)
My problem is that the recliner is blue. Not a major problem now, since the sofa is also blue (with a great leaf pattern that I really love) but I'm thinking of having slipcovers make for it that wouldn't be blue. The walls are green (a British khaki green) that surprisingly the leaves in the blue sofa fabric goes VERY well with! The chairs were yellow - but I'd like the one remaining downstairs to be slip covered - maybe a pattern that would combine blue and green? I have pillows for the slip covered sofa that are green, gold and rust - very colorful down here!
Anyway that's for next year - this year's money is needed for doors (and the reupholstered living room chairs!). Next Friday, the bathroom will be fixed - I have to get the vanity this week (and hope that it's still available!) SIGH!
On Friday, new garage door openers were installed - YAY - making it much easier for Bryan and me to get in and out of the house. His car goes in the garage (mine doesn't) but it's a shorter distance from my car to the garage than from my house to the front door so it's a benefit to me too! While moving some things for the installer, I was able to get rid of a couple of more things too - and rearrange some others. Now the fence will be fixed on Monday (I hope) and that's two things crossed off my list.
Sunday I had enough of looking at the poor dog and cat abused chair and ottoman in the family room. There were two recliners (one smaller than the other) in the room over the garage that were in much better shape. So today I went up there, moved and rearranged some things to make it easier to get to the recliner and dragged it downstairs. Only a minor struggle to get it through the door! :) (Of course Quincy went into the front of the house behind closed doors, Freyja went into her crate and I moved Cleo's gate back so that she couldn't "help"!) Once it was downstairs, I carried the ottoman up (not bad) and dragged the chair to the door. Once the cushions were off, the chair was turned on its side, I was able to drag it, step by step upstairs. I must say that I'm glad there aren't more stairs to the room over the garage! :)
My problem is that the recliner is blue. Not a major problem now, since the sofa is also blue (with a great leaf pattern that I really love) but I'm thinking of having slipcovers make for it that wouldn't be blue. The walls are green (a British khaki green) that surprisingly the leaves in the blue sofa fabric goes VERY well with! The chairs were yellow - but I'd like the one remaining downstairs to be slip covered - maybe a pattern that would combine blue and green? I have pillows for the slip covered sofa that are green, gold and rust - very colorful down here!
Anyway that's for next year - this year's money is needed for doors (and the reupholstered living room chairs!). Next Friday, the bathroom will be fixed - I have to get the vanity this week (and hope that it's still available!) SIGH!
Thursday, September 13, 2012
Friday, September 7, 2012
New Home List
Ok - here's my new list:
- retractable awning for back yard - next year's tax return?
- slipcovers for family room sofa and one chair (have estimate for the sofa - tax refund again?)
- reupholster recliner
- slipcover other chair and ottoman
- upholstered headboard?
- new mattress
In between all this I need to figure out the holidays - and make plans for some decorating!
Progress
Since I wrote about my necessary home repairs, I have made some progress! New garage door openers (not on the list but definitely necessary) will be installed this month and the fence will be fixed about the same time (a couple of weeks). Both were actually under my estimates so that's good! I've gotten the estimates for the doors, just have to make some final decisions (including colors for new shutters and the front door). The bathroom problems are being looked at early next week for an estimate and I'm afraid that will be more than I anticipate but I'm keeping my fingers crossed! In any event, that should be completed by the end of the month (at least I hope so) so that will be another item checked off!
Still waiting to do more cleaning - it's simply too hot and humid to do more than take my 20 minute walk once (or twice) a day!
Still waiting to do more cleaning - it's simply too hot and humid to do more than take my 20 minute walk once (or twice) a day!
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Stuck
Sometimes I feel stuck . . . stuck in one mood, stuck in one place, just plain stuck. I guess realizing that fact is step one to getting unstuck but it's hard sometimes to know where to start. I know I have things that HAVE to be done and usually that's a good thing because it provides motivation.
But not always. I've been procrastinating on several things and I'm afraid I've created a bigger problem by doing so. However, continued procrastination isn't going to fix anything and, in fact, will allow the situation to continue to deteriorate.
SO - I'm off next week and I MUST address the situations head on!! Wish me luck!
But not always. I've been procrastinating on several things and I'm afraid I've created a bigger problem by doing so. However, continued procrastination isn't going to fix anything and, in fact, will allow the situation to continue to deteriorate.
SO - I'm off next week and I MUST address the situations head on!! Wish me luck!
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